Audio: Clinton says he loves George Bush; Update: Tells WaPo Dems expect media to take their side
posted at 10:27 am on October 6, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Now he can guest-blog at Powerline!
I’m kidding, of course. It was the other George Bush to which he was referring.
But the audio was too sweet not to clip.
Speaking of Billy Jeff, Richard Clarke will be on Bill Maher’s unwatchable HBO show later this evening. Michael Scheuer has drawn up a list of five questions Maher should, but won’t, put to him about why he and Clinton let Osama get away in 1999.
Update: Quite an admission. Eric Alterman’s going to wet himself:
Democrats of his generation tend to be naive about new media realities. There is an expectation among Democrats that establishment old media organizations are de facto allies — and will rebut political accusations and serve as referees on new-media excesses.
“We’re all that way, and I think a part of it is we grew up in the ’60s and the press led us against the war and the press led us on civil rights and the press led us on Watergate,” Clinton said. “Those of us of a certain age grew up with this almost unrealistic set of expectations.”
Almost.
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Pablo on October 6, 2006 at 10:40 AM
Thanks for posting this AP. Not sure if you got my email but I was hoping you clipped this. Hilarious.
RightWinged on October 6, 2006 at 10:41 AM
This is brilliant. You should put it on Youtube.
Valiant on October 6, 2006 at 11:03 AM
Except now the old guard media has us to monitor them. :)
SouthernGent on October 6, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Was he under oath?
tdau1997 on October 6, 2006 at 11:44 AM
Of course Clinton loves Bush Sr. Clinton would never have been elected president if ole 41 didn’t act like a wet tissue for the last 18 months of his term.
Number 2 on October 6, 2006 at 11:48 AM
If you are a Republican loved by a Democrat, you know you are a loser.
januarius on October 6, 2006 at 11:54 AM
I believe that the 60’s were the beginning of the end for the MSM. I believe that it began with Kennedy, who openly socialized with the press. Objectivity became blurred due to the fact that you wanted to be invited to the best of the best parties, or get that big scoop, and negativity was the surest way to not get invited to the party.
Pam on October 6, 2006 at 12:09 PM
Pam,
Very inciteful. I came of age in the 60’s and at one point was not sure this nation would survive that decade. In reality we did not, and the result is what we see today. Just took several years for the “virus” to do it’s work.
Chief1942 on October 6, 2006 at 1:08 PM
Thanks again for posting this AP, I’ve made use of the audio. Nothing to special.
RightWinged on October 6, 2006 at 2:02 PM
Oh gosh, I don’t see it that way at all–the press was complicent in hiding FDR’s polio and JFK’s girlfriends. The press became antagonistic toward gov’t post Watergate. The big difference today has nothing to do with liberal, conservative; it has to do with news networks, 24/7 programming and the internet. There is a beast to be fed, and ANYTHING will do–Terry Schiavo, Cong Foley, JonBenet–it’s all the same thing; the press has lost its ability to filter or judge the relevance of content. Forget Joe diMaggio, where have you gone Eric Severaid.
Rant over.
honora on October 6, 2006 at 2:28 PM
honora- Did the press hide his polio? My parents and grandparents knew of it. They couldn’t really hide it. They weren’t too kind to FDR though. They irked him to no end, in that the Pattersons & McCormicks, arguably the most powerful relatives in newspaper, leaked his war plans…
As for JFK, hiding his girlfriends goes along with what I was saying. At that time, Philip Graham, CEO of WaPo was very close friends with Kennedy and Johnson. Historically, it marks the turning of the tide when politicians became friends with the press..Kennedy’s theory was to keep them close so as to minimize the negativity. All of a sudden you had politicians partying with the its of the media empires. After JFK’s death, the youth movement took hold coinciding with the Civil Rights movement. The Youth were rebelling and they crucified LBJ…Who was it that broke Watergate? A young Woodward and whatshisface. But even as we went through all of that, the press didn’t openly support parties, that phenomonam began with cable, I agree with you on that. As soon as that began, it was only natural for the blogosphere to rise. JMO
Pam on October 6, 2006 at 6:11 PM
Pam: your grandparents were in the minority if they were aware of FDR’s condition. The press hid it: there are virtually no photos and absolutely no tape of him in his chair or with crutches. This whole issue was re-visited lately with the argument over whether FDR should be shown in his wheelchair at the memorial in DC–one side saying, well that’s the truth and the other side saying yes but that’s not how people saw him. Think they went with the chair? And Watergate was reported in Martha’s Graham’s WaPo, she hardly a member of the youth culture. (I think it was Ben Bradlee who was the big friend of JFK)
I think the press has a schizo relationship with government–they have a herd like mentality–witness the lack of challenge to Bush’s Iraq war strategy at the beginning, but at the same time are prone to drive stories that are in any way “scandalous”–meaning having to do with sex or money.
honora on October 7, 2006 at 11:24 AM
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