CHUCK TODD SHAME

Chuck Todd shamed himself this morning in his MSNBC show. He flogged Obama with a long drawn out dialogue about how Obama failed to keep his promise to close Guantanamo. He buried the fact that the Republican congress kept Guantanamo open even after the President signed an executive order to close the prison.

Guantanamo blights our moral standards and on our system of justice. There is no justification to keep it open nor is there a justification for military tribunals. The Republican failed to compromise on the “dark prison issue” and by defunding the transfer costs of prisoners, and the expense of opening a prison in the Untied States, but worst of all by not supporting fair trials for the prisoners. They did all of this not because they believed in what they were doing but because they wanted to blame the president for “breaking a promise”. Now the Chuck Todd, with a straight face, joins them by standing before his audience and blaming the President for breaking his promise.

The Republicans do not approve executive appointments like in the ATF, do not fund watchdog groups like the consumer protections agencies, and do not approve the appointment of federal judges. They discredit their mouthpieces like Chuck Todd, who is quick to say, “The President is breaking his promise”.  Rodger Ailes bases his entire news operation on the premise that if a TV host lies about Obama enough, some people will start to believe them. The problem is that the people who listen to FOX news listen only that is he only place they really believe their lies so one more lie more or less doesn’t matter. Chuck Todd is different; he is a sleeper; his demeanor lulls some people into believing he is nonpartisan. He is on MSNBC, a TV channel straightforward people watch, so I was surprised that he would so shamefully lower himself to Fox News standards, which is really the bottom.       

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