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McCain On Amanpour: Anyone Else Miss Jake Tapper?
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
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Sunday marked the first day that Christiane Amanpour hosted ABC's This Week, after Jake Tapper's extended, but temporary run. Amanpour hardly broke new ground in her debut, but she interviewed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, two of Washington's biggest newsmakers.
But conservatives were outraged by her broadcast, and the latest swipe at her comes from Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) via Twitter.
"Anyone else miss @jaketapper yesterday?" McCain asked.
McCain's staff was not immediately available to explain the tweet, but it comes as conservatives are piling on to Amanpour for a segment titled "In Memoriam" in which she said "We remember all of those who died in war this week, and the Pentagon released the names of 11 U.S. servicemembers killed in Afghanistan."
Her loudest critic, the Washington Post's Tom Shales, pounced, writing "Perhaps in keeping with the newly globalized program, the commendable "In Memoriam" segment ended with a tribute not to American men and women who died in combat during the preceding week but rather, said Amanpour in her narration, in remembrance of "all of those who died in war" in that period. Did she mean to suggest that our mourning extend to members of the Taliban?"
His line was echoed by the conservative site Newsbusters: "Shales even wondered if Amanpour thought we should mourn the Taliban fighters."
The UN reports (PDF) that, since it started keeping track in 2007, more than 6,000 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan
McCain -- one of the most regular guests on the Sunday news shows -- seems to be throwing in his lot with them.
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dswx
August 2, 2010 3:15 PM
What really telling is the obvious admission that they loved Tapper, who is CNN's version of the GOP-kowtowing David Gregory.
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Commie Dearest
August 2, 2010 5:28 PM in reply to dswx
God, these Republicans are zipperheads. Do they really think their talking points resonate with intelligent Americans? They just make themselves sound like school-yard bullies.
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justadood
August 2, 2010 5:48 PM in reply to Commie Dearest
they aren't interested in resonating with 'intelligent americans'...the americans they want to resonate with are the mouth-breathing, gun-toting, cross-wearing, sociopaths who are ready , willing, and able to dole out their '2nd Amendment Solution's on all who don't look or think like them.
Are you a little nervous yet? If not, you probably should be...
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CityGuy
August 2, 2010 8:48 PM in reply to justadood
Indeed.
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juke R
August 3, 2010 2:33 AM in reply to justadood
Woman in the audience to Adlai Stevenson while he was running for President in the 1950's:
"Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!"
Stevenson's response:
"Madam, that's not enough. I need a majority."
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Sniffit
August 2, 2010 6:34 PM in reply to Commie Dearest
"Do they really think their talking points resonate with intelligent Americans? "
No. Absolutely not. Rather, they KNOW that imbecile Americans have the intelligent ones vastly outnumbered.
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twirling fartknocker
August 2, 2010 6:51 PM in reply to Sniffit
yeah, the median IQ is 100, meaning that's where most people are in the intelligence bell curve. 70 is regarded as learning impaired, 130 genius. 95% of all people are in between the two, with most lumped right in the middle
combine that with fundamentalist, bigoted, greed-centric and otherwise right-wing brainwash, and you got some problems
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arias
August 2, 2010 10:18 PM in reply to twirling fartknocker
Not to nitpick, but genius level IQ is generally considered to begin at 140.
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BluGrass
August 2, 2010 11:23 PM in reply to twirling fartknocker
Also not to nitpick, but learning impairment can occur at all IQ levels; it is not a description of an IQ level in any way. Perhaps you mean the more traditional characterizations of average, low average, borderline, etc.
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twirling fartknocker
August 3, 2010 2:22 AM in reply to BluGrass
well, you both are nitpicking, and arguing about semantics rather than the point at large. those over 130 constitute about 2% of all people. I'd say that qualifies as unusually smart according to the bell curve. I don't even like the term genius much anyway for reasons I won't bother going into here. as for those 70 and below, the other 2% end of the spectrum, call it what you want, but they've got serious mental deficiencies, whatever term you choose to label them with.
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August 3, 2010 3:57 PM in reply to twirling fartknocker
I'd argue that "...we've got some problems."
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aq
August 2, 2010 10:49 PM in reply to Sniffit
10 to 1.
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hunter
August 2, 2010 7:27 PM in reply to Commie Dearest
Zipperheads? Really? Isn't that a Vietnam-era ethnic slur?
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Clarance Vine
August 2, 2010 11:20 PM in reply to hunter
Used in the Pacific in WW II. In Vietnam we shortened it to zips. always remember the phrase when things got interesting inside base camp - "zips in the wire".
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mcjam
August 3, 2010 8:23 AM in reply to Commie Dearest
...may want to reconsider your derogatory terms, my friend:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zipperhead
A derogatory term used in reference to people of Asian descent. It is said to have been coined during the Korean war by frontline troops whom had run over enemy troops in jeeps. The soldiers claimed that the tire tracks from the jeeps left a pattern resembling that of a closed zipper along the corpse.
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Commie Dearest
August 4, 2010 12:42 AM in reply to mcjam
Well, there are several etymologies, but the earliest refers to RCMP armored vehicle operators. It certainly has been used by veterans of Asian wars as a racial slur according to several sources, but I myself learned it from my Asian brother-in-law, who used it to describe a family of rednecks, the head of which punched my Iranian brother-in-law when he went to retrieve the ball he was throwing with my nephew from their blanket. It was the first time I heard the term and it stuck. To me it refers to people like this ignorant family. My apologies to anyone I offended.
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Commie Dearest
August 4, 2010 12:57 AM in reply to Commie Dearest
Here is a link with the usage I am familiar with: http://www.wordspy.com/words/zipperhead.asp
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WRBurton
August 6, 2010 9:47 AM in reply to Commie Dearest
I have a 137 IQ and they resonate with me. Amanpour was a terrible choice. She has no ability to "moderate". What's almost laughable is her need to stack the round table with 3 lefties AND herself against 1 conservative (George Will). What's she afraid of? Even outnumbered 4 to 1, he demolishes them.
