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Feherty apologizes for Pelosi, Reid death joke in magazine article

World May. 11, 2009 - 05:00AM JST ( 12 )

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Taka313May. 11, 2009 - 08:51AM JST

“From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though,” Feherty wrote toward the end of his column. “Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there’s a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death.”

From my own experiences with working with troops who have returned from the Middle East, I can say that Mr. Feherty is taking some liberties with the truth.

Also, his statement was far more insulting to our men and women in uniform than it is to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. It insinuates that our troops can be hired out to as personal mercs for dumbasses.

They cannot; not in Florida and not at the New Sanno Hotel.

Taka
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timorborderMay. 11, 2009 - 09:34AM JST

From the sublime to the ridiculous. Lots of questions about this story:

Firstly, WTF is a golf commentator doing in Iraq? Commenting on the lie of unexploded ordinance in the bunkers (the desert). Surely in the grand scheme of things, there are more important things needed in Iraq than pep talks from golfing pros. Perhaps this is the problem? Maybe what we see on the news is all a lie and instead coalition personnel spend every day perfecting their golf games (look out Tiger Woods).

The second thing that worries me is how the media is trying to distance itself from this guy. Who cares? Under the administration of GW, the media tried to out do itself in distancing itself from gave crimes such as Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction," etc. This big question is, is this really important? Surely in a democratic society the free speech rights of the press are strong enough that they press does not have to worry about kissing bxtt 24/7, whether that but be GW Bush's or President Obama's.
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sharky1May. 11, 2009 - 09:47AM JST

And these people then use their political powers to force an apology from this guy, when this action proves that he may very well be telling the truth.
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TexasAggieMay. 11, 2009 - 10:22AM JST

Pelosi, Reid, and bin Laden together in an elevator wouldn't surprise me at all.
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TexasAggieMay. 11, 2009 - 12:27PM JST

Just proves that Americans should never listen to any foreigner. According to Democrats and the MSM, U.S. soldiers love Pelosi, Reid and bin Laden.
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TexasAggieMay. 11, 2009 - 12:36PM JST

That's why we so incredibly overwhelmingly voted for President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama

Better keep packing parachutes overseas, Bubba. You do realize the current administration now says that returning troops like you would become a direct threat to the government you say you helped vote into power.
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TheQuestionMay. 11, 2009 - 12:46PM JST

Don't think he should have to apologize. He said what he wanted to say and that’s just fine in my book.

Most of my US colleagues thought bush was a disgrace. That's why we so incredibly overwhelmingly voted for President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama and against the republican "party".

Actually members of the U.S armed forces voted in the high 60's percentage wise for McCain in the last election.

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/thearmyvotethemilitarytim.php http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/081003ep_2pp.pdf

the second was as of October 8.

Plus there's the first hand tirade's about President Obama I politely listen to when I take my grandfather to the VFW hall.
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skipthesongMay. 11, 2009 - 05:26PM JST

He apologized and that should be it. Anything further signifies a president that free speech is going down the toilet.

This case should be no different than Jimmy Fox's vulgar jab at Miley Sirus.
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teleprompterMay. 11, 2009 - 05:44PM JST

This new McCarthyism is getting scary. Feherty should watch his back.
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VORMay. 12, 2009 - 07:00AM JST

You hear much worse coming from the mouths of leftist but I guess when the fascists are in charge thats okay.