Chris Wallace Defends Bush Against Nixon Comparisons

December 2, 2008 · Filed Under Media

Jim Pinkerton of Fox News fame has an interesting inside account of what went down during the premier of “Frost/Nixon” in Washington, D.C.

After the film, the liberal audience was allowed to ask the liberal Bush hating/Nixon hating filmmakers questions. When one of the filmmakers proclaimed that “Frost/Nixon” was a metaphor for the Bush presidency — Chris Wallace chimed in.

But then “Fox News Sunday” anchorman Chris Wallace, braving the liberal wind, asked a question, which was actually more of an accusation. “To compare George W. Bush to Richard Nixon is to trivialize Nixon’s crimes and is a disservice to Bush,” Wallace said. Recalling that 3000 people were killed on 9-11, and noting that there hadn’t been any attacks on U.S. soil since, Wallace suggested that something had been done right. That’s why, he said, “we are all sitting here tonight so comfortably”—and not afraid of another terrorist attack. Moreover, Wallace said, “Richard Nixon’s crimes were committed solely for his own political gain, whereas George W. Bush was trying to protect the American people.” To suggest otherwise, Wallace insisted, “was a grave misrepresentation of history, then and now.” And, amazingly, Wallace received a smattering of applause.

Kudos to Wallace for not allowing that kind of liberal propaganda to go unanswered. Comparing anything Nixon did to George W. Bush is ludicrous in the extreme.

-Chris Jones