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Hume: Make no mistake about. This is what a lot of Democrats and those who support them think. They think the war on terror is some kind of a political scam which the administration is using to undermine civil liberties and expand the power of the executive branch of the government. They do not treat it particularly seriously.

Juan Williams called him a propagandist..

Williams: This is unbelievable to me. Wait a minute, when you say it's likely to be passed, why doesn't the administration therefore let's just fix exactly this issue? (crosstalk). Let's not put the addition...let me just say one other thing...

Hume: Excuse me, Juan, that is what McConnell is proposing.

Williams: No, McConnell and the administration have a great deal more to say, Brit, and they're interested in advancing the idea that you don't have to go before the FISA court in order to get the warrant. That you can do things and get retroactive approval. But here is the larger point about being scared: who is it, you know, Republicans or Democrats that didn't properly arm this force to go out and fight this war? Who didn't put enough boots on the ground in order to get the job done early? Who is it that confused the mission? And then you say, "oh no, it's somehow Democrats who are running scared." On the contrary, Democrats this week put in place money to protect the homeland and make it tougher for terrorists to crack our defenses here at home. I don't see how you can say it's anything but scare-mongering and puppeting propaganda to say, "oh no, it's the Democrats, those bad guys."

FOX has infested their "prime time" news broadcast during the day with a major GOP hack...It wasn't the Democratic Party that used phony terror alerts or attack a country that had nothing to do with 9/11...Add to the list...

Fred Barnes wanks at the end...

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Abby's picture

No Mr. Hume, we know the threat of terrorism is REAL. We also know what you people have done is a political scam that disabled the so called war on terror and used the fear of terrorism to screw America and us Americans.

mo_dems's picture

I love watching Brit Hume's face melt.

Strawberry's picture

WE DON'T TAKE TERRORISM SERIOUSLY?! My head is about to explode. WE'RE trying to implement the 911 commission report. WE didn't ignore the memo 'Bin Laden determined to attack US' . WE didn't say Clinton was just wagging the dog when Bill bombed camps in Afghanistan. And WE (Bill Clinton) caught the weasels who bombed the Twin Towers the first time. It was your guy, Georgie Boy who said of the worst mass murder in US history, that he no longer thinks much about him. After of course, he promised us, he'd gettem' DEAD OR ALIVE.

sjk's picture

God, Fred Barnes is such a wanker. Bush has never said what he finds objectionable about FISA -- he just asserts he has the power to ignore it. The Democrats, Fred, have no power because 1) They are filibustered in the Senate at every turn; 2) The president will ignore their rules anyway; and 3) they have no intestinal fortitude -- it they did we would be at leat half way through a Gonzales impeachment hearing.

Smack_dab's picture

And who had sitting in front of them a Presdential Daily Brieifing titled, "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" in August of 2001? Apparently that warning was less important than a brain dead woman in Florida as Bush didn't bother to end his month-long vacation and act upon that information.

Zach's picture

When did Juan grow a pair?

It's nice seeing the punching bags punching back after years of this crap from Hume and Barnes and these propagandists.

yesyesyes's picture

Braindeads gotta stick together....

Limp-Dick Blimpaugh's picture

The Rethugs. particularly loved the waterboarding and the naked men.

mudshark's picture

What do you expect it's Fixed News...good for Juan...about time..this is a good thing,they keep digging the hole deeper and deeper..Nowadays it's easy to refute their bullshit talking points.I work in construction and am surrounded by lost souls who beleive Fixed News.So I just prove to them that they've been lied to.I convince one at a time.I can't convince all of them..but I'm getting 3 out of 5...all you have to do is raise some doubt.

Limp-Dick Blimpaugh's picture

The lyng Rethugs. are just sooooo desperate to smear everyone and everybody that calls them on their total spupidity and f--k ups.

mudshark's picture

I really like the looks on their faces when I call Lush Limpbaughlls a communist......priceless

Max-1's picture

Is the unilateral invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation that posed no imminent threat to the U.S. an American Principle?

Is fraudulently selling that invasion based on KNOWN false evidence, to a Joint Session of Congress (01/28/03) an American Principle?

Is indefinite detention of persons suspected and accused but not charged or tried nor found guilty an American Principle?

Is attempting to withhold Habeas Corpus Rights and Due Process from persons suspected and not charged an American Principle?

Is choosing which Treaties and Conventions to follow based on convenience an American Principle?

Is torture an American Principle?

Is warrentless wiretapping of American citizens an American Principle?

Is the rewriting of National Security Letters so as to cover what was otherwise illegally seized an American Principle?

Is the the politicization of the DoJ an American Principle?

Is signing unconstitutional bills into Law an American Principle?

Is usurping the co-equal Branches of our Government via signing statements an American Principle?

Is being involved in the outing a covert CIA agent an American Principle?

THE - NEW - AMERICAN - PRINCIPLES?

