by Dennis Copson

Created on: December 20, 2008

Beating Up On President Bush: MSNBC Has Crossed the Line!

The liberal press - which is now most of that establishment - in general, has always had it in for President Bush. However, I have noticed of late they are picking up the pace in so doing to the point where it has become patently obvious and blatant. Have they decided to get in their last licks during the few remaining days of the 43rd President's term? It certainly seems such is the case on certain television networks at least.

MSNBC's talking heads, giddy in their celebration of Barack Obama winning the election, are especially guilty of muckraking and baseness. In viewing their prime time shows it is evident they are bound to use whatever time is left in the waning days of the Bush Presidency to denigrate and pounce on what remains of an eight year stint to have a last whack at the piata.

I have been watching MSNBC more in the last few weeks than I normally would do. My observations have led me to conclude there is a newly concentrated effort to denigrate the President and his team to a degree that it is embarrassingly apparent. The latest attacks are centered on the topic of torture especially Dick Cheney's alleged role in approving waterboarding for the worst of the worst Al Qaeda captives.

The worst transgressors are in order of their vileness Keith Olbermann (Countdown), Rachel Maddow (The Rachel Maddow Show), and running a close third, Chris Matthews (Hardball). These ultra lefties, particularly Olbermann and Maddow, have gone so far in their pursuit of continuing to disparage President Bush that no attempt is even made to disguise their contempt. They headline their programs with anything anti - Bush that they can conjure up objectivity be damned.

Today, December 18th, Chris Matthews spent the first fifteen minutes on Vice President Dick Cheney's and the President's role in torture while in office. He and his cohorts have taken on this aspect of the Bush Presidency with a vengeance lately as if they were attempting to get an indictment in a court of law. In fact, they have suggested that. (This when other top stories were seemingly more in the headlines such as Caroline Kennedy's pursuit of the New York Senate appointment and the Illinois governor's quandary.)

Matthews' guests were Congressman Duncan Hunter of CA and the ultra liberal Jim Moran of VA. The segment was basically Mathews and Moran beating the drum against Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld while Hunter was allowed a sparingly few minutes of

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