Posted on 08/11/2006 9:42:44 PM PDT by freedom44
In the interview, Ahmadinejad said of the Bush administration, "see how they talk down to my nation."
During the midst of the American hostage crisis in 1979, Wallace interviewed Iranian leader Khomeini, locking eyes with the cleric when he asked for a response to Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat calling Khomeini a lunatic.
Of Ahmadinejad, Wallace said, "He's an impressive fellow, this guy. He really is. He's obviously smart as hell."
Wallace said he was surprised to find that the Iranian president was still a college professor who taught a graduate-level course.
"You'll find him an interesting man," he said. "I expected more of a firebrand. I don't think he has the slightest doubt about how he feels ... about the American administration and the Zionist state. He comes across as more rational than I had expected."
Ahmadinejad, of course, is the same leader who routinely questions whether or not the holocaust actually happened in Europe and makes almost weekly calls to wipe Israel off the map.
And Wallace uses the word "rational" to describe this man.
Also, let Wallace's last comment about "the Zionist state" sink in for a moment. Wallace isn't quoting Ahamdinejad; those are Wallace's own words.
Zionist state. Nice, Mike.
Personally, this seems to be about equivalent to some enterprising reporter interviewing Hitler after Munich in the 1930's, listening to his spiel about how the "Jewry" is destroying Europe and then coming back and telling everyone at home about how Adolf seems pretty "rational."
The only difference between Hitler and Ahmadinejad being, of course, that Hitler eventually fulfilled his desires to slaughter Jews. So far Ahamdinejad has only been able to accomplish that through proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas.
Wallace is clearly senile.
Another "Dan Rather Moment."
My Mama used to say "there's no fool, like an old fool".
"Peace in our time!"
Too polite.
Mike Wallace has no business criticizing Dan Rather, The two of them are equally idiotic
Describing, in this fashion, this dangerous, mentally unstable barbarian who runs Iran, sounds par for the course with respect to an idiot talking potato-head from the MSM. And, at 88 years old, probably a senile one too.
Liberals just won't rest until their quest for "peace" completely destroys us.
What an idiot! You could argue Hitler was "smart as hell" too, but what moron would!
I always thought Wallace was a bit more objective then his looney cohorts on 60 minutes, and when he dissed Rather I thought he made sense....but the years are catching up with him for sure.....he was babbling on tonight in a phone interview and kept saying how inpressed he was with Imadinnerjacket......drooling all the time I'm sure
He needs to wipe his face too...
Wallace said the same thing about Adolf Hitler. Maybe not.
Throughout history, people have often commented on how personally engaging and intelligent some of the world's most notorious and ruthless killers where, including Hitler and Stalin.
at this point in time, would he not find bright colored light impressive
"Wallace is clearly senile."
I don't know about these reporter journalist pigs.. do anything for a story.
They cross the line and become traitors.
MSM "journalists" love dictators and maniacal heads of state. Always have, always will.
That letter of peace he wrote to Bush was asking him to become a muslim...if you didn't hell would break loose....what a deluded, radical scumbag he really is.....and Wallace is not far behind him...
Besides, how can Wallace even interview a terrorist, he's one of the ones involved in the taking of Americans in 1979. WALLACE...YOU'RE A DISGRACE...
He's one step from sitting in a wheelchair wearing diapers and drippling applesauce down his chin. Mentally, he's just like he always was, a traitorous anti-American leftist.
Oh, and Meester Jeweesh Mike, you are on dee list for death first. Tanks for dee visit, moron.
BINGO, "journalists" feel they have landed the "BIG ONE" when they get the chance to meet the face of evil they have been defending
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