Reply #12: russert is such a wuss!

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could he have been ANY more lenient on the bald-faced lying rumsfeld... it's almost if the two were pals putting on a show...

he could have especially had rumsfeld by the balls several times during the interview, but just let the issue (call it lie) slide... the most blatant when he asked rumsfeld why he said he found out about the falsity of the niger document "within days," and rumsfeld said he should have said "few weeks" -- which actually meant, several months... oh really, mr. rumsfeld? you don't know the difference between days and months? hmmm... russert didn't even follow up... NOR did he follow up when he confronted rummy with rummy's claim in march of "we know where they (WMD's) are" when he knew good and damned well he didn't know... he let rummy slide right out of that one... also, talking about n. korea, he let rummy do his spin, and just move right along...

damn, you gotta admit, rumsfeld is damned good at re-wording the question with a question and answering it how he sees fit...

but russert is even better at falling for it...

or was he?