In an excerpt from his book on former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld, Brad Graham quotes Mr. "Stuff Happens" thusly on the subject of the hated media:
Part of the formula, Rumsfeld added, involved pillorying him along with Bush and Cheney but sparing Powell and Rice. As an example, he noted accusations that Bush and Cheney had lied about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction in making the case for the invasion of Iraq. "They never say Colin Powell lied," Rumsfeld asserted. "They don't say Condi lied."
Don? This thing on? Here you go: Colin Powell lied. Condi lied. I've said it before. I'll say it again. I'm sure HuffPo hasn't made it into your briefing folders, so just check out "Smooth Moves" on iTunes. Or "Gym Buds."
Maybe you're buying into the whole "Negroes have a free pass" thing that some older white guys cling to, as a way of feeling victimized while simultaneously being unbelievably privileged. No matter. Colin lied. Condi lied. You lied. Your protege Dick Cheney lied. Male, female, black, white -- the entourage is linked, bonded in mendacity. Relax. It's not just about you.
Although you're a big part of it.
But it's clear this is a minority opinion. The press still fawns over Powell, as though the speech to the UN never happened, as though he still had our trust and admiration. I know Democrats who still swoon for the irreproachable Colin Powell. People continue to let TV news tell them what they think.
Air America certainly pilloried both Powell and Rice, as did Radio Havana "News" (the most entertaining anti-U.S. propaganda, and the single thing I miss most about the 8-years of Bush Hell) but of course, they couldn't be considered mainstream media.
In an excerpt from his book on former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld, Brad Graham quotes Mr. "Stuff Happens" thusly on the subject of the hated media:
Part of the formula, Rumsfeld added, involved pillorying him along with Bush and Cheney but sparing Powell and Rice. As an example, he noted accusations that Bush and Cheney had lied about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction in making the case for the invasion of Iraq. "They never say Colin Powell lied," Rumsfeld asserted. "They don't say Condi lied."
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Aw Rummy. Everyone knows you go to war with the media you have, not the media you might want or wish to have at a later time. Sheesh!
- Tom
THE ENTIRE RIGHT WING IS ALL ABOUT LYING.
And profiteering, stealing, cheating, corruption, shoveling
USTreasury tax money into pockets of the right-wing NANNY STATE FOR THE RICH
and Republicans' corporate welfare queens.
Just sayin'.....
What I'm talking about is his using his high office to enrich himself by spreading fear and panic among the population. Literally every single day while he was SecDef, we heard constantly about avian flu, bird flu, etc.
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Because the entire time, Rumself was the ex-CEO of Gilead Pharma who makes TamiFlu, which he had the Pentagon and other high agencies, say that it was the only effective treatment against... AVIAN FLU. Therefore, they proceeded to stockpile enough doses for every man, woman and child in North America.
Did I forget to mention that during this entire time, he was holding $25 million worth of his own companies stocks? OOPS!! He's as bad as Cheney is with Halliburton. If not worse since Rumsfeld made it so patently obvious as to what he was doing, and why.
Funny, I've not heard a thing about avian flu since he left. Why is that?
And I also think that if Powell had had another powerful ally, like Rumsfeld, he and that ally would have been able to gather enough support to stop Bush and Cheney from destroying Iraq and this nation's credibility.
The sad irony is that Powell started his military career in Viet Nam, another war fostered on the American public with lies and fearmongering. That he would have allowed himself to be a pivital part of bringing this generation's Viet Nam upon his country, can't be an easy thing for him to live with.
A man who'd been there before. A man who understood the folly of trying to occupy Iraq during the previous Gulf War. A man who told Bush, "You break it, you own it." in the weeks leading up to the Iraq invasion.
I know Powell could not possibly have believed in this war. He was the one person with enough public respect, to have possibly prevented it had he resigned and spoke out against it.
Instead, he allowed the Bushies to exploit that public respect by sending him to the UN to put the final nail in the coffin of the Iraq invasion.
He is this generation's Robert Mcnamara. I wonder if he'll ever write his mea culpa to the soldiers of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' the way RM finally did? I'd really like to hear an explantion as to how a man of his caliber, could have allowed a bunch of chickenhawks to so use him. No explanation will suffice, but I'd like to hear it all the same.
As for Condi, she came to the White House with an oil tanker named after her. No explanation for her mendacity needed.