Post Quietly Alters Story on Cheney Boos
Post Quietly Alters Story on Cheney Boos
The Washington Post story before:
The first pitch of the Washington Nationals’ second season at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium was low and away, bouncing in the dirt before being scooped up by catcher Brian Schneider. For that, Vice President Cheney received a round of boos from the home crowd this afternoon.
Actually, as the video documents, the booing started from the moment Cheney hit the field and continued until he left. After protests by Americablog and Firedoglake, The Washington Post has changed their copy:
Vice President Cheney threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a right-handed toss that bounced in the dirt to the outside of the plate before being scooped up by catcher Brian Schneider. Cheney, booed by some as he walked to the mound, got even more catcalls after his throw — a far cry from President Bush’s fastball at last year’s home opener.
The new version is more accurate, but still clings to the notion that a significant amount of the booing was in response to the quality of Cheney’s throw. It’s contradicted by the Post’s own Reliable Source column which reports Cheney “drew boisterous boos from the moment he stepped on the field until he jogged off.”
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The question is whether Post reporters whose reports are false suffer any consequences. I would think that false reporting would figure prominently in performance reviews, but perhaps not.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:37 amBetter late than never?
April 12th, 2006 at 10:40 amYou know, if you clearly analyze the concept of integrity. You will find that the Washinton Post is not contained in it.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:40 amWashington Post editor:”Wait a sec, fella….you mean to tell me that Cheney is unpopular?!? Horse feathers! Why, he and Bush are beloved by all. And they are straight-shooters, to boot.”
April 12th, 2006 at 10:40 amWhy do they keep bring this story up? Who cares if they booed him. He should be impeached along with old Bushie.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:43 amWho the hell is dumb enough to believe any useful idiot at al Reuters?
April 12th, 2006 at 10:47 am“boisterous boos from the moment he stepped on the field until he jogged off.—
He can jog? Must be the new heart
April 12th, 2006 at 10:53 amAnd now for some scores from the ESPN Political Team:
The Post Editors take a brutal beating at the hands of an all-star team of the Swampsters and lose:
Liberal Fever Swamps, 1
Washington Post Editors, 0
Highlights tonight on SportsCenter.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:53 amHistory is at the service of politicians , they can altered in any shape or form , when they control the media . What do the Wp and the rest of mass media have to gain from fright of this administration , it seems to me their manipulation is for naught , they loosing readership .
April 12th, 2006 at 10:53 am#5 — the point is that the Wapo is not accurately reporting what is happening in Washington -EVEN- at a damn baseball game! If they are willing to lie about that, obviously they are willing to lie about really SERIOUS issues. A “news” agency must be held accountable for telling the truth about EVERYTHING it publishes otherwise, readers are always left guessing which stories are actually being told truthfully. They don’t get to decide when to be truthful based on whatever rational they may have. . . the truth is the truth regardless of who is involved. . . .that’s the point to holding WaPo accountable even on the first pitch story.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:59 amWhy would anyone Boo such a nice man?
April 12th, 2006 at 11:00 amThe crowd cheer wildly for the vice president, seeing his great pitching form reminissant of the great Lou Burdett, they chanted Lou, Lou, Lou, as the veep triumphly jogged off the mound after throwing a perfect low and away fastball…
Washington Post…
April 12th, 2006 at 11:01 amAgain, all the left-wing blogs have neglected to mention an essential aspect of the story. The key event of the afternoon was not Cheney’s poor throw, but the excellent pitching of 25-year-old Mets rookie Brian Bannister, who, in only his second start, pitched seven innings while giving up only 3 hits and one run.
Cheney can bounce a pitch anyday. But the Mets developing a solid young pitcher? That happens only once every 20 years.
Let’s go Mets! La hora ha llegado!
April 12th, 2006 at 11:03 amAnd all this means we are really getting true stories from Iraq or on anything these days yeah right.
