Shuster: “Let’s talk about the public trust. You represent, of course, a district in western Tennessee. What was the name of the last solider from your district who was killed in Iraq?”
Blackburn: ”The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq uh – from my district I – I do not know his name -”
Shuster: “Ok, his name was Jeremy Bohannon, he was killed August the 9th, 2007. How come you didn’t know the name?”
Blackburn: “I – I, you know, I – I do not know why I did not know the name…” [Snip]
Shuster: “But you weren’t appreciative enough to know the name of this young man, he was 18 years old who was killed, and yet you can say chapter and verse about what’s going on with the New York Times and Move On.org.” [Snip]
Shuster: “But don’t you understand, the problems that a lot of people would have, that you’re so focused on an ad — when was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody? I mean, here we have a war that took the life of an 18 year old kid, Jeremy Bohannon from your district, and you didn’t even know his name.”
I’ve got a funny feeling that we won’t see much of Marsha Blackburn [R-TN] spouting Talking Points on the Television Talk Show circuit in the future. Substitute Host David Shuster effectively eliminated her from the field. No matter what side of the fence you live on, you’ve got to admire that kind of expertise in calling a spade a spade. I hope it catches on. Surely the T.V. Interviewers are as tired of doing these canned Talking Point interviews as we are of hearing them.
Parenthetically, the Republicans must be really afraid of
MoveOn.org.
This was what Karl Rove said to the New York Conservatives in 2005:
But perhaps the most important difference between conservatives and liberals can be found in the area of national security. Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. In the wake of 9/11, conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban; in the wake of 9/11, liberals believed it was time to… submit a petition. I am not joking. Submitting a petition is precisely what MoveOn.org did. It was a petition imploring the “powers that be” to “use moderation and restraint in responding to the… terrorist attacks against the United States.”
I don’t know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt as I watched the Twin Towers crumble to the earth; a side of the Pentagon destroyed; and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble.
Moderation and restraint is not what I felt – and moderation and restraint is not what was called for. It was a moment to summon our national will – and to brandish steel.
MoveOn.Org, Michael Moore and Howard Dean may not have agreed with this, but the American people did.
Oh, how I wish the “powers that be” had used “moderation and restraint in responding to the… terrorist attacks against the United States” until the correct path for us to follow had been clarified…
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