Rightie radio head to the left, "You were right, I was wrong"

[ourbluenation]

"...So, accept my apology for allowing partisanship to blind me to an obvious truth; our President is incapable of the tasks he is charged with. I almost feel sorry for him. He is clearly in over his head. Yet, he doesn’t generate the sympathy Warren Harding earned. Harding, a spectacular mediocrity, had the self-knowledge to tell any and all he shouldn’t be President. George W. Bush continues to act the part, but at this point whose buying the act?

Does this make me a waffler? A flip-flopper? Maybe, although I prefer to call it realism. And, for those of you who never supported Bush, its also fair to accuse me of kicking Bush while he’s down. After all, you were kicking him while he was up.

You were right, I was wrong."

http://www.kabc.com/mcintyre/listingsEntry.asp?ID=432586&PT=McIntyre+in+the+Morning

[neoblues]

1. Surprising admission of error...

They so rarely admit mistakes--just like their once favorite son.

[rodeodance]

2. whow. music to my ears.

[magellan]

3. Stick your 'apology' where the sun don't shine, Doug. (nt)

[Supersedeas]

40. Does the lapdog want a bone or a Johnny come lately coat to pin his medal

[Mend]

4. what does he have against Al Gore? What did Gore ever do to earn such

scorn from him?

[BlooInBloo]

5. That's all I ask.... as long as it's followed by a change in his voting...

... otherwise the sweet-worded liar can go straight to hell...

[reichstag911]

8. Right,..

...while he recants on Bush, he has nothing to say to indicate that he'd cross party lines next time around. He'll go for "Maverick" McCain or some other Repub hack 'cuz he won't like whatever Dem is up. Fuck 'im!

[benburch]

6. Will wonders never cease!

:party:

[matcom]

7. tough shit dumb ass. apology NOT accepted

you are obviously incapable of coherent INDEPENDENT thought because if you WERE capable (and picked up a fucking book every now and then) you would have done your research and would have KNOWN what would happen if you pulled the lever for the "worst President ever..."

spare us asswipe

[ourbluenation]

10. knock it off...he's admitting he was wrong. what - once you vote right

you're not allowed in our club?

[bunkerbuster1]

17. He doesn't want into our club

Unless that club is called the "we think Bush is a turdlet" club.

I thought our club was the Democratic party. And this guy continues to spew nonsense about how Gore wouldn't be willing to attack Afghanistan to go after Bin Laden.

Having said that, I do welcome his apparent openmindedness. Conservatives like this guy, I can deal with.

[Ian David]

26. McIntyre is a Jerry Doyle clone. It's really a back-handed apology. n/t

[devilgrrl]

39. I loved when Bill Maher chewed his ass out on 'Real Time'

He told to shut his mouth on his show. McIntyre didn't say beau the rest of the time. Who cares if he doesn't like * anymore - he's still an asshole.

[Marr]

28. You are exactly right.

[bahrbearian]

19. Is it Once or was it Twice

guys like this aren't allowed in my club

"Tragically, the Democrats have allowed crackpots, leftists and demagogic cowards to snipe from the sidelines while taking no responsibility for anything. In fairness, I don’t believe a Democrat president would have gone into Iraq. Unfortunately, I don’t know if President Gore would have gone into Afghanistan. And that’s one of the many problems with the Democrats."

[Oversea Visitor]

9. Oooop

Scrapping the bottom,
Backwash leaking,

[nonconformist]

11. Wow! A big K & R! nt

[Ian David]

12. Here's another Repuke starting to see the light...

ISSUES IN PERSPECTIVE

By David Grossack Updated: 4/25/2005
THE BIG BETRAYAL IN WASHINGTON

I have been a Republican since the age of 18. I am a member of the Hull Republican Town Committee and have been for about 20 years. I have long believed that the Republican Party symbolized the best hopes for all Americans of attaining prosperity through freedom. I have believed that Republicans wanted to limit the size of government, reduce taxes for everybody and return the country to a pre-New Deal ideal of self-reliance, responsibility and fairness.

I have strongly promoted George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, the Party and the principles for which I hope the Party stood.

I am being disappointed.

I am watching what is going on in Washington and I instead see a small clique of wealthy and powerful launching economic warfare against the majority of the American people. At a time when Republicans control both the White House and the Congress, what an opportunity for greatness is being squandered on a program of seemingly mean spirited legislation that caters to special interests.

<snip>

Before you call me a liberal, read this article again. I want economic freedom, not government control. I want constitutional rights for all, not special privileges for well connected companies.

More:
http://usaexposure.com/news/news.php?sid=96


David Grossack is what I call a "Dennis Miller Republican."

