posted by xpert11
posted by Justin Oldham
I did take note of the media reports that Mr. Bush has been giving quiet advice to the Dem candidates. It looks to me like he thinks Hillary will be
taking over for him. I'm not happy to see that. I don't think its very professional.
Huh?
Did I read that right? Am I missing the joke? Bush is giving advice [to] the Dem candidates[?] Given [the] Bush track record who would take any advice
from him whatsoever? Did any of the media reports appear online?
No, xpert11, you read it right, it is not a joke, and my exerts from the story follow my commentary. But first, the story is by Bill Sammon.
Here
is the skinny from Wikipedia: Bill Sammon is senior White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner (having left the same position at The
Washington Times in February 2006), a political analyst for Fox News Channel, and the author of: 1) At Any Cost: 2) How Al Gore Tried to Steal the
Election; 3) Fighting Back: 4) The War on Terrorism from Inside the White House; 5) Misunderestimated: 6) The President Battles Terrorism, Media Bias
and the Bush Haters; and 7) Strategery: How George W. Bush Is Defeating Terrorists, Outwitting Democrats, and Confounding the Mainstream Media.
Sammon is a frequent guest on shows like Special Report with Brit Hume, Fox News Sunday and Hannity & Colmes.
Note: Mr X11, if you want to know the TRUTH about Bill Sammon and this story, then you must go to www.americanpolitics.com/20030310foxwatch.html
Because I don’t like the WTimes formerly owned by Dr Sun Moon from Korea, the fellow who bewildered 1000s of Americans by claiming he was actually
Jesus Christ re-incarnated, and who finally either left the country or fled the country. Once he owned 100 Rolls Royces. He was famous for holding
MASS weddings for his followers and of course, being a far right winger. It can be fairly said of him as owner of the Washington Times that he never
let the truth stand in the way of a story.
Also, I do not know Bill Sammons because I have all FOX channels OFF my remote so I don’t waste bandwidth. I can proudly say I have never watched
FOX in my home, but regrettably, I must quietly sit by when I visit some of my friends. I have always HATED Rupert Murdoch and I avoid anything he
touches. He is instrumental in dummying down the world.
From Examiner.Com, posted by bsammon@dcexaminer.com who authored a book “The Evangelical President” out of which the following article was
taken. HEADLINES: Bush quietly advising Hillary Clinton, top Democrats, says new book . .
“NEWS” Flash “1 day ago - President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric
so she can effectively prosecute the war in Iraq if elected president.”
From the Story: To that end, the president has been sending advice, mostly through aides, aimed at preventing an abrupt withdrawal from Iraq in
the event of a Democratic victory in November 2008.“Look, I’d like to make as many hard decisions as I can make, and do a lot of the heavy lifting
prior to whoever my successor is,” Bush said. “And then that person is going to have to come and look at the same data I’ve been looking at, and
come to their own conclusion.”“The other thing is, they are being advised by smart people,” the official said. “We’ve got colleagues here on
the staff who have good communications with some of the thinkers on that side.
It is my opinion this story is entirely made up by Bill Sammon. Under the landmark case, NY Times Co. v. Sullivan, 1964, and the cases following, the
Rule of Law in the US of A is that anyone can say anything about a public figure even if he knows it is false, PROVIDED he does not say it WITH
MALICE.
That may be a good rule, but it is a bad rule as often as it is a good one. Prior to that case the laws of slander and or libel applied to all speech
or writing, despite the “free speech” clause of the First Amendment. The writer or speaker always had the sure and certain defense of TRUTH but
that - truth - is not always easy to prove. PLUS, the cost of going to court in America is out of sight so many small printers like
Nation
Magazine for example, could not print many truthful stories because they could not afford to defend themselves even if they ultimately prevailed
in court. In America cf. England, the parties pay their own lawyers in most cases.
CONCLUSION: Your first instincts were ON target, Mr X11. No one and especially NO ONE in the Dems camp would take “advice” from Bush43 or Bill
Sammon. Or Rupert Murdoch in any of his manifestations.
Now as J/O indicated even compulsive LIARS sometimes tell truthful things. You need to know what they are saying because there may be a kernel of
truth in there if you are careful how you extract it.
You read a lot you wouldn’t write.
[edit on 9/26/2007 by donwhite]