This morning on Meet The Press, new Majority Leader John Boehner was asked about his dealings with Jack Abramoff. One part really got my curiosity going. Boehner told Russert he would not return the money from the Chippewa tribes because he was working on legislation for them as a Representative. Now being part American Indian […]
If you missed yesterday’s Meet the Press, you missed out on one of the most civilized debates between a Democrat and Republican to be aired on television in years. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former ambassador Madeline Albright discussed Iraq and it was refreshing to hear both sides make the case rationally. Even more comforting […]
Yesterday the heads of the 9/11 commission were on Meet the Press and told Tim Russert that we were not prepared for another attack. This has sparked a great deal of attention from the media: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is still unprepared for another inevitable terrorist attack after not doing enough to improve […]
This morning, Rep. Murtha was on Meet the Press and did an excellent job at keeping the support for his resolution up. Russert questioned him on what the other Republicans have said and he was good at steering clear of making it a political showdown. Even when Russert asked Murtha about Bush lying the country […]
Yesterday on Meet The Press, Senator Tom Coburn made a very interesting assertion. He said that with his medical training he could detect if someone was lying by their “body language”. Having previous experience in the medical field and knowing quite a bit of doctors, this skill must be something unique to the school he […]
This past Sunday on Meet the Press, Condi told Tim Russert that she would not run in 2008. The following is a transcript of the reasons for this: MR. RUSSERT: Before you go, I’d like to read something from The Washington Times. Headline: “Americans for Rice, a group that hopes to draft Secretary of State […]
Last week on Meet the Press, Tim Russert asked RNC chairman Ken Mehlman if he would stand by any findings that Pat Fitzgerald concludes in the Valerie Plame leak. Mr. Mehlman danced around the question and would not give a straight answer. Later this week we saw Republican Strategist Rich Galen started calling Pat Fitzgerald […]
Today was a day of great spin by our own Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. In an interview with Meet the Press, host Tim Russert fired away some hard questions. The secretary seemed to be coming up with answers rather quickly, but if you listen closely you can hear how his own spin was catching […]