June 09, 2005

Whose Fault Is It?

Well, Dick Durbin knows who is at fault for the controversy over Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Deans recent extremist comments attacking and insulting Republicans. The news media!

The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate yesterday blamed "the right wing" and elements of the press "in service to it" for repeating Howard Dean's remarks about Republicans and inflating them out of proportion.

"I think we all understand what's happening with you all," said Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, in remarks echoing Hillary Rodham Clinton's blaming a "vast right-wing conspiracy" for her husband's legal-ethical woes.

"The right wing has got the agenda moving. Fox [News Channel] and everybody's got the agenda. It's all about Howard Dean. You've bought into it," Mr. Durbin said.

"You can't let up on it. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves."
Now let me get this straight. Dean makes a wild and outrageous statement that blows up in his face, and it is the fault of Fox News and other members of the press for reporting it? Aren't you trying to kill the messenger, Dick?

So, having having announced that it is reh fault of the news media that they report the news, the Democrats attempted to change the subject.

"As all of you know, there isn't a single person, whether it's any of us in this room or Governor Dean or [Republican National Committee chairman Ken] Mehlman, that haven't misspoken," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said at a photo opportunity with Mr. Dean in his Senate office before that meeting.

"We're here today to talk about the American people," he said. "We're talking about common-sense reforms for the issues that they care about."

Mr. Dean echoed both Mr. Reid's and Mr. Durbin's complaints, telling reporters before the meeting: "We're not going to let the Republicans set the agenda, and to be quite honest, we aren't going to let you set the agenda."

He called the fallout over his comments "a media circus" and "exactly what the Republicans want."

"The truth is that we need to focus on exactly the issues that Harry Reid just talked about, and we're going to," he said.

However, none of the comments made actually produced a substantive comment detailing a Democrat agenda for America.

In other words, "Hey! News Media! Over here! Look at our agenda! Oh, we don't have one except for obstructing Bush, so we'll just tear down the Republicans. You know that Republicans eat live puppies for breakfast. What do you mean can you quote me on that?"

Posted by: Greg at 11:13 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 While I'm not "blaming the media" there is a degree in truth in that the media will report only on what it wants to. For example, can you list the other topics that Dean spoke on or only the few words (most were not even the full sentences) the medai chose to broadcast??

Posted by: dolphin at Fri Jun 10 03:45:58 2005 (fgsGh)

2 Only when the comments in questiona are racist and vindinctive do the MSM report them.

I can't remember, whether it's my selective thinking or not (i.e. at fault), anything positive that Dean spoke about America and its people. Maybe that's why.


Posted by: mcconnell at Fri Jun 10 06:13:40 2005 (LmcbS)

3 And now, get this, the MSM is simply horrified that one of Foxnews anchor/reporter had to ask a clarifying question to Dean whether he hates white Christians (e.g. "I hate Republicans").

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/002708.htm

I actually laughed over this one today. Imagine. A cadre of MSM reporters shocked by Wilson's action to get his question heard....loudly, I might add. Reminds me of Dan Rather in his younger days.


Posted by: mcconnell at Fri Jun 10 06:19:08 2005 (LmcbS)

4 A memory is coming in - it's...it's...DAN QUAYLE!

They're griping about what the media say about Howard Dean? So was Dan Quayle equally unfair?

Bartleby

Posted by: Subjugator at Sat Jun 11 01:45:02 2005 (r/FBF)

5 Of course the treatment of Dan Quayle was not unfair. I mean -- he was a Republican, and therefore evil and deserving of all the mistreatment, misrepresentation and mischaracterization he got.

And the fact that much of what he said was also correct made such treatment mandatory -- after all, the Left cannot allow a conservative Republican to ever be depicted as the voice of reason and truth. That role is reserved for the conscience of the Senate, the distinguished KKK recruiter from West Virginia.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Sat Jun 11 02:03:27 2005 (979VY)

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