posted on February 19, 2007 09:43:57 AM new
Could it be, some in the media are finally seeing the light?
Shocking Media Moment: Bob Woodward Says Democrats Voted for Iraq War
A sickeningly common theme asserted by media members around the country is that Iraq is “Bush’s war,” and that Democrats who voted for the resolution in October 2002 have no responsibility because they were supposedly misled by a president from a different political party.
Well, a fascinating event transpired on Sunday’s “Chris Matthews Show” as one high-ranking media member – the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward – fervently refuted this disingenuous media myth. And, maybe more shocking, CBS’s Gloria Borger agreed with him.
The panel was discussing the recent nonbinding resolutions voted on in Congress, when Bob Woodward said something that few in the media would dare utter with cameras rolling:
One of the things that we forget as we’re caught in the heat of the current debate: this is a legal war. The Congress three to one in 2002 said, gave Bush the right to go to war. He decided to do it. So, you know what really amazes me is that Bush, and Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid don’t get together and say, “We’ve got to come up with a bipartisan strategy and consensus on this.” We’re all in to a certain extent in this war. And we owe it to the troops.
Amazing. Matthews then asked: “Do you think the Democrats are willing to be party to this war, or they’re trying to get disengaged from it?”
Woodward shockingly responded: “They are a party to this war. They voted for it.”
Borger then said something maybe equally astounding:
They don’t want ownership of this war, Chris. I mean, I think the Democrats are trying to have it both ways. If you definitely cut off funding, then you have ownership of what comes next.
Moments later, the following remarkable discussion ensued:
Woodward: If everyone’s thinking about politics and not the troops on the ground. Those people are our surrogates, and we owe them everything, and we can’t even reach political consensus in this country.
Matthews: But what happens when you have a country that is so divided if you just poll regular people about this war, so much against this war, but yet the commander-in-chief is for the war. How do you reach a consensus between a majority who don’t want the war, and a president who wants one? How do you do it?
Woodward: I think that people have to rise above politics and party here. And, think, I’ve talked to these people who have come back from Iraq, and in communication with some there, and they wonder: “What the hell is going on in America? What? You know, we’re here, they sent us here. And we’re talking about cutting off funding.”
Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged— President Abraham Lincoln
posted on February 19, 2007 11:13:31 AM new
I believe it's wishful thinking on your part that the MSM is beginning to see ANY light.
They're doing what they do best....only reporting all the negative crap and also ignoring the importance of stabilizing Iraq to the US and the world.
I remember watching all the old WWII news clips and seeing how most all Americans were united against our enemies. But what I've watched in my lifetime is a huge change....we don't see the MSM being on Americas side....supporting our troops...reporting their successes.....what we do see, however, is them reporting each and every little thing that our troops SUPPOSEDLY have done that's wrong. Making them sound like, and even calling them THE TERRORISTS. tsk tsk tsk
And I would NEVER expect those democrats that most all supported this war to take responsibility for THEIR VOTES....heck they're too busy flip-slopping and pretending they were so dumb that they were FOOLED into voting the way they did. They were lied to...yeah right. Imo, they are saying they followed like the SHEEP they are....and when things got tough...the cowards changed their positions.
But the good thing is that anyone can read their statements in the press.....under the clinton administration and under this one to why THEY felt saddam needed to be removed...and what a THREAT THEY felt he was.
They just don't have, never had the courage of their convictions. And, as in this article bear has posted, some will REMIND them of their own actions....try and make them FACT UP TO their OWN decisions.....whether they want to or not.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
