Fox News' Eric Bolling: 'I Don't Remember' Any Terrorist Attacks On America During President Bush's

[monmouth3]

Fox News host Eric Bolling pulled a Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, asserting that there were no terrorist attacks on "American soil" during President Bush's term in office.

Giuliani famously made a similar assertion in early 2010, saying, "we had no domestic attacks under Bush." Of course, the 9/11 attacks happened under Bush.

Bolling's misstatement came during a discussion on the network's Glenn Beck replacement show, "The Five." He and a panel--which included former Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino--were arguing about whether Bush had been guilty of "fear-mongering" during his tenure. Panelist Bob Beckel said that the former president had used fear-mongering around the non-existent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. As he attempted to continue his point, Bolling cut him off and started to move on to the next segment.

"America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008," he said. "I don't remember any attacks on American soil during that period of time." Nobody on the panel challenged this comment.

WATCH:

Bolling recently got into hot water for comments he made about President Obama which some viewed as racist.
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[randys1]

1. Wake me up when everybody has had enough, when you understand they are at war with us

[cantbeserious]

9. +1 - The Great Culling - An Inescapable Conclusion - The Oligarchs Are Thinning The Heard By Design

eom

[LiberalLoner]

45. Yup

[tularetom]

2. I'm curious

Just who did he get into hot water with?

And how hot was this water?

I only ask because the hot water doesn't appear to have prevented him from still being on these simple minded shows making statements like America was never attacked by terrorists during the Bush administration.

[RoverSuswade]

3. How long before republicans succeed

in scrubbing 9/11 from US history?

[arcane1]

13. They'll never scrub it, they need its fear.

But they will eventually have it taking place during Clinton's 2nd term.

[Arugula Latte]

29. Yep, and Fox News' graphic department will cook up a timeline in which 2001 comes before 2000.

[bvf]

37. "eventually"?

They're already doing it. Assuming that the average knuckle-dragging Fox viewer still owns two interlocking brain cells and can remember who was president before the shrub.

Of course, nobody challenged the assertion! Because Fox + mouth-breathers + Fox knows they're mouth-breathers, etc.

I see a meme coming this way to the effect that the shrub's "Mission Accomplished" turn was to commemorate his clean-up of Clinton's disaster. And it also won't be long before he killed bin Laden.

Jeezus.

[Fumesucker]

76. Or Obama's zeroth term.. n/t

[Katashi_itto]

84. They will engineer it so that the populace thinks it occurred under democrats

[Spitfire of ATJ]

98. Remember when the talking point was "Bush inherited 9/11"?....

That was a flop.

It was an offshoot of their prior attempt to claim "Bush inherited a recession" when everyone knew he was handed a surplus.

BTW: That "inherited" bit was used during all through Reagan and Bush The Elder so they figured it would work again. Makes you wonder when America is going to wake up to the fact that there is a difference between running a nasty campaign and the work of governing.

[WinkyDink]

73. No; from BUSH's history. It will be attributed to Clinton.

[MurrayDelph]

78. 9/11? You mean

Benghazi Day?


/sarcasm off

[City Lights]

4. That is just stunningly unbelievable. nt

[Initech]

5. The Fox Opinion Channel: where facts go to die since 1997.

[shenmue]

6. WTF?

Little problem in 2001 come to mind, idiot?!

[awoke_in_2003]

7. I woke up in Bizarro World. nt

[arcane1]

8. Makes sense, since they blame Obama for the bank bailouts and recession

Besides, everyone knows we have always been at war with Eurasia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Does he have brain damage?

9/11/2001 ring any bells?

[lastlib]

25. Selective amnesia.....

...a common affliction among repuglikkkans. Can only be treated by hanging or multiple sharp cranial blows with blunt instruments. Hanging is the preferred treatment.

[freebrew]

88. If you look at it from the CT viewpoint...

9-11-01 wasn't terrorists, the plot was conceived and implemented by PNAC.

I know, I know, MIHOP isn't allowed here...but it explains the statement.

[Vincardog]

11. It is true! RW crazies don't recal anything that contradicts their current view of the world they

want to live in. Remember they create reality.

[TeamPooka]

12. Fuck Eric Bolling. That man is an idiot.

[Octafish]

14. It's like 1984 with super computers.

What pretzeldent Bush ignored in the months before September 11, 2001...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2039436&mesg_id=2048647

Then there's all the CIA tried to tell him in August, 2001 he ignored...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x296909

And to think none of that gets mentioned on tee vee.

[bananas]

81. 1984 the book, or 1984 the year Reagan/Bush was re-elected? nt

[Octafish]

114. Memory Hole

In the novel, IIRC, Winston Smith labored at MiniTrue and had to make changes in the historical record by hand -- one article at a time. He'd edit: "We have always been at war with Eastasia" into "We have always been at war with Eurasia."

