Washington Post Misleads, Contradicts Own Reporting, To Attack Pelosi
Washington Post Misleads, Contradicts Own Reporting, To Attack Pelosi
The Washington Post editorial page today published a vicious editorial attacking Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), calling her “ludicrous” and describing her bipartisan trip to Syria as an “attempt to establish a shadow presidency.”
The editorial rests on two claims, both of which are baseless.
1) Pelosi passed an incorrect message from Israel to Syria. Pelosi said yesterday that she gave Syrian officials the message that Israel is “ready to engage in peace talks.” The Post falsely claims, “The Israeli prime minister entrusted Ms. Pelosi with no such message,” misinterpreting a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister’s office that simply reiterated its position that talks with Syria will not take place until Syria has taken steps to end its support for extremist elements. There is no evidence that Pelosi failed to communicate this message. In fact, Pelosi’s delegation specifically pressed the Syrian president “over Syria’s support for militant groups and insist[ed] that his government block militants seeking to cross into Iraq and join insurgents there.”
2) Pelosi is attempting to “establish a shadow presidency.” This claim is directly contradicted by the Post’s own reporting this morning, which states, “Foreign policy experts generally agree that Pelosi’s dealings with Middle East leaders have not strayed far, if at all, from those typical for a congressional trip.” Pelosi herself has “described the trip as little different than the visit paid to Syria the same week led by Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA),” and she went to great lengths to express her unity of purpose with President Bush on terrorism issues. The Post’s own reporting today also cites several instances of members of Congress meeting with foreign leaders during the past 30 years. As ThinkProgress noted yesterday, in contrast with Pelosi’s trip, previous congressional actions abroad attempted to directly undermine President Clinton.
Fred Hiatt and the Post editorial page get it wrong on Pelosi just like they got it wrong on the recent Iraq legislation, the U.S. Attorney scandal, the CIA leak investigation, the decision to invade Iraq, and on and on and on.
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A Pelosi “shadow presidency” would be a major improvement over a totally incompetent, “Bush league” empty suit.
April 5th, 2007 at 8:40 amWhen in God’s name are we going to, as a society, pull away the curtain in front of the corrupt media and the power structure they protect? These major papers etc. no longer honor their former journalistic principles of integrity and public service. They are ALL partying together. Literally. Just look at David Gregory at the Rove debacle as he bowed, scraped, and laughed at the pig boy’s rap fiasco.
April 5th, 2007 at 8:49 amWHEN are people going to start talking about WHO owns what in the media, WHAT their connections to power are specifically, and HOW do we take them down? Until we have a media worthy of all of us, progress against men like BushCo will be painfully slow.
This is not unusual. A Conserv666ative paper spouting lies is not unusual. The American people cannot be bothered with seeking the truth and the fascists know that and take full advantage of it.
April 5th, 2007 at 8:55 amLies work.
I rather like the shadow presidency idea. Have they arrested Bush yet?
April 5th, 2007 at 8:56 amI’m just farting right now before my other anus shows up.
April 5th, 2007 at 8:56 amI cann’t believe that the media can get away with false stories.
April 5th, 2007 at 8:58 amEverytime they say something that is false we need to call them on this. It need to be done right away because they keep repeating this.
WAPO is lookign more and more like the national enquirer every day. :o/
April 5th, 2007 at 8:59 amIf someone give me an algebra problem and I give an incorrect answer because I suck at algerbra that is “getting it wrong.” Hiatt and the ComPost are lying they have no interest in telling the truth.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:02 amthey can’t help themselves…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
April 5th, 2007 at 9:02 amI dunno why one should expect more from a propaganda rag. Hiatt and the like have cast their lots in with what they believe will be the winning side, election of ‘06 notwithstanding. Prediction: if the Dems win the presidency in 08, an “incident” “forces” Bush to declare Martial Law, the Patriot Act suspends the Constitution, and Hiatt and his ilk are safely ensconsed behind their gated enclaves, protected by Blackwell “mercenaries.”