They are when good men do nothing, letting worse men institute new policies that set the groundwork for unAmerican principles to take root. Even worse is when good men accommodate the worse men and vote to enshrine these new principles into laws, theories, and other principles of being. Egregiously far worse, is when good men continue to do nothing thus codifying these new principles, in turn validating these worse men as exceptional men for their wisdom and brilliance at undermining what Real American Principles are.

The familiar arguments made concerning these perverted principles have been centered around the Republican vs. the Democrat, the strong for security vs. the weak, capturing the vote of the yea vs. the nay, etc. This is not about the Right vs. the Left, but instead doing what is right vs. wrong. What are your principles, America?

Doggiebobo's picture

Sorry, I just ate lunch, so cannot watch Brit Hummm or Freddie Boy Barnes since
just looking at them make me up-chuck...and I had a nice lunch.

Eamon's picture

*pukes*

jimmiraybob's picture

Dear damn liberals and progressives and Democrats and hippies,

How can you be serious if instead of provoking the requisite level of fear and anxiety you're looking for rational solutions to actual problems? How can we have a proper war on terror if nobody's properly terrorized? You've got to have your terror if you're going to war against it. It's just common sense.

BaScOmBe's picture

hume speaks! fumigation is required.

Sauron's picture

30 terrorists released and gone back into terrorism have been arrested, or killed again.
Yea okay, I would like to see the list of names that have bee killed again.

sjk's picture

Hume is correct about one thing, I don't take the administration's "War on Terror™" seriously -- when you release terror warnings about cheese, when you place old women and children on a no fly list because you confuse them with terrorist, when you claim that a couple of guys who can't afford to buy their own shoes represent a threat to Sears Tower, when you claim that we should all ducktape ourselves into home for protection from terroris, when you constantly hype unverified, unrealistic, and inane behavior as credible threats to our nation in order to generate paranoia and fear that you can then use to hide your own incompetence then I have no reason to take your threats of terrorism seriously.

Europe and Israel have lived with terrorism for decades and they have managed to maintain both the rule of law and a civil society. We, on the other hand, led by Mutt and Jeff crying 'the sky is falling" have been unable to devise a rational and legal strategy which addresses the unique and rare threats posed by terrorism -- whether international or domestic.

End Rant

mudshark's picture

jimmiraybob @ 15:

Dear damn liberals and progressives and Democrats and hippies,

How can you be serious if instead of provoking the requisite level of fear and anxiety you're looking for rational solutions to actual problems? How can we have a proper war on terror if nobody's properly terrorized? You've got to have your terror if you're going to war against it. It's just common sense.

the only one providing the terror is this admin......the radical islamist don't scare me.....I am very concerned with their activities...but not scared.Had Preznit Bushit done his job correctly the first time it be over by now.

Me_again's picture

Well now that is all just Murdock's lipstick on the pig -- with his trying to sell Rove politics - the politics of fearmongering had hate.

Why would any American want Murdock to touch the DOW and the Wall Steet Journal even with 10 foot stick????

If lying is all that you have???? It all the Murdock has up his sleeves. FOX has never been serious about news or the truth. Ditto for CNN or the lie that CNN is liberal - if Murdock did not have lies what else would he use?

Otay's picture

It is so easy to counter these Repubs. When the mention the Dems being in power, say the Repugs are obstructing, that they won't allow a simple "yes or no" vote. The goddamn hypocrites.

When they mention giving rights to terrorists, say "no, dumbass, they are giving the rights to a hearing to those accused of terrorism; do you know the difference between being accused of a crime and being guilty of a crime?"

Better yet, nobody appear on Faux News, period.

jimmiraybob's picture

For the record I should have used a sarcasm tag.....doh!

Chimponator's picture

Hume's a fucktard.

a guy's picture

Who are those two fucktards blowing smoke out their asses with Juan?
They seem awful angry...

ej doyle's picture

The best thing about that exchange is people out in the viewing audience may have never heard of that idea of the S C A M and that was for the very first time, so thanks Brit.

All right, September 11, 2007, we all meet in DC, without permits, without specific routes and with bull horns, drums, trumpets...anything to make noise...and we will be heard! The rest of us don't work that week 10th - 14th and leaflet, call in to talk shows, have discussions with neighbors, make lawn signs and freeway signs.

And we will put an end to this shit once and for all! Target the Eye of the Pyramid.

That's my nickle...

nocore's picture

People like Brit Hume say these kinds of things because they work. A lot of people are affected by such statements, no matter how absurd they are to you or me.

And until Democrats get serious and nominate someone like Wes Clark for president, Democrats will continue to be vulnerable to this sort of attack.

