Posted on 07/14/2004 4:51:34 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
At the risk of running afoul of the "no posts about DU" rule, I can't help but pass along this gem I just found there. A poster was complaining about the interview and about Katie in general:
"I saw the interview and thought why the hell does any democrat agree to talk to that woman? She can't even hide her partisan nature."
That's right. Katie Couric is a Republican partisan. It's official: the world has stopped turning on its axis.
As a former democrat I don't by Edward's spin. I am a hardworking provider to my family of six and I see who's hand is in my wallet.
Besides, as a family man, I also understand the word "values."
Come to think of it, I also recall several other Gangel interviews with other Bushes. She must be their Designated Interviewer - one of the few members of the liberal media they trust not to hijack them.
GO LAURA GO!!!!
E. Pilot, God bless you!
Every time I hear a politician say: "I take full responsibility for my vote." It really boils my blood. In my book, that's insubordination. You work for me Smiley. I am the one that holds you responsible and accountable for your actions.
Holy smokes! I'm glad I didn't actually see this, I would have keeled over from shock!
However, I still stand by my moratorium on television in my house.
Edwards then actually repeated, for the 1,000,007th time, "my father worked in a mill, and I was the first person in my family who went to college
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Cheney worked for phone/or electric company in Wyoming climbing poles when he was young. Rugged job.
Edwards never got his hands dirty as far as I know. I tend to believe we all would have heard about it. :)
It might be premature, but that has never stopped me before. I expect that a lot of the Clinton Lovers will soon go negative on Kerry-Edwards. The test might be whether they also become positive on Bush-Cheney. I still look for Hillary to be on the ballot this year by hook or by crook.
Some mornings thing happen that make me think I woke up in an alternate universe.
Katie didn't gah-gah over Edwards? Katie actually asked journalistically difficult questions of the Dem candidate? Wow. Next, someone will tell me al-Jazeera decides to have a Code of Ethics.
Maybe this is a dream.
Ouch!
Did he actually say this? Is there a transcript on the NBC website?
"[W]hy the hell does any democrat agree to talk to that woman?"
LOL, it's pretty funny the way EVERYBODY hates the media. I guess bias is, to a certain extent, in the eye of the beholder.
Where they under the influence of drugs?
Couric must have had a brain fart.
My thoughts after reading the exchange between Couric and Edwards were along the lines of "what a bitch". Her comments were catty and sarcastic, not intended to shed any light on any issues, just kicking up more tabloid dirt. That's all these people are about anymore. I think Bush's strategy of avoiding these jerks, like the NAACP, is the most sane and sensible approach. Why participate in letting these people Mau-Mau you, even if you're a Democrat? Why watch?
I can't say it's a verbatim transcipt, but be assured that it's a fair account of his remarks. And he definitely used the phrase about growing up in "the bright light of America." I recall that specifically because it seemed a bit off kilter. Normally of course to say that you are in the "bright light" is akin to saying you are in the spotlight, or under the microscope, which is not of course what he meant. Instead, it was a clunky way of reaching for a "sunny morning in America" metaphor.
Where they under the influence of drugs?
Couric must have had a brain fart.
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