Posted on 06/12/2002 9:47:21 PM PDT by kattracks
When it comes to blowing political spitballs at the Bush White House, no one can accuse Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri of being timid.
In fact, the former Clinton White House p.r. operative doesn't even bother to pretend that her anti-Bush potshots are rooted in anything other than partisan animus.
"The greatest thing about my job is that, like, I say, like, ridiculous things that are mean about Bush and Cheney," Palmieri told WABC Radio's Batchelor and Alexander Wednesday night.
"And I know that they actually read it themselves and they're thinking, 'Who the hell does this woman think she is?'"
In the apparent hope of giving the White House still more headaches, Palmieri kept up the rhetorical sniper fire.
On the juxtaposition of FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley's testimony last Thursday with Bush's announcement of a homeland security shake-up the same day, she observed:
"I think that (Bush political guru) Karl Rove has taken over the dissemination of national security information. It's kind of scary."
On the Bush administration's terror alerts, Palmieri told WABC:
"They're messing around with the nation's well being. I mean I think it's gotten to the point where they're, like, the scare America administration."
On Vice President Dick Cheney's warning last month to Democrats that they were being irresponsible to imply the White House knew enough to prevent the 9-11 attacks:
"They had Cheney go out (and say) in incredibly harsh, basically McCarthy-like language there, you know, 'You better watch what you say....'"
On White House reaction to Sen. Hillary Clinton's demand to know what Bush knew before 9-11:
"You had (Bush press secretary) Ari Fleischer, without provocation, going after Sen. Clinton. Going after Hillary Clinton is obviously such a political thing to do.... It showed us how flipped out they were."
Perhaps one reason the DNC spokeswoman hasn't lost her talent for smash-mouth politics is because she still keeps in close contact with the master of the art form, Bill Clinton, with whom she traveled to Ireland last week to help dedicate a peace center.
"Occasionally his former staff will do advance (work) for him," Palmieri explained.
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NO....you dimwit democrat.....what's SCARY is having to clean up after 8 years of your favorite scum's dirtying of the American political/legislative/executive/judicial system......what's SCARY is the thought that your "perpetrator in residence" led us down the path to 9/11.....THAT'S SCARY.....maybe the time has come where the people are finally innurred (sp) to politico's like you trying to repeat something over and over to make it true - I think, JUST MAYBE, they're onto you..... having a hard time breaking that 70+ percent approval rating aren't you.....SCUMBAGGETTE!
This woman is putrid.
they're, like
basically McCarthy-like
...she still keeps in close contact with the master of the art form, Bill Clinton, with whom she traveled to Ireland last week ...
you know,
Yes, we KNOW.
| On the juxtaposition of FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley's testimony last Thursday with Bush's announcement of a homeland security shake-up the same day, she observed: "I think that (Bush political guru) Karl Rove has taken over the dissemination of national security information. It's kind of scary."
So this is the woman who writes Maureen Dowd's columns for her. Perhaps she should share in the Pulitzers. |
At least the gal above has got a D cup IQ
Sounds like Jennifer Palmieri has got a double A one (IQ that is)
That's what happens when you can't beat your opponent at the ballot box. Thats what happens when your agenda is rejected by the American voters. Instead of employing the power and influence of a great political system, these anti-Bush/anti-Republicans, revert to rhetorical lies and distortions. Better to argue philosophy and ideology today, then to win elections tomorrow. Yea right.
A DNC fax yesterday complained that Bush's administration was "manipulating the news" by a string of announcements/pronouncements designed to take other items off the front page, such as the FBI whistleblower's testimony. Oddly enough, the NBC Nightly News - devoid of anything else to report on from the White House, had Campbell Brown run thru an entire laundry list of things SHE SAID that "critics" had pointed out as the Bush administration "over-hyping" in order to carry the headlines. She showed a 4-second clip of one critic, a Dem(naturally). The rest of the story, she droned on and on, using the unattributed "critics say that..." before each supposed instance of headline-grabbing. No other "critics" were identified. It was obvious that the critics were the people of NBC News.
Of course, none of the news organizations was at all bothered whenever Bush's predecessor did the same thing - only amused and brimming with "muted admiration of his political savvy." Of course, political savvy is supposed to be reserved, in the media's eyes, for Democrats and Democrats alone. When Republicans are media-savvy, that's bad.
Brown's story DID contain a concession toward the futility of her pursuit - she quoted the latest poll numbers on Bush's job rating and indicated that none of the "headline mongering" had rubbed off...Bush was still at 77% approval rating.
NBC then followed a WP lead with Tom Ridge supposedly getting an earful from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. But the story didn't match the lead. The plaints were aimed at Bush's PROPOSAL, not at Tom Ridge. Lisa Myers doesn't usually sign her name to misinformation like this, but she did today.
Bottom line - if some flack in the DNC or X-42(i)'s entourage says something, you can bet it'll show up in the Times/Post/Globe and on the evening news.
Michael
"Bill, do you have a roll of dimes in your pocket?"
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That is interesting, because that same preposterous thought appeared in a Maureed Dowd column a couple of days ago. It's been obvious for some time that an embarrassing amount of the editorial content in the New York Times originates with the DNC, but it's not often that we get to meet one of the actual perps who tells them what to say.