Fucking Wolf Blitzer!!!!!

[Le Taz Hot]

That slime bucket is bloviating all about how the Egyptian revolution could be SO dangerous because it will allow Al Queda to get a better foothold in Egypt; how they're already there and the destabilization will just open the floodgates.

Could he be any more of a paid tool?

:mad: :puke: :argh::banghead: (I think that's enough emoticons for now.)

[Catherina]

1. He's one I can't even watch or listen to. Terrible, awful man. n/t

[xchrom]

2. blitzer can kiss my ass. way too many people keep painting this with the

iran or al queda brush -- as if that makes up the whole arab world.

[Turborama]

5. +1`

:hi:

[tkmorris]

3. Wolf Blitzer couldn't find Egypt on a map. WITH labels.

The man is a moron.

[Raine]

4. I can't stand babble-headed Blitz

he's such a kiss-ass fool. Babble-head is always nodding his stupid head in agreement with any kind ridiculous statement.. :puke:

[cali]

6. cannot watch blitzer. just can't.

[Enthusiast]

7. Blitzer is pathetic.

I believe he is ideologically far right fundy.

[SpiralHawk]

8. Just another overpaid RepubliCon SpokesWanker (R)

No cred, Blitzer, no honor.

[malaise]

9. Wolf is a Mosad tool

Plueeeeeeez.

[Bobcat]

28. Malaise

Knows!! Exactly. I believe he cut his teeth as a "news reader" with Pat Robertson om the 700 club........

[Fuddnik]

30. Yep, Pat Robertson's Jerusalem correspondent.

Same asshole.

[Disintermedia8]

10. Wolf expressing himself from the heart, and Dr, Finkelstein

slapping him silly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-8aTGnjHnI

[UnrepentantLiberal]

41. Ha ha, after watching that found this one with Michael Moore

whooping up on Blitzer. And I mean tearing into him about Wolf and CNN lying about Fahrenheit 911.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpKoN40K7mA&NR=1

[JohnyCanuck]

11. You are, of course, referring to Wolf Blitzer, the former AIPAC employee

(He was the editor of the AIPAC in-house publication the Near-East Report).

To see where Wolf is coming from you have to watch this Youtube video excerpt of Wolf in a debate with Norman Finkelstein in November 1989 at the University of Pennsylvania.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-8aTGnjHnI&feature=player_embedded

[annabanana]

12. That pretty much tells you all you need to know about the man. . .n/t

[malaise]

13. BIngo n/t

[underpants]

31. He started his career working for Pat Robertson

[bluestate10]

14. Blitzer is pointing out one of the potential outcomes that can happen in Egypt.

My hope is that moderate forces prevail there. But the fact is the Islamic Brotherhood has the most developed political organization in Egypt and many of it's members are aligned with Al Qeada. Getting a radical group in control of Egypt won't be positive for stability in that region of the world and would potentially draw the United States into protracted conflict that is several orders on magnitude more severe than what is happening in that region with Israel and Palestinians. Such a conflict will be expensive in lives and money and would continue to put strains on the USA's economy and prevent development of the types of programs that help less fortunate people in the country.

You can wax philosophical about how bad Egypt is now and what can be worse, but the simple fact is, there is much worse that can happen in Egypt. Point for Wolf Blitzer, serve for match coming up.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. Wolf Blitzer is a right wing shill

who gets paid LOTS of money to push the corporate line and right now the multi-nationals are quaking in their boots because one of their main sources of revenue in the ME is in danger of (GASP!) Democracy!

Btw, this debate is as old as history itself. The question has always been, do we continue to accept the status quo or fight for freedom/democracy, not knowing how far it will go as, by definition, revolution is unstable and dynamic. In our own country, Alexander Hamilton argued your side, but then again, he was an elitist. :shrug:

[chimpymustgo]

19. AIPAC, PNAC, Mossad, neocon, right-wing shill. Highly paid.

[Ichingcarpenter]

36. I agree.... He even had documumented CIA contacts when he worked

for the Jerusalem Post.

But he's a great spokesman.......

"I'm sorry but we are out of time".... its one of his better quotes
when things get interesting.

[Teaser]

21. irrelevant

Blitzer's motivations for bringing this up are opaque.

That does not make his statement untrue. Destabilization of a authoritarian regime opens the way for many possible outcomes. What he mentioned is indeed one.

You know that this is the case.

However, none of this means that we should not support the protests. Just that we should provide support in such a way as to facilitate outcomes that marginalize organizations like Al Qaeda.

[Le Taz Hot]

24. Being paid to spread propaganda

and misinformation is certainly NOT irrelevant, it's what's wrong with American "news."