April 5th, 2007 at 9:05 amWhen the US completely divests itself from all terrorist and “freedom fighter” groups, then it can start to tell other countries what to do. Until then, it’s just hypocritical.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:08 amI guess someone has to establish a “presidency”; goodness knows, Bush certainly hasn’t in six long years.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:09 amI don’t know why you guys are even talking about this. You never let the facts get in the way of a good smear. Every GOP attack dog knows this.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:09 amWashington Post = Bush Regime’s Propaganda “Poodle”
April 5th, 2007 at 9:09 amAn editorial is supposed to reflect an opinion. In a way, it was nice of Fred Hiatt to give us the basis for his, because distorted facts equal distorted opinion, and that - in my opinion, anyway - renders it meaningless. If this is how Fred Hiatt forms his opinions, it tells us two things about him: one, he’s already made up his mind what he thinks, and has no problem distorting the facts to support his conclusions, and two, his critical thinking skills are abysmal. It makes him a nice fit with the administration, though, doesn’t it?
A few more editorials like this one and there won’t be anyone who actually bothers to read them, just as fewer and fewer people are tuning in to the networks for much the same reason. When they continue to get it wrong, over and over and over again, what is the point in going back to that source for the truth or the facts?
The silver lining in what Haitt hopes is a huge cloud over Pelosi is that Nancy doesn’t cower before the Fred Hiatts of the media; she’ll be sending him off to stand in the corner with the rest of the troublemakers, and she’ll do it with her usual class.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:10 amThe media is no longer about journalism and bringing the truth to the people. The Bush Administration has brought “corporate spin” to the white house while using the news media as their “whore”. People are turning revulsively away from the mainstream media, particularly our youth, who recognize the hypocrisy and lies being paraded as truth. That’s apparent from their overwhelming support of Obama. Our youth will chastise us; our youth will bring our heathen souls to justice; our future IS our youth.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:12 amPelosi is attempting to “establish a shadow presidency.â€
They say this like it’s something bad…
There’s already a “shadow Presidency”…Cheney’s….and look at the state we’re in as a result of that. I can’t imagine how a Pelosi “shadow Presidency” would be anything but an improvement.
(Not that I’m giving credence to these pernicious lies, but “shadow President Pelosi” has almost as nice a ring to it as “President Pelosi” does. ^_^)
April 5th, 2007 at 9:12 amThe people overwhelmingly support Pelosi and what she is doing. She’s obviously “hitting a big nerve” within the power structure and the GOP to be eliciting such smears and attacks, isn’t she? What do they say:The truth hurts! And “If the shoe fits, wear it”.
Nancy is obviously trumping Bush & Rice and wearing the “shoes of the president” and doing so with greater finesse and aplomb than Bush has ever done.
Impeach now: Pelosi rocks!
April 5th, 2007 at 9:13 amGuess el presidente was worried that Pelosi might learn what his cohorts went there last month to squelch…..Cheney’s dirty deals abroad and more about our “outsourcing of torture”….heh..heh…guess Nancy will get an earfull which will bring about more investigations soon….can’t wait!
April 5th, 2007 at 9:15 amWho knows: The Shadow do!
April 5th, 2007 at 9:15 am“The most insidious aspect of the following well-documented agenda is that it is in fact so well-funded and all-pervasive that merely by discussing it, the victim is made to appear “unstable” in the eyes of those who are unaware or unaffected by these nonetheless very real and long-established secret government programs. This characterization of “instability” is then used as a pretext to silence the victim, thus simultaneously covering up the program, and intimidating others.
During the first phase of this Govt. program a person is broken physically and mentally. The methods used are typical CIA and FBI tactics like Cointelpro tactics. They use Echelon, Tempest, microchips, implants, see through wall radar, obtain informants, neighbors, and co-conspirators to harass, discredit, and harm an individual. Victims loose their families, jobs, homes, and cars. The ultimate goal is to destroy a persons life which will isolate them from family, friends. The
isolation is needed to have access to the person to conduct many of the experiments on them. All privacy and constitutional rights are thus stripped away.
After a victim becomes isolated from everyone in the world, the victim now has feelings of regret, remorse, of loss, trauma, and is drained and broken emotionally and physically. During this time many have been implanted with microchips. Many begin experiencing extreme pain to their head. Some hear voices. Then pain is delivered to various other parts of their bodies. The pain is delivered by Directed Energy Weapons. No one sees anyone around them causing the pain and no one is touching them, as microwaves, ELF, etc are invisible
energy forces. Along with drugs being administered by the scientist through either a drip system which has been inserted into an individual, food tampering, or injection all without the victims permission. Then Mind Entrainment begins.
