[CavScoutNC]

The man is lashing out at his lost. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail in this matter and the liberal media will not exploit his pain anymore.

[TrueBeliever9]

As the mother of a former Marine (Recon) I can only say that the families who attack the Commander in Chief greatly dishonor their loved ones. I believe those loved ones would be humiliated to hear their families attack their Commander in Chief.

[MissEdie]

Great Post!! Even though it is tragic that lives are lost during a war, it's the nature of the beast. Someone needs to remind those family members attacking our President that NO ONE forced their son to join the armed services.

[Chi-townChief]

I saw the father on TV and, although I really can't put myself in his position, his attack on the President almost seemed like a call-out for a visit from some of our high-profile anti-war dems. Once again, in the same sitution I don't know how I'd act and I sincerely hope that I am totally wrong about this man's reasoning.

[Magnolia]

Touché! Outstanding rant!

[Lx]

The father is obviously crushed by such a loss. He can say what he wants and it won't make me think less of him.

Having said that, the media totally disgusts me. There's nothing they love better than to thrust a mic and camera in some grieving family member's face. They have absolutely no shame. Anything to get a 'scoop'. I always change the channel when they do something as low as that.
Fargin bastages.

[Violette]

I haven't found the media to be that liberal. I have been watching CBS and Ted Koppel has been extremely supportive of our presence there. Additionally, CNN seems to be quite objective. MSNBC however I find to be more left.

[eggman]

Let's put the blame where it belongs. Squarely on the media for sticking a camera in the face of this man shortly after he had been notified of the loss of his only son. The media then used this man's anger and grief to promote their agenda.

This man will come to realize that his own words were used to besmirch the cause his son gave his life for.

[Office Manager]

Thank you, ChemCat. I was screaming the same thing at the television when I see the liberal media exploiting the grieving families. Many of us are with you in your concerns and outrage.

The dumbing-down of America is well underway.

[skr]

One would think there's plenty of news to go around without making a bitter family member's feelings into some sort of news flash. Makes as much sense as repeatedly reporting on weekly "anti-war" protests, which were never unexpected and are hardly representative of the vast majority of Americans. Now, I would be interested in how many of the protestors are sincere and how many are there for other reasons. That would be the real story.

[gcruse]

In this father's case, knowing he is black, how uniformly blacks voted for Gore, and seeing polls showing most blacks are against the war, I think there was so much anger against Bush before his son was killed that his reaction is tinged by a lot more than grief.