"That was the speech of an American Emperor" -- Jon Meacham, managing ...

[Bozita]

... editor, Newsweek

It was on Tweety's MSNBC SOTU wrap up.

I'm still recovering.

[DalvaThree]

1. woah! what did the others say?

what was the context?

[AwakeAtLast]

2. An emperor without clothes. eom

[givemebackmycountry]

3. No that's not right, I heard it...

He distinctly said "That was the speech of an American Chimperor"

I'm almost sure!

:puke:

[jdj]

4. okay, was he being sarcastic or serious?

and furthermore, this doesn't bode well for people like Alexander and Julius Ceasar. I mean, did the BMOC's back then have this kind of p.r. as well? probably, and in reality I bet they were nerdy schmucks.

[Bozita]

7. He seemed serious, got called on it, and replied by saying ...

... something like "emperor of democracy."

[bling bling]

8. Oooooh. Ok. Now I get it.

"Emperor"...of democracy. So I guess we could also call him the "dictator"...of democracy. Got it.

[WesClarkRocks]

13. He was definitely serious

[killbotfactory]

5. Emporers are bad, mmmkay?

Did he say it like it was a good thing?

[ClarkUSA]

6. Newsweek's Meachum is definitely pro-Bush GOP talking points

That's why when I hear people here quoting Newsweek's Howard Fineman, I cringe.

[moggie12]

9. Newsweek's Feb 7th issue is great: Cover is "Special Report-Iraq

I especially liked the article called "A Grim March of Missteps". One of the things they said was that Gen. Abizaid asked for more soldiers after Tommy Franks left. He submitted it in draft form, per standard procedure, but was told not to finalize it. This allows Rumsfeld to say that he did not ever "receive a request" for more troops. Lies, lies, and more lies.

[driver8]

10. Is that a good thing??

I thought emperors were bad.

[flordehinojos]

11. was there admiration in his voice, or was there detestation, loathing,

hatred and dislike?

[Bozita]

12. I detected no admiration -- He seemed sincere

I think he regretted it a moment later. Like when someone called him on it.