Some of the weapons were known as non-lethal weapons. They use such weapons as extremely low frequency Elf electromagnetic weapons (which has been used in mind control), acoustics, harmonics (which have been used as a mind control technique), ultrasound, microwave audiograms, microwave pulsed, and radio frequency. Another electromagnetic energy beam can be used to induce “considerable agitation and muscular activity” or “induce muscular weakness and lethargy” this weapon is known as Ultra High Frequency EM. Pulsed Microwaves can enhance the effects
April 5th, 2007 at 9:16 amof various drugs and bacteria.”
The only hope I have is that most people do not read the editorials of newspapers. If they do, usually they read the news stories also. In this case, and many others, the readers’ minds will begin to spin like a pinwheel in a tornado. The reporters aren’t too much different than the editorial writers in their willingness to spin the truth, but just enough to cause a disconnect between what is reported and the editorial content. After all, the reporters have to work for the people that run the newspaper. As I understand it Fred Hiatt comes from an anti-Democratic background, so it would not be surprising that he would be willing to ignore the truth and make up lies. If you have not yet read Eric Alterman’s What Liberal Media, or Eric Boehlert’s Lap Dogs, do so.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:16 amAmerica: Sixty trillion pounds of muscle that can’t remember where it put its car keys.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:19 amSmall point - we’re in the Easter recess, and Bush is clearing brush in Crawford and hurling insults at Democrats. Pelosi is spending the week visiting political leaders in the Middle East.
Just so we are clear on who has sensible priorities.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:20 amOne other thing…
Anyone else feel a bit odd having to click on Post - I Agree on this thread?
April 5th, 2007 at 9:24 amThe article was definitely hard hitting, but I would not call it vicious. Why is it anytime an article is written about a democrat, this site and others instantly labels it vicious?
There is never going to be bipartisanship in this country as long as both parties continue to use catch phrases such as vicious.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:30 amIf you can stomach reading Hiatt’s editorial, check out the comments and the orchestrated deluge of Trolls supporting him. They’re breathtaking.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:32 amWhat’s more, the 3 Republicans, in AP’s words, broke with Bush on Syria as part of their trip. At least Pelosi didn’t say this:
“I don’t care what the administration says on this. You’ve got to do what you think is in the best interest of your country,” said Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va. “I want us to be successful in Iraq. I want us to clamp down on Hezbollah.”
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ republicans_syria;_ylt=AkvMumpmlgiw8qjvL2N37UcDW7oF
April 5th, 2007 at 9:53 amRead what Digby has to say about this whole fabricated controversy. In particular, he reminds us that Dennis Hastert went on a trip to South America in 1997 telling SA countries not to deal with Clinton but to deal directly with the GOP Congress. Shadow presidency? More GOP hypocrisy.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:04 amThe Washington Post has grown.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:15 amSnarky@10
A few years ago I would have called a post like that nuts. But after watching these people operate over the last six years sadly I agree with you.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:18 amThe vile eliminationist rhetoric that comes from the wingnuts shows that they want a violent crackdown on everyone who disagrees with them.
I can’t see a huge difference between Hiatt and Pelosi. They both put Israeli concerns above American. Hiatt’s just a little more rabid.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:19 amHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad. . . .
The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president. Two weeks ago Ms. Pelosi rammed legislation through the House of Representatives that would strip Mr. Bush of his authority as commander in chief to manage troop movements in Iraq. Now she is attempting to introduce a new Middle East policy that directly conflicts with that of the president. We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush’s military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi’s attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.–
The Washington Post
Indeed. If Bush and Cheney were really evil, they’d both resign and stick the Democrats with a Pelosi Presidency for the next two years. The Democratic Party would never recover. Alas, neither would the country.
Gene Reynolds
April 5th, 2007 at 10:22 amGood grief, can the WaPo get any worse?
April 5th, 2007 at 10:28 amThe media whores, specially all those filofascist ones, want to offset the efforts of the anti-war movements writing unreal, stupid, fantasized editorials to brainwash the few idiots that still vote for the reich-wing.Good Ol’ propaganda in the 21st century.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:29 amA century ago there were different newspapers: papers for the bosses, union papers, socialist papers, ethnic community papers.
No one was stupid enough to believe that the bosses’ papers would have the same view as the union papers. No one was confused when all the bosses’ papers came out demanding the government crush whatever strikers were striking at the time.
Now, the only newspapers left are the bosses’ papers, and yet people keep trying to convince themselves that, yeah, really, they’ll be the paper for ‘all of us’.
