Since Brit Hume of Fox “News” has never quoted us (rather, me, Brad Friedman) by name as far as I know, I thought it would be worth elevating the following update from our piece over the weekend which was critical of Obama, to note the once-credible Hume having done so today, in order to smash up a Democrat, of course. Oh, the irony never stops.
The original BRAD BLOG article from which Hume quotes us (me) was critical of Obama for reportedly telling AP over the weekend that Senate Dems would cave by sending an Iraq spending bill to the White House without troop withdrawal timelines, if Bush vetoes the current one as promised.
Hume failed to mention, of course, that we also noted the dubious provenance of the report: The Associated Press. Neither did he mention the ensuing updates and discussions about whether AP had the story right or not. Though, in fact, Obama has not gone out of his way to correct the record, or call out AP for being inaccurate, save for this middling response in the Union Leader today. Markos at DailyKos — who is infamously singled out along with us (happy to tarnish his reputation) in Hume’s piece — has thoughts on Obama’s response with which we will also associate ourselves in a rare meeting of minds.
So for infamy’s sake, the video of former newsman Hume using us to slime Obama (“Liberal Bloggers Turn on Barack Obama”) is at left. We’ll presume he means “turns back on” versus the sexual connotation. Either way, we’re happy to serve. Video courtesy of the indispensable NewsHounds.us and the indefatigable Alan Breslauer.
Please note: Unlike the Fox “News” website print version of Hume’s “Political Grapevine” (see the update from the original article below), Hume referred to us as “popular” in the video version. We shall add it to our CV right away…
Monday, April 02, 2007
By Brit Hume
FOX NEWS
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:
Bloggers Furious
Left-wing bloggers, who are a potent force in the Democratic party, are furious with Barack Obama for saying over the weekend that Congress will vote to fund the troops without a timeline for withdrawal if President Bush vetoes the current version of the bill. Obama said that no lawmaker, “wants to play chicken with our troops.”
Markos Moulitsas of the influential Daily Kos Web log writes: “What a ridiculous thing to say. Not only is it bad policy, not only is it bad politics, it’s also a terrible negotiating approach. Instead of threatening Bush with even more restrictions and daring him to veto funding for the troops out of pique, Barack just surrendered to him.”
And Brad Friedman of The Brad Blog says: “If we ever need to negotiate for anything, remind us to not call on Obama to represent us.”
Setting aside whether we’re “Liberal” or “Left-wing” as Fox “News” would like to have it, can one “turn their back” on someone that they never actually turned their front to in the first place? Just curious.
We are furious that Fox is allowed to use the word “news” in place of “false propaganda”.
Remember Brad, Any time a blog or news service tells the truth, they’re ‘Left-Wing Liberals’.
Truth is subjective in the eyes of our RW counterparts.
courtesy Faux Noise.
Reality has a built-in liberal bias (to them). That’s why they don’t like reality. Their claims of “liberal bias” of the media, always meant, “Don’t report factual news that makes us look bad.” All in all, that is exactly what propoganda is! Not reporting the facts.
And the CMSM gives corporate “conservative” nuts a forum, for “balance”. Which is what they always wanted: to make facts appear subjective, or “it depends on your point of view, if these facts are correct.”
Ever notice? That Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, and Malkin…all they do is bash Democrats? That’s what they do, therefore, that’s what their purpose is, and that’s what they are paid to do. They are not news, all they do is bash Democrats. They also bash the few real conservatie Republicans, who don’t tow the “corporate America” and pro-elites’ line.
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity’e shows always begin with, “Did you hear what the Democrats did today?” “Did you hear what Nancy Pelosi did today?” “Did you see what Hillary Clinton did today?” “Did you see what Barack Hussein Obama’s doing”?
And FOX News reports things like Obama went to a terrorist training school. Their purpose is one thing: To bash Democrats. That is all they do. That’s why they exist.
“Did you see what the Democrats are proposing now?”
That’s ALL they do!!!
I want a third party NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The way to win the next election is to distance yourself from business as usual in DC. I’m so sick of Republican corruption and Democrats stealing defeat from the hands of victory. Republican or democrat it’s the same shit, different logo.
wow, who do you have to be to get mentioned by name on Fox News? you, apparently! as a liberal blogger I’d consider it an honor, in an ironic way… but, the publicity can’t hurt…
Yeah, that Kos is no fan of Obama and is supporting someone else in the primary ain’t exactly news.
In a cynical way, having Kos as an enemy probably helps Obama amongst swing voters.
You know what they say:
“sometimes bad recognition is better then no recognition”.
BradBlog officially exists in the corporate media!
Good sign. Trollage 😉 …
Brad,
Should we start calling you “the Notorius Brad from Bradblog?”
🙂 🙂
It’s all good, now that we have a new troll…with the handle of ‘Shit Fume, Faux Gnus repeating'(puke talking points)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to hiring Brit Hume while working at fox news …
LOL.. GRATS BRAD!
Though, you might want to get a food tester now. There’s no question they know who you are, and know you’re “popular”.
Though, slimy and smarmy how they try to make it seem like “Obama can’t even get liberals to like him”. 90% of what Obama has said or done seems OK with me, but I agree about being a lip pussy when you say something like “oh noooooo! if he gets mad at us, we’ll cave and give him waht he wants!!” And I agree 100% that the -correct- response to this drooling dipshit (Shrubby, that is) is to say “go ahead and veto this, jackass. You won’t get one more penny for a damn thing the rest of the time you’re in office!”.
This autrocity of a “war” has been going on long enough. Put an end to it already. Even the mainstream right-wing types are able to see this was a fool’s errand and it’s time to stop playing games. Though, since it’s about oil, and we’ve not secured all the oil fields yet.. :/
OH.. and BRAD! .. one word for ya.. c..o..o..k..i..e..s! if we had cookies for your site, I’d not have to pick “classic colors” -every damn time I come back- 😀
We do use cookies, Savanster, to keep track of your color choice!
If you have to choose the “Classic” colors every time, it’s either because you are blocking cookies here, or I’ve got something set wrong!
Email me the browser and OS you are using and I’ll try to figure it out for ya!
I’m going to vote for anyone that Fox and the so called Main stream, Military Industrial Complex, AIPAC (neo-con) owned media picks on the most, I don’t EVEN care anymore whose water their toting, we have to get rid of those rotten to the core 527’s and 501 c-3s and think-tanks even if we have to take a hit for the team (move on.org, etc)
NO MORE CORPORATE LOBBY MONEY IN GOVERNMENT !!!!
NO MORE CORPORATE PERSONHOOD !!!!
NO MORE PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES !!!!
NATONALIZE OUR OIL AND UTILITIES !!!!
If we don’t take care of that first, we are screwed as a nation (probably too late already)
John Edwards:
“If the president vetoes a funding bill, Congress should send him another bill that funds the troops, brings them home, and ends the war. And if he vetoes that one, they should send him another that does the same thing.”
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/5/35312/12782
Out of the 3 top Democratic candidates, Edwards is the only one who is consistently willing to challenge the presidential BS on the war. Hillary’s credibility will most likely cause her demise, and Barack’s inability to stand strong on an issue should leave all of us worried. Aren’t we tired of politicians who sidestep the real issues and lack the authentic courage to let us know where they really stand?
It seems that Barack and Hillary are content to let this war last until the next president takes over, whereas Feingold, Reid and Edwards want us out now. Why the hell should we wait 2 years when everyone knows the occupation is a failure and thanks to Pelosi’s negotiating tactics, the Iran war has been cancelled.
It is time to leave when these two videos seem eerily similar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_RnKMWF-yU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zbmENT4D0k