DesideriScuri
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Nothing like the image of granny going over the cliff in a wheelchair, is there?
Or denying journalists the ability to videotape/photograph the American Flag draped coffins returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. To be disbarred from showing the American people the real cost of war?
That was started by HW, in 1991. And, iirc, it's up to the family of the deceased now, right?
Thank you for making my argument that "Republicans wish to hide the dead from the American People".
Didn't make that argument. Yet another misinterpretation on your part. It being up to the family now doesn't mean it's any less "hidden," does it?
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While those dead are on a military plane, in military hands, they are STILL military property. Until they are turned over to the families. Which means, being ban from observing those flights, watching the honorable dead be unloaded with full honors, from a warzone (whether one agrees with it or not) should also be ban. That's a pretty chilling ban on the 1st amendment. Logically, if that was allowed, the media could be ban from filming police officers/military mowing down everyone at the Clive Bundy Ranch a few months ago. The only thing that kept the government (be it local, state and/or federal) from doing so was due to the media. Since everyone old enough to remember the 90's has seen the filming of the Branch Davidian Compound bursting into flames and killing everyone inside.
Or do you really think those idiots at that ranch could have held off the full onslaught of the US Military?
Oh, I know the US Military would have overrun the Bundy ranch in mere moments, and it wouldn't have taken a "full onslaught."
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While it is sad to watch such processes, I feel its important that we know what the full cost of war is upon military families. Or of chickenhawks in the Republican/Tea Party that throw our men and women into a meat grinder over total lies. Or are you one that still believes there really are WMDs in Iraq?
I think that has been shown to not have been true, hasn't it?
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"former President Dick Cheney?"
Really?
Originally was suppose to be former Vice President Dick Cheney. Though the running notion under the Bush administration was that G. W. Bush was just the 'figure head / puppet' and it was the Vice President that ran the show.
Clerical error....My apologizes.
I hadn't heard that, to be honest. Clerical error or not, no apology needed. You had valid reasoning.
Never heard of 'Bushisms'? It came about after a few months of then, President G. W. Bush giving very odd and amusing speeches. It was a media disaster for the President since it made him look like he was on drugs or mentally a child. And that Dick Cheney is seen in that era as the hidden President.
Right. Because Bush had a folksy way of saying things that made him look like an idiot means Cheney was the real power. Whatever, Joether. Who's really the hidden President now? By that logic, it certainly can't be Biden or the Teleprompter-in-Chief. 
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Is pointing out a Hillary Administration being more akin to an Obama Administration, rather than a Clinton Administration is fearmongering?!? I'm sure Senator McCain and former Governor Romney would be amused at your alluding to the Left not using fear tactics. Or, am I in error in recollecting those two being alluded to as the next W?
Its fear-mongering when the GOP/TP does it, since they have no rational, intelligent, or wise ideas on anything affecting this nation at current. The Democrats had ideas at the time Mr. McCain was campaigning against Mr. Obama. And again when President Obama was campaigning against Mr. Romney. Sen. McCain was pushing the idea of 'We have to hit them over there, or else they will hit us at home'. Which last I check, is fear mongering. Its the same reasoning for torturing people in prisons under US control. You would think someone that was a POW would be against torturing of prisoners....
Mr. Romney just wanted to be elected. And he would do anything and say anything to get elected. If he had to suck the President's cock just to get elected....he would have done so. Do you really want an individual like that anywhere near power? Its not fear mongering when your stating the facts of a situation. And those facts are easily verifiable by other sources. But those two concepts can not exist without the responsibility of what information can do to an uneducated population. Meaning, its up to the individuals in places of power and/or influence to be responsible with the power they wield towards others that receive such information. To be fair in such information, without political/religious/financial slant or motive. AKA journalism.
"Journalism? Don't talk to me about Journalism. Journalism?"
Cant argue the topic, so thrash at the person(s) making the argument. Just get used to the idea that Hillary Clinton is the next President of the United States of America. Since we'll see more useless crap, false promises, idiotic ideology, complete nuttry and stupidity come from the nominee of the GOP Convention.
I contend that there is very little journalistic integrity left in the mainstream media. Just because it aligns more with your politics doesn't mean there isn't any politics or skew in it.
I'm really hoping Hillary isn't the next President, but I'm not willing to put money against her winning. I'm pretty much used to "useless crap, false promises, idiotic ideology, complete nutty and stupidity" coming from both parties.
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In case you haven't noticed, I'm not saying the GOP doesn't use fear tactics, but that they aren't alone in that use (abuse).
When April 19th, 1995 was but only a month old, did then, former President Bill Clinton use the horrible event to dictate policy, ideology and fear onto the American public? Since former President G. W. Bush and those around him were more than happy to milk 9/11/01 for all it was worth. That when people were suffering from job, home, and dignity loses, President Obama listen to the GOP/TP and decided against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? For every one one act of fear from Democrats and the President, there exists a hundred times that from Republicans and Tea Partiers. How many conspiracies come from liberals as opposed to conservatives/libertarians? Yes, you are indeed right, some fear does come from the President, Democrats and liberals. But its a tiny stream when compared to the metaphorical Mississippi River of Republicans, Tea Party (most directly), conservatives and libertarians. How many conservatives stated this nation would be in a second civil war if President Obama was elected to a second term?
Oh, please. They beat the W drum for 8 fucking years. You just agree with them, so you're blind to it.
Yes, and they had the FACTS on their side. Something the Bush Administration never had while it was milking 9/11. The Iraq Régime was many things, but it was not an ally of the guy nor the organization that guy was the head of, that created 9/11. The reason why George wanted Saddam was for the attempted assassination by Saddam on his father. You might remember that as the time during the Clinton Administration that a pile of cruise missiles got launched into Iraq.
The 'plan' of the GWB administration was to keep American's focus on Iraq and Afghanistan while ignoring America. That allowed Republicans (whom controlled Congress) to undo many laws that were originally created to mitigate or nullify capitalism from blowing the whole economy out of balance. And we all know what happened in 2006-2007, right? That's when the economy started its downward spiral to the second great depression. Those laws were put in place originally to keep capitalism regulated so that greed could not undue the country. Ironically those laws were put into place by Republicans to keep businesses good, not greedy.
More of this bullshit?!? When did the GOP have a supermajority in the Senate?
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