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I still say Bush's single greatest error as President was saying suspected weapons of mass destruction were part (or as the media later spun, the ONLY part) of the justification for going to war. We were, as far as I know, justified as soon as Saddam violated the agreements which ended the first Gulf War. I think he threw in WMD as icing on the cake, to play off of fears a bit and gain some additional support. It backfired really hard on him, and had he stuck to his guns and went in under the obvious, concrete reasoning that already existed there would have been less of a fallout politically afterwards.
I stand by my media statements. However, the fodder that the media is using against Bush is a much bigger deal than Whitewater scandals or what-have-you. They are playing manipulator of data involving a war, and a mass-scale change of United States policy towards perceived terrorist threats, and misrepresentation of THIS stuff is a threat to the well-being of the world. |
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Can't deal with the message, attack the messenger. Charlie is a neocon, so dismiss him. Yeah. No interest in, or aptitude for, persuasion. Simply dismiss categorically. Turn the knob 12. JP |
You're response is childish. I said he has the same political bent as the administration, so he might be biased. Your whole thread is about media bias. Once again, get over it. :rolleyes:
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"Can't deal with the message, attack the messenger."
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13, anyone? Insert childish emoticon here. JP |
I'll go to 14 if it'll stop the whining. :)
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The story is always in the conflict..........according to current media standards. Exploit the conflict even if you have to make it up or invent it. |
I don't think Krauthammer agrees with the Bush admin. on even close to a majority of the issues. I've been reading his column every Friday for about the last 12 yrs. IIRC, he was once a speech writer for Jimmy Carter. He even wrote a column around 2001 supporting slavery reparations. He certainly has gone conservative in his old age though.
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I LOVE Krauthammer. His opinions echo mine and are expressed far more eloquently.
And while I agree with the point about the media using conflict (or anything else) to sell their wares I also think they are overwhelmingly liberal. This has been extensively documented by the media themselves (see Poynter, PEW etc.) A recent real world example is Hillary's hiring of Sandy Berger. On the very day this came to light the Washinton Post featured a front page above the fold puff piece about how Hillary is a "uniter". Berger's hiring was never reported- ever. But I also think the Post wants Hillary elected because it will give them a wealth of stories and controversy to report. That 'ol Tiger Bill has not changed his stripes- and I bet they're salivating at the chance to follow him around town. And the local news? Love Juice at 11- Spunkmaster B snags some sweet stuff- and her mama likes him too. |
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Where did the middle ground go in this country ? It surely exists, but nobody is willing to go there. Factoids have replaced facts, and opinions are based on the flavor of factoids that one prefers. Opinions have become the order of the day, and it seems more important that one feels strongly about one's beliefs than it does to ascertain the correctness of the basis of those views. Of course most Democrats are idiots ! And Republicans are inherently corrupt. At the leadership level of course. The truth is that reality is up for grabs, and the media at most levels seems to be incompetent at the job of sifting facts from factoids. I believe it should be obvious that there are biases on both sides. But I also believe that there is a machinery driving a pupose . Obviously the Democrats are too disjointed as a whole to be able to do this, so that would leave Who ? ''Some call you the ruling elite, but I call you my base.'' |
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If that was his strategy, it sure was a bold one! :D :D :D
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You boys are gonna need a set of these. Bold strategy indeed!
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+1 :)
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http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110010861
The Insanity of Bush Hatred crop But Bush hatred is different. It's not that this time members of the intellectual class have been swept away by passion and become votaries of anger and loathing. Alas, intellectuals have always been prone to employ their learning and fine words to whip up resentment and demonize the competition. Bush hatred, however, is distinguished by the pride intellectuals have taken in their hatred, openly endorsing it as a virtue and enthusiastically proclaiming that their hatred is not only a rational response to the president and his administration but a mark of good moral hygiene. crop Our politics suffer when passions overcome reason and vitriol becomes virtue. crop In short, Bush hatred is not a rational response to actual Bush perfidy. Rather, Bush hatred compels its progressive victims--who pride themselves on their sophistication and sensitivity to nuance--to reduce complicated events and multilayered issues to simple matters of good and evil. Like all hatred in politics, Bush hatred blinds to the other sides of the argument, and constrains the hater to see a monster instead of a political opponent. Prof. Starr shows in "Freedom's Power" that tolerance, generosity, and reasoned skepticism are hallmarks of the truly liberal spirit. His analysis suggests that the problem with progressives who have succumbed to Bush hatred is not their liberalism; it's their betrayal of it................ crop |
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Just a question...
But doesn't the President reduce things to stark black-and-white arguments, simplifying complex problems to impossibly simplistic solutions? This may not be altogether wrong, but I can understand why it infuriates people who see the world as a very complicated place, not reducable to "one price fits all" solutions. What I worry about more than anything else is the cost in blood and treasure we are expending as the world's police force. Perhaps necessary, but sooner or later, like the constant dripping of water on a rock, it will wear us away. |
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