Faux News Channel's in-depth analysis on the Obamas' fist bump

It's comments like the video above that makes me insane with outrage at our nation's most ridiculous and biased news "outlet" - Fox News. You only have to watch the first few seconds to get the mindlessly stupid line - "A fist bump, a pound, a terrorist fist jab?..." Seriously, what in the world is wrong with these people?

I'm sick and tired of Fox News defenders laughing and saying, "It was just a joke." This is a media outlet that bills itself as a serious news organization. At this point, it's blatantly apparent that its on-air personalities, at the behest of the stooges that run the network, will do or say just about anything to keep the Republicans in power.

The only thing missing from the above footage is, "Barack HUSSEIN Obama!"

Footage from Media Matters

Picking the Fox scab, & finding lots of pus

What's been going on for over a year is now beginning to pick up steam - the Swiftboating of Barack Obama. There is so much crap and misinformation floating about on the Internet now, and I just hope Obama's campaign (or Hillary's, if she is the nominee) acts swiftly (pardon the pun) to refute the lies and misinformation. Anyway, the people over at Fox Attacks have put together a number of insightful videos that are great montages of the attacks against Obama over the last year and a half or so by Fox and its talking heads.

Evidence of Fox's smear campaign against Obama is not hard to unearth - the difficult part is documenting it all, since there's so much of it: the bogus madrassa story, lies about his not putting his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, and his egregious offense of not wearing an American flag lapel pin every minute of every day, and so on. In many ways, Fox and its disciples are like the ocean tides - it just keeps on coming. But that doesn't mean the truth should remain hidden behind the network's blatantly obvious partisan and biased reporting.

This one's a blast from the past - Part I from February '07...

(I know I just posted Part I last week, but in case you missed it (or even if you didn't), it's worth another look.)

My personal favorites from Part I:

"Barack Obama in a bathing suit!"

"...The network America trusts for fair and balanced reporting." *Snicker*

All of the "he's a black candidate" crap, as well as the fact that Obama is "surrounding himself with white people."

"Barack... HUSSEIN... Obama"

"He is, get this... a cigarette smoker" [Emphasis in Original]

"Apparently when he was a little boy, he attended a Muslim school, a madrassa... THIS... IS... HU-YOOGE!" [Emphasis in Original]

"We're gonna be the headquarters for the 2008 election..."

Um, yea, maybe the '08 headquarters for intellectual midgets and right wing neo-cons who want to practice cognitive dissonance by listening to O'Lielly blathering about the Nazis, or Sean Insanity blubbering endlessly about Obama's middle name. I don't know many people outside of those categories who take Fox seriously. But, there are enough people who do for it to be necessary to refute these distortions and outright lies.

And here's Part II, just released by Fox Attacks...

Yep, the latest installment has some pretty good highlights, too. Here are my favorites, in no particular order:

"He's a 'half-rican' anyway..." Really? This Rush Limbaugh-ism is so overtly childish and racist it defies description, but I'll try. Of course, some would say, "but Obama is!" but that doesn't necessitate bringing it up. For instance, I don't hear anyone calling Limbaugh "Limbephant" because of his pachyderm-like appearance. Bringing up Obama's ethnicity, that he's half black, is the same reason that all Fox announcers never miss an opportunity to say "Barack HUSSEIN Obama"; it's to exploit people's fears and prejudices about race and religion, PERIOD.

"People are literally passing out at Obama rallies." First of all, I haven't heard that, but if it's true, it's almost as if the talking heads at Fox are jealous of Obama's surging popularity. Even if it is true, it still contrasts pretty nicely to McCain rallies, where people pass out because they haven't had their afternoon nap. Okay, that was low, but hopefully you get my point.

"...the kind of popularity that Chairman Mao only dreamed of." Which is it? Is he a Muslim or a communist? Maybe both? I haven't heard of many Muslim Communists, but I guess the do exist. Far-right Repubes really need to come up with better material than calling someone a communist; that's so, um, 1950.

