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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:12 PM
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FOX's Shepherd Smith rips neo-con a new a-hole on Iraq (VIDEO)
Edited on Sun Oct-01-06 06:18 PM by yurbud
This guy must be bucking to get fired. He did some similar maverick stuff during Hurricane Katrina, contradicting Sean Hannity when he started reciting the White House talking points.

In this video, Smith says maybe we need to put more troops in Iraq, and Kristol says Bush can't do that until after the election.

Smith not only says it's a horrifying reality, he doesn't let the point go and comes back to it, again and again, what even mainstream reporters have failed to do with these asswipes.

If an MSM reporter had done this, a Bush crony would already be appointed as an independent investigator, and the right wing drumbeat wouldn't stop until Smith was fired. Since he works for Fox, it will just be a matter of one phone call.




VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy23DZbZH_o&eurl=


KRISTOL: Well, I hope not because it really wouldn't be the right thing to do and I think President Bush wants to do the right thing and I think he knows there's a problem. He can't probably do anything until election day. I very much hope after election day he takes a fresh look at Iraq, sends enough troops, surges the...goes on the offensive there and plays for victory because..

<snip>

SMITH: That's a disgusting and repulsive reality Bill you have to admit that. That we can't do anything about something that is not working and where people are dying until after our elections are over...

<snip

SMITH: If I were the mother of a father of a young man who dies between now and that election in this war I would be raising holy hell. Wouldn't you?


TRANSCRIPT:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/1/101415/471
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:13 PM
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1. I wouldn't say it was maverick, his Katrina-broadcasts
I'd say it was dose of human reality to detox the kool-aide out of him
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:16 PM
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2. I think it's the same here. He's probably taking his shots until the axe
falls.
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:17 PM
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3. Ive watched Smith on several occcasions.
Of all the propagandists on that network, he seems to be the one who has drank the least amount of Kool Aid.

Now I cant vouch for him because Ive only watched his show maybe five times, but ...he seems to at least try to keep it on the up and up.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:29 PM
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7. I will certainly give him points for this
it truly is despicable, "waiting until after the election", to do something about a truly deplorable situation and I thank Mr. Smith for speaking out
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:33 PM
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10. I disagree with his solution, but applaud his assessment and reaction
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:42 PM
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15. yes
more troops is not the answer
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:25 PM
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30. but seeing this, you get the impression you could have a real debate with
this guy as opposed to what passes for debate now--hapless, frightened journalist drafted as the supposed opposition voice up against a trained PR shill who will say with conviction his own mother is a whore if that's faxed to him on his talking points.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:18 PM
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4. Wow
Is he having Katrina flashbacks or something? I wonder how long he'll last at Faux.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:19 PM
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5. vote it up so it gets around.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-02-06 10:47 AM
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37. Good idea
Will do!
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:20 PM
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6. "it's a democracy, it has drawbacks" - Bill Kristol
It sure does, doesn't it you fucking fascist.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:32 PM
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8. Well Billy Boy I am SO happy that Iraq has a democracy. Now,
how about setting one up here in the good ol' USA!
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:40 PM
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12. He was referring to OUR democracy......toward the end @ 4:40
He was defending Bush for doing the WRONG thing for political reasons.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:41 PM
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14. that's worse than just bad-mouthing Iraq's puppet democracy.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-02-06 12:28 PM
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38. Oh, my bad! nt
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:33 PM
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9. they wanted Chalabi but someone was a realist enough to realize
he would have lived in office all of 15 seconds.
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howmad1 Donating Member (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:38 PM
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11. Let's hope when they lead....
...all the neocon PNAC fascist sons of bitches to the wall to face a firing squad, Billy Kristol cries like a baby, pleading for mercy. What a M/F douche bag.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:41 PM
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13. they should not line him up and shoot him. He should go to Baghdad...
and be kicked out of the car halfway between the airport and the Green Zone. If he was right, he'd have nothing to fear but flower and candies. If his head ends up on a stick, it would only be because we believed his assessment of the situation.

That's fair.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:57 PM
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22. Absolutely. bill PNAC kristol should be on the first flight out to
Sadr City or Fallujah. Someplace OUTSIDE the Green Zone.

If he wants this fucking war so badly, let him go fight it.

How pathetic is this guy? He was once chief of staff for dan quayle.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:23 PM
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28. Dan Qauyle's virtue over Bush: he knew he was an ignorant retard
when he'd get that deer in the headlights look, or when Lloyd Bentson said he was no Jack Kennedy, and the look on his face made it obvious he knew Bentson was right.

The only thing worse than an ignorant retard is one who gets mad at people for knowing more than him and is mean to boot.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 06:45 PM
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16. Bill Kristol is a smarmy bastard! And wow! Shepard Smith!
:wow: Good on him!
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:02 PM
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17. Load Kristol's grinning ass on a plane .... fly him to Iraq ..... give him
an M-16 ..... and let him drive a hummer round the country.

I would give him 5 hours before he was dead or wounded.

That sick fuck wanted this war and now that it is going bad wants it to be bigger.

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liberaliraqvet26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:16 PM
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18. he is the only bright spot on FAUX.
I hope he gets picked up by another network.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:25 PM
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19. Shep is a rare bird in the foul nest of Faux.
I actually have enjoyed a few of his broadcasts. He has a sense of humor, a bit of humanity and that is rare among Repugs.

Will Kristol is a pathetic Neocon Asshole.
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:29 PM
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20. The only solution then must be to wipe out the Iraqi population...
entirely. Republicans are fucked up, period!
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 09:50 PM
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34. Exactly. The same way we could have won the Vietnam War
kill everyone, and start with a clean slate.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 07:48 PM
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21. Maybe Scarborough & Sheperd should trade places
Scarborough ruins MSNBC. He belongs on Fox.

You have to wonder if Shepard Smith is a human (As oppossed to a robot) after all.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:27 PM
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31. this is kind of like the sequel to network. After the whole TV news biz
has been bastardized into sub-tabloid pap, one guy goes so insane that he starts acting like a reporter.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:07 PM
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23. Kristol a disgusting piece of slime.
How casually he condemns other people's children to death and dismemberment for political advantage. Sociopath?

I don't understand why anyone would give him any time. :shrug:
He (Kristol) has ZERO credibility. He has been absolutely WRONG about EVERYTHING he has ever predicted or supported since the Reagan Coronation.

A GREAT 1hr. show would be to have Kristol sitting in a chair, and a host just playing video bytes of everything Kristol has predicted over the last 10 years, and have Kristol try to explain.
:rofl:
I would buy an admission ticket for THAT!
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:10 PM
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24. Come on over to our side Mr. Smith.
I have to give him credit for THIS one.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:13 PM
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25. Shepard's once-per-year realization of the criminal negligence?
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:17 PM
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26. Send Bill Kristol to Iraq!!!
Does he have children? Send them too! :mad:

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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:18 PM
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27. OMFG!!! This line from Bill Kristol!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"For the mothers and fathers who have kids there, my solution does not decrease the chances of casualties. I'm willing...I think we need to take more casualties"



:wow: :wow:


:evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown:

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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:23 PM
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29. "I'm willing...I think we need to take more casualties"
DAMN! That is an astoundingly cold hearted statement. If only all the parents of troops could hear or read that.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 08:40 PM
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32. I would love nothing more than
to send Kristol..... and all of the neo-cons to patrol Baghdad.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-01-06 09:49 PM
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33. That's like Rummy saying draftees in Vietnam "added no value to the
conflict"
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-02-06 08:51 AM
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35. What a jerk!
:puke:


:grr:
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-02-06 08:54 AM
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36. You go girl!
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