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host · 04-18-2006, 11:44 PM

guy44, thank you for your comments. I agree with all of your points, concerning George Ryan, although I am not as close to the politics in your start, as you demonstrate that you are.

politicophile, Chelsea Clinton is no longer "first daughter", but. when she was, and in the time that closely followed the end of her father's last term as POTUS, the press consistantly and openly covered aspects of her college tenure and her successful job search, after she graduated. There was minute examination by the press of all of Clinton's immediate family, and of his wife, Hillary's family, as well. I was aware that Hillary's brothers are Hugh and Tony Rodham, because of press reports. GHW Bush was VP and POTUS for a combined, 12 years, and his son, GW Bush, has been POTUS for six years. In that combined 18 years of the Bush family in the political limelight, there has been virtually no press coverage of Dorothy (Doro) Bush Koch. There is no photo of her or of her brother, Marvin, that I have ever seen published.

Maybe I'm just not paying attention, but when JFK was POTUS, the press covered all of Kennedy's family, including his siblings. "Doro" and Marvin are the children of a former POTUS, and siblings of a current one, in the same family. The only reason that there were press reports that Marvin was a principle of a company that held security protection contracts on the WTC and Dulles Airport on 9/11, and that he was in NYC, just blocks away from WTC on the morning of 9/11, is because his mother, Barbara, detailed this info in a book that she wrote, 2 or 3 years ago. There is a news report that GW Bush's twin daughters pariticpated in a running race, last week and registered to participate, under assumed names. Please don't point out that secuirty requires this secretive approach. There was enough tension in the world in 1999 to excuse Chelsea Clinton from close press scrutiny, and...it didn't seem to happen.

The six months (or less) that GW Bush lived in Alaska, in the mid '70's has never received detailed press coverage, and the press simply accepts that Bush declines to discuss that period. Rumors that Bush was on an assignment for his CIA director father, during that period, have not been widely reported.

In comparison to other POTUS and their families, this is the most press "sheltered" family in modern times.This can only occur with the cooperation of a neutral press, not with a press that has a marked "liberal" slant.

I'm am not out to try to prove that the opposite is true of the mega corporate conglomerate owned press...that they harbor a conservative bias.
I'm simply saying that they forego in depth reporting, probably because of the strong preferences of the Bush family, that they do restrain their investigation and coverage of the Bush family. A press with a liberal slant, would not.....I'm talking every major press outlet, "back off", just because the Bush's prefer that they do. But....they do....so....

It is news that, given the RNC's recent push to use gay marriage as a wedge issue in campaigning, that such major figures in the House and in the RNC, are closeted gays. The corporate press outlets don't report about it. The ommission is galring and obvious, and the Clinton era showed that, when it comes to reporting about the sex lives of nationally prominent political figures,
all bets are off....except when it comes to reporters asking closeted gay republicans, probing questions. A liberal press would have been expected to blunt the RNC designed gay wedge issue in the 2004 campaing, and it didn't happen, because, Dreier, Mehlman, Jay Bannning, and Dan Gurley weren't even asked whether they were gay, by a mega corporate press reporter, not one!

04-18-2006, 11:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
host Banned	guy44, thank you for your comments. I agree with all of your points, concerning George Ryan, although I am not as close to the politics in your start, as you demonstrate that you are. politicophile, Chelsea Clinton is no longer "first daughter", but. when she was, and in the time that closely followed the end of her father's last term as POTUS, the press consistantly and openly covered aspects of her college tenure and her successful job search, after she graduated. There was minute examination by the press of all of Clinton's immediate family, and of his wife, Hillary's family, as well. I was aware that Hillary's brothers are Hugh and Tony Rodham, because of press reports. GHW Bush was VP and POTUS for a combined, 12 years, and his son, GW Bush, has been POTUS for six years. In that combined 18 years of the Bush family in the political limelight, there has been virtually no press coverage of Dorothy (Doro) Bush Koch. There is no photo of her or of her brother, Marvin, that I have ever seen published. Maybe I'm just not paying attention, but when JFK was POTUS, the press covered all of Kennedy's family, including his siblings. "Doro" and Marvin are the children of a former POTUS, and siblings of a current one, in the same family. The only reason that there were press reports that Marvin was a principle of a company that held security protection contracts on the WTC and Dulles Airport on 9/11, and that he was in NYC, just blocks away from WTC on the morning of 9/11, is because his mother, Barbara, detailed this info in a book that she wrote, 2 or 3 years ago. There is a news report that GW Bush's twin daughters pariticpated in a running race, last week and registered to participate, under assumed names. Please don't point out that secuirty requires this secretive approach. There was enough tension in the world in 1999 to excuse Chelsea Clinton from close press scrutiny, and...it didn't seem to happen. The six months (or less) that GW Bush lived in Alaska, in the mid '70's has never received detailed press coverage, and the press simply accepts that Bush declines to discuss that period. Rumors that Bush was on an assignment for his CIA director father, during that period, have not been widely reported. In comparison to other POTUS and their families, this is the most press "sheltered" family in modern times.This can only occur with the cooperation of a neutral press, not with a press that has a marked "liberal" slant. I'm am not out to try to prove that the opposite is true of the mega corporate conglomerate owned press...that they harbor a conservative bias. I'm simply saying that they forego in depth reporting, probably because of the strong preferences of the Bush family, that they do restrain their investigation and coverage of the Bush family. A press with a liberal slant, would not.....I'm talking every major press outlet, "back off", just because the Bush's prefer that they do. But....they do....so.... It is news that, given the RNC's recent push to use gay marriage as a wedge issue in campaigning, that such major figures in the House and in the RNC, are closeted gays. The corporate press outlets don't report about it. The ommission is galring and obvious, and the Clinton era showed that, when it comes to reporting about the sex lives of nationally prominent political figures, all bets are off....except when it comes to reporters asking closeted gay republicans, probing questions. A liberal press would have been expected to blunt the RNC designed gay wedge issue in the 2004 campaing, and it didn't happen, because, Dreier, Mehlman, Jay Bannning, and Dan Gurley weren't even asked whether they were gay, by a mega corporate press reporter, not one!