I wonder how the corporate media would react if Bush denied the Holocaust. Maybe something like:
The politically charged controversy over whether Nazi Germany engaged in the large-scale killing of European Jews during World War II, an alleged historical event referred to as the "Holocaust" by those who believe it occurred, became the subject of partisan bickering after a reporter asked President Bush for his view on the subject. Never afraid to take a stand, the president stated firmly that "If the Nazis were really killin' all them Jews, my granddaddy wouldn't have stood for it."
Democrats eagerly pounced on Bush's statement in an effort to score political points by claiming that the "Holocaust" did in fact occur and is well documented. But the president's press secretary countered that some people also believe evolution is well documented, even though the jury is still out. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who is Jewish, said that he personally believes that the "Holocaust" may have occurred, but warned Democrats not to "play politics" with the issue by criticizing the Commander in Chief in a time of war. Lieberman also pointed to Bush's support for Israel as evidence of the president's high regard for Jews, notwithstanding the "honest difference of opinion" regarding the fate of some Jews many years ago.
Also disagreeing with Bush was Sophie Wasserman, 89, who claimed to have personally witnessed the murder of her husband and children in a Nazi "concentration camp" in the German city of Dachau. However, conservative humorist Ann Coulter disputed Wasserman's account. Coulter, using her trademark tongue-in-cheek cleverness, described Wasserman as a "vicious, senile whore" whose husband and children "probably committed suicide to get away from her."
Gator90 | 12.14.06 - 10:46 am | #
Thursday, December 14, 2006
media sucks
More excellence from Glenn Greenwald as he continues to rip the mainstream media for their Bush-enabling abandonment of their journalistic responsibilities. I particularly love this quote from his link in update 2:
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Where did the Alice post go?
i decided it was too aggressively confrontational and deleted it.
ha. giving in to 'check my ip'. didn't expect it of you.
i'd like to know his (for some reason i'm assuming/hoping it's a man) opinion on evagenical christians. of whom there are not small number (unlike the "freaks" who burn planes), rather they make up a very large portion of the US population. these are people who are aggressively confrontational in their attempts to convert others, even those who already believe in their same god. i would say most of them (at least the ones i know) would strongly agree that they are defined by their faith, i kind of think that's the point actually.
are they worse than you?
i mean they honestly believe that the rest of us are going to hell, how arrogant is that? somehow they know better than all the jews, muslims, other christians, hindus, jains, voodoo-ers, etc and find it necessary to tell us all loudly about it.
or is that somehow a more defensible position? you know, b/c they're trying to "save us."
warning people that they're wasting their time/money/mind and allowing the "freaks" who do bad things to continue do those things (by not allowing an honest analysis/critique of religion) is less defensible??
anyway, i meant to chime in before, but just never got around to it. i like your first two responses.
how am i giving in to 'check my ip'?
i'm with you on the rest of it. in fact i'll make it a new post to call attention to it. maybe you'll get your answers, not that they're likely to be helpful.
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