Comments on: The Politico Is A Republican Mouthpiece

By: Bengt Larsson

Bengt Larsson — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:57:04 +0000

The ultimate owner of The Politico was a close personal friend of Augusto Pinochet.

Given this fact, The Politico will never write critically of torture.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:04:04 +0000

Wait a second, I thought Harry Reid was irrelevant?

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:01:29 +0000

Wait, it’s not relevant that it’s not relevant? And calling the MNFI commander and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “incompetent”, with some justification on both sides, is exactly the same as tacitly defending and supporting segregation?

Of course you’re right that it’d be nice for Oliver to acknowledge the obvious at this point, but whatever.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:50:03 +0000

Whether it ‘matters’ or not is irrelevant. Oliver twice linked to pieces accusing The Politico of just making it up and he concurs with that viewpoint.

He was wrong.

If he had some balls, he’d at the very least, issue a correction.

By: Enlightened Liberal

Enlightened Liberal — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:18:10 +0000

Petreus is incompetent (so its not slander) and he’s not “troops”, he’s a commander. Other than that farris is right.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:33:13 +0000

italics begone

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:32:12 +0000

this thing which doesn’t matter.

That excuse didn’t fly when Trent Lott tried to describe his boilerplate platitudes given at an old friend’s birthday party and it shouldn’t fly now. But it will. Because Democratics see nothing wrong with slandering troops.

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:10:39 +0000

Bless ‘em, it’s not often they get to say things like that.

Yeah, so it turns out the Politico was factually right about this thing which doesn’t matter.* That doesn’t mean they weren’t pumping up the talking points. I mean, the sneer is right there in the initial screenshot from the first time Oliver linked to TPM.

*unless there’s some new law I haven’t heard about which says the Joint Chiefs of Staff are exempt from any and all criticism from anyone (except Jesus El Savior Bush presumably)

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:41:34 +0000

Reality is an inconvenient truth. Eh, gracious host?

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:24:00 +0000

Oliver, this is twice now you linked to blog entries supposedly ‘debunking’ that Reid said this. Well, he did say it. He admits he said it, but there’s no retraction from you as of yet.

Why not?

By: Acanthus

Acanthus — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:40:12 +0000

I ask again…what if he were to say it? How upset would the public be? Would it be an accurate thing to say?

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:55:00 +0000

Ha Ha Ha!!! How’s that crow taste?

By: Acanthus

Acanthus — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:09:24 +0000

So, apparently, he didn’t say it? But what if he were to say it? How upset would the public be? Would it be an accurate thing to say?