Today, we have the marvel of the programmable computer. Who needs a Party and its Outer Members when all you need to do to correct the historical record is to click a mouse or press a key?

Nowhere on the tee vee and in no school history textbooks that I've come across over the past 12 years mention Bush getting warned bin Laden was determined to fly jet planes into buildings at the Genoa G-8 summit that summer; that smirking bastard Crisco John Ashcroft stopped flying commercial in August; or even that the CIA bigwigs gave Bush a personal heads-up at the vacation spread in Crawford only to be told: "All right. You've covered your ass."

They should. Democracy depends on an informed People. Or, at least it used to.

[rufus dog]

15. Have a borderline Teabaggers friend

He stated the Great Depression started under FDR. I could only respond, we went to the same Grade School, High School and College so the only explanation is that you must be a fucking idiot.

[bvf]

39. Same here, but a neighbor.

A five-minute conversation with him just now reminded me why I just usually wave to him.

When I told him I was out of work, he blamed Obama for (1) not getting out of the way of businesses creating jobs, (2) maintaining stifling regulations, (3) etc.

When I casually mentioned Nixon's connection to the EPA, he shook my hand, wished me well, and took his leave.

(I also took that he'd really like to see another big war, too, pointing out that the economy thrived after WWII, and that FDR had nothing to do with the post-depression comeback.)

[theHandpuppet]

16. Whaaaa???

Because sometimes words fail.

[m-lekktor]

17. I've heard this before from that bunch.

"George Bush kept us safe". it's as if Sept 11 doesn't count in the equation.

[bvar22]

18. Not just 9-11,

but the American Capital (Washington, DC) was attacked with biological Weapons of Mass Destruction (Anthrax) which killed several Federal Employees shut down the government for several weeks shortly after 9-11.

[KeepItReal]

20. +1

Real terrorism right there.

[Initech]

46. And weren't there something like 14 embassy attacks under Bush?

One happens under Obama and the Republicans go apeshit. They should really be blaming themselves for this.

[arcane1]

52. The shoe-bomber and the underoos-bomber were both attempts, too

They failed, but they still tried!

[LeftyMom]

19. Who would have thought this song would ever come in handy?

&feature=kp

[Martin Eden]

24. Most. Asinine. Song. Ever.

The song's original intent was to scold those who opposed the invasion of Iraq, but Darryl Worley (and those who applauded the song) forgot it was al Qaeda -- not Iraq -- that brought the towers down on 9/11.

LeftyMom,
I'm not scolding you for using it this context ... rightwing idiocy should always be thrown back in their face, and this is apropo.
& for Mom's Day!

[tooeyeten]

21. Eric Bolling is 10 years old

What other reason is there for his lack of memory?

[Jamaal510]

33. +1

[Ikonoklast]

110. Bolling's paycheck depends on being a liar.

He knows what comes out of his piehole is bullshit, he just doesn't care as long as those checks keep cashing.

[trusty elf]

22. .........

[IMG][/IMG]

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

69. Good one

[Brigid]

111. Attention FlyingSquirrel:

DUzy over here! DUzy over here!

[rurallib]

23. I am so old I remember when "misstatements" were called lies

[historylovr]

26. +1.

[G_j]

38. yep

[Kablooie]

27. Soon you'll start hearing that 911 occurred under Obama.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. I think they've already tried that one!

Fox knows that its viewers are all stupid so it can say anything.

[SummerSnow]

42. Im waiting for that too

But look what i found...

http://wonkette.com/483807/dick-cheney-bombshell-barack-obama-caused-911-by-ignoring-all-his-daily-briefings

[CincyDem]

65. Of course, you're already hearing it.

The current GOP meme is to refer to Benghazi interchangably with "9/11" so much so that eventually 9/11 will no longer mean WTC among FOX-nauts...it will be over shadowed by Benghazi.

What a bunch a dipshits...unfortunately, in 5 years it will be the accepted "truth".

Who was it that said a lie, repeated loud enough and often enough, can grow up to be the truth (or something like that).

[NewJeffCT]

109. And, don't forget

Pearl Harbor was Bill Clinton's fault, Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated because of Jimmy Carter and FDR caused the Civil War.

[malaise]

28. So who was at the helm on 9/11/2001

WTF??????

[Arugula Latte]

32. Please do not question the unfallible greatness of President Cheney.

[malaise]

34. OK then

[Jamaal510]

36. .

[IMG][/IMG]

[malaise]

40. In a little while the hacks at M$Greedia will refuse to confirm

whether 9/11 happened under Bush and Cheney's watch. Bet on it.

[SummerSnow]

55. this guy...

