OK, now I think we can pretty much tell how much of a "Close personal friend" Komrade Brokaw is of our President. "W" also publicly referrs to Tom Daschelle and Ted Kennedy as his "friends", despite the well established fact that they have done whatever is in their power to discredit, undermine, and sabbotage the Bush Presidency. I think that it's safe to assume that such "friends" can be expected to continually backstab, slander, and malign President Bush and his Administration for as long as they are able to.
Gee, it sure is nice to think of an "Administration" in the White House instead of a "Syndicate".

Did you catch the President's remarks yesterday about how he won't let his dog "Barney" into the Oval Office, 'cause the carpet is too new? Do we need to be reminded of what the previous Chief Executive did all over the old carpet?

Did Brokaw (or any of his mainstream media Komrades) tell you about how much money Joe Leiberman took from ENRON? And despite AG Ashcroft's recusing himself in order to avoid "the appearance of impropriety", who is it that sees no problem at all with leading the Senate investigation into ENRON, hmmm?
Care to look into that so I don't have to spell it out for you?
I think we can all safely assume that "friends" Brokaw et al will continue to convieniently "overlook" certain facts which may not be compatable with their established political agenda. In standard English usage, they call that "Propoganda", no?
There are other facts as well which we are not supposed to be aware of - like ENRON lawyers' previous relations with the Klinton Syndicate, and the stark distinction of how Contributors were treated by the Syndicate (overnights in the Licoln Bedroom, exports of military technology laws bypassed etc.) vs. the current Administration, who rebuffed ENRON Executive's pleas for "special treatment" or Government favors.
If you are depending on Brokaw for your information about how the World turns, you are getting a very one-sided perspective, my friends. And unlike those media giants, I will not intentionally or knowingly lie to you. Ever.

...And Bush and Cheney are supposed to be profiting from "Big Oil", eh? Did Brokaw ever tell you about how much Klinton's cronies made off of the "Strategic oil reserves" that were tapped for New England's Winter needs about 3 years ago and, as far as can be determined, sold to Japan or other overseas buyers instead of going to releive the energy needs of freezing Americans?
How much stock in Oriental Oil did Al Gore hold when the Government's Oak Grove Oil Reserve in California was sold off to the highest bidder? Surely Dan Rather advised us of that... didn't he?

No problem when Queen Hitlary can wangle a $1,000 investment in cattle futures (one of the riskiest markets of all, we are told) into $10,000 very quickly, but President B. is a villian just for KNOWING Enron Execs. And we have not heard of how much he personally profited from Enron - somehow I think if there WAS any such gain, we would have heard about it loud and clear by now.

If you regularly suckle your brains at the breast of NBC, CBS, or ABC (and their clones) you will probably not have the slightest clue as to the flagrant double-standard applied to Republicans by Democrats and their eager collaborators in the Press.

By the way; thanks for the "reality check", M. Ted. Actually, I have been checking.

You?