"Will President Obama blame America first?" This was in the aftermath of Michelle Obama having the temerity to say that she wasn't proud of her country. In the aftermath of this, it also became an "issue" that Obama doesn't consistently wear a "flag lapel pin." (the faux "necessity" of wearing something representing an American flag reminds me of something else [at right], at the risk of inciting Goodwin's Law.) Obama has sagely pointed out on numerous occasions that you "don't have to wear a lapel pin to be patriotic," and he's absolutely right. Brit Hume's assertion that outright displays of patriotism for the Obamas is "a little icky" is, sadly, exactly the type of churlish comment I've come to expect from a once-respected journalist. I really wonder how these people at Fox look at themselves in the mirror every morning - making no doubt hundreds of thousands if not millions to intentionally distort, deceive and lie. I couldn't do it.

However, my personal favorite from the above vid - the "Jeremiah Wright" mention by college drop-out Sean Hannity. I guess it's not enough that Obama has repeatedly distanced himself from and denounced Wright's controversial comments. Since when does a church member follow or believe everything that his/her member of the clergy practices or preaches? It's ridiculous. For example, the pastor of the church I went to when I was young had a sexual affair with a young staffer, and as a result, his wife divorced him and he was kicked out of my church. Does that mean I support or believe in adultery? No. Put differently, should certain Catholic congregation members be accused of supporting or condoning pedophilia because their priest has a penchant for altar boys? Please. This is simply a sad, pathetic, transparent attempt to find dirt on Obama - sadly, this "controversy" seems to "have legs" as the saying goes, in the non-Fox mainstream media - it's been all over the news lately, including NBC News, Time Magazine, CNN, etc. Here's hoping that Americans who think for themselves (non-Fox viewers) will see it for what it is - a network with an agenda that will stop at nothing to smear Obama. It's Bill Clinton all over again. Sadly, many will believe what they see and hear on Fox.

Our soldiers are dying in Iraq, there are a record number of mortgage foreclosures, oil is trading above $110 a barrel & our economy is collapsing, yet Fox wants to insult its viewers with tales of what Obama's pastor said years ago? I just don't believe these "Karl Rove" tactics are going to wash in 2008. I pray I'm right. But, Democrats cannot and must not take anything for granted - there are millions who believe all of this stuff. Speaking of Rove, is it ANY SURPRISE that Fox has hired this guy? The "network" really is a disgrace.

I find it astounding, but not surprising, that Repubes consistently whine and complain about the "librul media" (Bush pronunciation) when the highest rated cable news network is Fox, and one of the most visited Websites on the 'Net, and definitely the most visited political site, is the Drudge Report. Both of these propaganda media drive the rest of the media - Tim Russert taking his cues from Fox News in Part II above is a stark example of this.

And the Russert example above is not an exaggeration - it happens all the time. There are numerous examples of stories that first appear on Drudge, and it quickly makes its way into the rest of the media, reported as news.

By the way, guess which current federal office holder holds the record for Meet the Press appearances - it's John McCain, with 52 appearances. The media must be librul, right?

Yet, despite these truths, even some smart people drink the Fox Kool-Aid. I received this e-mail from one of my best friends yesterday about Obama:

Coming Home to Roost

Jeremiah Wright = Swift Boating 2008

As I said in my last e-mail - Obama needs to somehow sidestep his 20-year relationship with this time bomb, and even if he does, this one is not going away. What was a whisper is not being shouted from major networks.

First, he mentions "Swift Boating 2008" as if it's a good thing. My ill-informed friend no doubt has not seen the video comparison above, nor has probably seen any of the Democratic debates. Even if he has, his mind has no doubt been polluted by the intellectually dishonest snake oil salesmen at Fox, and its disciples.
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However, the best interpretation of just what Fox, Roger Ailes & Rupert Murdoch are up to comes from the aforementioned Fox Attacks in a recent blog entry:

I had a very disturbing talk with my dad about Barack Obama.

I was on the phone with my parents telling them about the video I was working on, FOX ATTACKS! Obama Part 2: Spreading the Virus, and brought up how FOX (Sean Hannity, in particular) has been desperately trying to create a connection between Louis Farrakhan and Barack Obama because a magazine founded by Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and run by Wright's daughters recently gave Louis Farrakhan an award. I told my parents how Hannity went from saying the magazine gave Farrakhan the award to claiming Wright gave him the award (which he didn't) to saying that Obama "associated" with Farrakhan (which he hasn't). Hannity would mostly use these "stories" so he could rattle off some of Farrakhan's most offensive comments and mention Obama in the same breath, effectively linking the two in the minds of FOX viewers. He just wants to say, "Obama — Farrakhan — racist — anti-Semite" over and over again until they are linked, just as FOX did with "Iraq — Al Qaeda — 9/11 — terrorism" in the run-up to the Iraq war.