Main stream news needs to tell the White House to shove it and report for real or we should lower their approval ratings and start pulling ads.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:06 amThey lied about Bu$h too. I saw it; he throws like a sissy. He was a STONED CHEERLEADER WITH LATENT HOMO TENDENCIES peeps! To report he had a fast ball was only believed by the usual duped morons.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:12 amListen up,you progressives need to ease up on Cheney.He’s not anal,and neither am I.And by the way;do y’all like me better w’out my bow tie.I’m liberated baby.This was all Rachel’s idea.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:14 amSo, Evil Dick got a few catcalls from the peanut gallery? That should be front page stuff all right. What a bunch of losers. sheesh
April 12th, 2006 at 11:20 amWapo had the video on their site yesterday, and it is painfully obvious that he was being booed by what sounded to me like 80%+ of the crowd. It was deafening. The people that heard it reacted when IT walked out. Very clear to anyone that listened. I wonder if there are pictures of the crowd that the TV crews have?
April 12th, 2006 at 11:20 amThe MSM never prints the good stories from vice-presidential visits to baseball games. They only focus on the bad ones. I mean there were at least dozens of people who cheered for Dick.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:22 amAnd by the way;do y’all like me better w’out my bow tie.
Comment by Chuker Tarlson — April 12, 2006 @ 11:14 am
I’d be hard pressed to like you if you were giving out sacks of money and compliments all at the same time.
But, you know what they say about your anal-retentive rich boys… first you lose the tie and then your virginity. Maybe sex will lighten you up… :)
(love the parody by the way)
April 12th, 2006 at 11:22 am#5
#10 is right.
I was living in Wahington D.C. when the NY Times published Joe Wilson’s editorial. Whether you like Wilson or not, whether believe him or not - one must agree that the assertions he made in his editorial were very news worthy.
The Washington Post had the story buried back on page “A19.” And there was no lead in from the front page to the story. Either you fumbled through the paper and found the Wilson story or you didn’t.
Other stuff on the front page that day? A story about the owner of the local NBA team , Abe Pollin. And a story about a Chinese woman who had achieved significant wealth in China.
Serious accusations levied against the Vice President and the President? Page A19.
Incredible.
Embarassing, actually, when you think that this is the paper that broke Watergate.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:34 am# 20 unbelievable;You know I use that line alot.I’m not a chicken lipped bow tied snit anymore;atleast in appearence.I still have Bushlove and oppose Iraq war.Even though I pimped it when I was on Crossfire.I’m liberated baby,not anal.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:34 am#5, I agree with #10. Inaccurate reporting or incorrect word choice means tens of thousands of WP readers draw the wrong conclusions. It’s this type of daily laziness and incompetence and unprofessionalism, much of it intentional, from the media that pisses off a lot of people.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:35 amI’m liberated baby,not anal.
Comment by Chuker Tarlson — April 12, 2006 @ 11:34 am
Keep repeating the propaganda and eventually you might actually manage to convince yourself :)
April 12th, 2006 at 11:37 amRE #21
“Wahington D.C. = Washington D.C. ”
Sorry about the typo.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:37 amInaccurate reporting or incorrect word choice means tens of thousands of WP readers draw the wrong conclusions. It’s this type of daily laziness and incompetence and unprofessionalism, much of it intentional, from the media that pisses off a lot of people.
Comment by Opie — April 12, 2006 @ 11:35 am
Idon’t disagree. But, as every relationship is a two-way street, I think part of that blame must be shifted to the general public whose vocabulary is not exactly up to par. I had some students who did not understand the meaning of the word ‘emit’, as in a star emits light. By high school, emit is so far below SAT vocabulary that many colleges are starting to lower their minimum entry level requirements to accommodate the downward trend (so that they themselves can afford to stay operational).
I consider myself a progressive. And I am all for helping people who need it,and accountability of those with endless amounts of capital and power. But I also believe in instilling a sense of personal responsibility in our culture that has people interested in better themselves. Even if it means purchasing a dictionary and looking upwords every now and then.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:44 am#13
Very Funny.
See you in October? Go Yankees !
