CBS’s Plante: ‘Asking Questions Should Not Be Dependent On What The White House Thinks’
CBS’s Plante: ‘Asking Questions Should Not Be Dependent On What The White House Thinks’
Reporters were forbidden from asking questions during Karl Rove’s farewell press conference on the White House lawn with President Bush on Monday. But CBS correspondent Bill Plante ignored the embargo, shouting “If he’s so smart, how come you lost Congress?
For having the gall to disrupt the White House’s scripted moment, Plante’s off-the-cuff query became a lightning rod for right-wing criticism and abuse.
Newsbusters called it “disgraceful. Powerline called his “conduct…almost unbelievable.” According to Plante, there was much more venom personally directed at him:
Judging by some of the reaction, you’d think I had been shouting obscenities in church!
“Unprofessional;” “Inappropriate;” “Unbecoming;” “Doesn’t show much class;” “you are a total idiot;” “Shill for the liberal Democrats.
Plante commented on his now-famous question in an interview with CBS’ Public Eye today. Plante said that “asking questions should not be dependent on what the White House thinks the mood or the tone of an event should be”:
Anytime you challenge or appear to challenge the president — and I don’t care if the president is a Republican or a Democrat — there are people who will take issue with it and tell you it’s inappropriate. And you kind of expect that. I knew that was I did on Monday was smart-assed, but I think that that’s beside the point.
Our asking questions should not be dependent on what the White House thinks the mood or the tone of an event should be. And the fact that they say ‘no questions’ or don’t allow time for questions really has nothing to do with it. They don’t have to answer, but I think we need to preserve and aggressively push our right to ask.
Plante is right. The problem with the traditional media today isn’t that reporters have neglected to show proper decency towards the White House, but rather that they’ve shown much too much deference.
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No more softball questions. Pin them down, squeeze administration officials until their pips sqeak.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pmThe press and public do not have the right to know – they have the right to TRY to find out and are always subject to the rules set up by the administration. It’s their press conference, you know.
Heck, YearlyKos threw out an Army Sergeant because they thought he was out of line.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:04 pmHe is a reporter. How dare he ask questions?
Is the job description of a reporter to ask questions and provide information to the public?
Ridiculous! What America do YOU live in?
August 16th, 2007 at 5:04 pmBut CBS correspondent Bill Plante ignored the embargo, shouting “If he’s so smart, how come you lost Congress?
It sounds like Plante is a drunken high-schooler.
No wonder he was told to shut-up in advance!
August 16th, 2007 at 5:05 pmJust so, too much deference towards the most secretive cabal of criminals in our history. It’s as if an employee came to work, sat with his feet on the desk all day, and, upon being questioned by the boss, called the boss “unprofessional” and “a total idiot”. that employee would be gone. so should these employees be gone, to prison, preferably.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:05 pmThanks Bill for sticking to them. No they and the trolls that follow them don’t like it. But Americans who are thinking people, realize these clowns who we elected and who work for us, owe us answers to the questions that the press, in our names, ask them. Now if only you have some magic potent to get the rest of the media to do the same, maybe the ’ship of state’ can be righted before the idiots sink it.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:05 pmHear, hear!
You da man, Plante!
August 16th, 2007 at 5:06 pmGive ‘em hell!
Comment by Boudin Bob — August 16, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Nice, two straw men, the first tantamount to treason, the second completely irrelevant, unless Kos is now the president. that would certainly be a vast improvement, but, unfortunately for you, bob, it isn’t the case.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:07 pm“Heck, YearlyKos threw out an Army Sergeant because they thought he was out of line.
Comment by Boudin Bob — August 16, 2007 @ 5:04 pm”
IDIOT, they “threw him out” because he was at a political event in UNIFORM……
It was better for HIM.
I guess you missed the recent headlines about the USMC who was going to be court marshalled and stripped of his Honorable Discharge because he wore his uniform to a political event??????
August 16th, 2007 at 5:08 pmha ha ha ha ha ha
August 16th, 2007 at 5:09 pmF U Karl!
“Plante’s off-the-cuff queery.”