[Teaser]

34. irrelevant

His statement was correct. Yours was emotional overspill.

Blitzer may be everything you said. He likely is. That has no bearing on the merit of his statement.

[Ichingcarpenter]

43. His speculation is not news and not analysis

its opinion..

He is not reporting... but editoralizing. and when he does that
he should state its an opinion and not news

We use to do that on the news when we had Cronkite and
Sevareid around

Otherwise the populace don't know what is news
and what is opinion.

[Hissyspit]

48. "His statement is correct." Oh, really?

What about his context? What about his evaluation?

It's the Fox News talking point, is what it is. And now apparently the CNN right-wing talking point. Al Qaeda is already in Egypt? The current regime serves to allow them to operate?

We don't want al Qaeda to take over because they may torture and kill innocent citizens and supress free speech! Oh, wait...

[Wednesdays]

57. -1

[lonestarnot]

42. Krotch bros. must have sent him a bag.

[bluestate10]

23. Buddy. The issue is not whether to fight.

It is knowing what the fuck what you are fighting for. Blindly supporting street protests in Egypt because the regime sucks could end up with something far worse in place. Blitzer recognizes that. His recognition is not diminished by what you allege he is. Drop the revolutionary shit, revolutions have real consequences and should not be blindly walked into.

[loudsue]

58. The only problem with what he said is that he is the one who said it.

What he said really is true...I mean, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. And I AM cheering for the Egyptian masses to find a government they can support. I wish we had one in the USA. But an unstable situation in Egypt truly is an opportunity for all kinds of slimey people who want power: corporatists, terrorists, tyrants, or anyone else. I am hoping beyond hope that a benevolent leader steps in to bring stability real soon. But anyone who blindly thinks al Qaeda is nowhere to be found in all of this has no clue.

[Hissyspit]

47. Blitzer is also an idiot.

See: Jeopardy.

The al Qaeda talking point is THE Fox News talking point du jour.

[Rex]

56. Wrong. Blitzer loses on account of stupidity.

The man has no shame.

[Kalun D]

59. What a bunch of BS

why don't you join up with Blitzer the corporate media WHORE

blatant propaganda

"terror, terror, terror"

the real terrorists are in the Pentagon and at Langley

""the Islamic Brotherhood has the most developed political organization in Egypt and many of it's members are aligned with Al Qeada.""

Al Qeada is a creation of the CIA, the police arm of the wealthy elite global corporations

"terror" is just an excuse for wars for oil and defense industry profit

if there was any justice there would be another Nuremberg trial and bush/cheney would be executed along with war-pusher propaganda whores like Blitzer

[leeroysphitz]

15. -ing

[rurallib]

16. ever wonder how he set the record for worst Jeopardy score ever?

[OnionPatch]

17. Oh, so deny freedom to a whole country?

This repressive crap that's been going on in Egypt is just the kind of the reason why so many people in the middle east are attracted to groups like Al Queda.

[madrchsod]

20. that would be the muslim brotherhood wolfie.....

[Silent3]

22. No one's paying me a single penny for what I say...

...and I certainly do see that the outcome in Egypt isn't at all guaranteed to be rosy. Whether Al Qaeda has anything to do with it (I've never looked into whether the Muslim Brotherhood has any connections or not), maybe talk specifically of Al Qaeda is Blitzer just talking out of his ass, I don't know. I'm hardly a fan of Blitzer.

If your beef is simply that he dared point out that things could go badly wrong, however, as if the only two alternatives are to be a cheerleader for the protesters or to be a corporate shill, that's ridiculous.

[Recursion]

51. AQ broke off from the MB back in the late 1980s

because MB wanted to concentrate on overthrowing Arab regimes while the group that formed AQ wanted to concentrate on attacking the Soviets, the US, and Israel.

[KharmaTrain]

25. That's Called Creating A "Narrative"...

I am proud to say I have been avoiding Chicken Noodle Nuze during this "crisis"...knowing that they'd have Leslie out front with the usual cast of idiots spinning and conjecturing. They offer little real information cause they don't have it. This situation isn't happening only in Cairo or within camera range of the balcony of their plush hotels...it's all across the country and there's precious little coverage of this. So with lots of time to fill out comes the spinning and narratives...attempts to "make sense" of what's happening in a way the spinners can have fun with.

Any story that involves an Arabic or Moslem nation somehow must always have an Al Queda connection. Forget the country's history or culture...just make shit up that your audience expects to hear and play from there.