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Commie Dearest
August 6, 2010 9:17 PM in reply to WRBurton
I'd sue the makers of your test, then.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:32 PM in reply to dswx
Yeah, tho I thought he was less of a butt kisser than Georgie boy.
My impression is that McCain, Shales, etc. just don't like to see a woman in a Sunday gasbag anchor chair, especially a FOREIGN woman of indeterminate ethnicity.
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wendynyc
August 2, 2010 9:57 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Her ethnicity isn't "indeterminate."
She's Persian (Iranian). She grew up in Teheran, her family left when the Shah was overthrown.
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SkepticalCidada
August 3, 2010 7:21 AM in reply to wendynyc
I think the point was that it's indeterminate to the reptile-brain, gun-toting right.
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August 2, 2010 6:38 PM in reply to dswx
David Gregory lost all creditability the night he danced on stage with Karl Rove (MC Rove!)
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BluGrass
August 2, 2010 11:25 PM in reply to John
And especially when they left in the same car, and Gregory's UnderArmor turned up in Rove's glove compartment.
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Any Thing Too Add
August 3, 2010 1:50 AM in reply to BluGrass
LOL!!!
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andyvillager
August 2, 2010 8:10 PM in reply to dswx
FUGOP~!
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andyvillager
August 2, 2010 9:36 PM in reply to dswx
Headline: "Miss Jake Tapper". LOL. fruedian slip? I hope!
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midnight rambler
August 2, 2010 9:42 PM in reply to andyvillager
Yeah, before I clicked on the story I though it was phrased as "McCain on Amanpour: Anyone else, Miss Jake Tapper?"
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Docb
August 3, 2010 11:27 AM in reply to dswx
NO, old man I do not!
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mcc
August 2, 2010 3:17 PM
Recognizing that human life that is not American has worth: So beyond the pale that even hinting it by accident is a horrible sin to be policed strictly.
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DavisDem
August 2, 2010 5:40 PM in reply to mcc
You start caring about foreigners and next thing you know you'll start caring about box-turtles.
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ohyeathatsright
August 2, 2010 8:24 PM in reply to DavisDem
...And attempting to procreate with them. We all know that every GOP slippery slope ends in bestiality.
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yellowdogD
August 2, 2010 10:06 PM in reply to ohyeathatsright
Procreate with turtles? How else could you explain how Miss McConnell came to be?
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ohyeathatsright
August 3, 2010 1:52 PM in reply to yellowdogD
Actually I tend to believe that Mitch himself is the bottom of that slope.
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mezcalero
August 2, 2010 3:22 PM
McCain is a big stupid doo-doo head
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Msinformed
August 2, 2010 6:57 PM in reply to mezcalero
I agree, except that he's little.
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FellowAmerican
August 2, 2010 3:34 PM
This is the paintbrush: if you don't say "ONLY killed Americans deserve our sorrow or respect", you're traitor. Only Americans count to 'real' Americans. It's important we never admit errors, or apologize.
And yet, they probably also say that America is the world's moral guide, to which all other countries should aspire.
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mcc
August 2, 2010 3:48 PM in reply to FellowAmerican
Maybe the idea is that all other countries should aspire to the ideal of valuing American life above their own.
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expatjourno2
August 2, 2010 7:06 PM in reply to mcc
No, the idea is that they all should grow up to become more American. Then their lives would be worth something.
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mcc
August 2, 2010 8:30 PM in reply to expatjourno2
But when they try to become American, sheriff Joe Arpaio shoots them :(
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calbearinillinois
August 2, 2010 10:01 PM in reply to mcc
And Sens. Kyl and Graham try to retroactively strip their kids of their citizenship.
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mJJ
August 3, 2010 12:45 PM in reply to calbearinillinois
What I find so strange is that all the while these guys tout about how sacred the Constitution is, and how absolute our adherasnce to the Constitution must be, they certainly draw the line when it comes to those born on US soil. Guess what, John, it is in the Constitution. And guess what John, Christiane Amanpour is here legally and your racist comment is just that. She has every right to speak out on her beliefs and you also have the right to look like the south end of a donkey going north. And alas, you accomplished it in your sexist comment. I live in Arizona and will remember your impolite crab when the election comes.
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Joekuh
August 2, 2010 8:45 PM in reply to FellowAmerican
I swear I'll never understand that brand of thinking. It's only by admitting mistakes and fault that people grow from them. When you hide yourself from your negatives, it only effects you negatively...
But we're talking about Republicans here, so who am I kidding?
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rakitoon
August 2, 2010 11:50 PM in reply to FellowAmerican
Yeah that's really gag-inducing.
Sincerely,
All Other Countries
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pluky
August 2, 2010 3:37 PM
Let's not forget, Ms. Amanpour is half-Iranian (Gasp! Clutch pearls.).
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Vincent F
August 2, 2010 3:57 PM in reply to pluky
She must be a terrerist! And she's a member of the lamestream media... obviously hates America and is biased against real Americans. Is there any downside for GOPers to demonize her?? She's the perfect villian. It's just too bad she's not half Mexican. Or half lesbian.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:35 PM in reply to Vincent F
half-lesbian ... LOL
Reminds of the drunk hitting on a woman at a bar. After several polite attempts to put him off, she says, "Look. I'm a lesbian."
& he says, "That's OK, my grandfather was from Beirut."
Ta dum.
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Overreach THIS!
August 2, 2010 11:55 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Good one! :)))
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chameleon
August 2, 2010 4:20 PM in reply to pluky
But she is an Iranian Jew married to a Jew.
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draftedin68
August 2, 2010 6:06 PM in reply to chameleon
Wrong!
She's a Christian (not that there's anything wrong with that).
It's called Google - try it unless you're happy spreading B.S.
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chameleon
August 2, 2010 6:10 PM in reply to draftedin68
Excuse me. I am not peddling B.S, That's what I was told by a friend of her husband no less.