There, fixed it.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:09 pmI guess you missed the recent headlines about the USMC who was going to be court marshalled and stripped of his Honorable Discharge because he wore his uniform to a political event??????
Comment by RemoveBush — August 16, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
bob wouldn’t mind, although he would prefer the Marine being blown to bits by an IED; that’s how much the right hates the troops.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pmpeaches is projecting, which seems a bit over the top, given its nym.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pmFunny how Bush runs away whenever the going gets a little rough. But to the wingnuts, Plante’s the “queer”. The Right’s lack of logic and thinking is only exceeded by their lack of patriotism and courage.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:12 pmWe do have a right to know. This is our government, remember? We the people……..
conservatives try so hard to push down democracy. Their needs to be more discussion and more involvement by all. Not to sit by the sidelines will secrets are passed with those on the inside.
I hope there is more of this mentality in the media.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:14 pmBush constantly tries to dodge a true examination of his record. He does so in his invitation only town halls. He does so in his very rare press conferences.
BUSH WORKS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SHOULDN’T HIDE FROM HIS ACCOUNTABILITY TO THEM.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:15 pmReally, what is the point of a press conference if the press is not part of the conference? Isn’t it really just a press release at that point? Maybe a photo opp, but a conference is pushing it.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:15 pmI can almost understand Bushie’s position, he is hiding his criminal activities and his arrogance and utter disdain for the Rule of Law, the Constitution or We the People, his behavior makes sense. Most criminals continue to lie and lie BIG when they are about to be caught.
However these foolish people that claim to be American yet continue to support this criminal admin. and condemn ANYONE for even QUESTIONING their outrageous criminal behavior are beneath contempt.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:15 pmHow dumb do you have to be to support an admin. that is daily reducing your freedoms, your safety and your bank account?? who cares what political party they belong to, anyone supporting this regime in the WH are aiding and abetting criminals, they too belong behind bars.
Our entire constitution is based on the notion of a free and unfettered press and Bush is opposed to that, which means he is opposed to us all and our country.
I think the White House press corp, (if they had any gnads) should boycott the White House briefing room.
What would that accomplish? It would end the barrage of propaganda and controlled stories from the president, would act as a catalyst to his impeachment, by being an unprecedented milesstone in the overwhelming public opposition to this president who would be king.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pmIs this the revised thread about the stock market storming back after this morning’s “The nation is failing we are all going to die” doom and gloom from the left?
No? Ok sorry. I suppose Ill just have to wait until tomorrow’s ‘thinkfast’ when TP will breathlessly report that the markets arent looking so bad after all and just maybe we will survive.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pmReally, what is the point of a press conference if the press is not part of the conference? Isn’t it really just a press release at that point?
Comment by not so dim wit — August 16, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
According to Websters, a “conference” is a meeting where “TWO OR MORE” people “DISCUSS” an issue.
Therefore, you are correct, and these CANNOT be called press conferences.
They are press briefings perhaps, (of course even in briefings questions are usually afforded), maybe a press announcement, but they are NOT press “conferences”.
Hitler’s press conferences were almost identical to these, in that no one was permitted to ask questions. The only difference is if someone did, they dragged him away never to be seen again.
:|
A scenario that I fear is not too far down the road.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pmIf they can’t handle bill plante, how can they handle the terrorists?
August 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pm#
The press and public do not have the right to know – they have the right to TRY to find out and are always subject to the rules set up by the administration. It’s their press conference, you know.
Heck, YearlyKos threw out an Army Sergeant because they thought he was out of line.
Comment by Boudin Bob — August 16, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
That’s where you are wrong. At a FEDERAL government press conference, the press and public have a right to know, those officials are elected and paid by we, the citizens. It is NOT their press conference as WE THE PEOPLE pay for everything.
Given your example, that’s different, as YearlyKos is not the federal government nor a branch of the federal government.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pmtest
August 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pmBut how can Americans that get into power feel like old world royalty if people dont kiss their ring before asking permission to ask questions?