April 12th, 2006 at 11:46 amAnd, taking my own advice, I should learn how to type. :)
April 12th, 2006 at 11:46 ami know this isn’t the forum for the immigrant issue but i can not find the forum. but this is a hot topic for americans. first if find offensive that the illegals are protesting in america. why not mexico? why not have your revolution in mexico. the americans are tired of paying the way for everyone and we shouldn’t have to. ok, if the mexicans want to come over: 1.SPEAK ENGLISH–we should NOT have to alter our english speaking nation to accommadate the illegals or legals. 2. EARN YOUR OWN PAY AND PAY YOUR OWN WAY—that means even your babies. our welfare system is NOT set up so you illegals can have a free ride. 3. GET IT STRAIGHT THIS IS NOTHING IN COMPARISON TO THE 60′S AND MLK. —please you folks have NO idea about the 60’s and the movement. black and white were marching. so get educated. so what about the illegals that are NOT productive? and lets say we give amnesty to the illegals and then 11 millions more pop up. are we gonna give the same treatment? when my family immigrated here they DID NOT live off the government and look for a free ride. it was elbows and assholes—meaning they worked for theirs. does anyone know where the money comes from? SOCIAL SECURITY. if social security was left alone and used ONLY for the intended purposes, today our taxes would be lowered and maybe we would not have to pay in at all. there would be so much money that the interest would take care of itself. but where is it going to entity programs and pork spending.
yesterday there was a story of this very issue. a family of 8: mom and dad and 6 children, ILLEGAL. are living in a $300,000 dollar home drive a suv and pay only $200 dollars/mo in rent. and they are saying thanks to american welfare system(section 8) and sucking our mothers and fathers social security. and not to mention a BIG THANK YOU TO THE TAX PAYERS.
now this is inexcusable. i take it as a slap in the face especially being a veteran of the usarmy. now that is BS.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:47 amThere wouldn’t have been very many jeers and boos had Mr. Cheney been dressed for quail hunting, packing a twelve gauge, and clutching a six pack of Yuengling.
A Bronx cheer for Mr. Cheney.
The Bush/Cheney regime sure have made a mess of things here in murka.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:55 am#26, Unbelievable, I’ll go along with your comment. But your point is another discussion. My feeling is that the media has consistentlly fallen short of their civic responsibility of holding this administration accountable — for more than five years now. Reporters and editors have mortgages and kids that are in private school. They don’t dare compromise their jobs with their corporate bosses.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:56 ambs, if ‘legal’ murkans had the cojones that the ‘illegals’ DO have, maybe this country wouldn’t be in the pickle it is in today.
‘Legal’ murkans have let the US government walk all over them for forty years or more.
I say ‘hats off’ to illegal immigrants. They are the new poor. wretched teeming masses yearning to be free.
I have worked with Mexican migrant laborers, and I never felt threatened by them when I was in their presence. If they want to travel to the US and work, what’s the matter with that?
Murkans have become complacent with their cute jobs, homes… what have you. They’ve lost their way and don’t really know what freedom is anymore.
Arresting 700,000 pot smokers year in and year out and not addressing the problems of real crime has taken us to a road to ruin.
Murkans have been duped into handing everything they have over to the State. It is a sad state of affairs, indeed.
Have a judge issue a search warrant, and let’s search the White House.
There is good everywhere you go. There is bad everywhere you go. However, in the long run, there is more good than bad.
Corruption exists in anything. Right now, the US government is the most corrupt government ever.
You’re scapegoating by trying to blame ‘illegal immigrants’ for this nations problems. The blame rests on the shoulders of the US government.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:08 pmMy feeling is that the media has consistentlly fallen short of their civic responsibility of holding this administration accountable — for more than five years now.
Comment by Opie — April 12, 2006 @ 11:56 am
No argument from me on that one. I’ve been reading ‘A Culture of Fear’, and it’s amazing the statistics of what the media will focus upon for ratings and aversion.
Basically, 95% of people who are murdered personally know their attacker, while the media has hyped the ‘dangerous stranger’ to the point of exaggeriating every minor grievance - such as road rage and violent teenagers - to the point that we isolate ourselves from everyone to our own detriment as a democracy.
The media has the attention of millions of Americans at once. And after watching ‘Good night and Good luck’, I was appalled by the modern version of CBS and it’s contemporaries.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:11 pm#33 “Basically, 95% of people who are murdered personally know their attacker, … to the point that we isolate ourselves from everyone”
Well if we isolate ourselves from everyone then we can’t be murded by people we know, so it will drop the murder rate right?
