On Wednesday,National Pubic Radio political editor Ken Rudin said, "Well, it's not only aggressive, it's almost Nixonesque. I mean, you think of what Nixon and Agnew did with their enemies list and their attacks on the media; certainly Vice President Agnew's constant denunciation of the media. Of course, then it was a conservative president denouncing a liberal media, and of course, a lot of good liberals said, 'Oh, that's ridiculous. That's an infringement on the freedom of press.' And now you see a lot of liberals almost kind of applauding what the White House is doing to Fox News, which I think is distressing."
On Thursday, he said,"I will tell you, that the Nixon "enemies list" is the first thing I thought of when the topic came up. And obviously, that's what was going through my mind during yesterday's conversation.But comparing the tactics of the Nixon administration -- which bugged and intimidated and harrassed journalists -- to that of the Obama administration was foolish, facile, ridiculous and, ultimately, embarrassing to me. I should have known better and, in fact, I do know better. I was around during the Nixon years. I am fully cognizant of what they did and attempted to do.I still think the Obama administration showed a childish, thin skin in its dealings with and reaction to Fox.But childishness is a far cry from illegal and unconstitutional activities. And for that I apologize for a dumb comparison."
Maybe He forgot these intimidating facts?
http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/2009/02/gibbs-on-santelli.html
http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/2009/01/dont-be-shut-out-by-politicians-whoops.html
http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/2008/12/political-heat-on-global-warming-at-cnn.html
http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamamy-way-or-highway.html
http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-political-overturesjoe-plumber.html
http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/2008/10/play-by-our-rules-or-else.html
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