Vid: "Unacceptable To Think" comment by Boy emperor

[Sapiens]

Keith Olbermann commertary on the Boy emperor's thought control.

[Finster]

Re: Vid: "Unacceptable To Think" comment by Boy emperor

I don't agree with Bush's point of view here (certainly Powell said nothing wrong), but it is really flying off the handle to get that worked up about three words. And taking them out of context like that - trying to portray an off the cuff comment as an item of philosophy - is yellow journalism in the extreme.

I thought we were going to hear something really juicy here. What a disappointment.

[Sapiens]

Re: Vid: "Unacceptable To Think" comment by Boy emperor

And taking them out of context like that - trying to portray an off the cuff comment as an item of philosophy - is yellow journalism in the extreme.

I thought we were going to hear something really juicy here. What a disappointment.

Ah, come on Finster! yellow journalism, really?:rolleyes:

[DemonD]

Re: Vid: "Unacceptable To Think" comment by Boy emperor

I think Olberman is doing all that he can to do the right thing, which is to get the worst president our country has ever seen out of power. Wrapping his criticism in a strong shroud of patriotism speaks to a certain segment of the population that would be normally watching Fox News and buying Bill O'Reilly books. Dunno if it worked, but I can see that's what he's aiming for.

[Finster]

Re: Vid: "Unacceptable To Think" comment by Boy emperor

I think Olberman is doing all that he can to do the right thing, which is to get the worst president our country has ever seen out of power. Wrapping his criticism in a strong shroud of patriotism speaks to a certain segment of the population that would be normally watching Fox News and buying Bill O'Reilly books. Dunno if it worked, but I can see that's what he's aiming for.

In other words, the end justifies the means?

Make no mistake; this is hardly a defense of Bush. But with all the legitimate criticism that can be and occasionally is levied, flabby, shallow pandering does little to advance the cause. Bush is already quite unpopular with what used to be his political base for a number of good and sufficient reasons. He grew government with his endorsement of large increases in federal spending, a federal takeover of education (No Child...), launched a major expansion of federal entitlements (Medicare Part D...), refused to enforce our own borders, pursued an activist globalist agenda, and not least, first led us into a major war on flimsy justification, and second, pursued it in an inept way so as to unnecessarily prolong it.

His poll ratings are in the sub-basement. The base that helped elect him did so hoping for another Ronald Reagan, and instead got another Lyndon Johnson. Instead of "peace through strength" it got 'weakness through war'.

Against this backdrop, the attempt at sensational fearmongering in this video is pretty pathetic.

[Sapiens]

Re: Vid: "Unacceptable To Think" comment by Boy emperor

the attempt at sensational fearmongering in this video is pretty pathetic.

Finster, incase you didn't know it, if you are in a position of power and leadership that may affect the WHOLE world, one must learn to take precious care of what one says.

Now, how about this, is it fearmongering?:

http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0315nj1.htm

Shortly before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush last year on whether to shut down a Justice Department inquiry regarding the administration's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program, Gonzales learned that his own conduct would likely be a focus of the investigation, according to government records and interviews.

Bush personally intervened to sideline the Justice Department probe in April 2006 by taking the unusual step of denying investigators the security clearances necessary for their work.

It is unclear whether the president knew at the time of his decision that the Justice inquiry -- to be conducted by the department's internal ethics watchdog, the Office of Professional Responsibility -- would almost certainly examine the conduct of his attorney general.