April 12th, 2006 at 12:26 pmApparently, the Post’s Nationals beat writer, Barry Svrluga, didn’t get the memo, and apparently Post editors believe that errors are worth correcting only if a thousand people repeatedly point them out. The lede of his game coveragestory in the sports section:
When all the fans settled into their seats under the sun, long after Vice President Cheney had skipped his ceremonial first pitch into the dirt in front of Washington Nationals catcher Brian Schneider — and received boos on his way off the field — there was still none of the juice, none of the spine tingles, that came at this point last season.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:35 pm# 31
I think you make a very good point. It speaks to the problem of economics and the media.
My theory is that many of these media organizations are jealous of the FOX ( FAUX? ) News model.
In almost every society or nation - there is the ” us vs. them ” crowd. Or the ” my political party, right or wrong ” crowd. And of course, the ” my country, right or wrong ” crowd.
The ( evil ) “genius” of the Fox model may be that they have not only come to embrace this group as their “market share” - but they have also realized the “pavlovian” nature of this group. If you keep feeding them the ” us vs. them ” stuff - they will be “customers for life.”
This may explain the string of events at the Washington Post. From hiring that conservative blogger to the recent specious editorial re: the leaks. Maybe they feel the need to go after the Fox news market share. And if burying the Wilson story when it first came out wasn’t a “mistake” - then this process may have been underway for about 3 years now.
I went to http://www.bigcharts.com and did a quick look at the stock prices.
News Corp ( NWS ) : Today 17.96. A year ago ( 4/15/05 ) 16.59. Three years ago - 13.67.
Washington Post ( WPO ): Today 744.00. A year ago - 880. Three years ago - 732.00.
To be fair - NWS has interests beyond news media and there may have been special dividends and etc. that the chart is not picking up. But absent that - looks like the Washington Post is chasing the money.
Prior to ‘03 - News Corps stock price was kind of hurting from mid 2001 to mid 2002 and The Washington Post was sideways to higher over the same period.
Would anyone agree that the march to war in the media started around late 2002?
I don’t think News Corp would have the customers they have now if not for the Iraq war - and I think they know that. Big time.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:38 pmWell if we isolate ourselves from everyone then we can’t be murded by people we know, so it will drop the murder rate right?
Comment by squegeeboo — April 12, 2006 @ 12:26 pm
I think that’s a bit of an extreme conclusion, dontcha think? Perhaps a more realisic ending to this particular fable, Aesop, would be that you should chose your friends more wisely.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:44 pmIt’s one thing to editorialize opinion in the papers; it’s another thing to slant the news report. One is acknowledged as bias, the other is supposedly objective. The Post has blurred that line and in doing so has joined so many other publications in American who are cowed by Bush&Co, have compromised standards of profesisonalism, and have therefore prostituted themselves.
April 12th, 2006 at 1:23 pmThe public is paying the price.
Play up the Moonie Times article on the Cheney boo. It paints a wickedly awesome negative picture of the event.
April 12th, 2006 at 1:33 pmSqueegie, on topic, what are your feelings about Fox muting the boos? And what do you think of the boos?
April 12th, 2006 at 2:00 pmMy letter to the “ombudsmanâ€. Does that mean Propaganda Chief?
Why would you lie? Especially about something like this?
“The first pitch of the Washington Nationals’ second season at Robert
F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium was low and away, bouncing in the dirt
before being scooped up by catcher Brian Schneider. For that, Vice
President Cheney received a round of boos from the home crowd this
afternoon.â€
I saw it. Despite FOX trying to hide it, they were a bit slow off the
mark and the veep was booed from the get-go and you KNOW IT! The man
has an 18percent approval rating for god’s sake; WHO did you think you
were kidding? Everyone who didn’t see it, that’s who. And maybe to
convince everyone, like on 9/11, that we shouldn’t believe our own
eyes and ears.
This confirms that you are a propaganda arm and not a news
organization. You ought to be ashamed, but you won’t. You will,
however, in the new age of information, be swept aside.
