Headline News Anchor: ‘Might Some Argue That Lamont…Is The al Qaeda Candidate?’
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Headline News Anchor: ‘Might Some Argue That Lamont…Is The al Qaeda Candidate?’
Today on CNN Headline News, anchor Chuck Roberts discussed the impact of the foiled British terror plot with Hotline senior editor John Mercurio. Roberts asked Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?” Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2006/08/headlinelamont.320.240.flv]
Vice President Cheney said some pretty outrageous things about the impact of Lamont’s victory on terrorists. But even Cheney didn’t call Lamont “the al Qaeda candidate” That’s a Chuck Roberts original.
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The pugs are so desperate I almost feel sorry for them.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:20 pmw o w … ok … seriously – this shite just can’t go on…
August 11th, 2006 at 4:20 pmChuck Roberts. He’s been in that same position for years. He’ll always be a second-rate journalist. Now, he’s also a asshole.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:20 pmReally, anyone who buys into any of this downright CRAP are going to be cultists of bushco.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:21 pmIsn’t it time to do a call into CNN about this Anchor?
August 11th, 2006 at 4:24 pmDamn that liberal bias!
August 11th, 2006 at 4:24 pmAll the journalists who have been canned by the new MSM, all the military brass who are now retired, all the humanitarians, history buffs, economists, etc…all of them have written books. It is unreal. My little book store in my town has a WHOLE section dedictated to these books, and I have bought at least a dozen. But that’s just me. Try as I might to educate the ignorant to the truth, they seem to choose to believe the likes of bill o’leilly and ann coulter – they are SIMPLY A LOST CAUSE.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:24 pmHe’s a parrot with a hairdo.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:24 pmFINALLY! An intelligent journalist! Good for him!
August 11th, 2006 at 4:25 pmLiberal media at it again. All they do is bash Bush. :)
August 11th, 2006 at 4:26 pmLet’s just hope that there are a majority of people that can see this fearmongering for what it is, the last desperate attempts of a person and the media still supporting him.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:26 pmWell, I’m outta here. I cannot stand to hear anymore drivel from exley and his ilk.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:26 pmWow Exley, I think that is a stretch even for you. Or do you want to be put in the same class as Mighty Aphrodite?
August 11th, 2006 at 4:27 pmCNN has morphed into FOXNews Central.
CNN anchors are newsreaders- They are dumb as a rock. Yes, I’m talking to you, Paula Zahn.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:29 pmMight Some Argue That Headline News Anchor…Is The Latest in a Long Line of ReichWingNut Dick-Heads?
August 11th, 2006 at 4:29 pmCome on, exley — surely you’re forgetting the other “intelligent journalists” you wingnuts idolize — Bill O’Liely, Michelle Malkontent, Annie-Boy Culter…
I mean, if all it takes for you to call someone an intelligent journalist is to make up stuff and spew it on cable TV, then sign up the whole Faux News team!!
August 11th, 2006 at 4:30 pmTP, please provide an e-mail address to the good folks at CNN so we can let them know our…uh….”displeasure.” Yeah, that’s it, displeasure.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:30 pmWHAT LIBERAL MEDIA? If this isn’t fascist propaganda and fear-mongering, I don’t know what is. Reichwing smear machine.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:30 pmWell, since Exley is better at articulating his opinions and ideas, I think he has to take more responsibility than Mighty Aphrodite, who probably can’t even understand her own postings.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:30 pm#16 – …CNN anchors are newsreaders- They are dumb as a rock. Yes, I’m talking to you, Paula Zahn.
How big and exposed are Paula’s tits? I mean, if I’m going to be force-fed Rethuglican Party-line bilge, it might as well go down as nice and easily on the eyes as it can, right?
August 11th, 2006 at 4:31 pmRS: exley and MA are the two cheeks of the same ass; feel free to taunt them both equally
August 11th, 2006 at 4:32 pme-mail address to the good folks at CNN
August 11th, 2006 at 4:33 pmJC: Paula’s just trying to remind you that she’s a female, and therefore distinguished from Anne Culter on that ground alone…
August 11th, 2006 at 4:33 pmI disagree zippy, Exley is generaly lucid, respectful, and level-headed. Ma is well a freakish feces throwing wingnut.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:33 pm9/11 was an inside job. Faux News and the Bush admin continue to use this made-up Al Queda bullshit to parrot their talking points, and actually advocate the murder of anyone who disagrees with them? Back in the day, we called that fascism. We should call it that now.
When we get attacked by “Hezbollah,” “Iran,” or “Syria” in the next two months here, on our own soil, ask yourself, who really benefits from this “war?”
Wake up, people. For the love of God, wake up. Ask questions. Do research. 911blogger.com
August 11th, 2006 at 4:37 pmdisgusting.
Bin Laden probably waited until Bush was president before he attached us because he knew how Bush/Cheney would react.
The actions of Bush/Cheney have been consistent with everything Bin Laden wanted. If anyone is the Al Qaeda candidate, it is Bush/Cheney. They continue to fall into every trap laid by the evil mastermind OBL.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:37 pmRoberts has McCarthyism down to a science.
In fact, this terrorist plot supports Lamont by showing that the Iraq misadventure has taken resources away from the real war against terrorist attacks. The Lamont victory contributes to being able to apply more, not fewer, resources into things like bringing bin Laden to justice while at the same time removing one of the prime recruiting incentives for bin Laden.
In other words, Roberts has it exactly backwards in context. I would never say that Lieberman is the al Qaeda candidate. I would only say that his proposals will have the opposite effect from what his stated goal is. And there is evidence to back this up.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:38 pmAssumption being: if you believe in talking to people rather than blowing the hell out of them, you are ’soft on terror’
August 11th, 2006 at 4:39 pmBreaking News – Elections Cause Terrorism!
Bush has helped create more people willing to use terrorism (and therefore become terrorists) than anyone else in human history.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:39 pmMost insteresting aspect, is he is interviewing another member of CNN. The anchor lobs the talking point about Lamont, and Al Qaida, and the interviewee doesn’t refute the statement at all. Yeah CNN is really liberal.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:40 pmDo they really think that the average American believes any of this crap? They don’t. While traveling back from Montana with my republican mom and her brother, an even more conservative republican, we were flipping through the radio stations and came across Sena Hannity. I was think “OMFG I am going to have to listen to this” Both of them asked, at almost the same time “Who is this whacko/” I chuckled a little and said “That would be one of the conservative spokes people. To which they both replied, at the same time “He doesn’t speak for me.”
I am so much happier these days. After taking a little trip to two conservative states and one liberal state, I couldn’t find anybody who likes Bush. None, zero, zip, nada, ziltch. Nobody.
Things are looking up.
Smile.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:40 pmI’ve already sent my complaint. Have at it ladies and gentlemen!
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
August 11th, 2006 at 4:41 pmMighty Aphrodite, who probably can’t even understand her own postings.
Comment by RealScientist
Now dammit, that was funny!
August 11th, 2006 at 4:42 pmthat does it. f**k headline news forever
August 11th, 2006 at 4:43 pmI just sent in a complaint:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/hdlns/
Click on Roberts’ name and let your fingers do the talking. Keep it professional though.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:45 pmEven hard line repugs have got to be embarrassed by the outrageous comments from some of their people.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:47 pmChuck Roberts needs some time off to clear his head (like about 20 years) – what a jerk!
OK,
For the last f**king time people:
There was no connection between 9/11 and Iraq, or Alqaeda
the bi-partisan 9/11 committee chaired by a republican concluded that.
you can be for the “war on Terror” and be against the war in Iraq. They are two separate things.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:47 pmHeadline, cnn, fox, cbs, nbc, etc. . . . . same thing, different faces.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:48 pmOh, and No. 1, Suzy, I’ve got to agree, the operative word being almost.
It’s getting so their crap is so far gone it’s almost funny to watch them try to be serious.
randi just mentioned this… caution: washington times…
Purge by Taliban Democrats
By Cal Thomas August 11, 2006
The narrow primary defeat of veteran Sen. Joe Lieberman in Connecticut’s Democratic primary is more than a loss for one man. It is a loss for his party and for the country. It completes the capture of the Democratic Party by its Taliban wing.
…
these people are ugly ruthless liars and thieves…
August 11th, 2006 at 4:49 pm“Thank goodness our friends and allies did not desert us during our civil war.”-comment by Mighty Aphrodite – August 3, 2006 @ 3:22 pm
August 11th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Might some call Chuck Roberts a partisan asshole that doesn’t belong on television?
August 11th, 2006 at 4:52 pmSo if you use your rights and vote you are a terrorist, Now BushCo has his platform to outlaw elections.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:52 pmIs it genocide to kill republican toolbags? I mean seriously, how can they get away with this distasteful SHIT every fracking day?
I just :heart: the liberal media.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:54 pmFor months I have wondered how low the Republicans would sink in their efforts to maintain one party rule. Now I know.
My dear deceased mother would be appalled by today’s Republicans–the party for which she once worked. If I, myself, had not already given up on them, I would be embarrassed and ashamed by them today.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:57 pmI also do feel bad for the republicans, having to resort to such desperate measures.
But it’s gonna feel so good to see the looks on their faces when we win in November
I just wana go up to Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, ken mehlman, Don Rumsfeld, Bill Frist, Tom Delay, Tony Snow, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reily and last but not least, Joe Liberman, and just flip them off with both hands right after we win in November.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:57 pmCNN proves once again that it is just Fox Lite
August 11th, 2006 at 4:57 pmDisgusting journalism. Truly disgusting.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:58 pmAny media that allows Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin air time cannot really be called liberal. All this shows is that people like them have influence beyond Fox News.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:58 pmNow is that objective reporting or what! Such opinions should never even make it on to a program called ‘headline NEWS’.
can we start calling candidates that support GW and his facsist agenda the Nazi Candidates??
Some might argue that.
August 11th, 2006 at 4:58 pmit’s only going to get worse… they’ll use every dirty name in the book to hold on to their slipping power…. be prepared for more :(
Luckily the majority of voters think it really stinks when Bush/Cheney & Co call them “taliban” and “al qaeda candidates….”
These columnists and commentators are attacking the American Voter with everything they’ve got… BUT THEY ARE STILL GOING TO LOSE IN NOVEMBER damnit!
August 11th, 2006 at 4:59 pmIt HAS been argued that Lamont is an ” al Qaeda Candidate ” by some stupid people . But certainly Chuck Roberts , or any other talking head couldn’t have just inadvertantly let that slip or mention off-the-cuff something as politicaly bias as that . He should be fired and cnn should be fined or something . CNN the most trusted ? Glen Beck is on there now for cripes .
August 11th, 2006 at 5:00 pmD. Tree- if the Republicans didn’t lose in 2004, why would they lose in November? The endless stream of bile coming out seems to somehow motivate the core support. I just can’t believe that the Americans fall for their b.s.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:02 pmI feel sorry for people like him, too. Sorry example of what this country has become. Anything to get attention. Pitiful.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:03 pm“And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?â€
Who are these “some” nameless people Robert is talking about? Who has said that Lamont is the “AlQaeda candidate”? When did they say it? When was it reported? By whom?
This is the same tactic the Bush administration has used over and over again, claiming “someone says X” without naming the people who supposedly said it, or providing any specifics.
This is really outrageous.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:03 pmHey G S an argument like that is like arguing with a drunk , or stupid people , either way everyone arguing just ends up looking stupid .
August 11th, 2006 at 5:06 pmOh please Exley is just goading you. Ignore him. He’s a coward just like the rest of his kind.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:07 pmBushCo only likes the Elections that allow them to pick the winners. If a budding ‘Democracy’ makes choices that BushCo doesn’t like, however, all bets are off. Iraq is on it’s THIRD Prime Minister, since their first “Democratic” election. You think you know someone… but I digress. BushCo knows who they want, and it is not Ned Lamont. Let the ’smearing’ commence! Can’t they come up with a new scheme” Been there, done that, to DEATH. What a snore. Ned Lamont should ignore them, actually, everyone should. BushCo is bound to bore us all to death, but v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y, you know how much they enjoy torturing people, especially the innocent ones.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:10 pmAnd might some argue, as some have, that Chuck Roberts is a pompous fool, an ass, and a lying, Republican shill?
August 11th, 2006 at 5:10 pmCalling liberals, who strongly believe in the seperation of church and state, the “American Taliban” is hilarious.
The irony of using the smear, American Taliban, coming from someone who supports school prayer, and the ten commandments in Government buildings, is priceless.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:10 pmIt’s funny how the repugs were calling Joe ” Loserman ” but now it sounds more like “loverman ” .
August 11th, 2006 at 5:14 pmCal Thomas – ugh! I can look forward to his column being in my local paper tomorrow morning. I think I will better spend the time cleaning the toilets.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:16 pmPeople like Chuck Roberts serve up this “unbiased news” and then Isreal asks the U.S. to hurry up and send the clusterbombs. Does the State Department wonder why we are getting hammered by world opinion. We need a 100 Ned Lamonts. I know he supports Isreal but the difference in him and Lieberman is mind boggling.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:16 pmOMG. How this guy is able to pose as a journalist is unbelievable. Yeah, that’s right, Ned Lamont wants to appeal to a mass murderer of 3,000 Americans. Yes, that’s correct, expecting accountability and competence from the Executive Branch somehow links Lamont to al Qaeda. This guy should be summarily fired for even getting that soundbite on the air and more so because it is transparently disguised as “Some might say . . .” Yes, some might say that Hitler is looking up from Hell in such admiration of Dick Cheney. Incredible. We as a nation are in decline when yahoos like this are considered professional journalists. He should be cleaning toilets on the Interstate, assuming he is even qualified to do that.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:20 pmEach internet user that disagrees with current US govt policy needs to voice their opinion outside the virtual net. If not, the MSM will influence too many of the ignorant.
print up one page flyers, signs, banners. post your opinion everywhere possible in realworld common eyesight.
just spend one hour a day participating in this action. reach out beyond the virtual. take the msg to the average joe.
you can make the difference
August 11th, 2006 at 5:27 pmHmmm…
Roberts must have heard of an opening at FOX NEWS and needed to add a clip to his audition tape.
Sounds like he’ll fit right in with Roger Ailes’ team: Need a fact? Pull it out of your ass.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:28 pmThe good news is more and more Americans are tuning out the increasingly irrevalent MSM like we just saw with Lamont over Lieberman.
So the MSM has to play more to the mostly lunatic Christian fascists that walk in goosestep to George Bush and his army of neocon psychopaths.
I love the smell of desperation reeking from Karl Rove, the GOP, and the increasingly irrevalent MSM.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:29 pmtypo correction for irrelevant
August 11th, 2006 at 5:31 pmMost irresponsible report I’ve heard today.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:31 pmComment by Mishkin — August 11, 2006 @ 5:02 pm
I’ve heard a lot of people ask if they didn’t lose in ‘04, why will they lose now?
Couple of reasons:
#1 we’re never gonna give up!!!!
#2 whether you love him or hate him, Howard Dean and his brother Jim (over at democracyforamerica.com) have put A LOT of new blood into the democratic party. New Candidates on EVERY level of office (did you know the state governors majority is about to change hands just like congress?)
#3 grassroots and netroots upswelling, and the 50 state strategy. This is making a huge difference, and we didn’t have this level of involvment in ‘04
#4 well… the republican record just keeps getting worse and worse… is there anything they can say they’ve actually accomplished? there is a huge menu of things to choose from that tells people not to trust republicans: voting fraud, corruption, lying cheating stealing… REPUBLICANS CANNOT BE TRUSTED ANYMORE
spread the word and get out the vote in November… and then it will be payback time.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:32 pmCan we now finally call CNN the Crapy News Network
August 11th, 2006 at 5:33 pmcan’t believe i said republicans can’t be trusted “anymore…” :P
probably should have said republicans can’t be trusted “now more than ever!”
