Ever wondered why people like Rice and Rumsfeld are so relaxed on MTP?

[Presstitutes]

http://www.presstitutes.com/presstitutes/2005/10/pretitute_tim_r.html

Pre$$titute Tim Russert Kisses Up To Condi Rice

If you ever wondered why administration officials like Rice and Rumsfeld seem so relaxed on Meet The Press, you can attribute it to Tim Russert's unspoken promise to treat them with kid gloves.

A prime example is Russert's lily-livered questioning of Rice on today's show. When Rice hit him with a classic straw man argument about Iraq and 9/11, he simply moved on to the next softball. She said (paraphrasing) "We could have attacked Afghanistan and the Taliban and then stopped and played defense or we could make bold moves to reshape the Mideast." Instead of following up by asking why those were the only options, and whether she was again playing the Iraq-9/11 equivalency game, and pointing out that Iraq has had disastrous consequences on the WoT, Tim simply allowed Rice's specious argument to stand. He moved on to a question about Syria, giving Rice the chance to deliver a mindless, boilerplate response.

Not content with letting her off the hook on the Iraq-terror question, he then presented her with this classic about Bin Laden and the Pakistan earthquake: "It wouldn't make you unhappy if Bin Laden met his demise in that earthquake?" Not, "Why haven't you captured Bin Laden?"

Russert should be crowned the king of Pre$$titutes for the five-year pass he's given this administration.

[bluedawg12]

1. I thought it was Xanax. n/t

[shance]

7. LOL! It could be both.

n/t

[opihimoimoi]

2. Its those Boots...tranquilizes her

[speedoo]

3. Russert = just another bushwhore.

Useless asswipe.

[deminks]

4. Another disgusting Timmy show.

No questions to the Rice-a-phony about why Russia rejected the neocon Iran plan.

A significant portion of the interview discussing her plans to run for office (a first for the phony- as she pointed out).

Then Timmy giddily displaying Freeh's new book as a teaser to that interview.

I only watch him to find out the WH spin for the week.

[Cha]

9. Well, I gotta hand it to ya..

Ya got a Strong stomach. And, I like that "rice-a-phony" Everyone can understand that!

[Nay]

5. Plus the fact that they are psychopaths.

[LoKnLoD]

6. Can't watch Condi

She gives me major creeps...:scared:

[davikim]

8. Too true,

I tried to watch this a.m. to see scary Condi but after 3 words out of her mouth I had to shut it down. Forgot to check back to see the Clinton/ house of Saud connection..did anyone catch that?

[Cha]

11. I don't know how people

like Al Gore, Howard Dean, and Wes Clark can handle standing by and seeing that Major Propoganda shite on "meet the prostitute"? timmy always licks boots of the rethugs and tries to kick Dems with his boots.

This really should stop.

Welcome to DU, davikim!

[rndmprsn]

10. i changed the channel...i just cant stand seeing any of them anymore

even if it is to watch them squirm (which mr GE russert did NOT do...sunday talk shows getting as bad as cabal news.

MTP is a disgrace, i wont watch it anymore except under extraordinary circumstances...bob schriefer's CBS show and george stephanopolis's show are MUCH better (not perfect) IMO.

[Cha]

12. Thank you, for your blog,

Presstitutes! :patriot:

kurtz needs to suck more elephant eggs.

[Presstitutes]

13. Thank you for your thank you zidzi

:)

[the_real_38]

14. Man, I wonder if it could be because Russert works for

General Electric, one of the largest Defense Contractors, and so his company makes money off of the war - I assume that he owns stock in it himself?

[Loge23]

15. I thought Condi looked nrevous

I couldn't stand to listen the whole interview, but what I did see was a nervous Rice.