By Paul Chesser on 12.2.08 @ 9:10AM
Chris Wallace of Fox News
stood up last night after a screening of Ron Howard's new
"Frost/Nixon" movie (opening Friday) to refute the notion put
forth by the moviemakers that President Bush is guilty of abuses
of power similar to (or even worse than) those of the former
president.
Chris Wallace of Fox News
stood up last night after a screening of Ron Howard's new
"Frost/Nixon" movie (opening Friday) to refute the notion put
forth by the moviemakers that President Bush is guilty of abuses
of power similar to (or even worse than) those of the former
president. The Washington Times reports:
"Richard Nixon's crimes were committed purely in the interest
of his own political gain," Mr. Wallace told Mr. Howard before
an audience of a few hundred after viewing the filmmakers new
film "Frost/Nixon," which is about the only U.S. president to
resign from office.
"I think to compare what Nixon did, and the abuses of power for
pure political self preservation, to George W. Bush trying to
protect this country — even if you disagree with rendition or
waterboarding — it seems to me is both a gross misreading of
history both then and now," Mr. Wallace said.
If you can stomach it, watch for
similar allegations later this week when CNN airs Christiane
Amanpour's special series on genocide, in which she likens
the atrocities committed by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge in the 1970s
to the present-day U.S. practice of waterboarding.
topics:
genocide
