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In reply to the discussion: Is Glenn Greenwald trying to save face? [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)140. Again,
"That was my premise. You can't defend Obama's crappy policy, so you attack the liberal journalist who criticizes Obama's crappy policy."
...Greenwald isn't a "liberal journalist," and the OP is about Greenwald's constant attacks on anyone who doesn't agree with him. Like I said, for a guy who supported a war crime/criminal, his hypocrisy knows no bounds.
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Everyone knows, because he told people, that he initially supported the Iraq war and was then
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#2
Failed attempt to twist my words. Look again. YOU claimed that it was villainous
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#26
Oh there's much more, that is just the lightweight stuff which I though you might be interested in.
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#30
He wasn't comfortable with his support as he explains in his book, because things struck him as not
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#29
GG should have done what John Kerry did in 2004, i.e., say he would still have
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#73
Oh I threw Juan Cole under the bus long before that, when he turned around and supported the Iraq
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#39
great post (as always), Sabrina; i'm sure it was meant to be directed at someone else
inna
Jun 2012
#58
You disagree with Greenwald on one position: therefore he is not a liberal journalist?
girl gone mad
Jun 2012
#16
The Civil Liberties Union had the exact same position as Greenwald on Citizens United.
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#37
I did a search and discovered/remembered his infamy as an attorney, Defense attorney for a Neo-Nazi
GarroHorus
Jun 2012
#65
Only if you believe that the accused are not entitled to a defense and
Luminous Animal
Jun 2012
#164
Truth: Greenwald defended Hale in a First Amendment civil rights case...
Luminous Animal
Jun 2012
#163
He isn't attacking a liberal journalist. He's attacking a FAKE liberal journalist. n/t
GarroHorus
Jun 2012
#60
If you don't want someone writing these truths about Obama, talk to Obama about not
Lionessa
Jun 2012
#13
Welcome back? That's quite a personal attack on a longtime DU member from someone who.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#41
Thank goodness for the TOS. A jury let the post stand, but Skinner took out the trash!
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#125
You still didn't explain how you know the inner workings and posting histories of DU members.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#108
And by "virtually everyone" you mean the anti-Obama left at DU? How's this? Why don't we all...
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#142
Is there a reason you obsess on journalists and bloggers who fall to the left of you?
LeftyMom
Jun 2012
#14
Starting a skillion threads about some journalist who offended you is obsessive.
LeftyMom
Jun 2012
#23
"some journalist who offended you is obsessive". You probably didn't intent it, but....
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#31
Should Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, or John Kerry be chastised for their commentary on Obama?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#57
+1. "Add defender of a Neo-Nazi to the list and the fucker is anything BUT liberal."
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#119
And guess what? I agree with you. His affection for Ron Paul style politics is a dead giveaway.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2012
#131
Glenn's a blowhard nitwit, like much of the professionally-opinionated class
struggle4progress
Jun 2012
#66
Character assassination OP. Glen Greenwald is a journalist and nothing more.
morningfog
Jun 2012
#67
It's not surprising from a guy so connected to Matthew Hale, Neo-Nazi murderer.
GarroHorus
Jun 2012
#71
Really? Here he discusses Telcom immunity and domestic spying with Cass Sunstein...
Octafish
Jun 2012
#98
A paid, amoral shill with the mind of a savant & the heart of a robot
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2012
#86
"I'm not "defending crappy policy" I'm criticizing a smug, self-righteous and hypocritical asshole."
girl gone mad
Jun 2012
#139
I dont mind you calling Greenwald or other public figure names, but I am hoping you are
rhett o rick
Jun 2012
#111
Anyone who looked at it rationally and thought it through knew there were no WMD
quaker bill
Jun 2012
#88
My rational was that if Bush said they had WMD then I was convinced they didnt. It's actually
rhett o rick
Jun 2012
#113
GG lost all credibility when he gave a thumbs-up to the Iraq War and Citizens United.
AtomicKitten
Jun 2012
#104
How can you attack a liberal journalist for something you excuse in Democratic politicians?
Marr
Jun 2012
#118
How can you attack a liberal journalist for something you excuse in Democratic politicians?
Marr
Jun 2012
#134
Greenwald is a right wing turd masquerading as left to enlist the useful idiots
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2012
#120