Posted on 10/28/2004 4:58:02 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Who cares - as per Drudge - that John Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense, said he believes that Russian troops “almost certainly” removed the high-explosive material that went missing?
The DNC playbook calls for this issue to be flogged from now till Election Day, the facts be damned. And The Today Show, good Dem team player that it is, wasn't about to stray from the party line.
Thus we were treated this morning to yet another half-hour devoted largely to the flogging of the story, with no real mention of the growing evidence that the weapons were gone by the time our troops entered the country.
To the contrary, with a disregard for truth and fairness that would be breathtaking but for the years of liberal bias that have inured us to such outrages, Matt Lauer, interviewing Rudy Giuliani, went so far as to suggest that W "admit the explosives were there, aren't there now, admit he made a mistake and take the blame."
Replied Rudy: "W shouldn't do that for the same reason [Kerry advisor] Holbrooke said: we don't know whether the weapons were there when our troops arrived. It's most likely they weren't there."
Lauer rejected the notion that it was likely the weapons weren't there. Instead, he insisted, taking a page from Kerry campaign ads: "doesn't it cut to the core of problem some people have with this president? He rarely admits to a mistake or accepts blame."
So that's the Dem/Today Show strategy: have W accept blame now, in time for the election, and sort out the facts later.
In other parts of the interview, Giuliani rejected Lauer's "helpful" suggestion that Kerry's reference to terrorism as a nuisance was merely an inartful phrasing. Rudy reviewed Kerry's record and concluded that there is no doubt he is not as tough on terror as W.
Lauer ran various scenarious by Rudy by which W would appoint him to various roles in a new administration, including VP. Rudy laughed them all off.
Finally, clearly expressing his own fondest dreams, Lauer pointed out that the Red Sox beat the Yankees, the New England Patriots beat theh NY Jets, the Dems had their convention in Boston, the GOP in NYC and concluded: "do you see where I'm going with this?"
In an earlier interview, Campbell Brown was surprisingly tough on John Edwards. She did give him free reign to spew his theory on the missing weapons, but then countered:
"But the weapons could have been missing before."
Edwards: "All we know is that they [the Bush admin] didn't do" what they should have."
Brown: "Aren't you playing to people's fears and anxieties?"
Edwards: "No - we want people to know the facts, and it's fair."
Brown: "You warned that the Pres. is thinking of raising the Social Security retirement age. But he never said that."
Breckster: "But members of the social security administration, who are part of the Bush admin, said it. And there are reports he said to a private group he wants to privatize Social Security."
In a telling admission about the Kerry campaign's disregard for the truth, he said of their variety of accusations: "It's fair game, and he can respond, that's what campaigns are about."
Brown then quoted Edwards' 'get out of your wheelchair and walk' line about stem cell research, and suggested that "some people feel you went a little over the top. How can you say that?"
Edwards gave a totally non-answer answer about Chris Reeve representing hope and that "the point is there's a dramatic difference between our positions." Guess that gives you a right to promise miracles.
In another telling moment, in response to Brown's question "what would be your relationship with Kerry, in contrast with W's relationship with Cheney?", Edwards spoke to his desires rather than to Kerry's plans.
Apparently fearing the worst, Edwards pouted that "I want to be involved in every issue, not in just one assigned area." Guess he can see the handwriting on the wall. In a hopefully-never-to-be Kerry administration, the Silky One knows he'd have a very small piece of the policy pie, and that the one with her thumb in everything would be the person footing the bills. Seems fair. After all, Teresa's experience is bigger than Edwards'.
Man.. You cannot be DUMBER than Matt Lauer.
Today Show ping.
saw it - Lauer foaming at the mouth - Kerry fell for it.
end of MSM!
Guess he needs to read Drudge this morning.
I truly don't know how you stomach this show every morning but thank you for doing this duty; I think it qualifies for combat pay :-)
I guess even he doesn't watch NBC news...
Lauer can't be serious?
And this is journalism? He sounds like a high school cheerleader.
What a weenie.
Now we know who the ostrich in the ad is. Matt Lauer. LOL.
How would you like to have the dramamine concession at HIS house ?
;->
I fear that the Kerry-MSN big lie approach may be working. It does not fool informed, intelligent people, but how informed and intelligent can those "undecided voters" be? Liberals have for years succeeded by lying to the ignorant, so why should they not succeed now?
I haven't watched a network news show, unless directed by freepers to a particular segment, in five years. It's not good for our health :-)
CNN is holding back on reporting the obvious this morning as they continue to carry Kerry's water.
As a brain cancer patient, and having had part of my brain cut out, it is good to know that even now I am smarter now that Matt Lauer and the would-be Vice-President Edwards ever will be.
So fast to point fingers whether the facts are there to back it up or not. Just like the question during the debate about homosexuality. Bush's answer was more honest when he said he didn't know if homosexuality was a choice or inherited. Kerry chose to point a finger at Cheney's daughter and put words in her mouth. He doesn't use facts or wait for the facts. He engages mouth first and then uses his brain. Do we want someone like that as President.
Actually, you can-if you're the Democratic candidate for President.
No doubt, and all best wishes to you.
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