In Their Own Words

Some tasty quotes courtesy of Tom Tomorrow with interspersed snide comments from yours truly:

“I will bet you the best dinner in the gaslight district of San Diego that military action will not last more than a week.”
— Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Channel 1/29/03

How many dinners did he buy?

“There is a certain amount of pop psychology in America that the Shia can’t get along with the Sunni … There’s almost no evidence of that at all”
—Bill Kristol, radio interview 4/1/03

There is a certain amount of pop psychology in Neocon circles that military force and the promise of democracy can bend any people in the world to the will of the U.S.

“It’s amazing that more than two weeks into the liberation of Iraq … the anti-war crowd is still spinning a doomsday scenario.”
— Brendan Miniter, Opinionjournal.com 4/8/03

er…make that four years into the “liberation”...

“Over the next couple of weeks when we find the chemical weapons this guy was amassing … the left is going to have to hang its head for three or four more years.”
— Dick Morris, Fox News Channel 4/9/03

Over the next couple of years when the “situation” in Iraq doesn’t improve appreciably for the U.S., the right is going to have to hang its head for three or four more years.

“The war was the hard part … and it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is hard, but not as hard as winning a war.”
— Fred Barnes, Fox News Channel 4/10/03

This comment actually almost seems spot-on. Except for the part where he mentioned the war in the past tense.

“The three week swing through Iraq has utterly shattered skeptic’s complaints.”
— Tony Snow, Fox News Channel 4/13/03

Tony Snow, now making brilliant comments like this as the president’s spokesman.

“The only people who think this wasn’t a victory are Upper
West Side liberals, and a few people here in Washington.”
— Charles Krauthammer, Inside Washington 4/19/03

And more than 60% of the U.S. population.

“Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger … the women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president … we’re not like the Brits.”
— Chris Matthews, MSNBC 5/1/03

Matthews actually referred to dubya as a hero??! Putting on a flight suit and posing on an aircraft carrier doesn’t make you a hero Chris.

“We had controversial wars that divided the country. This war united the country and brought the military back.”
— Howard Fineman, MSNBC 5/7/03

No comment necessary.

“American Forces are being ‘love-bombed’ by Baghdadis on a daily basis … Everywhere they go, Americans are cheered and thanked profusely.”
— Mona Charen, syndicated column 5/9/03

When did they quit referring to them as ‘love-bombs’ and begin calling them IEDs?

“There is a lot of work yet to do, but all the naysayers have been humiliated so far … the final word on this is, hooray.”
— Morton Kondracke, Fox News Channel 4/12/03

I think Al Qaida is is the group saying hooray.

You know, I think these people owe the U.S. an apology (well, the owe the whole world one), but I’m not holding my breath. I also note how many of these comments were made on the Fox “News” Channel.