August 11th, 2006 at 5:34 pmDo the fascist math. Lieberman loss + Rove promise to help him out = Red Alert! These scum are so transparent it’s a joke.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:36 pmFINALLY! An intelligent journalist! Good for him!
That’s not journalism, that’s spin. Totally different concept, moron.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:36 pmkinda funny that the GOP thinks Dems are gonna fall for their bid to hold up Lieberman as a “good democrat.”
Since when is the GOP looking out for the good of the Democratic party?
If the repooplicans support Lieberman, you can bet he’d bad for the party.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:40 pmWords can’t possibly convey how I feel about Chuck Roberts’ statement. I would really need to be within arm’s reach of the guy to give it the emphasis I think it needs.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:40 pmYet another shit smear on the once honorable profession called journalism. All American media whores should be required to review tapes of some of the fearless and fair-minded professionals in Europe, who don’t give a crap, challenge every outrageous assertion made by their guests and don’t repeat obviously vitriolic partisan rhetoric and lies. We will have a whole lot of house-cleaning to do after we purge the reichwing nuts. Re-regulating the media has to be item #1 on the list.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:44 pmTell CNN Headline News what you think about this outrage.
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.html?33
August 11th, 2006 at 5:45 pmWho knew that Headchop News lead spokesman Chuck Al-Roberts would BETRAY US by revealing our secret plot to overthrow the United States by installing the oil-and-military industry into the entire heathen government via massive vote-fraud?
Somebody revoke his Islamofascist Jihad Membership Card. Only Al-Reilly is allowed to pretend to expose our methods on his Islamofascist Factor nighttime stroke fest.
Tell Olmert to get ready. Dennis Miller has been moved onto the Mothership, and we are going to need a new fake comedian.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:49 pmThis is OUTRAGEOUS!!
CNN Headline News just called a Democratic candidate for the US Senate a terrorist!!
They have gone WAY off the deep end.
This outrageous Democrat bashing HAS TO STOP. NOW.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:51 pm.
An Indictment of the Bush Administration (partial)
* Illegal domestic spying in violation of FISA and the Fourth Amendment.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:51 pm* Illegal detentions in violation of the Fourth Amendment, International Law, and U.S. Law.
* Maintaining secret prisons and extraordinary rendition, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, International Law, US Law.
* Illegal aggressive war – in violation of International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the Geneva Conventions.
* Use of a variety of illegal weapons on non-combatants including White Phosphorous and Depleted Uranium.
* Illegal targeting of civilians, journalists, and hospitals.
* Illegal seizure of Iraqi oil.
* Illegal use of funds in Iraq that had been appropriated for Afghanistan.
* Leaking of the identity of an undercover CIA agent for crass political purposes and covering up same.
* Illegal retribution against whistleblowers.
* Use of signing statements to reverse 750 laws passed by Congress.
* Production of phony news reports at home and abroad, and corrupting and bribing the press.
* Dereliction of duty in neglecting global warming, hurricanes, hunger, AIDS, the needs of veterans, and warnings of 9-11 attacks.
* Planning, green lighting, and supplying advanced weaponry for Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, and urging further attacks on Syria and Iran.
* Illegal obstruction of investigations by Congress, the 9-11 Commission, and the Department of Justice.
* Illegal theft of national elections and fraudulent cover-up of same.
* Ordering, condoning, and conducting the torture of human beings in violation of US Law, International Law, the UN Convention Against Torture, and the Geneva Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the illegal cover-up of same.
He was a news anchor from the “Heartland” and did news in my home town (City just above Stratcom). Needless to say, the heartland are filled with followers of the President, right or wrong. The people in this area would make great SS men and women. It’s worse than in the red neck south! Columbia, SC is more open minded than Omaha, NE. To disagree with the President is equal to thoughcrime.
August 11th, 2006 at 5:52 pmMight some argue that the Republicans, sensing that for them, the worst is yet to come, have allowed their fear to erradicate what little reason they might have had left? Might some say, that they have become their own worst enemies? They are sowing the seeds of their own destruction, but they will save the blame for us, as always. The grass is always greener over the septic tank. Sigh…
August 11th, 2006 at 5:53 pm#71 The accomplishments of the GOP rubber stamp Congress. To wit:
1. The Terry Schiavo Bill (the only thing that can pry the idiot dauphine from his vacation).
2. Energy legislation written by the oil companies.
3. Senior drug benefit legislation written by the pharmaceutical companies.
As to numbers 2 and 3, if the respective oil and drug industries are actually doing teh work of writing legislation, why do we even need member of the GOP rubber stamp Congress? Let’s just cut out the middle man altogether, correct?
August 11th, 2006 at 5:56 pmIt’s amazing how passionately Republicans feel about the success of our party, isn’t it? It’s heartening, really…
You’d never think that my or anyone’s jury duty would make an effective parallel with the so-called war on terror. Think again.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:01 pmPlease Chuck…identify the “some” of whom you speak. Or are you reading from the WH points issued today?
August 11th, 2006 at 6:01 pmHere’s my message to CNN
August 11th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
This has got to be Keith Oberman’s Worst Worst Person EVER…Absolutely the most disgusting, infuriating, offensive BS ever spewed…
August 11th, 2006 at 6:19 pmChuck Roberts needs to fired and banned from the media…Every reasonably intelligent person with an ounce of decency needs to stand up to CNN and demand he be fired… We the people..(the television audience) …deserve respect….and if we don’t demand it (by expressing our outrage) we are not going to get it…..
Well, I guess we’ll have to start labeling all republican candidates the Bin Laden candidate.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:19 pmWe need to label all republofascist candidates as supporters of war crimes and supporters of genocide.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:22 pmspread the word and get out the vote in November… and then it will be payback time.
Comment by D.Tree — August 11, 2006 @ 5:32 pm
WIN FIRST — PURGE LATER
i heard that somehwere…
August 11th, 2006 at 6:23 pm(and there’s that word – we can use it too…)
On second thought, perhaps the Inquisition wing of the RepubliChristoFascist party would be more appropriate.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:23 pmWhat amazes me that they guy getting interviewed here does not stop and say, “That is the STUPIDEST thing I have heard asked in an interview, get some journalistic integrity!”
Until inflamatory news gets called out for what it is ON THE AIR, they will just keep pushing the envelope of stupidity.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:25 pmCable News Channels have all become FOX light. Screw all of them with the exception of Keith Olberman
August 11th, 2006 at 6:29 pmMeet CNN, the Joseph McCarthy network.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:30 pmAnd they wonder why we watch Colbert and Stewart!
August 11th, 2006 at 6:31 pmMight some argue that Chuck Roberts is the pedophile’s newsanchor?
I would never suggest such a thing, of course. But the question must be asked.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:31 pmand they wonder why I NEVER watch CNN anymore…..
August 11th, 2006 at 6:33 pm#98 – truly, the question must be asked. Why does Chuck Roberts hate 53% of the Democrats in CT?
August 11th, 2006 at 6:34 pmSome say that Chuck Roberts is a child molester, I would never suggest such a thing, but some might just argue it.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:42 pmAs #89 suggests, go to the CNN website and send them an email. Flood them with complaints about this nonsense. Great idea. Thanks hit_escape.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:43 pmSome might say they’ve seen Chuck Roberts visiting gay bathhouses, because they have actually seen him there. Just saying, some might say that. Some that have actually seen him. Hmmmmm…
August 11th, 2006 at 6:44 pmPathetic. Watching CNN and with the sole exception of Olbermann, MSNBC /NBC bleeding themselves stupid trying to out perform the Fox News Hate Machine has become a spectator sport of Roman gladiatorial proportions.
Chuck Roberts. What a fine illustrious journalistic career he is enjoying. I’ll bet he can’t wait for minimum wage to go up so that he can finally buy a brain.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:48 pm#104 – More like Bin Laden LOVES Republicans!
August 11th, 2006 at 6:48 pmHey Gay Bear… got connections? Need to take a few photos, that will change the “spin”. Good work.
Bin Lauden prefers Republicans because they make the kind of mistakes that Al Qaeda needs to thrive.
“When the revolutions comes… ” The Last Poets
August 11th, 2006 at 6:49 pmUnfortunately, facts have shown that the number of terrorists in the middle east have grown exponentially since Bush shoved our military down the throat of Iraq.
So, if anyone is the al Qaeda candidate, it was Bush from the beginning.
August 11th, 2006 at 6:51 pmGay Bear,
I am sure if he ended up at a gay bathouse, it was completely by accident, and he had “no idea” what took place there. Isn’t that what most of those “straight” guys say?
August 11th, 2006 at 6:52 pmbin laden (hearts) republicans
August 11th, 2006 at 6:57 pmKaty,
George W. Bush, and the republican and democrat enablers, are the best recruiting tool Al Qaeda has.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:01 pm111 – we need the bumper sticker :)
August 11th, 2006 at 7:01 pmI have not had time to read all the posts on this topic but has anybody explained that this demcrat talibans label was in Cal Thomas syndicated column this morning?
August 11th, 2006 at 7:02 pmhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/11/185344/622
August 11th, 2006 at 7:05 pm#114 – no, Democrats can’t be a taliban. I thought that Democrats had no religion and the Taliban are extremely religious. Cal Thomas must have made a mistake. He must be referring to the American religious extremists. They are known as the American Taliban.
Just can’t trust that gosh darn liberal media.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:11 pmCNN proving once again that they are not only part of GPN “Government Propaganda News” but also part of the group digging themselves an even deeper hole.
The gig is up. GPN people are not journalists.
The BLOGS killed the “MSM star”
:-)
August 11th, 2006 at 7:17 pmMaybe UBL should have sent the following to CNN instead of Emperor Bush?
After numerous rounds of “We don’t know if Osama is still alive,” Osama himself decided to send George Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let him know he was still in the game.
Bush opened the letter which appeared to contain a single line of coded message: 370HSSV-0773H.
Bush was baffled, so he E-mailed it to Dick Cheney. Cheney and his aides had no clue either, so they sent it to the FBI. No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, then to the NSA.
With no clue as to its meaning, the FBI finally asked Marine Corps Intelligence for help.
Within a few seconds the Marines cabled back with this reply: “Tell George Bush he’s holding the message upside down.”
August 11th, 2006 at 7:24 pmThis is bull crap! Lamont is stronger on defense than the Bush administration.
But I can’t say the same of Hillary though. She supports the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. Thousands have died and she refuses to say her vote on the war was a mistake.
John Tasini is running against her for the Democratic nomination for the us senate.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:25 pmTaliban democrats…
according to Cal Thomas:
“Taliban Democrats because they are willing to “kill” one of their own, if he does not conform to the narrow and rigid agenda of the party’s kook fringe.”
I would say that Leiberman is a Taliban democrat. He will run as an Independent so that he can split the Democrat vote and hand his Senate seat off to a Republican rather than see it go to a Democrat who took a principled stand against an unpopular right wing kiss ass.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:27 pmAnother verbal indictment of the Bushco admin has been handed down. Lou Dobbs reported this evening that a Democrat congressman has accused Bush himself of directing that Amurka have two sets of accounting books.
Bush uses one, and that is the one reported by the MSM. The Treasury Department has the other set.
There are huge, huge differences about how well this economy is under Bush. Bush stated at one time that the budget deficit was going to be lowered to 254 billion. The truth is the budget deficit is more than DOUBLE that at 756 billion, yes, 756 billion.
The national debt is a cool 76 trillion, yes, trillion with a capitol T. The cause – the Bush administration borrows a BILLION dollars a day from different foriegn countries, mostly China.
Chew on this shit for a while Bush lovers. If you can Bushies, do the math and see how much the national debt is for each person in this country, including you phony assholes, and your poor children.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:32 pm#110 — yes, an “accident” after an all-night bender, and paying the price of admission. Amazing how $22.00 exchanging hands can ruin a “career.” Tsk.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:32 pmWhat I dont get is why all this terrorism alerts and terrorism TV special effects ziping around on CNN and Fox and MSNBC… and all the extra security on the planes and all the hysterical news … ALL of this hoopla … and the WHOLE time the british had all these people under surveillance and knew that they were going to take a “dry run” in a few days and then attack sometime after that…. why a bunch of extra security … if you just rounded up these people and you knew they werent even going to be attacking for a while anyway… Are they thinking they are going to break out of british jail and get on the planes anyway? Or is it they want to use it as an excuse to have big dramatic stories that seem to make you think you just barely missed the big one when in reality those people had NO chance of pulling this off because they were being spied on by the british for a month or more…
Is the media going to be running around like chickens with their heads cuts off OMG! OMG! OMFG!!!! everytime a terrorist gets caught in a plot? These plots of been going on for decades and decades and they could go on for another hundred years and the terrorists STILL will not be the danger that the USSR and all their NUKES and BIOLOGICAL WORLD KILLER WMDs had through out the cold war….
Its very good that these people were caught… but lots of terrorists have been caught in the past even before 911 and there was not all the pissing down our own legs… I sure hope the White House and the Rightwingers and the Media are the only ones this freakin terrified. They are acting like another 911 happened… and all they got are some people with a plan… and because of a PLAN … a P L A N …. they jack with people getting on planes that they KNOW are not about to be bombed because they ALREADY caught these guys and have locked them up…. so who are they protecting these planes from? NO ONE… they did it solely to get the MSM stired up …
I just saw on the news someone from the white house saying the patriot act and things like it is what made it possible to stop these people… she said America really got these guys…. Yet every thing I have read said America had nothing to do with it was all the work of the British and Pakistan….
August 11th, 2006 at 7:33 pmThere’s a reason they never shoot a camera angle of Chuck Roberts from the side. Because you’d be able to see the computer chip Karl Rove had implanted in his head.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:39 pmmy comment to the Roberts feedback form:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/hdlns/
Mr. Roberts asked the question, is Ned Lamont the Al Qaida candidate. That is not a serious question, and to act like it is one is an offense to Mr. Lamont, to CT voters who recently chose him as the Democratic Senatorial nominee, and to rational thinkers everywhere who are interested in serious discourse and who rely on news anchors for substance to fuel that discourse. To suggest that CT voters just voted for an Al Qaida candidate is an affront to the duty of the press to inform the public about our candidates, elected officials, and the inner workings of government. In this incident, Mr. Roberts has clearly abdicated his duties as a serious journalist and acted more along the lines of partisan provocateur. I do not take it upon myself to recommend and discipline or consequence, only to ask that Mr. Roberts himself volunteer to apologize for his mis-step or for his superiors to look into the issue and decide for themselves.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:46 pmTo CNN:
“How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?â€
—Chuck Roberts, CNN anchor
CNN is the last remaining news station that isn’t a complete sell out to the ideology of fear-mongering and partisan smear tactics. With commentary like Mr. Roberts becoming more and more frequent lately, even CNN is going to lose the viewership of everyone with a functioning brain.
Do you really want to be catagorized as news-tainment like FOX News? I personally hope not.
Thank you
August 11th, 2006 at 7:52 pm“bin Laden (hearts) Repubs”
August 11th, 2006 at 7:53 pm*****THAT is just too cute….but I have it from reliable sources that bin Laden actually WON the election pool betting on Lamont. Who knew? I think his exact words were, “I’m banking o Ned to kick that Jewish Joe’s a$$ to the curb.” I was impressed he remembered what a curb was – but then I remembered his civil engineering background….
Please share the permalink for this with everyone you know.
This is beyond the pale. Outrageous. Highly unethical.
And its libel. Lamont should sue CNN and the jackass who said this.
This is a good example of the “some people say” unattributed quote that Fox News has been doing for years. It is unethical. It is not journalism, it is bias.
This Democrat-bashing has to stop. We must stand up and say ENOUGH!
August 11th, 2006 at 7:57 pm.
Mighty, what drug did you forget to take today? Run along and get back on those meds. You’re frothing again and it isn’t pretty.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:04 pmyou’re banking o? #127?
August 11th, 2006 at 8:04 pmmighty aphrodite is a typical inbred chimpylover. she lives in a red state and married a relative. she is an “authoritarian follower” who would follow chimpy off a cliff.
