Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent of CNN and a contributor to CBS's 60 Minutes, displayed her liberal joy for Obama as she emceed an event for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. As recounted by the Rush & Molloy gossip column in the New York Daily News:
CNN's Christiane Amanpour, who emceed, showed her political stripes when she told the crowd that in the last few months, she'd felt like she was covering "a foreign country having its first-ever democratic election. ... When was the last time we saw the whole world come into the streets dancing in celebration of America instead of demonstrating and burning the flag?"
The New York Observer also observed Amanpour offered her best I'm-not-worthy props to RFK when asked at the naming of New York's Robert F. Kennedy Bridge what she'd like named after her:
Christiane Amanpour also pulled out the humble card. "Oh, please! I don't think so. Not after me. I have achieved a lot, but let's not put us in the same category," she said, referring to Mr. Kennedy.
In an Election Day blog post, Amanpour seemed to tie the electrifying hope of 1968 (which we can guess is not a Nixon reference) and the electrifying hope of 2008 together, as she oddly compared our latest election to landmark votes in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and South Africa:
Finding myself in New York City this U.S. election Day, I saw scenes that reminded me of the first democratic elections I covered in Afghanistan in 2004, or Iraq in 2005.
'Scenes that reminded me of the historic election in South Africa in 1994 when a black man, Nelson Mandela, was elected president thus ending generations of white minority rule known as apartheid.
Or 1998 in Iran when women and young people turned out en masse to elect the first ever reform president, the moderate cleric Mohammad Khatami.
The enduring motif from those elections were the massively long lines at the polling centers. Men and women standing patiently, sometimes for hours, to cast their first ever vote for a hopeful secure future....
No election has electrified the U.S. like this since 1968. But the whole world wishes it could cast a vote in this one. Whatever happens, this U.S. election will change the world. Stay tuned.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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No election has electrified
November 21, 2008 - 17:38 ET by SickofLibsNo election has electrified the U.S. like this since 1968.
And no eyebrows have terrified me like this since 1960.
Millions of Communists
November 21, 2008 - 17:49 ET by Clear thinkerMillions of Communists dancing in the streets because comrade Obama got elected. Hmmm, that makes sense to me!
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No election has electrified
November 21, 2008 - 18:03 ET by MidAmericaNo election has electrified the U.S. like this since 1968.
How come this excitement is not evident when you walk down the street but only when you read a paper or turn on the TV? (that's a rhetorical question)
Christiane Amanpour has graduated...
November 21, 2008 - 17:58 ET by moovovaChristiane Amanpour has graduated from "War Slut" (I forget who called her that a few years back) to Christiane Imahore...
(Sorry for the pour taste before the weekend.)
How's this for irony
November 21, 2008 - 17:59 ET by ahusserObama's friend, Bill Ayers, dedicated his book, Prairie Fire to Sirhan Sirhan the killer of RFK. Holy 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon Batman.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
Sirhan Sirhan
November 21, 2008 - 21:36 ET by easygoerDamn, you beat me to it. William Shakespeare himself couldn't come up with such irony.
Age of Aquarius Redux
November 21, 2008 - 18:08 ET by ahusserWhenever a "One" comes to power there is much excitement and electricity. Excitement is much more fun than reason, truth, rationality and responsibility. Once they surrender their will to the "One" all will be right with the world because the Gument is going to care of them from cradle to grave.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
The only thing you have
November 21, 2008 - 18:26 ET by bigtimerThe only thing you have ever accomplished Christine is my complete disdain for every word you say, every little thing you stand for, every bit of a propaganda you have spewed all over the television viewing audience for years and years now...all for the leftist agenda, along with the rest of the world who hates this country.
You are a despicable piece of shite...always have been always will be, so is your filthy, slimy, sniveling, partner in your life.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Only America hating
November 21, 2008 - 18:47 ET by rbosqueOnly America hating communists burn American flags. If they celebrate Obama's victory what does that say about Him and his sock-puppets in the media?
what a legacy
November 21, 2008 - 18:49 ET by MichiganVetLike Mandela, like Kahtami, like Kennedy .... not sure if that's a compliment ...
p.s. Is that Mick Jagger in that picture?
