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Originally Posted by scaeagles
Goes with my dirty laundry comment. Good news isn't interesting.
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Totally. I mean, look at
this site. Which thread got the most hits lately? The NA/Nephy love thread or Snowflake's new job thread? Uh, the NA/Nephy thread. People love to watch unrest, people fighting, etc.
Look at reality TV, people like to see controversy, people upset, people crying, people yelling. Yikes.
And getting back to the topic, I was so conflicted this morning. Romney got a lot of kudos for stepping up to the plate, going on the air and telling MA that the National Guard has been called on to protect the state. He even beat Bush to the airwaves. One one hand, I think that's great good for him. On the other hand, I'm thinking he's doing this to pimp himself as a Presidential Candidate for '08 and he's trying to get the Big Dig mess off the front page of the newspaper.
I'm skeptical about all this, too, in a way.
Cheney talked about Lieberman's loss the day before this story broke about the foiled plot. He said Lieberman's loss would encourage al-Qaeda types.
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The attacks came in searing remarks from, among others, Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican National Committee and Vice President Dick Cheney, who went so far as to suggest that the ouster of Mr. Lieberman might encourage “al Qaeda types.”
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This was the day before details of the plot were uncovered. I guarantee you he already knew about the foiled plot and still said what he said. I think that Cheney is clearly using this event for political purposes as we near the Nov elections.
And might I add that Bush is still on vacation. Yes, he can work from his farm. But it shows his country that he is concerned about this if he actually picked up and went back to DC.