Chimpy should go on vacation at the Grand Canyon. I hear the bicycling is great there, and he could rent a Segway too.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:16 pm.
I can say this stuff because I am not a network news anchor.
If Roberts was a right wingnut commentator like Junkie Rush, PervOReilly or Mann Coulter, he could say shit like that and it would be outrageous but not a violation of journalistic ethics, because none of them are journalists.
But he’s a news anchor. He has a higher standard and he violated it.
Roberts must go. That kind of bias cannot be tolerated on a news network.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:22 pm.
After dinner I plan to e-mail CNN and say that I think Roberts should be fired. Put together with David Brook’s comment in the NYT that “we the people” basically shouldn’t be allowed to vote is beyond the pale.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:32 pmTom, sure like that toleRANT attitude “Roberts must go.â€
Comment by mighty aphrodite — August 11, 2006 @ 8:42 pm
Only in your deranged brain (or whatever is left of it) can tolerance translate into abandon of ethics. When Roberts “quoted” what “some people” say, he abandoned his journalistic ethics -you know, the ones that say that deliberate distortion is never permissible.
Roberts depiction of Lamont as the “AlQaeda candidate” was a smear, pure and simple. For that reason, as when a lawyer is found in breach of professional ethics, he must suffer the consequences.
Did you say the same thing when Dan Rather used to gush all over Mr. and Mrs. Previous Adminisration??
Your talk is always so ethereal. Provide evidence, particulars for a change…
August 11th, 2006 at 8:58 pmSupporting a president with a 33% approval rating makes all these rightwing haters sound like a bunch of dopes. The American public has caught on to the republican attack machine. It ain’t working no more but they won’t realize it until after they are out of power come November.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:05 pmDan Rather did not smear Dubya, he presented facts.
Chuck Roberts smeared Lamont by using “some people say”, an unattributed quote, to call him a terrorist supporter. Lamont is not a terrorist supporter. Roberts lied.
Democrats need to fight back and stand with Lamont against this outrage.
Republicans need to stop drinking the Koolaid.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:08 pm.
“And the next day you saw Senator Joe Lieberman sounding a lot like Vice President Cheney”
At least the guest was standing up for Ned.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:10 pm“Thank goodness our friends and allies did not desert us during our civil war.”- comment by Mighty Aphrodite-August 3, 2006 @ 3:22 pm
August 11th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
I will hound you EVERY day til you do.
Comment by Ho Chi Minh
This is going to be good. I’m getting popcorn…
August 11th, 2006 at 9:15 pmZooey, I want extra butter on mine.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:18 pmoh zooey! i sure wish you could see this…
some amusement here… this is really unique and fun:
OK Go – Here It Goes Again
August 11th, 2006 at 9:28 pmhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI
I want extra butter on mine.
Comment by Ho Chi Minh
I’m sorry, that’s not good for you. :)
August 11th, 2006 at 9:34 pmHo Chi Minh,
Oh god, I’m sorry. I feel dizzy. I think I was channeling my mom…
August 11th, 2006 at 9:35 pmButter coming up!
Zooey, a doctor I once worked with said that we all have our vices., junk food junkie is me, tho I am trying to eat better(no twinkies, carrots & fruits instead).
August 11th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
Goodnight Ho Chi Minh!
August 11th, 2006 at 9:44 pmMight some argue that… Chuck Roberts gobbles Dick Cheney’s mansauce?
August 11th, 2006 at 10:33 pmEconAtheist,
How could one even begin to argue with that! ;)
August 11th, 2006 at 10:36 pm“How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?â€
—Chuck Roberts, CNN anchor
As many of you know – CNN is owned by Time Warner.
Time Warner is run by Dick Parsons - who is a Republican and was involved in Republican politics early in his career.
While still in his 20s, Parsons was an adviser to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and to President Gerald Ford.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_20/b3833001_mz001.htm
The same article says that G.W. Bush had offered Parsons a job during his first term ( it does not say what job ).
I do not intend to indict Parsons of “playing dirty pool” with his influence and party loyalties. I do not know much about him. Seems like a reasonable guy whenever he shows up on CNBC.
But we do have to keep an eye out for more bullshit like this from CNN.
After all that has gone on with Bush in charge – dots that connect the way these dots seem to be connecting cannot be ignored.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:37 pmThese guys are so out of their mind, they don’t even know how incredibly dumb the stuff is that comes out of their mouth. I feel like Liberals are the new Blacks. (in terms of bigotry and outright insane lies)
August 11th, 2006 at 10:41 pmIf I was al Qaeda, would I want to support Ned Lamont who supports a withdrawal from Iraq, heavy diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East, diplomatic engagement with Iran, Syria and North Korea to try to stabilize relations, get help to squash the really extremist groups and try to use incentives to bring about more democracy in that region, re-engage with our allies in order to regain respect and get them to fall in line when it really counts?
No of course not. If I was al Qaeda, I’d want to support Bush and the Republicans who are doing everything in their power to besmirch the respect and honor and standing of the United States of America on the global stage. With every miltiary engagement, the US is losing not only respect among its allies but gaining enemies in the Middle East. It’s been three years since the Iraq War started and nothing — NOTHING — has been accomplished that can point to stabilization in that region.
If I was al Qaeda, I’d be jumping for joy that Bush is doing everything in his power to make things worse. So why would al Qaeda, a ruthless terrorist organization that has MURDERED nearly 3,000 people on 9/11 and only wants a worldwide war, support a candidate who wants peace? They don’t. Al Qaeda would probably support Republicans.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:45 pm#27:
August 11th, 2006 at 10:45 pmSome of us know it’s fascism.
When Neocons and Zionists get desperate their shit hits the fan and stinks up the place.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:48 pmAl Qaeda wants us to leave Iraq so they can take over, Lamont wants us to leave Iraq giving it to al Qaeda. I bet OBL will campaign for Lamont like he did for Kerry.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:25 pmChuck Roberts hates freedom. It’s slantofacism!”
August 11th, 2006 at 11:28 pmWe need to take up a collection to do a full page ad in the major newspapers, expose this trash and ask for an apology.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:35 pmChuck Roberts is a stupid cocksucker and he should lose his job for that comment.
Honeydipper, how do you claim to know so much about Bin Laden’s preferences?
August 11th, 2006 at 11:45 pmalot of morons in media these days
August 11th, 2006 at 11:46 pmI like how Osama Bin Laden has been forgotten by our government and is only used by asshats like exley and honey dipper (dude, how lame is your handle?) out of sheer desperation because they don’t have anything else.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:57 pmHeres an e-mail I Sent to CNN
August 12th, 2006 at 12:03 amCNN should present the news, should be able to know the difference between a Democrat and a member of Al Queada and if they can’t they should be fired. Ned Lamont is not a member of an extremist party apparently you commentators are allow to say the sun sets in the west. Without editorial oversight or journalistic intregrity there is no reporting only political posturing, pandering and shilling for the party in power. Your contined support of the obvious bias of Mr Charles Roberts places you network in the position of cheerleading and not news. Mr Roberts just called 52% of the people who voted in a legitimate primary terrorist sympathisers. Shame on any network that contains such utter nonesense and such blatant falsehoods to be broadcast. Where can the truth be found when lies are allowed to go unanswered when a program allows smears instead of the news. This kind of talk should not go unpunished and un-repudiated by a credible network. My ancesters arrived in 1635 and settled in CT and although, I can’t vote in that cradle of freedom, I support Mr Lamont, now more than ever, regardless of the smut allowed on you network. Please just the facts, fearmongering is not an occupation that looks good on the resume’
CNN is turning into FOX News. Notice the waving flag banners and cheap sound affects. Seems they are copying everything Fox news is doing including the political attacks disguised as news. Coorporate news is just a puppet of the republican dictatorship. Fox – CNN al the same, don’t know why CNN just doesn’t turn their station over ti Rupert Murdoch, it’s just Fox news with a different name.
August 12th, 2006 at 12:22 amYeh, yeh..dabnagitt, as pasted ‘bove, what’s the deal here anyway…all these “liberal” networks doing all this bush bashing kind o’ liberal talking crazy, hell bush is off talkin ’bout darn liberals pagans banana daiquiris hormones all in one sentence.
da man was talking absolutely krazy sheeit, I mean, this man, george,our president, would probably nuke the bahjeebies outta some folks if’n he had any more o’ dem gott durn banana daiquiris
August 12th, 2006 at 12:38 amwithout alcohol, give the man a drink…sheesh. =)
Boy, the nervousness of the liberals ever since the story broke of this new planned “9/11″ is palpable. You folks realize that you lost big time in 2002 and 2004 because the American people don’t trust liberals with protecting the national security. Now that world events have again thrust national security into the forefront of the American consciousness, you see your hoped-for gains in November slipping away.
Here’s a suggestion…Stop being the party of appeasement and surrender to America’s enemies, again pick up the mantle of Harry Truman and JFK, who were strong pro-national security Democrats, and then you won’t be so prone to electoral defeat again and again and again.
August 12th, 2006 at 12:40 amChuck Roberts is a stupid cocksucker and he should lose his job for that comment.
Honeydipper, how do you claim to know so much about Bin Laden’s preferences?
Comment by Redleg
Bin Laden aint had no sex since the jihad started, every time Bin raises a skirt he sees Bush…
August 12th, 2006 at 12:42 amBoy, the nervousness of the liberals ever since the story broke of this new planned “9/11″ is palpable. You folks realize that you lost big time in 2002 and 2004 because the American people don’t trust liberals with protecting the national security.
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Lemme see port deals, 20 some odd tunnels dug under the mexican border since 9/11, some with air conditioiong and vent systems, a drug war on southern border
billions lost in Iraq, no ‘course’, war profiteering
corruption, scandals…limos prostitutes, DHS porno, bush ignored the daily brief, apparently the Brits weren’t asleep at the wheel, not to mention that Pakistan also made several of the arrests.
The Faux media see’s a terrorist threat as something to get them relected…that’s pretty sad when you think about it.
The Republicans are trying to steal the work of the British security for self serving chickenhawk ends.
Thats pretty lame, something a teenager might do on the playground.
August 12th, 2006 at 12:50 amBoy, the nervousness of the liberals ever since the story broke of this new planned “9/11″ is palpable. You folks realize that you lost big time in 2002 and 2004 because the American people don’t trust liberals with protecting the national security.
August 12th, 2006 at 12:58 am~~~~
not to add insult to the Republican injury, most of the people doing these jobs are not presidents, pundits, politicians or even ambassadors,they do not run corporations, or representatives,nary a lobbyist one, many of these agent’s can barely afford to send their kids to college, think about that next time you fiscal ‘Republicans’ think about a fair wage, because it is these people that will save your ass and not faux news Bush, Cheney, Rove, or any other one of the finefolks in the Senate.
Everybody needs to chill the hell out. Did any of you actually watch the clip??? Roberts wasn’t directly calling Lamont the al Qaeda candidate. He was referring to all the piece of shit republicans like Cheney and Cal Thomas who are SERIOUSLY calling Lamont’s victory a win for the terrorists. Relax. He’s just reporting the news.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:07 amHere’s a suggestion…Stop being the party of appeasement and surrender to America’s enemies,
Comment by Exley — August 12, 2006 @ 12:40 am
You oscillate between the lucid (even though I disagree with you) and the borderline deluded beyond all repair.
Who in the world has ever advocated surrender?
The thwarted plot could only validate the strategy proposed by many in this blog: Better intelligence, proper use of law enforcement, and international cooperation. It could only cause nervousness on those who defend the bellicose, military approach in exclusion of everything, and everyone else -the world be damned.
It takes a few mental contortions to see that success story as propping up the Bush administration’s approach to the “war on terror”.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:08 am[...] And might some argue, as some have, that Roberts is the male version of the vacuous Kira Phillips? Jebus Chuck, I expect better from you [...]
August 12th, 2006 at 1:11 amI assume Roberts was trying to draw John Mercurio into inferences Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman made after the primary. Mercurio properly corrected the record that neither had called Lamont “the al Qaeda candidate” but had insinuated terrorists might be pleased.
Several links reference the construal:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/washington/10senate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
“The attacks came in searing remarks from, among others, Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican National Committee and Vice President Dick Cheney, who went so far as to suggest that the ouster of Mr. Lieberman might encourage ‘al Qaeda types.’”
August 12th, 2006 at 1:25 amTHIS IS WHAT I SENT TO CNN, AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY SACK AT ALL YOU WILL DO THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 1:26 amSORRY I AM SO F*CKING MAD I FORGOT TO POST WHAT I SENT CNN, HERE IT IS.
”
“I watch your network EVERYDAY!!!
BUT AS OF TODAY, 8-12-06 I WILL NEVER WATCH HEADLINE NEWS AGAIN, AND TO BE HONEST, I MIGHT EVEN JUST NEED TO WRITE REGULAR OLE CNN OFF TOO.
THE ROVIAN SPIN THAT CHUCK ROBERTS BELCHED OUT SAYING “MIGHT SOME SAY LAMONT IS THE AL QUEDA CANIDATE” IS THE BIGGEST BUNCH OF GOP PANDERING BULLSHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN ON A CNN NETWORK!!!
IF ANYONE HAS HELPED THE RANKS OF AL QUEDA IT IS THE POLICIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH. I KNOW IT AND YOU KNOW IT, IT IS NOT A SECRET.
AND FOR CHUCK ROBERTS TO TAKE A TIP STRAIGHT OUT OF FOX NEWS WITH “MIGHT SOME SAY………” AS IF “SOME” WITH ANY SENSE OR REASON ACTUALLY THINKS THAT AND THAT IT HAS ANY FACTUAL RELLAVENCE AND BELONGS ANYWHERE ON ANY NETWORK IS ….APPALLING TO SAY THE LEAST.
THIS IS JUST MORE SWIFT BOATING THAT I WILL NOT TOLERATE IN THE LEAST
YOU CNN CAN KISS MY ASS”
August 12th, 2006 at 1:28 amAND SOME MIGHT ARGUE, AND “SOME” HAVE, THAT CHUCK ROBERTS IS A NO GOOD WORTHLESS, LYING, SPINNING, TAKING IT IN THE ARSE FROM ROVE, PIECE OF SH!T.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:30 amRoberts wasn’t directly calling Lamont the al Qaeda candidate.
Comment by Ernest — August 12, 2006 @ 1:07 am
Yes, he was, No one else has called Lamont the “AalQaeda candidate”, which is the reason why Roberts could only say “some say”, without naming names. That was his own shameless smear.
The smear is transparent, even as Roberts tries to hide behind those anonymous “others”.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:35 amGregor, I too find you (and Krazny and Brian Coughlan and a few others) lucid (most of the time).
I think an argument can be made that the Ned Lamont-John Murtha wing of the Democratic Party is indeed advocating surrender. And that is a surrender from responsibility. ThinkProgress can call it “redeployment” all it wants, but by any other name it is a surrender and retreat.
Now, as you know, and as I have stated, I was a strong supporter of the initial decision to liberate Iraq and depose Saddam Hussien, chiefly because of his now-established links with Al Qaeda and my belief the democratizing Iraq would have a salutary effect in the Arab world and serve as an example to other Arab states. And also as you know, I have become increasingly pessimistic that Iraq will indeed seize this golden opportunity we have handed them to create a paceful, civilized, tolerant democratic state. Thus, I do not believe we should stay in Ieraq forever (or indeed for mych longer) unless we soon see tangible signs that the Iraqis step up to the plate and start acting responsibly instead of like a primitive band of warring tribes. Someone needs to remind the Iraqis that it is 2006 and not 983 A.D. Grow up, Iraqis!
My problem with the Lamont-Murtha wing is they have no stated plan or contigency for what to do with Iraq other than cheap sloganeering about “bringing them home.” Okay, fine…We all want the troops home (or in Afghanistan and Pakistan hunting Bin Laden)…But the situation in Iraq and the Middle East requires more than people like Ned Lamont and Nancy Pelosi saying we should get out of Iraq. Okay, Ned and Nancy,…And then what?