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy
Oh, the excitement will
November 21, 2008 - 19:28 ET by TN MomOh, the excitement will soon turn to dred when the world meets Michelle Obama!
amanpour--
November 21, 2008 - 19:46 ET by misterbillamanpour--- translated into English = A--hole------
A Socialist excited about a Socialist
November 21, 2008 - 19:55 ET by PopularTechYawn
Censored Global Warming Videos
Amanpour
November 21, 2008 - 20:25 ET by MCPO AirdaleAmanpour and her ilk deserve nothing but my contempt.
Christiane Amanpour,
November 21, 2008 - 20:37 ET by Dan DiegoChristiane Amanpour, welcomed by tyrants the world over. The only thing to name in her honor is a sperm bank night deposit box.
The cost of living's going up, and the chance of livin's going down. - Flip Wilson
Six degrees to Barrack Obama
November 21, 2008 - 21:19 ET by GalvanicLet's not forget that Amanpour is married to Jamie Rubin, the former State Department spokesman in the Clinton Adminstration, which is being rehired by Obama day by day, one or two players at a time.
Amanpour: "But the whole world wishes it could cast a vote in this (election). . . ."
And if the Democrats running the Congress and the White House have their way, by 2012, it no doubt will.
Galv... I haven't forgot
November 21, 2008 - 21:30 ET by bigtimerGalv...
I haven't forgot him, I described how I felt about him above in my post at the end...
You can be sure Madeline-not-so-Bright's #2 Boy will be in this administration one way or the other...he was all over the screens too pimping for O during this election season.
I don't know if anybody remembers the State Dept. Pressers but when he would do the talking, or for that matter just standing by, he was always sniffing up his nose, hankie at the near-by always wiping his nose, I always thought he must have a bad coke habit...but heck Rahm struck me that way too years back, they both had the same characteristics..sniffles, always the sniffles.
Ah heck, don't mean to be conspiracy minded, because I don't really care one way or the other, it was just something that I always remember when I see either of them...maybe it was just allergies...all year long.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
"a foreign country having
November 21, 2008 - 21:38 ET by RR GOP"a foreign country having its first-ever democratic election"
Yes, Christiane, I, too feel like I live in a third world country with all the voter fraud, a press controlled by one political party, a politician with virtually no experience becoming 'ruler'...can't wait for the U.N. peace keeping forces in my neighborhood, the Civil Defense Force volunteers overseeing food and water rations, and foreign aid from Europe for all us pathetic Americans.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Amanpour is to be laughed
November 21, 2008 - 22:45 ET by ConservativeRexAmanpour is to be laughed at and ignored. For the life of me I could never figure out why so-called stand up comedians have never poked fun of the likes of her and others like her.
Oh I really do know why, but in truth they are missing a helluva opportunity here.
These people are bloody mad. Mad as a hatter. It is best to picture them in your mind, if you have the stomach to watch them, as a complete nutcase up there with a microphone in their hand. Just one looney bin nutcase.
If you do that, it helps you better understand them. Believe me.
The Loony Left
November 22, 2008 - 09:38 ET by ahusserLook what they did to Britain in the 60's and 70's. It was hilarious and pathetic at the same time. Unfortunately it takes very powerful economic forces to overome the socialist policies in ours and european so called "mixed" economies. By law we on the right will watch it all go down the drain because there is very little stopping them from doing what they want and the conservative/right/republicans have very little power to hinder the agenda.
