Reply #66: How Can It Be Inappropriate When It Was So Long Overdue? [View All]

[DallasNE]

This press/stenographer thing didn't just start happening on January 21, 2001. It was present throughout the 2000 campaign. But by about January 28, 2001 it should have been all over. Yes, we knew that early in the Bush administration that a disaster was in the making. How did we know? For one, the lies about the Clinton's trashing Airforce One. By the end of February 2001 we had the fat cat joy ride on the nuclear sub that sunk a Japanese fishing boat, killing most of those on board. About that same time we also had Bush insulting North Korea where Colin Powell had to smooth things out and the EP-3 spy plane that landed in China. The first step was not diplomacy but to send war ships sailing toward China.



And the American people were seeing through this even if the media was being a lap dog for Bush as Bush's poll numbers were already below 50% by September 10, 2001.

So, if there is one area where I disagree with your otherwise excellent article it is with the label "inappropriate". If not now, when? After all, it is not like the Bush administration ever was truthful. I say both the press and the Bush administration got exactly what they deserved. If toes were stepped on, so be it.