August 12th, 2006 at 1:36 amThis is what I sent to cnn.com
Please read this carefully:
Today on CNN Headline News, anchor Chuck Roberts discussed the impact of the foiled British terror plot with Hotline senior editor John Mercurio. Roberts asked Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?â€
Can you see how asking this question is biased, and defamatory. Do you have the integrity to require Roberts to apologize to Lamont on the air or else fire him? Mmmm…. That’s what I thought. You guys are cowardly a**holes.
go to http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ to tell them what you think.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:36 amAmerican people don’t trust liberals with protecting the national security
Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling the U.S. campaign against terrorism?
The answer: Democrats 46%, Republicans 38%
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_080606.htm
Nice try
August 12th, 2006 at 1:36 amsome might argue you’re hearing the sound of desparation.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:42 am911 truth is coming with a relentlessness.
George Bush, first president in American history to be imprisoned for TREASON.
I’m don’t want to fall asleep tonight because I might dream of freedom. Since the Islamofascits hate freedom so much, I’m afraid they may send Ned Lamont to kill me in my sleep!
August 12th, 2006 at 1:46 amAkaDad,
While newspaper polls are interesting and potentially instructive, the fact is that in both elections since 9/11 the Democrats have lost ground in the House and Senate and in 2004 saw George W. Bush re-elected president.
Now, the Democrats may very well have a great election come November (which would be in line with history, which usually see the incumbent party suffer losses in the mid-term elections of a president’s second term). But traditionally and since 9/11, voters have cast their ballot for the GOP when the main issue is national security.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:49 amI think people see through the twisted language the Republicans use, but in all fairness, the extreme lefties use the same tactics. Both extremes want to tar and feather people who dare disagree with the latest propaganda. I like thinking for myself. And I think that a CNN news reader who would equate Lamont with Al-Qaida is a hopelessly dumb asshole. On the other hand, why does such a dumbass news reader make the big bucks?
August 12th, 2006 at 1:50 amThere was a predicate to the question in Lamont’s detrators’ hate-speech that his win could be seen as a win for ‘Qaeda types.’
The guest picked it up.
Even if it was stupidly phrased, the question isn’t a concocted smear.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:51 amIf Roberts were fired today, he would be an anchor on FOX tomorrow.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:51 amChuck Roberts should put away the knee pads and quit making late night visits to Cheney’s bunker. The strain is showing. Bush’s approval ratings are in the toilet, 60% of Americans are against the war and all Roberts can do is parrot Cheney’s fruit loop logic about Lamont being Al Qaida’s candidate. Osama Bin Forgotten and Al Qaida should’ve been wiped off the face of the earth years ago, but no-o-o-o! Rummy, Dummy and Chummy gave Osama the brush off because they were smitten with Saddam (I’m betting it was the uniform). So like a jilted lover, Osama is back. The man who masterminded the deaths of 3,000 + American lives is still making videos and plotting more death not because Lamont won a primary, but because Rummy, Dummy and Chummy JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY’RE DOING!!!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 1:55 amsteve,
Some may think, as some have, that what you say is true. I, however, think, as many do, that Roberts SUCKS!!!!!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 1:57 am#187, Harry…I agree…Even I am willing to say that calling Lamont (who is undoubtedly a fool and not qualified to serve in the U.S. Senate) the “Al Qaeda candidate” is beyond the pale…As is calling George W. Bush “a war criminal” or a “terrorist” or a “Nazi” as is so often posted here. I understand these are serious issues and passions are sometimes aroused and people make hyperbolic and silly accusations (I have admittedly done so)…Name-calling and smear tactics just lead to retaliation along the same lines. The result is an incivility and anger that precludes people from working together. On the darkest day in American history (9/11), one of the most inspiring things I saw was Republican and Democrats in Congress standing together, declaring their solidarity, and singing “God Bless America.” We would all do well to remember that moment.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:00 amexley, you and I see things alike. I just wish we could get back to good old fashioned debate in America, without calling each other Nazis, traitors, homophobes, etc etc etc
August 12th, 2006 at 2:02 am#192, Exley, you make a interesting point for someone who is undoubtedly a naive, Chritainofascist dick!
August 12th, 2006 at 2:06 amYou know, these kind of completely outrageously beyond-the-pale smear comments from the MSM just continue to get worse and worse. One thing that would be very helpful to those of us with brains still remaining would be a link on this page immediately below the transcript that would allow us to click on it and send an email expressing our dismay to CNN, Fox, whomever. They need to hear from us that we think they are completely full of shite and should apologize (ok, not necessarily saying “shite” — but you get my point). I’m not sure it will work, but it’s the only thing that might work in getting them to hold their anchors to account and to cease and desist spewing such utter, vile crap upon the American people. Aloha.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:10 am#194, Kpop…I assume you are trying to be ironic with your comments and that you do indeed agree with me and Harry.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:13 amThinkProgress can call it “redeployment†all it wants, but by any other name it is a surrender and retreat.
Comment by Exley — August 12, 2006 @ 1:36 am
Is this why you are against the US leaving Iraq? It strikes you as shameful?
That’s some gall. As I told you before, you’d rather save face than the troops their lives. Real people are dying over there. You cannot be putting people in harm’s way just because you think is too embarrassing to let them leave. Swallow your pride and let them come home.
How is it to “surrender” to withdraw the troops from a country that posed no threat to begin with? After the country has been bombed, its people killed and maimed? To whom would the US be surrendering to? The terrorists? Please….
I was a strong supporter of the initial decision to liberate Iraq and depose Saddam Hussien
See, that’s where the problems begin. You call invasion and occupation “liberation”. That’s Orwell talking. It doesn’t even occur to you that Iraqis might have a different perspective.
They may simply not want to be “liberated”, if it entails death and destruction for 3 years and counting. The more the US stays, the less Iraqis will want to be “liberated”.
democratizing Iraq would have a salutary effect in the Arab world and serve as an example to other Arab states.
Well, that premise has been proven false too. It’s time to face the facts, isn’t it?
Staying the course when reality is delivering a beating, is something only a foolish, or crazy man would do. Reality has a way of being so stubborn sometimes.
And also as you know, I have become increasingly pessimistic that Iraq will indeed seize this golden opportunity we have handed them to create a paceful, civilized, tolerant democratic state.
When that “golden” opportunity comes wrapped in cluster bombs, foreign soldiers roaming your streets, random nocturnal raids, indefinite detentions, and torture at the hands of the invaders, well, it seems less and less “golden” as time goes by.
Put yourself in their place. Wouldn’t you feel humiliated if a foreign power invaded your country to “liberate” it? You may not like your leader, but you’d like the foreigners even less: Violence is not just between Iraqis but also against US troops.
But the situation in Iraq and the Middle East requires more than people like Ned Lamont and Nancy Pelosi saying we should get out of Iraq. Okay, Ned and Nancy,…And then what?
Iraq and what happens there is up to the Iraqis. The US should not be telling them what to do, if there is any respect left for Iraqi sovereignty -which seems to be easily forgotten when Iraqis elect someone who displeases the White House.
Your stance reminds me of Lyndon B Johnson, who didn’t want to be the first president to lose a war. And so, just so he could save face, the slaughter continued fir years in a conflict that was already a lost cause.
I am making appeal to your sense of basic decency. It is clear Iraqis do not want American presence on their soil. The more American troops stay, the worse it will get and more lives will be lost. All for what? Just so that a handful of people are spared an embarrassment?
August 12th, 2006 at 2:14 amThis is ridiculous, CNN needs to stop trying to be like FOX. They could start by giving Jack Cafferty his own show. Go here and sign the petiton: http://www.givecaffertyashow.com/
August 12th, 2006 at 2:15 amExley,
One last thing: Please quit the talk on “nervousness of the liberals”, “appeasers”, “defeatists”, “weak on security liberals”, etc. etc. It’s really annoying, getting old, makes you sound -shall we say, a little- unhinged, and we already get enough from Mighty Aphrodite. Ugh.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:22 amGregor, I do not accept your statement that “It is clear Iraqis do not want American presence on their soil.” That is not clear at all. It is clear that the Baathists do not want American troops in Iraq. It is clear that Al Qaeda does not want American troops in Iraq. It is clear that some Shiite militias do not want American troops in Iraq.
But it is not at all clear that the average Iraqi, who lived under the nightmarish regim of Saddam Hussein and who cheered the Coalition forces as liberators in 2003 and who now see that the insurgency wishes to either restore Baathist rule or create a Taliban-like state want the American troops to leave. Do you really believe the average, middle-class Iraqi shopkeeper wants the Americans to leave so that the former Baathists or Al Qaeda will have free rein over Iraq?
The vast majority of violence in Iraq is not directed at American troops. It is Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence. You forget that the large majority of Iraqis are Shiites, who were brutally suppressed, tortured, and slaughtered by Saddam Hussein. That majority does not want to return to the days of Saddam and Baathist rule.
You write: Wouldn’t you feel humiliated if a foreign power invaded your country to “liberate†it? You may not like your leader, but you’d like the foreigners even less You make it seem as if Saddam was just some unpopular head of government who people were not thrilled with, but could tolerate. Wrong. He was a monster who committed unspeakable crimes against the largest segments of the Iraqi population (Shiites and Kurds), filling mass graves. Did the French feel “humiliated” on June 6, 1944 when foreign forces liberated their nation? Did the people of Kosovo and Bosnia feel “humiliated” when their Serb oppressors were beaten back by NATO?Of course not. Liberation from the grip of dicatators is welcome whenever and by whomever it is delivered.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:36 amThat is outrageous to insinuate that Ned Lamont is associated with Osama bin Laden! Ned has a right to sue anybody who says slander like that on any TV news network!
August 12th, 2006 at 2:42 am‘Might Some Argue That Lamont…Is The al Qaeda Candidate?’
You liberals better get your heads out of your a****, this is a propaganda WAR, and these accusations are not made by accident.
First of all anybody who get’s on TV, challenge the host…WHO are some people?, WHo are you refering to. IF you don’t they have won, getting the baseless accusation out. STOP playing their goddamn Game, STOP it!
August 12th, 2006 at 2:45 amThe pro rightwing media is repeating rigfhtwing accusations DAILY, to placate their masters, to advance rightwing agendas, stop letting these slanderous accusation slide by, CHALLENGE THEM!
The “some people you are refering to are republicans, Correct? Come on people this isn’t rocket science, its VERBAL WAR!
I wrote to CNN and explained that tomorrow for 2 hours would be the last time I watched them, and only to get a list of companies that advertise on their show.
Each of those companies will get a letter explaining why I will no longer buy their products. Since I am only one person, I expect the damage to their bottom line to be minimal, but at the same time I will not support slander and libel in any way. Nor will I support anyone who engages in smear tactics against political candidates or the Americans that voted for them.
I will be doing other things as well, but they are local and familial.
I urge each person who considers this type of tactic to be reprehensible to write to CNN and voice your displeasure and then to follow it up with whatever action you deem necessary to make a stand.
August 12th, 2006 at 3:24 amCHUCK IS GAY, (REALLY) GIVE HIM A BREAK
August 12th, 2006 at 3:26 am#174, By the way Gregor, I don’t disagree with this statement of yours:
“The thwarted plot could….validate the strategy proposed by many in this blog: Better intelligence, proper use of law enforcement, and international cooperation
Accordingly, I can only assume that you agree with this:
The plot was foiled because a large number of people were under surveillance concerning their spending, travel and communications. Which leads us to wonder if Scotland Yard would have succeeded if the ACLU or the New York Times had first learned the details of such surveillance programs. . . .
In short, Democrats who claim to want “focus” on the war on terror have wanted it fought without the intelligence, interrogation and detention tools necessary to win it. And if they cite “cooperation” with our allies as some kind of magical answer, they should be reminded that the British and other European legal systems generally permit far more intrusive surveillance and detention policies than the Bush Administration has ever contemplated.
August 12th, 2006 at 3:42 amChuck Roberts is an al Qeada anchor.
It’s time we fan out and spread the word that this ends now.
Stuff this crap right back down their throats.
Get Up Stand Up, Stand for Your Right
August 12th, 2006 at 3:46 amGet Up Stand Up, Don’t give up the Fight.
#196 Exley, how can I not agree with a harry dick and someone who begs for civility while calling the winner of the CT Democratic a fool? My reference to you as a “dick” was simply an acknowledgement of, and indeed an ironnic tribute to, your similarity–in so many ways–to the afoementioned harry (Harry?) dick.
August 12th, 2006 at 5:15 amI was reading an article this morning about the security checks at the airports > you cannot even take Chapstick lipbalm on planes > what the hell could you do with that tiny item?
Also an unofficial poll was done on AOL news and about 68% said the government was not overreacting by confiscating everyone’s personal hygiene products? Ok all those fools, how about you all agree to be stripped naked at the airport for cavity searches huh > get real!
August 12th, 2006 at 5:50 amTERROR FEAR TERROR FEAR TERROR FEAR TERROR FEAR TERROR FEAR
August 12th, 2006 at 5:57 amChuck Roberts has been and still is an idiot. In addition, he’s a liar unless he can prove that others have argued that Lamont is the al Qseda’s candidate. He is the only person in broadcast journalism in this country dumb emough to say that. CNN is truly Concocted Non News. Roberts seems hell bent on out fauxing Fox. He should be the dumb sidekick of any one of Fox’s blithering idiots.
August 12th, 2006 at 6:12 amSome might also argue that Roberts is a bought and paid for shill for the neoclowns.
August 12th, 2006 at 6:54 amSome people seem to love their party more than they love the country. That goes for Democrats as much as it goes for Republicans.
People that disagree with us are not necessarily idiots. Let’s calm down the rhetoric and try to understand each other in THIS country. If we can’t do that, how do we ever expect to do it with people in the middle east?
August 12th, 2006 at 7:27 amPost 212 Alan > that would be nice, but it’s hard to reason with GOP Bush lovers whose heads are filled with helium! As for the Middle East > Bush and the Israelis have probably messed up any peace for decades there!
August 12th, 2006 at 7:36 amI don’t see what Mr. Roberts did wrong. Lamont is clearly a man who supports terrorism, so calling him the al-Qaeda candidiate is accurate.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:39 amAs a peace loving aging hippie, may I be the first in line to say, Someone needs to kick this idiot going by the name Chuck Roberts in the ass, as well as some serious blows about the head and shoulders. I think he would cry, don’t you?
CNN apparently thinks that diebold will keep electing republican majorities forever, hence the change to a fox like format and personalities. sigh
August 12th, 2006 at 7:43 amWell post 215 Barton > CNN helped to destroy Rep. Cynthia McKinney on last Tuesday’s primary election in Georgia, so they are kind of cocky at the moment, but calling Lamont an Osama lover is wee bit over the top!
August 12th, 2006 at 7:49 amLaMont is the perfect candiadte for terrorists. He thinks talking to them (the terrorists), reasoning with them, then a hand-holding a song singing will make everything ok. He is just one more person (of which I can see there are alot of judging by the responses here) that hasn’t figured out that these people what to kill us and everyone esle that they deem ‘infidels’. There is no remorse.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:07 amI don’t want people like LaMont in charge of my safety
here is CNN’s viewer comment line phone number.
404 827, 0234.
but that’s just a recording. better to call their various bureau numbers (sorry, dont have, but if you can get, PLEASE POST FOR OTHERS). or both. and ask them what in the hell their problem is (nicely). explain to them the differences betweend democracy (we ahve different viewpoints on the most effective policy action, and that is a beautiful thing), and totalitarianims, (we dont have differnet view oints, and those who do must be terrorist sympathizers).
SERIOUSLY. and ask them how they can have such a moron for an anchor. (Nicely)
August 12th, 2006 at 8:09 amNo one can argue that Liberman is much tougher on terror than Lamont will ever be. The guys seems pretty clueless. Everything is Bushs fault, America is the terrorist, cut and run, cut and run cut and run.
