Monday, May 17, 2004
Michael Berg Blames Bush After Kerry's Phone Call -Update #2
When John Kerry called Nick Berg’s Father, what did John Kerry say to Michael Berg?
Before Kerry’s call.
MICHAEL BERG, NICK BERG'S FATHER: That's really what cost my son his life, was the fact that the United States government saw fit to keep him in custody for 13 days without any of his due process or civil rights.
After Kerry's Call.
BERG: Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. The al Qaeda people are probably just as bad as they are.
We are still working on this time line.
AMERICAN MORNING -Aired May 13, 2004 - 9:00 -10:00 ET
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR stated that Sen. John Kerry had called the father of Nick Berg.
Meanwhile Back to Arkansas.
WALLACE, CNN:... John Kerry was in Arkansas, he was talking in an interview to a Little Rock reporter and he volunteered the information that he had spoken to Michael Berg in conveying his outrage about what happened to his son.
After Kerry had spoken to Michael Berg.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After three days of silence and seclusion, Nick Berg's father emerged. There were no tears, instead forceful accusations.
BERG: Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. The al Qaeda people are probably just as bad as they are.
BERG: I would like to ask George Bush a question. I would like to ask him if it's true that al Qaeda offered to trade my son's life for the life of another person.
After Kerry heard Michael Berg's statement and knowing this may backfire on him.
WALLACE, CNN:...The national press corps was following up and asking John Kerry about that. He said, No, no, no, it's private, I'm not going to talk about it. A reporter said, But you just talked about it in an interview. He said, No, it's private.
Meanwhile back at CNN.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN: When we spoke to Michael Berg this morning, we asked him, "Has anyone from the U.S. government gotten in touch with you?"
And the father said he's only heard from one U.S. Senator. (Sen. John Kerry)
WOLF BLITZER REPORTS-Aired May 13, 2004 - 17:00 ET
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he's spoken with Nick Berg's father, Michael. Kerry says America needs to do a more effective job of winning the war on terror.
Meanwhile Kerry realizes he has his pedicured foot in his mouth again.
WALLACE, CNN: A spokesman for John Kerry saying, It is private, but indicating he thought that Michael Berg or the family reached out to John Kerry. (In other words, Michael Berg called Kerry. Another Flip Flop for Kerry.)
NEIL BOOTZ May 14, 2004 9:00 ET
SORRY, MR.. BERG. BUT YOU'RE OUT OF LINE
CBLOUNTBLOGS May 15.2004 3:00 ET
Our Researchers and Analysis sent emails to CNN, asking "what did Kerry say to Michael Berg?"
ON THE STORY CNN: Aired May 15, 2004 - 10:00 ET
MALVEAUX, CNN: Maria, do you think this has become political in some ways? Because I had heard that Senator Kerry spoke with the father of Berg. Is there a sense that there are players here who are using this tragic death for their own gain?
There is just no imaginable way to understand the grief of Michael Berg. We are willing to give him a pass. But, should we give Kerry a pass?
Story still developing.....
So come back to CBlountBlogs and look for Updates.
Update #1
The Berg dilemma
"John Kerry put in a condolence call to Michael Berg. Kerry, "He feels let down by those who should have been protecting his son."
Michael Berg,..is a proud member of ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a Stalinist sect that regards the Democratic Party as part and parcel of the colonialist, imperialist, racist, war-mongering monstrosity that is America.
Not the best sidekick for a candidate trying to become Mr. National Security.
Update #2
Lessons Unlearned-Bush Beheaded Nick Berg
Ben Johnson: Like Berg, some on the Left have outrageously blamed the Bush administration for Berg’s beheading – not figuratively but literally.
One poster at the leftist Daily Kos website insisted, “As soon as I heard about this, I knew it was a setup by the Bush Administration."
Indymedia,“I'm sure it's a CIA operation.”...“i’m quite sure the killing of nick berg was an cia action.”
Pravda printed, “Could N. Berg’s Execution be Fake?”
Gentle poet tells us, "it wasn’t Bush – it was the filthy Jews."
Portland Indymedia bizarrely connected Berg’s beheading to the passage of a tax cut bill through the Senate.
The best tribute a father could pay to his son’s memory is to stop apologizing for those who killed him, associating with those who revile him and antagonizing those who seek to avenge him.
