In article <gNKdnXaNCeihJ6DanZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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weberm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>There's almost a year to go before the presidential election, and already
>the Angry Left is employing gutter tactics against the Republican
>front-runner. One ugly theme has emerged:
Last week we noted that opponents of Rudy Giuliani have been reduced to
falsely describing the former mayor as a "cross-dresser." Last Thursday,
CBS's
"The Early Show" provided a forum for another homophobic line of attack.
This
is from a "report" in which Mo Rocca, whom co-host Harry Smith describes
as a
"political satirist, blogger and contributor to CBS News," interviews Sam
Chwat of the New York Speech Center:
Rocca: Is America ready for a president with a lisp? Rudy
Giuliani has a lisp... What kind of a lisp does Rudy Giuliani have?
Chwat: His is more of the dentalized type where his tongue
comes too close to the front teeth, sort of like this...
Rocca: If a lisp also connotes weakness, is that something that
can be a detriment to someone who's trying to become the leader
of the free world?
Chwat: Absolutely. And if you've got an enemy, he will use
whatever you're using against him, you know, any part of a
signature style he will use to mock you or make into a
caricature of you.
Rocca: So he can call Kim Jong Il despicable but Kim Jong Il
can say, "Baby talk, baby talk, it's a wonder you can walk,"
and tease Giuliani, and that's humiliating.
Chwat: Exactly.
(Excerpt from cartoon featuring Daffy Duck)
Rocca: I have here the oath of office. If Rudy Giuliani is
elected, this is going to be a very important moment, a first
impression for many around the globe of President Giuliani.
I, Rudolph Giuliani, do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully
executive [sic in transcript] the office of president of the
United States.
Chwat: Try it like this. I, Rudy Giuliani, do sholemnly shwear.
Rocca: I, Rudy Giuliani, do sholemnly shwear.
It is unimaginable that a mainstream network would give this sort of
treatment
to, say, Barney Frank or John Edwards. We're not going to feign outrage
again;
the truth is that we find this all sort of amusing. But it is a reminder
of
just what a sham left-wing political correctness is. People who claim to
oppose "homophobia" or other forms of prejudice often turn out merely to
want
a monopoly on it.
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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
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