Our blogs about
America's Wars
War on Iraq
War on Drugs
War on Afghanistan
War on Columbia
War on Philippines
War on Venezuela

MORE
Matrix Masters
Blogs
World Events
Katrina's Aftermath
US News
Bush Crime Family News
Science & Health
Earth News
Free Speech
News from Africa
News from Palestine
Bill of Rights Under Attack

Support Bloggers' Rights!

Lorenzo's
Random Musings
. . . about Chaos,
Reason, and Hope

 

Breaking News...
News Media Started the War (Not George Bush)!

I cannot believe this is not a bigger news story! I'm flabbergasted and astonished by the stupidity of this Bush comment. And, to top it off, HE REPEATED IT a few days later!

Bizarre comments from President Bush's press conference: When questioned about the economy, President Bush in part blamed the slow turnaround on the cable-news media. He complained that "one network in particular" had since last fall been warning about "the march to war, the march to war, the march to war," which, the President said "made investors afraid to take risks."

You gotta think that the communicator-in-chief was ad-libbing here. No way Karl Rove signed off such an idiotic talking point. The reason the cable-news media have been hyping the march to war since last fall is because, duh, the Bush administration has been marching to war since last fall. The media didn't invent news of a war -- THE PRESIDENT DID!

Our President is correct. Investors do hold back when there's geo-political uncertainty. But Ashleigh Banfield wasn't the one who sold us on the Iraqi-Niger-al-Qaeda connection. That was you, Mr. President. Brian Williams goes on Sunday talk-TV and says "when you get a smoking gun, it just may be a mushroom cloud." That would be your NSA, Condi Rice.

It's fine to say that war slowed down the economy. But, geez, Mr. President, at least take responsibility for the fact that you launched this war, not the media. The media reported on the news; they didn't make it. The media reported on YOU, Mr. President; they didn't invent the war themselves!

Ann Coulter, BTW, was a guest on Hardball. And, predictably, she defended the President. "It wasn't the war that slowed down the recovery," Coulter intoned, "it was the fact that the news media covered it."

HOW INSANE!

posted by Hal 10:28 AM