And once again people act shocked, shocked, when the bosses’ papers act like the bosses’ papers they are.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:30 amOne must ask oneself if its worth getting that msm paper delivered to your doorstep every morning.My wife {not i}subscribes to the detroit free press.Every day i look at the front page hoping to see a headline decrying some atrocity the Bush administration has heaped on the publics shoulders.What do i see?A story a bout some kid that did time for murder but is now living peacefully amongst my fellow Detroiters.Boy what a shocker that one was.I’m pretty sure this is a unique situation and deserves our undivided attention.NOT!If you want to get the msm attention cancel your subscription,stop buying from the corporate thuggery,in fact just stop buying for a week or so.If everyone did this they would be begging you and asking what they can do to make it right again.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:35 amQuit complaining. The News ismarket driven and there’s
April 5th, 2007 at 11:05 amnuttin’ you can do about it. Thank God for the Washington Post providing yet another trough for the clueless lemmings to feed from.
God save the King, Sir George Bush!
[…] for Charen’s notion that Pelosi’s Syrian trip was unusual, much less wrong, please see this debunking of the “liberal” Emm Ess Emm (see Jim, I’m learning the UO Style Manual) at WaPo, […]
April 5th, 2007 at 11:07 amAnyone thinking they get unbiased, real news from any of the MSM outlets deserve to watch this crap.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:12 amNewspapers & Network TV serve the purpose of planting opinions in those minds unable to think for themselves.
Period.
Throw out your TV.
Eat a lot of peaches.
Try & find Jesus,
On your own.
-John Prine
I am concerned about Zionists in high level positions.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:21 am#18 - “Nancy is obviously trumping Bush & Rice and wearing the “shoes of the president†and doing so with greater finesse and aplomb than Bush has ever done.”
The Speakette, not content to hold the purse strings, is trading in her Dolce Gabbana high heels for presidential pants. (Somehow the scarf thing gets in the way…..). I did an internet search looking for Republican Congress-members who met with Axis leaders during WWII and came up empty handed. Surely some Republicans must have been meeting with the enemy and enemy sympathizers during FDR’s tenure!
April 5th, 2007 at 11:23 amso, according to thinkprogress.org the Washington Post is wrong on all those thing, eh?
I wonder if the godlike complex that the idiots that run thinkrprogress.org have would even allow them to believe that just maybe, just maybe…..they are the ones that are wrong….oh my gosh, the horror, imagine that thinkprogress.org could actually be wrong
oh wait, extreme left wing liberals don’t believe that they can ever be wrong, although they claim to be so open minded, eh?
April 5th, 2007 at 11:33 amDemocrats have a long history of meeting with America’s enemies during a time of war….don’t forget that grandap Kennedy met with Hitler and came back and tried to convince FDR that he should ally himself with Hitler…..
go figure.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:34 amYou imbecile right wingers just cannot accept that a softie liberal WOMAN can achieve better results and progress, you rather stick to your guns, your moronic Cowboy in chief, a moron whose real IQ is below 80.
Cretins.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:42 amValiant penus, you are f.o.s. There were many Republicans…likje Prescott Bush, like G.M. motors, like IBM who not only supported the Nazis, but aided their war machine. Read a book before you spout out your lies. And lets not forget the remarable treasonous statements made when Clinton sent our forces successfully into Bosnia, and Kosovo….by Tom Delay, Trent Lott and 20 or 30 other Repubs, during A TIME OF WAR.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:43 am[…] that Pelosi’s trip to Syria was “a bad day for America.” Kristol quoted the baseless Washington Post editorial from this morning to attack Pelosi, informing the audience that the paper — “not a […]
April 5th, 2007 at 11:45 amLOL the shadow president is Dick Cheney. He pulls the strings behind the Dubya Dunce Decider Despot puppet.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:55 amThis is rich, a guy who calls himself Captain Kirk trying to tell us what is believable and what isn’t. Hey Kirk, why don’t you beam over to my office and we can discuss this topic.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:08 pms @ 2: When in God’s name are we going to, as a society, pull away the curtain in front of the corrupt media and the power structure they protect?
s, I believe no progressive project could possibly be more important than first exposing, then changing the current media hierarchy… because the long-term success of all our other projects depends critically on that one.
It’s the most important thing we have to do, and the toughest one to figure out how to do. One approach is to add to the current mix well funded sources of information whose objectivity is actively guarded and promoted. Another possible proposal might be for “representative media” along the lines of “representative government.”
