Get O.J. Simpson off my teevee: Republicans angry over Bush's speech on Iraq! UPDATED
By John Amato Thursday Sep 13, 2007 4:01pm
(AP photo) OK, so he got questioned. I hope he goes to jail a very long time, but how does CNN justify making him the lead in story on "The Situation Room?" Isn't there a major debate going on about the war? Why wasn't this comment by Gloria Borger from last night not the top of the top? Maybe on a political show---telling your audience that Republicans are fuming at Bush for destroying the last shield (or so they perceived) they had on the Iraq war is a tad more important than this psycho. I'm just saying...
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GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, I think Republicans, many of whom are now critics of this war, were very willing to stand with General Petraeus. There was a sense that the general did quite well in his testimony on Capitol Hill.
If you look at public opinion polls, the public trusts the generals to figure out what to do next in the war more than they do the president or even the Congress.
And so, Republicans were saying, it was fine with us to stand with Petraeus. By the president going on television tonight, he is reminding the American public that this is, of course, the policy of George W. Bush that they are supporting.
And -- and this comes from Republican presidential candidates as well. They would just as soon that the president had kept quiet and just leave Petraeus' statements stand for themselves.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not you guys too! I'd slit my wrists if I just didn't find out Condy Rice owns a house with a chick named Randy Bean, a filmmaker. They're ALL CLOSETED GAYS!
Is it true that Gen Betrayus wasn't even sworn in before his testimony? If not, then the Democrats are once again being complicit in the Big Bush lie.
Make no mistake: O.J. is on the White House payroll.
A good Simpson trial could run out the rest of the year. I'm pretty sure Britney would gladly murder someone for the team. And to make herself look less lame.
--WKW
I just turned on the 5:00 news and the top 3 stories were 1)a bridge collapse, 2)truck accident on 95 and 3) OJ. I asked my husband "How is Bush's speech not the top story? Aren't we in a war?!" Dispicable!
I turned the channel so for all I know they may not mention it at all.
Because the media has no balls. Unlike real news, OJ is entertainment gossip and requires no effort to investigate and is unlikely to rock the boat. MSM are all cowards.
I'll make a promise never to watch any news org that decides to start up again with the OJ bullshit again.
Okay, enough C&L for today.... I think my heads going to explode.
Pre-empting real news with celebrity news BEGAN with O.J. Why should the MSM stop now?
WTF?
The Repugs want the President to keep quiet because after he speaks most of what he says turns out to be untrue. ie Anbar province has nothing to do with the surge. There are only 25 other countries with troops in Iraq, not 36. Violence is down. (Wasn't Patreaus's office hit while he was reporting to Congress?) We're making progress. Blah, Blah, Blah..same old same old lies.
Media owners know that anything more sensational that speeches by delusional and unpopular presidents boosts their ratings; The OJ story allows them to hide bush's speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2U9b__7Qxc
Here's my list of Top Ten GOP-donating products all Democrats should boycott. Can you guess number one?
It doesn't matter what disgruntled Republicans want or don't want. By voting for Bush in 2000 they are, in some way large or small, at fault for the decisions he's made. All that Bush is now, he was the same before 2000. If they didn't have the wisdom or the sense to not vote for him, they only have themselves to blame. Bush has never been up to the job he holds and should have never been handed it. Yet there he is, that mug on TV last nite. Those whining voters can shove it. Look in that mirror, people, and you'll who's really to blame. (Other than the obvious: Rove, Barbara, and GHWB.)
Simpson = Coward.
A relevant article about Republican response to the Bush speech (that I've mentally filed in the "gee, do ya think?!" category)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070914/us_time/abushspeechthatcouldbackfire
Isn’t there a major debate going on about the war?
There's a war on? All I know is that OJ is in trouble again and Britney did not perform very well at some music award show...
And so, Republicans were saying, it was fine with us to stand with Petraeus. By the president going on television tonight, he is reminding the American public that this is, of course, the policy of George W. Bush that they are supporting.
It IS his war after all... shouldn't they want to own it too?
LibertyLover @ 15:
And that Larry Craig likes bathroom sex but is not gay!
Will Larry come out in support of OJ?
Inquiring minds want to know!
there's always some pop culture get out of jail free card the media uses to help dubya
Debate?!
Neither side has put up much of a pretense of interest in anything but stalling.
Will OJ kill Paris?
...tune in.
Is O.J. still looking for the "real killer"?
He and pResident Chucklenuts have something in common: They're both malignant narcissists, and they're both murderers.
Thats "General Betray Us" to MoveOn.org.
God what bunch of retards they are. Theyre the laughing stock of the whole country right now. They should be glad CNN is talking about OJ rather than that moronic ad.
remember, they used PARIS HILTON IN JAIL as cover during the Scooter Libby trial.
You can't ever be surprised at what major news outlets like CNN will do to avoid talking seriously about the war. They have been criminally negligent since the build up to this war, and there is no reason to indicate that they plan on changing.
That's just the problem though, they're not Petraeus’ statements.
