Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:28:00
Dan Rather out to shred what little dignity he has left
Really? He’s really doing this?
In the suit, filed this afternoon in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Mr. Rather charges that CBS and its executives made him “a scapegoat” in an attempt “to pacify the White House,” though the formal complaint presents virtually no direct evidence to that effect. To buttress this claim, Mr. Rather quotes the executive who oversaw his regular segment on CBS Radio, telling Mr. Rather in November 2004 that he was losing that slot, effective immediately, because of “pressure from ‘the right wing.’ ”
I think it would be unhealthy to laugh as much as this whole concept makes me want to laugh. Either Rather is a senile old fart who believes that those fraudulent documents were real, or he’s just determined to die in total and complete disgrace. This is what happens when political conviction takes over your sense of right and wrong. Maybe Rather spent so long staring into the abyss that it changed him. Maybe he was always a fraud and we just didn’t have a way to check in the old days. I dunno. What I do know is this is a terrible idea, and it won’t end well for Rather, CBS News or the Democrats. Raising all of this blatant media bias during election season cannot in any way harm the Republicans.
Posted by JimK at 11:28 PM on September 19, 2007
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The only way it will harm pubs is with the moderates who still have the capacity of thought. More blaming the evil republicans for taking over every aspect of life, illegally. Ironically, this is exactly the wet dream of the Dems so they are just pissed since in their minds we did it first, but I digress.
Lets face it, the dems are going to vote for a democrat in the next election, period. The fundies are going to vote for a fundie or stay home. The center to right crowd are looking for a “true Regan type conservative” to bring back the party to it’s sanity (excluding the fundies obviously).
So where are the votes going to come from for a non fundie Rep or conservative win? Shit like this will happen until the last vote is challenged in court for the 2008 elecetion.
Our only hope is to have someone, maybe Fred, that can bring the middle together for a win, if it big enough, and let the fringes, well keep doing what fringe groups do.
So, what’s my point right? I think this can hurt the pubs, but I hope it hurts the dems more.