Posted on 09/13/2001 6:54:09 PM PDT by PhiKapMom
Why is it they think they are some how enlightened and above the average American when they are so out of touch with the real world?
ISSUE: According to the Media Research Center (www.mediaresearch.org), major media, including the Washington Post and ABC News, have launched a full-scale spin war against President Bush following the attack on our nation.
Newsmax.com reports that already, liberal media outlets have been raising questions about President Bush's taking a circuitous route back to Washington from Florida after being informed of Tuesday's terrorism.
Liberal columnist Mary McGrory, in Thursday's Washington Post, stated that George W. Bush "could not find the beat... He allowed himself to be hauled about the country like a fugitive to bunkers at Air Force bases in Louisiana and Nebraska." She proclaimed that Bush "flunked" this country's test: "he says he believes in education and he has three years to take a makeup exam in leadership."
In an exchange on ABC TV between correspondent Claire Shipman and anchor Peter Jennings on Wednesday night, Shipman implied that the White House is "eager" to put forth the report that the White House and Air Force One were targeted in order to divert attention from President Bush's "spend[ing] his day yesterday flying around the country instead of coming straight back to Washington." Jennings noted "we're all pretty skeptical and cynical about Washington."
Tom Brokaw, interviewing Gen. Schwarzkopf, implied that the Bush administration was negligent in not getting actively involved in the Mideast peace process while all the violence was going on.
And Dan Rather introduced President Bush before he addressed the nation in the middle of this emergency by saying, "No matter how you feel about him, he is still our president."
There are others as well: Newsweek's Howard Fineman moaned about Bush's flight on Air Force One and criticized him for not winning the popular vote; Newsday's Ellis Henican, asking if we "have a president too nervous to work live"; Maureen Dowd at the NY Times, complaining that reporters "weren't sure where the president was"; and ABC's Mark Halperin insisted that, if reporters aren't informed of every little detail of this war, they aren't "likely - nor should they be expected - to show such deference for long."
As Newsmax.com stated, "even in time of crisis when Americans are rallying around the President of the United States, cheap-shot politics seems to live on in some quarters."
ACTION ITEM: Patriotic Americans are supporting President Bush ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. It's time we let the liberal media and their talking heads know that.
Contact the major media outlets NOW and let them know how outraged we are that they would engage in such cheap-shot politics against the leader of the free world, at a time when we need to stand by his leadership.
Please forward this email to everyone you know that is outraged at the liberal media's partisan political attacks on President Bush. Thank you.
If you'd like to contact the media using your own email program or postal mail, feel free to use the sample letter below:
Dear Media Outlet, I am outraged that the likes of Mary McGrory, Peter Jennings, Claire Shipman, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and others are engaging in cheap-shot politics against the leader of the free world, at a time when we need to stand by his leadership. Comments on ABC, CBS, NBC, in the Washington Post, Newsweek, Newsday and others venting vile anti-Bush hatred are despicable. I will turn the channel and refuse to buy such garbage until "reporters" there change their tune and back President Bush as he leads our nation against the cowards who attacked us.
We don't need our leader attacked from within. Stop your partisan political attacks NOW. Decency demands it. Sincerely,
Media contact information: ABC (Peter Jennings, Claire Shipman, Mark Halperin) Email: netaudr@abc.com 77 West 66th Street New York, New York 10023
CBS (Dan Rather) Email: audsvcs@cbs.com 524 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019
NBC (Tom Brokaw) Email: nightly@news.nbc.com 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112
Washington Post (Mary McGrory) E-mail: webnews@washingtonpost.com 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071
Newsweek (Howard Fineman) E-mail: letters@newsweek.com 251 West 57th St. New York, NY 10019
Ellis Henican (Newsday) E-mail: henican@newsday.com 235 Pinelawn Rd. Melville, NY 11747
New York Times (Maureen Dowd) E-mail: letters@nytimes.com 229 West 43rd Street New York, New York 10036
Prodigal Son, I got an e-mail from a friend in Australia. She heard the news when she woke and e-mailed me immediately to let me know that she was thinking of me. She said she had been crying all morning. So, not everyone in other countries are like that sneering woman you encountered - thank goodness.
I have not been a fan of President Bush. Not conservative enough for me. Consequently, I voted for Harry Browne. Given Mr. Browne's commentary on recent events, I am have withdrawn my support. I'm sorry that I gave him my vote and my money. But then, everyone has 20/20 hindsight.
I have been following this story carefull. The benefits of doing contract computer consulting with no contract at the moment.
It is my opinion now that President Bush is a man with great depth and strength. I thank God that he is a our President in these most difficult times. I hope he, through his actions, proves himself worthy of the trust the America people have placed in him.
My God bless and guide him.
God Bless G.W. Bush! "God give us the strength and leadership to destroy the evil that would destroy this great nation and its people."
But I was to be further impressed. When President Bush was asked about his prayers, then looked down, and when he looked up he had tears in his eyes. When he spoke his voice cracked. It takes a real man to reveal his inner most feelings in this way. After so many years of having to listen to sociopaths, President Bush has revealed himself to be a real man. And this is a time for real men. America has been feminized long enough. It is time for America to again assert its masculine strengths.
This is a time for real men.
Bet your never said when Klintoon was prez! Thats the problem with you dems, you talk out of both sides of your mouth!
I think this point is well made. We MUST remain focused here. We have a war to fight, that we MUST WIN. The future of our American way of life depends on it. Lets not wait until a nuclear device explodes on Wall Street before we get that into our heads. Like Newt said, “if these attacks don’t wake us up, what will?”
There will be plenty time later to discuss whose to blame. We must love our country more than we hate Clinton and his culpability in this tragedy.
There has been too much damage to this country, to our security, to our morals and to our government by his actions, his deceptions and his corruption. We will not let Bill Clinton get back in power because to do so would be the final destruction of this country.
We are totally amazed that so many of you people have never seen the deception, the lies, the ego, the evil of Bill Clinton. That is a pity for you - but we have seen it and we have to fight it because of people like you who can't see it. People like you believe that he is the image he tries to portray - we know he is not. You believe that he cares about you and this country - we know he does not. You believe he did no harm to our country and our secrets, we know he did. We would not be honorable Americans if we did not reveal the real Bill Clinton.
Two small miracles today. 1)A post by Hildy:
Clinton will be remembered as the PRESIDENT WHO DIVIDED A NATION. Bush will be remembered as the PRESIDENT WHO UNITED A NATION.
2)Tim Russert praised President Bush, said there should be no doubt about President Bush's legitimacy now.
Thank you, patriot PKM. I think we needed this thread (with perhaps a suggestion that disruptors be ignored).Hugs.
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