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Liberal Hall of Shame
“President Carter, as perhaps our country’s most revered ex-President,
your words carry a lot of moral weight. Surely everyone noticed when you
told reporters recently that President Bush’s war on Iraq was based on
a campaign of quote, ‘lies and misinterpretations.’ How many lies do you
think the President told to drag us into war?... I mean, were they little
white lies or really gigantic whoppers?...Does this button sum it all
up for you, ‘Bush Lied, People Died’?” “You probably know the late night comedians have been having a ball at Howard Dean’s expense for his raucous caucus night speech on Monday. Well, last night, Dean went on Letterman to poke a little fun at himself but it didn’t stop Jay Leno from having some more fun....Anyway, let’s hope all the jokes are going to soon be over for Howard Dean.” NBC’s Today Show- January 23, 2004 “Derrick Jackson, who’s a columnist for the Boston Globe, Tim, back in July when ESPN hired Rush Limbaugh, he wrote a column about some of the comments that Mr. Limbaugh has made in the past. In the 1970s, according to this column, Limbaugh told an African-American caller ‘take that bone out of your nose and call me back.’ He goes on to say Limbaugh has always had crime and black people on the brain. He once said, ‘have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?’...Given the fact that Rush Limbaugh has made these kind of inflammatory comments in the past, was it appropriate for ESPN to hire him in this capacity?” NBC’s Today Show to Tim Russert on the October
1, 2003 "Tim, not only domestically but throughout the world September 11th was such a unifying event in many ways and there was an outpouring of sympathy from so many countries worldwide and I was noticing the front page of the New York Times this morning, an article: 'Foreign Views of U.S. Darken After September 11th. In the two years since the view of the United States as a victim of terrorism that deserved the world's sympathy and support has given way to a widespread vision of America as an imperial power that has defied world opinion through unjustified and unilateral use of military force.' Things have changed so dramatically in that arena as well." But what about the world view though, Tim? As you know the administration
is returning to the United Nations in an effort to have a multi-national
force deployed which will be an important thing for Iraq and for the anti-American
sentiment that has cropped up there very significantly. Do you think that
old scars can be healed between the United Nations, particularly countries
like France and Germany and the United States?" NBC September 11, 2003 "Some suggested over the weekend that it’s wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami. All eyes on south Florida and its image this morning. Another writer this weekend called it ‘an out of control banana republic within America.’ What effect is the Elian Gonzalez story having on perception of Miami? We will talk with a well-known columnist for the Miami Herald about that." Today Show April 3, 2002 |
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