John,
In the military I had a reputation for speaking candidly, sometimes in an edgy way, and often on what others were thinking but not saying out loud.
This attitude got me in trouble with the journalism industry the other day when I calmly told a CNN reporter, he was a “liberal” hack.
Predictably, his entire industry melted down in response. How dare someone – a woman, perhaps? – “lash out” at a reporter like that! In a hallway, no less!
The pearl-clutching was more over-the-top than I could have ever imagined.
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It’s not that I have personal contempt for the reporter, his industry or even the question he asked. I am not attacking First Amendment rights; I put my life on the line for them.
It’s just that I think it is ridiculous that the liberal media won’t be honest with themselves or you.
I’ve known people who fought and died for this country. They didn’t sacrifice themselves for a country in which we have to tiptoe around the truth in Arizona or Washington.
So here’s my continued pledge to you – to tell you the truth. To explain my votes. And to call ‘em like I see ‘em.
And if that means towel-snapping a reporter every now and then to remind them that we are all in on the joke, I’ll be the first one in line to do it.
In Service,
Martha McSally
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