Spector and the Magic Bullet
Jim Kouri, CPP
September 14, 2005
Let me state from the beginning that I'm not a big fan of Senator Arlen Spector. Except for his prosecutorial prowess displayed during the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings, I've never had much use for him. However, as the Supreme Court-Judge Roberts confirmation hearings progress with Senator Joe Biden asking eight-minute, grandstanding questions and then accusing Roberts of filibustering, I'm enjoying Senator Spector's attempts at controlling the deranged Democrats on the Senator Judiciary Committee.
News coverage of the hearings is as expected: biased, shrill and disingenuous. One thing that sticks in my mind is the continued references to Senator Spector and "the magic bullet." I had absolutely no idea what the term meant or it's significance, but I noticed it makes the intellectual giants of the mainstream news media giggle like little girlie-men.
Finally, I actually took the time from my busy schedule to conduct a google search of "Senator Arlen Spector, Magic Bullet," and discovered it's merely a theory Spector toted that a "magic bullet" is responsible for President John F. Kennedy's death. He claimed he believed that there was one shooter and one bullet that magically broke every rule of ballistic analysis in direct contradiction of more feasible theories of the Kennedy Assassination.
That's when I got it: The news media are attempting to marginalize Senator Spector as a kook in retaliation for his attempts at putting a leash on Democrat attack-dogs such as Kennedy, Biden, Schumer, Feinstein, Durbin and Leahy. But why are the media only bringing up Senator Spector's peculiarity? And why when describing Republicans -- even Liberal and Moderate ones -- do the news media feel compelled to mention a GOP politician's past indiscretions or lapses in common sense? Why not be fair and balanced?
When Senator Robert Byrd pontificates endlessly on the floor of the US Senate, why don't the mainstream media remind Americans that Senator Byrd was not only a member of the Ku Klux Klan, but served as a successful recruiter for the racist, murderous KKK? When discussing filibusters, why not mention that Senator Byrd filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964? He also opposed the nominations of the Supreme Court's two black justices, liberal Thurgood Marshall and conservative Clarence Thomas. In fact, the ex-Klansman had the gall to accuse Justice Thomas of "injecting racism" into the Senate hearings.
And how about Senator Teddy Kennedy? Now there's a living monument to virtue. While a woman lay dying underwater, Kennedy was busy calling his "people" to help him get out of a jam. I'll leave it at that since it is too easy to become enraged thinking about his holier-than-thou pronouncements as "the Lion of the Democrat Party." The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz has more integrity than Kennedy. When the 35th Anniversary of Chappaquiddick rolled around this year, the deafening silence of the mainstream media bordered on the absurd.
Does anyone hear or read Senator Patrick "Leaky" Leahy when watching or reading a news report dealing with one of his frequent tirades? It's no secret within the beltway that if you give Leahy classified material expect to read all or parts of secret documents in the Washington Post or New York Times. And reporters don't blow the whistle on Leaky Leahy because they want continued access to secret government files, especially if it hurts the common enemy of the Democrat Party and the mainstream news media: George W. Bush in particular, and the GOP in general.
Do members of the news media remind Americans that Senator Joe Biden is a plagiarist?
Say what you will about Judge John Roberts, but I'll bet the farm he writes his own briefs and opinions. Although Biden touts himself as someone who has earned national and international recognition as a policy innovator, effective legislator and party spokesman on international relations and arms control, he is best known as a politician who was drummed out of the 1988 presidential race when he was caught plagiarizing speeches from other politicians. It was then disclosed that Biden was involved in a plagiarism incident in law school and exaggerated his academic record.
Another bulwark of the Democrat Party is Senator Tom Harkin. During the 2004 presidential election cycle, Harkin garnered more media attention than usual because of his attacks on President Bush regarding his Air National Guard Record. While covering that blowhard's many shrill comments not one reporter mentioned Senator Harkin "mischaracterized" his own war record. He claimed to have flown combat missions in Vietnam, but some smart conservative checked Harkins military records before they could be sealed and made off-limits and discovered an interesting fact: Senator Tom Harkin was in Vietnam once when he was delivering mail from Tokyo. The only combat missions he flew were a couple over Cuba. Harkin quickly changed his claim to be a Vietnam veteran. He now says he was a Vietnam Era veteran.
As I sit and watch Senator Durbin grilling Judge Roberts, I'm reminded of his comments on the floor of the Senate. How can we forget Senator Durbin's comparison of US soldiers to Nazis? Followed by spinning his remarks and when that didn't work, he gave a lame apology without recanting his statements comparing our soldiers to Nazis, our detention facilities to Russian gulags, and US military actions to the killing fields of Pol Pot's Cambodia. Are the mainstream media reminding Americans of those hateful words by a hack politician? No.
When TV evangelist Pat Robertson made a statement that the United States should "take out" President Chavez of Venezuela, the mainstream media hyperventilated. How dare Robertson advocate the assassination or overthrow of a commie? A terrorist advocates the death of Americans and the media nonchalantly reports it. If a conservative advocates the end of a communist regime, the media becomes infuriated to the point that they believe anything Robertson does subsequently is highly tainted. For instance, when Operation Blessing became involved in helping victims of Hurricane Katrina, outraged reporters wanted to know why the US government was allowing an organization once headed by Robertson to participate in rescue operations. Nevermind that Operation Blessing fed more Africans, Asians and others than any Liberal organization ever did or ever will do.
