Comments on: Brit Hume On Walter Reed: ‘It Looks Terrible’ For The Bush Administration, ‘Which Is The Problem’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:58:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dale Leisenring http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2414726 Dale Leisenring Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:06:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2414726 I HONESTY BELIEVE its time to IMPEACH, INDICT and IMPRISON The Bush Crime Family!! The Bush Administration has damaged more Veterans than the Iraq Civil War. Bush has easily hurt all Veterans by cutting benefits and letting the VA go to hell! Yes, I am a Veteran, A Democrat, and I VOTE!! I HONESTY BELIEVE its time to IMPEACH, INDICT and IMPRISON The Bush Crime Family!! The Bush Administration has damaged more Veterans than the Iraq Civil War. Bush has easily hurt all Veterans by cutting benefits and letting the VA go to hell! Yes, I am a Veteran, A Democrat, and I VOTE!!

]]> By: Steve http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2170873 Steve Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:16:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2170873 Enough is enough. We have become a nation of of cowards. Thirty years ago Bush and Co. would have been run out of Washington on a rail. Time to grease it up.This idiot and his henchmen should be run out of office now. Not tomorrow or the next day, NOW! Dispicable bastards. Enough is enough. We have become a nation of of cowards. Thirty years ago Bush and Co. would have been run out of Washington on a rail. Time to grease it up.This idiot and his henchmen should be run out of office now. Not tomorrow or the next day, NOW! Dispicable bastards.

]]> By: 2stolenelectionsandlookatusnow http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2015827 2stolenelectionsandlookatusnow Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:21:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2015827 There is all the money in the world for Bechtel, Northrop Grummond and Halliburton (heck, they can even misplace 9 billion!), but not a fraction of what is needed to take care of the service men and women who gave of their lives for this country. It is just a tragedy their commander in cheat lied them into a senseless war. The Spin machine in Washington is going into a Britney-esque meltdown. All the lies and corruption are catching up with them in the tidal wave of corruption. Fox noise channel can spin and Ann Coulter can belch her hatred, but our proud nation will wake up eventually to the insanity. Dick Cheney is still the CEO of Halliburton, he just has a different title, and he thinks we don't notice. He's actually right, because all we seem to notice is Anna Nicole and Britney. When Democrats call these freaks out and get fired up, maybe we have a hope of getting a sane country back. Never forget Eisenhower's warnings about the miliary-industrial complex. Every fear that he had has come true. The war machine is running the country, and those brave heroes quietly suffering in VA hospitals are paying the highest price. There is all the money in the world for Bechtel, Northrop Grummond and Halliburton (heck, they can even misplace 9 billion!), but not a fraction of what is needed to take care of the service men and women who gave of their lives for this country. It is just a tragedy their commander in cheat lied them into a senseless war. The Spin machine in Washington is going into a Britney-esque meltdown. All the lies and corruption are catching up with them in the tidal wave of corruption. Fox noise channel can spin and Ann Coulter can belch her hatred, but our proud nation will wake up eventually to the insanity. Dick Cheney is still the CEO of Halliburton, he just has a different title, and he thinks we don’t notice. He’s actually right, because all we seem to notice is Anna Nicole and Britney. When Democrats call these freaks out and get fired up, maybe we have a hope of getting a sane country back.

Never forget Eisenhower’s warnings about the miliary-industrial complex.
Every fear that he had has come true. The war machine is running the country, and those brave heroes quietly suffering in VA hospitals are paying the highest price.

]]> By: fkay http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2014641 fkay Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:21:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2014641 NOW WHO DOESN'T "SUPPORT THE TROOPS?" Those lying, dispicable republiCONS. NOW WHO DOESN’T “SUPPORT THE TROOPS?”
Those lying, dispicable republiCONS.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2010804 unbelievable Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:52:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2010804 <em>Now that’s just plain funny. From where I’m standing, you keep hijacking this thread, which is about “Brit Hume On Walter Reed, etc,” to indulge in self-righteousness, Miss Unbelievably Self-Absorbed! Please respect the narrative flow.</em> Clearly you're standing up your own ass.... It wasn't me who made this thread about me. It's the pathetic brats who are obsessed with me. You have a problem with it - take it up with them. I'm going to defend myself. Don't like it? I don't care. <em>Thank you, Snagglepuss the Crone Comment by Kathleen Railey — March 5, 2007 @ 6:10 am</em> Piss off... Now that’s just plain funny. From where I’m standing, you keep hijacking this thread, which is about “Brit Hume On Walter Reed, etc,” to indulge in self-righteousness, Miss Unbelievably Self-Absorbed! Please respect the narrative flow.

