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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (14575)	11/11/2006 1:26:39 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Matthews is rather partisan leftwinger for my taste. If you think he is on the right, you are mistaken. Even former liberal Republican Congressman Scarborough is to leftie Matthew's right. I didn't know anyone watched Olberman. What I have seen of his show looks without news value; I can get the same "news" (spin) from the DNC web site. I prefer to cut out the middle man. O'Reiley is very conflicted. He is a moderate with some leftist and some rightist ideals. What else would one expect from a former teacher? I often disagree with his positions, such as on immigration. It is the best "news" show on TV by a wide margin, and his ratings show it. Of course when lefties have over a hundred leftist hosts to choose from and the remainder of the political spectrum has such slim pickings, one should expect that the moderates and conservatives would mostly watch shows with less liberal hosts. Hannity is ok as a host. I enjoy both his TV and radio shows when I can catch them. I actually get most of my news from the internet. If you want international news without a strong bias either way you might try the Scotsman. "The story circulating in many circles, both right and left, is that Rummie lost the confidence of the top military echelon." I have only seen that charge from the left. I have seen some stuff passed through informal military channels that indicate a minority of military objected to certain aspects of how the Iraq liberation was being maintained. Some of those criticizing Secretary Rumsfeld were straight shooters. It appears however much of the damage was done by Garner and Bremer who had been delegated authority and whom were not tightly supervised by the White House. Would you have preferred the Secretary of Defense to have taken personal control of Iraq without delegating any authority? The military works on delegated authority. Leaders are expected to make the best decisions they can with the information they have available. " more sources are coming forward with proof that there really was a 'conspiracy' to denounce Clinton." I haven't seen any credible evidence of such a charge, much less proof. There was a conspiracy, but that was being run from inside the Whitehouse. Hillary personally ran the conspiracy to lie, deny, obfuscate and generally thwart any attempt to discover the truth about the Clintons' illegal activities. "As far as Clinton, he's gone. History will judge both Clinton and Bush" As the liberal's love affair with Clinton fades with time, the widest disparity in historians’ assessment of any President will narrow. The assessment that he was one of the worst may gain precedence. At best he will end up believed to a mediocre President who was fortunate to preside over the great economic boon from the end of the Cold War. History will also note that he never lead; always taking opinion polls to find out which direction to follow. President Bush may go down as having failed to secure the peace against terrorists. At least he has prevented any additional attacks on US soil. I still prefer taking the fight to the terrorists to waiting for the next attack. History will credit President Bush with being a leader. You may not agree with his vision, but you cannot deny he leads. I do not believe that the WOT is winnable in any eight year period. The sewers of hate have had a generation to sew hatred, and it will take multiple Administrations to fight it. History has not recorded any of the Presidents who fought the Cold War as great except the one who saw an opening and lead us towards the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (14575)	11/11/2006 10:05:38 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

I watch Olbermann, although he is definitely left You forgot to include that he's a fricken idiot....