Dumbing Down The Folks™: The O'Reilly (No Intelligence) Strategy

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Dumbing Down The Folks™: The O'Reilly (No Intelligence) Strategy
by Steve Young | Jul 19 2007 - 9:15am


Yesterday the New York Times headlined a story: "Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan."

Bill "The" O'Reilly was rightly upset. "The (Times) makes it seems that we have failed as a nation.," reported the No-Spinster. I'd be upset too...if that's what the Times reported. It was only what Bill told the Folks™ it "seems" like they reported. That is until you actually read the story. It never says anything about failing as a nation. It says that the Bush administration has failed as an administration in its fight against Al Qaeda in Pakistan.

A natural mistake by anyone interested in confusing the electorate. Commingling Bush, his administration and its policies as a condemnation of the collective "we...as a nation," has long been a killer tactic by those on the Right. You know, like questioning Bush's failed policies is "underming the troops." Crazy, huh, that Independent" Bill has fallen into the moon-bat Right-wing trap.

But still, where would the Times get information that Bush aides would see failure in its fight with Al Qaeda in Pakistan? Howzabout from Bush aides. That's right. They got it from Bush's own National Intelligence Estimate (NIE). In fact, the report from the NIE represents the view of all 16 agencies in the American intelligence community.

Following Bill's reasoning, Bush's own aides themselves have made it seem as if we've failed as a nation.

But if you listened to Bill's radio show and/or watched the TV Factor on Wednesday, you might find something very curious...besides Bill. In condemning the Times, "who everyone knows its goal is to get a Democrat in the White House," Bill forgot(?) to mention that the report the Times was reporting on came from Bush's own NIE. In fact, Bill never uttered the word(s) - or letters - NIE at all. Not once. Not during a full hour on the Times story - the story about the NIE report - on the Radio Factor; not during his TV Factor Talking Point Memo - on the story about the NIE report - and not even during and entire segment following the TPM -.a discussion of the Times story reporting on the NIE report.


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[Buzz Clik]

1. O'Reilly hitched his wagon to the wrong team of horses.

He's now plummeting over a cliff and is trying to find someone else to blame.

Happy landing, Bill. It's a long way down.

[zonmoy]

2. particularly since the cliff you just went over goes straight to the ninth circle of hell.