Freeper hate mail pours in over Al Neuharth column

[quaoar]

This concerns the column that Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today, wrote recently urging a withdrawl of U.S. troops from Iraq.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000743012

George Wyman: “Mr. Neuharth is simply UnAmerican.”

Jeffrey A. Norris: “Cowards and traitors like Al Neuharth want all the comforts they know and enjoy, without a sacrifice to buy it.”

Frank Butash, West Hartford, CT.: “Apparently it's easier to run with jackals than to stand up for your country when it needs support.”

Kenneth Genest: “They had two of these in World War 2. One was called Tokyo Rose and the other Axis Sally. Their job was to discourage the American soldiers. I see they have one now at USA Today.”

Walter Scott. Jr.: “You simply suck! Merry Christmas.”

Jerry Martin, San Francisco, CA.: “Yet another self-defeating fool with a large bank account shoots himself in the foot. Their dissent equals treason. The terrorists got him just like all the other rich liberals who side against our victory. They forget that wars end, and then the country takes stock of who was where. I encourage the fool to keep mouthing against our victory over the Muslim jihad, he'll pay the social price in the end.”

T. Conway: “Mr. Neuharth has made a serious business mistake. Watch the circulation drop over the next year. The Los Angeles Times experienced the same drop after they attacked Gov. Schwarzenegger...some never learn. P.S. What side did Mr. Neuharth fight for in WW II?”

Peter Kessler: “And as for the good war, WW II, the lefties were four-square for that one. Yes sir, they were saving the USSR, Stalin and Communism. It's sad we didn't join Hitler until he wiped out the USSR. Alger Hiss and the Uptown Daily Worker (The New York Times) be damned. I see you've joined the club. Well, you're probably a founding member.”

Joe McBride, Fort Dodge, Iowa: “Mr. Neuharth, thanks to you and your ignorance the terrorists are probably booking their flights to the U.S. now! If we pull out of Iraq with the job unfinished the terrorists will be bombing McDonalds, and blowing up malls and schools here, killing our innocent men, women and children.”

Craig Wood, Waianae, Hawaii: “Today's press undermines our troops and supports our enemies. They convince parents that supporting your President is dangerous. They concentrate their ire on any fight that involves the United States and ignore all others. Like the sex scandal in the Congo with United Nations forces…. But, let some Army private put panties on an Iraqi's head and all hell brakes loose….I hope that the people of the United States will ignore or, at least, recognize the agenda of those that choose our enemies over our fine military.”

Duggan Flanakin, Austin, Texas: “Neuharth should be tried for treason along with a lot of other blowhards who should be spending their energies condemning the barbarism of our enemies, the same people who destroyed the Twin Towers. Evidence is pouring in that Saddam financed Al Qaeda with Oil for Food money, and that puts Kofe Annan into the line of fire as well for blame for September 11th. “

Boots Harvey, Brentwood, CA: “One must recall that Churchill had to put up with the likes of Lord Haw-Haw, William Joyce, and his propaganda during WWII. In the end William Joyce was executed for giving aid and comfort to the enemy during war time. Would that the same fate befall Al Neuharth!”

Mel Gibbs: “The Patriot Act will put both of you (Al Neuharth and Greg Mitchell) on trial for treason and convict and execute both of you as traitors for running these stories in a time of war and it should be done on TV for other communist traitors like you two to know we mean business. This is war and you should be put in prison NOW for talking like this. Who the hell do you people think you are? You give aid and comfort to our enemies and aid them in murdering our proud soldiers. You people are a disgrace to America. Your families should be put in prison with you, then be made to leave and move to the Middle East ...You two guys
are evil bastards…This is a great Christian nation and god
wants us to lead the world out of darkness with great leaders like
President George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Communists like Al and Greg will soon be in prison and on death row for your ugly papers. We won the election and now you are mad. We own America and all the rights, you people are trash, go back to Russia and Africa and take your friends with before we put you on death row after a fair trial.”

[neebob]

1. Gosh

That's not the least bit disturbing.

[liberalhistorian]

2. They have SOME nerve

calling him Anti-American, and comparing him to Tokyo Rose! He very proudly served in WWII as a combat soldier, and has always been proud to be American! Dollars to doughnuts these fuckers are all armchair warriors who've never spent one day in a uniform, and who would never consider it, either.