Democrats have been losing the national security debate in this country since the wake of Vietnam. And we'll keep losing it until we make dramatic strides at convincing the tens of millions of Americans who believe otherwise that we are the party best suited to keep them safe.

coleshack's picture

I did not play the clip. It is enough to imagine Hume's droning tone in my head as I read his words. Thanks for the self-inflicted torment, C&L.

Otay's picture

nocore @ 26:

People like Brit Hume say these kinds of things because they work. A lot of people are affected by such statements, no matter how absurd they are to you or me.

And until Democrats get serious and nominate someone like Wes Clark for president, Democrats will continue to be vulnerable to this sort of attack.

Democrats have been losing the national security debate in this country since the wake of Vietnam. And we'll keep losing it until we make dramatic strides at convincing the tens of millions of Americans who believe otherwise that we are the party best suited to keep them safe.

and part of that is gaining spines and going on the attack against the Repugs.

Smack_dab's picture

I am far more afraid of being in a bad accident and not having any insurance. I am far more afraid of the very shakey ground upon which this economy is currently resting. I am far more afraid of being killed by one of my fellow countrymen as my fellow countrymen kill more Americans every year than all the terrorists. I am far more afraid of the environmental destruction, global warming, and lack of an independent and renewable energy source.

In thirty years time, if nothing changes for the better, being killed by a terrorist will seem like a mercy killing.

Ron's picture

Who was using al Qaeda in Iraq 96 times in a speech this last week. I think the guys name was George Bush. Propaganda, propaganda.

youngharry's picture

Taking it serious? Of course we are taking another 9/11 serious. Bush and Cheney are busy planning one to coincide with the election in 2008 so they can claim Martial Law and cancel their butts getting kicked out of office.

You get serious Brit. Quit hating America and do some real like thinking and reporting truth. We know how hard it is, especially as the White House gives you your reports. Without them, you would actually have to earn your pay.

Marge's picture

We sure are worried about terrorist. Why do you think we are keeping an eye on Fox news, rush, and the white house.

mudshark's picture

jimmiraybob @ 22:

For the record I should have used a sarcasm tag.....doh!

gotchya.....keep up the good fight....we WILL get our country back.......................I wonder if they would like it if they were arrested and confined in some hell hole for 4 or 5 years without a trail....oh fuck it...their guilty anyway......(sarcasm tag)

OxyCon's picture

And Brit Hume calls himself a "news anchor"?
What reputable news network would ever employ such a blatantly partisan hack like him?
He's the first of his kind here in America

Guido, Lover, OBGYN's picture

Boycott FOX.
That includes you, too, Russ Feingold.

Doggiebobo's picture

Ron @ 30:

Who was using al Qaeda in Iraq 96 times in a speech this last week. I think the guys name was George Bush. Propaganda, propaganda.

and used Al Qaeda 113 times in another 29 minutes speech to a Naval Academy in S.Carolina last week also..

OxyCon's picture

Also, let's not forget that all of the right wingers, and that includes Brit Hume, thought President Clinton's "war of terror" was a "political scam" and they actively made it more difficult for President Clinton to attack the terrorists.

Doggiebobo's picture

Marge @ 32:

We sure are worried about terrorist. Why do you think we are keeping an eye on Fox news, rush, and the white house.

Marge: That's about as good a short statement of facts as I've ever seen...

Ron's picture

OxyCon @ 34:

And Brit Hume calls himself a "news anchor"?
What reputable news network would ever employ such a blatantly partisan hack like him?
He's the first of his kind here in America

No reputable news organization would. Only Faux noise.

Rich in San Bruno's picture

Who is Brit Hume....a waterboy for the Bush Administration??? Why does anyone care what he thinks???

Che's Lounge's picture

Terrorism is real. We practiced it in many countries before Iraq.
That said, the GWOT is a vehicle for war profiteers and their propagandists, like Hume.

Doggiebobo's picture

OxyCon @ 34:

He's the first of his kind here in America

Wish it were true, but how about Limpbag, Hanniety,Barnes, Gibson, Drudge, etc, etc.

Gotoguy's picture

Like Bush took terrorism seriously when he received a memo entitled "Bin laden determined to strike in U.S." one month before 9/11 but you'll never hear a blowhard pundit mention that fact. Bush was too busy clearing brush during his month long vacation. Let's do America a favor and electorally euthanize the Republican Party in 2008.

mudshark's picture

watch out folks...the boogie man is under your bed.That sad fact is that Jorge Boosh has failed to get Bin Laden...so the threat to the country is still there because of Boosh.had he done his JOB..the country wouldn't be under threat now.But that wouldn't have gotten him re-selected.

mudshark's picture

Doggiebobo @ 42:

OxyCon @ 34:

He's the first of his kind here in America

Wish it were true, but how about Limpbag, Hanniety,Barnes, Gibson, Drudge, etc, etc.

I forget who said it but there was plenty of bad propaganda about Carte.r

mudshark's picture

my pet goat.....7 minutes is a long time in the nuclear age.