This bastard can't stand not having publicity any more can he. Hey, I got an idea why don't he slit his throat for the rest of us to watch. I think most of us would enjoy that.
brave @ 13:
Simpson=Murderer
Republicans were angry about Bush's speech? How about the rest of us??
Crazy and sick! but funny!
I know, The Situation Room gets away with murder.
Arthur Chalinsky @ 23:
Every time I turn on CNN International, they are running a story about that missing British kid. Then I flip to the BBC and they aren't. They're discussing the war, the president, the EU, Gordon Brown, Africa, AIDS, corruption, and other NEWS.
As I live abroad and those are the only two MSM I get. There is the AFN (American Forces Network), but they have The Pentagon Report; not exactly un-biased!! I do thank AFN for providing me with Letterman and Leno. I enjoy the news as they present it, in their monologues. It keeps me in touch with "home" (even though I am Canadian.) Otherwsie I can't watch; they play to a "pre-school" audience-- inane, silly.
OJ moved to a part of South Florida very close to some serious, pointy-headed racists...and yet, no one has snuffed him yet.
I guess that the "Jock Sniffer" gene overpowers their "White 'Murrica Forever" chromosome.
About the only two people in the country that can get by with murder is O J Simpson and George W. Bush.
beltman713 @ 24:
The Move On.org ad was certainly done in bad taste, but the irony is that General Petraeus has made one deceptive or misleading statement after another during and since his testimony. If anything the Move on ad gave Petraeus cover by putting his critics on the defensive making them less likely to challenge him. It was clear that the Democrats were on the defensive during the House hearings, but they were less intimidated in the Senate.
Yesterday Wolf Blitzer accused one of his guests of "Slapping General Petraeus in the face" by calling him a political appointee. General Petraeus is a political appointee and like other political appointees he's has to be confirmed by the Senate.
To quote Wolf, "this is a four-star general, he is a career professional who spent more than 30 years in the U.S. Army".
For some reason Wolf thought that meant he wasn't a political appointee. All that really meant was that he had a good résumé, and political appointees are supposed to have good résumé's unless they happen to be Alberto Gonzales.
CNN is worse than Fox. They are all propaganda tools ..not lazy. Jeff Gannon sat in the W.H. press corpse for 2 years. it's Bush's zany sense of humor. Then Jeff would go to the w.h. living quarters and spend the night. It reminds me of Larry Craig. They love the naughty.I saw Gannon's hooker website...when it was all going on. Now that would have raised news ratings thru the roof..like they said when Monica news was on 24/7. It's the ratings . People want to know what is going on. clinton was still popular. Think Bush would have been if WE had been informed a male hooker was having sleep overs?
When my husband told me about the latest oj thing I cringed and told him that this would be all the "news" stations will be covering for a while. They'll stretch it as far as they can.
In the mean time... people are still dying in Iraq because shrub and co. are criminally insane liars and no one seems to care.
Do you remember the most surreal OJ news event? Watching live coverage of Clinton's 1997 State of the Union address to Congress on a split screen with the OJ civil trial verdict.
Be very afraid now. The chances of bombing Iran increase significantly if an OJ arrest can dominate the MSM airwaves.
What is it with white people and OJ Simpson?
My question is: " Exactly, WHO the hell are they/we fighting now, anyway?, in this/jr's war?...the damn king/president/general and all his armies in the country are dead or on the police force now!...most are polly dead tho, along with hundred's of thousands (1.2 million?, where'd THAT number come from?...more leftist proaganda obviously!) anyway, let's just say 'a bunch' of other innocent people' that were just trying to get groceries, diapers and a gallon of gas...
So, the question remains...WHO are all the heroes at war with over there, now?...When we have all the 'viscious attacks by the far' being carried out daily, right here at home...It seems like our military would be needed back here to protect the county from the far leftist-terrorists commiting all these 'viscious attacks on the poor defensless republicans'...and right here at election time too...how mean spirited can you get?...One final note: I heard (overheard) on the news, that Rumsfied has 'cephalasia'...after all he's been thru and all he's done for this country, now suffering with 'cephalasia' and still getting attacked by not only these leftist-terrorists, but by his 'qwn kind' as well...Ohh, the tradgedy of it all..My apologies for all the oozing sarcasm, dripping everywhere, but I've just about heard enuf...I just wanna' find out if OJ's OK!?!...Has anyone started a defense fund for him, just incase?...
Just what the doctor ordered
D.G. Bowman @ 20:
SO TRUE.
What debate on the war? We don't get a debate or a vote. Bush is the decider. The war is his baby it is what fills his egocentric self.
Discuss Bush's speech? One word discussion: Pinocchio.
You too. Some "liberal" you are. O J Simpson hasn't been convicted of anything. How the hell can you say you are any better than bush - locking people up without constitutional guarantees and trials? In fact, you are worse, you ***** hypocrite. Simpson was found not guilty, whether you like it or not, and whether you agreed with the verdict or not. He stands convicted in the press - always was and always will be - but not under the system of government you chide bush for ignoring. You are just plain worthless. Nothing you have to offer means anything anymore. You are just little bush from now on.
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