Of course, Hannity almost never mentions that Obama has repeatedly denounced Farrakhan's racist, anti-semitic, and inflammatory remarks, has called for more cooperation between the black and Jewish communities, has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and has been defended by the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and other prominent Jewish organizations. But Hannity doesn't want his viewers to know this. He just wants them to have a vague impression that Obama is an anti-semite and a black separatist.

When I mentioned this example to my parents, my dad said, "Wait, didn't Louis Farrakhan give Obama an award and Obama accepted it?" When I told him that this was completely off, he said, "Oh, I guess I must have heard it wrong."

Somewhere, Sean Hannity, Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch are poking holes in an Obama voodoo doll, laughing.

McCain's press more adoring than ever

...And here is a great example of it. I caught this over at C&L this past week, and it's pretty telling. In the past, I've harped how the powers that be over at The Politico seem to be closet right wingers, even though the site presents itself as largely bipartisan. Arrrrrnt!

(Credit to Glenn Greenwald at Salon for picking up on this - I got it via C&L) At a recent BBQ at the McCain's ranch, Politico reporters brought McCain's wife flowers, according to her daughter Megan in the YouTube video above. At first glance, I realize that this might seem like nitpicking. It's not. Objectivity must be the name of the game, but the press has certainly been falling down since before the '00 campaign, and definitely since 9-11. And it sure looks like during this campaign, the press is more than willing to roll over like the obedient dogs they are, and I mean that on both sides of the political campaigns. I don't want to see either side let off the hook regarding tough questions, nor should they be.

Easily the most asinine quotation from Megan McCain's video is this:

"The guys from The Politico brought her (Cindy McCain) flowers, which I still think is the most adorable thing ever, so thank you soo much! I just thought it was so cute that they decided to bring my mom flowers because that is rare and they are journalists. *Giggle*"

Note to Megan McCain -- they aren't functioning as journalists if they are bringing your mom flowers.

If Politico "journalists" are that eager to swing from John McCain's jock, I'm sure there are openings at Fox News for semi-competent writers who want to spend the next 7+ months kissing John McCain's ass, coupled with a side order of looking for any and all dirt on Barack Obama and/or Hillary Clinton.

I lay much of blame on President Bush regarding the press' coverage (or lack thereof) of his administration over the last eight years. Why? Because whenever he receives negative press coverage, he simply stops giving that medium any access to top administration figures. This also goes for many others in his cabinet, most notably Cheney.

There are many examples of Bush and Co. slamming the press, sometimes publicly; most notably when a stray microphone caught Bush and his Dick (Cheney) a number of years back calling a columnist for the New York Times a "major league asshole." I think it was Dick who said it, but Bush obediently chimed in, "Yea, big time."

On another occasion, Cheney barred anyone from the Times from getting on his airplane.

The press deserves some blame, too, because they fall for Bush's adoration so easily. Watch any Bush press conference and it'll take you about five minutes to see Bush's MO when it comes to the media: cracking jokes, giving people nicknames in the jovial and frivolous manner in which Bush approaches almost everything. The self-described War-time President should be taking things a whole lot more seriously than he is, but by now, no one should be surprised that he isn't.

This type of behavior on the part of the press and a presidential administration should not be tolerated by the American public, and I don't care who is in power.

Not to over dramatize the situation, but really, if we don't have a responsible press doing it's job, it's the beginning of the end for our democracy as we know it. Without the possibility of the press serving as an overseer and watchdog, I shudder to think about what over government can and would do. Even with pseudo-press coverage these past eight years or so, the Bush administration has pulled off some whoppers.

It's up to all of us to hold the press accountable, because no one else will.

Another example of our LIBERAL media

I have to confess, I got this from Crooks and Liars, an awesome Website where I find many issues that I blog about. So, I'm cribbing a lot from C&L about this post, so I wanted to give proper attribution. Here goes...