Doggiebobo's picture

mudshark @ 44:

watch out folks...the boogie man is under your bed.That sad fact is that Jorge Boosh has failed to get Bin Laden...so the threat to the country is still there because of Boosh.had he done his JOB..the country wouldn't be under threat now.But that wouldn't have gotten him re-selected.

Let's see if my memory is correct...Within last several month bush-lite has said, on more
than one occassion, " I do not think about Bin Laden, he does not bother me"(or something
along those lines) Then last week, during two speeches, he mentioned Al Qeada 96
and 113 times, respectively, in two seperate speeches....so is not Al Qeada and Bin
Laden one in the same???

John Q's picture

“They do not treat it particularly seriously”

Let's remind Brit that it was W and the Repubs who didn't take Al Qaida seriously when it counted - before 9/11. The outgoing administration left them a plan of attack against Al Qaida (a plan formulated after the Cole attack of late 2000), which the Bushies ignored. (e.g. one of Bush's defense guys is reported to have said he couldn't understand why Clinton had this fixation on Osama bin Laden.)
Bush is correct when he says Dems have a pre-9/11 mindset: their pre-9/11 mindset was to protect us against terrorist attacks. Pity he didn't share that mindset until after it was too late.

miss_kitty's picture

"Brit Hume attacks Democrats on terrorism issue: “They do not treat it particularly seriously”"

That's because it's a joke.

dixie blood's picture

Gotoguy @ 43:

Like Bush took terrorism seriously when he received a memo entitled "Bin laden determined to strike in U.S." one month before 9/11 but you'll never hear a blowhard pundit mention that fact. Bush was too busy clearing brush during his month long vacation. Let's do America a favor and electorally euthanize the Republican Party in 2008.

Actually it's because of GW Botch's hatred for Clinton that he REFUSED to allow anyone in his administration to follow up or follow through on anything that Clinton advisors were HONESTLY presenting to them during the transition at the White House.

The people who died on 9/11 died because the Repubniscums were too busy HATING DEMOCRATS to give 2 sh!ts about Americans and thier lives!!! Botch and the Repubniscums ignored excellent advice because of thier hatred and racist, facist intolerance!!

PUT SIMPLY AND LOUDLY!!

9/11 HAPPENED DUE TO THE UNABATED, UNCHECKED HATRED REPUGNISCUMS HAVE FOR EVERYONE WHO IS NOT ONE OF THEM!!!

REPUGNISCUM HATRED ALLOWED 9/11 TO HAPPEN!!! NO WAY AROUND IT!!!!

Mr. Hoffman's picture

“All night Senate sessions going after Gonzales “….F*#king hilarious!!!

Frybread's picture

God I don't know how some of you people watch Fox News. I have a friend who is also a liberal who watches Fox for entertainment, while I would be throwing the TV through my livingroom window. BTW, the chickenhawk guy with glasses needs to wake up -- the reason Dems can't get anything accomplished is because his party of crooks and Bush sycophants don't have the courage to defy Glorious Leader and vote with the Dems to give them a veto-proof vote.

TC's picture

Why doesn't Juan Williams resign and call out those monkeys who offer their opinions on FUX News? The guy seems to do a decent job of calling BS on much of what these water carriers spout, but really, c'mon Juan, do one better than folks like Tenet, like Christie Todd Whitman, like Powell, who try and salvage their reputations long after they should have gone into holes. Stand up and call these motherfuckers out for what they are. You're polluting any semblance of a legacy you might wish to claim.

Rufus T. Firefly's picture

I remember not long after 9/11, Bob Woodward asked Bush in a week-long series run in the Washington Post what he could have done better. He said something to the effect that they should have listened to the outgoing Clinton people when they told them that terrorism has got to be the first thing on your agenda, every day. I've tried Googleing every conceivable combination of words and phrasing and cannot find it. I know I read it because I found it a little breathtaking considering the pride and belligerence exhibited by this administration, even back then. I'm sure Unka Dick took him to the woodshed for that little comment.

Rosanne's picture

youngharry @ 31:

Taking it serious? Of course we are taking another 9/11 serious. Bush and Cheney are busy planning one to coincide with the election in 2008 so they can claim Martial Law and cancel their butts getting kicked out of office.

You get serious Brit. Quit hating America and do some real like thinking and reporting truth. We know how hard it is, especially as the White House gives you your reports. Without them, you would actually have to earn your pay.

Harry, Harry, dear. Youre asking a braindead fuckwad like hume to think? Aint gonna happen in this lifetime, dear boy. As for the truth, that cretin wouldnt recognize the truth if it bit him in his lying ass. Points for trying though, Harry.

neil's picture

Hume and other Repug talking points love to misinform.

chlorocardium's picture

When is Hume taking a rotation into the position as White House spokesman, anyway?

