Carlson Enjoys The Waters -- At Pelosi's Expense

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Where has Maxine Waters been? It wasn't until she turned up on Tucker Carlson's show this afternoon that I realized how long it's been. Now there is one fun lady. The Representative from California proved the perfect foil, helping Carlson score some wicked points on Nancy Pelosi.

Carlson's fundamental question, and I think it's a good one, is, given that Dems ran and were elected on an anti-war platform, why are they apparently about to go along with the surge? The unstated answer is that they've made a cynical political calculation that it's in their interest to demagogue the issue rather than lead.

Here's how it went down:

Waters: "I certainly, do not trust the President of the United States to lay out a case that is believable . . . I don't trust him. I don't believe him, I won't be supporting it, for sure."

Carlson: "But [Pelosi's] naive enough to believe him. I think I understand the point you're making."

Waters: "She's Speaker and she didn't get there by being naive."

Carlson: "But on the other hand, you're saying you're sophisticated enough not to believe him, but she is not."

Waters: "What I'm saying is, I've lived long enough and I've heard enough from the President of the United States, and it's turned out that everything that he said about this war has been false. He's mismanaged the war, the American public knows it, they want us out. That's want I'm saying."

Carlson got in a quick, final shot: "And the Speaker's too callow to reach the same conclusion."

Rim shot!

Words cannot convey the archness of Waters' tone. View the video here.

Mark was in Iraq in November. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Carlson-pings-Pelosi ping to Today show list.

[OldFriend]

You read far too much into the exchange between Tucker and Marxine.

She made her point and he agreed it would seem.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Please view the video and tell me what you think.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Let me clarify: the point that Carlson was making was not that HE agreed with Waters, but that the truth is that PELOSI agrees with Waters.

Pelosi doesn't believe the President, and she wants to pull troops out too, just like Waters. But Carlson is suggesting that the Dems under Pelosi have made a cynical political calculation to go along with the surge that rather than having the courage of their convictions. They've decided it's in their interest to demagogue the issue rather than providing leadership.

[sgtbono2002]

What we have here is a Congresswoman who believes the President is a liar and she doesnt trust him. She repeats the same crap about the President lied that has been proven false over and over again.

Of course with Waters her inability to see the truth is no surprise. She cant find her way to the Capitol Toilet.

[Suzy Quzy]

How can you watch Tucker Carlson? ICK!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

It's entertaining at times, as tonight. And when things tick me off, I can always write about it!

[Suzy Quzy]

LOL!

[OldFriend]

Ole Marxine had the same hate rhetoric for the first President Bush.

No class trash is what she is!

[Republic Rocker]

Looks like Maxy went under the knife.....

[OldFriend]

LOL.....and she gots a nice new do too!

[mrmargaritaville]

Man that rug she's wearing is worse than Trumps. I can't believe her handlers let her go on TV wearing that thing.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Rug? What rug? Next you'll be telling me that Sam Donaldson wears a toupee ;-)