And in that column, he tried to explain the difference between Vietnam, Iraq and WWII; why he believed strongly in the necessity of WWII, but why Vietnam and Iraq were wrong, and I think he did a damn good job of it, too. Too bad these people can't read and can't comprehend what they do read.

And I'm SOOOOOO sick of them calling anyone who disagrees in the slightest with American policy as "anti-American" and "America haters!" The founding fathers, particularly Adams and Jefferson, would strongly disagree; that is the whole point of the country, after all, to be able to disagree without being taken away in the night for it.

[President Kerry]

3. that's some hate... waaaay beyond your normal journalistic discourse...

oh wait, not anymore. Not in this fascist-controlled media.

[chiburb]

4. Thank you for posting this...

While it will be an obvious minority who write crap like this, it is instructive to realize that the "brown shirts" are out there. Polite discourse seems to be over, and I'm even more inclined to think "an eye for an eye" when dealing with these morans.

[seaj11]

5. That Mel Gibbs is SCARY!

Ignorance coupled with violence=sicko.

on edit: Funny how he didn't capitalize "god."

[ClintonTyree]

13. Wow, you're right.

That guy's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.
The thing is, people like him are the ones that always hide in the back when the going gets tough. All talk, no action. A very demented, (dare I say it) human being.

[CatholicEdHead]

16. Yep, nutcase

He has the same old talking points over and over. Disagree with any current policy = Communist Anti-American traitor = treason = death

He is really a nutcase and I would not want to meet him anywhere anytime soon.

[Walt Starr]

17. He's a fucking chickenhawk

If he ever confronted a dissenter in real life, he would curl up into a fetal position and shit his pants. He's a fucking coward.

[Walt Starr]

18. Dupe

Sorry

[PROGRESSIVE1]

32. Mr. Gibbs in just another HITLER WITHOUT the power of Hitler.

[quaoar]

6. And here's a RW blogger

who says the AP is a Fifth Column of traitors:

http://www.rogerlsimon.com/mt-archives/2004/12/is_the_associat.php#comments

[anitar1]

7. Rabid

Maybe they could be rounded up and given anti-rabies treatment.

[Dr.Phool]

8. These people are scary

I ran into a lot of them during the campaign.

I got called a baby-killer for being a Democrat. I called over a gentleman I know, who was running for State Senate, who happens to be pro-life, and they called him a baby-killer.

Nut jobs.

[KG]

9. RW morons spewing their usual ignorant blather.

yawn. :boring:

[Love Bug]

10. I'll bet none of these morans wear a uniform

If they think the war in Iraq is such a fine idea, let them fight it! New enlistment is down -- they should do their patriotic duty and sign up.

[ClintonTyree]

11. "Their dissent equals treason".........................

when dissent equals treason, the reason this Country was formed becomes meaningless.
These people are not capable of independent thought. They are trained lab rats with no ability to act, only react to the conditioning their masters have ingrained upon them.
Reading these responses only confirms that fact. They need to be controlled. They can't handle it, they've been taking orders their entire lives. Their Parents, the Church, the Military.......their Party, have done their thinking for them since the day they were born.
Sickening, extremely sickening.

[Disturbed]

14. In the run up to WW1..

Congress enacted then Alien Sedition Act and The SC approved of it. Many were convicted and imprisoned for speaking out and writing against the Draft and the U.S. Govt. push to enter WW1. That Amerika can plunge into a Fascist Police State in a hurry has already been proven.

[genieroze]

12. Just for a hoot

do a white page search on these people

http://www.whitepages.com

:think::evilgrin:

[Walt Starr]

15. Mel Gibbs is the REAL traitor

and deserves to be treated as such!

[whalerider55]

19. Gibbs is my favorite...

Did anyone tell him that there aren't any communists in RUssia since reagan won the cold war? They're all in CHina, along with about a million of our outsourced jobs.

And putting someone on death row after a fair trial? Isn't that something like an oxymoron? or maybe just a moron.

they own america and all the rights? huh? well, shoot, does that mean i can sstop saying the pledge of allegiance? how can you "own" rights that the constitution provides to everyman as inalienable? And if you check who actuallyt "owns" the real estate in the top ten major cities in the US, i bet that a majority of it is either owned by the catholic church, some conglomeration of Middle Eastern oil countries, or Japan.