August 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pm#20 Nice try at highjacking the thread. Do you work at TP? Then get your own blog. And just because a cancer patient has a “good day” doesn’t mean they’re cured. The underlying symptoms of the market’s fluctuations haven’t changed.
And getting back on topic – the WH can expect respect from us when they’ve EARNED it.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:21 pmGiven your example, that’s different, as YearlyKos is not the federal government nor a branch of the federal government.
Comment by Smoke much weed?
Not to mention that anyone that watches the video of the KOS thing saw that the soldier was not kicked out at all but was actually asked to hold back and talk in private….
August 16th, 2007 at 5:22 pmCorsi warned that this is going to be the formula for producing the Amero, a continental solution to the tanking of the Dollar.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pm#20 Nice try at highjacking the thread.
Thats why I apologized. Maybe you better get a full set of ‘Hooked on Phonics’â„¢ and work on your basic skills.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pmSorry if this is off-topic:
Is there a right wing equivelant to TP??? I think it would be fun to play around over their and disrupt their threads.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:25 pmBoudin Bob & Remove Bush; I will be attending a political event next month(antiwar protest) at the White House. I WILL be in a military uniform. I am not afraid- I was discharged over 30 years ago. What are they going to do? Send me to Vietnam?
August 16th, 2007 at 5:26 pmIt’s very disturbing to see Americans arguing that they do not have a right to know what their government is up to, actually arguing that the government has a right to secrecy. Odder is that these are likely the same folks who worried about communists in the red scares of our not too distance past. Wasn’t the government secrecy part of what they were supposed to have been worried about?
August 16th, 2007 at 5:27 pmThank you Bill, keep up the GOOD work! bush is the peoples president..NOT A KING DICTATOR.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:27 pmComment by Uncle Ho — August 16, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
August 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pm———————-
I envy you… My uniform doesn’t fit anymore!!!
The new Dollar = Amero — look it up
August 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pmAndrew Card told CNN’s John Snow yesterday what high ethical standards Karl Rove always had!!! Of course CNN just accepted it.
If Rove is such a genius on campaigns, how come the Dems won in 2006 by about 12%? The “Republican Revolution” of 1994 was only a 3% margin. Take away the Republican electronic machines in 2000, 2002, and 2004—-and the Dems win easily.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pm“The nation is failing we are all going to die†doom and gloom from the left?
Thats because the FED bailed out the market to keep it liquid with billions in injections to stabilize the bad investments made. Kinda makes the free market not so free. Its the people who work the stock market that have become jittery, your confusing political ideology with your personal projected political absurdities.
And BTW could you find a new tactic besides projecting your baseless imagination on others? [BTW this thread is not about the market]
August 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pmVet; it will NEVER work. The right-wing sites will IMMEDIATELY delete your posts and prohibit any further posts from ever appearing. I know- I’ve tried it. Free Republic comes to mind right off the bat.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pmIs there a right wing equivelant to TP??? I think it would be fun to play around over their and disrupt their threads.
Comment by Vet — August 16, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
Sure, lots of em. But most of them require registration, kick libs, and submit your IP’s and registration info to Homeland security.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:29 pmLibTeenie, you could had just not posted instead of the feeble apology but nevermind. You have a right to speak no matter how asinine.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:30 pmIs there a right wing equivelant to TP??? I think it would be fun to play around over their and disrupt their threads
O remember somebody saying its redstae.com BUT the minute you tell the truth you get banned
August 16th, 2007 at 5:31 pmIs there a right wing equivelant to TP??? I think it would be fun to play around over their and disrupt their threads.
Comment by Vet
Not that I’m aware of, any that I’ve found of interest heavily censor the posts.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:31 pmOne would have to create an unintelligible code in order to post anything disparaging to the conservative view.
Such a currency could take the form of a new currency, not unlike the Euro. The amero would mix the two dollars, and possibly the peso, or it could also simply be dollarization
AMERO
August 16th, 2007 at 5:31 pmSure, lots of em. But most of them require registration, kick libs, and submit your IP’s and registration info to Homeland security.
Comment by DISTURBIA — August 16, 2007 @ 5:29 pm
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August 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pmI might have figured as much! Now I know why people here keep asking TP to do the same to the trolls.
