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Originally posted by Al's Prowler:
I find Dan Rather to have more compassion then any other news anchor person.

I say Dan Rather has served this country well and I wish him the best.

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Think "FORGED DOCUMENTS", think hidden agenda.

Sorry, I want the fair and complete story, not someones personal view or vendetta. A REAL journalist would not have gone forward with those documents nor speak to the senior President Bush in the tone he did (no respect for the office unless his guy is in there).

Haven't watched CBS, NBC, or ABC for 10 years now.

posted 11-23-2004 03:53 PM         

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Originally posted by YellowFever:
Sorry, I want the fair and complete story, not someones personal view or vendetta.

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Maybe you would like someone like Rush Limbaugh to take over the position? It easy to see that this country will stay divided for along time, there's just too many righteous people that aren't so righteous themselves. JMO

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Originally posted by Al's Prowler:
Maybe you would like someone like Rush Limbaugh to take over the position? It easy to see that this country will stay divided for along time, there's just too many righteous people that aren't so righteous themselves. JMO

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For one, Rush isn't a news journalist. He is an entertainer and makes no bones about who/what he favors. So, no, he wouldn't make a good choice and he probably wouldn't want the job. At least when folks listen to him, you know what you are getting. Rather pretended to be fair and balanced and he never was. The forged docudrama ended up costing him his job!

Two, it would be refreshing to watch someone that just reports the news. I don't want their take on it. I don't want them sneering at any president, I don't want them interjecting their views, I just want to hear the story.

If one wants to hear a particular political bias, they can change the channel or listen to folks like Rush or Air America.

I don't particularly see anything rightious about that, do you?

posted 11-23-2004 05:00 PM         

Yes he is from Texas, went to school right here near the Brazos Valley, at Sam Houston in Huntsville. No one here likes him either, because we know him. His so called compassion has been fake from the start and has always been that way. Some people buy that, but then some people still believe the forged document story!

posted 11-23-2004 06:13 PM         

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Originally posted by YellowFever:
For one, Rush isn't a news journalist. He is an entertainer

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I guess I never thought of him as an entertainer, so he's to Republicans like what the WWF is to wrestling...thanks for clearing that up for me. Anyways, I'm sure others here feel Dan Rather is a fine reporter but would rather not get into a confrontation here.

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Originally posted by butchcee:
Good riddance

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Couldn't agree MORE ... time for pasture!

posted 11-23-2004 10:25 PM         

"Do you hear that knocking...President Bush's re-election is at the door."

"This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex."

"His lead is as thin as turnip soup."

"This race is humming along like Ray Charles."

"The presidential race is swinging like Count Basie."

"This race is hotter than the Devil's anvil."

"Ohio becomes like a sauna for the two candidates. All they can do is wait and sweat."

"One's reminded of that old saying, 'Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.'"

"This situation in Ohio would give an aspirin a headache.''

"Bush is sweeping through the South like a big wheel through a cotton field."

"What Kerry needs at this point is the equivalent of Tom Brady coming off the bench to rescue him. But it's still too close to call."

"No question now that Kerry's rapidly reaching the point where he's got his back to the wall, his shirttails on fire and the bill collector's at the door."

"John Kerry needs something on the order of a 55 or 60-yard field goal to win this."

(To Joe Lockhart) "I know that you'd rather walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit than consider the possibility that John Kerry would lose Ohio."

(To Joe Lockhart) "What about Michigan? It's been out there for a long time. Is that making your fingernails sweat?"

"This presidential race has been crackling like a hickory fire for at least the last hour and a half."

"Let's see where it goes from here. Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows."

"We keep talking about Ohio if you've been tuning in and out or you put the baby to bed or you went to pop the cap on an adult, or otherwise, beverage..."

"We used to say if a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun."

"No one is saying that George Bush is not going to win the election, and if you had to bet the double-wide, you'd have to bet that he'd win."

"In southern states they beat him like a rented mule."

"If you try to read the tea leaves before the cup is done you can get yourself burned."

"We need Billy Crystal to Analyze This"

"You know that old song, 'it's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely' for President Bush in most areas of the country."

"We had a slight hitch in our giddy up, but we corrected that."

"In some ways, George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice."

"Put on a cup of coffee, this race isn't going to be over for a while."

"You look at the map and say it's all a big Bush victory. But this is one time when your Mother is right, looks can be deceiving."

"John Kerry's moon has just moved behind a cloud, as far as Florida is concerned."

On Kerry's chances: "To use a metaphor, he's gotta draw to an inside straight. But hey, sometimes you get lucky and hit that straight."

"Is it like a swan, with every feather above the water settled, but under the water paddling like crazy?"

"What you have here is the football equivalent of a fourth quarter rally by Kerry."

The election is "closer than Lassie and Timmy"

"Keep in mind they are teetotally meetmortally convinced they have Ohio won."

"Vice President Dick Cheney would not have flown all the way out there (Hawaii) overnight and put that lei around his neck and sort of hula-danced, if you will, unless he thought there was a chance of carrying that out there."

"President Bush smiling there with his family. He's laid down aces so far."

"You can almost hear the GOP (deep breathing sound). We're getting within maybe smelling distance."

"We don't know what to do. We don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon."

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on being congratulated on victory by Rather: "Thanks Dan, I always believe you." Rather: "Now, ladies and gentleman, if you believe that, you'll believe rocks can grow."

posted 11-24-2004 02:31 PM         

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Originally posted by TLRandall:
Local CBS affiliate did an online survey last night of what our local viewers thought of Dan's announcement - 76 percent said that they were GLAD to see him go!

Like I said - he is from this area - who knows him best!

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posted 11-25-2004 08:55 AM         

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I'm not sure that really means much, just a guess but would that area be considered a heavy Republican area?

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Are not most of the areas [states] considered Republican? No wonder most of the country has turned him 'off'.
http://news.yahoo.com/electionresults

posted 11-29-2004 07:58 PM         

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Originally posted by TLRandall:
I guess AlGore asked the same question when he lost his home state!

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Buckets - that had to be very embarrassing to AlGore, lol.

That tells you a lot about the person when their home state dislikes them

Ed - you said you voted for Al Sharpton!