Representative Louise Slaughter's Dan Rather Moment

me | 2/9/2005 | dirtboy

[dirtboy]

Wait a second. Hasn't the White House Press Corps included such stalwarts as Sam Donaldson and Helen Thomas? Haw does that fit with the complaint?

Like I said:

Honesty and integrity apparently are nothing more to Representative Slaughter than words, devoid of their underlying values.

[SolidRedState]

Great job, dirtboy! Here's to Congresswoman Slaughter...

[JesseJane]

Wow, over 140K to the DNC...

[AZ_Cowboy]

This was never about facts. This was about trying to flame out a guy that was not of the monolithic ideological bent found in the press corps, of course.

This is the classic dog-and-pony show, folks. It has all the classic elements.
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1. The overblown press manipulation is performed by someone who has a dead lock on their seat.
C'mon, folks, the only way a rat loses an election in New York usually involves committing suicide these days. Slaughter was the designated extremist, just like Sen. Boxer was for the previous D&P show regarding Rice.
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2. Citation of sources that are obviously biased.
All the Philadelphia MSM Papers lie between Che Guevara and Joseph Stalin on the ideological spectrum. They are notorious for making serious mistakes and editorializing in their articles. They ran 21 editorials straight for Kerry, folks!

Other citations by the anti-Gannonites include the blog Daily Kos, which we have recently learned was paid off by the Dean Campaign to boost the failed candidate. Why anyone with even a vestige of a brain would take the word of people bought and paid for by political mad hatters over a man with whom there is not even a suspicion of payoff is beyond me. Well, alright, it isn't. This is a D&P show, so it's all a lie to begin with.
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3. Intimidation of the target

Obviously, a mad rush is under way to disclose Mr. Gannon's real name, if indeed he is using a pseudonym. Why is this necessary, if not to inflict a deluge of hate mail, death threats, and other similar disturbances upon this man and his family? We all know the answer. That is what political D&P shows are always about, intimidation of the opposition.

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As a final point, what do they figure they'll gain by trashing Gannon? They've used similar tactics against Rush Limbaugh, Fox News at a bunch of levels, and God knows what else, and the so-called "right-wing media" continues to grow and prosper while they continue their cycle of decline. Americans root for the underdog, and they're making underdogs out of these people. If it weren't for their patent inability to understand the people of this country, they might have learned all this by now.

[dirtboy]

If that paper didn't have a sports section, no one would buy it.

That paper, to its credit, runs a lot of my letters to it that are harshly critical of it.

I have respect for a media outlet that can take it as well as dish it out.

[Alia]

JJ -- this hadn't even occurred to me: Does Slaughter have a relationship with this gay-baiting liberalblog scene that hammered Gannon??

[MEG33]

Good job.

[dirtboy]

JJ -- this hadn't even occurred to me: Does Slaughter have a relationship with this gay-baiting liberalblog scene that hammered Gannon??

A very interesting question.

[eleni121]

Slaughter really lives up to her name - she never met an infant she didn't want dead:

Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)

Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)

Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)

Voted NO on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)

Voted NO on banning human cloning, including medical research. (Jul 2001)

Voted NO on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)

Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)

Voted NO on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)

Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women. (Apr 2001)

Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)

[Republican Wildcat]

[JesseJane]

Enquiring minds................

[Alia]

JJ came up with that. And, well, it does fit in neatly with many of the variables in this matter. AZ Cowboy is right; Slaughter is the designated "hitter" (like Boxer going after Rice). So, does Slaughter work with Wonkette? Or is it just one of those "casual" thingies at places where the elite meet and greet? Doing little European cheek kisses?

[hipaatwo]

This is great! You should sent it to Olberslug who ran with it with Dana Milbank and Anderson Cooper who also ran with it. Nice to embarass the MSM some more!

[Alia]

Ah. She's Hillary's gal.

[JesseJane]

You know the old quote:

Those that support abortion are already born.

[dirtboy]

You should sent it to Olberslug who ran with it with Dana Milbank and Anderson Cooper who also ran with it. Nice to embarass the MSM some more!

Those two are beyond embarassment. My target in this vanity is Slaughter, who ran with an open letter from a newspaper as the justification for a press release about journalistic integrity - without fact-checking the letter itself. There was just too much irony there to pass up.

[hipaatwo]

Do you mind if I sent it to Powerline and Captains Quarters?

[dirtboy]

I can only aspire to be worthy of those PJs....(but if you have some in 3X tall...)

[dirtboy]

Please do.

[hipaatwo]

sent=send..sorry