An open letter to a brazen liar

Miami Herald ^ | April 21, 2003 | Leonard Pitts

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I guess this explains eight years of Clinton.

[goldstategop]

Baghdad Bob is the Bob Hope of the Middle East. Every 10 years he should get to appear in an Exxon TV special.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

While the U.S. led war for Irai freedom is studied for generations to come, Bagdad Bob's work will be taught in Democrat spin workshops.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Iraqi

[paulklenk]

You may not know it, Mohammed -- may I call you Mohammed?

If I were speaking to him in French or Spanish, I would definitely feel comfortable using the familiar "tu" form. "Usted" would be too formal.

[listenhillary]

Clinton Liebrary tour guide = perfect fit

[jammer]

I can see him as the anchor for CBS or ABC.

[The Wizard]

I thought this was to the times

[ricpic]

"As the war dragged on, as we sank from the innocent optimism of the early days to the despair and doubt of three days later...."

War dragged on? Despair and doubt? What planet do these "reporters" come from?

[lysie]

Ping.

[Freebird Forever]

You were to the art of deception what Jordan was to basketball, what Hawking is to science, what Springer is to trash television -- a talent of such boldness, originality and vision that nobody else compares.

......more like the art of denial

[anniegetyourgun]

Contemplate this....not only were the Al-Jazeera-watching-Arabs buying this guys lies, but so were some leftists in this country.

[arkady_renko]

No thanks. He was as evil as all of the other enablers. I'll pass on the canonization for this jerk.

A_R

[Use It Or Lose It]

Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to why Baghdad Bob's countenance never appeared in the deck of 55. The folks at Centcom had to know where this bozo was at all times; it was said our special ops had infiltrated the press in Baghdad and were probably within inches of him whenever he appeared on camera. Seems strange.

[bert]

Bagdad Bob is alive and well.

He was snapped up to do the first draft of the Clinton Memoirs. When that project is concluded, he will begin a series of seminars for the various leadership cells of the DNC on how to expand untruth into acceptable and palatable presentation for broadcast by ABCNBCCBSCNN and dessimination as Postaganda.

[sarasota]

I think it was because he is not considered a threat. He was just a pathetic mouthpiece, a puppet like the rest but without a place in the regime. I see he's married to a Kurd and rumor has it that they're protecting him.

[sadimgnik]

"As the war dragged on, as we sank from the innocent optimism of the early days to the despair and doubt of three days later...."

War dragged on? Despair and doubt? What planet do these "reporters" come from?

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[sigh]


i·ro·ny
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.

A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit.




I know that irony is a slippery little sucker ... but why is it that so many people can't seem to recognise it when it bites them on the derriere?

A quick scan of this article shows it is dripping with irony ... so why should it suddenly go 'literal' - and then return to irony?

Hint: it didn't. The "despair and doubt of three days later" was juxtaposed with "the innocent optimism early days".

To quote Foghorn Leghorn, "Its a Joke, I say it's a joke, son!"



Sadim

[ricpic]

You may well be right. But consider the source. I kinda doubt he wrote those comments ironically. Never underestimate the true believer stupidity of your average dumb as a stump liberal reporter.

[Formermasslurker]

Did you read the whole article or did you stop at that line? He ends the piece by compairing him to Clinton. No Liberal would portray thier hero Billy like that.

[pgyanke]

I kinda doubt he wrote those comments ironically. Never underestimate the true believer stupidity of your average dumb as a stump...

Kind of says it all, really.