I NOMINATE MCGOVERN as NEW DU HERO replacing Colbert!!

[Harper_is_Bush]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/05/04.html#a8164

Colbert made me laugh, but this makes me smile. Does that make sense?

[Harper_is_Bush]

1. Anyone got the vid where it shows the goon handle him and him say...

"this is America?"

??

[goclark]

9. Video is here and he is now a TIPPING POINT PATRIOT

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/04/rumsfeld.ap/index.html

Scroll down to WATCH!

Here is the TIPPING POINT thread ~ please add to our growing list of PATRIOTS!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1081203&mesg_id=1081203

[Harper_is_Bush]

14. Good vid source. Doesn't show McGovern being accosted though...?

Want to watch that one again...think I only saw it on CNN though.

[xray s]

2. We need a DU Hall of Fame

They both should be so honored.

[rodeodance]

3. Yes, NOT replace, but instead ADD to--such as Cindy S. Helen. ect ect.

[Dr Fate]

7. I second the motion- add John Conyers too. n/t

n/t

[lonestarnot]

18. Yes yes yes! Fabulous idea! DU Hall of Fame! Whooodamnwhoo!

[Harper_is_Bush]

11. There can be only one hero at a time.

Colbert can go on the hero shelf now! :)

[Karenina]

48. Why?

:shrug:

[magnolia]

46. Exactly....

...let's not forget Helen Thomas, Feingold, etc. The list is getting longer and longer. The truth is breaking out all over! We need a virtual Mt. Rushmore of democratic heroes! It would span miles and miles....

[KoKo]

4. You mean for "Outing Rummy?" n/t

[IndyOp]

5. Are Rummy & KKKarl an item? I thought KKKarl loves Stephen...?

:rofl:

[Harper_is_Bush]

6. Absolutely! That took bigger balls than roasting Bush

What Colbert did was good, but it was almost too easy.

Rummy is a verbal gymnast, and this ex-CIA officer took him to the well.

And the fact that he's ex-CIA with 27 years on the job makes it even more devastating.

[Dr Fate]

8. He was terrific. Maybe elected DEMS will get jealous if we keep this up...

...and seek some adoration of their own...

[madokie]

10. watched it on wolfie and his edited version was still good.

[omega minimo]

12. He's ALREADY a DU HERO!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2588849

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

38. Bingo! McGovern has been a hero of mine for almost the last 4 years! nt

[Terran1212]

13. I think if Colbert went at Rummy in non-satire mode

Rummy would be led away crying.

Colbert is an extremely intelligent man. If he ever did non-satire writing or speaking I'm sure he would rile huge audiences.

[WildEyedLiberal]

15. LOL @ your thread title

Sadly, so true. Although Colbert's fifteen minutes of herodom aren't up yet. They will be in a couple of weeks when he makes a joke DU thinks is un-PC/offensive/right-wing.

[Kurovski]

29. Like making a joke about John Kerry?

Maybe for some. Things change, that doesn't make it a flip-flop.

[WildEyedLiberal]

33. I personally wouldn't find that funny

But then again, I haven't idol-worshipped Colbert, either. And if he did make a derogatory Kerry joke, as much as I would hate it, I wouldn't throw Colbert under the bus for it. I'd be pissed at his joke, but I'd get over it eventually, because the vast majority of his catalogue is terrific.

My comment was directed at the people who are constantly in search of a new, shiny hero, who absolutely idolize and drool over someone for about two weeks until a newer, shinier hero comes along and/or the old hero does something to piss them off, in which case they are thrown aside and forgotten. You could get whiplash from the groupthink around here sometimes.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

45. WildEyedLiberal For President!!!!1 He Has Betrayed Us All!!11!

Whiplash indeed. DU's heroes aren't just pumped up beyond reason and then thrown aside, but those who aren't 100% "pure" are treated to full-throated howls of outrage as if they had just been spotted by the pod people. It's so predictable you could set your watch by it.

When I saw the video on the Rumsfeld appearance, I joked that the board would explode in two warring factions: the "Former-CIA-Guy for President!" bunch against the "Heavyset-Old-Woman-Dragged-Out-for-Protesting for President!" camp.

[WildEyedLiberal]

49. LOL - so true

Agree with everything you said, especially the demonization of anyone who, for example, has ever been in the presence of George W. Bush and didn't spit on him, set him on fire, or tell him to fuck himself.

