Flying Pigs at Today Show: Katie: "Experts Hail Bush Doctrine; Good News Indeed"

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[reagan_fanatic]

It was then that Katie made her historic declaration. Whereas normally she revels in citing experts, named or unnamed, to condemn the Bush administration, today she stated: "many foreign policy experts are hailing the Bush doctrine."

I'll bet Perky Katie went home and beat her dog after saying that. That had to hurt worse than birth pains.

[Petronski]

I had occasion to visit 30 Rock a little while ago. I wish now I had waited until the flying pigs arrived.

[PGalt]

Thanks for that information.

[esoxmagnum]

"It is working, whether by design or accident"

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The new mantra of the left will be that this all happened "incidentally" or "in lieu of" Bush's policy.

Already they are starting to say that all of this democracy was inevitable, and that GW's policies didn't help it along, but rather, slowed the process down.

The UN and the left had it all under control, and it was just a matter of time I am starting to hear.

I have a guy in my office that claims, that because the repubs claim (correctly) the economic boon and the collapse of the soviet union that happened on Clintons watch was due to the actions of Reagan, the left (his corner) can safely claim that democracy in the middle east is the result of the Clinton policies, and that GW was hampering progress in those areas.

sigh....


...its just the beginning.

[oldbrowser]

Katie might be reading the tea leaves.

I think you are absolutely right. People who express their thoughts to the public will choose their words more carefully.

[dennisw]

You're welcome. More on Bill Richardson:

Richardson was born in Pasadena, California. His mother, Maria Luisa Lopez-Collada, was Mexican. His father was a native of Boston, who worked for Citibank as an executive in Mexico. He was raised in Mexico City, but as a teenager attended a Boston-area high school. Richardson played baseball in high school and was fine pitcher. He was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics but did not pursue baseball professionally. He went on to Tufts University, where he majored in French and Political Science. He then added a master's degree from Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He met his wife, Barbara Flavin, in Boston.

[Pharmboy]

My bet is that one of the producers took her aside and told her that her constant anti-Bush remarks in the face of the weekly good news from the middle east is making her look not only partisan but dumb.

This is an engineered course-correction.

[RottiBiz]

LOL! Pigs are flying indeed.

Wonder if this might have something to do with Katie's sudden personality change:

Katie Couric Has Higher Negative Polling Numbers Than Dan Rather!

[wayoverontheright]

Richardson concurred, if somewhat grudgingly: "It is working, whether by design or accident.

Allow me a pool (billiards) analogy.

Bush has called every pocket and has run the table.

Our adversaries were too busy sniping at Bush to hear him call the pockets.

[Aquinasfan]

Richardson: "Very significant. The Bush admin deserves credit for saying that foreign occupiers must go." He added that "in Lebanon, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories a wave of democracy, caused by young people calling for democracy, and by the Bush administration, is happening."

The danger here is that Hezbollah takes over when the Syrians leave. I remember Lebanon prior to the Syrian takeover.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I think you're on to something.

The people who run NBC aren't dumb. They've seen the rise of FNC, the fall of CNN, Rather, etc. They don't want to be next on the list of extinct MSM species.

[biblewonk]

Wow!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

The danger here is that Hezbollah takes over when the Syrians leave.

I don't know enough to comment, but would mention that Today reported that pro-Syrian forces, specifically including Hezbollah, are planning a big pro-Syrian rally, and the NBC reporter who spoke from Damascus says that some people fear chaos after a Syrian withdrawal (almost sounds like NBC favors the stability of a totalitarian regime to the uncertainty of democracy).

[Peach]

But was she wearing black and crossing her fingers? LOL Great report and thanks.

[newgeezer]

I'm still trying to understand how a FReeper can stand to (apparently) watch and record every minute of the Today Show everyday.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Was she wearing black and crossing her fingers?

The more I think about it, the odder was her little editorial comment - "good news indeed." It was one thing to acknowledge the truth that many people are hailing the Bush foreign policy. But just what motivated her to throw in her own two congratulatory cents? Some here have speculated that she has seen her fellow MSM types headed toward oblivion and doesn't wish to follow. Perhaps that's it.

In any case, I'll certainly be keeping close watch to see if this signals a trend or was simply an aberration.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I'm still trying to understand how a FReeper can stand to (apparently) watch and record every minute of the Today Show everyday.

I normally only watch the first half-hour, and even then will often turn the show off if they move to soft subjects. I'd say that I'm fascinated by seeing how they cover, and try to shape, the news. They also tend to get some of the most important guests.

Bottom line: I believe it's useful to keep track of what the MSM are up to. And days like today could provide important clues as to shifts that might be occuring.

[tje]

bump

[Aquinasfan]

(almost sounds like NBC favors the stability of a totalitarian regime to the uncertainty of democracy).

Yeah, this is the State Department's old Mideast "stability" policy. OTOH, the Syrian occupation is better than the prior situation. Lebanon was in complete chaos prior to the invasion. A gradual withdrawal of Syrian troops might be preferable to a rapid withdrawal since military force (an effective outside military force, i.e. the U.S.) will be required to keep order during the transition to republican government, and we simply don't have enough troops currently available for the purpose.

[G.Mason]

" ... (almost sounds like NBC favors the stability of a totalitarian regime to the uncertainty of democracy)."

Yeah ... almost.