Who in the world cares how Bill O'Reilly is registered?
I sure don't. He doesn't speak for me, one way or another.
I don't care how Al Franken is registered either.
Who in the world cares how Bill O'Reilly is registered?
I sure don't. He doesn't speak for me, one way or another.
I don't care how Al Franken is registered either.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Apparently a lot of people care what Bill O'Reilly says. His show is the top rated talking head show on cable. His claim of neutrality in the "no spin zone" was actually spin.Originally Posted by RFS62
Why would he speak for you? Who said that?
Al Franken is a registered Democrat or whatever they call it in Minnesota. DFL? Al Franken has never declared himself a registered independent as far as I know.
Why would anyone watch a news show where the host has repeatly lied about multiple aspects of his life such as his political leanings, his awards he never earned, his sex life with person(s) not his wife, and numerous other lies? I don't watch O'Reilly, but if someone can explain it to me, I'll be happy to hear it.
I don't watch him either. I couldn't care less what he thinks.
Or Al Franken.
But I am a registered Republican.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Al Franken = a Democrat version of Rush Limbaugh on steroids
Without the illegal Oxycotin habit. I think he did all the recreational drugs at one time or another. Afterall, he was a writer/actor for SNL, the early days.
That would hurt if I actually liked Limbaugh. Just stating my opinion of dear old Al.
I don't think anyone admits they are a fans of Rush nowadays, but how does that correlate with his ratings? Interesting.
If the implication is that I'm a closet Limbaugh fan who tunes in faithfully everyday I can assure you that's the furthest thing from the truth. He and Franken are both extreme blowhards. Neither represent my views.
No, I'm sorry if you got that impression. I wasn't trying to be my usual taunting self.
I guess you wouldn't find it suprising that I don't think Franken is an extremist. Maybe I have missed some of his extremist views/ideas.
I just think he is the Democrat version of Limbaugh. Toes the party line, viciously attacks the opposing parties ideology, etc. etc. Of course I'm not surprised that you don't think Franken is an extremist. I'm sure many Repubs don't think Limbaugh is either.
I have a partner who is a liberal Democrat, voted for Clinton, Gore, Kerry, et al. When he is on the road, or even just taking a break, he listens to Rush Limbaugh ( I know because he tells me what Limbaugh said) even though he rarely if ever agrees with him.
If I'm on the road when Limbaugh is on, I'll usually listen to him for a few minutes, but I soon grow tired of him. I agree with him more than I do some posters here, but I don't care for rancor anywhere in more than small doses.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
July 6, 2005
New York Times Reporter Is Jailed for Keeping Source Secret
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Wednesday jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller for refusing to divulge her source to a grand jury investigating the Bush administration's leak of an undercover CIA operative's name.
"There is still a realistic possibility that confinement might cause her to testify," U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said.
Miller stood up, hugged her lawyer and was escorted from the courtroom.
Earlier, Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, in an about-face, told Hogan that he would now cooperate with a federal prosecutor's investigation into the leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame because his source gave him specific authority to discuss their conversation. "I am prepared to testify. I will comply" with the court's order, Cooper said.
Cooper took the podium in the court and told the judge, "Last night I hugged my son goodbye and told him it might be a long time before I see him again."
"I went to bed ready to accept the sanctions" for not testifying, Cooper said. But he told the judge that not long before his early afternoon appearance, he had received "in somewhat dramatic fashion" a direct personal communication from his source freeing him from his commitment to keep the source's identity secret.
Floyd Abrams, a prominent First Amendment lawyer, told reporters after Miller's jailing, "Judy is an honorable woman, adhering to the highest tradition of her profession and the highest tradition of humanity." He called Miller's decision a choice "to take the personal burden of being in jail" rather than breaking her promise of confidentiality to her source.
Give the reporter a life sentence for protecting a traitor to the USA.
Wilson on reporter being jailed: Collateral damage in a smear campaign
RAW STORY
The following is a statement from Ambassador Joseph Wilson on the sentencing of New York Times Reporter Judith Miller to RAW STORY and Daily Kos' SusanG.
Miller has been sentenced to jail for not revealing her sources in reporting on the outing of Valerie Plame, a former covert CIA operative who is Wilson's wife.
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The sentencing of Judith Miller to jail for refusing to disclose her sourcesis the direct result of the culture of unaccountability that infects theBush White House from top to bottom. President Bush’s refusal to enforce his own call for full cooperation with the Special Counsel has brought us to this point. Clearly, the conspiracy to cover up the web of lies that underpinned the invasion of Iraq is more important to the White House than coming clean on a serious breach of national security. Thus has Ms Miller joined my wife, Valerie, and her twenty years of service to this nation as collateral damage in the smear campaign launched when I had the temerity to challenge the President on his assertion that Iraq had attempted to purchase uranium yellowcake from Africa.
The real victims of this cover-up, which may have turned criminal, are the Congress, the Constitution and, most tragically, the Americans and Iraqis who have paid the ultimate price for Bush’s folly.
The Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly chapters in his book are pretty damning though. It's not just empty rhetoric he's spitting out.
Although, like Michael Moore, Al has a way of letting his intentions get in the way of facts on occasion. I appreciate what he's doing, and he is on target more than not, but going too far doesn't help your point.
that being said, I would love to see Coulter, o'Reilly, Hannity and others do a point-by-point rebuttal of Franken's book. Because I don't think they could.
Hmmmm. So there is no confusion, Miller is no longer an ambassador.
Joseph C. Wilson 4th, United States ambassador to Gabon from 1992 to 1995, is an international business consultant.
Anyone want to guess who appointed this guy ambassador to the important country of Gabon for those 3+ years? Hint: this president hailed from Arkansas.
Think Wilson is anti-Bush? Do not be confused.... YES. An anti-Bush opinion... he should join RZ!
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