Vote for me and I will raise taxes and pay retribution to the Taliban.
At least Liberman was willing to try to be tough.
Hopefully he will win as an Indie.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:10 amInteresting comments people, but before we “kill” CNN for the new liquids bombs scared and the Al Qaeda connection with some of our politicians, why not asking CNN
August 12th, 2006 at 8:29 amwhat the hell happened to the Pentagon’s video from Judicial Watch???…..I still have to see the video or the plane hiting the damn building!!! if any of you has a video of that please send me a link, thanks to all of you!…:)
Did an airplaine actually hit the Pentagon?…..sep 11 is near, 5 years later we still don’t know what went down that day,….aren’t you curious ? not even a bit ?
Once upon a time there was a wolf that cried terror so often that one day…
August 12th, 2006 at 8:39 amwhat happened to that wolf? was he blitzing your ass? or was he blitzer live from jerusalem?
August 12th, 2006 at 8:40 amI’m so scared Mr. CNN Chuckles! Uncle Dick, Georgie Boy, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 8:42 amMr. CNN Chuckles??… that’s just one voice, what about the whole network?
August 12th, 2006 at 8:44 amThat dope John Mercurio was on C-span a couple of days ago trying to push that same idea, in my opinion he is a low-down jerk also.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:52 amA Bum In A Bus , do you mean the opinion of Chuckles or Blitzer? or Judicial watch video with no airplaine? Which CNN runed all day back then…..a video empty!
August 12th, 2006 at 8:56 amare you guys all in the west coast? ,….CNN is in Atlanta or is it really there?
August 12th, 2006 at 9:10 amTHE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR! THE SKY IS FALLING! TERROR!
August 12th, 2006 at 9:14 amRepublican Chicken Little who do you work for? homeland security? or the fbi? or better the military ?…where are you going with that ?
August 12th, 2006 at 9:16 amc’mon someone gimme an answer before i reach 50!
August 12th, 2006 at 9:17 amI Love waking up on Saturday to find the political insanity has spilled over another day… I can smell and taste the repbulican fear and I need my first cup of coffee to get the bad taste out of my mouth. It’s going to be a long haul to November so keep the Latte coming, make those organic salads and saddle up kids. Comments like these show how worried about loosing power they really are… like a rabid dog that has lost it’s mind it’s time to put them down.
August 12th, 2006 at 9:23 amPlease leave a mesage for CNN on the page giving feedback on Chuck Roberts to CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
There is some sanity on CNN or they wouldn’t allow Lou Dobbs to continue to reveal every major incompetent act by the Bush administration. Your opinion counts – please let CNN know what you think.
August 12th, 2006 at 9:25 amdid you notice that 90% of the commercial spot on CNN are pills for impotent people!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 9:26 amWhat is that tell you?……could it be that 90% of the CNN audience are impotent? or what? do they need all these pills to run their business? in and out of the office?
I sent this message to CNN: Chuck Roberts is an incompetent newsreader and should be fired. I will never watch CNN again. I will never purchase anything from your advertisers.
August 12th, 2006 at 9:33 amDr Gupta where are you when we need you?….he must have a autism problem, happens when you are a kid with a 40% of no recovery!
August 12th, 2006 at 9:35 am…some of them will not be able to speak, ever!…and that’s a shame!!! 3 times!
August 12th, 2006 at 9:39 amMy president believes he is controlled by supernatural beings – should I be worried?
August 12th, 2006 at 9:50 amAnd, “some might argue” that Osama Bin Laden supports George W. Bush. In fact, Ron Suskind reported in the One Percent Doctrine that the CIA concluded just that in 2004 when Bin Laden made his timely appearance on television a few days before the election.
Some, might also argue that Lieberman is the GOP Candidate in Connecticut, since Rove sent down word not to support Schlessinger.
And, some might argue that the facts show that the GOP has alienated 39% of moderates and 35% of conservatives in Connecticut because they voted for Lamont:
“Yes, 62 percent of self-identified liberals chose Lamont, according to a CBS News/New York Times exit poll. But Lamont was also the choice of 39 percent of moderates and 35 percent of conservatives.”
http://www.boston.com/...
August 12th, 2006 at 10:00 amHere is the link to CNN for comments on Chuck Roberts. I suggest you all let CNN know how you feel.
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
August 12th, 2006 at 10:04 amWow, some actual gutsy questions and comments from a CNN reporter!
Good job, Chris, good job.
August 12th, 2006 at 10:07 amThe Lamont al Qaeda/terror insinuations came from Dick Cheney, Ken Mehlman, Tony Snow, Joe Lieberman and others, not Roberts. Google it. It’s in the New York freakin’ Times.
This was a set-up question. Badly worded, granted. A better construction: “What’s behind people implying Ned Lamont’s al Qaeda’s candidate? Who’s saying what?”
August 12th, 2006 at 10:17 am“Some might argue” that Chuck Roberts got a Ken Mehlman blowjob in exchange for making the Lamont/Al Qaeda comment. Fire him immediately for conflict of interest!
August 12th, 2006 at 10:24 amWhat an idiot. Is this ass for real or what?
August 12th, 2006 at 10:29 amMy comments, sent to CNN:
May I ask what is the journalistic value of comments like Mr. Roberts’ associating Mr. Lamont with Al Queda? Is there some evidence that Mr. Roberts failed to present that links Mr. Lamont to Al Queda?
August 12th, 2006 at 10:31 amIt seems to be a common psuedo-journalistic ploy these days to hide behind phrases such as “as some have said” and then attempt to state that one is “reporting” on important comments. I am not a journalist, however, it would seem that if I am going to report on an absurd comment made by anyone, whether that person is a govt. official or a psychiatric patient that it behooves me to have some place to go with that statement or I will be seen not as a journalist but as a propagandist trying to plant ideas into the minds of viewers without any evidence to back up those ideas. It would seem that if Mr. Roberts were to bring up such a comment in a journalistic environment then we need to see either his evidence of actual connections between Ned Lamont and terrorists or we need to see the evidence of how wild, unsupported (but no doubt carefully concocted) propaganda is being poured on the American public by officials in power who’s only evidence is “trust me”. Mr Roberts might just as well asked if this doesn’t mean, as I have heard many right leaning Americans say, that CNN actually stands for Communist News Network. Does this not also fit into the “some have said” brand of journalism? Will CNN be examing that important issue? I hope not and I hope that it matters to CNN at this important time in history whether they present anchors who project high journalistic standards or anchors who project propagandist tactics. Your response to Mr. Robert’s “journalism” will go a long way toward answering that question.
Armstrong in #220, and she’s back in #238 wanted to see the Pentagon video on 9/11 that was requested by Judicial Watch. This is about as good as I am aware of:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/16/pentagon.video/index.html
IMHO the best source for info about the 9/11 attack is “Loose Change”:
August 12th, 2006 at 10:42 amhttp://www.loosechange911.com/
Quite impressive logic……
…I linked to a couple posts in yesterday’s blogroll that dealt with the media’s obsession with 1972. Apparently since a Democratic primary in a heavily blue state led to a candidate who supports the wishes of over 60% of the electorate being chosen…
August 12th, 2006 at 10:47 amIf there really were terrorists they would bomb the politicos and newswhores
August 12th, 2006 at 11:01 amCongratulations to the insurgents another milestone acheived , once again well done. 2,600 members of the U.S. military have died actually 2601 , welldone keep up the good work
August 12th, 2006 at 11:04 amI just sent this to CNN, I recommend everyone offended by this to do likewise:
Your newsreader Chuck Roberts has made the most biased, outrageous, asinine, unbalanced, and prejudicial statement I have ever heard aired when he suggested that, “Might not Ned Lamont be considered…the AL-QAEDA CANDIDATE?”
In these days of Faux New, where so-called “journalists” express their personal, irrelevant, unasked-for, unneeded, unwanted, and unwelcome opinion based upon their own small-minded biases it is shocking, though I guess not surprising, that you would attempt to remake CNN Headline News in the image of Faux in order to boost your ratings. This is NOT them way to win audience’s hearts and minds with pure partisan drivel such as this. Jon Stewart was not only right about Crossfire damaging America, but he should have included about three-quarters of your newsreader staff in that remark as well.
I assure you that CNN Headline News, which I USED to listen to throughout the day (I am a disabled veteran in the 45+ age group, retired, with income over $50,000.00 annually. I say this so you will know just what demographic Roberts really pissed off with his ridiculously inane and impertinent question.) has been removed from my remote and banned by V-chip so my kids and their kids aren’t listening to government propaganda as presented by supposedly neutral newsreaders. I am strongly considering removing CNN from the list as well, as I notice your coverage becoming more and more biased, and therefore idiotically ideological, by the day.
The so-called “liberal media” is merely a myth which has no relevance to the garbage like this that you put on the air.
SHAME ON YOU AND SHAME, DISGRACE, AND, HOPEFULLY, DISMISSAL OF CHUCK ROBERTS IF HE CONTINUES OPENLY DISPLAYING HIS PERSONAL ANIMUS ON THE AIR.
I WON’T KNOW ‘CAUSE I WILL NEVER WATCH HEADLINE NEWS EVER AGAIN, AND THE VISAGE OF CHUCK ROBERTS WILL NEVER AGAIN DARKEN MY SCREEN.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:04 amCongratulations to the insurgents another milestone acheived , once again well done. 2,600 members of the U.S. military have died actually 2601 , welldone keep up the good work
Get the troops out they deserve it, murdering stealing rapists,
August 12th, 2006 at 11:06 amCheney pulled the same crap with Kerry during the 2004 elections. How is it that these thugs can go around spreading lies and not be held accountable for any of it? Can you say, “WMDs”?
It’s pure bullshit. And now this dumbass news idiot is caught spreading the manuare even more.
Lies, Lies & more Lies …
August 12th, 2006 at 11:17 amhttp://www.democratgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/store/store.cgi/571511948/liberal_shop/303390
[...] Today on CNN Headline News, anchor Chuck Roberts discussed the impact of the foiled British terror plot with Hotline senior editor John Mercurio. Roberts asked Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?”read more | digg story [...]
August 12th, 2006 at 11:20 amare you kidding me-give me a break- absurd-absurd-ABSURD
August 12th, 2006 at 11:30 amWell I guess I’ll have to vote for al Qaeda because I still won’t vote for a republican.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:38 amI sent a blistering e-mail to CNN, for all the good it will do.
These swine have no shame.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:39 amComplain about Chuck Roberts at this link:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
Post in this thread that you’ve sent a complaint. Let’s see how many we can get.
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August 12th, 2006 at 11:46 amI worked with Chuck Roberts for many years. He is one of the great gentlemen of news. To those attacking him, remember you have probably never had an opinion on Chuck one way or another in your life. To try to kill him now seems a little shallow. “Will Lamont be portrayed as an Al Qaeda candidate?’ That’s a political question that will be of interest in the coming election. Doesn’t mean Chuck’s calling Lamont an al Qeada candidate. Please, Huff Post readers, don’t be so reactionary to a misleading headline that you come off sounding like you’re incapable of processing information like adults. That is how democrats are played off as not very serious people on a national level.
August 12th, 2006 at 12:07 pmSam
August 12th, 2006 at 12:16 pmYour comment is utterly nonsensical. The question was loaded like a gun, and it was absolutely despicable. Roberts should be ashamed of himself. It’s this kind of lazy parroting of GOP talking points among the media that has put the Democratic Party on the defensive and muddied the waters of discussion in the country, thus allowing the country to sink deeper and deeper in the quicksand of Iraq and hysterical, McCarthyesque politics at home. CNN in particular has been guilty of this-it took Miles O’Brien less than an hour to start referring to John Murtha’s redeployment plan as “Cut and run”, not referring to “Republicans’ are saying”, not asking how one would respond to these partisan charges, he just repeated it as if it were of unquestionable validity.
If Chuck Roberts were the “gentleman” you say he is, if he were a real journalist, if he had a shred of common decency and intelligence, his apology would already be on CNN’s air and website.
“Will Lamont be portrayed as an Al Qaeda candidate?’
It’s not as if Chuck were inviting the Republicans to do just that.
Leading question, ya think?
August 12th, 2006 at 12:35 pmThe problem with Roberts’ comment is that it no longer the exception, but the rule at CNN. We now have one of the most corrupt administrations in American history, and CNN (our most trusted name in news, as they remind you every 5 minutes) is not interested in getting to the bottom of anything: From Murtha to Bush’s military record to Iraq to the oil companies shaping our energy policy. Even when the evidence is obvious to anyone who has taken a few minutes to look at the facts. Rather than look closely at what happened in the 2004 Ohio election, Blitzer blasts Robert Kennedy like a fringe conspiracy theorist. Did anyone see Paula Zahn grilling Ray McGovern (a 27-year CIA veteran) after he put Don Rumsfeld on the spot in Atlanta a few months ago. McGovern was completely correct in everything he said to Rumsfeld, yet Paula treated him like he was some left-wing crackpot with an axe to grind. A recent piece on Valerie Plame was actually disturbing. Shortly after Plame filed suit against several admin officials for their part in outing her and ruining her career, and putting lives and operations at risk (an act that George Senior has called “treason”), CNN (Jeannie Moos, I think) did a 5 minute comedy piece on the story, complete with James Bond music and female spies in bikinis. It looked like something Karl Rove had put together and sent directly to Fox to make sure the public would treat the whole thing like a joke. It was disgusting. It is a sad day when the most accurate picture of what is going on in this world comes from Comedy Central!
August 12th, 2006 at 1:00 pmMy email to CNN:
August 12th, 2006 at 1:11 pmMr Roberts’ use of the term “al Qaida candidate” to describe Ned Lamont was dispicable. If CNN is to maintain its image as a neutral source of news, rather than “Fox News Lite,” you should discipline Mr Roberts and issue an on-air apology to Mr Lamont, preferably as part of an in-depth interview.
The attempt to cover this partisan editorializing by saying “as some have said” was shameless and deceptive. Who has said this, Mr Roberts? I know of no news report using those words prior to Mr Roberts’ broadcast. This type of slander is, again, only suitable for viewing on Fox. As an example, following this broadcast, “some have said” that Mr Roberts is a bedwetter who molests small boys. I suspect that it isn’t true, but “some have said” it. It is the responsible news media’s responsibilty to report what they know to be true, not what “some have said.”
#181 Exley
I think an argument can be made that the Ned Lamont-John Murtha wing of the Democratic Party is indeed advocating surrender. And that is a surrender from responsibility. ThinkProgress can call it “redeployment†all it wants, but by any other name it is a surrender and retreat.
There is no “Ned Lamont-John Murtha wing” of the Democratic Party. And if you can pull your gaze away from the RNC talking points for a few minutes, maybe you can understand what redeployment means. It means putting the troops near enough to help when and where they can, but letting the Iraqis stand up by themselves. U.S. troops cannot accomplish anything in the middle of a civil war. They can’t stop it, they can’t get out of the way of it, and they can’t even save civilians from being blown to pieces by it.
Sometimes a military maneuver turns out to be a mistake (I’m being generous here). Sometimes troops are sent into a situation that is simply unmanageable. No amount of force can pull out a victory unless you count dropping nukes on an entire country and killing everyone in it a victory. Custer went into a battle that he couldn’t have won. Would he have been a coward if he had recognized that early on in the battle and found a way to retreat, saving hundreds of his men’s lives? In a situation like that, is it the only way that you can avoid being called a coward, to stay and let every last soldier be picked off or blown up? If you answer “Yes,” please sign up now and get your ass over to Iraq so you can show us that you’re not a coward. If you’re not willing to do that, please start signing you posts “Exley the Coward”.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:32 pmFrankly I stopped watching news a couple of years ago. I get all my news from the net. With the worldwide imput you gain a better perspective. Actually that isn’t completely true, I have started watching BBC America lately. Americans by and large just don’t do news. They are just to myopic.
