CNN's "Senior Political Analyst" Bill Schneider must go!!

[Career Prole]

You've all seen him play his game with poll results, convention spin, debate spin...just tonight on CNN he called the VP debate for Cheney.
Many of you know that he's with AEI but he's also with PNAC, the people who in all likelihood produced and directed the Iraq war. Yet there he sits on CNN telling people as an "analyst" what they should be thinking. I think his signature on this letter alone ought to be enough to get him booted out of the job he has now as an "honest broker"...how do we go about it? Anyone have experience at this?

"The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
Washington, DC

Dear Mr. President:

We write to endorse the bold new course you have charted for American national security strategy. Your administration has shown impressive leadership in recognizing new threats and seizing new opportunities to create an enduring "balance of power that favors freedom." Yet a great risk remains: a continuing lack of military means. For the fact is this: Our current level of defense spending is inadequate to meet the demands of the Bush Doctrine.

American strength is key to building the new world you have envisioned. The victory over the Taliban in Afghanistan was an essential first step in stabilizing that chaotic country and toward destroying the al Qaeda terrorist network. The international community and an overwhelming military coalition are now ready to end the threat of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq...
(More at link to letter above)

<snip>

Sincerely,


William Kristol Gary Bauer Max Boot Frank Carlucci

Eliot Cohen Midge Decter Thomas Donnelly

Frank Gaffney Daniel Goure Bruce P. Jackson

Donald Kagan Robert Kagan Lewis E. Lehrman

Tod Lindberg Rich Lowry Daniel McKivergan

Joshua Muravchik Danielle Pletka Norman Podhoretz

Stephen P. Rosen Gary Schmitt Randy Scheunemann

William Schneider, Jr. Richard Shultz Henry Sokolski

Chris Williams R. James Woolsey"


There's no way in hell a PNACer is going to help John Kerry, and as a supposedly impartial "political analyst" there are innumerable ways for a PNACer to hurt John Kerry.
Who do I complain to? Thanks for any help, DU!

[stray cat]

1. Just two starting points.

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[Career Prole]

8. I made a bad call on the PNAC thing...sorry!

Thanks for those addresses though! :hi:

[Lucille]

2. You are confusing two different Schneiders

The background of William Schneider, Jr. is here:

http://www.jeffersonconsulting.com/media.htm?id=86

Bill Schneider of CNN is not the same guy. However, I agree, he should be fired. At the very least CNN should reveal his position as "Resident Fellow" of the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Here is Bill Schneider's background:

http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.,scholarID.53/scholar.asp

[Career Prole]

5. You're absolutely right...I had googled the dude sometime, maybe a

year ago or more...disinfopedia had them as one and the same. I just checked now because of this and they've caught it...

http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:William_Schneider%2C_Jr.

Deep is my shame! I've unjustly slandered a good man...wait a minute...no I didn't!
:evilgrin:

[madmax]

3. Not the same William Schneider

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, JR. Chairman Defense Science Board Commissioner (U.S. Senate Appointee)
Co-Chair, Aerospace Global Issues William Schneider is currently the Chairman of the Defense Science Board in the U.S.
Department of Defense. He is also President of International Planning Services, Inc (an international trade and finance advisory firm)

http://www.opednews.com/new%20american%20century.htm

[Career Prole]

6. Sorry for the false alarm...my bad! n/t

[mckara]

4. Bill Schneider MUST GO!

Other contributors set the record straight on the other chap at pnac. Regardless, I think Bill Schneider must go and sent CNN the following:

Bill Schneider MUST GO!
I'm so tired of you at CNN let Bill Schneider spin republican talking points as a CNN "analyst". You either must identify him as a fellow of the rightwing AEI or get rid of him.
His "analysis" of last night's VP debate cannot be called objective. He is a shill of the republican party and that was apparent as he said Cheney "won" the debate. Cheney did nothing but lie last night. Schneider knows it and so do you other bastards at CNN. Tell the TRUTH!

[Career Prole]

7. Hiyo! That's puttin' the wood to 'em!

And welcome to DU! :hi: