Posted on 08/12/2010 8:59:48 AM PDT by Nachum
Dan Rostenkowski (?-Ill), 1928-2010. Reporting the passing of Dan Rostenkowski, the ABC and NBC anchors on Wednesday night managed to gently note his ignominious departure from public life while also including a humanizing anecdote about his life (NBC: He “went back to live in the same house he grew up in in Chicago's north side,” ABC: “In 1985, he famously asked Americans fed up with the tax system to write him”), but neither identified him as a Democrat. Nor did any on-screen graphic mark his party.
In contrast, filling in as anchor of the CBS Evening News, Erica Hill managed to accurately describe the late Congressman as “a product of Chicago's Democratic political machine.”
Handling the anchor duties on ABC's World News, George Stephanopoulos, a Democratic House staff member when Rostenkowski was at the zenith of his power, announced:
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Thank you Brent Bozell for a great website.
I sure notice this more and more... I know when I read a article now if it does not post the (d) he is a Dem.. my word I have be using a lot lately is UNREAL!
Leni
LA city councilman indicted on felony voter fraud
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2564890/posts
No mention of party here either....”unexpected”.
The body of Mr. Stevens, 86, the longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate, was found just after daylight Tuesday, according to a former aide.
Did they identify Ted Stevens as a Republican? Just curious.
That’s a little different as that’s a notable achievement. However, if they mentioned “R” in the context of the corruption that led to his leaving the Senate, then it isn’t justifiable leaving the D of Rosty.
A Dead CORRUPT DemocRAT -
We need more of them - piled up like cordwood.
The 87-year-old Republican served in the Senate from 1968 until 2008, when he lost amidst a corruption investigation that was later thrown out.
I know what you mean. Corruption = Republican.
Honor = Democrat
unlike Republican Former Republican President Republican Richard Republican Milhous Republican Nixon?
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