A Reuters story that appeared on Yahoo's Website last Friday carried this headline:

Bomb kills 15, Bush critic Pelosi visits Baghdad

Really? You've got to be kidding me. It's bad enough that the news stories about Pelosi have ranged from blatantly male chauvinist "Pelosi, dressed in Armani..." to the completely irrelevant (too many to list here), but this could be one of the worst headlines I've ever seen on the Web for a news story.

As Crooks & Liars rightfully points out, someone couldn't even write "California Congresswoman"? Or, here's a radical idea -- how about "Speaker Pelosi"?!?

Can anyone imagine, when Newt Gingrich was speaker, if this headline appeared? -- "Clinton hater Gingrich slams health care plan."

Imagine the outrage that would have followed that one. Bill O'Lielly would have declared a War on Irresponsible Journalism.

Hey conservatives, keep complaining about the liberal media. And when you get a chance, drop by Earth and let us know how the weather is in your parallel universe.

My 2¢ on coverage of Hillary's announcement

I woke up to the news this Saturday morning that former first lady and New York Senator Hillary Clinton threw her hat into the 2008 presidential race. I've written before at length (and I'll no doubt say it more than a few more times) that I have mixed emotions on her candidacy; there's no doubt that her name on any ballot will drive conservative morons crazy, such as Jerry Falwell (a.k.a. the great Satan) and his brother Pat Robertson; Bill O'Lielly; Rush Limbaugh (just hearing the news probably prompted him to take another 6 or 8 blue M&Ms); and all the rest.

Ultimately, I feel her candidacy will be good for the political process, though, whether she wins or not. She's one of the biggest leaders of the Democratic Party, and she'll bring on a lot of important ideas to the discourse of the 2008 race.

But, the garbage political coverage has already begun. I won't bore you with a recap of it all, save one example - MSNBC's mid-day coverage on Saturday.

Before I get to that, I have a confession to make - 1. I rarely ever watch cable news broadcasts these days - the coverage is atrocious, they focus on the superficial and idiotic, and I don't find them that informative, and 2. Of all of the cable news channels, MSNBC is the only channel I can stomach, but at times just barely. The lone bright spots seem to be Joe Scarborough and, of course, Keith Olbermann.

Just when I think that MSNBC isn't so bad, along comes Contessa Brewer (left), an MSNBC anchor who used to read the news for Imus in the Morning. (I won't even get started on Don Imus.)

Her coverage on Saturday primarily focused on two things (and I'm not exaggerating) - the Whitewater "scandal," and Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. My first thought after watching about 10 minutes of this coverage was "Are you f------ kidding me?!?" I kept waiting for Brewer to get to the real story - that for the first time in our nation's history, a first lady was running for president. I could have waited hours, but I could only stomach about 45 minutes of her ranting and sewage about the Clinton administration's lowlights.

A stupid land deal, where the Clintons were ultimately acquitted of any wrongdoing, and an affair with a White House intern (and a consensual one at that). In the wake of 9-11 and all that our current president has done to royally screw this country for at least a few generations to come, spending even one minute on dead-and-buried political witch hunts is a profound waste of time, but then again, so is watching MSNBC.

So, I did what any sane, educated American would - I changed the channel. Brewer should go back to reading the news for recovering cocaine addicts and leave the real reporting to people who focus on real issues.

But, Hillary's coverage from this past weekend is certainly a harbinger of things to come. We are in for an onslaught of superficial media coverage, focusing on things that most voters care little or nothing about.

And Hillary won't be the only one who has to endure this kind of coverage. Barack Obama (above, outside his future residence?) has also had to tolerate similar blarney, most notably about his confessed drug use during his teenage years. I've also said multiple times, and I'll repeat it once more -- Obama has been a lot more forthright and honest than President Bush has been about his alleged drug use.

I can't wait for the primaries to begin, but I also dread it, too.

Hearing Hillary announce her candidacy had me thinking back to 1992, when President Clinton was elected. It was the first election I was eligible to vote in, and I was very politically active - I couldn't wait to vote against President George H.W. Bush, and it was a thrill when Clinton won.

Above, Hillary and Bill Clinton on election night, 1992. I think I speak for millions when I say that I was so full of hope when he was elected. Personally, it was a time of political naïveté for me, though.

I'm sure the Clintons would say the same - both were also marked by naïveté when they moved into the White House, but no more. Above, Hillary testifies on Capitol Hill before a committee on health care reform. President Clinton put her in charge of getting universal health care legislation passed, and it backfired, big time, due in large part to the railroading of Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay. Remember those two? Yea, I'm trying to forget, too.