[Midnight Rambler]

16. Somebody kindly inform him which party caters to the corporate elite

This guy doesn't even know what liberals stand for, he just knows he's suposed to hate them, so therfore they must stand for everything bad. It's also telling that he wants to return to a "pre-New Deal ideal." What, like the robber barrons? Is that your idea of free enterprise? If so, there's a couple of guys named Ken and Jeff currently on trial in Houston who share such a dream...

[Ian David]

25. You can tell him yourself...

The Center For Entrepreneurial Success
Box 294, Hull, Massachusetts 02045
Tel:[phone]
Email: [email protected]

Just don't call while "The West Wing" is on TV. He hates being interrupted during that show.

[Justice Is Comin]

13. Somebody who comes out

so publicly to admit how wrong he was is not somebody to diss. He has a lot of making up to do for his part in electing this cretin, but he's starting.

That's another vote in November. He possibly had another full two years yet before others will make that admission at the ballot box.

Welcome to the light truth finder. It's better here isn't it. Now get on the ball and wake your friends up too.

[RethugAssKicker]

36. No this is not another vote come November...

He just doesn't like Bush anymore.. He will still vote Regressive !

[Justice Is Comin]

37. Well

I don't think so according to the blurb. He's fed up across the board with the spending, immigration, the works.

He will probably just sleep late that day. That's a vote for us. A lot of votes are going to come our way in that manner because they simply will not vote.

He's sitting on top of the capsized boat. He doesn't have the knowledge how to just turn it upright yet and ride where it's nice and dry with the Dems.

[bahrbearian]

14. Apology not Accepted

Gore not acceptable? Carter a failure ? You could have voted for Kerry Dumb-ass.

[ourbluenation]

15. fair enough - but this is pretty huge of him. I say yeah! n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

18. Give you that.

I imagine he's getting a lot of crap about it. Or maybe not. Maybe this is just what bandwagoneers are going to be doing more and more, as fewer folks want to be known as Brand W Republicans.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. I'll Forgive A Silverspoon Voter For 2000

But, if you voted for him again, there is no forgiveness. If you couldn't see the incompetence, arrogance, blind ideology, and stupidity after 4 years, you are hopelessly stupid and willfully ignorant.

That, i do not forgive.
The Professor

[izzybeans]

21. I wouldn't confuse it for "heading left". In all likelihood- a veer to

the right, straight into Norquistland with all the happy little fair tax elves and supply and demand fairy godmothers. Sure there will be some who take the high road, but most prefer to stay in Oz with that evil witch. The streets of their mind are paved with fools gold.

As much as I loathe Bush, I loathe the radical congresspersons flying around like deranged Norquistmonkey's; that evil witch. His band of merry cheerleaders for corporate and religious fascism keep rolling along. That little troll of a radical worldnut pundit, you know what's her troll face, thinks Jebbie poo is the savior of the conservative movement. But only because he's been known to be a death-eater; a soul sucking jerk.

[gratuitous]

22. The apology amounts to "Where's mine?"

It's not that McIntyre thinks the Bush administration policies were wrong, just that they didn't inure enough to his personal benefit. He's not considering becoming a Democrat because both parties in his opinion are frauds and fakes. McIntyre's intellectual dishonesty hasn't stopped; it's just taken a respite from the steady stream of Bushist bullshit. As soon as he gets another tax cut and a few more brown-skinned people get stomped in the name of the USA, he'll be right back with this GOP brothers.

[MatrixEscape]

23. Good news ...

If we can mend, heal, and even end the artificial divisiveness that has always served to dilute, diminish, and distract the power of the people, we can take great steps to right the wrongs and transform the landscape, both political and personal.

It takes some wisdom and humility to admit when you are wrong.

We do not need to buy-in to the manufacture of consent and the manipulation of opinions based on false and distracting dichotomies.

Let us acknowledge and celebrate those who wakeup in their pods to see and know the illusions of the Matrix.

Apology not only accepted ... aknowledged and approved with open arms and rejoicing! Perhaps the Prodigal Sons will return in droves someday. That is optimism.

This is how you take your country back and progress into the 21st Century.

[Touchdown]

24. I bet $10 it's an act.

...a gimmick, or a ruse. Limbaugh did this in 1992, where he spent 2/12 of his 3 hours one day saying he changed him mind, and that Bill Clinton would make a good President, and that George Sr. was too aloof and out of touch with the common people. He kept it up throughout all the calls and attacks he was getting from his mouth-breathers for practically the whole show...

...then he said "GOTCHA!"