#30
In my experience, the right is tremendously afraid of views that are different. As such, many right wing blogs don’t even allow comments. Those blogs that do and the forums are generally moderated FEROCIOUSLY.
Its a shame really, sites like FR and DU are both echo chambers, thus I avoid them like the plague.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pmThats why I apologized. Comment by LibTeenie
No, you did it intentionally and its not the first time you have done the same thing. I, for one, don’t accept your apology nor your DARVO tactic.
As for Boudin Bob, these people are servants. They are not Kings and Queens. They work for the people and we do not work for them. If you want a Royal parade move to England.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pmBlair hires Clinton man for book deal
August 16th, 2007 at 5:35 pmEx-PM recruits US lawyer to negotiate publishing deal for his memoirs.
I might have figured as much! Now I know why people here keep asking TP to do the same to the trolls.
Comment by Vet — August 16, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
I think TP with trolls is still way better than the Freepers who ban any poster that steps out of line.
And let’s not even mention LGF. Oy vey!
August 16th, 2007 at 5:36 pmThe nerve of that guy! Trying to toss Bush anything but a sweet little kitten-ball of a question. How dare he?!!
August 16th, 2007 at 5:38 pmComment by Boudin Bob — August 16, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
They are OUR government.
They are in OUR pay.
They work in OUR buildings.
The President lives in OUR house.
WE make the rules. They answer to US.
Why do you surrender so easily?
August 16th, 2007 at 5:39 pmPowerline called his “conduct…almost unbelievable.â€
Unlike Powerline, which is always completely unbelievable.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:39 pmIt’s much more appropriate to have a male hooker lob softball questions at the “President.”
August 16th, 2007 at 5:40 pmAnyone who questions the slender of the king’s new clothes must be a fool.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:41 pmIt’s much more appropriate to have a male hooker lob softball questions at the “President.â€
Comment by Perry Logan — August 16, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
August 16th, 2007 at 5:43 pm—————————
VERY well said!
Pretty soon these press conferences will be attended by sheep in muzzles.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:44 pmOnce the speakers have left the premises, the sheep will be allowed to remove their muzzles, munch some grain and write what they were told to report.
Is there a right wing equivelant to TP???
Naw, they don’t believe much in contrasting opinions. Costagana or Costanza, the anthrax hoaxer, was a freeper [FreeRepublic]. As soon as he got busted they deleted his stuff even though he had been posting for some time.
Ironically they call the site FreeRepublic. Basically what they are is amateurs who take an article, rewrite it numerous times, fill it with biased and unimaginative projectionism, and then praise one another for writing fiction.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:45 pmIt’s much more appropriate to have a male hooker lob softball questions at the “President.â€
Comment by Perry Logan — August 16, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
Yea but in all fairness I think that they now only do that on Pay Per View.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:47 pmComment by Uncle Ho — August 16, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
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I envy you… My uniform doesn’t fit anymore!!!
Comment by Vet — August 16, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
I feel your pain Vet. Being a woman I wasn’t drafted during Viet Nam. But if I had been, my uniform would definitely not fit now.
Kudos Uncle Ho, on being able to wear the uniform and doing so.
As Bill Plante and Helen Thomas show, sometimes you have to get old enough to take certain risks. All three of you are heros in my book
August 16th, 2007 at 5:47 pm“Once the speakers have left the premises, the sheep will be allowed to remove their muzzles, munch some grain and write what they were told to report.”
While their keepers, the wolves dressed in suits and earpieces, record on video and audio their every move. For future reference.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:48 pmIs there a right wing equivelant to TP??? I think it would be fun to play around over their and disrupt their threads.
Comment by Vet — August 16, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
TP is really a right-wing forum that attracts moonbats, like yourself, with blatant lies. This causes you to sound like an idiot every Tuesday when you are forced to go out for another 10 cartons of Marlboro Lights, Mountain Dew, and cookie dough (which, of course, you will consume raw).
August 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pmAnyone who questions the slender of the king’s new clothes must be a fool.