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slb
August 2, 2010 6:55 PM in reply to chameleon
It would appear that your informant was mistaken. Her husband is indeed Jewish, but her father's name was Mohammed, which makes me seriously doubt he could have been Jewish. Her mother was British, and I can't find any indication of mother's religion. But Amanpour's schooling from age 11 until she entered college was in Catholic girls' schools in Britain, and everything I can find about Amanpour herself says that her family was part of Iran's very small Christian minority.
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again
August 2, 2010 7:15 PM in reply to chameleon
You and your friend have an interesting take on reality. I attended a Jewish day school as a child, lived in Jewish neighborhoods in New York and have never once met a Jewish person named Christiane. I suppose some people with first names derived from Christ (e.g. Christiane, Christine) may have converted, but conversion is no simple process.
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Clarance Vine
August 2, 2010 9:02 PM in reply to chameleon
It's called Google - in case you forgot.
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expat46
August 3, 2010 12:23 AM in reply to Clarance Vine
Clarance, why are you always trying to start a fight? I'll bet your a lot of fun at Thanksgiving.
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Clarance Vine
August 3, 2010 8:13 AM in reply to expat46
come on, that was a little poke. you know that. Chammy can handle it. Thought my war posts was good. Didn't you?
Thanksgiving can always be interesting; 5 kinds, Irish Catholics, and yes, a drunken Uncle (no shit)
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Clarance Vine
August 3, 2010 8:57 AM in reply to Clarance Vine
meant 5 kids, not 5 kinds.
BTW, new avatar?
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expat46
August 3, 2010 7:26 PM in reply to Clarance Vine
Yeah, your war posts were spot on. I don't know if you saw Andrew Bacevich on Rachel Maddow last night but I couldn't tell the two of you apart (that's a compliment - btw).
You like my new avatar? It's part of my rebranding strategy.
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Viva!America!
August 2, 2010 6:11 PM in reply to draftedin68
Over your head it went, huh?
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windowpane
August 2, 2010 6:28 PM in reply to chameleon
A Jew named Christiane - Ha! - that would be a first.
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chameleon
August 2, 2010 6:32 PM in reply to windowpane
I have a friend named Christopher who is jewish so it is not out of the question. Not all jews are religious. I don't care what she is. I happen to like her a lot and have always been a big fan. And I am even more delighted that she ruffled the GOP's feathers. It's about time a real journalist hosted a show like that.
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hbobrien
August 2, 2010 6:50 PM in reply to windowpane
"A Jew named Christiane - Ha! - that would be a first."
Not by 2,000 years.
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hunter
August 2, 2010 7:30 PM in reply to hbobrien
Ok, you win.
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again
August 2, 2010 7:47 PM in reply to hbobrien
Interesting... Was Christ his name at the time, or did that come later via the Greek translation of the word messiah?I'm not claiming to know, just asking.
Then again, I'm not repeating erroneous information based on hearsay from a supposed friend of Ms. Amanpour's husband.
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calbearinillinois
August 2, 2010 10:04 PM in reply to again
Christos, or "the Christ" is a title, not a name, and as you note comes from the quirk that the New Testament, when finally compiled, was written in Greek, not Aramaic or even Hebrew.
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eatbees
August 3, 2010 12:43 AM in reply to hbobrien
So Christiane was his drag name?
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Overreach THIS!
August 3, 2010 8:28 AM in reply to eatbees
No matter. The thing is, Amanpour is a crypto-Muslim plant.
The Teabaggers have been on to her from *Day 1*!!
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NoSharks
August 2, 2010 7:13 PM in reply to chameleon
I've know her for more than 20 years. She's a Catholic and always has been. She married a Jew but that doesn't make her one. Her father is an Iranian and her mother an English woman. She grew up in both Tehran and London, but carries only a British passport. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island in the US.
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attymatty
August 2, 2010 3:37 PM
July 20: Sapper Brian Collier, 24, was killed by a homemade landmine while on a foot patrol, near Nakhonay, in eastern Panjwaii District, just southwest of Kandahar City. It has been a particularly dangerous area for the Canadian force since moving many of its troops there to live among villagers late last year.
In other words, fuck Tom Shales.
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Jaycal
August 2, 2010 8:14 PM in reply to attymatty
Yeah, but where's the fun in supporting our allies? Just because a bunch of Canuks want to put their lives on the line in support of US security and Americans who died in the WTC attacks? It's our proud conservative tradition in the US to patronize and belittle anyone who's not us.
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twoviragos
August 2, 2010 3:40 PM
I have to admit that I do admire people who can deliver a well timed sarcastic jab. Maybe one of those people would consider schooling Grandpa Crankypants on the art.
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draftedin68
August 2, 2010 3:52 PM
Dear John,
Please tell us how you'd find OBL - you said you knew how to do it, remember? - so we can get him and then get the fuck outta those shitholes.
Or, maybe you forgot.
Maybe.
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Signalman
August 2, 2010 6:08 PM in reply to draftedin68
+1 from another vet.
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Indie Tarheel
August 2, 2010 6:37 PM in reply to Signalman
And another +1 from me.
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Viva!America!
August 2, 2010 6:13 PM in reply to draftedin68
If I had any clout or a moment with John McCain, I'd demand that he tell us where obl is hiding. However, being the liar that he is, he'll just tell me that he never said anything of the sort.
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Msinformed
August 2, 2010 7:01 PM in reply to draftedin68
Is that "treason by omission"?
Actually I think it was the old Nixon trick: "I have a secret plan to end the war".
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donquijoterocket
August 3, 2010 6:15 AM in reply to draftedin68
If he knew he could crash an airplane into the location. Don't forget jetjock johnny Mcinane is a North Vietnamese ace.And from his likely culpability in the Forrestal fiasco a deadly one at that.
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Walter Mitty
August 2, 2010 4:00 PM
Just proves that Tapper was friendly to McCain and the GOP that they're sticking up for him.
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vasu
August 2, 2010 4:02 PM
It just proves how slimy and self-serving these people are. She is did something to honor all those lost, and she is getting mocked for it.
