TINY TIM RUSSERT

NBC NEWS GIANT Tiny Tim Russert had the usual suspects on Meet the Press and it was the usual criminal proceeding.  Senator Biden was asked about his statement where some people think the war is lost.  Biden does not think the war is lost.  Cut and run king of the cut and paste Senate irresolution resolution John Warner said there was no timetable, but troops will be withdrawn after the elections. Russert inflates on the questions and we deflate on the answers.  Politics is the strange mean business where people never say what they mean, but we should know what they mean by what they don’t say.  All of our braver “leaders” look for somebody else to be first. Oy.

RUSSERT QUESTIONS THAT NEED BETTER ANSWERS
Senator Biden, what's the problem when kids here in the United States sign up and go to boot camp and get ready, and we've done it in World War II, we did it in Korea, We did it in Vietnam, we did it Kosovo, we do it in Iraq--they can be ready for combat within a matter of months.  Why is it taking the Iraqis some two and a half years and they still have not put together an army that can replace the United States?

[To Warner] In contrast to the Pentagon's stock answer that there are enough troops on the ground in Iraq, the commanders said that they not only needed more manpower but had also repeatedly asked for it.  Indeed, military sources told TIME that as recently as August 2005"--a few months ago--"a senior military official requested more troops but got turned down flat."  Is that true?

RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL READING
Pam's House Blend: On Warner suggesting Bush should do fireside chats on Iraq. Perhaps Warner meant something more like "light a roaring fire under Bush's ass." (AP)

THE HERETIK NOTES the image of a Bush's fiery ass is disquieting, but not as disquieting as images of the war itself.

Comments

[Stacy]

It amazes me that Russert is basically the Dean of Washington journalism. I have never seen a more flagrant display of uncritical questioning in my life- other than perhaps on fox news. When I watch Meet the Press I have to make sure I am surrounded by soft, fluffy objects like couch pillows and cat toys so I don't do permanent damage to the television set when I toss the intermittent projectile at him for his failure to question obvious spin or follow up on questions that beg for follow up.

[Dad]

he died you should feel terrible about yourself.....assholes