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"xS£***Gnostic Archon" |
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06 Apr 2006 12:33:20 PM |
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DeLay A Saint, McKinney The Criminal |
FOX News Makes Tom DeLay A Saint And Cynthia McKinney The Criminal
FOX News' high-tech lynching of Cynthia McKinney continued unabated last
night (4/5/06), at least between 9-10 PM ET, during Hannity & Colmes. But
Tom DeLay was granted sainthood for having resigned his Congressional seat
in the midst of legal troubles and an uncertain re-election. DeLay promptly
proved what kind of a stand-up guy he really is by calling McKinney a racist
anti-Semite.
The FOX News Break got to McKinney first. Steve Centanni played a clip of
her on FOX & Friends not answering a question about whether or not she hit
the officer. Centanni continued solemnly, "The chief of the US Capitol
police said there's no doubt McKinney hit the officer and he wants her
arrested."
Tom DeLay, on the other hand, did nothing wrong and those things he didn't
do wrong were not worth discussing. Unlike Cynthia McKinney (whose every
move, every statement in her confrontation with a police officer has been
analyzed and questioned), all we really needed to know about DeLay
(according to FOX News) is that he is a victim.
Sean Hannity spun it by saying, "The president's numbers have been down a
little bit over Iraq and some other issues and he's been demonized like you've
been demonized." Comment: Down a little? I wonder what Hannity considers
down a lot.
Delay said he has "no worries whatsoever" about his prosecution because it's
all the fault of the unscrupulous Democrats. "They are going to the courts,
they're using their trial lawyer friends to drag people through the mud...
They are trying to criminalize politics. They had this strategy that they
announced years ago that they were going to engage in this politics of
personal destruction and character assassination and it's real."
DeLay continued by saying that the Abramoff affair "doesn't connect with me
in any way... Yes, I had some former staffers do bad things and violate the
trust that I gave them as staffers but you know, I have hundreds of people
that have worked for me over 21 years and most of them are wonderful people
with great integrity trying to do the right thing."
Poor guy. On top of being the victim of a Democratic witch hunt, he also had
the incredibly bad luck of hiring two staffers who have pleaded guilty to
felonies and a third under investigation. No wonder he avoided any questions
from Alan Colmes. Who knows what kind of dirty tricks Colmes might have
tried to pull!
That was all Hannity needed to know about DeLay's ethics. Hannity chose not
to discuss any of the many, many other ethical questions that have dogged
Delay, such as: his role in killing an investigation into labor abuses in
Marianas Islands, bribing a congressman to vote for the Medicare bill or
enjoying a luxurious European vacation paid for by an Indian tribe and a
gambling services company, both of which opposed gambling legislation DeLay
soon voted against. That payment was funneled through then-lobbyist and
now-felon Jack Abramoff. (H/T Think Progress. You can read plenty more about
DeLay's illustrious career on their website.)
Instead of dwelling on any of those unpleasantries, Hannity focused on FOX
News' "real" villain, Cynthia McKinney. Now Hannity was ready to probe!
"Have you seen her in other instances - Do you believe she's a racist?"
Just moments after DeLay had complained about "politics of personal
destruction and character destruction" by the Democrats, he attacked
McKinney. "She has a long history for blaming everything on the color of her
skin. She plays the victim card, the race card. She and her father and
others are even anti-Semitic. She has that reputation."
Kudos to Alan Colmes for calling DeLay's remarks "outrageous" during the
next segment with Cynthia McKinney's attorney, James Myart. "He's using this
to accuse her of anti-Semitism... She's been critical of some of our monies
going to Israel to defend certain territories. That's policy issue. I don't
think you're an anti-Semite because you say those things or because your
father may say something that may be deemed anti-Semitic." Noting that many
Congressional representatives don't wear their pins when they enter the
Capitol, Colmes said. "I'd like to know how many white males were stopped or
have been asked to, you know, hold it for a second on their way in. I'd just
be curious to know that."
Sean Hannity's bullying tone with Myart was a polar opposite of the
deference shown to DeLay. "Hey, Counselor, I got a very simple question. I'd
like a simple answer to the simple question." With his finger jabbing the
air and his voice full of hatred never displayed over DeLay, Abramoff, Rudy,
Ney or Cunningham, Hannity demanded, "Did Cynthia McKinney punch a police
officer? Yes or no!"
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/11/05/the_politicization_of_crime.php
Fox liars can do that because the people that watch fox are so stupid they
will never notice tthat Fox is nothing more than an outlet for the
ultra-rich, oppressive Republican, tax-dodging warhawks and war profiteers.
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| User: "Dan Kimmel" |
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| Title: Re: DeLay A Saint, McKinney The Criminal |
06 Apr 2006 08:28:07 PM |
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"xS£***Gnostic Archon" <hupmazzz@no.mo.bush.net> wrote in message
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FOX News Makes Tom DeLay A Saint And Cynthia McKinney The Criminal
FOX News' high-tech lynching of Cynthia McKinney continued unabated last
night (4/5/06), at least between 9-10 PM ET, during Hannity & Colmes. But
Tom DeLay was granted sainthood for having resigned his Congressional seat
in the midst of legal troubles and an uncertain re-election. DeLay
promptly
proved what kind of a stand-up guy he really is by calling McKinney a
racist
anti-Semite.
Forget FOX. It's a news channel for idiots.
Meanwhile McKinney has now apologized (given that there's a grand jury
investigating her now) and this CNN story includes a clip of her repeatedly
dodging the opportunity to simply relate what happened:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/06/mckinney/index.html
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| User: "Ron Olin" |
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| Title: Re: DeLay A Saint, McKinney The Criminal |
07 Apr 2006 09:23:06 AM |
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Delay said he has "no worries whatsoever" about his prosecution because
it's all the fault of the unscrupulous Democrats. "They are going to the
courts, they're using their trial lawyer friends to drag people through
the mud... They are trying to criminalize politics. They had this strategy
that they announced years ago that they were going to engage in this
politics of personal destruction and character assassination and it's
real."
Didn't BUSH use evil "trial lawyers" in 2000?
Isn't Delay using evil "trial lawyers" to defend him in court?
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