[Marr]

27. This schmuck claims to have had "serious doubts" about Bush's

justifications for invading Iraq back before the invasion began. He was ON THE RADIO then and certainly never mentioned any of them. He went out of his way to mock anti-war protesters at the time- when speaking up actually MATTERED. I heard this asshat on the radio quite a bit back then.

Fuck this moron- he hasn't learned shit. He just wants to jump ship now that the USS Bush is sinking, and salvage some degree of credibility. I say fuck him- let him sink with the movement he FUCKING ENABLED.

[Stinky The Clown]

29. That carries as much as I might imagine would the apology of a Waffen SS

officer on a survivor of the camps.

[wiggs]

30. They will all have to throw W under the bus, and

ironically, W will have to go under willingly. For W to stay in office his full term, GOP congressional candidates are going to have to do well in nov 06. For them to do well in 06 they will have to distance themselves from the administration, look like they are aggressive in oversight, and independent.

They HAVE to do this to have any credibility. Look for more...such as * relenting to NSA spying oversight this week.

[RandomKoolzip]

31. So what, he finally admits the glaringly obvious.

Anyone with access to a newspaper, eyes to see, and a conscience knew Bush would be a disaster if elected back in 2000. We kept warning everyone, but since they objected to our presence on style resons, they wouldn't listen. In fact, just because we, liberals, think a certain way, a huge number of people automatically, reflexively, think the other way, because they've been taught to by radio and the prevailing culture. So our warnings fell on deaf ears.

For five fucking years we've been saying this shit would happen, and for those same years, it HAS been happening, and only in the last year have certain conservatives been adult enough to take a look around with unvarnished eyes and take stock of the situation, and they now know it's all as FUCKED as we've been teling them it would be. And we're offering a soild solution, too....and yet, those damn style reasons will be the death of this supposed bridged gap once again.

Instead of thrusting the olive branch forth, we ought to tell him where he can stick it. If Dougie-Come-Lately and his newly contrite cronies don't want to be part of the future, that's their problem, not ours.

[stepnw1f]

32. He Was On CNN with Randi

Well... I'm glad to hear people admit they were wrong. Hopefully it gives others the courage to do the same.

[oxbow]

33. A brave man

especially given his very public role as opinion-maker. I hope some of his listeners will follow suit and stop trying to explain away all the inconvenient truths. There's only so much that the "liberal media" myth can gloss over...

[Ganja Ninja]

34. Here's some good news for right wingers just now waking up.

We aren't in any hurry to impeach the imbecile you installed. In fact we want to leave him there in the White House while we investigate everything that's gone down in the last 5 1/2 years. We are going to expose him and his cronies for the incompetent, corrupt, traitors they are. In other words we're going to rub your nose in it. We're going to show you what fools and idiots you've been.

We know your sick of him and chomping at the bit for us to impeach him. You'd like that wouldn't you? You want us to remove this shit-stain for you so you'll have something to pout about in the 2008 election. Think again!

We're leaving him there so his bumbling stupidity if fresh in the minds of the electorate. We're leaving him there because he's an embarrassment to your party. We're leaving him there because you deserve him.

[greenman3610]

35. well said

[glitch]

38. If it weren't for the people dying and the forests being levelled, I'd

support this position. But it's too costly to our nation and our planet.

[ourbluenation]

41. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Excellant!!!

[sofa king]

42. There's a bit more to it than that.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that if there is just one mistake for which William Jefferson Clinton will be remembered, it is the mistake of not hunting down and prosecuting every last one of the criminals behind the Iran-Contra affair. Clinton let them go, and here they are, back again, damned near every last one of them, doing what they do best, which is subverting the authority of Congress and we the people.

Not this time. Chances are if you are a Republican who set foot in Washington between the years of 2001-present, you have participated in the criminal process. Nearly every prominent Republican living today has participated in the near-destruction of this nation. The future of your party will forever be tainted by those crimes.

If we take this town back, we're going to toss out every political appointee that George W. Bush ever made. We're going to prosecute every last one of them for document destruction and obstruction of justice, because every last one of them is going to get an order from the boss to do just that. We're going to convict them, so that none of them will ever make it past another Senate hearing.

And for the next forty years, the name "Bush" is going to be the Scarlet Letter of the twenty-first century. Anyone associated with him will be persona non grata in Washington for the rest of their lives. And you were all there, you fucking scum. All of you.

We will never forget.

[Jed Dilligan]

43. From link:

"Then September 11th happened. September 11th changed everything for me, like it did for so many of you. After September 11th, all the intramural idiocy of American politics stopped being funny. We had been attacked by a vicious and determined enemy and it was time for all of us to row in the same direction."

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