There is nothing wrong with being well rounded, well traveled and well versed in the world. And these right-wing nutters bash any signs of grace and intelligent that is directed outward.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
August 2, 2010 4:04 PM
Worst of all, she showed rank disrespect to the Only Three Men Who Matter in D.C. by booking people who actually have poweer in lieu of the opportunity to have an Exclusive! interview with President McCain or either of the other two President McLiebergrahams. A most disturbing trend, indeed.
And get off his damn lawn!
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ericf
August 2, 2010 4:07 PM
I didn't see Amanpour's premiere, but she was about the last good thing about CNN, so I had hopes for her taking over a Sunday show. Now I'll make a point of trying to see it, if ABC put it on the web. Thanks for the recommendation Sen. McCain!
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PeninsulaMatt
August 2, 2010 4:16 PM in reply to ericf
I actually thought she did a good job. She seemed - get this - objective! She even pressed her interviewees to answer difficult questions.
I did notice that the pundit table was not round anymore. I personally like the change, put the lefties and the righties on opposite ends of the table. It's a more informative visual.
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joker44
August 2, 2010 5:39 PM in reply to PeninsulaMatt
She actually asked (shudder) follow-up questions.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:36 PM in reply to joker44
OMG, NO!
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brianm0122
August 2, 2010 7:03 PM in reply to PeninsulaMatt
>She seemed - get this - objective!
Well, no wonder they hate her, Sunday Political shows should only broadcast the Republican news!!
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chameleon
August 2, 2010 4:22 PM in reply to ericf
Second. I must make a point to start watching these shows again. They have become unwatchable since Gregory took over MTP and Tapper for This Week. I agree complete that she is probably going to do an excellent job because she's a seasoned journalist. Good for her for holding the guests feet to the fire.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:39 PM in reply to chameleon
Try Fareed Zakahria's GPS on CNN. Couple of weeks ago he interviewed one of the Hezbollah guys, or Hamas guys, or whatever, and made MINCEMEAT out of him. It was fun to see a true Muslim take one of these asshats on their desecration of Islam.
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chameleon
August 2, 2010 8:07 PM in reply to Cal Gal
I always forget to watch his show. I will have to start watching them again. Thanks for the heads up
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Sedulus
August 2, 2010 8:09 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Exactly. Zakaria tried and tried but this British Muslim fanatic wouldn't shut up and wouldn't answer him. Surprised he didn't pull out a hand grenade and destroy himself on camera. Zakaria, while conservative, is intelligent. I tape his show. Virtually the only show that will have a foreign guest like Lee Kuan Yew or British Chancellor of Exchequer, etc., on.
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rakitoon
August 2, 2010 11:55 PM in reply to Sedulus
Fareed Zakaria is my hero.
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slb
August 2, 2010 7:00 PM in reply to ericf
I really wanted to see it, but circumstances dictated that I had to miss it. The reaction from the right, though, was everything I had anticipated (and hoped) it would be. Finally a Sunday talk show host more interested in doing journalism than in being a celebrity!!
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realist
August 2, 2010 4:20 PM
I bet somebody snuck on Grampy's Twitter? Hey kid . . . !
I used to like Shales sometimes but never again. That's just plain stupid.
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SkepticalCidada
August 3, 2010 7:30 AM in reply to realist
Shales bitter old queen schtick has gotten tedious.
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JohnW1141
August 2, 2010 4:27 PM
Um,
"And may God bless America" (fu*k all those other countries!)
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janpacopete
August 2, 2010 4:29 PM
Amanpour must be doing something right! Why is it that any time a woman or minority receives a position of power all of the old white men have something negative to say? But nooooo, none of these guy's are racists or sexists.
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rakitoon
August 2, 2010 11:58 PM in reply to janpacopete
I don't think they truly object to her ethnicity OR her gender. It's her integrity that threatens them. They are simply using her ethnicity and gender to paint her as threatening, un-American, terrorist-sympathizing, liberal media blah blah blah blah blah blah blah-de-farking-blah-endless-stream-of-pure-self-serving-bullshit. Distort the truth - that's the mission here.
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JohnW1141
August 2, 2010 4:34 PM
I always thought she was one of the best foreign correspondents.
I thought her debut was fine, but to many she didn't play the 'Gotcha" game (you said back in 1990....), or did I miss it?
Russert was great at that, I always thought it was a useless exercise when it went back farther than a year or two because people change.
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libdevil
August 2, 2010 5:30 PM in reply to JohnW1141
Eh, depends on the question. If it's a factual thing, it's probably useless past a month or so. Anybody can learn a new fact. If it's an opinion or policy question, a few years as you suggest is probably a good guideline. If it's a basic principle of your worldview and morality, I think it's fair to go back further.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:41 PM in reply to JohnW1141
I agree about Russert, which is why David Gregory is such a disappointment. (Tho what more can you expect from one of St. John McCain's backup dancers.)
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Msinformed
August 2, 2010 7:05 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Russert only looks good using David Gregory goggles.
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August 2, 2010 10:37 PM in reply to Msinformed
I agree.
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Economides
August 2, 2010 4:36 PM
Good thing Reagan canceled that trip to Bitburg.
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slb
August 2, 2010 7:04 PM in reply to Economides
+1
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JohnW1141
August 3, 2010 4:57 AM in reply to Economides
Economides,
Reagan at Bitburg was a disgrace. The Wermacht was bad enough, but that cemetery also held Waffen SS, and there were no GIs there as the bodies had been moved to the US. Reagan also tried to downplay the SS there by saying there were many who were very young and drafted and had no choice. He obviously never met any of the Hitler Youth fanatics who permeated the Waffen SS. F**k Reagan who stayed in Hollywood while many other stars fought in that war.
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Clarance Vine
August 3, 2010 9:00 AM in reply to JohnW1141
As did John Wayne, Mr. All American.
