Posted on 06/14/2009 7:37:54 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers By FRANK RICH
WHEN a Fox News anchor, reacting to his own network’s surging e-mail traffic, warns urgently on-camera of a rise in hate-filled, “amped up” Americans who are “taking the extra step and getting the gun out,” maybe we should listen. He has better sources in that underground than most.
The anchor was Shepard Smith, speaking after Wednesday’s mayhem at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Unlike the bloviators at his network and elsewhere on cable, Smith is famous for his highly caffeinated news-reading, not any political agenda. But very occasionally — notably during Hurricane Katrina — he hits the Howard Beale mad-as-hell wall. Joining those at Fox who routinely disregard the network’s “We report, you decide” mantra, he both reported and decided, loudly.
What he reported was this: his e-mail from viewers had “become more and more frightening” in recent months, dating back to the election season. From Wednesday alone, he “could read a hundred” messages spewing “hate that’s not based in fact,” much of it about Barack Obama and some of it sharing the museum gunman’s canard that the president was not a naturally born citizen. These are Americans “out there in a scary place,” Smith said.
Then he brought up another recent gunman: “If you’re one who believes that abortion is murder, at what point do you go out and kill someone who’s performing abortions?” An answer, he said, was provided by Dr. George Tiller’s killer. He went on: “If you are one who believes these sorts of things about the president of the United States ...” He left the rest of that chilling sentence unsaid.
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No, this is part of the setup for going after “hate speech”.
You should have added a “Frank Rich BARF”
More gay rage from Frank the drama critic.
As usual Frank Rich is incoherent.
“The Obama Enablers not-so Silent Haters”
That wasn't an anchor, that was Shep Smith. He is the Joe Biden of the Fox network.
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING by Frank (rhymes with Bi**h) Rich needs a “Mega-Barf” alert. This guy is so Pavlovian about guns that he should live in a prison where he can be assured that only authorized LEOs are carrying them.
short version of the article:
If you don’t blindly follow “the one”, you’re a hater, period end of statement..
Criticizing the leader is now hate speech, and thoughtcriminals will be prosecuted.
“More gay rage from Frank the drama critic.”
Isn’t it incredible how much of the mainstream media is driven by fruits? Every day, over and over, fruits and fruits and fruits, spreading their whiny wussy anti-everything drivel.
“Unlike the bloviators at his network and elsewhere on cable, Smith is famous for his highly caffeinated news-reading, not any political agenda.”
Really? For several years now he has struck me as a lefty.
Gay NYT “By-liner” in accord with gay FNS “Eye-liner.” Move on folks, no news here.
No, this is part of the setup for going after “hate speech”.
BINGO, HATE SPEECH is the GOAL.
Jail tme for FREEPERS coming just for “thinking on FREEREPUBLIC.”
I believe the liberal left is far, far more angry with Obama than conservatives are. Obama didn't break any political promises with us...he's doing exactly what we knew he would do.
Maybe he’s angling for a job at Obama’s homeland security.
It would take scientific notation to adequately express my revulsion, disdain, and complete lack of respect for the joke that currently serves as president.
Subtract approximatly 1% from that large number to obtain my revulsion, disdain, and complete lack of respect for anyone working for the NYT.
Guess I’m one of those right wing haters.
I am definatley dumber for reading this article. Such a juvenile and infantile way of thinking.
All you have to do to see what agendas will be pushed is to go to the Huffingtonpost every day. (barf) They have a clip of him talking about all the hate mail and they are using that to show the anger out here. Some arrogant liberals began to tell me their view that the DHS report on possible right wing terrorists was validated by this shooting. I showed them this guy was probably a feeder at the Huffingpost and Daily Koz and why. Every time they bring up hate speech I quote Rev. Wright.
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