I make no claim as to be in contact with bin Laden or others of his ilk. Nor am I ‘channeling’ him. But a strong argument could be made that he favors Bush and the neoconservatives. They give credence to his claims that the US wishes to run the Middle East and supports Israel regardless of the circumstances. I would bet the last thing bin Laden wants is a US that confined itself to its own concerns and did not try to run the world. The US is its own worst enemy. Bin Laden’s political ambitions are in the Middle East, not the West. As Lebenon demonstrates, Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah has elevated and strenghened Hezbollah’s importance.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:32 pm#262 – “SHAME ON YOU AND SHAME, DISGRACE, AND, HOPEFULLY, DISMISSAL OF CHUCK ROBERTS IF HE CONTINUES OPENLY DISPLAYING HIS PERSONAL ANIMUS ON THE AIR.
I WON’T KNOW ‘CAUSE I WILL NEVER WATCH HEADLINE NEWS EVER AGAIN, AND THE VISAGE OF CHUCK ROBERTS WILL NEVER AGAIN DARKEN MY SCREEN.”
“Comment” by Bill Arnett
******Thank you, Mr. Arnett for registering your clear and concise outrage at CNN. I have one question: Do you read the New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Atlanta Journal Constitution? Just wondering….
August 12th, 2006 at 1:41 pmBusy day…..
I too emailed CNN HN and informed them of my intention to not watch their channel, period unless he was canned or at least publicly reprimanded for crossing the line between news anchor and neocon shill.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:47 pmOh well we were left out!
http://www.corriere.it/gallerie/2006/08_Agosto/12/giann.shtml
for the ones who don’t get it ask proud primate!…He’s italian!
August 12th, 2006 at 1:58 pmRoberts should have set up the al Qaeda/terror quotes from Cheney, Mehlman et.al., verbatim. Mercurio recited them and added Lieberman’s. That’s not excusing a bad question, but this wasn’t exactly from nowhere-land.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:58 pmEnglish Steve,….or are you telling us they are all in the same bed?
August 12th, 2006 at 2:00 pmThe published comments of Cheney on Lamont’s victory were out there. It was newsworthy to ask a pundit’s take on that smear and similar innuendo from Mehlman and Lieberman. Roberts didn’t do the set-up as he should, but it’s legitimate to ask.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:07 pmThis guy is an anchor, not a commentator.
As an anchor, he’s supposed to remain objective.
Personally, if I was the head of CNN, I would issue a stern warning to this anchor, and make it perfectly clear that if he exposes his bias again, that his services will no longer be needed.
The way he asked the question unveiled his bias. He said “might some” and not “do you think it’s fair that some”… his choice of words exposed his bias – he obviously thinks it’s OK to call a candidate an “al qaeda candidate” for being against a war that has nothing to do with al qaeda.
Amazing ignorance.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:08 pmExlouie – you sound just like, katy, cyra, and zooscopper…..but you sound MUCH younger than those gURLS….
August 12th, 2006 at 2:11 pmPolls indicate that nearly 90% of Democrats nation-wide support Lamont.
That’s a lot of folks annoyed by this preposterous al-Qaeda-supporter implication.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:14 pm…you can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the times!….Unbelieveble few months ago told me that line!….not like that but she went close to it!….:)
August 12th, 2006 at 2:26 pmEven George Bush tried to say it once on stage!…but the mission was not accomplished this time!…lol!
Roberts should have set up the al Qaeda/terror quotes from Cheney, Mehlman et.al., verbatim. Mercurio recited them and added Lieberman’s. That’s not excusing a bad question, but this wasn’t exactly from nowhere-land.
Comment by steve —
It was lazy and unprofessional, but it was also despicable. If he had reference some Republican as the Nazi candidate or even the fascist candidate, the apology would be out there already
August 12th, 2006 at 2:35 pmIf Cheney suggests al Qaeda was buoyed by Lieberman’s defeat and gets an amen from Mehlman, how do you NOT ask a pundit that?
I imagine the anchor and guest knew ahead of time their topics.
Roberts shanked the set-up. He should have ticked off GOP insinuators, including Lieberman, and asked about that portrayl.
August 12th, 2006 at 2:46 pmBest way to watch the news is Premier Impacto on Univision.
Barbara Bermudo and Jackie Guerrido.
True they don’t report the good stuff like the Jackson Hole News and Guide that reported on Dick Cheney’s plane with it’s radar dish. When ole Dick is in town his plane is in town. And, the radar dish is 24/7 to provide radar coverage for the anti-missile battery that guards his Home. Just in case “terror” heads to Wyoming.
These NeoCons aren’t secret. They are just plain insane to the point of total paranoia.
Chuck Roberts? An idiot Tony Snow wannabe.
August 12th, 2006 at 3:15 pmLet me put it this way: Before President Bush and Vice President Cheney invaded Iraq, which Sen. Leiberman vigorishly supported and still does, there were no al Qaeda operatives there. Now, the country is a breeding and training ground for al Qaeda! You be the judge of which political party in the US al Qaeda is beholden to.
August 12th, 2006 at 3:23 pm[...] Think Progress » Headline News Anchor: ‘Might Some Argue That Lamont…Is The al Qaeda Candidate?’ [...]
August 12th, 2006 at 3:23 pmComplain about Chuck Roberts at this link
UPDATE: he will get a copy of the email!!:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
Post in this thread that you’ve sent a complaint. Let’s see how many we can get. It’s important he and his bosses take note of this.
Flaming him won’t be helpful, though. Reason is the best response to weak reporters like him.
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August 12th, 2006 at 3:30 pmI’m interested… what is his source. “Some people say” is just a FoxNews tactic for saying what you want without attributing it to anyone, specificially. A journalist typically needs two sources before reporting. So, who are they, Chuck? Ask him.
Q.
August 12th, 2006 at 3:50 pmCNN is a biased news source and becoming more so as evidenced here and with the recent addition of unintelligent blowhard Glenn Beck. Watch the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS for unbiased accurate reporting and analysis – one hour is worth more than watching CNN all day.
August 12th, 2006 at 4:00 pmThis is a joke surely? I can’t even find the words to describe this. The “Al Qaeda candidate”? Is this for real?
UK “shocked to my bloody shoes” Bristol Dave
August 12th, 2006 at 4:23 pmIf Janet Jackson’s breast warrants an FCC complaint, this most certainly should!
August 12th, 2006 at 5:12 pm#
Chuck Roberts should put away the knee pads and quit making late night visits to Cheney’s bunker. The strain is showing. Bush’s approval ratings are in the toilet, 60% of Americans are against the war and all Roberts can do is parrot Cheney’s fruit loop logic about Lamont being Al Qaida’s candidate. Osama Bin Forgotten and Al Qaida should’ve been wiped off the face of the earth years ago, but no-o-o-o! Rummy, Dummy and Chummy gave Osama the brush off because they were smitten with Saddam (I’m betting it was the uniform). So like a jilted lover, Osama is back. The man who masterminded the deaths of 3,000 + American lives is still making videos and plotting more death not because Lamont won a primary, but because Rummy, Dummy and Chummy JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY’RE DOING!!!!!
Comment by musedebussy — August 12, 2006 @ 1:55 am
BRAVO!!!!!
To funny….fruit loop logic…. Rummy, Dummy and Chummy….HeHeHeeeeeeeee
August 12th, 2006 at 5:14 pm#320 Phil
Let me put it this way: Before President Bush and Vice President Cheney invaded Iraq, which Sen. Leiberman vigorishly supported and still does, there were no al Qaeda operatives there. Now, the country is a breeding and training ground for al Qaeda!
That’s an important point. With the terrorist plot that was foiled the other day, think about how hard it would be for those guys to test their devices in an urban area like London. One terrorist blew himself up in the Philippines trying to mix those same chemicals and that tipped off the police in a separate investigation. If al Qaeda had been contained in Afghanistan and our troops were concentrated there, it would have been difficult for them to test explosive devices there without detection.
Now look at Iraq. It’s a laboratory for terrorists. That doesn’t mean we’re fighting terrorists there. But, terrorists are learning from the experience. The longer we stay there, the more highly developed their devices and techniques become. We may soon reach a point where it’s impossible, in practical terms, to defend against a terrorist attack in this country. To be honest with you, I don’t see what’s stopping them.
August 12th, 2006 at 5:41 pmArnstrong- I’m pretty sure cnn showed the video that got released after the Moussaai trial. It is as unconvincing as the previously existing footage. You can’t see shit. If the gov’t. wants people to stop thinking a missile hit the pentagon then they should release the other survelliance videos that would clearly or not show a plane hitting the pentagon. You should be able to find the video somewhere on the net, but you might not recognize it as anything new because it looks like the previous footage.
August 12th, 2006 at 6:13 pm#308 – “mighty aphrodite DO I KNOW YOU?” – Comment by exloui
****You’re not that LUCKY….
Back on thread – An enlightened poster (which thread??) noted a 90% approval by Dems of Neddie Lamont. And Dems are offended when “security concerned” Americans decide the Dem Party is the party of “cut and run placating wimps”?? I’d think you’d BE PROUD….BE PROUD of what YOU are!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 6:19 pm#320 – “….Sen. Leiberman vigorishly supported and still does, there were no al Qaeda operatives there (iraq).”….Comment by Phil –
******And you KNOW this…. HOW????????? Ohhhh….you have NO FACTS, hmmmm. But since supposition and conspiracy substitute for facts in prog circles – GOOD POINT!!!!
August 12th, 2006 at 6:25 pmI urge everyone to send a note to CNN to express your feelings on this outrageous and unprofessional bit of “journalism”. You can do this at the CNN site: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
August 12th, 2006 at 6:34 pmFeel free to use/adapt this text in contacting CNN:
I’m writing to express my utter dismay at Chuck Roberts’ unconscionable phrasing of a question on his show on 8/11/2006, in which he asks a guest “might some argue that Ned Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?” Though literally true — obviously there are some right-wing fanatics who might think this is the case (there are also people who believe the moon landings were a hoax or that there is an international Jewish financial conspiracy, but this hardly merits consideration of this perspective by responsible news organizations). This propoganda point of the radical right is outside the legitimate mainstream arena of debate; Mr. Roberts’ question thus amounts to a genuine smear against Mr. Lamont. Indeed, the comment is so far beyond the pale of legitimate discussion as to be a form of McCarthyist propoganda. I am, frankly, appalled that a CNN journalist would be so unprofessional as to stoop to such low levels. Unfortunately, the damage to Mr. Lamont’s reputation may already be wrought, but at the very least, CNN and Mr. Roberts should offer a formal and public apology on the air to Mr. Lamont and his supporters.
August 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pmYours sincerely,
XXXXXXXX
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
August 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pmMighty Afro- you mean supposition like the rightwings ability to divine everything al queada thinks?
August 12th, 2006 at 6:36 pm#338
Is there an alternative to military force in the war on terror? I ask because the UK government and the numerous paramilitary armies in Northern Ireland finally came to an agreement. Yes it’s not perfect but it is an awful lot better than how it was in the mid 1980’s. This isn’t a partisan thing, I’m interesting in your opinion on it. What’s your thoughts?
August 12th, 2006 at 6:40 pm#346 – “Mighty Afro- you mean supposition like the rightwings ability to divine everything al queada thinks?” – Comment by buzzbomb
******My dear Mr. Buzzzzzzzzbomb, No need for supposition – we have it straight from the PIGS’ mouth…..
August 12th, 2006 at 6:52 pmThe sooner we leave Iraq, the better it is for America and our safety. Those resources should be used to get Osama Bin Laden + Al Qaeda. It’s the Ignore Bin Laden, Invade Iraq policies of Joe LIeberman that have made America weaker.
August 12th, 2006 at 6:54 pmMighty Afro- by PIGS’, you mean Bush and Cheney, right? Sorry you left yourself open to that one.
August 12th, 2006 at 6:56 pmRight on message, coming from the Josef Goebbels network.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:14 pmYeah what is that all about?
August 12th, 2006 at 7:14 pmIs he a friend of yours? LOLA LALA!
August 12th, 2006 at 7:15 pm#347 – “Is there an alternative to military force in the war on terror?” Question by UKBristolDave
*******No. And unfortunately this answer will stand as long as radicals Islamo-wacks want to kill Westerners and Jews and are WILLING to die to achieve this end. The exploitation of innocent civilian populations underscores he barbarism of our enemy. Sadly, these are not people with whom reasonable people can disagree, assemble for negotiation and ultimately reach a compromise. This enemy is UNLIKE any enemy encountered in the last 400 years and the sooner the faint of heart learn this sad truth, the more quickly we can defeat – and kill – our enemy.
“I ask because the UK government and the numerous paramilitary armies in Northern Ireland finally came to an agreement.” – UKBristolDave
August 12th, 2006 at 7:27 pm********I agree – things are MUCH better in Northern Ireland between the Catholics and the Protestants – Thank God! Unfortunately, Dave, you are comparing apples and oranges. For the last several hundred years. The English quit trying to convert the Irish to Protestantism and the Irish quit trying to force the English into Catholocism. (And the revelation that the IRA had taken up with terror cells from Europe to South America DID NOT aide their cause.) No, Dave, there was horrible, senseless killing and attacks by both sides on the opposition – BUT both sides realized their stances were untenable. Radical Islamic extremists DO NOT have similar values as the majority of the West – with them, as much as we wish it – there is NO negotiating when the wolf is at the door.
In short – wishing does not make it so….
#340 Mighty Crapped-her-didies
#320 – “….Sen. Leiberman vigorishly supported and still does, there were no al Qaeda operatives there (iraq).â€â€¦.Comment by Phil -
******And you KNOW this…. HOW????????? Ohhhh….you have NO FACTS, hmmmm. But since supposition and conspiracy substitute for facts in prog circles – GOOD POINT!!!!
Hmmm, who to believe? Dick “lying-sack-of-crap” Cheney or the CIA?
August 12th, 2006 at 7:28 pmBuddddzBomb – I guess the messages and tapes sent out by al Qaeda (bin Laden, Zawahiri and the mercifully LATE Zarqawi) and Hezbollah’s Nezrollah – flew right over YOUR head. (Putting the bong down and paying attention might improve your IQ.) You might catch on someday…when PIGS fly…..
August 12th, 2006 at 7:32 pmMighty Afro-back from the methedone clinic already? I saw a pig fly once. He landed on an aircraft carrier and declared mission accomplished. I guess i missed the tape from Zawahiri saying Ned Lamont’s victory is the greatest thing to ever happen to them. Those clowns love Bush and Co. They’re al queda’s greatest recruiting tool. When are you ass hats going to get it. STAYING in Iraq emboldens them.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pmChimpeach – You mean the CIA that completely missed when it came to terrorism intelligence – the CIA under George Tenet that had to cover it’s backside after their ineptitude was demonstrated so glaringly???? Let’s all put our hands together and give a BIG round of applause to the most inept person ever to hold Presidential office, Mr. Jimmeh Carter – - and his faithful side-kick, Frank Church. Carter, should have been tried for treason as an enemy collaborator. There aren’t enough nails to pound into enough “Habitats for Humanity” to make amends to the American people and Western civilization….
August 12th, 2006 at 7:41 pmArnstrong, maybe you and Mighty Afro can come over and we can have a session. She does need to lighten up a bit.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:42 pmPEOPLE!! Stop taking the bait of right-wing nutjobs on this site and pay attention to the relevant issue… Respect.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:42 pm372- I get your point, but this thread is almost 400 deep. I mean how many times can you say Chuck Roberts is a douche bag.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:46 pmArjuna – Allow me to congratulate you on your concise letter of INDIGNATION to CNN. Most of the stringers here have a difficult time with multi-syllabic words….(Loved the McCarthy allusion – VERRRRY effective!!
August 12th, 2006 at 7:50 pmIt looks like we have two ways to stop terrorists: kill every damn one of them (that means the women and children too, mind you–don’t let them fool ya!), or stop giving them reasons to hate us. For obvious reasons, no one, not even our idiot in chief and his puppeteer, can stomach number one. So, how do we stop doing things that make them hate us? That’s the real question.
