Dan Rather is said to be on the way out at CBS. Some would say down and out. Media Research Center has this look back on the former CBS news anchor… “The new Republican majority in Congress took a big step today on its legislative agenda to demolish or damage government aid programs, many of them designed to help children and the poor.” — Leading off the March 16, 1995 CBS Evening News. “Republicans kill the bill to clean up sleazy political fundraising. The business of dirty campaign money will stay business as usual.” — CBS Evening News, February 26, 1998. “There was no doubt Republicans in the House had enough votes tonight to pass another key item in their agenda to rip up or re-write government programs going back to the Franklin Roosevelt era. It is a bill making it harder, much harder, to protect health, safety, and the environment.” — CBS Evening News, February 28, 1995. “On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush’s federal budget blueprint. This includes his big tax cut plan, partly bankrolled, critics say, through cuts in many federal aid programs for children and education.” — Continue reading →
