How Will This Get Spun?
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justhangn
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I'm sure the libs will say that he created the accident himself to get good publicity.
May I point something out?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Check the front page and tell me where you see any mention of Frist's heroism. See it? Right there in that little teeny 6pt text. Note what they considered MUCH more important than the
Frist story: Edwards will run in 2004; busting on Bush's "No Child Left Behind" plan; some stupid actor who lost weight for a role; etc, etc, etc. The Wash Times had it featured prominently - the Wash Post buries it.
Interesting, huh?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Check the front page and tell me where you see any mention of Frist's heroism. See it? Right there in that little teeny 6pt text. Note what they considered MUCH more important than the
Frist story: Edwards will run in 2004; busting on Bush's "No Child Left Behind" plan; some stupid actor who lost weight for a role; etc, etc, etc. The Wash Times had it featured prominently - the Wash Post buries it.
Interesting, huh?
SmallTown
Football season!
Considering just about every radio station and TV station that reports news mentioned the incident, I don't think it is a "liberal media conspiracy"..
What he did was great.. But do you think you would have been on the front page everywhere if you had been there instead of Frist? I think not.
pixiegirl
Cleopatra Jones
Brownie points??? Whatever happened to being a decent human being or a good person? This should have nothing to do with the Lott stuff. He's a good person who did a wonderful selfless thing. Does it matter that he's a politician? It shouldn't. It sure shouldn't get him brownie points. Last time I checked politics and medicine had nothing to do with one another.
Sadly you're right Ken. I'm sure some how or another the liberals will find a way to either dumb this down or make it part of some conspiracy.
SmallTown
Football season!
Originally posted by pixiegirl
Brownie points??? Whatever happened to being a decent human being or a good person? This should have nothing to do with the Lott stuff. He's a good person who did a wonderful selfless thing. Does it matter that he's a politician? It shouldn't. It sure shouldn't get him brownie points. Last time I checked politics and medicine had nothing to do with one another.
Sadly you're right Ken. I'm sure some how or another the liberals will find a way to either dumb this down or make it part of some conspiracy.
Doing a good deed = brownie points
Making racist comments = no brownie points.
I didn't say he did it for the brownie points.. It is an afterthought, but still a very good one..
pixiegirl
Cleopatra Jones
If doing a good dead = brownie points to you I want to come live in your world! In my world you have to seriously kiss my a$$ to get brownie points. Like I said this doesn't and shouldn't have anything to do with Lott. Did Lott help these people??? Nope! Why is his name even being brought up?
SmallTown
Football season!
Doing a good dead is definately a brownie point gainer in the political world.. Like I said, I'm sure he didn't do it for the brownie points.. But people will definately see him in a special light because of what happened.. And this is all a good thing, I don't know why you are busting my chops about it.. Drink some more bubbly and enjoy!
Tonio
Asperger's Poster Child
Originally posted by pixiegirl
Brownie points??? Whatever happened to being a decent human being or a good person? This should have nothing to do with the Lott stuff. He's a good person who did a wonderful selfless thing. Does it matter that he's a politician? It shouldn't. It sure shouldn't get him brownie points. Last time I checked politics and medicine had nothing to do with one another.
Sadly you're right Ken. I'm sure some how or another the liberals will find a way to either dumb this down or make it part of some conspiracy.
As far as I can tell, both sides yell "Conspiracy!" at the drop of a hat. Even Jesse Jackson used to complain that the media was out to get him. I once met a local activist who complained that the Enterprise was biased because, in her words, a truly unbiased paper would agree with her on everything.
SmallTown
Football season!
Ok.. the volunteer EMT people..
No need for articles since that would be a biased representation since we are talking about the one ones who do makes the news.. There are hundreds each day that don't make the news so of course we won't find any there..
Like I said, what happened was a good thing for frist.. If you can't accept the fact that this action helps the republican party, well, i'm starting to think maybe you are a democrat! Just like Clinton's action's hurt him and his party, frist's only boosts his reputation..
I never though I would sit here and argue with (an apparant) republican about the goodness of a republican politician..
pixiegirl
Cleopatra Jones
SmallTown
Football season!
from CNN:
Frist offers 'invaluable' help at Florida crash
Five victims of an SUV crash are recovering in Florida hospitals today after getting "invaluable" aid from incoming Senate Majority Leader and doctor Bill Frist. An emergency worker on the scene says Frist "really went above and beyond the call to help."
See, you can't even BUY this kind of publicity.. If he were president, his approval rating would have jumped at least 15 or 20 points.. Just by doing what he was trained to do.. Like I said, the light is shining on him now and lets hope it stays.
And no, I don't know why I keep gushing about him.. Ever since hearing his name mentioned as a lott replacement, he has peaked my interest.. Going by his educational background, he is a very smart man so hopefully he will be able to get the party back together again.
Frist offers 'invaluable' help at Florida crash
Five victims of an SUV crash are recovering in Florida hospitals today after getting "invaluable" aid from incoming Senate Majority Leader and doctor Bill Frist. An emergency worker on the scene says Frist "really went above and beyond the call to help."
See, you can't even BUY this kind of publicity.. If he were president, his approval rating would have jumped at least 15 or 20 points.. Just by doing what he was trained to do.. Like I said, the light is shining on him now and lets hope it stays.
And no, I don't know why I keep gushing about him.. Ever since hearing his name mentioned as a lott replacement, he has peaked my interest.. Going by his educational background, he is a very smart man so hopefully he will be able to get the party back together again.
pixiegirl
Cleopatra Jones
Me a democrat? What are you smoking? Can I have some?
The term brownie points really rubbed me the wrong way. And the fact that you had the gull to even bring Lott into this. I'm not arguing the goodness of a republican politician with you. I'm happy to say that he's a republican. What I'm saying is apparently he's a good person, people like you shouldn't keep things on a point system such as... Lott makes racist comment (minus one point for the republicans) Frist helps people after car accident (plus one point for the republicans). Kinda stupid way to do things if you ask me.