[lbo-talk] demonization

[Carl Remick]

On 9/25/07, 3.3.3. <lslelel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I skipped FOX and CNN after hearing Columbia's Young Republican
> president speak on MSNBC. What a mouse. I think you can really judge
> how the country is going by people like that. They had one of the NYC
> councilmen on there also, who seemed like he was restraining himself
> from admitting that he just wants to bomb them.

To his credit, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who interviewed the Columbia
students as well as that NYC Councilman, emphasized that he thought
Columbia President Lee Bollinger acted disgracefully in sandbagging
Ahmadinejad.  He told the Columbia students:  "I was not impressed by
your president today.  He struck me as a lousy host who was afraid to
engage in a dialog.  He had to dump on the guy [Ahmadinejad] before he
could speak."  Two clips from the show:

(1) Here's Matthews interviewing William Nosal, a member of Columbia
University College Republicans, and Sarah Leonard, a member of
Columbia University College Democrats.  It should surprise no one that
Nosal (pronounced KNOWS-all) knows nothing:
<http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=9ac2574a-0745-4e6b-9dd7-38ee74d851ba&p=Source_Hardball&t=c1150&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/&fg=>

(2) Here's Matthews interviewing Pat Buchanan and NYC Councilman David
Weprin.  I get the impression Weprin wants to bomb Iran only if he
himself gets to serve as bombardier:
<http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=00758feb-6ae1-4969-bd46-145f48b5dfee&p=Source_Hardball&t=c1150&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/&fg=>

Carl