You are pathetic. It nauseates me.
April 12th, 2006 at 2:16 pmThis confirms that you are a propaganda arm and not a news
organization. You ought to be ashamed, but you won’t. You will,
however, in the new age of information, be swept aside.
You are pathetic. It nauseates me.
Comment by Ken Daves
Oh come on Ken, lighten up and have a little fun. Haven’t you researched this site? This is the front organization for the Clinton machine and the Transnational Progressive movement. “Think Communist” is Bush Derangement Syndrome Central.
Ok, so they are a bunch of dunderheaded tumblefucks. At least they don’t delete too many of my comments. Actually they are a pretty good bunch of Left Wing Walking Dead Losers. Hey, it’s cheap entertainment!
April 12th, 2006 at 2:28 pmYou know, I-Right-I …
I think you are a pretty good guy, too.
A great guy, in fact ….
FOR ME TO POOP ON !!!!
April 12th, 2006 at 3:40 pmYou know, I-Right-I …
I think you are a pretty good guy, too.
A great guy, in fact ….
FOR ME TO POOP ON !!!!
Comment by Simon Cowell
Triumph the dog rocks!
April 12th, 2006 at 4:28 pm“Ok, so they are a bunch of dunderheaded tumblefucks. I-RIGHT-I”
There you go describing the image you see in the mirror every morning.
A cracker like you always sees only your own limitations - figures. Maybe that’s why you’re such a BAD CHRISTIAN.
For someone who claims others are the ‘walking dead’, you’re classically ignorant of all things living. Hypocrisy is the one thing we can always count on from a Nazi like you.
April 12th, 2006 at 4:51 pmI urge everyone to call Governor Rounds office in South Dakota and tell the person who answers, that until the South Dakota legislature repeals the abortion ban you will not go see Mount Rushmore, nor will you do business with any company in South Dakota.
Then join the campaign for progressive legislation. http://www.boycott-republicans.com
The Republican Party appears vulnerable and weak at the cash registers of the companies that give money to them. Make legislative demands of these companies that give money to the Republican party and boycott them until the CEO of the company gets the Republican party to pass a progressive agenda.
I also urge people in South Dakota to call their local Dominos Pizza restaurant and tell the manager that they will not patronize their business until they get their CEO to call upon the SD legislature and get the legislature to repeal the abortion ban.
April 12th, 2006 at 5:11 pmBut yet you “americans” continue to purchase WAPO and read this paper? Untill you stop buying this crap, they will always continue. WAPO NEEDS YOU!!!!!
You americans need to understand what “is” is…
Was it not americans that were counting ballots, americans making the paperless terminals? Are the judges on the S. Court not american? Do americans not protect this “so called leader”? i.e. Secret Service? Are the senators not american? Can you explain hoe “americans” didn’t put him there?
Us Canadians (outside the bubble) are “well versed” in the situation that got you guys there. I think we saw the breakdown happening before any americans did, except the “americans” that were committing these crimes against the american people (which I really like! long live Apple!) Problem is that we are ALL at this point! For americans, they have to realize that what “is” is. Like, If my wife “put” a cat in the house, NOT ME! my wife. And it craps on the floor, do I leave it there because my wife “put” the cat in the home? You know your leaders and, ahem, “helpers” are corrupt. Clean up the crap already. thanks
April 12th, 2006 at 5:18 pmClean up the crap already. thanks
Comment by ctmac
Get rid of your homosexual terrorist appeasing communist “leaders” and we’ll talk. Until then don’t cross the border and STFU.
April 12th, 2006 at 5:27 pm“Get rid of your homosexual terrorist appeasing communist “leaders†and we’ll talk. Until then don’t cross the border and STFU. Comment by I-RIGHT-I”
If you get rid of all of the homosexual terrorists, you’d need to commit suicide. I’m not saying I object - but I’m surprised you’d be willing to do something so ‘courageous’. So far you’ve shown yourself to be too cowardly and chickenhawk to have the courage to do this, so I’m guessing you’d wimp out as usual before acting out this ’solution’ on yourself.
