Marc Thiessen
Keith Olbermann Blames 9/11 On George W. Bush
February 13th, 2010 10:45 AM
Keith Olbermann Friday blamed 9/11 on former President George W. Bush."3,000 people died on September 11th, 2001 because George Bush did not prioritize," the "Countdown" host disgracefully told his small number of viewers."Perhaps no one says it because it is such a painful, awful truth to confront, 3,000 people dead because Bush and Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld and others simply had other…
O'Donnell Goes Nuts on 'Morning Joe', Scarborough Cuts Him Off
February 12th, 2010 12:12 PM
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell went into an unhinged attack on a former Bush administration official Friday, and was eventually shut out of the discussion by Joe Scarborough.Appearing on "Morning Joe" with former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen who was brought on to discuss terrorist interrogation procedures, O'Donnell began by first calling him a liar, and then accused the Bush White House of…
Grasping at Straws: Olbermann Claims Obama 'Arrogant' Label a Racist E
January 29th, 2010 11:14 AM
A lot of leading thinkers on the right have warned about this, but now with President Barack Obama no longer enjoying high approval ratings and many of his defenders with their back against the wall, the race card is being deployed as one of the last lines of defense. And one of the most bizarre and egregious examples of this desperation to defend the President at all costs came from MSNBC "…
Former Bush Official Rips CNN's Amanpour on Waterboarding and Torture
January 21st, 2010 11:31 AM
Marc Thiessen, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush and author of "Courting Disaster," blasted Christiane Amanpour for comparing American interrogation techniques to what the Khmer Rouge did in Cambodia after the Vietnam War. Appearing on CNN International Wednesday, Thiessen took issue with Amanpour's April 2008 piece "Scream Bloody Murder" in which she made the case that waterboarding was…
WaPo Website Resurrects 2001 'Racist' Charge Against Helms
July 7th, 2008 3:09 PM
My colleague Tim Graham brought to my attention earlier today that WashingtonPost.com's front page today teased two opinion pieces on the late Sen. Jesse Helms. The first was by a former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer who lauded the late North Carolina Republican as a champion of liberty and staunch opponent of Communist repression. The second was a rehashed column from seven years…