The Washington Post is such a liberal newspaper that it can't even keep the anti-Bush comments out of the Sports section. Post ombudsman Deborah Howell agreed with readers of her Sunday column that gratuitious Bush-bashing doesn't improve a column on sailing to Bermuda:
Several readers were unhappy about a political comment in the middle of Angus Phillips's June 22 sailing column. William Hunter of Bristow, Va., wrote: "This is in regards to [his] column this past Sunday, 'Winds That Made a Journey Anything but a Breeze,' in particular this line: 'As anyone who has lived in the United States the last eight years knows, a rudderless ship is not so good.' "
Hunter wrote: "Can we give it a rest, please? We get it already...everyone at The Washington Post hates/loathes/despises/whatever President Bush. Is there a reason this kind of nonsense has to spill over into the Sports section?...I don't deny Mr. Phillips's right to write whatever he pleases in his column...Please keep partisan politics out of the Sports section."
Right you are, Mr. Hunter. Phillips should have stuck to sailing.
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June 30, 2008 - 08:07 ET by allanfI can't remember Jimmy Carter being treated so derisively by the media. Of course polls the day before the 1980 election with Ronald Reagan showed it was too close to call.
If they hate President Bush this much, he must be doing somethign right.
In my family, we always say
June 30, 2008 - 08:25 ET by motherbeltIn my family, we always say that just about everything that happens in your life can be related to an episode of "Seinfeld."
For die-hard BDS victims, there is nothing that they can't somehow slip a bit of Bush-bashing into.
Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson
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June 30, 2008 - 09:25 ET by Gothampc"For die-hard BDS victims, there is nothing that they can't somehow slip a bit of Bush-bashing into."
That's the truth. About a year or so ago, one of my colleagues left the New York Times Metro Section on my desk. Normally, I don't waste my time with NYT, but I thought "It's just the Metro Section". So I opened up to an article about the possibility of adding a third zip code to the Upper East Side. Right in the middle of the article, the author made a statement comparing the rezoning of the UES to the different zones in Iraq.
So the Sports Section, the Metro Section, there is no part of these liberals rags where they won't practice their hatred.
Oh, so funny....
June 30, 2008 - 08:33 ET by richflanjI'm sure that both of the WP's remaining reader's got a laugh out of that. My laugh will come when that rag goes bankrupt.
I love my sports.
June 30, 2008 - 08:52 ET by DelsaMy husband reads the paper and I go on line.
I we suffer politics all the time and I agree politics has NO business on the sports page.
Sports should be off limits.
Delsa, it's not just the
June 30, 2008 - 09:05 ET by motherbeltDelsa, it's not just the sports pages, look at the Olympics, for crying out loud.
That is one world competition in which politics should NEVER play a role (someone commented here in another thread that in ancient times they would even stop wars for the Olympics.)
Yet eveyr four years, countries politicize the games and us them as a lever for all their political gripes and disagreements; from threatened boycotts to the demand for banning of athletes from "unacceptable" countries.
It's a joke.
Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson
MB
June 30, 2008 - 09:34 ET by DelsaI agree with you and I think J Carter is the one who turned the Olympics into something political.
Oh and then there were SOB's who killed the Israeli athletes in Germany.
Those two took the excitment away from the games. And why is it being held in Communist China? Why to make it feel good.
I wish I could watch it. I am sticking to tennis.
No matter what they say, a
June 30, 2008 - 10:57 ET by USA4freedomNo matter what they say, a rudderless boat is still better then a boat that is sunk. Just wait until the Democrats take over, just like “no drilling for oil” yea.. that will really set the boat on the right direction.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Romney / Jendil 2012 (if,we survive)
ANGUS PHILLIPS
June 30, 2008 - 18:39 ET by TWOTIMETUNAHow can anyone named after a COW be taken seriously anyway?
Democrats are either Parasites or Parasite Enablers
I just tried to e mail that
June 30, 2008 - 22:02 ET by gopsteveI just tried to e mail that writer, but it says his e mail is not available a this time...gee, what a coincidence