April 12th, 2006 at 5:31 pmi.e. I-RIGHT-I “Get rid of your homosexual terrorist appeasing communist “leaders†and we’ll talk.”
uh, see the problem?
This kind of atitude got you where you are. the scourge of society, hated world round! Good job
We, i mean canadians keep our leaders under thumb, all talk no action.
but hey kill away! you guys are real good at that! ask AT&T
I’ll cross the border when ever I want… i mean it’s not like you guys can really do anything about that problem (uhem Mexico) ha ha
April 12th, 2006 at 5:58 pm‘Post Quietly Alters Story on Cheney Boos’
‘Post Quietly Alters Story on Cheney Booze’
Same storyline, two different stories. Both true. Who’d've thought?
April 12th, 2006 at 8:05 pm>The question is whether Post reporters whose reports are false suffer any consequences. I would think that false reporting would figure prominently in performance reviews, but perhaps not.
So it’s a little late to reply to #1, but don’t jump to conclusions that the reporter is to blame. As an ex-reporter, I can testify that a story’s slant is created by the editor as often as not. An editor can take a story, then slice, dice, and implant whole paragraphs of utter fiction, and still run it under the original reporter’s byline. And the reporter can’t do a thing to stop it, or rectify it. Correction only happens, as a rule, when the slant or fiction is embarrassingly exposed.
April 12th, 2006 at 8:32 pmWimps. If you can’t report the truth, you are no good to America.
April 12th, 2006 at 8:39 pmWashington Post editor:â€Wait a sec, fella….you mean to tell me that Cheney is unpopular?!? Horse feathers! Why, he and Bush are beloved by all. And they are straight-shooters, to boot.â€
Yeah. Just ask Mr. Whittington.
Cheers,
April 12th, 2006 at 8:51 pmHe should have loaded the ball into a small cannon and shot it at the catcher. With his luck he would have shot the left fielder.
April 12th, 2006 at 11:06 pmThe right wing Washington Post, along with RNCNN (Republican National Committee News Network), beginning with the right wing Republican Wolf Blitzer, all threw lifelines to Cheney by downplaying and/or editing out the boos. What did we expect from today’s right wing conservative corporate Republican Party controleld news media?
The right wing conservative Washington Post is being swept aside for its ongoing colluson with Liar Bush, Liar Cheney and the lying Republican Party. The right wing Washington Post is getting its own form of impeachment for its collusion with THE BUSH CABAL.
April 13th, 2006 at 12:40 amsigh,I tried to follow a fox news discussion tonite. They all looked like good ole boys chewing the fat and spinning stories. I checked their statements versus the libby /fitzgerald filing and found
April 13th, 2006 at 1:23 amthey were indeed spinning stories. The interesting thing about lies is that they get bigger and
bigger. Eventually they implode. In this particular instance I keep tapping my foot and looking at my watch waiting for the event. implode already!
I don’t think this reporting error is really going to result in the deaths of thousands or the stripping of our rights.
Also, it doesn’t say the boos were in response to his throw. It just says there were more boos after his throw. uh…I watched it and after his throw, as he walked off the field there were more boos.
They fixed it! Don’t you think you are splitting hairs on this one?
April 13th, 2006 at 9:32 am#58
No, Matt. Not at all.
If this were a stand alone event - then yes. It would be splitting hairs.
But in the context of all of the other things - the hiring of a dubious right-wing blogger, the reality challenged editorial regarding the leaks - which was somewhat sympathetic to president - and then there is #21’s observation that a major story ( the Joe Wilson editorial … a story, to me, that is somewhat reminiscent of the Washington Post’s Watergate glory days ) possibly intentionally kept off of the front page and pushed into the bowels of the paper …
In the context of all of these things, I would have to say that we are not splitting hairs over what seems to be a pattern of the Washington Post’s recent pattern of splitting or spinning the truth.
April 13th, 2006 at 10:20 amwhoa, it’s Simon Cowell!
April 13th, 2006 at 10:33 amIt’s too bad. He holds one of the highest offices in the land. You may agree with the man or not, support the administration or not, but this kind of reaction is just as disrespectful to the role of VP as it is to the person in it. It’s mocking ourselves and our system of government that we fought to be able to have. We have the right to vote, and seek recourse in appropriate channels. Too bad we can’t figure out what those are. Makes me feel ashamed.
