[Izzy Dunne]

"It dawned on me that I was present at the birth of a political jihad."

No, dummy. The jihad started long ago.
You were there when the other side fired back.

[GOPJ]

"It dawned on me that I was present at the birth of a political jihad."

Typical MSM newsie - she's years late. The birth was '96 or '97 - and some sites even earlier...

[Pirate21]

Mapes quote: "It dawned on me that I was present at the birth of a political jihad."

Izzy Dunne reply: "No, dummy. The jihad started long ago. You were there when the other side fired back."

Very, very good point. Mapes' saying that the exposing of the falsity of the memo is like someone saying that our war on terrorism is the jihad.

[EODGUY]

"It dawned on me that I was present at the birth of a political jihad."

Mary obviously hasn't read the mission statement or rules of conduct that were established by the founder of FreeRepublic and are monitored constantly by members who hold Jim's trust. Oh but that the media had to maintain the rules of decorum we do and bear the scrutiny of not only administrative monitors, but thousands of brilliant Freepers who won't allow inaccuracies to prevail uncontested. Ms. Mapes could learn a great deal from the internal system of checks and balances that are present and functioning on FreeRepublic, but pathetically absent in the main stream media.

I guess Ms. Mapes is awaiting an apology from FreeRepublic for pursuing and exposing the truth?


EODGUY

[sarasota]

That sums it up. Thanks.

[Skywarner]

Izzy, you nailed it. Nice job!

Signed,

A proud member of the 'hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative sites loaded with vitriol about Dan Rather and CBS.'

[Blood of Tyrants]

Liberals remind a boy when asked who started a fight says, "He did! He hit me back!".