Campbell Brown tears into Bush for Katrina revisionism
The tagline of Campbell Brown's CNN show is "No Bias. No Bull." I'll admit that I don't watch it too often, but if she really cuts through the bull every night like she did on Monday, I may just have to set the TiVo.
Bush: "Don't tell me the federal response was slow when there was 30,000 people pulled off roofs right after the storm passed."
Brown: "Many people will disagree over many aspects of the Bush legacy, but on the government's handling of Katrina... It is impossible to challenge what so many of us witnessed firsthand, what the entire country witnessed through the images on our television screens day and night.
"Mr. President, you cannot pat yourself on the back for that one. We will debate the war in Iraq, debate national security, the economy, and the rest of your legacy. Those debates will continue for years to come. But on how you handled Katrina, there is no debate."
Damn... You tell him, Campbell!
I don't have cable, but if I did, I wouldn't watch CNN, and if I DID watch CNN, I wouldn't watch her show. But I like her because she reminds me of Dr. Elizabeth Olivet from Law & Order.
Can we stop giving voices to all these Campbell Brown types who seem to have found their spines all of a sudden just in time for Bush's departure and Obama's arrival.
Giving Campbell and her types any kind of credit for something as obvious as this and 3 or 4 years later is rewarding them for what they did and didn't do during Bush's criminal years. They will all of a sudden claim that they are loved by liberals because the called out Bush on something that is a day late and a dollar short or so to speak. My solution, ignore them just lik ethey ignored us for 8 years.
I disagree. Recognizing and applauding words of truth (not the speaker necessarily) is always a good idea in my book. This obviously encourages more truth-telling. Also, you're assuming that Campbell Brown (or those like her) are incapable of learning and applying those lessons later, which is quite cynical.
A small part of the ProfitMedia has grown some stones now that Comrade Bush is on his way out.
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Simple matter of timing, that's all.
Campbell Brown wouldn't have dared to say this 2 years ago...even 1 year ago.
Just another gutless media whore following the story instead of reporting it when the truth needed to be told.
Can't stand O'Reilly (and don't really like Olbermann) but at least their rants are authentic--you can tell they really are that delusional. I used to like Brown's reporting--but then she made it so that almost every night she *had* to find something to object to. For me, the last straw was when she tore into Ed Rendell about being sexist for his open mic comment about Napolitano--I'm glad he had the brains to stand up to her.
Yes, Olbermann does rant, but your use of the word delusional is not correct in his case.
KO at least takes the time to research his subject and expresses the rage we all feel at the outrages perpetrated by Bush & Co. He has also called out Democrats who have erred, and his sense of partisan fairness is not as biased as O'Rielly who is a basically an idiot who fawns over his neo-con masters.
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
She couldn't go against The Party. Give her a little credit, though. She has been doing a better job than most of her colleagues lately.
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 05:44 — That Mick Piobr
A small part of the ProfitMedia has grown some stones now that Comrade Bush is on his way out.
Whoopie
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Does one look like Keith and the other like Sir Mick?
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"Mr. President, you cannot pat yourself on the back for that one. We will debate the war in Iraq, debate national security, the economy, and the rest of your legacy. Those debates will continue for years to come. But on how you handled Katrina, there is no debate."
but there is no debate on the other issues she listed either. This is just more conventional "wisdom" playing it safe. The people have decided and she and the rest of her media buddies act like this man and his administration is not despised and hated. He is.
She appears to take a no-B.S. position, but she's playing it very safe.
Sorta like saying the Warren Commission did a terrible job, and leaving it at that.
Any show that advertises itself as "No bull, no bias" must be laced with bull and bias. See "Fair and Balanced," "Compassionate Conservatism," "Grand Old Party," etc.
I saw her being interviewed somewhere....and she seems like she don't take shit from anyone...but I haven't watched her show either...I'm boycotting CNN.
I do agree, however, that's it's too little too late.
We needed someone like this 8 years ago.
"I saw her being interviewed somewhere....and she seems like she don't take shit from anyone..."
Not even David Vitter?