Well, we might start by ceasing to occupy their countries. We might start by pressuring our friends the dictators to respect human rights and dignity. We might start by being a real example for the world to follow, and not an object lesson in our greed, in our gluttony, in our rampant consumerism, and in our arrogance that we know best what the world needs and wants. We don’t start by plopping 150,000 soldiers down on the cradle of civilization to take out a ‘bad guy’, and tens of thousands of innocent bystanders in the process.
If I were to pick an ‘al Qaeda’ candidate, it would be good ‘ol Joe: unapologetic, rigid in his support of a war that is morally wrong, oblivious to the long term harm that the war is causing, unwilling to admit that it was a mistake in the first place -if he can actually see through the fog of war to admit that to himself. Why would al Qaeda fear him? His continued political existence gives them reason to carry on. More to fear is the candidate that makes them irrelevant.
August 12th, 2006 at 7:50 pm#378 – “…. kill every damn one of them (that means the women and children too, mind you–don’t let them fool ya!), or stop giving them reasons to hate us.”
NostriCON
****(applause….applause….applause….) THANK YOU for concisely encapsulating the “Western apologists” stance. Are you available for negotiations??? Don’t let previous media tapes frighten you – THEY love the US and Jews….
August 12th, 2006 at 8:01 pmArjuna is one of the main characters in the Hindu epic, The Mahabharata.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:02 pmThis is what people like mighty afro don’t get. The left doesn’t LOVE islamic terrorists, we don’t want to hug them, we don’t want to pray to mecca or wear burkas. We want a more intelligent way of defeating them than the rights idiotic Rambo style “kill em all”
August 12th, 2006 at 8:09 pmArmstrong- My idea of negotiating with terrorist probably won’t earn me the Nobel Peace prize – but my aim is accurate…..
August 12th, 2006 at 8:12 pmArmstrong — well, that’s his problem rather than mine, isn’t it? But no, I’m not Indian, I just have lots of experience working abroad and admire many aspects of Hindu culture. And for the right-wingers out there: I also love European culture and so no, I don’t hate America. Do you?
August 12th, 2006 at 8:12 pmHaving worked with Chuck some [xxx] years ago, I want you to know that he’s one of the more decent people you’d want to know… and certainly not a “second-rate journalist”. He’s been an anchor on a revolving news service, longer than just about anyone in broadcasting has been employed in any capacity. This is a hell of an accomplishment, and hardly a “second-rate” one.
It therefore gives me no pause whatsoever to give Chuck the benefit of the doubt, as opposed to some of the vile attacks I’ve been reading here.
Clearly, Chuck was working off interviow questions provided by his production team. In today’s corporate media world, the support crew tends to be smaller, paid less, and therefore less experienced… and if you’re lucky enough to have a weekend crew, it generally tends to be a white-knuckle incompetence ride, populated by what media folks generously call the young ‘uns.
It is not at all beyond the realm of possibility that the producer gave Chuck a prompter script which they’d intended to say something along the lines of, “Some critics in recent days have tried to link Ned Lamont’s electoral victory with sympathy for Al Qaida. What do YOU think about that?”
Again, I have no trouble whatsoever envisioning a young ‘un applying his or her student-level writing skills, and having it come out on the prompter that way, for a very busy Chuck.
Play nice. Don’t attack good people. Chuck does a gargantuan job just keeping it all together, and the fact that you may not see how hard his job is, is tribute to his abilities and talent.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:14 pm389- So if a “young un” wrote on the teleprompter- “George Bush is an american terrortist” Would he say it?
August 12th, 2006 at 8:18 pmMore Corn….you will do GREAT as a terrorist negotiator!!!! You and your fellow travelers from the Soros funded TP might want to catch a ride with George so you can aid an comfort our “misunderstood” enemy…..(****FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THE US GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11 – DO NOT PROCEED FURTHER!****) Were educational and cultural exchanges the means employed by some of the 9/11 hijackers??? You sound like a sweet person – but it sounds like Mom is calling – I think she’s looking forward to a little “Back to School” shopping with her favourite idealistic offspring! Have her teach you the lyrics to “Imagine” and “Kumbayaa”….
August 12th, 2006 at 8:19 pmArmstrong — apologies if you thought that was directed at you. It wasn’t. I turned to address “the right wingers out there:”.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:25 pmOnly the “blogs rats†have time for this crap! Real people don’t bother!…and more important they don’t know, just a few of them!….but what it counts is they are in the right places!…then you can make a difference!….:)
Comment by amstrong — August 12, 2006 @ 7:57 pm
one of your more lucid comments… slow down… more like that, fewer times.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:28 pmthink you could try that?
Obviously, American Citizens no longer own the airwaves. Disimformation is a crime against the American People. This media mindset has got to STOP! Are there no laws in America to protect “The People” from the likes of these outrageously “paid” rightwing freaks?
August 12th, 2006 at 8:32 pmIt makes me physically ill when I see people that buy this administrations BS, come in here and tow the party line about fighting terrorist in Iraq. First off if they feel so deeply about this why are they not fighting them over so that we don’t have to listen to them over here. Just like their heros, as much as they like to talk so tough, I have never seen one and I mean NEVER, defend their decision to sit in front of their computer instead of having the courage of their convictions. I’ll be at Camp Casey next month in Washington, defending my convictions. These sorry ass cowards will continue to let someone else do the fighting for them. These are the lowest kind of slime there are. They tell the troops we are right behind you, very far behind you. I bet any amount of money these were the same people who when they were growing up were the ones who said to someone else, go ahead fight the bully I’ll stand behind you, and then run as soon as the fight starts. They stood in the background all their miserable lives, scared to death to make a stand or fight for what they thought was right. I guarantee if all these people talking trash were to be arrested for treason, they would cut and run so fast it would make your head spin, just like the original nazi’s did. They are the biggest slime and cowards in the world letting someone else die in their place while they talk trash. I had friends and relatives who died over there, they didn’t want to go but because someone else wanted to act like a tough guy they gave up their lives, Whats your excuse mighty scumbag, I’m dying to hear why they had to die instead of you, you sickening peice of garbage, pick up a rifle and defend your country you chicken shit little coward or crawl in a hole and shut the f up. You have no first amendment rights, you gave them away when you deserted your country. every liberal man and woman in this blog would go if drafted even if they don’t beleive in it. Everyone except you, you scumbag coward. liberals have more courage then you ever wished you could muster. We are not afraid of Bush his fascist govt. policies, the terrorist, the neo cons, or you, you shameful coward, and don’t reply to this message unless your ready to explain your reasons for being such a coward, you worthless waste of oxygen. And by the way F**k you
August 12th, 2006 at 8:32 pmJohn Stewart and Steven Colbert do the fake news, but then again..so do all the other so-called news networks as well.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:35 pmArmstrong: No, I’m afraid not.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:45 pm#403 – “I’ll be at Camp Casey next month in Washington, defending my convictions…”
****With what? A bull horn??
Seriously…I have proudly served phillyfan – and with a volunteer military service, they didn’t even HAVE to draft me – like progs would go if drafted….uh-huh….
Do send my sincere condolence to the Queen of Mourning, Cindy Sheehan on the loss of her beloved son. His repeated, unselfish acts of volunteerism removes the responsibility of his death from GWB and places it exactly where it belongs – on our enemy…But do Cindy a favour…haul her off her son’s coffin – she pays him no respect by dishonoring his service…..
P.S. Your mother raised raised a son with a filthy mouth….
August 12th, 2006 at 8:48 pmBarry Champlain: I don’t think anyone here (speaking for myself anyway) is suggesting that Mr. Roberts is evil. But either there is such incompetence among the staff at CNN to allow pernicious propoganda (even if it was the result of incompetent interns) to be broadcast — which is surely cause for not simply worry but downright alarm — or he is guilty of extremely poor judgment in thinking that was an appropriate way to phrase a question. Regardless of which of the two possibilities it was, he and CNN owe a formal public apology to Mr. Lamont.
August 12th, 2006 at 8:50 pmYou still didn’t defend your decision why you are not their you coward scumbag. Where did you serve in the girl scouts. You lying chicken shit. and BTW your mother raised a coward. Your still letting someone else do your fighting just because you say you served before don’t mean anything. Your country needs you NOW coward what’s your excuse for NOW. I served before is that your excuse. you piece of garbage
August 12th, 2006 at 8:59 pmBarry Champlain, et. al. I’m sure Chuck Roberts is a decent guy – I’ll assume you’re correct. The good thing about decent guys is, when they make mistakes, they apologize. And if it was the fault of the “young ‘uns,” then he shoulders the blame as the captain of the ship and as the experienced one, holding everything together. He doesn’t use them as scapegoats, as you did in your post. And this is not about Ned Lamont. This is less about Chuck Roberts and more about falling standards at CNN as it cheapens and sensationalizes its content.
August 12th, 2006 at 9:34 pmSend your comments about Chuck Roberts and CNN’s coverage to:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
Both Chuck and CNN Management will get a copy of your email.
August 12th, 2006 at 9:36 pmChuck, you did good. Dont fall for the white flag people.
August 12th, 2006 at 9:47 pmArjuna #410: you need to read the Roberts quote, with an appreciation of the nuance and fragility of language, and you’ll see how close to my projected quote the Roberts question really is. Even though theirs totally says something else entirely.
What should really be steaming your shorts are: [a] How thoroughly the young ‘uns’ language skills have been co-opted by the right-wing propagandists… and they may not even consider themselves Republicans! [b] How bad the young ‘uns’ language skills are in general.
Someone above posted the question: if they had written on the prompter that “George Bush is an american terroristâ€, would Chuck have read that, too? Remembering that what he did say was considerably more subtle, my answer is yes! When you’re under the gun and riding the clock like on Headline News, even if you’re the best in the business like Chuck, you’d probably get at least as far as “… an American terr–!!” before the rest of the sentence suddenly hit you.
But you’d probably make it look by the calm , professional expression on your face like you’d meant to read it that far! [g]
August 12th, 2006 at 9:52 pmSend the bastard over to the FAUX news organization. CNN in the days of Ted Turner would have never stood for this kind of bullshit from a supposed news commentator. maybe he is related to O’Really, Rush Windbag or O’Really, or maybe it’s Sean Insanity in drag!
August 12th, 2006 at 9:56 pmamstrong
#427,
You just earned yourself getting kicked out of here, immature jack-off.
Yes, you’ve been reported, and every one of your posts in violation of the “Terms of Use” will only confirm your guilt.
Adios, el stupido.
August 12th, 2006 at 10:33 pmDon’t you folks out there think it is about time we find a lawyer and start to sue these people for calling us dems al-queada and terrorists. I’m willing if we can find a good lawyer.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:05 pmI have already emailed CNN and snail mailed several of there advertisers. ( Chevy, Ditech.com, Papa Murphys, Budweiser,applebys and so on) You should also. Inform your progressive friends, remove the channel from your tv and never buy any products advertised on CNN. It is the advertisers that will be hurt the most, and besides they have nancy grace, for crying out loud, she is still doing Laci Peterson, ferchrissake.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:16 pmIf I may add, please do not respond to the trolls, feeding them just takes up space and they can steal your energy
August 12th, 2006 at 11:17 pmTHERE IS NO JOY IN JELLYFISH LAND MIGHTY COWARD HAS STRUCK OUT. YOU DISGUST ME YOU PUKE
August 13th, 2006 at 12:17 amDr. phil, get a life pussbag
August 13th, 2006 at 12:31 amditto for your asshole rascist buddy armstrong, you two should get a room
Might some argue that Chuck Robers is
August 13th, 2006 at 1:30 amGeorge W Bushs’ “BUTTBOY”? …might some?
Regarding comment #1………not “pugs”…….”thugs”.
August 13th, 2006 at 1:30 am
August 13th, 2006 at 2:17 amOnce again, the republican mantra is: we have nothing to USE but fear itself.
Lamont could sue CNN for slander. Lieberman is a Zionist plant, anyway.
August 13th, 2006 at 2:26 am[...] Think Progress » Headline News Anchor: ‘Might Some Argue That Lamont…Is The al Qaeda Candidate?’ Today on CNN Headline News, anchor Chuck Roberts discussed the impact of the foiled British terror plot with Hotline senior editor John Mercurio. Roberts asked Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?†Watch it: al qaeda assholes dumb fascism history repeating lamant prolapse stupid [...]
August 13th, 2006 at 2:56 amre: #338 Fear stricken “terror/sky is falling” Republicans call kettle black; false Republican assumption made: everyone hides under bed, cowering in fear like a Republican
“the Dem Party is the party of “cut and run placating wimpsâ€?? I’d think you’d BE PROUD….BE PROUD of what YOU are!!!
Comment by mighty aphrodite — August 12, 2006 @ 6:19 pm
August 13th, 2006 at 3:29 amThis Lieberman should be given one-way ticket to Palookaville.
August 13th, 2006 at 3:30 amMorality presuppoes that Reality is Objecive. And that written law simply expresses universal principles. You don’t have to believe in the law of cause and effect, for it to work, even after death. Nobody Gets Away With Anything. Is this consolation for victims of the current criminal regime? Maye not. But, God sees everything.
August 13th, 2006 at 3:57 amCut and Run? The thousands of tons of d.u. dust, dropped on Iraq, will kill or cripple most of the GI’s anyway. Depleted Uranium has a radioacive half-life of 2 billion years. 10,000+ Gulf War Vets have died from d.u. exposure. The day the US does cut and run from the monster of our own making, the better.
August 13th, 2006 at 4:15 amYou still didn’t defend your decision why you are not their you coward scumbag. Where did you serve in the girl scouts. You lying chicken shit. and BTW your mother raised a coward. Your still letting someone else do your fighting just because you say you served before don’t mean anything. Your country needs you NOW coward what’s your excuse for NOW. I served before is that your excuse. you piece of garbage
Comment by phillyfan — August 12, 2006 @ 8:59 pm
Coherant sentences are the spawn of satan.
August 13th, 2006 at 4:16 amP.S. Your mother raised raised a son with a filthy mouth….
Comment by mighty aphrodite — August 12, 2006 @ 8:48 pm
So did yours
August 13th, 2006 at 6:19 amHere’s a tip – any time someone talks incoherently, mentions Rome or Italy, and brings up 9/11 conspiracy theory, posting with a lot of !!!! included, it is Santo.
August 13th, 2006 at 6:21 amWe do not have a liberal media. We have a libertarian media.
People wake up. The REPUBLIKLAN Party appers the only party that has ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATED their failure on national defense, national security and terrorism because they failed to stop the 9-11-2001 attacks despite the karl Rove propaganda attempting to coverup Republican failure on defense and shift it to another party.
August 13th, 2006 at 8:14 amTerror
“Terror refers to a pronounced state of fear, which usually occurs after the state of horror, when someone becomes overwhelmed with a sense of immediate danger. Also, it can be caused by seeing the (sometimes extreme) phobia. Thus, terror overwhelms the person to the point of making irrational choices and non-typical behavior.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear
August 13th, 2006 at 8:46 amSanto,
No, not checkmate. You know my qualifications. My education, professional experience and current career teaching architecture put me in the majority of practicing engineers and architects who understand how the planes crashing into the world trade towers caused them to collapse. Explosives were not necessary.
But the conspiracy people don’t care what actual architects and engineers who actually build buildings think. They only care about what a minority of theoretical phDs have to speculate on the matter.
The Bush Regime allowed 9/11 to happen, and for that they are definitely guilty. But a man who couldn’t find oil drilling in Texas isn’t capable of pulling off a conspiracy. Period.
Anyway, there is no debate with your side on this. You want it to be true as much as religious fanatics want a god and his boy child Jesus to be true. There is no reasoning with blind faith. So I won’t even bother.
But I will make sure my students understand the expert opinion.
August 13th, 2006 at 10:12 amDefinitely NOT checkmate. And I don’t believe in Jesus either. But I do know that these posts will be deleted.
