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A Free Pass For
One Hundred Days
April 25, 2001
by Ken Alford
What kind of "Commander-in-Chief" do we have in the White House? Suppose
the last occupant had gone through the military disasters and accidents
that this president has gone through in his first one hundred days. Would
he have been criticized by the opposition party (Republican)? You bet
your ass.
How would the press have reported the accident with a nuclear submarine
playing games for civilian spectators on board and killing innocent Japanese
children? How would this have played if it had happened under President
Clinton? Is there really any doubt? The media would have joined the Republicans
in questioning the competence of the Commander-in-Chief and his military
advisors.
And how would they have reported on the Chinese capture of one of our
intelligence planes? Would they have called the release of our military
people with the loss of some of our most sophisticated intelligence a
"victory" for our President? I doubt it.
And how many hours would we have had to listen to Rush Limbaugh and the
right wing radio pawns of the Republican party tell us about Neville Chamberlain's
"appeasement" and that "I'm sorry" really means "I'm sorry"? Hypocrisy
knows no bounds.
And now, we have our own people shot down with the help of the CIA. A
mother and her child are killed - just collateral damage in the "War on
Drugs". How would this have been covered by our so-called "liberal" media?
Would it have been dismissed as it is being done at this moment? Or would
they have reported that it was all part of the continuing "persecution"
of the Christians?
So we are told about how successful this President has been in his first
one hundred days. I really don't mind them lying to me - just don't try
to make me believe it. This "Commander-in-Chief " has been a total disaster.
The only worse "disaster" has been the national media.
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