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Feherty under fire for joke
espn ^ | 09may2009 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/10/2009 5:31:27 AM PDT by ma bell

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty came under sharp criticism Saturday for a joke he wrote in a Dallas magazine article that suggested American soldiers would be just as likely to knock off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid as they would Osama bin Laden.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: 111th; espn; feherty; ignorantmedia; pelosi; slur; smear
As I sat in the chowhall, Olbermans program was on and this segment came up. You talk of soldiers hoo-yahh'ing in support and laughing their asses off!

Pelosi and Reid do not get it, they are in their own little fiefdom and sheltered from reality.

I just hope they open their eyes up and realize, we troops are not ignorant nor dumb when it comes to politicians try and pull the wool over others eyes.

We put them in power, we can take them out of power. Also, the CIA can truly undermine this administration and the Zero Administration is doing a fine job in helping them along. You don't F*CK with the hand that feeds you..i.e the CIA feeds the Admin, not the other way around.

1 posted on 05/10/2009 5:31:27 AM PDT by ma bell
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To: ma bell

And I am sure Sykes will suffer similar condemnation for her remarks???

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/336173.html


2 posted on 05/10/2009 5:40:37 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: ma bell
Here's what Feherty wrote:

"Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."

It's a spin on an old lawyer joke. AP makes it sound like some kind of terrorist threat.

3 posted on 05/10/2009 5:41:46 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Better to convert enemies to allies than to destroy them)
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To: ma bell

Hang in there David. The ultra liberal, traitorous, dying PC media doesn’t like getting back what they sowed.

Keep up the good work. They operate on the principle of free speech, but want to limit yours.


4 posted on 05/10/2009 5:51:50 AM PDT by chainsaw (If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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To: Tribune7

What’s also important is what he said before that sentence.

He had been on tour, entertaining the troops, and he heard this joke from our military at all the camps. Good jokes spread fast.


5 posted on 05/10/2009 5:54:56 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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Change that to two conservatives and demonrats would be laughing all the way home.

Thin skinned hypocrites.

Lightweight bullies.

6 posted on 05/10/2009 5:58:37 AM PDT by CPOSharky (Zero: I don't care about the country as long as I'm in charge. Forever.)
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To: ma bell
suggested American soldiers would be just as likely to knock off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid as they would Osama bin Laden.

I know two ex-soldiers who would... in a heartbeat!

7 posted on 05/10/2009 5:59:00 AM PDT by Feckless (No Birth Certificate... No Peace)
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To: ma bell

I read the article waiting for the “grimace moment,” but that’s one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time! Good one, David!


8 posted on 05/10/2009 5:59:06 AM PDT by Bat_Chemist (No drama queens...of either sex!)
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To: CPOSharky

Notice that the objection is coming from media matters — have they apologized for anything they might have said or done to undermine our troops or our country? I believe the answer to be NO!


9 posted on 05/10/2009 6:13:35 AM PDT by whtabtbill
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To: ma bell

May be a joke... but probably not too far from accurate.


10 posted on 05/10/2009 6:13:51 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: ma bell
David Feherty wrote this piece for Golf Magazine about his USO tour, Feherty's Tour of Duty . He respects and admires our troops mission and their sacrifices unlike Pelosi or Reid.
11 posted on 05/10/2009 6:29:17 AM PDT by Girlene
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Neil Boortz talked about this article Friday on his show. The article is very pro Bush. He talks about GW living in Dallas and how much he loves the military and how much they love him.

He is commited to visiting our wounded troops stateside and those serving overseas.

The media is trying to smear him for this joke as to not give credibility to the content of the rest of his article.

My Husband and I are Feherty fans. He writes articles for Golf magazine. I actually read his back page articles because they are soooo very funny.


12 posted on 05/10/2009 6:36:38 AM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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I think Feherty only meant to express the current sentiments of the troops as to their new management, and not to imply any actual physical threat to anyone. It was probably not a good joke to tell, but I sure laughed at it. Bin Laden probably laughed at it, if he is not dead. Pelosi and Reid didn’t laugh at all.


13 posted on 05/10/2009 6:42:27 AM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: ma bell

A big difference between libs and normal people is their sense of humor.
I never find anything libs say funny, and am always horrified at their fake sense of outrage at things that are really funny.


14 posted on 05/10/2009 9:17:09 AM PDT by genghis
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