When Senator Ted Kennedy says he's deeply concerned over the rights of women, do news reporters take his statement in the context of Chappaquiddick? Yeah, right.
News coverage of the hearings is as expected: biased, shrill and disingenuous. One thing that sticks in my mind is the continued references to Senator Spector and "the magic bullet." I had absolutely no idea what the term meant or it's significance, but I noticed it makes the intellectual giants of the mainstream news media giggle like little girlie-men.
Finally, I actually took the time from my busy schedule to conduct a google search of "Senator Arlen Spector, Magic Bullet," and discovered it's merely a theory Spector toted that a "magic bullet" is responsible for President John F. Kennedy's death. He claimed he believed that there was one shooter and one bullet that magically broke every rule of ballistic analysis in direct contradiction of more feasible theories of the Kennedy Assassination.
That's when I got it: The news media are attempting to marginalize Senator Spector as a kook in retaliation for his attempts at putting a leash on Democrat attack-dogs such as Kennedy, Biden, Schumer, Feinstein, Durbin and Leahy. But why are the media only bringing up Senator Spector's peculiarity? And why when describing Republicans -- even Liberal and Moderate ones -- do the news media feel compelled to mention a GOP politician's past indiscretions or lapses in common sense? Why not be fair and balanced?
When Senator Robert Byrd pontificates endlessly on the floor of the US Senate, why don't the mainstream media remind Americans that Senator Byrd was not only a member of the Ku Klux Klan, but served as a successful recruiter for the racist, murderous KKK? When discussing filibusters, why not mention that Senator Byrd filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964? He also opposed the nominations of the Supreme Court's two black justices, liberal Thurgood Marshall and conservative Clarence Thomas. In fact, the ex-Klansman had the gall to accuse Justice Thomas of "injecting racism" into the Senate hearings.
And how about Senator Teddy Kennedy? Now there's a living monument to virtue. While a woman lay dying underwater, Kennedy was busy calling his "people" to help him get out of a jam. I'll leave it at that since it is too easy to become enraged thinking about his holier-than-thou pronouncements as "the Lion of the Democrat Party." The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz has more integrity than Kennedy. When the 35th Anniversary of Chappaquiddick rolled around this year, the deafening silence of the mainstream media bordered on the absurd.
Does anyone hear or read Senator Patrick "Leaky" Leahy when watching or reading a news report dealing with one of his frequent tirades? It's no secret within the beltway that if you give Leahy classified material expect to read all or parts of secret documents in the Washington Post or New York Times. And reporters don't blow the whistle on Leaky Leahy because they want continued access to secret government files, especially if it hurts the common enemy of the Democrat Party and the mainstream news media: George W. Bush in particular, and the GOP in general.
Do members of the news media remind Americans that Senator Joe Biden is a plagiarist?
Say what you will about Judge John Roberts, but I'll bet the farm he writes his own briefs and opinions. Although Biden touts himself as someone who has earned national and international recognition as a policy innovator, effective legislator and party spokesman on international relations and arms control, he is best known as a politician who was drummed out of the 1988 presidential race when he was caught plagiarizing speeches from other politicians. It was then disclosed that Biden was involved in a plagiarism incident in law school and exaggerated his academic record.
Another bulwark of the Democrat Party is Senator Tom Harkin. During the 2004 presidential election cycle, Harkin garnered more media attention than usual because of his attacks on President Bush regarding his Air National Guard Record. While covering that blowhard's many shrill comments not one reporter mentioned Senator Harkin "mischaracterized" his own war record. He claimed to have flown combat missions in Vietnam, but some smart conservative checked Harkins military records before they could be sealed and made off-limits and discovered an interesting fact: Senator Tom Harkin was in Vietnam once when he was delivering mail from Tokyo. The only combat missions he flew were a couple over Cuba. Harkin quickly changed his claim to be a Vietnam veteran. He now says he was a Vietnam Era veteran.
As I sit and watch Senator Durbin grilling Judge Roberts, I'm reminded of his comments on the floor of the Senate. How can we forget Senator Durbin's comparison of US soldiers to Nazis? Followed by spinning his remarks and when that didn't work, he gave a lame apology without recanting his statements comparing our soldiers to Nazis, our detention facilities to Russian gulags, and US military actions to the killing fields of Pol Pot's Cambodia. Are the mainstream media reminding Americans of those hateful words by a hack politician? No.
When TV evangelist Pat Robertson made a statement that the United States should "take out" President Chavez of Venezuela, the mainstream media hyperventilated. How dare Robertson advocate the assassination or overthrow of a commie? A terrorist advocates the death of Americans and the media nonchalantly reports it. If a conservative advocates the end of a communist regime, the media becomes infuriated to the point that they believe anything Robertson does subsequently is highly tainted. For instance, when Operation Blessing became involved in helping victims of Hurricane Katrina, outraged reporters wanted to know why the US government was allowing an organization once headed by Robertson to participate in rescue operations. Nevermind that Operation Blessing fed more Africans, Asians and others than any Liberal organization ever did or ever will do.
When Senator Ted Kennedy says he's deeply concerned over the rights of women, do news reporters take his statement in the context of Chappaquiddick? Yeah, right.
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