tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post113985399995379378..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: The Washington Press Corps should go hunting with Cheneyambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139893558369215422006-02-13T22:05:00.000-07:002006-02-13T22:05:00.000-07:00Buddy:Your description of Milbank is right on.That...Buddy:<BR/><BR/>Your description of Milbank is right on.<BR/><BR/>That was one supercilious performance.vnjagvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904498408683884983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139888691780227992006-02-13T20:44:00.000-07:002006-02-13T20:44:00.000-07:00Oh, you've got to go back to Malkin and look at Th...Oh, you've got to go back to Malkin and look at The WaPo's Ace Reporter <A HREF="http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004550.htm" REL="nofollow">on the video</A>. It's very short, a fast download. The snark about small-town commoners is unbelievable. What a nasty little jerkoff. <BR/><BR/>Instapundit is sending people to watch the video, so I imagine the omsbudsman will get the message--for whatever good it does.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139888638691789492006-02-13T20:43:00.000-07:002006-02-13T20:43:00.000-07:00Watching the replay of the WH Presser today I was ...Watching the replay of the WH Presser today I was struck by the lack of perspective of the WH Press Corps. Gregory was particularly rabid and one of the gals asked (seemingly in all seriousness) whether McLellan thought Cheney might resign over this.vnjagvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904498408683884983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139887327333349552006-02-13T20:22:00.000-07:002006-02-13T20:22:00.000-07:00syl:Did you see the pic of Dana Milbank on msnbc? ...syl:<BR/><BR/>Did you see the pic of Dana Milbank on msnbc? He was wearing a hunting vest and a hat and he seems to think it clever.<BR/><BR/>I saw it at Michelle Malkins. I did as she suggested and wrote the ombudsman@washpost.com.<BR/><BR/>These people are so consumed with this crap they do not know how stupid they look. Yeah, this kind of thing is the sort of thing people snigger about, but they have gone straight to fullblown wildeyed paranoia.<BR/><BR/>Christ, just look at the stuff Clinton got away with.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139886961059889212006-02-13T20:16:00.000-07:002006-02-13T20:16:00.000-07:00Making so much stupidity out of this incident is, ...Making so much stupidity out of this incident is, well, stupid. But making fun of it is okay. I think we should all just laugh our asses off.<BR/><BR/>Let the other side kill themselves with their outrage. I'm pissed at the press' demands, but other than that I'm laughing.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139885938437703572006-02-13T19:58:00.000-07:002006-02-13T19:58:00.000-07:00seneca:I guess he doesn't know much about Patton d...seneca:<BR/><BR/>I guess he doesn't know much about Patton does he?<BR/><BR/>People have their prejudices and while they might hide racial prejudice, they flaunt class prejudice.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139884353385322162006-02-13T19:32:00.000-07:002006-02-13T19:32:00.000-07:00He wrote back and said "Well, one of us has read P...He wrote back and said "Well, one of us has read Proust."<BR/><BR/>This just fascinates me. <BR/><BR/>Apparently, on the basis of my knowing the difference between a rifle and a shotgun, he's concluded I couldn't have read Proust.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139883392206318962006-02-13T19:16:00.000-07:002006-02-13T19:16:00.000-07:00peter:Sometimes they remind me of vultures on road...peter:<BR/><BR/>Sometimes they remind me of vultures on road kill.<BR/><BR/>But then again being the little city slickers that they are they probably do not know about road kill.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139883314550969762006-02-13T19:15:00.000-07:002006-02-13T19:15:00.000-07:00seneca:They are just a bunch of pansy ass morons w...seneca:<BR/><BR/>They are just a bunch of pansy ass morons who don't know what the hell they are talking about.<BR/><BR/>Some idiot on one site was wondering where the NRA is?<BR/><BR/>The NRA??? This is birdshot not a tactical nuclear weapon for Chrisake.<BR/><BR/>And then of course there was the absolutely scandalous fact that Cheney seemed to think he did not need to drop everything and [gasp] give a press conference.