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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 06:50 PM
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CBS News Shows Statue Toppling - Bad Image for Bushie
The toppling of the statue in Trafalgar played on the CBS Evening News, and I think the image was a very bad one for Bush, and a very successful piece of street theater by the protesters.

It wasn't so much the toppling of the statue, as it was the huge STOP BUSH signs, the large crowd, the countdown, followed by the deafening cheer and - the coup de grace - those dressed like inspectors stomping on the fallen statue.

I think it will be shock for many Americans that Bush inspires that kind of disgust in even Great Britain.

Opinions?
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Noordam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 06:52 PM
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1. I like the Driller Killer title they have given * nt
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 06:52 PM
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2. uhhh....not much
Michael Jackson takes precedence over Marxist/communist/homosexual Brits
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 06:56 PM
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3. statue topple also shown at top of NewsHour on PBS
also some footage of the protestors

later, lots of the candidates in Iowa, and an interesting discussion with historians about Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories

This news show is also pretty worried about the Istanbul attacks.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 06:58 PM
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5. candidates? isnt there a debate tonight?
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 07:10 PM
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8. don't think so
The next debate (that I know of) is next Monday on MSNBC.
http://www.democrats.org/whitehouse/debates/index.html
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 06:57 PM
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4. Please report if ABC, or NBC has this on their news tonight....
I'll try to catch ABC but I'm on Mountain TIme...
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 07:05 PM
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6. ABC covered it
They showed protest footage at the top of the program and then gave a more detailed report about 10 minutes in. Also, they showed a Brittish reporter asking Bush why he thinks so many "free people" hate him. Bush gave a predictably ignorant reply.
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greekspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 07:06 PM
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7. I am suprised we haven't heard
"Those tooth-decayed fish-and-chip eating limey pinkos are part of the Old Europe. Give me my Freedom Muffin...I will eat it after I practice my Freedom Horn."
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 07:25 PM
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9. Here's a still photo of the statue toppling
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-03 07:36 PM
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10. CNN did and "instant replay" today on Wolf Blitzer
Watch for Fox "News" to say that insults "our president"
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