Comment by Kevin Good — August 16, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
But good sir… I don’t see any clothes…..
:o
August 16th, 2007 at 5:52 pmIt’s odd that you don’t address the issue of your right-wing blogs’ fear of allowing dissenting opinions. Odd indeed.
Now join the Army like the man you wish you were!
August 16th, 2007 at 5:52 pm#62 was directed at “peaches”…
August 16th, 2007 at 5:52 pm#59 Couldn’t agree with you more!
August 16th, 2007 at 5:53 pmThe unanswered question is sometimes the most important.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:54 pmTP is really a right-wing forum that attracts moonbats, like yourself, with blatant lies. This causes you to sound like an idiot every Tuesday when you are forced to go out for another 10 cartons of Marlboro Lights, Mountain Dew, and cookie dough (which, of course, you will consume raw).
Comment by “peaches” from peaches n’ cream — August 16, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
PROJECT MUCH? All this from the namechanging loser troll. What are you doing with the KKKoolaid now, cutting upen a vein and pouring the dry powder right in there? Freebasing it wasn’t getting you stupid enough? Clearly it was.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:54 pmanother 10 cartons of Marlboro Lights, Mountain Dew, and cookie dough (which, of course, you will consume raw).
Comment by “peaches” from peaches n’ cream
August 16th, 2007 at 5:55 pm———————–
You’re mistaken in your assumption that most trailer dwellers are Dems. It’s suckers like that who vote Repug based on isues like Death Penalty, Gun Control, etc…
But good sir… I don’t see any clothes…..
:o
Comment by LITTLE SERF — August 16, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
Sssshhh, our Emperor is too stupid and self-absorbed to appreciate the help. He’ll send you right to the dungeon or Gitmo.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:57 pmHeck, YearlyKos threw out an Army Sergeant because they thought he was out of line.
Comment by Boudin Bob — August 16, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Heck, Sauage Bob, he WAS out of line. Go figure.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:58 pmTP is really a right-wing forum that attracts moonbats, like yourself, with blatant lies.
Comment by “leeches†from leeches n’ dreams — August 16, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Really?
Apparently you’ve never seen Judd on a news show.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:58 pmTP is really a right-wing forum that attracts moonbats, like yourself, with blatant lies.
Comment by “screeches†from screeches n’ screams — August 16, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
And considering that Bush enjoys only about a 30 percent approval rating, that means the country’s got about 240 million moonbats in it.
:o
Thats a lot of moonbats.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:02 pmBetter duck.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:03 pmAnd considering that Bush enjoys only about a 30 percent approval rating, that means the country’s got about 240 million moonbats in it.
:o
Thats a lot of moonbats.
Comment by DISTURBIA — August 16, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
But how many of that 30% never watch the news or read a paper and have no idea what’s going on. Aren’t the trolls, who are apprised of current events scarier for seeing what’s going on and staying on the side of the fascists. They can’t be more than 12% of the population I’m sure.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:05 pmOkay, fess up. Who left the basement door unlocked?
August 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pmBut how many of that 30% never watch the news or read a paper and have no idea what’s going on. Aren’t the trolls, who are apprised of current events scarier for seeing what’s going on and staying on the side of the fascists. They can’t be more than 12% of the population I’m sure.
Comment by shane — August 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
Intelligence and being open-minded to reality has never been a strong trait of the 30%ers. They just seem to go around, blindly eating whatever turd-droppings BushCo throws out there, mouth-breathing so as not to smell the stench of what they are ingesting.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pmBut how many of that 30% never watch the news or read a paper and have no idea what’s going on.
Comment by shane — August 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
I think the real question is how many of that 30% even own a TV, know how to read or even care whats going on.
:D
August 16th, 2007 at 6:19 pmThey just seem to go around, blindly eating whatever turd-droppings BushCo throws out there, mouth-breathing so as not to smell the stench of what they are ingesting.
Comment by upside00 — August 16, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
It helps when your mouth is also your anus.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:20 pmIt helps when your mouth is also your anus.
Comment by DISTURBIA — August 16, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
That explains a lot when reading their dropping on here.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:23 pmBut how many of that 30% never watch the news or read a paper and have no idea what’s going on. Aren’t the trolls, who are apprised of current events scarier for seeing what’s going on and staying on the side of the fascists. They can’t be more than 12% of the population I’m sure.
Comment by shane — August 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
Trolls are more likely 1.2% of the population on a really busy day. Most are dumber than spit, but they do tend to be wannabe storm troopers. Maybe they think that, in the New World Order, they’ll get to wear shiny boots and have sturdier blowup love dolls.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:26 pmJust remember folks, as this quote taken from one of the commenters at newsbusters states so clearly, YOU, DFH’s, Clinton supporters, Obama lovers, troop hating pinkos, they have you in their sights …
“”Dear Libs: Please remember that conservatives have guns, they are watching you, and know how to aim. Sincerely – rob6677″
August 16th, 2007 at 6:30 pmThe Powerline guys, who are WORLD CLASS P*SSIES, are angry because the truth hurts.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:30 pmOkay, fess up. Who left the basement door unlocked?
Comment by Jeannie See — August 16, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
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Hello, Jeannie!
Have you been catching, what seems to be, “Rightwing Week” on The Daily Show?
August 16th, 2007 at 6:31 pmIt’s amusing when you ask a legitimate Hard question to Republican PresidentThat dampens the photo OP you are classless and obscene. How ever asking a Democratic President about sexual indiscretions at every opprotunity is your constitutional responsiblity.
It’s almost like the only time we have a Constitution is when a Democrat is in Office and a Monarchy when not.
True dat.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:31 pm“And considering that Bush enjoys only about a 30 percent approval rating, that means the country’s got about 240 million moonbats in it.”
Umm, we don’t have 700 million people in the country, more like, umm .. closer to 300 million.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:32 pmComment by Leftwestwing — August 16, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
This guy needs a CT scan, pronto!
August 16th, 2007 at 6:34 pmThis guy needs a CT scan, pronto!
Comment by “peaches” from peaches n’ cream — August 16, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
You should have had a lobotomy at birth, saved us all and your mother from the aggravation and expense of the Ritalin.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:38 pm#
Okay, fess up. Who left the basement door unlocked?
Comment by Jeannie See — August 16, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
Ummm, Jeannie??? That wasn’t the basement door…
August 16th, 2007 at 6:40 pmYou have a right to speak no matter how asinine.
Comment by hellinabucket — August 16, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
Encourage them to post, hellin. Indeed, what better way to show how out of touch they are – other than with their own words???
August 16th, 2007 at 6:43 pmPoor peaches. Obviously not getting enough cream
August 16th, 2007 at 6:44 pmBetter go suckle the Rove Koolaid dispenser grip your gun tightly and take a nap you clueless asshat.
â€Dear Libs: Please remember that conservatives have guns, they are watching you, and know how to aim. Sincerely – rob6677″
Comment by HumboldtBlue — August 16, 2007 @ 6:30 pm
So?
I live by the give me liberty or give me death standard, or as they say here in DC, “better dead than inbred”.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:53 pmThis guy needs a CT scan, pronto!
Comment by “peaches” from peaches n’ cream — August 16, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
Shouldn’t that be a “C**T Scan”? Oo what a giveaway.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:59 pmAnother Dan “Fake but Accurate” Rather wannabe from CBS.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:19 pmKeep up the great work at the CIA, Bob!
You make your country proud!
August 16th, 2007 at 7:20 pmKudos for Plante. if the creeps at Powerline are upset he must be doing something right.
This doesn’t get him or the rest of the press corp off the hook for rolling over these last 7 years. It’s a start tho.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:21 pmPlante has broken from the pack, maybe more reporters will gain courage from his actions.
There should be questions shouted at every single event Bush or any of his staff attend.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:23 pmBlah blah blah, I’m a liberal.
There should be questions shouted at every single event Bush or any of his staff attend.
Comment by Zooey — August 16, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
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*YAWN*
August 16th, 2007 at 7:24 pmHeyoooOOOOooOooOoooo p&c!
