Posted on 05/08/2009 2:36:17 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
CBS announcer: Any U.S. soldier would shoot Pelosi, strangle Reid @ 5:16 pm by Michael O'Brien
CBS Sports commentator David Feherty drew criticism Friday for suggesting any U.S. soldier would murder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) if given the chance.
"From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death," Feherty wrote in an a D Magazine piece welcoming former President George W. Bush back to Dallas.
Feherty, a former professional golfer who now helps call golf events for CBS, said that troops love former President Bush by contrast, and praised the former commander-in-chief for having prevented additional terrorist attacks during his time in office.
Liberal media watchdog Media Matters for America demanded an apology for the remarks Friday.
"Mr. Feherty's violent comments about Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid are disgusting," said Media Matters President Eric Burns. "Suggesting that our troops would attack the leaders of the very democracy they've sworn to sacrifice their lives for is an insult to their integrity, honor, and professionalism. CBS Sports should demand its golf analyst apologize to our soldiers."
Totally unrelated but could someone please post these stories I don’t see them posted anywhere yet.
U.S. says airstrike killed 50 Afghans, most of them insurgents
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090508/wl_mcclatchy/3229765
Pakistani army vows to oust Taliban militants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan
Liberals do not believe in a representative republic. They are communists. In communism, the people end up being the servants of the ruling party. Of course, you already know that.
That only happens when you mention women’s boobs.
Perhaps, but I want this guy for my President...
Y’all at Media Matters...you’re dealing with a guy who entitled one of his books Somewhere in Ireland a Village Is Missing an Idiot. Referring not to Chris Dodd, believe it or not, but to himself. In other words, the guy is a major-league smartass. He’s probably not kidding about the troops liking Dubya more than Obama, but he is almost certainly kidding about them fixing to whack the guy. As tempting as it might be. Leave him alone.
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Or, as Ann Coulter put it when referring to the Rosenbergs and the Electric Chair, “a fiendish capitalist killing implement...”
he is a great guy and hilarious Irishman. I hope he does not lose his job. He and retired Brit golfer Nick Faldo are the best golf announcers. Both are funny and very knowledgable.
Check out Crowne hotels commercials on You Tube with Phil Mickelson. Phil is pretty funny. They have a reunion at Crowne with people who Phil hit but it is fictional. One kid claims Phil hit him on the foot at Winged Foot the year Phil melted down on the last hole for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Ferethy asks Phil “did you win that one.” Hilarious if you follow golf and Phil.
He has a reputation for saying funny & outlandish things and pushing the envelope.
If I were on an elevator with those 3, I would be more worried about whether the elevator was going up or down.
But gee I thought that Media Matters was an unbiased media watchdog group. I'm sure that the media reaction similarly when people leftist talked of wanting to shoot Bush, right?
I wanna kiss Susie too.
Keep in mind that if someone had said this except replace Reid and Pelosi with Bush and Cheney then the ONLY issue we would be talking about was the first amendment rights to free speech that the sports commentator had.
time for Napolitano to add “retired golfers” to that watch list...
If this is true, David Feherty just became my favorite broadcaster. I already think CBS does a vastly superior job on golf than anyone else, and a big part of that is Feherty.
Why is what he said any different than what Keith Olbermann says — every time he gets the opportunity — over on MSNBC? Or can liberals dish it out but not take it?
>Media Matters President Eric Burns. “Suggesting that our troops would attack the leaders of the very democracy they’ve sworn to sacrifice their lives for...
Blow it out your a$$ media matters. What pelosi and reid represent is not our constitutional republic. reid and pelosi
are traitors and should be tossed out of office.
MM is just another leftist blog who are traitors too.
So, instad of “a guy walks into a bar...” it’s “a soldier walks into an elevator...”
I’ve been waiting to comment on this, cuz I just dont see what is wrong with reporting the truth...
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