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"Harry Hope" |
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27 Oct 2005 08:42:12 PM |
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Sham Hammity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat |
http://www.thinkprogress.org/
Hannity’s Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat
Earlier this week, Republican pollster Frank Luntz said, "If
[Fitzgerald] indicts, they [the White House] will have no choice but
to attempt to demonize him. I think that is going to be really, really
tough." http://www.thinkprogress.org/
Fox News’s Sean Hannity took up Luntz’s challenge last night.
He said, "[W]ho is Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor?
....[H]e’s made some surprising statements. We’re going to tell you
what we’ve uncovered tonight."
First, Hannity went on to discuss only one Fitzgerald statement, which
was about Martha Stewart prosecutor James Comey.
Here’s the quote:
"I think what drives [Comey] is a commitment to justice and wanting to
do the right thing in a right way. The people who get involved in the
system, witnesses, jurors, judges, defense lawyers and even
defendants, come away with a respect for what he does and how he does
it." [Today Show, 6/30/03]
Hardly damning, but let’s look at what else Hannity "uncovered."
He said last night, "The Chicago Tribune quoted one of [Fitzgerald’s]
former colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office in New York as saying
‘[P]robably Fitzgerald’s greatest talent was finding creative ways to
interpret the law.’"
But that’s not a direct quote, it’s the reporter’s characterization.
Here’s what Fitzgerald’s colleague actually said:
"When you’d looked at a case from every angle and you were sure you
didn’t have what was needed to take it forward, you could show it to
Pat and he’d say, ‘Have you thought about charging this?’" [Chicago
Tribune, 2/27/05]
It appears this "brilliant and apolitical"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-10-fitzgerald_x.htm
prosecutor will survive the right-wing attack machine and see his
"very dignified investigaton"
http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/content/about_usafc/newsroom/announcements_dynamic.asp?ID=1097
through to the end.
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They call him Sham "*****" Hammity.
Harry
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| User: "Taylor" |
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| Title: Re: Sham Hammity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat |
28 Oct 2005 09:25:02 AM |
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Let's see...did the liberals ever attack Ken Starr? Hmmmmm......
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| User: "Jim E" |
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| Title: Re: Sham Hammity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat |
28 Oct 2005 09:42:45 AM |
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"Taylor" <123@456.com> wrote in message
news:2xq8f.31482$5e4.27503@tornado.texas.rr.com...
Let's see...did the liberals ever attack Ken Starr? Hmmmmm......
You are about to run into that Democrat Memory Dysfunction Syndrome.
A selective disease of the loons.
Jim E
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| User: "Bill Rood" |
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| Title: Re: Sham Hammity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat |
30 Oct 2005 01:50:00 AM |
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Taylor wrote:
Let's see...did the liberals ever attack Ken Starr? Hmmmmm......
Let's see...did the "conservatives" ever talk about the rule of law or
how it wasn't the sex, it was the perjury? Hmmmmm......
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| User: "Jim E" |
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| Title: Re: Sham Hammity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat |
30 Oct 2005 10:53:17 PM |
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"Bill Rood" <wjrood@magnaspeed.net> wrote in message
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Taylor wrote:
Let's see...did the liberals ever attack Ken Starr? Hmmmmm......
Let's see...did the "conservatives" ever talk about the rule of law or how
it wasn't the sex, it was the perjury? Hmmmmm......
Valid point
Ain't politics grand ?
Jim E
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| User: "Bill Rood" |
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| Title: Re: Sham Hammity's Attack On Fitzgerald Falls Flat |
31 Oct 2005 12:36:42 AM |
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Jim E wrote:
"Bill Rood" <wjrood@magnaspeed.net> wrote in message
news:w2_8f.32571$E17.24975@fe03.lga...
Taylor wrote:
Let's see...did the liberals ever attack Ken Starr? Hmmmmm......
Let's see...did the "conservatives" ever talk about the rule of law or how
it wasn't the sex, it was the perjury? Hmmmmm......
Valid point
Ain't politics grand ?
From your earlier post about "Democrat Memory Dysfunction Syndrome", I
gather you're not ordinarily sympathetic to Democrats or "liberals", so
I salute your open mind and even-handedness.
For my part, I do not defend Clinton. I never voted for him, and
consider him and his wife to be the pond scum that always seems to float
to the top. It was his Iraq policies (carrried over from Bush I) that
laid the groundwork for Bush II's war. His administration lied us into
bombing Serbia just as surely as Bush lied us into invading Iraq. He
destroyed an aspirin factory and never apologized for it! He tilted
consistently in favor of Israel. He was never an "honest broker".
I give equal respect to Ron Paul and Cynthia McKinney. They both have
principles and integrity and stick to it. And they agree on one
important point -- US imperialism and militarism has got to stop. NOW!
They should join together to form a new Peace Party. Once they've
carried the day and cleared out the interventionists, they can duke it
out over other 2nd order issues.
Jim E
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Taylor wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Let's see...did the liberals ever attack Ken Starr? Hmmmmm......
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it wasn't the sex, it was the perjury? Hmmmmm......
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Valid point
Ain't politics grand ?</pre>
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<br>
From your earlier post about "Democrat Memory Dysfunction Syndrome", I
gather you're not ordinarily sympathetic to Democrats or "liberals", so
I salute your open mind and even-handedness.<br>
<br>
For my part, I do not defend Clinton. I never voted for him, and
consider him and his wife to be the pond scum that always seems to
float to the top. It was his Iraq policies (carrried over from Bush I)
that laid the groundwork for Bush II's war. His administration lied us
into bombing Serbia just as surely as Bush lied us into invading Iraq.
He destroyed an aspirin factory and never apologized for it! He tilted
consistently in favor of Israel. He was never an "honest broker".<br>
<br>
I give equal respect to Ron Paul and Cynthia McKinney. They both have
principles and integrity and stick to it. And they agree on one
important point -- US imperialism and militarism has got to stop.
NOW! They should join together to form a new Peace Party. Once
they've carried the day and cleared out the interventionists, they can
duke it out over other 2nd order issues. <br>
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Jim E
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