[bluestate10]

26. You know nothing about Egypt's political environment.

The country has a very active and very dangerous radical islamic faction. And that faction is active in the protests. Egypt has supplied some of the leading Al Qeada figures. The kumbaya mindset that some take of the world is intensely dangerous to not only democracy, but civilization itself. Some here need to wake up and realize there is evil in the world and that evil can't be negotiated with. Al Qeada is evil and any organization with connections to Al Qeada must be watched carefully and dealt with forcefully.

[KharmaTrain]

27. I Don't Claim To Be An Expert...

Nor should anyone else...especially the talking heads who look for ways to connect dots that don't exist or to distort a situation.

Yes Eygpt has a history of "radical islam"...but in its own mold. It's the home of the Moslem Brotherhood that Al Zawari was a member of and was responsible for the assasination of Sadat that brought Mubarak to power. But that's not Al Queda...in fact the other way around...supposedly Al Queda gets their inspiration from them not the other way around. Broadbrushing Al Queda into any and every situation in an Arabic country is a distortion of what's really going on.

So if the Egyptian people choose "evil" to replace their current dictatorship (meaning selecting a government with representatives of the Islamic Brotherhood or other group that isn't "US friendly") we should invade? Do a replay of 1956? That sure worked out well.

Instead of just labeling something as "evil", wouldn't it serve this country better to learn why it is rather than using it as a boogie man.

Cheers...

[Bluenorthwest]

33. What is the basis for your claim of understanding the politics

there? That is something that should be offered up automatically when discounting others as 'knowing nothing'. Add hyperbole like 'dangerous to civilization itself' and you really need to be offering your CV. This is DU. The bird flu was said to be a threat to civilization itself. By people who claimed others were 'in denial' and such.
Just saying. How much time have you spent in the region?

[Hissyspit]

45. Yay. The talking points and patronizing marginalization arrive.

People at DU have been SO naive for SO long, don't you know.
We don't want al Qaeda to take over the whole country! They might start torturing and disappearing innocent people and suppressing freedom of speech! (So sayeth Fox News.) Oh, wait...

[Swamp Rat]

50. LOL!

[Chipper Chat]

29. I wonder if Wolf and John Bolton are friends?

Both warmongers.

[Swamp Rat]

53. They were grown in the same petri dish

[Chipper Chat]

54. Wow, Swampy! That looks like the Green Bean Casserole

I accidentally left in the garage frig two years ago.

[underpants]

32. ...afterwhich he returned to the ewok village in the trees and began shaving....

for the next days experience down in human land

[MadMaddie]

35. Stopped watching his bullshit years ago

[arthritisR_US]

37. that boys knees must be toast and his lips burning from his tireless servitude. n/t

[upi402]

38. He is a puswad

CNN = Fox now huh?

[jillan]

39. Teabagger TV.

[blondeatlast]

40. Not. With. A. 550. Foot. Pole. But yeah, I get what you are saying. The worst part is

that he takes HIMSELF so seriously.

[Imagevision]

44. Where was Fucking Wolf Blitzer when Bush & Cheney started the phony war in Iraq?!

[social_critic]

46. Wolf Blitzer used to be a lobbyist

Check his background.

[Swamp Rat]

49. 'Better foothold?' Did Wolf Blitzer already forget who planned and flew the planes into the WTC?

What about Mohamed Atta, Wolf Blitzer? Don't you remember talking about him 24/7, as you were paid to do?





edit: Wolf Blitzer is simply a fake journalist.

[Recursion]

52. OK, what part of what he said was false?

The Muslim Brotherhood is certainly going to be stronger in a post-Mubarak Egypt, and Al Qaeda-branded splinter groups will be under less pressure, right?

[Kalun D]

60. Al-Qaeda

is a phony exaggerated threat

that propagates a phony excuse for wars for oil and defense industry profit

the real threat is from the greed pig bankers that are slowly bleeding the middle class to death

we need a revolution just like in Egypt

and we need to burn down Wall Street and the banks

they are not going to self correct.

[glinda]

55. He's just a talking head. Not a reporter. A no nothing.

[madinmaryland]

61. UN-RECCING. First of all for the sex comment that you want to have with Mr. Blitzer,

and secondly, your lack of knowledge about the middle east.

Blitzer IS a tool, but what you just laughed at may well be the truth.

:thumbsdown:

[craigmatic]

62. People still watch him? He talks down to his viewers.

[sakabatou]

63. He needs to be hit by a clue-by-four

[Ken Burch]

64. He could...IF THEY PAID HIM MORE!!!!!

"You've been a great audience...I'll be here all week...try the babaganouj!...and remember to tip your waitress!