April 13th, 2006 at 10:38 am#61
First of all - “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.
It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country.
It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country.”
This is a quote attributed to President Theodore Roosevelt.
So - in summary. (1) The people have the right to “boo” a public official with an 18% approval rating. They obviously don’t feel he has been efficiently serving the nation. These public officials are supposedly “tough” people who knew that they would hear it - one way or another - from the American people if they do an unfavorable job.
And (2) - If a man is “boo-ed,” a newspaper or TV media should say ” the man was boo-ed.” ( or - the man is being “boo-ed” in the case of live TV ).
It is really as simple as that.
Don’t attempt to mute it.
Don’t attempt to spin it.
Just say: the man was boo-ed.
April 13th, 2006 at 11:34 am#61 This is America, dude. Sorry if you don’t like it here, but freedom is why we are here in the first place. At least that is what my great grandparents said they came here for.
Offering up cheers to our leaders even when we feel like booing seems rather, oh, unAmerican. You’re thinking of China.
April 13th, 2006 at 1:11 pmEverytime Cheney comes out from under his rock to pretend to be “one of the guys” he embarrases himself. His visit to the Katrina devastated south was the first.
I heard from someone that was there that they were booing Cheney and stomping their feet on the way to his “sissy” pitch, and as he went back to his secret place beneath the rocks.
April 13th, 2006 at 3:56 pmWhy are they always somewhere other than the white house Let them get booed.
April 13th, 2006 at 5:36 pmHey #35 i remember that tune “mr bob dobolina”,excellent screen name.WAPO is not the only paper that hides the true stories way in the back.I live in Detroit and the two papers never speak ill of Bush even though if it were up to Bush this is where he would stage his next “terrist” attack.Most msm suck these days.Its just a reality you’ll have to get used to in “new american century”.Bush is a nazi and the msm his propaganda machine.LIES,LIES,LIES and yet more LIES.
April 13th, 2006 at 7:02 pmI really feel sorry for BIG DICK.. especially the whirlwind fiasco for shooting his pal while quail hunting.. never the less a little alcohol helped to determine the difference between his pal and a quail..
April 13th, 2006 at 10:54 pmA little here a little boo there does not make BIG DICK a weary man.. why do you think he lives in a bomb shelter?..maybe a little paranoid but he feels safe with his family .. along with a wayward heart …
In a related story thousands of anti-war demonstrators paused in their chanting to bow before King George as he stepped down from the White House steps. Clinging to every eloquent phrase the protesters put their placards into a bonfire and decided to enlist in the army. Astute reporters from the Washington Post captured this moment and relayed the information to FOX News, film at 11.
April 14th, 2006 at 3:44 am#7 said:
“boisterous boos from the moment he stepped on the field until he jogged off.â€â€
He can jog? Must be the new heart
Yeah, that new heart that White House surgeons were ordered (by the dick) to rip out of a poor, innocent baby!
April 14th, 2006 at 4:46 pmthe dick eats babies for breakfast!
T ‘I-RIGHT-I’ comment #17 and your position that Cheney getting booed at the ballgame isn’t the least bit important, I’d like to counter by saying it is VERY IMPORTANT when a sitting Vice President cannot attend a public event without getting booed by that public. The same would be true for any high level administration official.
April 20th, 2006 at 8:08 pmIt’s important that the general public gets a chance to express their feelings directly, and just as important that the administration official hear it! Too many of the almost scripted appearances of this President and Vice-President are held in front of nothing but highly screened audiences in which there is about a 1% chance of there being a person in the audience who is not one of their few remaining idealogue supporters who hate to admit (Just like Bush, Cheney, Rummy) that they’ve ever made a mistake in their lives. A bit of insecurity there, isn’t it?
When an administration rules by nothing but fear, fear, and more fear, the public eventually overcomes the initial fear shock and begins to look at the reality of things, but there will always be that 30% of the public who give in to their fears, fears which in most of this group are numerous.
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