Clearly you’re standing up your own ass….

It wasn’t me who made this thread about me. It’s the pathetic brats who are obsessed with me. You have a problem with it – take it up with them. I’m going to defend myself. Don’t like it? I don’t care.

Thank you,
Snagglepuss the Crone
Comment by Kathleen Railey — March 5, 2007 @ 6:10 am

Piss off…

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2010752 unbelievable Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:49:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2010752 <em>i can only say, and you can trust me, that it was not meant to be an insult,</em> You're always insulting me katy... the rest of your post is nothing but insults. You've only even insulted me and when I ask you to just ignore me, you refuse to respect that. I don't get why you can't just stop speaking to me... Why is it so impossible for you to respect that? <em>and so i’m confused as to why it was not ignored… … or at the least, given a reasonable, mature and educated response…</em> Insult. Again. I only give reasonable responses to reasonable people. Try being reasonable (i.e. stop addressing me) <em>it’s just that “For the trillionth time - stop speaking to me.” is so, so 3rd grade, or something… i was disappointed… really…</em> Yet another insult. And the judgmental attitude is really uncalled for. No, it isn't. Calling you names would be third grade... Telling someone I don't like to stop speaking to me is mature. I'm not surprised you can't get it considering your habitual need to ignore my request. <em>but then, i guess my phrasing was much too similar to a michael-style, and that would be a put off… darn… my bad…</em> Condescention.... <em>but i really did wonder if the moonie times was up to any new tricks… ah well…</em> Then why can't you just google it and find out for yourself? Or ask someone who you haven't insulted who actually wants to speak to you. What's wrong with you that you can't stop speaking to me anymore? I don't like you. I don't like how you have treated me and how you continue to disrespect me. Therefore, I have no interest in having a conversation with you. Understand? <em>thanks… and, good night. Comment by katy — March 5, 2007 @ 12:04 am</em> Just leave me alone and there won't be any drama.... Though I've come to believe that you like it. i can only say, and you can trust me, that it was not meant to be an insult,

You’re always insulting me katy… the rest of your post is nothing but insults. You’ve only even insulted me and when I ask you to just ignore me, you refuse to respect that.

I don’t get why you can’t just stop speaking to me… Why is it so impossible for you to respect that?

and so i’m confused as to why it was not ignored…
… or at the least, given a reasonable, mature and educated response…

Insult. Again.

I only give reasonable responses to reasonable people. Try being reasonable (i.e. stop addressing me)

it’s just that “For the trillionth time – stop speaking to me.” is so,
so 3rd grade, or something… i was disappointed… really…

Yet another insult. And the judgmental attitude is really uncalled for.

No, it isn’t. Calling you names would be third grade… Telling someone I don’t like to stop speaking to me is mature. I’m not surprised you can’t get it considering your habitual need to ignore my request.

but then, i guess my phrasing was much too similar to a michael-style,
and that would be a put off… darn… my bad…

Condescention….

but i really did wonder if the moonie times was up to any new tricks…
ah well…

Then why can’t you just google it and find out for yourself? Or ask someone who you haven’t insulted who actually wants to speak to you. What’s wrong with you that you can’t stop speaking to me anymore? I don’t like you. I don’t like how you have treated me and how you continue to disrespect me. Therefore, I have no interest in having a conversation with you. Understand?

thanks… and, good night.
Comment by katy — March 5, 2007 @ 12:04 am

Just leave me alone and there won’t be any drama…. Though I’ve come to believe that you like it.

]]> By: Mike Cripps http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2009309 Mike Cripps Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:09:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2009309 The Neocons will, sonehow, blame this on Clinton, as well! The Neocons will, sonehow, blame this on Clinton, as well!

]]> By: sandy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2008519 sandy Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:14:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2008519 What are the "people"? F**king ROBOTS? I'll bet it more than LOOKS BAD for the soliders and THEIR FAMILIES. What are the “people”? F**king ROBOTS? I’ll bet it more than LOOKS BAD for the soliders and THEIR FAMILIES.

