Comments on: Good Riddance To The Gingrichites

CBS' Meyer: GOP 'Chess Club' Ruled The House For 12 Years And Won't Be Missed

[skash-2009]

So, we are now to believe that the mainstream news journalists have found their balls? Maybe, but I believe we better continue to check in with some of those who never lost theirs, such as Molly Ivins or Robert Scheer, just to mention a couple. There is no way our government has been completely purged of this group and their twisted agendas. Moreover, there remains, million of Americans who found these purveyors of Fascism very much to their liking. Americans who love their country, not some twisted version of our government, must remain very diligent in retaining and regaining our rights.

[beenwatchin]

It's nice to hear some truth, I was begining to think there was none left.

[ibcrazybones]

aa36042

Since you like to label other people, kindly label yourself. Neocon?

[aa36042]

tejasdemo

I'm a moron? Please go back and read each of our posts..Any criticaly thinking person would understand that you would just be hurting yourself if you try and discuss relevant issues with me. Stick to your conspiracy theories and hatred for Bush, they have served you well. you have no business having serious conversations.

[aa36042]

Oh yea, what a savior..no liberal has ever wrote a critical piece on newt before.

[dakota226-2009]

Now that the Dems are back in-play, I am sure the media will now find the balls & work ethic to do the job they failed to do over the past 5-years.

[tejasdemo]

aa.....careful, you may miss your flight back to planet Moron

[szelag19]

I guess what puzzles me most of all is, how people-plain ordinary middle of the road people-with plain jobs and families..are able to sit in their houses and hear all the things that were going on with this bunch of hypocritical,boot clicking,power hungry, den of miscreants-knew exactly what was happening...and in all those years..not one news man had balls enough to write an article like this before?? Do you people have any idea of the frustration and feeling of helplessness we've been enduring all this time? Finally the American public pulls their heads out of their behinds-sadly too late for thousands of workers who lost their jobs and their nest eggs..and for the American kids who are still losing their lives in a so called war-and put a stop to this...I'm afraid the fallout from these gestapos will rain on us for many years to come...all their hidden agendas and underhanded dealings will affect our lives,and not in a positive way..they should be made to pay for what they've done instead of being let go to slither back into their holes..

[memekiller]

Mr. Meyer, you are my new hero. It is almost impossible to believe this essay came from someone at one of the major broadcasts. It is not objective, or balanced, or fair -- it is something far more important, and yet sadly missing in the MSM today: truthfull.

Glimmer of hope for the future of journalism.

[talkingham]

I was almost amazed last night watching NBC Nightly news on the story about Trent Lott being re-elected leader of the Senate Repubs. The story said the reason he was dismissed were his supportive remarks about Strom Thurmond's failed run for president in the '50's as a Dixiecrat. That's all true to a point, but the fact is that Bush wanted Frist to be his hand picked leader of the Senate and the move would never have been made without Bush's support. Just another note in revisionist history now practiced in our nightly news casts. The change had little to do with what Lott said and everything to do with what Bush wanted. Ever since Frist's little run-in about his stock portfolio a few months ago he's been very, very, quiet. Someone has evidently played gotcha with him -- wonder why the "news" media hasn't looked into this this-- right, what news media?

[aa36042]

tejasdemo

SEE look at "tejasdemo"! theres a real liberal..take a little point of contention and spin it so we are discussing something irrelevant like the meaning of liberal..obviously within the context of this discussion we were using an understood paradigm of republican/liberal to form our argument. I do not see what you nit picking was accomplishing. But way to illustrate my point. This is the exact kind of reasoning and argument used by liberals who do not want to discuss specific policy or substance but want to twist and turn and put irrelevant holes in arguments without making their own. Priceless.

[aa36042]

And Tinker, to continue your lesson, the goal of a legislature is not to deliver as many laws as possible. Esp when we do not enforce the current laws i.e. imigration and etc. I would suggest less legislation and Bureaucracy and more enforcement of the current laws. We do not need more legislation and laws in this country..we need a greater emphasis on personal accountability and enforcement of current law.

[tejasdemo]

Liberal is a good thing. It means you are open to change. Open and willing to change based upon facts.

[aa36042]

Tinker3478

I must say it is very refreshing seeing a liberal take a shot at discussing actual policy vs throwing around weird conspriacy theories. And hate for the other party. But when I start looking at your little attempt at policy I would argue that many of those sugestions are not very liberal at all.

"Penalize doctors for performing abortion instead legislating morality for women. '" sounds like a very liberal policy indeed.

[tejasdemo]

egresor,

I agree. If CBS and the rest of the media had spoken up instead of being afraid maybe the country would not be in the mess it's in and 3000 people killed in NY would not have been followed up with upwards of 3000 (American) needless deaths in Iraq

[authorwriter]

The more I see the uglyness of Washington politics the more I understand Chief Rehnquist's memo, A Random Thought on the Segregation Cases and realize it's all about the final numbers count. This past election is a clear statement relating to the saying, "Bottom rail on top now".

[chris12karen]

kind of a boring article, actually

[tinker3478]

I challenge anyone to identify one good piece of legislation that has come out of Congress in the last 6 years.

[cwfabian]

Yes ***. Thank God that the twelve year house and senate reign of the evil GOP has come to an end. With the valiant and above reproach Dems leading the way just think of the possibilities...Islamic extremist will plant flowers instead of bombs, bunnies and kittens will seem softer and more cuddly, Americans won't lose jobs to third-world goat herders, Harry can marry *** and Lisa can marry Tina, and media orginizations such as CBS can continue to pay prick partisan columnists for their worthless opinions.

[egresor]

it's nice to see some honesty from someone in the mainstream media. tho sadly he is only the editorial director.

where was cbs news the last 6 years. hiding behind the we're afraid to be painted with the un-patriotic post 9-11 paintbrush?

where were the editorials seriously questioning what the conservative ideologues were doing?

when they wrecked the economy under reagan and bill clinton rescued us with sound centrist policies....what did the newt-ites do? they could not point to a 'we told you so' on their warnings of the dire consequences of clinton's solutions. t hey had to attack his morals, but of course people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones and as is often the case it bites them tight back.

bravo for your honesty, but where was cbs back then? and during the last 6 years?