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
Probably one of the most
November 23, 2008 - 11:56 ET by JRJ08Probably one of the most courageous and insightful journalists in the world, who has been critical of several presidents, including her famous confrontation with Bill Clinton over the U.S. inaction in Kosovo. You ideological rednecks make me and, thankfully, most people in this country ill. To you, the only good journalist is one who works for FOX or agrees with your Stone Age politics. And, if someone in your own fold steps out of line and speaks positively about a "liberal" he is attacked and hit with a barrage of juvenile insults. Amanpour is one of the most admired journalists in the world, but you won't give her that because she happens to like Barack Obama. You don't deserve to live in a democracy. Move to Alaska and set up your own little totalitarian state where everybody thinks and acts exactly the way you do. You can kill all the wild-life, drink cheap beer, and live off the oil companies.
JerkRealJerk
November 23, 2008 - 12:05 ET by cocodrieI hope your illness is nothing minor.
I live in a republic not a democracy.
I enjoy eating all the wildlife I kill
You need to stop feeding at the bottom of the cesspool of hate you live in. Your brain has rotted away.
You ignorant, offensive, and racist troll:
November 23, 2008 - 12:38 ET by R D HelmTo you, the only good journalist is one who works for FOX
I don't watch Fox News, you lying, America-hating Marxist.
Amanpour, a Castro-loving Marxist herself, is only respected by her fellow freedom-hating supporters of murderous dictators the world over, such as yourself.
Only someone who is truly evil (not to mention profoundly stupid) could ever support the most murderous form of government yet conceived by man.
The fact you you blindly support a totalitarian form of government speaks volumes about you and your so-called intelligence.
...if someone in your own fold steps out of line and speaks positively about a "liberal" he is attacked and hit with a barrage of juvenile insults.
You mean like your constant referrals to Sara Palin as a "moron?"
You don't deserve to live in a democracy.
Since when was this country a "democracy," you government-schooled ignoramus?
Move to Alaska and set up your own little totalitarian state where everybody thinks and acts exactly the way you do.
You mean like the Stalinist totalitarian state that you and your fellow leftists have been working to bring about in this country for the last 70+ years?
No thanks, "comrade," and thank God for the 2nd Amendment. :-)
-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
Amanpour is one of the
November 23, 2008 - 12:45 ET by Jack BauerBig deal. In most polls taken on those people whom the public admires most, "journalism" is always near the very bottom of the list as one of the least admired professions.
Journalists are just NOT admired, so even being the MOST admired "jorurnalist" isn't saying much.
So I'm thinking you live in some sort of media bubble.
Whatever... but you do sound like some intolerant jerk who cannot abide anyone dissing someone around whose posterior your lips are puckered.
Take your seething HATE, for people who DISSENT against your ilk, somewhere else. The Daily Kos, for instance.
JR, you may be surprised to know
November 23, 2008 - 13:07 ET by jefflebowskithat there are more deer in the United States than when the Pilgrims arrived. Also, more trees thanks to conservationist management of land and wildlife. Of course, you don't care about facts because you are a liberal. You prefer ignorant slogans and stereotypes such as "kill all the wild-life (wildlife is not hyphenated), drink cheap beer, and live off the oil companies." My guess is you're a girly man metrosexual who has never chopped wood or hunted. Don't you have a appointment to get your nails done? The Founding Fathers weren't metrosexuals you half a sissy!
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Never Feed the Trolls
November 24, 2008 - 07:43 ET by ahusserTheir job (I'll give a couple a pass) Is to drive by and get your dander up and they do a good job. He is a liberal POS just like amanapour is a liberal POS. There is more ignorance at hate in the party of tolerance and social justice than we will ever have. I could tell he was hyperventilating and spluttering with rage over our comments. I would peg his/her age at about 18-20, immature and very very ignorant but definitely has an opinion. BTW troll how are you going to live without oil?
"...no civilization, no matter how rich, no matter how refined, can long survive once it loses the power to meet force with equal or superior force." - Bernard Knox
BTW troll how are you
November 24, 2008 - 07:59 ET by Jack BauerOh I'm sure journalists like Armanpour have the answer. They know everything y'know! And they are widely admired.