We watch the local news on our Fox affiliate because it's on at 9pm vs the other channels whose news is on at 10pm. Even though it's Fox, it covers the local news adequately. Unfortunately, however, I must suffer through Mark Hyman's excruciating commentary otherwise known as "The Point." At first it was typical repuke hoo hah w/an occasional politically obscure piece, probably to appear unslanted. But now he's guns a blazing, right wing fire. He recently just completed a series on John Kerry. I happened to catch his last commentary in the series last night:
http://www.foxrochester.com/thepoint/editorial.shtmlGUNDECKING
In the last two weeks we've reported almost exclusively on John Kerry and we've revealed some startling facts about his past that have been concealed from the public.
John Kerry does not discuss his six years as an assistant DA, his years as Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor to Michael Dukakis, or his 20 years in the Senate. In fact, Kerry devoted all of 30 words to his entire Senate career in his more than 5,000 word Democratic convention acceptance speech. He avoids discussing his past for good reason: his record is weak.
Instead, Kerry has campaigned almost exclusively on his four months in Vietnam. He's made it the foundation of his presidential run. And he's challenged critics to review the records. We took him up on his challenge and uncovered official documents that contradict his versions of events.
For Navy and Marine Corps veterans, there are two slang terms in Navy lexicon that come to mind when observing John Kerry.
The first is "gundecking." Gundecking is the falsifying of official records and reports, usually to cover-up a wrong doing or to make one look better than he is. Extensive records review shows Kerry guilty of gundecking his military career.
The second term is "sea lawyer." A sea lawyer is one who uses semantics, parsing of words, wordplay and other tricks of language in an attempt to mislead someone as to the truth. Kerry has been a member of the "Sea Lawyer Bar" his entire life.
Simply put, John Kerry is a deeply flawed man who has had a lengthy political career free from serious scrutiny. But that has changed. While the partisan press has given him a free ride, those who know better, know better. John Kerry is a gundecking sea lawyer.
And that's the Point.
I'm Mark Hyman.
A little Rush Limbaugh injection everytime we watch the local news. No context, no counterargument. And I would imagine many here in WI are easily swayed by this guy.
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