Excellent observation. She affects intelligence and seriousness, but beneath the surface is a dim bulb who, when the heat is on, has to resort to yelling "it just ain't so."
"Couric: "Question is, Why Did President Bush Get an Honorable Discharge?"
The Today Show
Posted on 02/16/2004 4:27:10 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
"Katie Couric saved the worst for last today. In what was shaping up as a ho-hum discussion of presidential politics with former Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart and conservative commentator Bay Buchanan, in the last minute or so Katie unleashed a sneak attack on W's National Guard service.
Couric reviewed what she described as a muddled state of documentation surrounding W's service. Her ensuing statement, although somewhat ambiguous as to subject and object, seemed to be "the question is . . . why did President Bush receive an honorable discharge?"
Lockhart, having served as press secretary to the country's most famous draft dodger, could not be as aggressive as he might have liked. He "graciously" observed that the country has already considered the question and decided that taking steps to avoid service in Vietnam is not "disqualifying" for the presidency.
However, he continued: "when the issue of Bush's service first arose in the 2000 campaign, people gave him a pass on it. However, this time it's different because . . . " Here, Katie jumped in and "helpfully" finished his sentence for him: "because the country is now at war!"
Katie then aimed a couple barbed questions at Buchanan regarding the President's "credibility problem." Bay turned it around and claimed it was Kerry who had credibility issues."