TC's picture

TC @ 53:

Why doesn't Juan Williams resign and call out those monkeys who offer their opinions on FUX News?

Oh yeah....and colmes (as Al Franken labels him in his book) even though he doesn't do much legit oppositioni to Hannity, same thing. And Mara Liasson.....yeah, there's the liberal media for ya.

Doggiebobo's picture

chlorocardium @ 57:

When is Hume taking a rotation into the position as White House spokesman, anyway?

Would think that, following in the footsteps of Snowjob from Faux, Brit Hummmmm would
be a natural, however, unlike Tony Snowjob, Brit does not know how to smile and has
absolutely no sense of humor, so guess R.Murdoch will continue to be stuck him him
at Faux Noise.

dadams's picture

dems take this fucking phoney war seriously. bush is draining our national treasury, our national resources and our national pride.

this is the WORST FUCKING PRESIDENT EVERY. Nixon was a tea party to bush.

TC's picture

15: I got your sarcasm....very nice.

And yes....there's terrorism everywhere.........we invade and occupy.....

GambitRF's picture

"They want to give all the terrorists all the rights a guy arrested for drunken driving would have -- INCLUDING HABEAS CORPUS"

ZOMG, Habeas Corpus, what an outrageous concept!! Ridiculous.

crazylove's picture

Repugs start a fire, fan it, blow on it, spread it,

So they have a convenient tool to beat us down into fascism.

I'll take my chances with Genuine terrorists from the ME any day. In fact, it would be a refreshing alternative to the ones in the whitehouse.

myiq2xu's picture

The ancients believed that the sun and the stars spun around the Earth. You can't really blame them, that's what it looks like.

So give Brit and the rest of Faux News a break. To them it looks like they're standing still and it's the rest of the country that's spinning.

Doggiebobo's picture

TC @ 61:

15: I got your sarcasm....very nice.

And yes....there's terrorism everywhere.........we invade and occupy,AND BOMB,RAPE, AND PLUNDER, AND EXPLOIT, AND THREATEN, AND KILL...

NoBuddy's picture

I saw a press conference where Bush stated that Al-Qaeda was worse off than they were in 2001. That's true, because they had the run of Afghanistan back then, and don't presently have the run of any country at the present. However, the press gave Bush yet another pass, because the question should have been, is Al-Qaeda stronger or weaker since Mar 2003, when the U.S. shifted the primary front in the war on terror from Afghanistan to Iraq. We know the answer. And Brit Hume and Fox news, et al, has been championing the President's strategy since 2003, a strategy that has strengthen the terrorists.

The polls seem to indicate that the American public has figured it out.

myiq2xu's picture

GambitRF @ 62:

"They want to give all the terrorists all the rights a guy arrested for drunken driving would have -- INCLUDING HABEAS CORPUS"

ZOMG, Habeas Corpus, what an outrageous concept!! Ridiculous.

How do you know they're terrorists? Because Alberto Gonzales said so?

Funny how when the Supremes made the government at least start holding kangaroo courts they started dropping charges and releasing "the worst of the worst."

crazylove's picture

Doggiebobo @ 65:

TC @ 61:

15: I got your sarcasm....very nice.

And yes....there's terrorism everywhere.........we invade and occupy,AND BOMB,RAPE, AND PLUNDER, AND EXPLOIT, AND THREATEN, AND KILL...

and we're next (u.s. citizens) on their 'to do' list.

Damnifino's picture

Ain't No scam here! Building 7 just sort of fell down all by it self. No wait, a fire made it fall straight down, into its own footprint, yeah that's what happened! And surely the extreme right has not benefited from 9/11, at all, have they? But anyway it's nothing serious. So HugeHeadHume is right.

John's picture

Notice the wanker toward the end repeatedly saying "wireless" surveillance. It's WARRANT-LESS!

myiq2xu's picture

John @ 70:

Notice the wanker toward the end repeatedly saying "wireless" surveillance. It's WARRANT-LESS!

And usually unwarranted

Doggiebobo's picture

myiq2xu @ 67:

GambitRF @ 62:

"They want to give all the terrorists all the rights a guy arrested for drunken driving would have -- INCLUDING HABEAS CORPUS"

ZOMG, Habeas Corpus, what an outrageous concept!! Ridiculous.

How do you know they're terrorists? Because Alberto Gonzales said so?

Funny how when the Supremes made the government at least start holding kangaroo courts they started dropping charges and releasing "the worst of the worst."

Will let Gambit @ 62 speak for himself, but I believe I noted "sarcasam" in his posting.

crazylove's picture

I swear, Brit Hume has lead implants in his face.

ST's picture

By that he means that they don't ACT LIKE IT'S THE ONLY ISSUE OUT THERE.

Brit Hume could cease to exist, and I wouldn't care a lick.

Harley's picture

When you give up your Constititional rights - you don't get em back.

Hume is a Neocon shill.

