Get in line RIV.
Just finished watching most of MTP, it was a bit hysterical today.
To begin with Andrea deserves an Oscar or Emmy for wearing at least ten pounds of face makeup for a single hour of t.v., no on else in history has every worn as much makeup I fear.
Chucky started out saying how deeply saddened he was because GW does not ask the Senate how to wage war and how so many things will now have to be reviewed after the SC's recent rulings.(excuse me while I hurl for a while)
Mitch McConnell rightly pointed out that the enemy(the out of uniform terrorists)are not subject to the rules of the Geneva conf. A fact that the rats seem to foreget all too often.
Meanwhile in true hillary clinton style, Shoomer was trying to take both sides of every issue there was even his numerous spats with the sainted one aunt hill.--Problem is shooomer is too dumb to effect all the necessary nuances of triangulation and simply comes off as a fool.
On the release of classified intel by the NYT andrea says that Richard Clark said it was o.k.(Bennett later reminded her what a dud Clark was)
One of the biggest disappointments of the panel was William Sapphire who basically caved big time when it came to supporting his paper, the slimes, about giving away,printing, valued intel. From now on he will never ever have any credibility with me. I amssuer he was under enormous pressue but when you sell out the troops to keep your job you might as well quit yourself.He really lost it when he stated that; "I'm hip to this stuff "as if he really did have a clue which he doesn't.
Bill Bennett was better than I ever dreamed as he truthfully pointed out he was the only conservative on the panel. He was brave enough to go up agasint the NYT and at one point, after Dana the evil Priest made a comment about gambling, you sort of got the feeling that Bennet would have like to have taken his mighty arm and just slapped her right against the wall, but then he is way too much of a gentleman to do that( I wouldn't have been).
Bennett really nailed the entire panel when he asked is it right for the public to challenge the press when they go too far? No on had a good response to that.
The wall street journal guy kept trying to spin the free speech part of his excuse for siding with the terrorists while Dana priest just came off as an absolute zero, and got pretty upset with Bennett a few times when he told what a traitor she really was in very eloquent terms.
Bennett closed the show with an outstanding commentIf people get hurt, people get killed, the press is responsiblehe was truly spectacular.
WOW. Thanks for your excellent summary!
Thanks Rodguy! Great items.
Bennett, and others, have been nailing Dana Priest for some time now. He has made comments about her so I'm not surprised she's doing a little pay-back at him. If I remember right, I think Bennett said she deserved to be in jail, not getting a Pulitzer Prize. LOL
That was an excellent question by Bennett
The most revealing part of the discussion (not discounting the clear evidence that Dana Priest is an arrogant, self-serving little bitch) was that William Safire came across as senile or delusional. Not one of his arguments made any sense. Sad...
Yea! What happened? Nobody mentioned the weekend Juan Williams smack down! The look on Brit Humes face, at one point, was great. Better was when Brit told Juan that NO, not everybody is going to be happy with terrorists getting Geneva Convention benefits or being treated under the same rules American Military have. Also a minor one as Juan made a comment on how the US Supreme Court is outside the realm of politics. (Brit almost burst out laughing.)
Scandalous [Jonah Goldberg]
Today's "Meet the Press" roundtable, still going, is a scandal of media egocentrism. With the exception of Bill Bennett, the groupthink on display is staggering. Criticizing the media is inherently silly according to this papal conclave of journalists. Any criticism is either an example of know-nothing populism or cynical electioneering, according to Dana Priest, Bill Safire, John Harwood et al. Journalists are always heroes and leakers should never be prosecuted. We're always right, no matter what.Posted at 11:17 AMIt's just an outrageous display of self-importance.
I never saw him so disturbed.......rightfully disturbed.