August 16th, 2007 at 7:26 pmKeep up the great work at the CIA, Bob!
You make your country proud!
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Karl The A r c h i t e c t is joining me next week.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:38 pmKarl The A r c h i t e c t is joining me next week.
Comment by Bob — August 16, 2007 @ 7:38 pm
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Really?!
I heard he might be working with Thompson.
Either way,
President Bush should award him with
August 16th, 2007 at 8:04 pmThe Presidential Medal of Freedom!
I just love it when the ConPERVatives talk about free speech then come to a site, such as this, and threaten them with guns, like robo6667.
Makes me just wanna run out and join the GOP.
NOT!!
Reminds me of the extremist islamonuts who convert by the sword. The only way GOP can get members is to convert by the gun!
BWAH.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:12 pmPresident Bush should award him with
The Presidential Medal of Freedom!
Comment by “peaches” from peaches n’ cream
Yeh, he deserves the Presidenseial Medal of Freedumb allright.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:15 pmhas any reporter every ask clinton if he’s so popular why did he lose congress?
August 16th, 2007 at 8:25 pmClinton is not president anymore, dumbass.
And Rove wasn’t working for him, dingleberry.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:56 pmClinton is not president anymore, dumbass.
And Rove wasn’t working for him, dingleberry.
Comment by Zooey
But, But Clinton did it! He really did Or maybe he really didn’t, but anyway, ………But But Clinton!
August 17th, 2007 at 12:12 amExactly. :-D
August 17th, 2007 at 12:58 amPlante asked the right question. This is a democracy we still have freedom of the press. If Rove is the “boy genius” then he ought to be able to answer a simple question like the one Plante asked him.
August 17th, 2007 at 1:24 amBoudin Bob, you’re completely wrong about a PUBLIC GOVERNMENT press conference being allowed to set some type of rules barring questions. If they don’t want questions, DON’T HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE–ISSUE A FREAKIN’ STATEMENT TO THE PRESS. Quite simply, that’s done by a spokesperson going before the press and announcing, “I’m here to issue a statement and I will not be taking any questions.” That’s it. HOWEVER, reporters are FREE to yell out questions, with the spokesperson being free to leave the room without answering. BUT, when you hold a press CONFERENCE, you forego the right to disallow questions. One of the hazards of being a PUBLIC official is the loss of a certain amount of privacy, ESPECIALLY when the press has been invited to the forum.
August 17th, 2007 at 2:14 amWell said.
August 17th, 2007 at 9:47 amGood for you Mr Plante.
August 17th, 2007 at 10:21 amIt is time that the press Show some back bone
Daily Kos: CIA Engineered Controlled Opposition?
Thursday August 09th 2007, 8:04 am
Is it possible Markos Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga, leader of the “Kossaks,†that is to say followers and fawners of the Daily Kos, is a
CIA operative? Francis Holland, posting on the My Left Wing messageboard, details Moulitsas’ relationship with the CIA:
“Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, owner of the DailyKos website, now admits that he spent six months in the employ of the US Central Intelligence Agency in 2001,†writes Holland. “In a one-hour interview on June 2, 2006 at the Commonwealth Club, Moulitsas, also known as ‘Kos,’ admitted that he was a CIA employee and would have ‘no problem working for them’ in the present.â€
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=950
Is it possible Mr. Moulitsas does not have a problem with the documented fact the CIA’s predecessor, the Overseas Secret Service, imported Nazis to work for the soon to be created CIA under General Reinhard Gehlen? “Gehlen was far from the only Nazi war criminal employed by the CIA. Others included Klaus Barbie (’the Butcher of Lyon’), Otto von Bolschwing (the Holocaust mastermind who worked closely with Eichmann) and, SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny (a great favorite of Hitler’s),†writes Mark Zepezauer (The CIA’s Greatest Hits, Odonian Press, 1994).
August 17th, 2007 at 12:51 pmGood golly gee whillikers, my STARS!!
The PRESS asking a hard QUESTION!?!?!
That’s just wrong! This is AMERICA!!! What *was* he thinking?!?
August 24th, 2007 at 6:57 pm