Dan Rather leaves CBS News after 24 Years.

Bye Dan.

I think he waited till after the election to make his announcement and I think it had less to do with his errors in reporting and more to do with him being seventy-three fuckin' years old.

Oh yeah, if either one of you dirty commie Canadians comes near me with a rolled up news paper, I'm going to make it a point to shit on your carpet and piss on your couch.

I, for one, will miss lines like these:

Do you hear that knocking...President Bush's re-election is at the door."

"This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex."

"His lead is as thin as turnip soup."

"This race is humming along like Ray Charles."

"The presidential race is swinging like Count Basie."

"This race is hotter than the Devil's anvil."

"Ohio becomes like a sauna for the two candidates. All they can do is wait and sweat."

"One's reminded of that old saying, 'Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.'"

"This situation in Ohio would give an aspirin a headache.''

"Bush is sweeping through the South like a big wheel through a cotton field."

"What Kerry needs at this point is the equivalent of Tom Brady coming off the bench to rescue him. But it's still too close to call."

"No question now that Kerry's rapidly reaching the point where he's got his back to the wall, his shirttails on fire and the bill collector's at the door."

(To Joe Lockhart) "I know that you'd rather walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit than consider the possibility that John Kerry would lose Ohio."

(To Joe Lockhart) "What about Michigan? It's been out there for a long time. Is that making your fingernails sweat?"

"We keep talking about Ohio if you've been tuning in and out or you put the baby to bed or you went to pop the cap on an adult, or otherwise, beverage..."

"We used to say if a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun."

"No one is saying that George Bush is not going to win the election, and if you had to bet the double-wide, you'd have to bet that he'd win."

"In southern states they beat him like a rented mule."

"If you try to read the tea leaves before the cup is done you can get yourself burned."

"We need Billy Crystal to Analyze This"

"You know that old song, 'it's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely' for President Bush in most areas of the country."

"We had a slight hitch in our giddy up, but we corrected that."

"In some ways, George Bush's lead is as thin as November ice."

"Put on a cup of coffee, this race isn't going to be over for a while."

"You look at the map and say it's all a big Bush victory. But this is one time when your Mother is right, looks can be deceiving."

"John Kerry's moon has just moved behind a cloud, as far as Florida is concerned."

On Kerry's chances: "To use a metaphor, he's gotta draw to an inside straight. But hey, sometimes you get lucky and hit that straight."

"Is it like a swan, with every feather above the water settled, but under the water paddling like crazy?"



[Edited on Nov 24, 2004 by Point_Blank]

blah blah blah. and Fox News maintained such sound journalistic integrity when it beat to death the swift boat flap...

as for your assessment of the war, who else will you have left to blame for its inept implementation? rather will be gone. saddam was caught in december. the neo cons have control of all branches of government. kerry lost. clinton hasn't been president in 4 years.

perhaps the rhetoric goes over great in peoria, but for those who, you know, know you are lying becuase we actually pay attention and research the inane talking points, it's laughable at best.

take some responsibility for your party's great failures. you guys are supposed to be all about accountability.