[9YearLurker]

Ha! Perfect! And oh, so true.

[NeoCaveman]

Dammit.

I believed/wanted this to be true.

[SlowBoat407]

If you want to believe it, it must be Scrappleface.

[LucyJo]

LOL! That is hilarious, and right on target too.

[Reaganesque]

Many reporters do have a fire in the belly but, luckily for them, modern medicine and years of psychotherapy can cure ulcers.

[PeterPrinciple]

How often have you seen a reporter place a candidate’s views in the context of the Constitution, the sweep of American history, the intricacies of global geopolitics, economic theory or even basic political philosophy?”

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Wish Fred had said this..............

[Servant of the Cross]

Scrappleface on its game again.

[truthluva]

This is great. Everytime I see something I just love I look up and see Scrappleface as the source. Shoot. I wish Fred had said all of that!!

[HerrBlucher]

Ha Haaaaaaaaaa Fred sticks it to the idiot press.....gotta love the Fred!

[Rick.Donaldson]

“I’m not sure if it’s laziness, lack of ambition, or just apathy,” said Mr. Thompson, “But the American people need to know that the reporters whom they entrust with this solemn responsibility have a burning desire to fulfill the obligations of the Fourth Estate. That means you need to hustle, do your homework, ask tough questions about significant issues, put quotations in context, filter out your own natural bias, and place more value on accuracy than on speed, more on integrity than on your own petty celebrity.”

A truer mouthful has never been spoken.

[Don Corleone]

These are descendants from the same gene pool that sat comfortably in the air conditioned coolness of the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon getting their stories second and third hand or making them up out of whole cloth instead of going out and digging them up alongside our fighting men in the field.

[shiva]

Just Damn!

[PubliusMM]

Fred at his best. I like this guy for POTUS. Maybe with Duncan Hunter as the VP candidate...or Tom Tancredo.

Important to note, though, that Fred (or any real Conservative) will need help in the Senate and the House to get this ship of state back on course.

[Ghengis]

Whoever wrote this for Scrappleface should become President Thompson’s Press Secretary!

[MinuteGal]

Well, all kidding aside, it's impossible for the media to have fire in their bellies or a burning desire to do honest journalism because for a long time there's been nothing left of them but a huge pile of dumb ashes.

Leni

[papasmurf]

Damn! You a-l-m-o-s-t got me!

You’re goood. :)