It's them damned cables
"I don’t like it. The cables (TV) have a lot to do with it." -- Poppy Bush on how mean the left is toward his son, W.
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an interview with CBS, First President Bush criticizes the lack of civility in today's political discourse...especially when it comes to the way some "sick puppies" at MSNBC treat his son, W.Which made me laugh...the hypocrisy calls out for a comedy skit.
From CBS news: "[W]hile he said he does not believe in personal name-calling, he singled out MSNBC personalities Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow calling them "sick puppies."
"The way they treat my son and anyone who’s opposed to their point of view is just horrible," Mr. Bush said."....[..]"
Yeah... how could they say stuff like, "He’s not a real American, he wasn’t even born here!"..."He’s another Hitler!"... "He has a secret agenda to bankrupt the United States and expand government control so he can become a dictator!"... oh yeah, and "His wife’s a bitch!" That kind of talk is just so awful!…
Nevermind that Poppy's son damned near drove our country over a cliff, destroyed the economy and our reputation in the rest of the world. Sure, we're still in shock and probably will be talking about it for a long time.
Hey, isn't this the same Poppy who ran the notoriously offensive race-baiting Willie Horton ad? Which definitely appealed to white bigots and helped turn the tide against Dukakis...and started us down the nasty road we're on today? Yet he questions the conduct of Maddow and Olbermann?
But, I get it --the rightwing is trying to deflect White House criticism that Fox News isn’t a real news organization by pushing the idea that MSNBC has become the leftwing equivalent of Fox News.
Okay, MSNBC does give three hours of its weekday programming to leftie anchors -- Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow.
But they also give three hours every morning to former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough...not to mention wingnut Pat Buchanan is a regular contributor throughout the day.
Other than that, the rest of MSNBC's programming doesn’t appear to be overly partisan one way or another. But, boy howdy, when you compare it side-by-side with Fox, sure it looks like a hotbed of flaming liberalism.
BooHoo, Fox News is getting picked on by that mean ol' White House...who decided not to take Fox's lies and misinformation sitting down anymore. They're fighting back.
Media Matters wrote a good piece on this whole dustup.
And how scary is this? A rumor that Fox owner Rupert Murdoch is interested in buying NBC Universal. That would make him Keith and Rachel's boss...also Tina Fey’s...
