QandO

June 24, 2004

Hyperbole, Fiction and the Left, Part IV
Posted by McQ

Not that this is a particular shocker, but "Mr. Bitter", aka Al Gore has now accused President Bush of using "a network of rapid response digital Brown Shirts" to pressure news reporters and editors during a speech at Georgetown University:

In an hour-long address punctuated by polite laughter and applause, Gore also accused the Bush administration of working closely "with a network of 'rapid response' digital Brown Shirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops."'

One wonders if the "polite laughter" was aimed at him or what he said. My guess is he wasn't trying to be funny.

But beyond that, note the hyperbole. Again the question, assuming what Gore claims is true, how does one ever again describe the real Brown Shirts (also known as the SA)? For the historically ignorant, go here for a brief capsule describing the SA or "Brown Shirts".

Then go here if your interested in really reading about an event which more closely resembles something the Brown Shirts might do (note: the point has nothing to do with abortion, instead it has to do with free speech).

Not long after, Porter made her way to an area where Kerry was shaking hands with a large group of people. She eventually found herself exactly where she hoped she would be -- a few feet away from the man some hope will be the next president.

She held up her sign.

"Then it happened," Porter explains. "He reached up to shake a hand in the back and his eyes went up to my sign. He read it and then he looked into the crowd to see who was holding it -- and he looked me directly in the eyes."

"I hope he saw my pain. I was not angry, just pleading with him to understand. You could see the shock and surprise on his face," Porter said.

But within seconds, a Kerry campaign staff member approached Porter and grabbed her sign.

"You can't have that sign here," the Kerry staffer said.

The sign tore and Porter let go. After he had possession of it, the Kerry staffer "tore it to pieces" and walked away. "He wouldn't even let me have the pieces," Porter said.

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