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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (7990)	3/30/2004 2:25:16 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The problem is not that someone told a joke about WMD. It's that as the chief purveyor of the WMD falsehood, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Americans and thousands of Iraqis, it is beyond bad taste for George W. Bush to joke about WMD. It's the difference between a comedian making a joke about O.J. Simpson looking for Nicole Brown Simpson's "real killer," and O.J. Simpson making the same joke. fair.org

To: PartyTime who wrote (7990)	3/30/2004 5:16:18 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 173976

The US military did just shut down one newspaper in Iraq for being incendiary and advocating violence against the occupation. Whereas I agree that you should not say fire in a crowded theater, I wonder what else the newspaper was saying. At any rate, not good for pr even if justified. "...On Sunday, the U.S.-led coalition shut down a weekly newspaper run by followers of a hardline Shiite Muslim cleric, saying its articles were increasing the threat of violence against occupation forces. Hours after the closure of Al-Hawza, more than 1,000 supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr demonstrated peacefully in front of the newspaper's offices, decrying what they called a crackdown on freedom of expression...." cbsnews.com I believe they're getting the hang of peaceful protesting and pr for the world media LOL. Oh yeah, I would say that Vitas has an incredibly simpled minded view of the situation in Iraq. Shrub would be proud.