TC's picture

crazylove @ 68:

and we're next (u.s. citizens) on their 'to do' list.

Don't I know it....yeah, you're right unfortunately.

myiq2xu's picture

Doggiebobo @ 72:

myiq2xu @ 67:

GambitRF @ 62:

How do you know they're terrorists? Because Alberto Gonzales said so?

Funny how when the Supremes made the government at least start holding kangaroo courts they started dropping charges and releasing "the worst of the worst."

Will let Gambit @ 62 speak for himself, but I believe I noted "sarcasam" in his posting.

Sarcasm is only one of the many services I offer.

mudshark's picture

Doggiebobo @ 47:

mudshark @ 44:

watch out folks...the boogie man is under your bed.That sad fact is that Jorge Boosh has failed to get Bin Laden...so the threat to the country is still there because of Boosh.had he done his JOB..the country wouldn't be under threat now.But that wouldn't have gotten him re-selected.

Let's see if my memory is correct...Within last several month bush-lite has said, on more
than one occassion, " I do not think about Bin Laden, he does not bother me"(or something
along those lines) Then last week, during two speeches, he mentioned Al Qeada 96
and 113 times, respectively, in two seperate speeches....so is not Al Qeada and Bin
Laden one in the same???

Yes you would be correct.Only in 2001...there was fewer of them.

Harley's picture

Hear the slip at the end?

"or be killed again". Yes, that is right. Double counting is normal.

myiq2xu's picture

crazylove @ 73:

I swear, Brit Hume has lead implants in his face.

He looks like an extra in a zombie flick

Loonie's picture

I must have missed the point in time that Republicans took it seriously.

myiq2xu's picture

Give Brit props for making one accurate observation:

"They think the war on terror is some kind of a political scam which the administration is using to undermine civil liberties and expand the power of the executive branch of the government."

That's true, at least as far how it's been defined and carried out by the Bush Leaguers.

And John? Your last sentence in this post was about three words longer than it needed to be.

OxyCon's picture

Doggiebobo Says:

OxyCon @ 34:

He’s the first of his kind here in America
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Wish it were true, but how about Limpbag, Hanniety,Barnes, Gibson, Drudge, etc, etc.

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Let me clarify. Hume, as a partisan, unethical "news anchor" is the first of his kind in America.
Those right wing bile spewers you mentioned aren't "news anchors" for a "news network". They're just vile, right wing gasbags.

dattexas's picture

so sick of that fuckin' moron!

jr's picture

Hume has his Pravda panties in a bunch. The junta put the Teddy Ruxpin tapes in his back with "weak on defense" talking points

Otay's picture

crazylove @ 73:

I swear, Brit Hume has lead implants in his face.

Lead implants? I thought he was made from the body parts of dead GOP pundits. I'm still waiting for a neck bolt to show through the tv make-up one of these days. Hume would have done a much better job than Peter Boyle in the movie of Hume's life - Boyle has too good of a sense of humor.

cycle1man's picture

Brit Hume, Bill Krystal and Morton Kondracke,
the Kings of half truths and outright lies!

chronic's picture

How can Juan Williams sit their with those traitorous right wing cocksuckers?

dixie blood's picture

Butt Hummm speaks the way he does because he really, really, really believes that speaking in a fake, deep voice and at a soft volume makes one seem more intelligent.

I call it the "Henry Kissinger Syndrone."

If Butt Hummm had a significant brain he wouldn't be working at Fux nOoze!!

[...] Hume, via Crooks & Liars: Make no mistake about. This is what a lot of Democrats and those who support them think. They think [...]

Peter Gaffney's picture

Fred Barnes asserts that 25 guys released from Gitmo have gone back into terrorism, and then he accuses Democrats of wanting to change interrogation procedures "that have worked so well." If our interrogation procedures are so great, how come we don't get at these folks' future plans before we let them go?

Doggiebobo's picture

chronic @ 88:

How can Juan Williams sit their with those traitorous right wing cocksuckers?

Because PBS would have no more of him and now he is "Faux contributor"; paid
by R. Murdoch as the supposedly left/liberal person on Brit Hummmmm's Sunday program.

President PNACcio's picture

Actually, Brit Hume is right. The War on Terror is a political scam. It's just that some Democrats realize this, some don't, and all Republicans have fallen for it.

Da Spyda's picture

Brit Hume rhymes so nicely with shit fume it's poetic.

Arroyo's picture

Peter Gaffney @ 91:

Fred Barnes asserts that 25 guys released from Gitmo have gone back into terrorism, and then he accuses Democrats of wanting to change interrogation procedures "that have worked so well." If our interrogation procedures are so great, how come we don't get at these folks' future plans before we let them go?

How would Fred Barnes know? He's a talking head, not someone with any particular expertise or knowledge about anything. He's like the rest of the public, the same bozos who believed that Iraq was part of the 9/11 conspiracy.

