Cokie Roberts on NPR...

[Triana]

...NPR talked to Roberts this morning and she was asked 'what about George Bush's record during VietNam"?

Her answer: (I'm paraphrasing but this is the gist of what she said, and it is tres HYPOCRITICAL and APPALLING)

"Weeel, that was 40 years ago. NO ONE cares what happened 40 years ago. People only care about George Bush's record during the last four years, NOT something that happened 40 years ago...."

NOW. EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME, but George Bush DOESN'T WANT TO TALK about his record for the past four years (ie: the issues) BECAUSE IT'S SO DISMAL and rotten!

INSTEAD, George Bush wants to talk about what? SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITH JOHN KERRY 30 years ago. If what happened with GWB 40 years ago doesn't matter and bu$hit's last 4 years is what people want to talk about, then WHY does what happened with Kerry 30 years ago matter except as a TOOL to DIVERT ATTENTION from George Bush's record of the past 4 years (because it sucks)...

???????

UNBELIEVEABLE hypocrisy...time to write to NPR too...and to Cokie Roberts (bu$hit buttkisser du jour)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Looking At Sam Donaldson's Bad Rug For Twenty Years Clouded Her Thinking

nt

[AmerDem]

2. it is sickening!

I agree

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Cokie Or Sam Donaldson's Cheap Rug (nt)

[trumad]

5. 40 years ago was 1963

[jeff30997]

4. Crooked Robber is her name.

[wurzel]

6. Blame NPR. They keep putting her on.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. CONTACT: [e-mail]

[DeepModem Mom]

8. LINK TO NPR CONTACT WEBPAGE --

http://www.npr.org/contact/

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. She made the outrageous claim

that the public already vetted Bu$h's military record when he ran 4 years ago. That it all came out then and that people had made up their minds then.

As usual, she is totally full of it. 4 years ago Bu$h refused to release his military records and the press let him get away with it. Bu$h's AWOL status was still considered a conspiracy theory.

She really needs to cut back on the kool-aide.

[Triana]

10. [e-mail] bounces but...

...here's what I sent to [e-mail] (I've also e-mailed CNN this morning about their one-sided coverage of Bob Dole's nasty comments about Kerry's record whilst they're ignoring the testimony of Rood and others who were THERE and who've come forward):

_ _ _ _ _ sent to NPR

Cokie Roberts made a couple of outrageous and hypocritical statements on NPR this morning:

1. that the public already vetted Bu$h's military record when he ran 4 years ago. That it all came out then and that people had made up their minds then.

But it DIDN'T all come out then. I'd like to remind NPR and Roberts that 4 years ago Bush **refused** to release his military records and the press let him get away with it. Most people STILL do not know where Bush was for those 18 months that no one - even when rewards were offered - seems to be able to account for. Bush was never IN Vietnam and in fact, wherever he was SUPPOSED to be during that time - well, he wasn't THERE, either and no one can prove he was.

His record is hardly clear nor is it nearly proven or substianted (no more than the Swift Boat Veteran's for "Truth"'s lies are), so her assertion that 'it's all out there already' doesn't hold water.

2. She also said this morning, regarding the issue of Bush's military record:

"That was 40 years ago. NO ONE cares what happened 40 years ago. People only care about George Bush's record during the last four years, NOT something that happened 40 years ago...."

NOW, George Bush DOESN'T WANT TO TALK about his record for the past four years (ie: the issues), apparently. He'd rather detract attention to something that happened with John Kerry 30 years ago. Why? Well, frankly, George Bush's record of the last 4 years is terrible!

George Bush has chosen, instead, via his Swift Boat surrogates, to **distract the public's attention** to John Kerry's military record 30 or so years ago - rather than having the public's attention focused on George Bush's bad 4-year record on jobs, economy, national security, healthcare, etc. -- which as I've said, is pretty terrible, so he cannot very well campaign on it without totally losing.

Furthermore, I'd like Ms. Roberts to explain why, if what happened with GWB in the military 40 years ago doesn't matter, then WHY does what happened with Kerry in the military 30 years ago matter except as a TOOL to DIVERT ATTENTION from George Bush's horrid record of the past 4 years?

I'm sure you get the picture. I certainly did.

The picture can be summed up very succinctly: HYPOCRISY

Her statements regarding George Bush's military record vs. John Kerry's military record simply do not hold water. Stop the hypocrisy. It is illogical, nonsensical, and transparent.

Good Day,

[Jacobin]

11. CokeHead Roberts needs to get back into rehab

BTW, isn't it sad about CokeHead and BowTie Boy? Some people say that they are frequenting opium dens and have group sex with llamas.

How will they spin their shame? Don't they owe the American people an explanation for their outrageous behaviour?