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eclecticbrotha
August 2, 2010 5:07 PM
After practicing racism-by-proxy through the TeaBaggers, notice how the GOBP is slowly bringing their bigotry out into the open as we near the November midterms. These attacks on Ms. Amanpour have nothing to do with her credibility as a journalist and everything to do with her ethnicity. John "did I ever tell you I was a P.O.W.?" McWalnuts is now openly advocating the same McCarthyesque bigotry the rest of his party has been financing by supporting the Tea Party movement.
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Phoebe Fay
August 2, 2010 5:15 PM in reply to eclecticbrotha
I don't know. Sometimes I think it's less about people of color and more about people of brains. The teabaggies pretty much hate anyone with a fully-functioning brain (hence their worship of Glenn Beck).
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:42 PM in reply to Phoebe Fay
And Sarah Palin.
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FreemanW
August 2, 2010 9:30 PM in reply to eclecticbrotha
Oh snap!
Source
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rakitoon
August 3, 2010 12:00 AM in reply to eclecticbrotha
user-pic
August 2, 2010 11:58 PM in reply to janpacopete
I don't think they truly object to her ethnicity OR her gender. It's her integrity that threatens them. They are simply using her ethnicity and gender to paint her as threatening, un-American, terrorist-sympathizing, liberal media blah blah blah blah blah blah blah-de-farking-blah-endless-stream-of-pure-self-serving-bullshit. Distort the truth - that's the mission here.
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Phoebe Fay
August 2, 2010 5:13 PM
So, once again, some neanderthals have absolutely nothing of substance to use against a (fill-in-the-blank) ___woman/minority/non-conservative___, so they resort to twisting an innocuous statement into something absurd.
Predictable and pathetic.
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Len_RI
August 2, 2010 5:19 PM
John McCain is a national disgrace. He chose to place the fate of America in the hands of the incompetent Palin, and for that he lost the election and has forever rendered himself irrelevant.
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georgecs
August 2, 2010 5:20 PM
Can someone explain to me what God was doing for the Infinity He was lounging around the heavens waiting for the U!S!A! to be created? What did he love so much before 1787?
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castanea
August 2, 2010 6:15 PM in reply to georgecs
NASCAR and PBR.
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jimbobuddy
August 2, 2010 6:21 PM in reply to castanea
NASA & PB&J
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Stratdude
August 2, 2010 5:22 PM
Is anyone going to miss McAsshole.
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Lucieann
August 2, 2010 5:25 PM
If McCain doesn't like you....that is a compliment to you!
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Max Thrax
August 2, 2010 5:31 PM
Conservatives only honor white Christians.
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windowpane
August 2, 2010 6:33 PM in reply to Max Thrax
"Conservatives only honor white Christians."
Please insert "wealthy"
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realist
August 2, 2010 5:53 PM
Don't miss Jake but sure miss Barry Goldwater, a conservative who had an occasional principle, unlike war criminal McVain.
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biglith
August 2, 2010 6:35 PM in reply to realist
Goldwater wanted to use tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam. Thank God he never had the chance.
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windowpane
August 2, 2010 6:45 PM in reply to biglith
We ended killing as many civilians using conventional weapons.
Agent Orange: The gift that keeps on giving
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bdog207
August 2, 2010 5:54 PM
I think every death is a tragedy.
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Ginny in CO
August 3, 2010 5:23 AM in reply to bdog207
Amen. This is just another version of refusing to vote for health care of 9/11 responders and workers because they couldn't but a denial of care to any illegal immigrants who qualify. (Unknown if there actually were any.)
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draftedin68
August 2, 2010 6:03 PM
Damn Furriners!
I find it ironic that the best Sunday shows are hosted by people of foreign birth; Fareed in India, Christiane in England.
I'm sure Johnnie's ex-running mate, Sarah The Stupid, will NEVER appear on shows hosted by these evil furriners - her hands aren't big enough to hold all the answers.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:44 PM in reply to draftedin68
I get your drift. Could be something about the educational systems. And now we're turning to the rote methods the rest of the civilized world is eschewing as inadequate to teach people to THINK!
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JohnW1141
August 2, 2010 6:48 PM in reply to draftedin68
draft,
Palin learned her lesson about the media with Couric, she will appear only on FOX or other right wing venues now.
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Signalman
August 2, 2010 6:06 PM
I seem to recall that, a few years ago, the GOP chimps started shrieking and hurling their own feces through the holes in their cage when ABC aired a special that featured Ted Koppel reading off all the names of our recent war dead.
So no, it isn't just that Amanpour wasn't specific enough. They just don't want *anybody* to be reminded about our brave war dead and who sent them (President Bush) in the first place.
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slb
August 2, 2010 7:17 PM in reply to Signalman
You recall correctly. They reacted as if it were the most subversive thing anyone could do.
But it's not true that they won't allow *anyone* to commemorate the war dead. Nancy Grace always has a tribute to a fallen soldier at the end of her show, and that has never seemed to upset them. Then again, unless my memory is wrong, it's only one, and usually it's someone who died several years ago.
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Signalman
August 3, 2010 9:00 AM in reply to slb
Respectfully, I wouldn't call anything Nancy Grace does 'commemorative.' She's a horrible, horrible person, and there's a reason why she's no practicing law any more -- aside from the lucrative TV gig she's got.
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Walter Mitty
August 2, 2010 6:11 PM
McCain outs Jake Tapper as a GOP fanboy cake interview. Any reply from Jake yet?
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hollywood
August 2, 2010 6:31 PM in reply to Walter Mitty
Remember when Obama ever so gently was doing a pushback against FoxFuxNews and the first and loudest voice in defense of FoxFux was none other than Jake Tapper! I remember! I was thinking what a dick Tapper was for giving cover to a complete and total propaganda wing of the GOP ..... I thought WHAT AN ASSHOLE!
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ariuszme
August 2, 2010 6:16 PM
So my question is, did she pay tribute to anyone in the Taliban? If not, what the f'k are they bitching about now?
this first commentor confuses me with this:
What really telling is the obvious admission that they loved Tapper, who is CNN's version of the GOP-kowtowing David Gregory.