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Peter Gaffney @ 91:

Fred Barnes asserts that 25 guys released from Gitmo have gone back into terrorism, and then he accuses Democrats of wanting to change interrogation procedures "that have worked so well." If our interrogation procedures are so great, how come we don't get at these folks' future plans before we let them go?

Considering that their system of justice is not evidence-based, is anyone surprised they are not only keeping innocent people in Gitmo, but also releasing the bad guys? If someone had forced them to do their jobs and collect evidence, things might be different - they might have long-term convictions. Now they just have a hornet's nest of revenge, and I bet even new terrorists created by false imprisonment.

justaguy's picture

If only the Democrats did treat the war of terror like it's a scam. It is.

MCD's picture

I missed it... where was the Fair & Balanced part?????

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Faux You!'s picture

Fox and friends, CNN and Beck. These programs are garbage. They serve as tools of the administration with the goal of fooling just enough of the people some of the time. They give their viewers just enough information to keep them running around in little circles for most of their adult lives.

bubba's picture

Sure, invent a phrase that sound like it should have meaning A, then stretch it to include meanings B-Z, then complain that people who dont like your definitions arent supporting meaning A. This is pure dumfuckery meant to confuse the WWF fans. So it probably makes sense to their base.

roger's picture

Another way to view this is, Democrats are not as scared of the terrorists as the Republicans are.

Capabilty Jones's picture

The Ratpublicans screw up constantly and yet Brett says the Democrats are the ones who are not serious?

What I'm serious about is that we need to get rid of these Ratpublican vermin that are ruining the world. Give the Democrats a chance.

EZ's picture

Hume: Make no mistake about. This is what a lot of Democrats and those who support them think. They think the war on terror is some kind of a political scam which the administration is using to undermine civil liberties and expand the power of the executive branch of the government. They do not treat it particularly seriously.

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Hume, even a five-year old after observing the political scam from 2000-2007 would confidently state that this war on terror has been used to stymie the will of the people. Mind you, the framers had given all powers to the congress, but the president can repell during emergencies. Therefore, the 9/11 attack was an initiative for our president to extend his war-time privelleges. What was his goal? Boy, he went on a rampage attack.

We have been warned of another terrorists attack just so Bush and gang can impose a martial law. Bush wants a unitary form of govt like the Brits.

Repub. party can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time.

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MCD @ 98:

I missed it... where was the Fair & Balanced part?????

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Faux News always balances comments from a right winger with comments from a far-right winger.

And the vast majority of the people who appear on Faux have "fair" complexions.

EZ's picture

Hume was a democrat and divorced from it just to be a repub.

Fox cannot trust him fully because he is a true democrat at heart. He is working at FOX for his living.

Remember, Robert Hannsen betrayed the govt. by selling info to the Russians. So we do have traitors in this land.

I am not suggesting Hume is a traitor - but just a dunce political journalist. lol

TDoff's picture

Well, Brit, if you republicans would raise the alert level to fluorescent red and black bars with flashing bolts of lightning, and make everyone start flying nude, you might get our attention.

You might also consider subsidizing duct tape, spray cans of 'Terrist Off', and free monthly fumigation by DeLay's 'Muslim Pest Control' service.

Fools on the Hill's picture

Brit, it is you and your neocon nut gang that we don't take seriously. Now go Cheney yourself.

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mudshark @ 9:

What do you expect it's Fixed News...good for Juan...about time..this is a good thing,they keep digging the hole deeper and deeper..Nowadays it's easy to refute their bullshit talking points.I work in construction and am surrounded by lost souls who beleive Fixed News.So I just prove to them that they've been lied to.I convince one at a time.I can't convince all of them..but I'm getting 3 out of 5...all you have to do is raise some doubt.

Bravo! One at a time, that's the ticket. Keep plugging guy, people like you are true partriots.

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chlorocardium @ 57:

When is Hume taking a rotation into the position as White House spokesman, anyway?

Probably as soon as Cancerboy kicks the bucket. Brit's already got a tumor between his ears, and he's got Snow's lying sack of shit credentials down already.

Am I being cruel and heartless about Tony Snow? Good, I'm glad it shows. I'm reminded of Burl Ives' "Big Daddy" character in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof". His character was dying of colon cancer, and he hated MENDACITY with a passion. If I were in Snow's shoes, I'd be telling the Neocon White House to f*ck off and make my peace with my Maker by spilling my guts to a special prosecutor. But apparently, the White House medical plan would go bye-bye and he'd have to live or die with his disease, so Snow plays his suck-up role.

nochickenhawk's picture

ExHume shows his brilliance again. He never made it with the networks and never will. He makes about 10 percent of what he really thinks he is worth working for "Don't Pay Them More Than You Have To" Murdoch. ExHume has been passed over for big time jobs (and big paydays) more than a dead skunk on I5 between Ogallala and North Platte, Nebraska (ExHume should appreciate this because it is right in the heart of "FOX Country").

