A bit of a Greenwalds piece regarding Chris Wallace:
Chris Wallace interviewed George Bush today on Fox News and, after asking Bush about his views on waterboarding, this was the “question” which Wallace — sitting next to Bush in front of a cozy fireplace (after a borderline-romantic stroll with him down a picturesque, snow-covered Camp David trail) — asked of him:
WALLACE: I want to follow up on that. Whether it is interrogation of terror prisoners or the intercepting of surveillance among al Qaeda members, are you ever puzzled by all of the concern in this country about protecting of rights of people who want to kill us?     ÂÂ
Wallace’s obsequious framing was too brazenly propagandistic even for Bush to accept:
BUSH: That is an interesting way to put it. I wouldn’t necessarily define some of the critics of my policy that way. I would say that they want to be very careful that we don’t overstep our bounds from protecting the civil liberties of Americans.     ÂÂ
If the subject of a political interview finds the questions from the “journalist” too favorably slanted to embrace (basically: “I think you’re being unfairly harsh to my political opponents”), isn’t that a fairly compelling sign that there is something profoundly corrupt with the journalist?
That’s certainly one possibility. On the other hand, it may be that the interviewee is extraordinary scrupulous regarding the motives of others, for reasons that it would be virtually impossible for someone as innately even-handed as Gleen to understand.
What strikes me as most mind-blowing about this, though, is that Gleen(s) explicitly attribute Wallace’s upsuckiness towards President Bush to homoerotic attraction. Indeed, he goes on to connect it with Gannon/Guckert.
I guess that authorizes me to pen the title to this post without having to worry about accusations of homophobia towards (self loathing?) Greenwald, probing, hard-assed media critic. (h/t memeorandum)
Did Gleen(s) ever do a piece on Keith “Here, I’d like to hand you this personal check of mine” Olbermann’s interview with Bubba? No? Fuck him. But not in an overly masculine or even a gay way.
“Hard-assed?”
Homophobe!
I think when both the interviewer and the pundit are so obviously bent and the interviewee STILL comes off this well, either the interviewee is an extraordinary man, or the other two are extraordinary douchebags.
Could be a combination of the two, of course.
Kind of rhetorical, given how much of a douche Gleen is known to be, and the less said about Wallace the better.
#1 Pablo
Democrats are SUPPOSED to be asked obsequious soft-ball questions, because Democrats have “the peoples’ best interests at heart”. Asking a tough question would be an attack on the American people, damnit!!!
Yeah, but that isn’t a softball question, Spiny. That’s “Here, take my check.” A declarative statement with a financial instrument supporting it. If Olby was a chubby Jewish girl, Mr. Crookshanks woulda also found some throat there. And I imagine Olby wishes he were a chubby Jewish girl.
This has to be one of Glenn(s) more desperate postings. He has a tendency to do this when his cult is in disarray. The homoerotism/Gannon is a tell.
Also a desperation tell – Socks doesn’t have forty 3,098 word updates attached. This Shuster thing has the cult all topsy turvy.
Too bad President Bush could not cry like Hillary when asked this question to make it more appealing to Greenwald.
No? Fuck him. But not in an overly masculine or even a gay way.
… like a Viking. (Dom Irrera)
Maybe like a sous chef, or a bus driver. But not like an iron worker or a hairdresser.
Actually, it was a clever question. If Bush had accepted the question’s premise without comment, imagine the rage from Glenn(s) and the Puffington Host, etc.
Precisely, John.
Exactly, John. The quote would be “President Bush thinks opponents of his torture policy are about protecting of rights of people who want to kill us” or something to that effect. Great work by the president to answer that – people rightly say he’s a poor public speaker but he’s really really good at interviews and one on one.
President Bush is such a nice guy. He’s definitely a big favorite of mine.
Yeah, he’s real pleasant, as a few hundred thousand dead Iraqis, his 31% approval rating, and the general hatred of the entire would attest. You are quite the fractured little newsmaker, aren’t you, happyfeet.
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Yeah, he’s real pleasant, as a few hundred thousand dead Iraqis, his 31% approval rating, and the general hatred of the entire [world] would attest. You are quite the fractured little newsmaker, aren’t you, happyfeet.
ericd, if I may, I think this is one of those if you can’t say anything nice moments. Be a love.
My eric you are a stupid fucker. You could be the Archbishop of Canterbury.
I like it that the socialists and other collectivists and resurgent dictators of the world hate us. It means we are doing things right. In case you didn’t notice, America was formed to be the Not-Europe. Of you think those guys are so cool, go live there and leave us the fuck alone.
And despite your parroting of a fake study published in the Lancet, somehow I doubt you gave much thought to the Iraqis when Saddam was killing hundreds of thousands.
his 31% approval rating,
Live by polls, die by polls polesuckateer!
Bush approval? 31%
bin Laden in Pakistan? 24%
Democrat Contolled Pelosi congress? 22%
I say that’s priceless and special.
You could be the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Oh, wow. I like a good insult as well as the next guy, but that’s just LOW.
Seriously, re-read Cultwald’s post – it was a desperate attempt at dissuading his followers from fretting over the obvious hilarity at MSNBC – left news organ – suspending their Robin boy wonder – Shuster.
Shuster is their hero. He reports flat out lies that they love to hear. He got spanked for offending one of their own. An offense they use on on their enemies routinely! – topsy turvy.
Glenn is desperate to make the focus on something other than this uncomfortable paradox of he and his culty followers utter hypocrisy. So he analyzes a benign Fox interviewer interview and in the process doesn’t get that he’s just praised the dumbest man alive – CHIMPYMcHalliDUMMYbertan – as being astute enough to answer a question Glenn hoped he wouldn’t.
Colonel Boylan needs to have another talk with Glenn. What’s wrong with a semi-romantic stroll between two consenting adults? Did that add anything to the story, jackass? Has anyone ever heard the interview questions Gleen asks when he gets the chance – why are you such a neocon imperialistic warmonger tortururer in favor of shredding the constitution, huh, huh, huh, don’t deny it, I’ve got the quotes from 1972 right here. Funny thing, he doesn’t get many interviews.
I’ve got the quotes from 1972 right here. Funny thing, he doesn’t get many interviews.
Poof!
HATE CRIME!!!1!uno!eleventy!!1!
Another thing I vow to do upon my return is make Greenwald’s life a living hell.
Because he’s such a dishonest, opportunistic, self-serving suck. A talking-point generator for the wannabe-intellectuals. A mouth organ of anti-American propaganda.
Plus, his voice grates on my nerves.
I’m guessing there’ll be a lot of traffic in that, Jeff. I look forward to it, because you do such a fine job of deconstruction, but also because if you read him, I don’t have to.
Read him? Nah. No need. The attacks will be dismissive and ironic. I seek to diminish, not to legitimize.
Taking a book from the playbook that’s been used against me.
If the Dems take power, look for lots of that. Who needs ideas when you have an arsenal of hackneyed rhetorical tricks?
Dismissive of Gren Gleenwalds and the Kabana Boyz? Please, please, please. Making fun of the mendacious shirtlifter should be a daily occurrence.
Jeff G. – It’s nice to have goals. I applaud yours.