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What Tom Brokaw would have done in response to "America is under attack."
Posted on 08/06/2004 4:26:52 AM PDT by The G Man
On Imus this morning, Tom Brokaw was talking about how when he went to see Fahrenheit 911 and it got to the part where Bush sat there for 7 minutes, he (Brokaw) kept thinking, "You just wanted the guy to stand up and say (GET THIS!):
'Sorry, kids. The President has to go. America is under attack.'
What the??? Yeah, Tom, THAT'S what he should've done! Scare the crap out of a bunch of little kids by telling them "AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK!"
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brokaw; fahrenheit911; imus
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To: The G Man
that's whay he's just a jerk off news reader who thinks he's important and wise.....neither
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:20:44 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(DemonRATS: enemies of America)
To: The Wizard
The correct term is "Meat Puppet"
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:22:19 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: LI conservative
I didn't say he was being critical. The point of my post was that when pressed on what he would have said to those kids, these words came out of his mouth:
"I'm sorry, kids. The President has to go. America is under attack."
With MORE time to think about it than Bush would have had, that is what Brokaw tells us he would have said.
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:22:20 AM PDT
by
The G Man
(This election is a choice between a War on Terror and a Negotiation with Terror.)
To: The G Man
When the first plane hit the tower, everyone thought it was an accident. I was watching FNC and they were confused, everyone was confused. It wasn't until the second plane hit the second tower that we knew for sure it was an attack.
Hindsight is really clear, but truth and ole Tom are strangers.
Tom probably did know what the paralyzed hamster did ...
WHAT KERRY DID
Here's what he told Larry King: "...And as I came in [to a meeting in Sen. Daschle's office], Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid were standing there, and we watched the second plane come in to the building. And we shortly thereafter sat down at the table and then we just realized nobody could think, and then boom, right behind us, we saw the cloud of explosion at the Pentagon..."
It should be noted that the second plane hit the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m., and the plane hit the Pentagon at 9:43 a.m. By Kerry's own words, he and his fellow senators sat there for forty minutes, realizing 'nobody could think.'
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:28:59 AM PDT
by
snooker
To: Arrowhead1952
And when the second plane hit Couric said "wow, they must really be having trouble with their navigation systems" or something very similar... Those of us watching (all military) let out a collective groan followed by "you dumb b___h! It's an attack!"
A moment I will carry to my grave...
To: blitz128
CNN continued to report that a small plane hit the WTC....remarking on the stupidity of the pilot........
Of course, those of us in NY area KNEW but CNN in their ivory tower had not seen what we saw.
And I'd like to ask Brokjaw if he agrees with Moore's statement that he wishes more Americans were killed so America could be taught a lesson.
Oh wait, we know the media prays for more American casualties. It helps their guy, Kerry.
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:30:45 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(IF IT'S KERRY.....HELL IS ON THE WAY)
To: Pharlap
I'd like to ask Kerry if he ever asked his hero Teddy Kennedy what he did for the first seven minutes after the car went into the water.
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:33:53 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(IF IT'S KERRY.....HELL IS ON THE WAY)
To: rhombus
"rush to war"? "Declaration of war: the short form ..."
To: Arrowhead1952
I remember 9/11 very clearly. As do I. The first report I heard was that a "commuter plane" accidentally hit the tower. Apparently, a lot of people HAVE forgotten and there are those who don't want them reminded.
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:42:21 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Uday is DU in Pig Latin)
To: TomB
Very good. Send that to Brokaw please. Maybe then he might shut up. ( He won't, but I can dream.)
To: KarlInOhio
To: The G Man
Question. Not that it matters that much, but was the guy whispering in Dubya's ear letting him know about the first plane or the second?
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:56:36 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: The G Man
If Tom Brokaw and his brethren in the media had done their job from 1992-2000 and been objective in the reporting of news, Bill Clinton wouldn't have been President and 9-11 wouldn't have happened.
Its easy for him to say what he would do as President. No consequences. We are having to deal with the consequences of him not doing his job as a reporter of news.
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:56:37 AM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(Kerry: Dukakis Lite)
To: americafirst
It's interesting to go back and look at our own reactions at that time. The
first post was at 8:56:49. No word related to attack, terror, etc, was used until 9:06:13 after the second plane hit.
ML/NJ
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posted on
08/06/2004 5:58:33 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: The G Man
This is why we do not tune to brokaw he is an idiot.
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posted on
08/06/2004 6:03:39 AM PDT
by
solo gringo
(Give us more of Bush/Cheney in o4.)
To: The G Man
Exactly! Funny how "Broke-it" and Lurch can tell us what THEY would have done..........must be the easiest thing in the world to do. I'd be ashamed to even say it, but being the kind of people they are they can do it without blinking an eye. :(
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posted on
08/06/2004 6:05:24 AM PDT
by
Dawgreg
(Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
To: The G Man
And had he fled the scene without making a statement to the Nation--they would have trashed him for that. F TB and F JFK.
To: TomB
You wouldn't happen to have a source for that arab-following thing would you? I could sure use it.
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posted on
08/06/2004 6:07:43 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Lee'sGhost
Question. Not that it matters that much, but was the guy whispering in Dubya's ear letting him know about the first plane or the second? It was the second plane.
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posted on
08/06/2004 6:08:35 AM PDT
by
The G Man
(This election is a choice between a War on Terror and a Negotiation with Terror.)
To: The G Man
but did we know it was an attack at that time or was it the first plane? ... if tombrokaw knew it was an attack after the first plane, then he's got some 'splaining to do
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posted on
08/06/2004 6:12:22 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it)
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