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nochickenhawk @ 110:

ExHume shows his brilliance again. He never made it with the networks and never will. He makes about 10 percent of what he really thinks he is worth working for "Don't Pay Them More Than You Have To" Murdoch. ExHume has been passed over for big time jobs (and big paydays) more than a dead skunk on I5 between Ogallala and North Platte, Nebraska (ExHume should appreciate this because it is right in the heart of "FOX Country").

Sorry about that ExHume. We really don't want you out here on I5 we want you on I80 in god awful Nebraska where you belong!!!!!

cycle1man's picture

Good ol' Brit looks 'Bain Dead' to me!

disgusted's picture

Chicken Hawks unite, rally around the Yellow bowl, we are being attack for being Chickens, gutless spineless cowards the fear smear doesn/t work help calliing all Chicken hawks the Bainless empty headed zipper slobbering Hume needs us.

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dadams @ 60:

dems take this fucking phoney war seriously. bush is draining our national treasury, our national resources and our national pride.

this is the WORST FUCKING PRESIDENT EVERY. Nixon was a tea party to bush.

And the people like Brit Hume who stump for him are aiding abeting his criminal actions.

evolved's picture

Fred Barnes...."killed again" How do you do that?

darla's picture

humes = asshole

barnes = asshole

williams = timid, intelligent liberal

FreeDUMB's picture

For Republicans, apparently, you're not being "serious" unless you're using "violence". What they refuse to get is that there are other more effective means of countering terrorism. They refuse to consider anything more intelligent and instead misrepresent the opinions of their opponents. Liberals take terrorism seriously, that is why we are so against this country using it.

Abdul's picture

The majority of the Democratic senators voted for the IWR, including Clinton, Edwards, Kerry, Bayh, Harkin, Reid, Daschle, Dodd, Feinstein and Biden.

Lets not give the Dems a pass on the worst foreign policy move in US history!

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Why don't Hume just give up his civil rights. We'll make it voluntary to give them up to Bush and Republicans. So they won't have to go to FISA for them but will have to for someone like me who doesn't want to give them up.

It is a Republican fantasy world for them to come out and say don't trust Government and government is bad, and in the same breath want us to give our civil rights up to the government. Hume knows damn well if a Dem was President he would not take his position that he does on this.

Somehow he thinks that Republicans don't break laws and are pure at heart. Hume to you I say Mark Foley, Vitter, Delay, Duke Cunningham, Scooter Libby. Criminals the lot. All republicans. But that's right, because their republicans, its OK with Hume if Repubs break the law. Matter of fact for Hume, Republicans are above the law or chosen by God and cannot do bad things.

Why does Hume think Government should be trusted anymore than it has to with our civil rights?

Mike's picture

Damn! Hume looks like the "Phantom of The Opera. How can
this ugly creature be taken seriously when looking at him
directly would turn a person to stone. :-)

Arroyo's picture

Abdul @ 119:

The majority of the Democratic senators voted for the IWR, including Clinton, Edwards, Kerry, Bayh, Harkin, Reid, Daschle, Dodd, Feinstein and Biden.

Lets not give the Dems a pass on the worst foreign policy move in US history!

Let's not give the Administration a free pass on this either.
Of course when you cherry-pick the intelligence and lie to the public concerning the nature of the threat that Iraq actually presented to us - at the Administration did - it is kind of easy to convince people to go along with your plan.

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Of course the terrorism is a scam. The GOP are trying to make us forget they were in charge when they allowed 9-11 to happen; they don't know how to wrap up the Iraq war since they're are no WMD's; and they're has been too many terrorist alerts based on poltical winds.

Politics gives me the winds.

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Jamey's picture

We Dems DO take the "War on Terrorism" seriously. We DON'T, however, take seriously Bush's prosecution of it, nor do we give much credence to how the GOP uses the WOT as a political football.

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?What about the Dems wanting to secure ports and crates? Do the GOP's against the idea not take terrorism seriously?

Cantor de Mambo's picture

Is there some sort of worm that's eaten his brain out and left a neocon inside?

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Arroyo @ 122:

Let's not give the Administration a free pass on this either.
Of course when you cherry-pick the intelligence and lie to the public concerning the nature of the threat that Iraq actually presented to us - at the Administration did - it is kind of easy to convince people to go along with your plan.

And yet the likes of Feingold, Kennedy, Durbin, Chafee, Bingaman, Byrd, Boxer, etc weren't duped. I wonder how they were so prescient in their vote?

Clinton bombed the hell out of Iraq during his years, just go back and read the NY Times opeds online. This isn't Bush's war alone, its America's!

jimbo92107's picture

When Brit Hume speaks, it's significant of something...That Brit Hume is a reichwing asshole.

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