My I didnt relize this is a recent development within the last 5 yrs. Smear, slander, and other associated mud slinging has been going on sence the begining of our country.
First of all, I'm well aware that mud slinging has occured throughout our country's history. At no point did I state that it had only begun within the last five years. I was simply pointing out that major media outlets (such as the network news, NY Times, Washington Post, Time, etc.) have pounced on anything they can to try to sensationalize it into a much bigger issue than it may be to try to nail President Bush or others labeled as "conservative" or Republican. Hell, the media even tried to dig into the adoption records of Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts. Tell me what the heck that had to do with his qualifcations for the Supreme Court??? Again I ask, did they make a huge issue out of the '95 heat wave and how it was the Federal gov't fault? How much have you heard about the "Able Danger" report? Not a whole lot. How about the fact that Jamie Gorelick (former assistant AG under Clinton) was a member of the 9-11 commission, yet she was responsible for the policy that blocked communication between the various Federal intelligence/law agencies, and this very policy was something pointed out in the 9/11 report. She should have never been on that commission to begin with, and nowhere in the mainstream media did anyone make a bigh deal of this. And celebrity elites jump right on the bandwagon with them to get some free face time in front of the cameras.
It is funny to me how Consertive people of the Republican party love to use the term "Liberals/Socialist Democrats " as a catch all slander. I chose to treat people like this like the children they emulate so well and ignore these idioic comments. Have a wonderfull day
I never said anything about being conservative or a member of the Republican party, yet that catch-all label was applied to me. I guess that wasn't childish, because my comments were idiotic!
As for my use of the term "Liberals/Socialist Democrats", if the shoe fits... The web address
www.democrat.com takes you right to a forum titled
"Democratic & Liberal left political chat & politics". The web address
www.democrat.org links you right to MoveOn.Org, a huge liberal left-wing organization. The Democratic Party (on a national scale) of today in no way resembles the pre-Great Society Democratic Party of JFK, Truman, Henry (Scoop) Jackson, or Zell Miller. Where once the DNC was a champion of state's rights, today it espouses bigger Federal gov't, a cradle-to-grave mentality through gov't hand-outs and entiltlement programs, and tax and spend fiscal policy. All of these are Socialist concepts right out of Karl Mark's writings, so you can't tell me that the Democratic Party hasn't moved much more towards the left.
And as far as prominent Liberal/Democrat figures bad-mouthing the President or other non-Liberals/Democrats, I already mentioned Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Prominent Democrat Party leaders such as Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, Chuck Schumer, Charlie Rangel seem to relish in complaining about what the current administration has done wrong, and doing so in a vile, vicious manner instead of offering ways to work together towards a solution. How about IL Senator "Dick" Durbin's (D) comments on Senate floor comparing Abu Gharib to Nazi death camps, and those of us in the military to Nazis? Did the media lambast him for that? Nope. You heard a little about it, but nowhere near the backlash there would've been if he didn't have a "(D)" after his name. On 4 September, LA Senator Mary Landrieu (D) said on ABC's "This Week"
"If one person criticizes them or says one more thing, including the president of the United States, he will hear from me," she said on the ABC's "This Week." "One more word about it after<