From The Hill’s Pundits Blog:
When Fox News Republicans Lie, Democrats Should Tell The Truth
Brent Budowsky
Regarding Karen Hanretty’s comments in which she invoked the name of Barry Goldwater while she lied about me:
I knew Barry Goldwater. Barry Goldwater was an authentic conservative who believed in political discourse of honesty and civility. Hanretty is no Barry Goldwater… The fact that modern Republicanism has gone so far from the principles and ideals of Barry Goldwater is a testament to why they have done such enormous damage to our military; why they have lowered the standards of political discourse in ways that appalled Goldwater long before today; and why they seem to have the indictment or scandal of the week that is making the Republican Party a house of ill repute with catastrophically low moral standards and collapsing support…
When Ms. Hanretty calls me an “über-lefty” she is lying, she knows she is lying, which is the hallmark of someone who knows she has lost the debate and resorts to the same discredited tactics that have done so much damage to our troops in Iraq, our moral credibility in the world, and the Republican Party’s collapsing moral standing and collapsing reputation among Americans…
Strange but true: the distorted vision of media promoted by Fox News lies at the heart of the Republican problem…
Fox will have a segment with an inherently demeaning title implying Democrats are soft on terrorism or unpatriotic. They bring together a partisan and biased right-wing host with the partisan help hired by the Republican right. Then they find the weakest Potemkin Democrat they can, and conduct a pseudo-debate in Putin style that is rigged from the beginning.
For several years, it worked, but it has now become an albatross around their necks…
The more they win their one-sided debates in their unfair and unbalanced echo chamber of delusion, the more they lose touch and the more they lose votes.
Anyone reduced to calling me an über-lefty is out of fighting shape, and I feel her pain. I am glad she enjoys my writing; she would enjoy even more what I privately advise senior Democrats to do, which is consistent with what I write publicly…
Perhaps the Hanrettys of the world can entice their bosses or allies or whatever one calls their Putin-like propagandists on Fox News to join us in changing a disastrous policy the way the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the most respected Republican on the Armed Services Committee want it changed.
In the meantime, those of us who have long supported the military, long fought for our vets, long worked on behalf of our troops, would welcome the Hanrettys of the world and the Fox News types of the world to join us, but get this straight:
The days of the one-party state have ended, and if you lie about us, we are going to tell the truth about you.
Budowsky serves on the Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit and is a contributing editor to Fighting Dems News Service. He handled intelligence issues for Sen. Lloyd Bentsen when the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was originally passed, and was legislative director to Bill Alexander, then the chief deputy whip of the House. He can be read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog and reached at brentbbi@webtv.net.
Click the title, above, to read more and to post a comment that may be read by your congressman and senators!Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
The excerpt above is posted with the full knowledge and permission, even encouragement, of the author, who wants his essays to be read by as many people as possible.
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
