{"id":1274,"date":"2005-03-21T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2005-03-21T15:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2005-03-21T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2005-03-21T15:10:48","slug":"cbs-inserts-the-feeding-tube-into-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"CBS Inserts the Feeding Tube into the American People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While listening to CBS News Radio last night, a spokesman from the Schiavo camp was quoted as saying something along the lines &#8220;We&#8217;re so pleased that the broad majority of the American people have <i>really<\/i> pulled together to get behind the case for Terry Schiavo to save her life.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>There was no alternate view presented in the story. Which is odd, given how we&#8217;ve been repeatedly told by the wingnuts what a bunch of leftie, pinko, commie, Bush-haters CBS News is.<\/p>\n<p>And now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=domesticNews&#038;storyID=7962044\" target=\"_blank\">this from Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\"><b>Poll: Most Think Congress Wrong on Schiavo Case<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of the intervention by Congress in the case of Terri Schiavo and most believe lawmakers are using her case for political gain, according to an ABC News poll published on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy percent deemed the congressional intervention inappropriate, while 67 percent said they believe lawmakers became involved in the Schiavo case for political advantage rather than the principles involved.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wow. Who knew? It&#8217;s almost as if CBS News isn&#8217;t quite the bunch of leftie, pinko, commie, Bush-haters that the Wingnuts would have us believe. We&#8217;re starting to feel the Right just <i>may<\/i> not be telling the whole truth to the American people.  We are beside ourselves with disillusionment. What next? A new poll telling us that Steroids in Professional Baseball is <i>not<\/i> the most pressing and divisive issue facing our country today?!<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> <i>Washington Post<\/i> is reporting that all of this hullaballoo about Schiavo <i>may<\/i> just be a trumped up <i>political<\/i> issue or something! What?! Apparently a memo was distributed to all Senate Republicans on this matter according to the leftie, commie, pinko Bush-haters of ABC news [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\">This is an important moral issue, and the pro-life base will be excited that the Senate is debating this important issue&#8230;<i>This is a great political issue<\/i>, because Senator Nelson of Florida has already refused to become a co-sponsor and this is a tough issue for Democrats.<\/div>\n<p>Oh, boy. Now we&#8217;re <i>really<\/i> confused! We&#8217;re just waiting for the Blame America First crowd over at ABC to tell us that, in reality, Saddam Hussein <i>didn&#8217;t<\/i> topple the World Trade Center! 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