Condoleezza Rice on 60 Minutes Live Thread [7pm EST, Sunday 3/28]

CBS News ^ | 3-28-04 | CBS News

[GraniteStateConservative]

I was waiting for this to go up. We're about t-minus one hour from it (depending on how long Duke-Xavier goes, I guess). Too bad it's not going to be a long interview like Clarke had. I've noticed that 60 Minutes are not promoting this either. The commercial I just saw advertised the story on soccer phenom Freddy Adu, not the story on Rice or Pickering. I also discovered from the link referenced above that Rice spoke to them this morning and not yesterday as I'd heard would be the case before. Bill Kristol predicted this morning that Rice might say that if this is really such a big deal that she'll testify in public under oath as she's been badgered to do. I don't think Bill has a good track record on predicting news, so take that with a grain of salt. By the way, go Xavier-- I had Duke losing before now in my office pool bracket, but my opponents have them winning it all.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I agree. If Rice were to become a democrat, they'd love her.

Why is Clarence Thomas viewed more negatively than Rice or Watts by blacks?

[rave123]

Rice, and Watts have never tried to hide or run from being black. Clarence Thomas give the impression he hates it.

[rave123]

What are you implying? That she knew she would be set up, so why go there?

[asav78]

"(Condoleezza) Rice said that when Bush met with his top advisers on Sept. 15, 2001, "not a single one of the president's principal advisers suggested that he do anything more than go after Afghanistan, and that's what we did." Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz was at that meeting and did suggest that Iraq should be attacked, as described in detail in Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward's book "Bush at War.""

Excerpt from: "Rice Defends Refusal To Testify"
Washington Post (3/29/04)

[Joy Angela]

This push to get Ms. Rice to testify could leak
vital information to America's enemies!

It is also 'the enemies' strategy to degrade
our American Officials and degrade President Bush.

The Enemy *is* Within!

The Enemy *is* Senator Hillary Clinton.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Didn't we all know she'd be set up?

I'm just reeling from the onslaught of garbage from Clarke, Ben-Veniste, Paul O'Neill, and the rest of the socialist appeasers.

I've had faith that the Administration was in control -- until recently. Three-dollars per gallon gasoline this summer will doom Bush's reelection.

Victory in Iraq was supposed to increase the flow of oil to our shores.

Who's capping the wells?

If the past three years have shown anything, it's that the Euro-fascist-socialists are coming on stronger than ever, and from the unlikeliest of places. Our own backyards.

[onyx]

Do we think Rice is such a spectacular speaker?




Don't know about you, but yes, I think she's a fabulous speaker.
One mistake: she should have insisted on NO EDITING.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Thanks for an important and under-ported link.

If Dr. Rice appears before the Commission under-oath, the game is over. We lose.

[Syncro]

The cutting room floor must be knee deep in edited tape.

That is where all the good stuff is, positive or negative.

Your other comment:

Don't know about you, but yes, I think she's a fabulous speaker.
One mistake: she should have insisted on NO EDITING.

Amen to that!

But that is the opposition and the media's job...edit for the best spin.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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The Enemy Within BEN-VENISTE's leaking National Security Advisor RICE's secret 9/11 Commission testimony was just covered by none other than...

...RUSH LIMBAUGH.

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[CyberAnt]

I haven't seen station ratings for awhile - but the last I saw, FNC was leading CBS by double digits. That's not good news for CBS; based on overall viewership - not just one program.

[ConservativeMan55]

John Kerry owes me a new computer.

[CyberAnt]

I didn't watch it because I knew the Pickering story. I'm amazed CBS did such a great job of showing the public what a great judge Pickering will be.

Hopefully, this will put Daschle/Schummer out of business with their attack on the President's "recess appointments".

[oceanview]

not even close, people have got to get a clue here, just because we don't watch the networks, doesn't mean anything.

example here:

http://www.canoe.ca/TelevisionRatings/us.html

16.2 million people saw the Clarke 60 Minutes piece, the NBC nightly news gets 10.7 million viewers, ABC gets 9.5 million, CBS 8.4 million.

OReilly gets just over 2 million on a good night, Brit Hume gets something like 1.3 million.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

"No editing" is impossible unless she pays for the TV time herself.

I like Rice, but I think we need a stronger offense ASAP. The opposition seems to be going for the jugular this time around. And Republicans are notoriously polite.

Thank you very much.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Exactly! And Fox's audience is already converted.

Republicans need to watch Brokaw, Jennings and Rather just to see what the opposition is up to, and how partisan their reporting really is.

But always watch on non-Nielsen TVs.

[onyx]

But that is the opposition and the media's job...edit for the best spin.





Yes, and they do it with such glee.
I was thinking more along the lines of POTUS:
when he appears on MTP, he forbids editing.
Can't trust Russert either.

[Normal4me]

"just FIX it and don't let it happen again!

"You appear to be a proponent of a "dictatorship" in the USA, for without the muss and fuss of discussion we could very easily alleviate your concerns of these life frustrations by having the likes of "Saddam" as our omnipotent sayer to free us all of such concerns!"/>

No, not at all. I believe that the intelligence agencies were not working together or collaborating intelligence at the time. It has nothing to do with Clinton or Bush personally but the "government" in general. I (for some god forsaken reason) still believe that the government should answer to the people that employ them.

[onyx]

No editing" is impossible unless she pays for the TV time herself.



Not true.
POTUS is not edited on MTP.
Russert leaves the tape running.
Thank you very much.

[Swordmaker]

FWIW, they probably were shot at the same time. Networks will often "double-shoot" major interviews, with cameras on both reporter and subject.

Colonel,

I went back and rewatched the interview (Thanks to my DishNetwork PVR) and I have to disagree.

Not ONCE was there any talk over, Rice over Bradley or Bradley over Rice. Several times her comments were obviously truncated and Bradley's objections or re-direction edited in, again with no cross-talk. While they MAY have done the "double-shoot" technique, I still believe that Bradley's questions were shot after the fact for the purpose of exactly what we saw... a hit job. Had they used the "double-camera" shots, Bradley's rudeness would have been even more apparent, so they re-shot his half so Rice would appear to politely STOP TALKING whenever the omnipotent Bradley uttered a word!