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AloeVera

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5. I have never forgiven CNN for their drooling over "Shock and Awe".

Reply to PlanetBev (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:07 PM

Jun 21

I was screaming at the TV that those were human beings shocked and awed into burning flesh and torn limbs. Despised mainstream media ever since. Cheerleaders for war and stenographers for the military.

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So will the media drool and fellate Trump like they did Bush? [View all] PlanetBev Jun 21 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author tman Jun 21 #1

Why not? They've been at it for nearly a decade SheltieLover Jun 21 #2

Only if it's a Long Island Ice Tea. nt Phoenix61 Jun 21 #3

You got that right PlanetBev Jun 21 #8

I'd give anything for a gummy at this point. nt Phoenix61 Jun 21 #9

It will be worse. Bush had at least a little semblance of credibility right after 9/11, Ocelot II Jun 21 #4

I have never forgiven CNN for their drooling over "Shock and Awe". AloeVera Jun 21 #5

That beginning of the 2003 Iraq War picked up where the 1991 bombing of the Baghdad-Basra roads left off. John1956PA Jun 21 #11

Yes of course! AloeVera Jun 21 #19

I heard a veteran of the 1991 war speak of horrors which I will not repeat. John1956PA Jun 21 #21

Matthews said Bush gave him tingles up his leg. rickford66 Jun 21 #6

Why stop now ? kacekwl Jun 21 #7

Congress now officially spayed and neutered PlanetBev Jun 21 #10

ofc.. Israel owns us.. berkerly6240 Jun 21 #12

Yup misanthrope Jun 21 #13

Do you mean above and beyond their normal drooling and fellating? GoCubsGo Jun 21 #14

Krasnov will drool and fellate himself. GoodRaisin Jun 21 #15

The Xian freaks in my orbit pfitz59 Jun 21 #16

They Already Are WiVoter Jun 21 #17

Question is, how will voters take it? Silent Type Jun 21 #18

They just did - on every channel dalton99a Jun 21 #20

Of COURSE they will. GaYellowDawg Jun 21 #22

Yes, they will/are. His fanboy Jon KARL says *now* his legacy begins, forget the past. & KRASNOV craves the 90% ratings UTUSN Jun 21 #23