Here is the discussion on the Jim Lehrer Show about Cheney's interview on Wolf Blitzer:
JIM LEHRER: What do you think of that, David?
DAVID BROOKS: Oh, now we're returning to planet Earth.
DAVID BROOKS: Enormous success? What is he talking about?
You know, I don't know anybody else in the administration that talks that way. Where is he?
DAVID BROOKS: And I do think, seriously, he is a bit isolated now within the administration.
And here is the discussion about the President:
JIM LEHRER: Well, in an interview the president did, the president himself did, three or four days before that interview, he said, we have had slow failure here, and conceded all kinds of mistakes, and would have been willing to probably have done even more. And the vice president is saying something just the opposite.
What is going on?
MARK SHIELDS: He has got an enormous emotional, I think, personal and intellectual stake in this war.
But listening to him talk about the tremendous successes reminds me of the story of the fellow -- the husband who comes down at 6:00 in the morning. And his wife says, where have you been all night?
He says, I got home at 1:00 and I didn't want to disturb the household, so I slept outside in the hammock. And she said, I took down the hammock last week.
And he said, you have got a choice. You can believe me or your own eyes.
And that is what it is about Iraq. You can believe the vice president or our own eyes. I mean, people do not see this as a tremendous success. And I really do think it is self-isolating to continue to talk like that.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june07/sbiraq_01-26.html
2 comments:
I was surprised at Brooks answer as he always supported Bush in everything. But I guess suck up season is over and it's time to move on.
I love Shields and his story was the best about the man who lied to his wife. Shields always gives the bottom line and the truth. I loved it when he said the Bush Administration was on life support. The journalist are now thinking twice before they believe the Administration anymore. The hardest thing to get back is trust after you've lied.
David Brooks has been stepping away from supporting Bush over the past couple of years, it is just getting more and more obvious now.
I can't believe he admitted on Jim's show that he had lunch with Scooter twice. Does he want to end up on the stand?
Bush is saying one thing Cheney another, because they have run out of handlers for the Chimp and I think Cheney has run out of patience with him as well.
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