When John Kerry called Nick Berg’s Father, what did John Kerry say to Michael Berg?
Before Kerry’s call.
MICHAEL BERG, NICK BERG'S FATHER: That's really what cost my son his life, was the fact that the United States government saw fit to keep him in custody for 13 days without any of his due process or civil rights.
After Kerry's Call.
BERG: Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. The al Qaeda people are probably just as bad as they are.
We are still working on this time line.
AMERICAN MORNING -Aired May 13, 2004 - 9:00 -10:00 ET
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR stated that Sen. John Kerry had called the father of Nick Berg.
Meanwhile Back to Arkansas.
WALLACE, CNN:... John Kerry was in Arkansas, he was talking in an interview to a Little Rock reporter and he volunteered the information that he had spoken to Michael Berg in conveying his outrage about what happened to his son.
After Kerry had spoken to Michael Berg.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After three days of silence and seclusion, Nick Berg's father emerged. There were no tears, instead forceful accusations.
BERG: Nicholas Berg died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. The al Qaeda people are probably just as bad as they are.
BERG: I would like to ask George Bush a question. I would like to ask him if it's true that al Qaeda offered to trade my son's life for the life of another person.
After Kerry heard Michael Berg's statement and knowing this may backfire on him.
WALLACE, CNN:...The national press corps was following up and asking John Kerry about that. He said, No, no, no, it's private, I'm not going to talk about it. A reporter said, But you just talked about it in an interview. He said, No, it's private.
Meanwhile back at CNN.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN: When we spoke to Michael Berg this morning, we asked him, "Has anyone from the U.S. government gotten in touch with you?"
And the father said he's only heard from one U.S. Senator. (Sen. John Kerry)
WOLF BLITZER REPORTS-Aired May 13, 2004 - 17:00 ET
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he's spoken with Nick Berg's father, Michael. Kerry says America needs to do a more effective job of winning the war on terror.
Meanwhile Kerry realizes he has his pedicured foot in his mouth again.
WALLACE, CNN: A spokesman for John Kerry saying, It is private, but indicating he thought that Michael Berg or the family reached out to John Kerry. (In other words, Michael Berg called Kerry. Another Flip Flop for Kerry.)
NEIL BOOTZ May 14, 2004 9:00 ET
SORRY, MR.. BERG. BUT YOU'RE OUT OF LINE
CBLOUNTBLOGS May 15.2004 3:00 ET
Our Researchers and Analysis sent emails to CNN, asking "what did Kerry say to Michael Berg?"
ON THE STORY CNN: Aired May 15, 2004 - 10:00 ET
MALVEAUX, CNN: Maria, do you think this has become political in some ways? Because I had heard that Senator Kerry spoke with the father of Berg. Is there a sense that there are players here who are using this tragic death for their own gain?
There is just no imaginable way to understand the grief of Michael Berg. We are willing to give him a pass. But, should we give Kerry a pass?
Story still developing.....
So come back to CBlountBlogs and look for Updates.
Update #1
The Berg dilemma
"John Kerry put in a condolence call to Michael Berg. Kerry, "He feels let down by those who should have been protecting his son."
Michael Berg,..is a proud member of ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a Stalinist sect that regards the Democratic Party as part and parcel of the colonialist, imperialist, racist, war-mongering monstrosity that is America.
Not the best sidekick for a candidate trying to become Mr. National Security.
Update #2
Lessons Unlearned-Bush Beheaded Nick Berg
Ben Johnson: Like Berg, some on the Left have outrageously blamed the Bush administration for Berg’s beheading – not figuratively but literally.
One poster at the leftist Daily Kos website insisted, “As soon as I heard about this, I knew it was a setup by the Bush Administration."
Indymedia,“I'm sure it's a CIA operation.”...“i’m quite sure the killing of nick berg was an cia action.”
Pravda printed, “Could N. Berg’s Execution be Fake?”
Gentle poet tells us, "it wasn’t Bush – it was the filthy Jews."
Portland Indymedia bizarrely connected Berg’s beheading to the passage of a tax cut bill through the Senate.
The best tribute a father could pay to his son’s memory is to stop apologizing for those who killed him, associating with those who revile him and antagonizing those who seek to avenge him.
