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Peter Daou, Huff Po: As Reporters Suck Up, Laura Bush Slaps Them Down

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Bush_Eats_Beef (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 02:10 PM
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Peter Daou, Huff Po: As Reporters Suck Up, Laura Bush Slaps Them Down
Peter Daou

05.14.2006

As Reporters Suck Up, Laura Bush Slaps Them Down

As reporters continue to suck up to the White House, Laura Bush slams the press and denies the polls: "First lady Laura Bush said on Sunday she does not believe opinion polls showing her husband's approval ratings at record low levels.... Mrs. Bush complained that when her husband's popularity was high, newspapers did not put that on the front page.

Now it was low, they took great delight in highlighting the fact. Asked if she thought the media had been unfair, Mrs. Bush said: "No, I don't think it's necessarily unfair. I think it's just, you know, I think they may be enjoying this a little bit."

Laura Bush's remarks are par for the course for any rightwinger. Attacking the media is second only to demonizing liberals in the rightwing playbook. Facts don't matter. Laura could refresh her memory by reading Eric Boehlert's Lapdogs or Media Matters' description of the fawning coverage of Bush's aircraft carrier photo-op.

Recently I've been writing about the dangers of being lulled by Bush's Nixonian poll numbers, arguing that those who think the media will stop brown-nosing are in for a rude awakening.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-daou/as-reporters-s...

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   Totally agree. Too many lapdogs; not enough Frank Rich-types.  faygokid   May-14-06 02:17 PM   #1 
   LIKE this!  calimary   May-14-06 02:20 PM   #2 
      Just remember who stopped criminals from The Phantom Zone. He will again.  faygokid   May-14-06 02:26 PM   #4 
   Why should Laura...  reichstag911   May-14-06 02:25 PM   #3 
   the picture says it all  BareNakedLiberal   May-14-06 03:05 PM   #5 
   "I think they may be enjoying this a little bit."  Vickers   May-14-06 03:08 PM   #6 
   To admit otherwise makes her a loser, which is impossible for her to admit  fearthem   May-14-06 07:20 PM   #7 
   unhand that child, madam!  grasswire   May-14-06 11:59 PM   #8 
 
Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 02:17 PM
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1. Totally agree. Too many lapdogs; not enough Frank Rich-types.Updated at 6:02 PM
Big fan of Arianna, Keith, Maureen, et al.

Joe Klein and Richard Cohen can go take a flying leap. Better yet, banish them to the Phantom Zone, with. . .
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun May-14-06 02:20 PM
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2. LIKE this!
Great image there! If it were only true...
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 02:26 PM
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4. Just remember who stopped criminals from The Phantom Zone. He will again.Updated at 6:02 PM
Faster than a George Bush brain synapse (well, that's not very fast). . .
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 02:25 PM
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3. Why should Laura...
Edited on Sun May-14-06 02:25 PM by reichstag911
...trouble her "beautiful mind" with moonbat MSM poll numbers, anyway? :eyes:
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 03:05 PM
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5. the picture says it all

this woman doesn't even believe there is a screaming baby on her lap!
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun May-14-06 03:08 PM
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6. "I think they may be enjoying this a little bit."
Ya think? Garsh, NOTHING gets past the Joker! :spank:
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fearthem (573 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 07:20 PM
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7. To admit otherwise makes her a loser, which is impossible for her to admit
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun May-14-06 11:59 PM
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8. unhand that child, madam!
The poor kid is miserable.
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