Dan Rather suggest Obama may face a primary challenger

[xiamiam]

"This is a political nightmare for Barack Obama as president. The more-left portion of his party hates this with a passion. And politically, within his own party, if this goes through, Barack Obama will be in a position to have his shirttail on fire, his back to the wall, and the bill collector at the door. Which is metaphorically a way of saying he's almost guaranteed -- if this goes through -- to have a serious challenge in a Democratic primary for president in 2012."

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/06/dan-rather-obama-likely-to-get-a-serious-primary-opponent/

for those of you who think this thought is confined to naive du members

[Newsjock]

1. Wait, I'm confused

Is Dan Rather on or under the bus this week?

[QC]

2. Bus seating arrangements can change in an instant. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

3. IIRC, Rather's been under the bus for some time

He's even built in a platform bed with a book shelf! :rofl:

[originalpckelly]

4. Technically, he's both on and under the bus. It's like a quantum superposition.

[FSogol]

5. Schrödinger's News Anchor.

:shrug:

[Autumn]

7. If he's not under it yet, he will be

bet on it.

[tularetom]

6. Dan Rather is a cowardly POS

And nothing he says should be given any serious credibility.

[Vinnie From Indy]

8. He might say the same about you!

Cheers!

[Autumn]

9. Why? Wasn't he the one who let the cat out of

the bag on Bush's brave military service? I thought that was rather brave, and very credible. Is there something else I missed that makes him a cowardly POS?

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Yes, but that was then...

Now, he's a cowardly POS because he doesn't agree with this person. /sarcasm.

Hard to keep up.

[Autumn]

12. How stupid is that. I would think only

a republican would call him a POS.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. You and me both.

[Jim Lane]

19. He's not a POS but he's also not the one who broke that story.

It was publicly known and solidly established, before the 60 Minutes broadcast, that Bush had avoided Vietnam service by "somehow" securing a coveted billet in the Air National Guard, that he had failed to take a required physical, and that he was therefore not allowed to fly. If Castro had sent his air force over to attack the Gulf Coast, Bush would not have been available to help defend us.

The papers that Rather did his broadcast about added only a few details, such as a purported directive from Bush's commanding officer that he take the physical by a specific date. I'm among those who think it probable that the papers were not authentic. Whether they were or not, however, they didn't make all that much difference, given what was already known and not disputed.

[Erose999]

16. So you were a war correspondent during Vietnam then?

Oh, right, that was Dan Rather. Not you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-v9jB1eyaE

Did you get attacked by goons at the '68 Democratic convention?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrlYRWD_tnA

That was Dan Rather too.

Not to mention the whole brouhaha that got Rather fired was started by our good friend Andy Britefart. One of those guys is an unscrupulous "journalist" who made an outrageous claim based on fraudulent evidence and the other one is Dan Rather.

[lildreamer316]

23. Wow. I'm glad you know him so well.

He is one of the most courageous correspondants left. Read his book ( I did when I was 12); learn some history. Educate yourself.

[Winterblues]

11. I will support a Primary Challenge to Obama

Even a year ago I would have thought this an absurd thought. After today I will NEVER vote for Obama. I will either vote in a Primary or not vote at all.

[TwilightGardener]

14. News people like news. They want news to happen.

[somone]

15. Make him reapply for the job

[Edweird]

17. Someone should tell him how 9847382134% of Liberal Dems just LOOOOOOOVE what Obama is doing.

I'll bet he'll get a good laugh out of it.

[Scurrilous]

18. Dan Rather should run.

He rocks!

[FrenchieCat]

20. It's a political nightmare for the country.

Obama will be just fine.

[Rex]

21. Said the same thing last night. He is in some big trouble if he thinks

people will unify behind him again like they did after 8 years of evil shithead GWB/Cheney.

[WiffenPoof]

22. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? n/t