Thursday, May 22, 2003

I hate to make mass generalizations, but it seems to me that liberal journalists have the wrong idea about the opinions of "the people" on Iraq. Reporters seem to think that the vast majority of Americans are Democrats who hate Bush, and are surprised again and again when they are booed by citizens that actually support our president and have some patriotism. I'm not saying that every American is a die-hard Bush supporter. In fact I'm willing to bet that it's a very small majority, if that. But our liberal press seems to have the idea that it's a small MINORITY. New York Times reporter Chris Hedges spoke at a commencement ceremony in Maryland and was soundly routed by the people booing his anti-American speech. He went in thinking, "Oh, it's a college, so of course they'll like my speech." He went out saying that his free speech was violated, blah blah blah, the same crap we get every time someone disagrees with a liberal. Booing someone has nothing to do with free speech. If the students had thrown him in jail, that would be obstructing free speech. Boing, yelling, whatever, the Constitution supports the right to disagree. The press needs to take a step back, take a big breath, and realize that their job is to report the news, not insult the country, our president, or the average citizen.

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