Posted on 07/31/2006 5:15:29 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
July 31, 2006 - 07:57
There was a feeling of surreality this morning in watching the segment on Good Morning America. There was Chris Cuomo [son of Dem ex-NYS Gov. Mario, brother of Andrew, current Dem candidate for NYS Attorney General] chatting with former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos.
Was this an ABC 'news' interview - or had I mistakenly tuned to a CSPAN broadcast of a DNC coffee klatsch?
Cuomo had a fine line to walk. With brother Andy running for office in New York, being too critical of Israel could be impolitic. Chris focused on what came naturally: accusing the Bush administration of 'failure.'
Cuomo's opening question for Stephanopoulos: "The Secretary [of State Condi Rice] is in the air and she's heading to the U.N. Was this situation a failure for her and what needs to change when she hits the ground?"
George chose to characterize events in Qana as "a crushing blow" for Rice.
For Cuomo, what's important is not stopping Hezbollah terrorism. It's getting the UN involved: "Now the big question is when? We have the Secretary saying she believes she can get a resolution to the U.N. By this week. But is this overly optimistic?"
Chris wanted it on the record that even if the UN does act, the US will still pay a price: "Of course, the UN Resolution will come with the US losing a little leverage because of this tragedy."
The segment ended in unusual fashion. Cuomo noted that Qana - where this weekend's bombing occurred - "is also cited in the New Testament as the location where Jesus turned water into wine. According to the Gospels of John, this was Jesus' first miracle."
Call me a cranky conservative columnist, but MSM solicitude for the Gospels just happens to crop up in the context of making the Israelis look that much worse?
Good Morning America/NewsBusters DNC-coffee-klatsch ping to Today show list.
Everyone on the left is certifiably insane and harboring a death wish.
Of course there is no way to determine if Qana is the location of thewedding atwhich Jesus turned water into wine. It is one of a number of candidate towns and is typically considered third or fourth on the list of potential locales.
"Of course???", why "of course." Does Kofi's failure to withdraw unarmed observers from a post surrounded by Hezbollah and then his excited statement that the post was deliberately targeted lose him any leverage? I mean, he is actually responsible for those things. He is also a crook and an anti-semite, by the way. Does that lose him any "leverage?"
Mark, when did "Cana" become "Qana"? I know that the latter is now the official spelling, but was the name changed to reflect the sensitivities of Muslims?
I ques so ;-)
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Turin... Torino....
Qatar... "Cutter"
220, 221... whatever it takes.
BTW, I've also seen it spelled "Kana" this morning.
It's a Qana worms, I'm tellin' ya ;-)
I think it's both
I turned off GMA when Dopey Diane Sawyer started talking about the long-dead Jackie O.'s 77th would-be birthday. Let it go, people!
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