Fox News: Gore’s Never ‘Actually Done Something For Peace;’ Give Petraeus The Prize

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Fox News: Gore’s Never ‘Actually Done Something For Peace;’ Give Petraeus The Prize

Earlier today, after Al Gore was named a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Fox News kicked off the right-wing smear attacks on the former Vice President, comparing him to “Yasser Arafat and that crazy Jimmy Carter.”

But the cable network’s efforts to undermine Gore’s message and achievments began long ago. Yesterday, after suggesting that Gore has never “actually done something for peace,” Fox ran a chyron advocating that a different American be awarded the peace prize: Gen. David Petraeus.

In the segment, Neil Cavuto hosted New York Sun editor Seth Lipsky, whose paper ran an editorial this week saying that Petraeus deserved the prize for his attempts to “save the nation of Iraq.” Lipsky said that Petraeus “deserves” the award “as a representative of G.I. Joe” because American troops “go overseas to liberate, they go overseas to make peace.” He then added that the use of “fighting” in a war doesn’t undermine the “idealism” of the Nobel Prize:

LIPSKY: I can’t think of anything more directly responsive to the idealism of the Nobel Peace Prize itself than the kinds of liberation and peacekeeping that our G.I. Joe and G.I. Jane has had as a mission since World War II.

CAVUTO: So, you say Gen. Petraeus, not Al Gore?

LIPSKY: I say Gen. Petraeus, not Al Gore.

[liberal N proud]

1. It's the war is peace thing the neocons believe in

[Lerkfish]

2. Nothing says peace prize like preemptive wars of naked aggression.

1984

[ixion]

9. exactly

[Atman]

3. No, it's the LIES of BushCo they believe in...

Look at what they're claiming GI Joe and Jane are doing in Iraq...liberating and spreading peace, two "missions" that were complete afterthoughts to BushCo, faxed to Fox as soon as the WMD lie fell apart. And these two assholes STILL parrot it.

[EFerrari]

15. "Liberating and spreading peace"

Sure, that's why about a third of the population is now dead or displaced. That's one way to bring "peace", I guess.

[neweurope]

4. Please forgive me while I

:puke:

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[FormerDittoHead]

5. (To FoxNews, their guests and viewers) ....YOU LOST, GET OVER IT. n/t

[NightWatcher]

6. lets give the PEACE prize to a general in a FAILED WAR

duh, that makes sense, not

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. "Everybody's crying peace on earth, just as soon as we win this war"

[halobeam]

8. If Gen. P told the truth and everything he knows....

it would've brought people out into the streets, it would've been REALLY REALLY UGLY.

So, I guess, yeah, he did something to keep the peace.


Ya know, his lies are all in the best interest of the people. Aren't we lucky to have him?

*sarcasm off now.

[Jim__]

10. Right. The peace prize should be awarded to people actively engaged in war.

Questions for Fox, what is the main cause of war? How will Global Warming effect the world's resources?

[DrDan]

11. our local reich-wing host keeps claiming he doesn't deserve it because

all he did was make a movie.

They are sooooo green with envy.

[Supersedeas]

12. anything that is less the fascist is unAmerican in the eyes of FOX producers

[Mythsaje]

13. Give him the Medal of Freedom...

Like the rest of the sellouts.

Let the Nobel Prize committee make their own fucking choices, you FUX.

[Johonny]

14. Why not General Clark then

If the concept of an award honoring American soldiers role as peace keeper force in troubled areas is worth getting the award, then why not name a General that actually did a good job? OK Petraeus is probably the only US general since WWII the FOX talking head can remember...