CNN Accuses Perry of Using Patriotism as 'Political Tool'
On Thursday's American Morning, CNN regarded Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's newest web-ad as using "patriotism as a political tool." Co-host Carol Costello lumped his ad in with the 2004 Swift Boat campaign, as an unfair accusation to make of his opponent's patriotism.
Perry's newest web-ad attacks Obama's jobs record and his "apology tour" for America, and trumpets Perry's own patriotism. Costello then lumped that in with the Swift Boat campaign of 2004 which questioned the war heroism of candidate John Kerry. Although it was a legitimate story, it has been regarded by the liberal media as a smear.
"It's a tactic that's been proved quite effective," Costello said of Perry's remark that "We don't need a president who apologizes for America."
"Remember the infamous swift boat ads by a pro-Bush group questioning Vietnam veteran John Kerry's heroism?" Costello asked. "President Bush eventually denounced the ads, but the damage was done. Kerry lost the election."
The Swift Boat campaign included over 250 Vietnam veterans who questioned presidential candidate John Kerry's military accomplishments and post-bellum accounts of Vietnam where he accused his fellow soldiers of ghastly atrocities. The story was ignored by the media for a time and was eventually regarded as a smear.
That CNN would sloppily link the two is quite odd, since Perry's claims are quite valid on the surface that no net jobs were added in the month of August. He emphasizes this in the ad, calling Obama "President Zero."
The media regarded the Swift Boat story as illegitimate, but Perry's ad includes no sloppy accusations or conspiracy theories against Obama, simply an argument that the President has failed to create jobs and has repeatedly apologized for America overseas.
[Video below. Click here for audio.]
A transcript of the segment, which aired on September 22 at 6:19 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
[6:19]
CAROL COSTELLO: Now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. The question for you this morning, should patriotism be a political tool? I ask you this because of Texas Governor Rick Perry's brand-new web ad. It's compelling.
(Video Clip)
President BARACK OBAMA: No more manufactured crises. No more games. We are headed in the right direction.
I love these folks who say well this is Obama's economy. That's fine. Give it to me.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Zero jobs.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not a single job has been added.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No jobs created. Zero.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are demoralized. What has happened?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Zero new jobs.
OBAMA: Change has come to America.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: President Zero.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: So you get that part of it, right? President Obama's hopey-changey thing is destroying America. But at about one minute into the ad, the ad is all about patriotism right when Perry says we don't need a president who apologizes for America. The ad emphatically states Rick Perry is an American.
(Video Clip)
Gov. RICK PERRY (R-Tex.), presidential candidate: The United States of America really is the last great hope of mankind. It's time to get America working again. We don't need a president who apologizes for America.
(End Video Clip)
COSTELLO: It's a tactic that's been proved quite effective. Remember the infamous swift boat ads by a pro-Bush group questioning Vietnam veteran John Kerry's heroism?
(Video Clip)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Crimes committed on a day-to-day basis.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He betrayed us in the past. How could we be loyal to him now?
Sen. JOHN KERRY (D-Mass.), former presidential candidate: – ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He dishonored his country and more importantly the people he served with. He just sold them out.
(End Video Clip)
COSTELLO: President Bush eventually denounced the ads, but the damage was done. Kerry lost the election.
Patriotism has worked for Democrats, too, during the 2008 campaign. Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden said wealthy Americans should pay more taxes because it's time to be patriotic. Doesn't that sound familiar?
So the "Talk Back" question today - should patriotism be a political tool?
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CNN Accuses Perry of Using Patriotism as 'Political Tool'
Submitted by stage9 on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:16pm.
As opposed to liberals who ARE political tools....
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
haha
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:28pm.
that's a great zinger!
how IS that hopeychangey thing working out?
Submitted by kata on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:26pm.
Looking at the methods of the DNC over the course of my lifetime, I had no idea anything was "off limits".
Hey Carol, did you ever go
Submitted by Van Halen on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:30pm.
Hey Carol, did you ever go into in-depth analysis of how Obama used his anti-patriotism as a political tool? No? Is it because you hate America as much as he does and you're a mindless Liberal sycophant?