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Don't get the reference YSB?
Like his hoes to diaper his fat repuke arse.
forgot about diaper boy, lol!
I was making her a tart, and vitter a fecalphiliac as well as an infantalist.
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calling Ann Coulter a man or Campbell Brown a tart just perpetuates a gender stereotype. When was the last time you heard a woman called a fecalpheliac?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Calling ann colter a man is not a gender stereotype, but a transexual joke.
And making tart sexist, many would argue there's hardly any difference between a politician, a pundit and a prostitute.
Sounds like the start of a joke there, "A politician, a pundit and a prostitute go into a bar with a geeko on their heads..."
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a terse tart retort but I kept wondering if the barkeep in your joke is a Punjab?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
No, but the gekko was.
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His name was Phil Donahue and when he spoke out against Bush his show was cancelled and he was blacklisted for many yaers.
That was truly a sad day for America.
Donahue was an American institution...he's been around for as long as I can remember.
Geeze, that kid in the red t-shirt already looks like an old man.
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Bush doesn't care about the NOLA people...not the poor, brown skinned ones anyway...
Using a catastrophe as a means of gentrification...that can never be forgotten or forgiven.
I became a fan when she put that little simp Tucker Bounds in his place during the campaign.
Helicopter drivers? Coastguard drivers? My brain hurts.
Six more days, people!
is using technical terms. He used to be a jet driver.
Decision driver he became a mountain bike driver.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Sure and I used to be a "cattle-driver". No one on Earth has a photo of Bush 'driving' a jet. Why is that?
has a picture of him driving cattle either in spite of being presented as a Texas "rancher" and a godd old cowboy. What the hell did he raise on that "ranch" anyway? Besides brush, I mean.
He never presented himself as a rancher to the electorate.
He claimed to be an oil man. He never found any, however.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Not even Oil of Oley?
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if you like East Texas references. Oil of Oley brings back too many bull fight memories and visions of illegal aliens with their picadillos.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Wed, 01/14/2009 - 07:29 — Tom
has a picture of him driving cattle either in spite of being presented as a Texas "rancher" and a godd old cowboy. What the hell did he raise on that "ranch" anyway? Besides brush, I mean.
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I've lived in Texas all my life, and never seen a cow thumbing a ride.
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I thought he was a lemming wrangler?
whether he was using the technical term or not, refering to helicopter pilots as "drivers" only reinforces (and justifiably so) the average Bush-hating American that the man is an idiot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Zsmr8nXsI
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but so many pardons to go.
In some instances, pilots are referred to as drivers. "He's a Tomcat driver."
I think it's military slang and Bush was using it to prove he's a man's man and all hip with the military thang.
I think you are giving him too much credit. But I could be wrong. He was too agitated at that moment to think of cool stuff.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
You would think, since bush is supposed to be a jet pilot, he would know to call a helicopter pilot a pilot.
I hate to wish my life away but I'm willing to risk six days if it would speed things up.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
... because when there were no substantiated links between Saddam and 9/11, when there were no WMDs, when international and American law has been ignored and violated, when corruption from contractors is rife in Iraq ...
There is no debate.
It's not just Katrina, dear Campbell. It's practically everything the lying pustule in the Oval Office has done over the past eight years. And we've sat here all that time wondering when the scales would fall from the media's collective eyes, when America would wake to the fact that these liars and hypocrites have no interest but in stuffing their own wallets. We've been called traitors, cowards, defeatists, deranged, and worse ...
... and only now are you figuring this out?
Shame.
But she's a doofus. CNN is supposed to be a news channel. Not opinion channel. If I recall correctly, they've been cheerleading Bush for 8 years. They shouldn't have a bias at all either way, and I've seen a bit of her show. She's as big a tool as anyone on Faux.
It did say commentary at the bottom of the screen.
was an anchor in Richmond, Virginia, for WWBT 12 before she was noticed by the network.
Only recently has she turned into this 'no bull no bias' talking head.
It's all about ratings and popularity. She has yet to offer an indepth commentary on anything, just the occaisional, after the fact flaming spear.