April 5th, 2007 at 12:12 pmprogressive patriot your name is redundant ;)
April 5th, 2007 at 12:52 pmHow much ya’ll want to bet that the spoiled immature 60 year old brat is gonna try to make all Democratic Congress people get permission from him to go talk to foriegn leaders, don’t out it past him and Rover.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:53 pm#46 - Actually, Marty, Bush was involved in business with prominent DEMOCRAT Avrell Harriman. The same Prescott Bush “was involved with the American Birth Control League as early as 1942, and served as the treasurer of the first national capital campaign of Planned Parenthood in 1947. Bush was also an early supporter of the United Negro College Fund, serving as chairman of the Connecticut branch in 1951.” (wiki) I’m sensing a bit of a conumdrum, Marty. What would Hitler say about Prescott.
NICE try Marty…..but very weak. Thank you for playing….
Back later…..try to improve your research methods.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:59 pmSpeaking of research methods….
valiant venus from the Hastert thread:
Your (unnamed) source was wrong. Or, at the least, I hope you can understand why I and others are initially inclined to disbelieve your unsourced assertions.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:10 pmvaliant venus sez:
MA, the connections between Prescott Bush and the Nazi Regime are a matter of public record.
Thanks for playing, though.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:13 pm#53 -
Irrelevant to what Marty claimed in #46. What you cited does not directly contradict what Marty said.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:14 pmI’ll take that “irrelevant” part back. What valiant venus said in #53 is relevant in the sense that it’s evidence that Prescott Bush didn’t share all his views with the Nazi party.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm#27 Hiatt must have alerted the Troll Center, because the comments are dominated by truly demented right-wingers. I read most of them. They are indeed breathtaking in their virulence. I have never seen such venom and vitriol directed at anyone (save Clinton).
April 5th, 2007 at 1:17 pmMaybe we could arrange for Pelosi’s shadow presidency to engage cheney’s shadow presidency in a shadow boxing match. Winner gets to preside over the shadow government.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:24 pmPelosi: Counterproductive and Foolish…
She has learned nothing. They have learned nothing. Bottomline, this is why they are rarely trusted with our national security and why their pitiful attempts at diplomacy have usually blown right up in there faces….
April 5th, 2007 at 2:02 pm[…] them all, especially those from the left that would rather slam Wapo for daring to criticize and call Pelosi’s hand on her deliberate […]
April 5th, 2007 at 2:54 pmIf no less a “Post Ghostie” like David S. Broder has GONE SENILE and become an ARFING LAP DOG of CHIMPya and Bushland Uber Allies, IT’S NO WONDER The Washington Post(tm) is STARTING TO SWIFT-BOAT-SHIT-SMEAR SPEAKER PELOSI IN A TYPICALLY repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachydermish manner, SHOWING ITS SWING TO THE RIGHT AND REPUDIATION OF COMMON SENSE AND DECENCY IN POLITICS, AS WELL AS VEERING FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN THOUGHT AND PUBLIC OPINION IN ORDER TO PANDER TO THE RIGHT WING OF AMERICA, THE CRAZED christian RIGHT, REDNECK WHITE TRAILER TRASH AND CON-servative CON-men and neo-CONS!!!!!
April 5th, 2007 at 3:19 pm“…serving as chairman of the Connecticut branch in 1951.†(wiki) I’m sensing a bit of a conumdrum, Marty. What would Hitler say about Prescott.”(sic-?)
Ummm, “Thanks for the loan” probably.
“……..try to improve your research methods.”
By using WIKI??????????
What a pantload.
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April 5th, 2007 at 5:55 pmraymond,
Truly vulgar, aren’t you. Common sense and decency, you say; while indulging in infantile ravings. I hate to tell you but the hatred you so blatantly display is more than just repulsive, it is counter-productive. As far as puerile sloganeering such as “Bushland ueber (that would be the correct English spelling) Allies”, is simply the sign of a lack of sophistication.
brian
April 5th, 2007 at 6:35 pm[…] a foolish editorial, which you may read if you like. I’m skipping right to the commentary. Nico at Think Progress: The Washington Post editorial page today published a vicious editorial attacking Speaker Nancy […]
April 5th, 2007 at 8:28 pmWho even reads newspapers anymore? Senior citizens? Fox news trends very senior, too. Seriously, that demographic might be what they’re aiming for these days, the ‘ranting octogenarians.’