I knew Christine was going to ABC months ago, but I don't understand what u mean by trapper at CNN- if he's there now that's news to me! (I've been busy and not keeping up)
Also, David Gregory is no republican... assumed everyone knew that.
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Official A
August 2, 2010 6:33 PM in reply to ariuszme
Maybe Gregory's not a real Republican, but he definitely plays one on TV.
And, of course, while dancin' with M. C. Rove.
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SkepticalCidada
August 3, 2010 7:37 AM in reply to ariuszme
What I know is that David Gregory is no journalist. Giving politicians the opportunity to vomit canned talking points is not journalism. His show is unwatchable.
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Signalman
August 3, 2010 9:06 AM in reply to SkepticalCidada
I must agree. Gregory used to show some stones on occasion at White House press briefings, but since taking over MTP he's really become quite the milquetoast when it comes to hard-hitting and incisive questioning. He's quite a letdown, but in all fairness, Tim Russert was a tough act for anyone to follow.
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SkepticalCidada
August 3, 2010 9:26 AM in reply to Signalman
Christiane managed it quite well, I thought. She cut off her interviewees, including Hillary Clinton, when they were just unloading b.s. talking points and pushed, repeatedly, for answers. She had Hillary bobbing and weaving and dodging on basic questions about Afghanistan. I had almost forgotten what real journalism was like!
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SkepticalCidada
August 3, 2010 9:34 AM in reply to SkepticalCidada
Oops, sorry, I meant Nancy Pelosi, not Hillary Clinton. Christiane really pushed Pelosi on Afghanistan.
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jimbobuddy
August 2, 2010 6:17 PM
God to McCain: "You're a real dick!"
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Plotius
August 2, 2010 6:20 PM
McCain gets his depends all in a bunch.
Old man, step aside and get the fuck out.
You are an embarrassement to seniors everywhere.
And you picked Sarah Palin. Your a maroon.
Go off and die somewhere.
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SeattleJoe
August 2, 2010 6:22 PM
Kow-towing to the GOP is just normal behavior for all well-respected media figures.
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:30 PM
"Did she mean to suggest that our mourning extend to members of the Taliban?"
Or maybe our Allies?
Or maybe, heaven forbid (because they're Muslim) innocent civilians?
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Official A
August 2, 2010 6:36 PM in reply to Cal Gal
American megalomania at it finest, huh? It's all about us.
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Sniffit
August 2, 2010 6:39 PM
Just set-up/cover for using Amanpour's replacement of Tapper as a highlight-reel example of the vast left-wing media conspiracy...you know, the same left-wing media conspiracy that happily and uncritically broadcasts things like "death panels" and then has two borderline retarded bobbleheads debate it as though it might just have scary merit (you know, rather than quickly and efficiently doing the public service of debunking it with easily obtained facts). Fuckers would have bobbleheads debating whether shit stinks if it would raise ad revenue.
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Subliminability
August 2, 2010 6:39 PM
Anyone miss John McCain's soul?
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Cal Gal
August 2, 2010 6:47 PM in reply to Subliminability
Don't think it really ever existed, personally. It was always a front. He's always been a meglomaniac doing what he thought would best promote his own interests.
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Davran
August 2, 2010 6:51 PM in reply to Subliminability
If there ever was one, it's been missing for longer than I have been alive.
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PSzymeczek
August 3, 2010 3:27 PM in reply to Subliminability
You can't miss something you never had.
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TheBigRagu
August 2, 2010 6:40 PM
Two words - Peter Arnett. ABC will 'straighten out' Ms. Amanpour the same way NBC fixed Arnett.
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dustbunny44
August 2, 2010 7:13 PM in reply to TheBigRagu
It's Peter, Christiane, and Dan Rather at the table trading dreams of almost telling the truth.
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Lestatdelc
August 2, 2010 6:40 PM
This must be great news for John McCain!
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twirling fartknocker
August 2, 2010 6:43 PM
McCain's still alive?
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roxsteady
August 2, 2010 6:44 PM
Well does McCain have the cajones to say this to Amanpour's face? Oh, and NO, I DON'T MISS JAKE TAPPER. Anyone who's stupid enough to post a tweet asking that ignorant former govenor to come on their show when she constantly slamming said lamestream media only proves that when it comes to journalism, they don't have a clue. Did she tweet back her response yet Jake? Maybe she'll write it on her hand during her next visit to fox.
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tgh86
August 2, 2010 6:48 PM
McCain and Sunday talk. Worse than a spoiled teen.
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barkway
August 2, 2010 6:50 PM
I don't get it. Why would Conservatives be mad at her for remembering soldiers who had died? A number of CNN shows have a segment where they remember the fallen.
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TheBigRagu
August 2, 2010 6:51 PM
It's McCain's way of telling the ABC producers that he's not coming on their show as long as she's there.
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twirling fartknocker
August 2, 2010 6:54 PM in reply to TheBigRagu
she's smarter than him, more honest and decent, and McCain will have none of it
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AlphaLiberal
August 2, 2010 6:51 PM
I used to like Tom Shales but he's gone batshit here. Some old grudge?
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jsdc007
August 2, 2010 7:02 PM
1. Tom Shales is an idiot, yet another prime example of how rotten the WaPo has become under Katherine Weymouth.
2. At least John McCain didn't call Amanpour the "C" word. I guess he reserves that for his wife.
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dustbunny44
August 2, 2010 7:12 PM
McCain to ABC: where's my BJ?
And you guys broadcasting this crap, stop acting like the rest of the world matters! What is wrong with you?
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tomasf
August 2, 2010 7:12 PM
Nevermind that there were three Brits and three Italians killed in Afghanistan last week. http://www.icasualties.org/OEF/Nationality.aspx?hndQry=UK
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pirate jenny
August 2, 2010 7:26 PM
everything is a zero sum game for these fuckers, even mourning the dead.
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MyMy
August 2, 2010 8:06 PM
Three cheers for Christine!