Buildings are made up of 95% air. Yes, look around the room you are in and see how much of it is empty space and how little is walls, floor and roof. When air falls, it goes at near free-fall speed. That happens in all buildings that collapse. Not just the Trade Towers.
You can keep believing, but Science is not about belief. It’s about reality. And the reality is that the Trade Towers could have fallen without explosives – just the planes.
August 13th, 2006 at 10:33 amSanto,
You are entitled to your unprofessional opinion. I am also entitled to my professional opinion. As long as you refuse to accept that I and most architects and engineers know what we are talking about, there is no point to discussing this matter. It has become your religion.
I have to go to the airport.
Enjoy your day.
August 13th, 2006 at 10:57 amAlex jones must die!!!!
August 13th, 2006 at 11:50 amMight some argue, as I do, that Chuck Roberts is the al-Qaeda talking head? After all he helps sustain false arguments that staying bogged down in Iraq helps fight al-Qaeda when it actually hurts the fight against al-Qaeda.
Chuck Roberts is objectively pro-terrorist.
August 13th, 2006 at 11:51 ambein president of america and a group of middle eastern terrorists at the same time is just like bein a double knot spy! — George W Bush, double knot spy
August 13th, 2006 at 12:17 pmSomebody please flog this piece of shit
August 13th, 2006 at 12:51 pmOK. This stuff has gone far enough. How do we reverse this trend? We really need to get America back to a true discourse, and not one driven by Mc Carthy era nonsense. These news media are being irresponsble at best.
August 13th, 2006 at 1:33 pmNothing make the terrorists stronger than Bush and the Republicans in office. As long as those idiot racists are running things there will be no end to the terrorist networks. They act like a battery powering a magnet. If we cut off the power of the battery the magnet doesn’t have much power. If we get rid of the right wingnuts the terrorists won’t have much of reason to attack us, nor will they have the stupid headlines to attract fence sitters. Every time Bush and Cheney open their stupid ass mouths the terrorists shout with glee and get a few more supporters.
August 13th, 2006 at 1:39 pmSanto,
I told you, I went to the airport. The reason you think I don’t make sense is because you cannot understand sense. You’re proving that by posting under 12 different names and having discussions with yourself. Whatever. Knock yourself out. You can go read the Michelle Malkin sounds like 9/11 conspiracy theorists thread to get an education on why the towers actually collapsed. You just don’t want one.
Enjoy the moments remaining until you get banned again. You know you will.
August 13th, 2006 at 1:51 pmYou know I thought arnstrong was kind of funny at first, but the sh*t about the the Indian red dot is f*cked up. Arnstrong, grow the f&ck up you rascist assface.
August 13th, 2006 at 2:07 pmUnbelieveble i don’t see no Santo in here, we really need to talk girl,i am worry about you and your no sense comments!….Look around you what do you see? Red?….then you are in trouble girl!…Talk to us, let it out!… i am telling you it will help you heal!
August 13th, 2006 at 2:08 pm“I’m confused here…Bush has just reminded me once again that “al Qaeda hates us for our freedomâ€. Yet when I choose to exercise my personal choice and freedom as an American – living in a free democratic society, in a free country, participating a free election, it’s implied by “a free press†and “a democraticly elected leader”, vice president and senator – that my vote is supporting al qaeda…hmmm…confusedâ€.
August 13th, 2006 at 2:14 pmReading comments for the past hour, I find so much agreement overall, quite unique, as really amazing.
August 13th, 2006 at 3:04 pmSend your comments about Chuck Roberts and CNN’s coverage to:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4b.html?76
Both Chuck and CNN Management will get a copy of your email. Post your comments in this thread.
August 13th, 2006 at 3:26 pmToday on CNN Headline News, anchor Chuck Roberts discussed the impact of the foiled British terror plot with Hotline senior editor John Mercurio. Roberts asked Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?â€
From Spokane, WA. We are preparing a letter to CNN demanding your dismissal from CNN. We currently have over 1,240 signatures. Very dissapointing, makes us wonder if you tried crack for the first time the night before. Sure FOX news would love to have you.
August 13th, 2006 at 4:25 pmChuck should focus on his career in mature underwear modeling for the Sunday papers.
August 13th, 2006 at 7:36 pmFor once, I agree with Cheney. Ned Lamont is nothing but a cut and runner. I wonder how Lamont would view an Al-Qaeda attack. He’d probably throw spitballs at Bin Laden, and tell him, BAD BOY!!! Don’t do it again!!!!
August 13th, 2006 at 11:45 pmBushit are you Zell Miller? Lol you sound like him using “spitballs” a favorite word for the certified lunatic Miller!
August 14th, 2006 at 2:03 amI USED TO LIKE THE GUY,WHAT A FRIGGIN PIG,sore losers in munich,these repiglicans want this war to go on,THEY WANT AMERICANS TO DIE,”HEY,THERE’S STILL A CHANCE HALIBURTON BILLIONS WILL REAP OIL,AND THEY JUST CAN’T ADMIT WE’RE IN A VIETNAM,MORE HIDEOUS THAN VIETNAM,BECAUSE IN NAM,PEOPLE DIDN’T “BLOW THEMSELVES UP FOR THEIR “GOD”,sick murdering,lying spying bush and cheney,THIS ROBERTS PRICK,IS INDEED ONE OF THEM,guess what scenario will unfold if these swine have their way,men will die everyday,FOR A DECADE OR MORE,WHILE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN SUNNI,SHIA,SHIITE,KURD RAGES ON,”SORRY BUSHIE POOH,AL-QUIDA DOESN’T EVEN MATTER ANY MORE,AND TALIBAN AND THEM ARE IN AFGHANISTAN AGAIN,”DIDN’T FINISH THE JOB,YOU CRAP.kinda like invading europe,conquering munich and leaving hitler to ski in the alps,AMERICA SEND ME CHUCK ROBERTS EMAIL,I TRIED TO GET A MESSAGE TO THIS DUNGHEAP,SEND IT TO some99_zz@yahoo.com, I AM SERIOUS FOLKS I WANT TO GIVE THIS MANURE PILE A PIECE OF MY MIND,SEND ME HIS EMAIL IF YOU FIND IT. calling lamont “the al quida candidate”, what sour grapes for these bastards,killing our kids for nothing,WAKE UP CHUCK,WE’RE NOT AFRAID ANYMORE,WE WOULD RATHER DIE STANDING ON OUR FEET KNOWING THE TRUTH THAN BELIEVE A LIE LIKE “WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION”,HAVE YOU NO MIND,WHAT THE HELL DOES “FRIGGIN IRAQ” HAVE TO DO WITH THE PAKISTANI PLOTTERS IN LONDON,AGAIN,ANYONE HERE WHO FINDS CHUCK ROBERTS EMAIL SEND IT TO ME AT some99_zz@yahoo.com AND GET AHOLD OF THAT CRAP NEWS CHANNEL CNN,TELL THEM YOU DON’T APPRECIATE THIS GUY,cnn used to be good,NOW THEY’RE “FOX LIGHT”,tell them to get rid of that chuck roberts,AND THAT AWFUL MENTAL CASE “GLEN BECK”,BOY I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE HIM A DRINK,GOD KNOWS HE’S ILL,AND STUPID TOO,he says this is “world war three”,OOOH,I AM SO SCARED.god help this country,our parents fought the mightiest army of the german reich and europe,and japan,AND GODDAM WON,IN LESS TIME I MIGHT ADD THAN WE ARE DOING IN IRAQ,WHAT A MISERABLE,WEAK,STUPID COUNTRY WE HAVE BECOME,EATING THE COMPOST OF “FOX NEWS”,AND SO CALLED CONSERVATIES.like the bible says, “you will know a tree by its FRUITS,not by its appearance,AND WHAT ROTTEN POISONOUS FRUIT THE FRIGGIN “NEOCONS” HAVE FED US.
August 14th, 2006 at 2:29 amNovember Predictions:
Another Al Qaeda Attack
Another Bin Laden Video
Another Rigged Election
Another Republican Sponsored Supreme Court Decision
August 14th, 2006 at 3:10 am[...] Thank you Howard, because he had been lobbing Johnson softballs the entire interview and probably didn’t think he would have to answer for the horrific distortion made by CNN’s Chuck Roberts who called Ned Lamont, "the al Qaeda candidate." It goes like this.. [...]
August 14th, 2006 at 3:15 am#19 TP, please provide an e-mail address to the good folks at CNN so we can let them know our…uh….â€displeasure.†Yeah, that’s it, displeasure.
Comment by Badmoodman — August 11, 2006 @ 4:30 pm
I have put together a list that many might find helpful.
NewsMedia Email addresses.
August 14th, 2006 at 8:03 am[...] Most recently, Chuck Roberts over at CNN’s Headline News – see: right-wing’s “liberal media” – was the latest hack to use the phrase. But aside from using it, it’s what followed “some say” that was downright disgusting. “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?†[...]
August 14th, 2006 at 10:35 amAND TO YOU “ARMSTRONG” PERSON,NOTE THE “CAPS”,GET A FRIGGIN LIFE,I USE CAPS SO I CAN FIND MY POSTS EASIER,I HAVE POOR VISION,only losers like you would consider CAPS yelling,get a life,and get off your computer,THIS IS NOT REALITY DUDE,IT’S A COMMENT,CAPS,CAPS,CAPS,WHO THE HELL CARES SUCKA.and i hope all you people above are emailing,notifying cnn that you are pissed,i personally told them i will never watch them again,EVEN THE FOX CHANNEL,AND O’REILLY WOULD NOT MAKE SUCH A COMMENT “DIRECTLY”,LIKE THIS ROBERTS SLUG.caps again for MR. ARMSTRONG,GOD I LOVE YELLIN
August 14th, 2006 at 11:30 amThis is pathetic. Having seen the whole interview, any sane person can see that Mr. Roberts is merely putting to his interviewee a question–a controversial question at that–suggested by comments, etc. of many others. Should not we celebrate the asking of questions such as these, rather than ignoring reality? Really, people, slow down, think a bit, try not to hurt your selves.
August 14th, 2006 at 4:55 pm[...] In a way it’s about time this stuff started being said and I’m glad Kennedy is willing to say it. In another way it is a shame that it has to be Kennedy and that we have so few others who are willing to say this, say it loud, say it often and keep saying it until the media can no longer ignore it. When major media people like Chuck Roberts of CNN can call a candidate for political office this country “the al Qaeda candidate” (no matter the weasily way he put it, it’s about getting the phrase out there and have deniability because no one cares about how it was said, they just remember the phrase), then we obviously have a long way to go to get an honest press and the Democrats and progressives (not always the same thing) need to hammer relentlessly in order to get their drumbeat heard over the background noise. [...]
August 14th, 2006 at 5:10 pmJust sent the following message to CNN regarding the “Chuck Roberts ‘Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?†comment but doubt that it will do ANY good at this formerly decent news network.
“First you try to out-’FOX’ Fox news, then you add Glen Beck, boy fascist-in-training to your staff, and finally you have Chuck Roberts on CNN Headline News ‘cutely’ refer to Ned Lamont as the “al Qaeda candidate?â€
August 14th, 2006 at 6:44 pmWhy don’t you just go all the way and merge with Rupert Murdock?
Any credibility you had left over from the middle of the road netowrk that Ted built is going fast. When the neo-con fascists led by president Cheney, Elliot Abrams and the rest of this crew of war criminals come for YOU, who do you think will stand up for your defense?
Sieg Heil y’all!”
Good to see the rest of the blogs taking up this story.
MediaMatters has written to the head of CNN.
Are any of the MSM covering this story?
Chuck Roberts has got to go.
And no more right wingnut talking heads substituting for news anchors, either. MSNBC is doing that and they need to stop it.
August 14th, 2006 at 7:02 pmI’m not a fan of the half truth ‘News’ at CNN or its competitors but they all function with scripted intro’s that open its ‘packaged’ news. Knowing the news is pavckaged means lessens the likelyhood of surprise answers I suppose.
August 14th, 2006 at 7:44 pmPlaying tape and listen to the entire responce of the Target. Mr. Guest Expert says it all perhaps allowing some sympathy for Ol’ Chuck Roast. Mr.Guest Expert is totally packaged and so prepared he explains why for TV viewers what ChuckR shoulda said when he intro’d Mr.G.E..
Chuck needs the work, who’s gonna hire a tired rightwinger now at my,err… his age?
August 14th, 2006 at 7:47 pm[...] readers of skippy remember how far up our dander got when we heard about hnn anchor chuck roberts equating, without cause or context, ned lamont to al qaeda. [...]
August 14th, 2006 at 10:22 pm[...] Given that the campaign season just kicked off with a CNN anchor calling Ned Lamont “the al Qaeda candidate,” I’d argue we are at that point right now. [...]
August 14th, 2006 at 10:22 pmMadashell: thanks for your comments link at cnn. here’s what i sent:
RE: Chuck Roberts’ remarks to Hotline editor John Mercurio:
August 15th, 2006 at 10:44 am
So far, I see 546 comments on this issue. I’m hoping all of you have taken the time to send your comments to CNN at http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4a.html?1.
August 15th, 2006 at 1:00 pmWell. He apologized. See C&L for the transcript and (hopefully) video. Kudos to Roberts and CNN, and to the bloggers who wouldn’t let this comment die.
August 15th, 2006 at 2:59 pm[...] Last week, while discussing terrorism and Lamont’s win over Leiberman, Roberts asked Hotline senior editor John Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?” [...]
August 15th, 2006 at 3:50 pm[...] Last week, CNN anchor Chuck Roberts referred to the next U.S. Senator from Connecticut, Ned Lamont, as “the al Qaeda candidate”. Well, Chuck was wrong, and he admitted it. [...]
August 16th, 2006 at 10:42 pm[...] Last week, CNN anchor Chuck Roberts referred to the next U.S. Senator from Connecticut, Ned Lamont, as “the al Qaeda candidate”. Well, Chuck was wrong, and he admitted it. [...]
August 16th, 2006 at 10:42 pmWHAT ? CNN TURN FACSIST, SIDING WITH CHENEY ?
August 17th, 2006 at 8:43 amTHERE WE GO AGAIN, 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION , THIS ADMINISTRATION WITH KARL ROVE AS MASTER EVIL PROPAGANDA , START AGAIN TO SPREAD LIES ABOUT THE RIVALS, LAMONT, SHAME ON THEM, THEIR THE LOWEST PEOPLE IN THIS EARTH. INCLUDING THIS GUY WHO CALL HIMSELF THE COMANDER IN CHIEF. THEY DON’T HAVE HONOR AND DIGNITY, HAD NO SHAME, OR SOUL.THIS IS NO DEMOCRACY ANY MORE, SINCE BUSH COME, DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY DIE.
August 17th, 2006 at 8:52 amIt seems were completly bobmbarded with stories about sad afghan/lebonese civilians yet we dying over there.. simple? when are we going to start caring about our own country the united states of america not the United UN IRAQ Afghan Iraq >>>> I’m a patriot of my counrty but how many young men have to die????? one word IRAN we better focus on that or Korea/Russia maybe france LOL ! hope this gets post cuz I think at least 40% of my fellow AMERICANS feel the same! sincerely
August 25th, 2006 at 5:51 amGrant H. McCarty Las Vegas.NV 702-373-7340
[...] Today on CNN Headline News, anchor Chuck Roberts discussed the impact of the foiled British terror plot with Hotline senior editor John Mercurio. Roberts asked Mercurio, “How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?”read more | digg story Digg this [...]
August 26th, 2006 at 6:43 am9/11 Conspiracy
Here are some 9/11 conspiracy videos. The first is a link to a full-length documentary called “Loose Change” (click on the link and follow the link to the video):
http://www.loosechange911.com/
Other shorter 9/11 conspiracy stuff I also found interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc2lih2qjEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpcnhwFlIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF8-8Kaa8jo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBVVs9hcmRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmvGFVr6KNk
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