"A real patriot would have kicked him in the balls!!!111"

Yeah, a "real patriot" with an IQ of 56 who has a death wish. :eyes:

[lonestarnot]

16. Oh NO YOU DON'T! No replac'n Colbert! Let's have two, like in me & DU!

:evilgrin:

[titoresque]

19. I'm with you!

Not letting go so soon!!!!!
havent seen you for too long, a cyber hug is in order! :hug:

[lonestarnot]

21. titoresque!

:hug: You've got to change that fucking name! I can never type it right! LOL Painting next weekend. Are you going to join us? Sat @ 8 am

[Lusted4]

17. We could do Hero / Vice Hero n/t

[Harper_is_Bush]

27. Sounds good, Colbert is "vice" hero! nt

[Jack Rabbit]

20. In a few days, there will be somebody else

. . . and then somebody a few days after that.

[lonestarnot]

22. DU Hall of FAME! The only answer!

[Jack Rabbit]

24. We should pose this question: What are YOU doing to oust the Bush junta?

Every little bit helps. Speaking truth to power, as Colbert did Saturday night and McGovern did today, is the theme of the moment.

[lonestarnot]

25. ewww yeah sounds like an excellent plan! Pose the question Jack!

[Notoverit]

31. .There better be! One every day! Still won't dump the old ones.

Attention deficit disorders is for birds.

[Rosemary2205]

23. We ain't got room for TWO?

[Harper_is_Bush]

37. Nope. McGovern takes the crown.

Colbert can take a place of honor on the hero mantle with the rest (Murtha....Richard Clarke....Joe Wilson & wife....KO....Thomas.....etc)

McGovern deserves the podium now.

[Harper_is_Bush]

41. You can't have two #1 heros. Sorry, I should have specified #1 before.

:)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

26. It reminds me of "Turk 182"

"Who lied? Who died?"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090217/

(Actually, Robert Culp even faintly resembles Rummy!)

[robbedvoter]

28. Hail them both! All heroes welcome! No replacement!

[Notoverit]

30. No replacement! Two heroes. Why diss my man Colbert?

I smiled both times. Truth makes me happy. No dumping my heroes so fast.
I can hold 2 at a time in my little brain.

[Harper_is_Bush]

32. Ok, I admit it

Colbert is a comedien, McGovern is a 27 year vet of the CIA.

There's good reason this is making the news and Colbert didn't.

[robbedvoter]

35. Colbert gave it to W, McGovern only to Rummy

We could go on forever - but what's the point?
Truth tellers should all be cherished.

[Harper_is_Bush]

36. W is an easy target, AND he was expected just to sit there.

Rummy was actively defending and arguing, and McGovern kicked his ass. Period!

[robbedvoter]

42. Colbert slayed for 20 minutes, Colbert is NOT CIA, Colbert nailed

the press as well ...
My point was that competition is meaningless - truth-tellers are heroes.
But if you make me chose between a comedian and a CIA guy, I'll go for the comedian ecery time. :shrug:

[Harper_is_Bush]

34. "THIS IS AMERICA?!?"

That's what he said when the security goon tried to muscle him out.

Can't find the vid of that part....think I saw it on CNN. It's when Rummy says "oh no, let him stay for a second" like the superior fascist POS he is.

[KyuzoGator]

39. What we need is a new hero to step forward every day. nt

[omega minimo]

40. That's us

:hi:

[dogday]

43. Colbert is the first person to stand

up to this administration and only 10 feet from the President, he let him have it both barrels... Ray McGovern is a trail blazer who is now forging the way for others to stand up and call this administration on their activities every chance they get....

Both are Heroes, Colbert for being the balliest, McGovern for blazing the trail....

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. Why must we "replace" a hero with another one? Odd. The more heros the

merrier! Conyers, Colbert, McGoven, Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer, Helen Thomas etc etc.. :)

[stepnw1f]

47. You'd Like COlbert to Go Away

wouldn't you....? Sorry... he won't!

[Disturbed]

50. "Let him stay."

Think about that remark for a few seconds.

[Harper_is_Bush]

51. In the words of an ignorant hit and run poster I ran into here once...

buzz off.

I don't care what Colbert does. I just think people who think that's more significant than a serious and truely brave confrontation of the administration are missing something.

[magellan]

52. I heard McGovern is a Republican

If that's true I admire him all the more and only wish to know -- where are others like him?

[Vadem]

53. I agree! I saw Ray's confrontation with Rummy and it was sweet...

I really think that people like Ray McGovern and Sybil Edmonds will be the saviors of our democracy, because they are the whilstleblowers about the fascists we now have in power and will be the catalysts that will bring them down!