We do own the copyright to McDonalds, and baseball is an american game. Sort of. Except for the part we stole from the English. ANd the native americans

[Crunchy Frog]

20. So, mainstream RW "thought" now is

that dissent equals treason and that all dissenters should be tried and executed. And these people claim that "they won" and they "own America".

Mind you, these are the same people that got all offended because of our "hatefulness" and the "extremism" of people like Michael Moore.

Why do I feel like I'm living in some sort of bizzare parody of the country I used to live in?

And what if these people start actually implementing what they're just talking about now. Nobody really takes this sort of talk seriously, but then nobody took what Hitler said seriously either until it was way too late.

[Darranar]

21. Again, the right-wing support for freedom is expressed. n/t

[Red_Viking]

22. Aren't these the same types who cry about having to be "PC?"

I've noticed something interesting--the people who listen to the Oxycontin Kid, call women who want to be treated equally "feminazis," and scream protests over having to be "politically correct" are the same yahoos who are telling dissenters to "watch what they say." The people who don't allow criticism of our glorious leader (sic) are the same folks who just recently screamed from the rooftops about their oppression for not being free to say "Merry CHRISTmas."

Give me a freaking break.

This is simply another Act in the unfolding comedy our country has become. Watch what you say, unless you agree with me. Dissent is no longer allowed, unless you're blasting that good-for-nothing Clinton or (insert progressive or liberal cause here). Kick their ass and take their gas, and the hell with you if you don't agree, go live in France with the other limp-wristed surrender monkeys.

Apparently this is the utopia they all hoped for. Enjoy it; the rest of the world will only put up with our folly for so long. We will not be allowed to blaze across the globe unchecked.

My country has gone completely nuts!

RV

[Straight Shooter]

23. Jerry Martin of San Francisco is logic-impaired

They forget that wars end, and then the country takes stock of who was where.

His leader, Little Boots, categorically states that Iraq is part of the war on terror. His leader, Little Boots, conducts himself with the assurance that the war on terror is an endless war.

Mr. Martin is a large part of the problem with America, the dumbing down of the populace to its lowest common denominator, the parroting of ridiculous talking points which he and his ilk would never be competent to defend if confronted with the facts.

Edit: Mr. Martin apparently didn't take stock of Little Boots being AWOL while John Kerry was patrolling the Mekong Delta.

[quaoar]

24. And what is really scary

is that there is nothing -- NOTHING -- that would change any of these morons' minds. Bush could be caught in the Oval Office snorting coke while getting a blow job from an illegal alien and they would blame the media.

[mitchum]

25. The chickenhawks squawk!

Ridiculous, tough-talking, cowardly pieces of shit. They are beneath contempt.

[NightTrain]

26. A question for those who've disparaged Mr. Neuharth.

[bunkerbuster1]

27. yeah... there's a 700-post thread raging at atrios about this

It's shocking to see these comments. All I can say is, maybe, just maybe, it'll be shocking to some real conservatives, some real Republicans, as well.

[Catherine Vincent]

28. OMG!

What is the hold that the bushies have on these people? They are downright scary!

[calimary]

29. "Evidence is pouring in..." ??? Uh, excuse me? Evidence?

Sheesh. that Brentwood, CA guy is scary. Comparing bush to Winston Churchill?!?!? Hoping that someone expressing a dissenting view gets EXECUTED for TREASON????!?!?!?!?? JEEZ!

It's astounding to read some of these, and realize that there actually are people out there who think the dick and the bush are "great leaders." Lord help us.

[livinginphotographs]

30. I love that last quote by Mel Gibbs.

I wish they'd publish more like it. Let's show the fascists for who they are.

The fact that he's calling for the death penalty for the journalist AND his family should be enough to call him out for the freak that he is, but I'm there's some fundie bobble-headed idiot agreeing with him somewhere.

"Canada's looking better all the time." That should be my new signature line, if we ever get them back.

[kodi]

31. Neuharth: combat infantryman in World War II & awarded the Bronze Star.

some coward, eh?

[SemperEadem]

33. most of those whining the loudest probably haven't even served

[NickB79]

34. I like Kessler the most

His remark "It's sad we didn't join Hitler" says it all.