Posted on 12/21/2002 9:00:59 AM PST by SkyPilot
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:01:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Well, the liberal media is already demonizing Sen (Dr.) Bill Frist. The AP just wrote a hit piece on him about a country club he once belonged to. That is just the beginning.
Here is something that the GOP should remind everyone of: Frist's heroic actions during the 1998 Capital Hill shootings. Dr. Frist jumped into the fray before the area was even secure in order to save lives. I hope someone brings this up during the Sunday Talk Shows.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
It was remarkable and totally in character for Sec. Rumsfeld to assist in this manner yet hardly anyone knows about it.
related, mentions the good and bad
Rumsfeld ran to the courtyard of the Pentagon to assist two burn victims before he was called back to the Pentagon "tank." Also, everyone at the Pentagon was expecting another air terror attack 5 minutes after the first aircraft hit. How do I know this? An Air Force chaplain who was there told me, and said he reasoned to stay because he didn't want to die running away. He saw how Rumsfeld helped the wounded.
Can anyone imagine Hillary! doing something similar to Rumsfeld or Dr. Frist?
The only help Hillary offered was helping herself to the White House silverware...
It was remarkable and totally in character for Sec. Rumsfeld to assist in this manner yet hardly anyone knows about it.
I did not know about this. Please tell me more.
As the "M.D." beside his Senate nameplate indicates, Frist has continued to practice medicine even from Capitol Hill. He has traveled to Africa during congressional recesses and performed heart surgery on children. In 1998, when shots rang out in the Capitol, Frist raced to the scene. He was unable to resuscitate two Capitol policemen killed in the shooting spree but Frist was credited with saving the life of the shooter, Russell Weston, Jr. He came to the aid of Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., when the then 99-year-old lawmaker collapsed on the Senate floor. He provided reassurance and advice during the anthrax scare on Capitol Hill.
Frist also blew no-nothing Senators like Carnahan and Murry out of the water when they tried to debate prescription drugs. On C-SPAN 2--Carnahan tried to give some sob story to the camera about "my friend, who cannot get her blood thinning medication re-fills." Dr. Frist challenged her on the floor with facts about the medication and how they are prescribed and Carnahan ran running to hills.
I don't have the article on Rummy--but as already mentioned--the media downplayed his assistance to the wounded after 9-11. I know he stuck around waaaaaaaaaay longer than his aides wanted--they wanted him out of the Pentagon and in a secure location.
They will certainly try. But---there is something the media forgot:
--people have a trust for doctors that exceeds that of politicians. A doctor saved my eyesight once, and I'll never forget it. Many Americans have a similar tale about at least one doctor in their lives. Compare this to a politician like Hillary! who talks and policy wonks all day---she comes across as a selfish hag compared to Dr. Frist
Rumsfeld has character.
I may have the order of the words wrong, but annoint is correct.
Would NBC News use the term annoint to describe a Democrat political selection?
We all know the answer to that one!
If Democrats think they have all the answers on health care, education, and the economy, then why is so much of their leadership made up of lawyers instead of doctors (Frist), teachers (Hastert), and businessmen (Bush)?
Pentagon employees say Rumsfeld set an important example by staying on the job in the building throughout the incident. He helped load the wounded onto stretchers, began coordinating a response to the attack and held a news conference on site so the public could see that the disaster hadn't stopped the Pentagon's work.
"The fact that he stayed with us really helped bring the military and civilian employees together," said Mary Beth Carozza, 40, a deputy assistant secretary of defense.
It was also covered on CNN, but very briefly, only one sentence in an article.
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