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johnnydoughey
August 2, 2010 8:07 PM
I suppose absolute proof of evolution is still out but it seems as though every time our current crop of political talking heads open their mouths, it is more proof positive that deevolution is not a theory, but a fact.
It's just too bad voters continue to elect these third rate actors who have the ability to spout rhetoric but are no longer able to be civilized and coherent because I would suspect their inability to remain upright and civil is contagious..
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johnnydoughey
August 2, 2010 8:08 PM
I suppose absolute proof of evolution is still out but it seems as though every time our current crop of political talking heads open their mouths, it is more proof positive that deevolution is not a theory, but a fact.
It's just too bad voters continue to elect these third rate actors who have the ability to spout rhetoric but are no longer able to be civilized and coherent because I would suspect their inability to remain upright and civil is contagious..
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Sedulus
August 2, 2010 8:15 PM
I thought Amanpour was very good. She has a mind and some gravitas; Jake Tapper is basically a doofus. Also, he often came in for praise from Rush and Sean & Co., so once ABC found someone with a brain, the Right would be angry. As for McCain, previous poster has mentioned that he checked his soul long ago.
BTW, very good Sunday show on CNN is Fareed Zakaria, only one to always have non-US guests. He is somewhat right-wing but is intelligent and not an ideologue. Until recently, Amanpour's show followed his on CNN, but she didn't conduct it very long.
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mcjam
August 2, 2010 8:26 PM
I see, so only some dead people are worthy of acknowledgement, but not others.
This is what the right-wing authoritarians would like most of all, of course.
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stevelaudig
August 2, 2010 8:38 PM
Someone enlighten me. Is Shales actually that stupid? I thought he was on NPR occasionally. I'm not saying that being on NPR means someone can't be stupid. It used to. but not any more.
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aacme
August 2, 2010 9:18 PM in reply to stevelaudig
Right. That started when the Gingrich congress said no more funding unless a Republican is in charge. I don't know if that rule still holds.
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psyclone
August 2, 2010 8:46 PM
I just wish all these "critics" did as much over-parsing of speech for Reepublicans as they do for anyone else who isn't blatantly identified as such. Good grief, all this criticism over Amanpour for what amounts to 3 fucking seconds of material on a broadcast?
I guess now we'll get to see who really pulls the strings at the news networks. Of course, even after Amanpour gets fired the right will still complain about the so-called "liberal media".
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MarciaJ720
August 2, 2010 9:04 PM
So, is it a crime to acknowledge the many innocent civilians who died?
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aacme
August 2, 2010 9:19 PM in reply to MarciaJ720
You are obviously not a Real American.
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douginct
August 2, 2010 9:39 PM
For starters, who really believes McCain knows how to use an answering machine, let alone send a tweet.
More importantly, what a shame he's turned into such a profound right wing pretender. He's trying way too hard- as obvious and phony as Mitt Romney. Nonetheless, hope for reasoned votes from a Senator that should know better remain lost.
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Rich in NJ
August 2, 2010 9:57 PM
I'll tell you who I don't miss, you craven hack, Stupid Sarah Palin.
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Texar
August 2, 2010 9:58 PM
I'd love to miss McCain right about now. As the saying goes, "how can we miss you if you never go away?"
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wial
August 2, 2010 10:18 PM
America should not go outside its borders until it learns to count the victims of its wars.
Can we at least say those who refuse to mourn the Taliban dead can't call themselves Christians? Or how about CINOs? Actually, that's got a ring to it! Christian in Name Only.
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August 2, 2010 10:25 PM
Did the right collectively lose all sense of shame when Goldwater, the great conscience of the conservatives, pass away?
I remember this guy back in 2000 named McCain: there was, even for a liberal like me, a whole lot to admire about the guy. He was honest, you got the sense that he would listen to reason, and whether you disagreed with him, he took positions on principle and with values that, as an American, I largely shared and in any event could respect.
Which bears no resemblance to the pandering reactionary McCain that debuted in 2008. You could put together video clips of McCain then and McCain now and construct a debate, the difference is that great. Its just a sad end to the career of a genuine American hero, and emblematic of the right when a figure of integrity becomes a bigot and, in this particular story, a cheap bully.
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Signalman
August 3, 2010 9:13 AM in reply to Ron
"Did the right collectively lose all sense of shame when Goldwater, the great conscience of the conservatives, pass away?"
Yes. They did.
I'm a firearm-owning disabled vet who grew up in and still lives in the Deep South. I'm part of their core effing demographic, and they ran *me* off for daring to question GOP orthodoxy on the Iraq war and on deficit spending.
They don't care about things like truth, honesty and consistency any more. They only care about power; getting it and keeping it. Nothing else matters.
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wial
August 2, 2010 10:29 PM
The right wing is *so* hateful. They're just *so* hateful. How was it ever OK to even be someone like John McCain? And all those millions who got it about the stupidity of the Vietnam War, and the tens of millions who marched in the streets to stop the US from starting the Iraq War, and all we get are chowderheads who think war is something reasonable to be discussed, arguing with those who think it's un-American to count even a few, let alone admit we slaughter vast numbers of poor people in our delusional political theater wars.
It's like their brains are made of foetid cheese.
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Falstaff
August 2, 2010 10:40 PM
I can't escape the nagging feeling I am watching the beginning of the end of America.
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castanea
August 2, 2010 11:41 PM in reply to Falstaff
I'd say we are well into the second act by now. Stock up on canned goods and ammo, and start practicing your woodchopping skills, if you haven't already.
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Max Thrax
August 2, 2010 10:44 PM
She must have done a great job. I will tune in this Sunday.
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xargaw
August 2, 2010 11:09 PM
Republican men feel their masculinity threatened by smart women. They like the subserviant type that stay home, can fruit, raise babies and never have an original thought. Put simply, they are afraid of Christianne. Let's hope that ABC has the guts to give her a fair chance. They might be surprised and see an uptick in ratings. Lord knows, Sunday mornings have had a big void in quality programing since Russert's death.
