Keith Olbermann ranks the combined personalities of Hannity, Bozell, O’Reilly, Ingraham, and Zelnick as the “worst person in the world” for their reaction to recent comments by Ted Turner.
Turner states, with regards to President Bush’ statement, “Either you’re with us, or you’re against us,” that at the time he hadn’t made up his mind. The context of Turner’s statement is the war in Iraq.
Olbermann’s combined “worst person in the world” essentially criticized Turner for not being able to differentiate between a terrorist and his own country.
Olbermann takes issue with the reactions of the people listed above, because the context of Turner’s statement had nothing to do with terrorism, but with questioning people’s patriotism when they criticized the Iraq war.
The only thing is, Keith, the context of the referenced Bush statement had to do precisely with terrorism and not the selling of the war in Iraq. Bush stated “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” back on September 20, 2001. He also stated “either you’re with us or against us” in February of 2002. Both instances are quite a bit before the war in Iraq.
Who is being honest now, Keith? Ted?
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October 13th, 2006 at 11:01 am
Speaking of being “with us or against us,”…..
If someone states that, “I am on the side of Jesus Christ,” where exactly does that place them in this War on Terror? Does it really matter whether it is immediately Post 911, Iraq, Afghanistan, London, Spain, etc.?
I ask this because President Bush has repeatedly said that Christians and Muslims serve the same God. And Jesus Christ is obviously not the Son of Allah. Sooooo…….Where exactly does the servant of the Biblical Jesus fit in?
Honesty demands looking beyond the smoke.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
BBJ,
You’re questions, while good ones, deviate from the point of my post.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
RL,
I’m sorry. I have this acute aversion to abiding in heavy political smoke. I tend to go right to the source. Dealing with the source puts the smoke in the proper perspective, since I know “”from whence it cometh.”
So I’ll deal with your post directly.
Actually, Bush’s statement made prior to the war in Iraq, has been transferred to all other aspects of the global war on terror, but especially within the realm of US domestic politics. I’ve heard Hannity many times accuse various personalities of “being against us” or “being for the terrrorists” for no other reason than not carrying a particular conservative position with respect to the war on terror. Or taking a position which supposedly compromises US national security in some manner. Of course, He’s not the only one. And it hasn’t been limited to one political side, though it has mostly emanated from the right.
The fact is, that the phrase by Bush has been used to drive wedges between different groups. So did his term “Crusade,” just after 911. So did “Axis of Evil.” And others. This is part of his creating political capital. So Ted Turner responding in this manner is perfectly resonable, considering the political context. Reasonable or not, Ted remains Ted.
So what would Turner and Bush have in common? Ah, there’s a different story. Both believe in Secular governemnt.
But…….such a topic might create too much heat. Maybe it’s better to abide in the smoke?