<BR/><BR/>I read over at SoccerDad that Adlai Stephenson {sp?} shot and killed a woman in a hunting accident. That was the guy who told the Russians he could wait until Hell froze over wasn't it?<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the media would ruin his life today? He was a Democrat so he might be safe.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139882597575297532006-02-13T19:03:00.000-07:002006-02-13T19:03:00.000-07:00I was just corresponding with oen of the folks I k...I was just corresponding with oen of the folks I know slightly at NRO, making the point that this is being made into a big fuss by a bunch of people who clearly don't know the tiniest thing about what actually happened. I pointed out the person I'd heard on TV say that Cheney shot the guy with "28 gauge buckshot."<BR/><BR/>(For clarity, I'll note that it was a 28 gauge shotgun and a birdshot load.)<BR/><BR/>This guy immediately came back and said "The point is that it was a <I>rifle</I>!"<BR/><BR/>Now, my mother is 71 years old, somewhat demented as a result of 50+ years of smoking and progressive COPD, and when I told her this remark, she instantly responded "but it was a shotgun."<BR/><BR/>It's clear that the legacy media are all thinking that someone should be out there making a chalk outline on the pavement, while in a day or two this guy's going to be on TV saying "Hell, I've cut myself worse shavin'."<BR/><BR/>Or, more likely, he'll say that in an interview in the San Anonio papers and it'll never be picked up anywhere else.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139877560663500482006-02-13T17:39:00.000-07:002006-02-13T17:39:00.000-07:00So let's flip it. If the administration had gone t...So let's flip it. If the administration had gone to the press right away, what would the result have been. MSM would still be claiming Cheney should resign and that there was a cover-up. Nothing new there...Specterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14253933751289239821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139876987427221442006-02-13T17:29:00.000-07:002006-02-13T17:29:00.000-07:00I watched Brit Hume tonight and Robert Novak was o...I watched Brit Hume tonight and Robert Novak was on the panel. Ick.<BR/><BR/>They seemed to think the administration was slow to respond and should have immediately gone running to give a press conference. All except for Brit.<BR/><BR/>I think the press is pissed because they think they were snubbed---again--- by the Bushies. <BR/><BR/>Big babies.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139864268074782282006-02-13T13:57:00.000-07:002006-02-13T13:57:00.000-07:00Syl I frilly regreeSyl I frilly regreebuddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139860220632515122006-02-13T12:50:00.000-07:002006-02-13T12:50:00.000-07:00political hay of.Preview Is For Wimps.political <B>hay</B> of.<BR/><BR/>Preview Is For Wimps.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139860162094895062006-02-13T12:49:00.000-07:002006-02-13T12:49:00.000-07:00LOLYou have to admit some of the 'jokes' are funny...LOL<BR/><BR/>You have to admit some of the 'jokes' are funny, though.<BR/><BR/>And I'm sure Cheney is embarrassed by the whole thing.<BR/><BR/>The jokes are fine.<BR/><BR/>Trying to make more of the incident re 'covering up' and 'putting Cheney in the best light' are not. Democrats would have acted in the same way.<BR/><BR/>What we have in this country is not the 'right to know what is necessary to keep us informed re making judgements re the course of our government' but, rather, the 'right to be informed of anything we can make political of'.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139859119385837632006-02-13T12:31:00.000-07:002006-02-13T12:31:00.000-07:00oH, FUDGE--<A HREF="http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=QUAILGATE-02-13-06&cat=AN" REL="nofollow">oH, FUDGE--</A>buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1139854516434129452006-02-13T11:15:00.000-07:002006-02-13T11:15:00.000-07:00Syl:What difference would it have made if we had n...Syl:<BR/><BR/>What difference would it have made if we had never known for that matter?<BR/><BR/>The whole thing is stupid. I see.... so if Cheney himself had told the press immediately.... it would have mattered?<BR/> <BR/>It is no wonder that 75% of the American people have a negative view of the press.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.com