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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: "...Rose Slams 'Dirty...Smear' Swift Boat Ads" |
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On 60 Minutes last evening, Charlie Rose of PBS couldn't manage to suppress an expression of his own Swiftphobia and the concordant liberal love/hate Pickens-angst he's apparently experiencing. Attributing the smear of the Swifvets to "other people's mind" (yeah...sure Charlie), Rose is flummoxed by Pickens' refusal to sell the Swiftvets down the river of political expediency.
Here's a clue Charlie...Pickens (unlike you) knows the truth when he sees it... (emphasis in original)
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In Pickens Profile on CBS, Rose Slams 'Dirty...Smear' Swift Boat Ads
By Brent Baker
October 26, 2008
In an otherwise pretty friendly 60 Minutes profile of T. Boone Pickens and his “Pickens Plan” to reduce dependence on foreign oil, Charlie Rose, on loan from PBS, couldn't resist repeating the usual derogatory media descriptions and canards about the 2004 “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” ads against John Kerry, which Pickens helped fund, as “infamous,” “widely criticized” and “representative of dirty politics, smear politics, character assassination.” After video of Pickens taking his case to Democrats at their convention in Denver, Rose highlighted:It didn't take long for the new non-partisan Boone Pickens to have a visibly uncomfortable encounter with his partisan past: Senator John Kerry, whose presidential campaign Pickens helped destroy four years ago when he gave money for the infamous and widely criticized “Swift Boat” ads that attacked the Senator's service in Vietnam and his later testimony before Congress. Rose pressed Pickens about any regrets: “You spent $3 million funding an advertising campaign that, in some people’s mind, was representative of dirty politics, smear politics, character assassination, all of that. At this stage, do you have any reservations, do you have any-?” Pickens jumped in with an emphatic “none” and told Rose he'd do it over again.
This part of the 13-minute segment just happens to be the portion highlighted in a minute and-a-half preview clip on CBSNews.com (check the video titled “Cold Encounters” on the 60 Minutes home page and on the page with a text version of the story, though the preview video may be replaced at some point with video of the full segment. Direct link to the preview video.)
From the Sunday, October 26 edition of 60 Minutes:CHARLIE ROSE: A life-long Republican, Pickens' candidate this election is his Pickens Plan. And in August, we found him venturing into unfamiliar territory.
ROSE TO PICKENS, ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR: Here we are, the Democratic -- Democratic -- National Convention. Boone Pickens, long-time Republican. What are you doing here?
PICKENS: I'm here, honestly, what I'm here for, is I'm here for America. My cause is a bipartisan, non-partisan cause.
ROSE, OVER VIDEO OF BRIEF GREETING BETWEEN PICKENS AND JOHN KERRY: But it didn't take long for the new non-partisan Boone Pickens to have a visibly uncomfortable encounter with his partisan past: Senator John Kerry, whose presidential campaign Pickens helped destroy four years ago when he gave money for the infamous and widely criticized “Swift Boat” ads that attacked the Senator's service in Vietnam and his later testimony before Congress.
ROSE TO PICKENS: You spent $3 million funding an advertising campaign that, in some people’s mind, was representative of dirty politics, smear politics, character assassination, all of that. At this stage, do you have any reservations, do you have any-?
PICKENS: None.
ROSE: None?
Pickens: None
ROSE: You'd do it over tomorrow?
PICKENS: What I knew then, I know that same thing now. And nothing has changed my mind.
ROSE: Surprisingly, that hasn't stopped some of the country's leading Democrats, like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, from embracing him and his ideas... —Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Just for the record, Pickens' complete quote from the video is as follows...(emphasis mine)
| Quote: | | PICKENS: What I knew then, I know that same thing now. And nothing has changed my mind about what I felt like I knew...and I knew the facts. |
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TEWSPilot
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| I noticed it, too. At least he hasn't completely lost his integrity or his mind...though he has certainly turned a sickening shade of GREEN. |
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Me#1You#10
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Time Magazine apparently shares Charlie Rose's befuddlement. Here's a recent excerpt (with a purported Pickens "byline") that pokes another Pickens finger into the eye of liberal/leftist dogma...(emphasis mine)
| Quote: | 10 Questions for T. Boone Pickens
By T. Boone Pickens
Friday, Oct. 31, 2008
Time: In light of President Bush's record on the environment, do you think supporting the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was a good choice, insofar as it contributed to his re-election? Brian Checco, BALTIMORE
Pickens: Have I been disappointed Bush didn't make any meaningful move toward cleaner, domestic natural gas as an alternative to foreign oil? Probably. But did that weigh into my Swift Boat support? Not at all. I had serious questions about [John Kerry's] military service, and he never would answer them.
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Uisguex Jack
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I noticed this as well, one of the few times I've seen 60 minutes in quite a while. I did not know Rose was working there now?
I took allot away from that interview, essentially I really like this Pickens guy.
His answer to Rose was spot on, and Rose of course dropped the ball, was there no opportunity for a follow up question. Mr. Pickens essentially stood his ground on the issue of JKerry's questionable and documented history.
Rose choose to ignore facts. |
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