]]> By: JSC http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2008208 JSC Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:56:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2008208 "This guy is long past the day when he had anything but the foggiest awareness of what the heck is going on in the world." This was Hume's comment about John Murtha. After the Walter Reed comments it seems Hume was confused and was actually tlaking about himself. “This guy is long past the day when he had anything but the foggiest awareness of what the heck is going on in the world.”

This was Hume’s comment about John Murtha. After the Walter Reed comments it seems Hume was confused and was actually tlaking about himself.

]]> By: JC Cole http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2008015 JC Cole Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:46:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2008015 Walter Reed was scheduled for repairs and renovations years ago but your MR. Clinton cut military funding to the bone and the repairs were scuttled. Walter Reed has been scheduled for closure and will be combined with Bethesday Naval Hospital. Get over it or at least get the whole story. Walter Reed was scheduled for repairs and renovations years ago but your MR. Clinton cut military funding to the bone and the repairs were scuttled. Walter Reed has been scheduled for closure and will be combined with Bethesday Naval Hospital. Get over it or at least get the whole story.

]]> By: The Heretik : A Framed Masterpiece http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2007215 The Heretik : A Framed Masterpiece Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:20:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2007215 [...] Airing it out: Brilliant at Breakfast, Middle Earth Journal, Michelle Malkin, Once Upon a Time, Obsidian Wings, DownWithTyranny!, TPMmuckraker, COUNTERCOLUMN, Balloon Juice, Sister Toldjah, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Impolitic, On Deadline, Rising Hegemon, TalkLeft, AMERICAblog, News Desk Blog, PoliBlog (TM) and Think Progress [...] [...] Airing it out: Brilliant at Breakfast, Middle Earth Journal, Michelle Malkin, Once Upon a Time, Obsidian Wings, DownWithTyranny!, TPMmuckraker, COUNTERCOLUMN, Balloon Juice, Sister Toldjah, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Impolitic, On Deadline, Rising Hegemon, TalkLeft, AMERICAblog, News Desk Blog, PoliBlog (TM) and Think Progress [...]

]]> By: jim sandrin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2005666 jim sandrin Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:46:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2005666 <strong>This Walter Reed fiasco is another example of Repub incompetence! All those folks sporting "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS' ought to rip those magnetic signs from their vehicles...they are just dupes for Bush and his incompetent administration...remember "money talks and bullshit walks" and there is a lot of the latter in this administration...when does the impeachment process begin??!!??</strong> This Walter Reed fiasco is another example of Repub incompetence! All those folks sporting “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS’ ought to rip those magnetic signs from their vehicles…they are just dupes for Bush and his incompetent administration…remember “money talks and bullshit walks” and there is a lot of the latter in this administration…when does the impeachment process begin??!!??

]]> By: Robert Vick http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2005545 Robert Vick Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:13:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2005545 It is unfortunate that the real people who suffer are the troops ! I would like to have George the 2nd autograph, to say i have the signature of the worse president in my lifetime!!!!!!! Cheers It is unfortunate that the real people who suffer are the troops !
I would like to have George the 2nd autograph, to say i have the signature of the worse president in my lifetime!!!!!!!

Cheers

]]> By: Heading Left » Blog Archive » “It’s Not Just Walter Reed” http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2003928 Heading Left » Blog Archive » “It’s Not Just Walter Reed” Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:13:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2003928 [...] conservative anchor, Brit Hume frets that the real problem with the Walter Reed Scandal is that it looks bad for the President, health and welfare of America’s military be [...] [...] conservative anchor, Brit Hume frets that the real problem with the Walter Reed Scandal is that it looks bad for the President, health and welfare of America’s military be [...]

]]> By: bowncr1212 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2003085 bowncr1212 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:01:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2003085 First troops are sent with NO BODY ARMOR... then bush got "busted" underfunding VA benefits by .. what a BILLION DOLLARS... and now Walter Reed... bush policy on Soldiers........ better DEAD than FED. First troops are sent with NO BODY ARMOR… then bush got “busted” underfunding VA benefits by .. what a BILLION DOLLARS… and now Walter Reed…

bush policy on Soldiers…….. better DEAD than FED.

