A former ABC news employee I've known for many years, who worked in the same New York City headquarters as John Green, called to tell me that he's not surprised by Green's September 30, 2004 email. Bush had used the "mixed messages" line several times in attacking the Kerry's position on Iraq during their debate in Coral Gables, Florida. From Drudge:
ABC NEWS EXEC: 'BUSH MAKES ME SICK'; E-MAIL REVEALED **Exclusive** A top producer at ABC NEWS declared "Bush makes me sick" in an email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. John Green, currently executive producer of the weekend edition of GOOD MORNING AMERICA, unloaded on the president in an ABC company email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. "If he uses the 'mixed messages' line one more time, I'm going to puke," Green complained. The blunt comments by Green, along with other emails obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT, further reveal the inner workings of the nation's news outlets.
The former ABC employee told me that the anti-Republican attitude was pervasive in the news division. One time, in particular, during the 2000 Florida recount, this person overheard (and will "never forget") a vice president of the news desk tell another senior news desk member in the hallway that, "I hate the f**cking Republicans." I know. What a shock!