I've watched with amusement over the media's obsession with the word "terror" and how the president didn't use it right away. Fox News, in particular, saw their opening and started attacking the president for being "weak on terror" and proceeded to overuse the word throughout their broadcasts since the bombing in Boston on Monday.
Well, 'ol Sean Hannity was the leader of the pack. I can only stomach him for a couple of minutes but he used the word at least a dozen times in the span that I viewed. My advice to him is to be careful what he wishes for...he might get it. Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss speculated that this bombing seems like the work of a domestic agent. Rick DesLauriers, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston office and head of this investigation, is asking for people who might have heard someone talking about April 15th (tax day) or if they heard someone practicing with bomb making materials. That also says home grown terrorist and we all know what kind that could be.
If it does turn out that this was an anti-government, right wing type, check out how fast Fox and the rest of the right wing media walk back the use of the word "terror" and play make believe that the bomber wasn't really a conservative. They'll be falling all over themselves on the way out the door.
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If the perpetrator in Boston was a Muslim or an environmentalist the right will label him a terrorist. If it was a fellow right-winger, they'll label him a crazy person. And they'll demand we all feel sorry for a poor patriot because Obama pushed him over the line with all his attacks on his liberty...
No shit, Nikto.
It looks like it might be the former. CNN is reporting that they have a suspect who is dark skinned.
CNN is reporting that they have a suspect who is dark skinned.
Oh my - what a racist assumption. No wonder you see racists in everyone else - just another projection!
Only dogs can them them thar dog whistles, don'cha know?
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