Perhaps she will progress, perhaps she will not.
There it is.
Anyone who claims no bias is all bull.
I'm Taurus
Which means
Hung like a bull.
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hung like a Collin County lounge lizard?
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Not until I'm satisfied which is rarely.
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I'm a Taurus too. But,
Hung like a cow.
Has the wrong ring to it ...
I'm Taurus too
I shit like a bull.
on his "insufficient" statement regarding Clod Blagojevich.
She seemed to insinuate that Obama was hiding something.
piling on ...
kicking the monkey when hes down ...
take your pick.
Where was the moistened bint 4 .... heck 3 years ago?
Amy Goodman has been doing the grunt-work every day especially DURING Katrina and ever since.
These CNN doofusses remind me of clowns at a rodeo taunting the bull after the 8 seconds are over and hes back behind the gate.
I'm Boycotting NewsCorp! Heres what not to buy: http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=news...
My first impression is that she's trying to be a female Keith. Ain't gonna happen!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I'm already becoming ill over the thought of having the likes of Bush, Condi, and others trying to re-write history! Clowns like Ron Christie on Hard Ball becoming indignant, as Bush is being criticized, turns my stomach. He needs to be removed or really challenged. Others with revisionist goals need to be completely debunked.
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The only reason the revisionist ploy is working is because the sheeple are still buying into the Big Lie.
What do they have against REALITY? Good time for honest Conservatives to move on from these jerks and try to make a "new life." I just want anything Bush to go away with no cross wired revisions.
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... that's the nature of delusions. They give us structure when our fears run away with our imaginations.
Threatened by terrorists? War and torture will take care of it.
Enemies hiding among us? Spy on everyone!
Creeped out by gay marriage? Take refuge in the Bible!
It's easy! You don't have to think! We'll tell you what to think!
was turned into a hero who defeated Communism, as distinct from a former FBI toadie who spied on his Hollywood friends and later managed Iran-Contra while mismanaging the economy and government. Heck, even Jesus became the son of a god, so George W Bush has every reason to expect he will become a great president....eventually.
... if we get to stage a mock trial, flog him, crown him with thorns, then crucify him next to two thieves (positions which are still unfilled at this time) ...
turdblossom and darth chaney?
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The arguement between those two crooks over which has to be hung on the left of Jebush.
Pretty sure Rummy will make a strong bid for one of the "pole" positions too.
everyone that gives me the St. Ronnie schtick, that he was a turncoat Government stoolie
Great placement, stoolie with turdblossom.
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He either wants to drown them (Katrina) or immolate them (Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan) -- More people in the media should focus on his "No Child Left Unscathed" policies.
I remember Cambell going to New Orleans just after Katrina while she worked for NBC. She's from the Pensacola Florida area, and her family had lots of damage during a previous storm in that area that they had shown on TV. When she went to NOLA, she met that really cute little boy with the Spongebob T-shirt who showed her around the convention center area. I'll never forget that little boy because he understood the situation better than many of the adults did (like Bush). Remember that little boy saying "We just need some help here." He also showed her where the dead people were at the Conv. Center. For a child to see that was very hard and Campbell had a hard time keeping it together. I'll never forget that.
For a long time, though, she didn't speak out about the administration, but that might have something to do with the fact that she is Mrs. Dan Senor. You think?
I googled him and he's a contributor to FauxSnooze, WSJ and a loyal Bushevic!
Who'd have thought...
From Wikipedia:
He is most noted for his former position as chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; some criticized him in that role because of his inability to speak Arabic [1] [2]. He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown.
That her daddy was a Louisiana State Senator who later did a little stint in the criminal justice system. But that was derived from some PUMA with a crush on her in full thread stalk mode.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Remember she is an employee of CNN and is told what to do and how to do it. She will be lucky if she can write her own copy without two levels of editorial approval.
Watch it, I already got faulted for calling her a tart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MuuTjT8AXs
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Would that be a Poop-Tart?
That's what I always thought of those nasty snacks.
