What Liberal Media? pt. 511
MSNBC’s O’Donnell labels anti-Iraq war protesters “extremists.”
O’DONNELL: You’re a Democrat running for Congress. It was reported that Republican leaders in your state were just thrilled that you had decided to align yourself with anti-war extremists. Do you think that this could affect your race for Congress?
ROWLEY: Well, I will quickly correct the record that they are not anti-war extremists. The majority of the people I saw down in Crawford were actually veterans groups. There were military families and –
O’DONNELL: But, Coleen, they do oppose the war in Iraq, do they not?
ROWLEY: Yes, they do. But that does not make, I guess the term extremists. They’re really, I think, reflective of mainstream America in many ways.
You might want to email her or MSNBC and ask why they considers 54% of the population to be extremists. Unlike, say, the American Taliban.