The million dollar question that the Clintons will have to answer is what role will the former president have if Hillary triumphs? I'm sure the radical Republican religious right already has some made-for-hate radio answers on Bill's role. I look forward to hearing them, and laughing at them, too. How long do you think it will be before Pat Robertson is leading a prayer group, begging for Hillary's defeat?

Boxer has Rice for lunch - GOP press hysterical

It didn't take long for the GOP-backed press to start going crazy over the Democratically controlled Congress.

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice appeared before the Senate yesterday to answer questions about President Bush's troop surge of over 21,000 troops.

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) wasted no time going after Rice:

"Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price," Boxer said. "My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young."

To Rice, Boxer said, "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family."

Cue right-wing hysteria, beginning with the Rupert Murdoch-owned and operated New York Post, New York's conservative tabloid rag.

In this morning's paper, the Post took aim at Boxer:

Breathtaking.

Simply breathtaking.

We scarcely know where to begin.

The junior senator from California apparently believes that an accomplished, seasoned diplomat, a renowned scholar and an adviser to two presidents like Condoleezza Rice is not fully qualified to make policy at the highest levels of the American government because she is a single, childless woman.

It's hard to imagine the firestorm that similar comments would have ignited, coming from a Republican to a Democrat, or from a man to a woman, in the United States Senate. (Surely the Associated Press would have put the observation a bit higher than the 18th paragraph of a routine dispatch from Washington.)
But put that aside.

The vapidity - the sheer mindlessness [emphasis in original] - of Sen. Boxer's assertion makes it clear that the next two years are going to be a time of bitterness and rancor, marked by pettiness of spirit and political self-indulgence of a sort not seen in America for a very long time.

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When I got done laughing, I became a bit angry. This "right-wing outrage" smacks of what happened in the 2004 presidential campaign.

When Democratic Nominee John Kerry correctly pointed out that President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Republicans all support an amendment to the Constitution to ban gay marriage, Kerry referred to Cheney's gay daughter, Mary - a not so subtle shot at his opponents' hypocrisy.

Lots of phony outrage ensued, including Lynne Cheney proclaiming in front of a crowd of Republican sycophants, "This man [Kerry] is not a good man!" This from a woman, along with her husband, who proclaim themselves to be Christians. Umm Hmm.

Anyway, Senator Boxer did nothing more yesterday than state the obvious - that Rice has no personal sacrifice in this war, just as President Bush and Vice President Cheney don't have any sacrifices, either. Cheney's children are too old, and does anyone think the president's daughters, Jenna and Barbara, are going to serve in the military? RIGHT!

So, that's all Boxer was doing - again, pointing out that the decision makers about this war don't have any personal stake in this war, and that includes Condi Rice.

I would seriously doubt that Senator Boxer believes that "an accomplished, seasoned diplomat, a renowned scholar and an adviser to two presidents like Condoleezza Rice is not fully qualified to make policy at the highest levels of the American government because she is a single, childless woman."

I'd love to have seen the look on the editor(s) at the Post who penned this article. Do they really believe that Boxer believes that?

It's beyond ridiculous.

The American public is overwhelmingly against Bush's Troop Surge, and Boxer took Rice to task on this administration's decision.

Simple as that.

Murdoch is one of the biggest threats to our democracy - along with other media conglomerates.

I'll have more on Murdoch in a bit when I review Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, which I watched last night.

I've already steeled myself to the fact that there will be much more of this pseudo outrage over the next two years.

Get used to it.

Kerry the comedian

What a crazy 48 hours its been in U.S. politics. It certainly is the silly season in Washington, as it is before every election, and this one is no different.

How's that shoe leather tasting, Senator Kerry? What an unforgivable gaffe, just in time for the '06 elections. For those of you living in a cave, here's what Kerry said during a campaign stop on Monday:

Kerry told students at Pasadena City College in California, "You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

On Tuesday, the rhetoric heated up, with Kerry taking shots at White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and Bush; and both returned the fire in kind. A combative Kerry refused to apologize, which only encourages the blood-thirsty, sound-bite obsessed press. The media treated the gaffe as if Kerry had just urinated on the Lincoln Memorial while lighting an original copy of the Constitution on fire.