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Overreach THIS!
August 3, 2010 12:43 AM in reply to xargaw
"Republican men feel their masculinity threatened by smart women. They like the subserviant type that stay home, can fruit, raise babies and never have an original thought. Put simply, they are afraid of Christianne."
Well, they've got their Taligangelicals, Phyllis Schlafly types, and they damn sure don't like foreigners. These people prattle on about "American exceptionalism." It's tantamount to institutional racism in Japan, where non-Japanese are regarded as barbarians.
And she's not reading their talking points, so they look for Amanpour's birth certificate: "She completed her primary education in Iran and at the age of 11, her parents sent her to boarding school in England." Uh-huh.
"Let's hope that ABC has the guts to give her a fair chance."
Don't count on it.
"Sunday mornings have had a big void in quality programing since Russert's death."
No doubt about that, yes indeed.
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Overreach THIS!
August 2, 2010 11:49 PM
It's unrealistic that Americans are going to accept a Sunday program led by someone with an accent, first of all. What the hell were they thinking?
And I know some of you are going to now try to say Amanpour doesn't have an accent. Puh-lease!
And the "all who died" jazz is *way* out of line for an American audience, no question.
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eggroll
August 3, 2010 12:10 AM
The genius of the program was that there were no commercials for like the first 29 minutes. I think ABC is on to something. The disappointment was that the global warming comment at the end of the broadcast was limited to photos of kids getting wet, even as forest fires burned in 23 of Russia's 83 regions.
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Any Thing Too Add
August 3, 2010 1:57 AM
When did John McCain break up with David Gregory?
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mkolb
August 3, 2010 1:59 AM
To answer Sen McCain's query: no, I do not miss Jake Tapper. Rather, I miss John McCain and wonder where he wandered off to. He's never been the same upright fellow he appeared after South Carolina 2000. Too sad.
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boredwell
August 3, 2010 5:50 AM
In Memoriam tried but didn't succeed in conveying to the WP the fact that there are other conflicts across the globe besides Iraq and Afghanistan which claim of the lives of innocent people - Somalia, Southern Sudan, the Congo; Gaza and the turbulent Central Asian Republics to name but a few. The WP decided to ignore these and stir the pot by arbitrarily suggesting Amanpour included the Taliban. Of course, she didn't. It's obvious and disturbing, however, that the WP's editorial cup of human kindness is empty. Mourning,according to them, should be exclusive and homogenized.
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gleeindc
August 3, 2010 6:53 AM
I guess supporting the troops doesn't mean calling attention to those who have died. What's Memorial Day for then?
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SkepticalCidada
August 3, 2010 7:42 AM
McCain can always go on Fox and help Chris Wallace slowly dismember his former career as a journalist.
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mibwilso
August 3, 2010 7:51 AM
Because it's so inappropriate to acknowledge that other people die in wars too?
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mibwilso
August 3, 2010 7:55 AM
Classic GOP tactic. Work the refs.
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Overreach THIS!
August 3, 2010 8:23 AM in reply to mibwilso
Usually works. It should here.
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mibwilso
August 3, 2010 8:00 AM
What's with all the right-wing disdain for Amanpour?
She has an international perspective in her reporting, so she's not as America-centric as Fox, but she's always struck me as a pretty fair minded reporter.
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paulfromstpaul
August 3, 2010 8:33 AM
This puts McCain in a tough spot. Will he really be able to stand having one less camera to sit in front of, act sincere and babble-on about "straight talk?" What is an attention whore to do!
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Goshen
August 3, 2010 8:46 AM
I thought she did a great job.
But now she'll have to have the old coot on yet AGAIN to placate him.
Let the games begin (again).
However, Amanpour, like Jon Stewart, is unlikely to be intimidated. If I were McCain, I'd decline to put myself under that particular spotlight again. She'll have him for lunch.
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August 3, 2010 10:04 AM in reply to Goshen
If she did have him on, again, - he'd likely stipulate the type of questions to be asked and the direction of the conversation. Were she to cross any of those lines he'd most likely walk out, faster than he walked out on his first marriage.
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An Outhouse
August 3, 2010 9:38 AM
Maybe McCain should buy her a tire swing.
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Meteor
August 3, 2010 9:54 AM
Christiane Amanpour rules and the GOP-SAL
(sorry a-- losers) quake!
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August 3, 2010 10:27 AM
Ms Amanpour DID break new ground. She interviewed a foreign journalist, who added balance to the conversation. The journalist brought home the fact that Wikileaks documents were news only to us, the rest of the world already knew just about every detail.
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Dave5
August 3, 2010 11:58 AM
John "the fundamentals of the economy are sound..." McCain's showing his fundamentally racist roots that he's been hiding all these years. He's ripe for retirement.
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jerrywrite
August 3, 2010 2:58 PM
McCain is barely worth talking about. And Shales is a roger-ebert-wannabe has been. So who cares what he has to say?
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johnnymorales
August 3, 2010 3:08 PM
McCain is practically a founding member of the "Military-Industrial Complex" Eisenhower warned the nation about and accurately predicted as the most dangerous internal threat to this nation.
It's unfortunate that he chose that term though, for too many think it infers a criticism of the military, when he meant no such thing.
"Military - Industrial Complex" broken down means the "commercial industries" who has as their main source of revenue and profit "making war."
Naturally they need the military to wage those wars, but the "military" is as much under the thrall via their extensive army of lobbyists as the nation. That's what Secretary Gates is fighting with his forceful demands for minor cutbacks.
Unfortunately, the nation as a whole is oblivious to this distinction that makes all the difference in meaning. So attacking the 'military industrial complex" to many sounds like you're saying our military is worthless.
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Ohce
August 3, 2010 7:56 PM
McCain's most enduring legacy: Half-term Palin.
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shag11
August 5, 2010 8:44 AM
Righties defective gene, and this is why they are filled with hatred and venom. When I'm angry I can't think straight, nor be creative. This is explains their demeanor.
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