Bill Bennett: Slander Is as Slander Does

Bill Bennett, CNN's latest resident foam-mouthed jackal (along with Stranglin' Glenn Beck), has shown his true colors by slandering the Islamic faith and its 1.5 billion adherents. We learn this from Americablog via Crooks and Liars (who has the repulsive video);

BENNETT: Let's go beyond cartoons. The other story out of Iran is the story of two young girls who were raped. The girl defended herself and stabbed her attacker. She is now sentenced to be hanged under Islamic law. This isn't a caricature, this isn't a cartoon, this is a peak into the soul of that faith, when it's run through a government. It's a real story and it deserves to be criticized.

ZOGBY: It's not a peak into Islam, it's a peek into the outrages that take place in contemporary Iran, which is not synonymous with Islam...

BENNETT: It's recognized Islamic theology, it is Islamic theology...

ZOGBY: The policy of the Catholics during the Inquisition is not synonymous with my church, nor is the policy of the Islamic extremists synonymous with the Prophet Mohammed. Let's be fair and use one standard. I agree, we have a double standard and frankly I think the way this story is cast is the wrong double standard.

BENNETT: Here's the standard. Catholicism is as Catholicism does, Judaism is as Judaism does, and by God Islam is as Islam does and what it's doing right now I wouldn't wanted to associated with.

ZOGBY: As President Bush has said correctly, hundreds of millions of believing Muslims do not practice these things, did not burn embassies, do not behead people...

Somebody should ask Bennett how his logic - "Catholicism is as Catholicism does," etc. - applies to the priest pedophilia scandal.

Hey, Bill, go gamble some more schoolchildren's money, you pompous bloated hypocrite. The rest of you, please write Jon Klein, the president of CNN, and tell him what you think of him and his leadership of the network. (try this address: [e-mail])

I've kept to my word. I'm still boycotting CNN. I haven't missed them at all. I get what I need from the other channels, from Crooks and Liars, and from other Internet sources.

Don't you think it's time for you to join me?

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