[malaise]

61. ROFL

[Go Vols]

70. How to serve man

[Helen Borg]

30. This guy must be on drugs. Seriously.

[bvf]

41. No, the whole crapbag full of them know exactly what they're doing, IMO <eom>

[SunSeeker]

66. Exactly. Lying has worked for them, and it's all they've got. nt

[spanone]

31. they don't realize that new york city is part of america, even giuliani...dumbfucks

[Gothmog]

43. Biolling is a very stupid person

Fox News is a joke and this idiot is one of the punch lines

[TroglodyteScholar]

44. Bolling continued, "We've always been at war with Eastasia!"

[TheFrenchRazor]

116. yes, war is peace, indeed. nutjobs are now seriously blaming the iraq war on obama and pelosi

pelosi, etc. i'm no lover of obama, but george orwell wouldn't even have tried such a blatant reversal of the facts.

[ellie]

47. Well he is just a Grade A moron.

[benld74]

48. The so-called panel is more of a collage of ignorant morans,,,,,,

[Zipgun]

50. Shills really, any ignorance is willful.

All very much on purpose.

[locdlib]

49. Dana Perino made this statement

in 2009. They are really trying to make the whole "no terrorist attack during bush" happen. sad thing is that fox viewers are stupid enough to believe them. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/11/25/71135/perino-terror-attack-bush/

[SummerSnow]

51. ass

[frylock]

53. Never Remember

[locdlib]

54. this also looks to be a clip from 07/14/2011

and dana made the statement in 2009. looks like they intent to spew that line of bs every so often.

[mtasselin]

56. asshole

These assholes are going to impeach President Obama over Benghazi, but this nut doesn't remember 9/11 who is kidding who.

[DinahMoeHum]

57. Eric Bolling = Dumb Fuck

[Scuba]

58. "Nobody on the panel challenged this comment."

[EC]

59. I remember a good 3 years of constant

red and orange warnings. Every month and especially around Christmas I remember it.

[TxDemChem]

60. As Bolling was corrected on a different point recently,

"That would be a great point if it were true!"

[savalez]

62. "Great point if it were true"

said Dana Perino.

The article states that no one corrected him. I thought they did, hence Perino's now famous quote above.

[deutsey]

83. I think that was about his assertion that Benghazi

happened before Bin Laden was killed.

That no one corrected him about this particular whopper is just jaw-dropping.

Because Giuliani and Perino have also made similar statements, I do wonder if this isn't part of the right's Orwellian attempt at re-writing history. If the knuckle-draggers can get all riled up about keeping big gubmint out of their Medicare, they'll swallow any kool-aid regardless of what poison is flavoring it.

[progressoid]

63. misstatement?

AKA: Lie

[Lex]

64. I don't understand the media's reluctance

to use that word. Seriously.

[allan01]

67. remember the thousands , sept 11? that bush intelegence blunder let that happen?

[Ruby the Liberal]

68. That is a classic. July 2011.

Did something happen to bring it back into the news? Please tell me this moron did it again...

[B Calm]

71. Republicans rewriting history is nothing new. Their voting base are dumb

as rocks.

[Uncle Joe]

72. Nobody on the panel challenged his comment!

"America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008," he said. "I don't remember any attacks on American soil during that period of time." Nobody on the panel challenged this comment.

Their total lack of integrity and intestinal fortitude is pathetic, I would feel sorry for them, if they weren't doing so much damage to the nation.




Thanks for the thread, monmouth.

[monmouth3]

75. Thank you Uncle Joe. They are a sad bunch...n/t

[libodem]

74. 3000 dead Americans?

We need to redo the 9/11 commission. It was a sham. We need to investigate the Saudi connection to the House of Bush.

[billhicks76]

94. Yes New 911 Commission

This time no whitewash. There was a 2nd Warren Commission in 1975 so there is precedent.

[Bluzmann57]

77. Does Bolling smoke a lot of reefer?

Because that's the only logical explanation for forgetting about terror attacks on American soil.
If I'm not mistaken, 9/11 happened in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. The largest city in the USA, the center of government, and a large state. Kind of hard to forget I would think. So it must be the pot, stupidity, or (selective) amnesia.

[liberal N proud]

79. It's disgusting how they shamelessly twist reality to fit the propaganda in the name of news.

[oneofthe99]

80. How about the DC sniper attacks by John Allen Muhammad

Born as John Allen Williams, Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam in 1987 and later changed his surname to Muhammad.

After his arrest, authorities also claimed that Muhammad admitted that he admired and modeled himself after Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and approved of the September 11 attacks. One of Malvo's psychiatric witnesses testified in his trial that Muhammad had indoctrinated him into believing that the proceeds of the extortion attempt would be used to begin a new nation of only young, "pure" black people somewhere in Canada


As a member of the Nation of Islam, Muhammad helped provide security for the "Million Man March" in 1995, but Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has publicly distanced himself and his organization from Muhammad's crimes

[hue]

82. Bush & his admin. was a terrorist attack on the US! Faux News rewrites history!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

85. Yeah, except for that one where 3000 ppl died

Plus all those Embassy attacks (they are considered "American soil", aren't they?)

