[governsleastgovernsbest]

Though it was all so predictable, it was still shocking to see it played out by the book. A black-garbed, clenched-jaw Couric, desperately trying to put the worst possible spin on every aspect of the capture of Saddam Hussein.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Today Show ping.

[MEG33]

Tim Russert parrots all the Dems talking points.Outrageous!

[speedy]

Seeing the Perkster this upset is almost as much fun as catching Saddam. Let's just enjoy her misery.

[TomGuy]

Katie's teleprompter apparently has been short-circuited. FoxNews has been reporting for 30 minutes new captures (numerous/multiple) of insurgents and insurgent leaders in Bagdad.

As more captures occur and information is released, it may be another grim day for the liberals. [snicker]

[aardvark1]

Howard Dean will hold a news conference today in which he will suggest the US should now surrender.

[Jhensy]

I'm watching it. Ugh, she's unbelieveable. Is there ANYONE at NBC who has the cojones to confront her and tell her to maybe cool it, just a little???

Ask tough questions, sure, but the obvious gloom and misery and sheer slanted-ness of her demeanor... mind-boggling. The left have truly lost their minds.

[MindBender26]

Good catch. See my GMA post.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I forgot to mention a very interesting fact that Russert mentioned.

As people know, Dean had been long scheduled to give a foreign policy speech today, and is reportedly scrambling to adjust his remarks in light of the Saddam capture.

Well, Russert announced that guess-who-else has suddenly announced that she too will be giving a foreign policy address today? You got it: Hillary!

In other words, Hillary can't stand to see Dean or anyone else grab the spotlight at this crucial time. She wants to steal Dean's headline and suck the oxygen out of the campaign. As we know, for the Clintons, it's always about them.

[Ragirl]

We had the Today completely by accident....heard the opening, and we were not disappointed. I think pokerfaced & mourning Katie said that capturing Saddam was a "political victory" for President Bush....that was enough for us, we turned to FOX. There is a reason why their ratings have slipped.

[PJ-Comix]

Russert: "Lieberman's statement about Dean, that if Dean were president Saddam would still be in power, was very aggressive...."

Hey Joe! If your 2000 running mate were president, Saddam would still be in power.

[Johnny_Cipher]

I for one hypothesized that Katie would be wearing black, and sure enough, she was!

And the good news just keeps on 'a comin'.

(It must truly chap Couric's hide that she will be forever associated in the public mind with her colon and bodily waste).

[Prodigal Son]

Thanks for the ping. I cannot believe she wore black and could not bring herself to congratulate the General. Even the "Bent One" (X42) was magnanimous enought to not only congratulate the military but the President as well.

Oh well, we will get the last laugh the morning after the elections ;-)

[Pan_Yans Wife]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

It may just be me, but I thought she looked more disappointed about Saddam's capture than she looked when Gore lost.

My hat's off to you!

[McGruff]

I had to catch perky Katie's reaction today and she certainly is in mourning. I noticed she was wearing black also. Her talking point is to try and minimize the "military" importance of this great event.

Interesting that Bill O’Reilly was just on promoting his book and when asked about today’s events he said "This is a great day for all of us and those who don't think so need to look at yourselves". I don’t know who he was referring to though.

[Maigrey]

Oh goody! She is about to come on here, and I can laugh at her with glee!

[YaYa123]

Katie was no different when she interviewed General Schwartzkoph. Oh where has her perkiness gone?

Even after the General explained how Saddam's capture affected him and other Gulf War vets, Katie asked questions that made it seem as if she hadn't even been listening 30 seconds earlier, as if she simply had to get in her nasty editorial soundbites.

Katie is so over...and remember, doubly depressed today because Diane Sawyer got the big interview with President Bush, which I think will be televised tonight? (Not for sure if it's tonight or later.)

Back to Katie: Did she or Matt comment on the patriotic, biased, emotional outburst of the Iraqi reporters?

[apillar]

NPR was just about as good yesterday evening. They were talking to the NPR news women on the scene in Iraq. She was spewing the liberal line of the day that although the capture of Saddam was good, it didn't really mean anything in the long run, we needed an international coalition... blah... blah... blah... The studio announcer then caught her off guard by asking if she thought Saddams capture would help president Bush politically. She sputtered for a second then she managed to force out that it could "possibly" help him in the short term. She spent the rest of the broadcast trying to repent for her blasphemy, by reminding everyone that election was a long way away and Saddams capture would probably be long forgotten by then and there were still alot of things that could go wrong.

Then they segwayed into a "fair and balanced" segment with an "average" army seargent who was chosen at "random" as the voice of the troops. This fellow was oppossed to the occupation, didn't understand why we are there and didn't think the capture of Saddam really mattered.

[COUNTrecount]

Katie's interview this morning was so biased that I thought that NBC was an affilite of Al-Jazeera.Silly me, it is.
Gen. Sanchez even thanked Qu'aty for her support without gagging. Now THERE is a warrior.

[Diogenesis]

A PERKY GOLDEN OLDIE FROM THE INVASION OF BAGHDAD

Couric, representing NBC (and French interests):
"We (at NBC) all hope and pray that Saddam escaped harm, and hopefully fled to Syria."

[Dane]

I for one hypothesized that Katie would be wearing black, and sure enough, she was!

She did the same thing the morning after Gore lost.

Katie Couric in Mourning. Wearing Funeral Clothes This Morning