I am so glad you said this.
Condi did just fine. I was reading these disparaging posts and thought I was at DU for a moment.
I do think Bradley badgered her a bit. I suspect that ole Ed wanted to look like a tougher than nails Journalist and wasn't about to take no stuff.
It was only a 12 minute interview, but we don't know, maybe that's all Condi wanted.
The best response Condi gave was the one that had to get out there. Forget all the rest. Yeah, Ed asked her the silly "more attacks after 9/11 than before". She zinged him good with her reply that with each attack the terrorists got braver, that they figured we had no fight. She also mentioned how we ran from Somalia. She was able to list the attacks and the truth was on her side. With each attack they got more vicious.
Ed asked her again about the less attacks before 9/11 than after and Condi said "They know we're at war with them."
What Dem could have given a more perfect answer?
John Q and Mary Soccer Mom understand this. My assessment is America went away from that interview glad the adults are in charge.
It's interesting, in my experience, here in the boring midwest, that is not at all my experience. The media is having less and less of an effect on people, exactly because they've overplayed their hand. There is one guy in my golf group, who about five years ago, made a case that the media wasn't really biased. Today, he doesn't try that angle anymore, but it's because he's generally laughed off the tee box!