[ck4829]

86. And didn't that one where 3000 people die happen on the same day of the year as BENGHAZI!!!

You'd think the September 11 attacks would be the last thing they would forget about since they do nothing but talk about another thing that happened on September 11.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

87. Yeah but that was the "old" 9/11

Benghazi is the "new" 9/11 and more important since it happened under a Democrat!

[lpbk2713]

89. The RW revisionist look at history continues unabated ...

The hilarious thing is some mouth breathers actually buy into their bullshit. OMFG



"We distort. You deride."

[MissMillie]

90. How in the hell does anyone forget 9/11?

Seriously.

[Jesus Malverde]

91. .

[merrily]

92. The Big Lie. Tell it often enough and boldly enough and hope it sticks.

They say that it was not fair to blame Bush only 8 months into his administration. As if they would not have blamed a Democrat 8 months into his or her administration.

Bush shit.

[sinkingfeeling]

93. But he'll sure remember around September 10 as another anniversary comes. The GOP

will be out selling mementos and raising funds.

[wiggs]

95. "Creating other new realities..."

Suskind: The [Bush] aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality." ... "That's not the way the world really works anymore," he continued. "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

Exactly the intent...starting with think tanks in the 60s. They can say whatever they want and 30% will believe it, just because they said it.

[L0oniX]

96. The Jerry Springer show has more honesty and truth. Someone should hire Cheaters to go after Fox.

Fox could use Maury Povich to find out who's the baby daddy of the Iraq WMD.

[mehrrh]

97. a dozen attacks

There were about a dozen attacks by terrorists on American facilities during the Bush years -- in ADDITION to the Twin Towers. But never do Fox persons ever let facts get in the way of their bloviating lies and propaganda.

[AceAcme]

99. Deliberate Republican Disinformation

[MaeScott]

100. K and R nt

[packman]

101. Three years ago, Old news

Nothing like a little rehash to inspire/motivate your base. Is this the DU version of Benghazi?

[Flying Squirrel]

115. When there's a continuous, concerted attempt by the RW to rewrite history

The actual history bears repeating, and it's also worth repeating that the other side is attempting to rewrite history. This particular attempt was three years old, but since Fox News is still hard at work trying to "change the narrative", why not point it out as often and as loudly as possible.

[LynneSin]

102. Four foot bad two feet good

I swear we live in a modern day 'Animal Farm' where the asshats at Faux News are the pigs that work had to train the sheepies that watch it the new message.

[CrispyQ]

103. It's been a few years, but someone did an 'ask a person on the street' poll of people

& asked them "What year did 9/11 happen?" and only a small fraction got it right.

Americans want to be entertained. And to shop.

[xocet]

104. Interesting but.....First Posted: 07/14/11 10:03 AM ET.....Updated: 09/13/11 06:12 AM ET n/t

[smallcat88]

105. Typical rewrite

They're still trying to blame the economy on Obama and push the idea that everything bad in this country is the Democrats fault. It's their only hope of winning elections. Some numb nuts are trying to rebrand the civil war as the 'war of northern aggression' and claim it had nothing to do with slavery. They have to shift the blame on a daily basis to distract from the fact that they are heartless and only care about money and power. Sadly, Fox ratings prove that they are not alone in their stupidity. If somebody invented a 'grow a brain pill' they'd come up with a thousand arguments calling it socialism.

[jtuck004]

106. They are disrespecting the memory of everyone who died that day. n/t

[MynameisBlarney]

107. They are attempting to rewrite history before our very eyes.

I don't think it's working.

[DallasNE]

108. Not Just 9/11

But also the anthrax attacks and the DC sniper attack. Then there were the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber attempts that failed in execution. And that is just from memory. There likely are more.

[The CCC]

112. Fox News' Eric Bolling: 'I Don't Remember' Any Terrorist Attacks On America During President Bush's

Eric Bolling is stupid, but his boss isn't. Roger Ailes just thinks you are.

[colsohlibgal]

113. Up Is Down, Good Is Bad

It is like "Animal Farm" or Mr. Mxylpct or whatever his exact name was, in the old Superman comics - the bad wizard from the backward world - Superman had to trick him into spelling his name backward to banish him back to that world.

Almost all wingnuts play that no attack card for the shrub - and yes, too many Fox sheeple will take in whatever those toadies shovel.

So in their twisted world 4 dead beats thousands dead in our own nation. Sigh, we need more people to step back and do a radical thing - engage in critical thinking.