Moammar Qadhafi
MSNBC and ABC Eager to Herald ‘Vindication’ for Obama in Qadhafi
October 21st, 2011 3:43 AM
It’s no surprise MSNBC hosts were quick to see “vindication” for President Barack Obama in the death of Moammar Qadhafi, but ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Jake Tapper were just as eager Thursday night to make sure viewers knew the White House was gloating.
“The President was careful not to take too much credit in the Rose Garden,” fill-in World News anchor George Stephanopoulos noted…
NBC's Chuck Todd Uses Reported Qadhafi Death to Bash Bush on Iraq
October 20th, 2011 12:17 PM
Early on Thursday's The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, as news was breaking of the reported death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi, host Chuck Todd used the opportunity to declare: "...a trillion dollars and thousands of U.S. lives to topple a dictator in Iraq, it's a billion dollars and no U.S. lives to topple a dictator in Libya. That's a – that's a pretty stark contrast." [Audio available here…
Liberal Commander Kristof in the NY Times: Send SWAT Team to Seize Col
April 6th, 2011 9:47 AM
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist, newly minted war-monger. On March 24 the Iraq war dove claimed the U.S. was being welcomed as liberators in Libya. On Sunday he applauded what the column’s text box admitted was “our inconsistent intervention in Libya,” headlined with a bleeding-heart plea: “Is It Better to Save No One?” He even called for "a SWAT team of Libyans and coalition forces…
Ed Schultz on US Arming Qadhafi's Foes: 'Why Are We Concerned With Who
April 1st, 2011 8:30 PM
Ed Schultz is so gungo ho for the Libyan war that he wants Obama to provide weapons to anti-Qadhafi forces -- without scrutinizing who gets them.
Seeing how Qadhafi's opponents in Libya could include al Qaeda and Hezbollah, according to the U.S. NATO commander, what could possibly go wrong?
Here's Schultz engaging in his singular brand of bellicosity while talking to a caller on his radio…