April 5th, 2007 at 8:52 pm“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within” and those who are thinkprogress.org and their suporters, are active participants in destroying this country with their sophomoric rhetoric. It just shows that any idiot can have a site and claim to know it all by calling people names just because they don’t agree with their point of view. Nancy Palosi was OUT OF LINE for doing what she did. If she worked for any organization/business, she’d be “canned”.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:29 amBush lies continue. Rove and Cheney pull the strings. If they lie long enough and strong enough, people will believe them. Their truth squads were an example of turning the world upside down. They trample the constitution by torture. deception, spying on citizens, denying due process, and killing thousands of innocent people without a stated reason. Instead we get all sorts of “reasons” that change with the conditions deemed by Rove/Chaney team as plausible and saleable to the public. Then they manage the news. They deny Carter the opportunity to speak with the Syrian leader, who he has known for many years. The try to deny Pelosi. Their “Patriots” are traitors and their “unpatriotic” is patriotic. When will we prosecute them for the war crimes and unconstitutional acts that deny citizens their protected rights?
April 6th, 2007 at 8:40 amUnfortunately we have lived with a shadow Presidency (in many senses of the term) for over six years. The majority of voters elected other men but somehow we keep ending up with the village idiot.
The Gang Of Pirates has declared themselves, and even discussing or refuting them is as useless as refuting each error in the old Soviet Pravda. And like Pravda, interesting only for discovering the underlying concerns that is causing them to put out this particular lie, which in this particular case does not seen at all subtle.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:29 amHYPOCRISY PREVAILS!!! Thank you Washington Post for having the “balls”, in this case, to state a truth!
BUT THEN YOU GUYS CAN’T STAND THE TRUTH, CAN YOU!? Most of you are like elementary school children and name call. Spewing absolute rediculous information because you haven’t taken the time to educate yourselves with what is REAL and the truth. It is obvious that most of you have never been educated beyond the third grade. Why don’t you spend your time coming up solutions instead of your sophomoric criticism and rhetoric. Wil Durant was right when he said, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within”. Seems to me, most of you would have given HITLER a free ride. Oh yes, I forgot, the holocaust never happened, the moon is made of green cheese and you are an intelligent “bunch”.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:05 amYo, the fight is still raging on the WP editorial site. Nearing 150 pages of posts as we speak. You guys better click yourselves over there and resist the onslaught of bile stat!
April 6th, 2007 at 11:15 amFred Hiatt is a plant.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:41 amAmerica, how would you feel?
438,000 Americans killed in War in 2006
America has 12 times the population of Iraq.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:06 pmHow would we feel if:
UN reported that Iraqi deaths averaged 100 per day in 2006.
100 X 365=36,500 X 12=438,000
Lancet Report on Iraqi deaths is now up to 655,000.
655,000 X 12= 7,860,000
Reports vary but many say 2,000,000 have fled their homes.
2,000,000 = 24,000,000.
438,000 killed in one year
7,860,000 killed in four years.
24,000,000 lost their homes.
Oh! How we mourned for 35 years the loss of 58,000 soldiers.
Oh! How we had world ending crisis in New Orleans with loss of homes.
Oh! What a crisis with loss of 2500 Americans from twin towers disaster.
HOW WOULD WE FEEL WERE WE VICTIMS LIKE IRAQIS? Think on it.
Clarence Swinney
Political research historian since 1991 on Reagan-Clinton-Bush II administrations
How can you rightwing dingbats sleep with yourselves? Is it the breeding that warps your thought process? Whichever the case you guys are sick puppies but luckily your days of ruling are numbered. I can only hope there is time to rectify the damage your kind has done.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:04 pm[…] Republican Jewish Coalition highlights the baseless Washington Post editorial in a new 30 second attack ad against Pelosi’s trip to Syria. It […]
April 10th, 2007 at 11:33 pmDid Michael Ledeen violate the Logan Act by his travels/meetings in Italy pre/post 9/11 ??
April 11th, 2007 at 1:18 amA very weak argument Thinkprogress. You “debunked” the Post opinion using hearsay from (gasp!) Pelosi herself.
There’s a reason why hearsay is inadmissable evidence–it has very little credibility. To use hearsay to attempt debunking the opinion piece leaves Thinkprogress with very little credibility.
April 11th, 2007 at 10:35 amClarence Swinney:
2,973 people lost their lives in the 9/11 attack, not 2,500 that you posted. This error alone calls into question your other “academic” findings.
April 11th, 2007 at 10:44 amYou are a “political research historian,” in your own mind. I have legitimate academic and experience qualifications and call into question your flawed opinion (note, I said “opinion,” not facts, since your post doesn’t qualify for such merit).
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April 14th, 2007 at 9:33 am