]]> By: Kathleen Railey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2002555 Kathleen Railey Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:17:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2002555 <blockquote>It’s enough to make me wonder if at least some of the posters on “liberal” blogs aren’t really paid Reich-Wingers who put things up so the talking heads can criticize “liberal” blogs. Comment by Briseadh na Faire — March 4, 2007 @ 4:56 pm</blockquote> I've been wondering the same thing myself for quite awhile now. We can't prove these "foul-mouthed" bloggers are trolls in disquise...but it seems offer the Rupblican smear machine something to use against us, rather than promoting a true progressive agenda. After all..."we know them by their works," which is just Biblical verse for cause and effect is always relavent. Snagglepuss the Crone

It’s enough to make me wonder if at least some of the posters on “liberal” blogs aren’t really paid Reich-Wingers who put things up so the talking heads can criticize “liberal” blogs.

Comment by Briseadh na Faire — March 4, 2007 @ 4:56 pm

I’ve been wondering the same thing myself for quite awhile now. We can’t prove these “foul-mouthed” bloggers are trolls in disquise…but it seems offer the Rupblican smear machine something to use against us, rather than promoting a true progressive agenda. After all…”we know them by their works,” which is just Biblical verse for cause and effect is always relavent.

Snagglepuss the Crone

]]> By: Kathleen Railey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2002484 Kathleen Railey Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:10:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2002484 "Yap, yap, yap… Don’t you have anything to say about the subject, or you just need to attack me to feel better about yourself? Freak. Comment by unbelievable — March 4, 2007 @ 4:21 pm" Now that's just plain funny. From where I'm standing, you keep hijacking this thread, which is about "Brit Hume On Walter Reed, etc," to indulge in self-righteousness, Miss Unbelievably Self-Absorbed! Please respect the narrative flow. Thank you, Snagglepuss the Crone “Yap, yap, yap… Don’t you have anything to say about the subject, or you just need to attack me to feel better about yourself? Freak.

Comment by unbelievable — March 4, 2007 @ 4:21 pm”

Now that’s just plain funny. From where I’m standing, you keep hijacking this thread, which is about “Brit Hume On Walter Reed, etc,” to indulge in self-righteousness, Miss Unbelievably Self-Absorbed! Please respect the narrative flow.

Thank you,
Snagglepuss the Crone

]]> By: Dumbo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-2001802 Dumbo Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:25:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-2001802 That's the problem with everything that's bad in this world. It LOOKS bad. In fact, there should be a whole new branch of epistomology devoted just to this Republican thesis. Just as Bishop Berkeley believed that nothing existed unless it was perceived by a human or by God, the simpler Republican version would have it that nothing exists at all except for appearances. That's why Republicans are baffled that we aren't still celebrating Mission Accomplished. Didn't we see the figher jet land, the banner, the commander with his codpiece? I mean, what more proof do you want than that that the war is a dazzling success! That’s the problem with everything that’s bad in this world. It LOOKS bad. In fact, there should be a whole new branch of epistomology devoted just to this Republican thesis. Just as Bishop Berkeley believed that nothing existed unless it was perceived by a human or by God, the simpler Republican version would have it that nothing exists at all except for appearances.

That’s why Republicans are baffled that we aren’t still celebrating Mission Accomplished. Didn’t we see the figher jet land, the banner, the commander with his codpiece? I mean, what more proof do you want than that that the war is a dazzling success!

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-1998603 TerrytheTurtle Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:24:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-1998603 You know I don't think that really was God you know - not enough George Burns about him. And Jesus, well Jimmy Cameron reckons they found his bones - what's good enough for the director of Terminator is good enough for me. Game's up JC, sorry JHC. You know I don’t think that really was God you know – not enough George Burns about him. And Jesus, well Jimmy Cameron reckons they found his bones – what’s good enough for the director of Terminator is good enough for me. Game’s up JC, sorry JHC.

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/comment-page-3/#comment-1998560 Briseadh na Faire Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:00:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/04/brit-hume-on-walter-reed-it-looks-terrible-for-the-bush-administration-which-is-the-problem/#comment-1998560 God, it's been fun. Thanks for taking some time on your day off to converse with us...humans and reptiles. God, it’s been fun. Thanks for taking some time on your day off to converse with us…humans and reptiles.

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