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Nor is your snack snark sexist. I was simply asking you to recall admonitions directed our way yesterday on these threads so that you might show some sensitivity. Otherwise
people will charge that your claim of endowments like a Taurus are Ford fueled efforts to hide Pinto proportions.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
I'm not prone to premature explosions.
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the admonitions of St. Atilla when handling your holy hand grenade and count to three.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
"terse tart retort" and "snack snark sexist"
try saying both those 5 times fast.
yesterday's yeast infection whilst snorting snarky snacks with terse tense tarts.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
That would be easier than saying Ysbaddaden's yang yanked..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DONbY9wd6vU
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Say "Peggy Babcock" three times real fast. No cheating.
It is wicked hard.
Good point.
is moot when you have for profit MNCs calling the shots. The myth of the liberal media is the most dangerous concept aimed at America.
From the world's biggest idiot. Here's your cupie doll sir, now snuff off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk
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CNN's network slogan for 2009:
Bias & Bull: 24/7
Oh and thanks campbell for saying the Iraq war is still debatable. Even Bush said if there were no weapons of md that he wouldn't have gone in there.
Bush forgot to tell his apologists the jig is up.
Sorry asswipe, I stopped listening when you butchered English this badly.
Worst. President. EVER. Enjoy that legacy.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
The movies show it and we know the actor will go home and will do another movie. We hear of those in jail being killed but never see it. As the Media showed up in New Orleans live coverage of thousands at the Dome. While the camera was rolling many begged for help as one woman sit holding a child hand and the child said the lady was sick. The camera man keep going from side to side and then full length. He rolled back to the area of the lady/child and some people yelled help her and she looked up and her head dropped she was dead. That night as thousands were in the Dome a reporter gave a homeless man his blanket while it was dark he was still reporting. He woke up the next morning to find the homeless man had died over night next to him. NBC quickly brought the reporter home he was so upset.
Katrina victims showed only that the White House and many Republican Law Makers didn't care that poor or blacks were dying, it just wasn't that important. The young singer said it best " Bush hate black people" but he should have included poor whites too. Americans all over the US stepped up quickly and it showed we are better then our Leaders. When the truth came out Bush quickly called Bill Clinton to handle the problem. Yet I still notice how many dislike Bill, I guess he's only good when we need help. Death live on TV something to remember and never forget.
As it turns out, "Whatever kills the most colored people" is not the answer to every problem.
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Apparently Bush doesnt know what a pilot does... 'Helicopter driver'
were the heroes of the day based on every I learned about Katrina. The metaphor I use is this: the coach of a football team that lose the Super Bowl 50-0 doesn't get to claim credit for his great punter.
Brown may be right this time, but she furthers a dangerous trend when she states that we know Katrina happened because we saw images on our tv screens. What if there had not been as much television coverage of Katrina? Under that standard, the Iraq War barely happened. When is the last time you saw real combat footage from U.S. television networks, showing the destruction, and the wounded and dead on both sides, in the Iraq War?
For that matter, Brown's standard also leaves out bloggers, some of whom have been way ahead of the MSM on some of the most important stories in recent years.
Is that how Campbell's cheeks look when her mouth's full?
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A lot of the MSM's old Bush whores are now trying to hang onto their plummeting careers by bashing Bush. But notice that they're bashing him for surface things, like "changing history." No mention of the fact that these old whores were smiling and kissing up to Bush while he was leaving New Orleans to die. No mention of the fact all these old whores were pulling for Bush like mad in 2004, a year after Katrina.
As the Bush oil tanker blazes and sinks, the rat-whores scurry down mooring lines and flop into the slimy water to swim away. Campbell Brown is one of those rat-whores, and she will not be able to wash away eight years of oily Bush slime.
How can this guy think people love him after 2 wars, Katrina and an economic collapse that afected every other country?
I commented this on my new blog with the Daily Show's segment of last night.
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...Brown has proven to be as much of a hack as David Gregory on many occasions. She just happened to get this one right.
how come all these news people are opening up their mouths now that the idiot is on his way out? A lot of them were plenty quiet years ago.
NOBODY 2012
Too little, too late.
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