Oh dear, how soon CNN forgets...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:40pm.
“People in this country are ready for change and hungry for a different kind of politics and … for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.”
“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country … not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change,” she said. “I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment.”
Obama was born in 1964, meaning her adult life began in 1982. Critics quickly seized on the newfound national pride.
What did Barry say about patriotism?
"You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a pin," Obama said. "Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq War, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest.
"Instead," he said, "I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism."
So the "Talk Back" question today - should patriotism be a political tool?
ANSWER: Only if you have the patriotism in your heart...
Candidates have been using
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:41pm.
Candidates have been using "patriotism" since after George Washington. Where has this bimbo been? Show me a candidate who hasn't EXCEPT Obama...
Not really...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 9:03pm.
Kerry tried to capitalize on his service in Vietnam, knowing that he threw the military, his medals, and the flag over the White House fence. We know what he said about Vietnam vets raping, burning, torturing civilians, etc... We also know he said disparaging things about the soldiers in Iraq to he point of calling them stupid and torturing Iraqis in the dead of night.
Slick Willey wrote: ..."my going in the Army and maybe going to Vietnam would achieve anything except a feeling that I had punished myself and gotten what I deserved," in order to get out of the draft and his ROTC agreement. He then tried to use the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. app. as the CIC, to delay the case with Paula Jones who was suing for damages, until he got off of "Active Duty!"
Algore went to Vietnam. With a film crew and body guards.
Not patriots. Tools trying to claim patriotism.
I'm still on the fence when it comes to Rick Perry...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:41pm.
But I have to admit I am sort of starting to warm up to the guy.
He's pissing off the right people.
And that's a good thing. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
be careful sitting on that fence
Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:48pm.
Texans use a lot of barbed wire.
bring up the swift boat veterans?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:46pm.
I don't see that they are helping themselves or obama to remind Americans of more reasons to dislike democrats.
I agree, they played a pretty
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 9:52pm.
I agree, they played a pretty nasty add and many people who would've never heard it, or seen it, now have.
Personally loved the dig of Kerry. that man I despise.
What would CNN know about patriotism?
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:56pm.
Hey, CNN -
You have to BE a patriot before you can accuse other people of 'exploiting' it.
What would CNN, Liberals or Democrats, who are all anti-American radicals who HATE this country, know about patriotism?
A patriot is someone who loves their country.
Therefore, the term is not applicable to Liberals, Democrats and the media.
How about Biden telling us that paying more tax is patriotic?
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 9:21pm.
Sounds pretty political to me.
I notice that the media never
Submitted by okie-pastor on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 10:50pm.
I notice that the media never challenges the subject matter itself. It's like they say to themselves:
"well, the conservatives are right but it is wrong to point out the truth about liberal democrats and/or speak proudly of your own accomplishments"
Can anyone here at newsbusters show me what was false about the swift boat ad? Was that not John Kerry that said those things? Is he different from other politicians receiving criticism from past statements? I remember Rand Pauls opponent bringing up "aqua Buddha" and even though slanderously misleading, that's fine because it is an ad against a conservative.
And only the liberal media would see running on American patriotism as a "political tool"
You mean, unlike the unions,
Submitted by jessieH on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 12:12am.
You mean, unlike the unions, media & liberal socialists who use fear and intimidation as a political tool?
Patriotism?
Submitted by djm159 on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 12:56am.
Can CNN et al. even define the word? I don't think so. They think Barack Obama is patriotic.
the swift boat vets ad was and is still true
Submitted by ohio granny on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 9:01am.
To this day John Kerry has still not signed that 1080 so we can see his discharge papers. Now why would he still be reluctant to sign it?? Probably because he is still lying about his discharge. Everyone with any intelligence knows democrats are not patriotic and are serial liars.
As for CNN, it is like ABC, CBS, MSNBC, and CBS, they are still trying to cover for the democrat party, but they are failing. More and more of us see them for what they are. Even some black Americans are finally waking up to the failings of the Obama administration and the attempt of the MSM to cover for him.
Hope and change have become doom and gloom for too many especially in the black community.