Kerry should have apologized right away, but a small part of me dug the fact that he didn't take criticism sitting down, specifically from quick-to-pounce Republicans, whose prospects do not look good this coming Tuesday.

Following Kerry's flub, Snow remarked, "Senator Kerry not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also to the families of those who've given their lives in this. This is an absolute insult."

Kerry, upon hearing Snow's remarks, was apoplectic. Responding to reporters, Kerry said, "This is the classic GOP playbook. I'm sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did. I'm not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium."

Where the hell was this Kerry in 2004 in the face of the laughable swift boat attacks? I'm sure glad this combative Kerry reported for duty in the face of this red herring, one week before a hyper-critical election.

Kerry explained that he flubbed an intended joke aimed at President Bush's handling of the Iraq War. Kerry's aides said he had mistakenly dropped one word from his prepared remarks, which was originally written to say "you end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq." In that context, they said, it was clear Kerry was referring to Bush, not to the troops.

Fair enough, at least in my eyes (and probably many others, who realize that there are about 1,000 more important things we need to be worrying about right now than a tone-deaf, bumbling senator), but not in the eyes of the GOP smear and fear machine.

Bush called Kerry's comments "insulting" and "shameful" and said Kerry owed an apology to the U.S. military.

Judas John McCain was also quick to pounce, saying Kerry owed the troops an apology. So was Dick Cheney, whose speechwriters never miss a chance for a cornball, lame-assed zinger. On the campaign trail, Cheney said, presumably with a straight face:

"Of course, now Senator Kerry says he was just making a joke, and he botched it up," Vice President Dick Cheney said in remarks prepared for a campaign appearance in Montana. "I guess we didn't get the nuance. He was for the joke before he was against it."

Kerry didn't take that bullshit laying down, either. "John McCain ought to ask for an apology from Dick Cheney for misleading America. He ought to ask for an apology from the president for lying about the nuclear program in Africa," said Kerry.

"He ought to ask for an apology for, once again, a week ago referring to al-Qaeda as being the central problem in Iraq when al-Qaeda is not the central problem. Enough is enough."

Uh oh, there's been a "real issues" sighting on the campaign trail!

"I'm not going to stand for these people trying to shift the topic and make it politics," continued Kerry. "America deserves a real discussion about real policy, and that's what this election is going to be about next Tuesday."

Okay, JFK, nice rebound.

Kerry apologizes on Wednesday. He was hard to understand.

Today, Kerry apologized to "to any service member, family member or American who was offended," saying he never intended" to disparage U.S. troops with a "poorly stated joke" aimed at Bush.

The media coverage of this has been so exhaustive and ridiculous, I won't spend much time on a recap, other than to say networks like CNN make a mockery of "reporting" the news, because all the network does is repeat the same stories like this one over and over, giving us very little news. When the network runs out of things to say, it simply has "experts" on who comment on the trivial. This is "The most trusted name in news"?

I'll resist the temptation to sandblast the stupid notion that we have a "liberal" media. Wait, did I? Allow me to throw out a few examples of the hypocritic double standard...

For instance, after all the verbal miscues that have come out of Bush's mouth, it is laughable that the GOP now is groping for this Weapon of Mass Distraction. I remember Bush's disparaging and racist comment about people in the Middle East: "They don't look like us." The GOP apologists went into overdrive claiming he didn't mean what he said - and the press gave him a pass on it, like he got for the crass skit below. Roll tape, YouTube...



The "comedy" skit above (I know, some of the video is dark, but listen to the audio and you'll get the point) is from a media dinner in March 2004, at the height of the "missing WMD" debate. I don't know about you, but that's about as unfunny as it gets, especially when troops at the time (and to this day) are dying in Iraq because of the "slam dunk" intelligence that indeed Iraq had WMDs. This is tasteless at best. Anyone remember the outrage? Yea, me neither.

Anyway, read more about that story Here.

One final thought - where is the outrage and media demand that pumpkin head Rush Limbaugh apologize for his gutless comments about Michael J. Fox last week?

Yea, I'm holding my breath.

Let's get back to the real issues that affect our lives, like when the troops are coming home and when we are getting the hell out of Iraq, and quit debating a gaffe by Kerry.