Asked by anchor Brian Williams why Hillary Clinton chose Tuesday to assert that Reverend Jeremiah Wright “would not have been my pastor,” Tim Russert declared “the setting in which she did this is particularly striking.” The Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News proceeded to marvel at how she made her comments in an interview with reporters and editors at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, owned by Richard Mellon Scaife whom Clinton's allies consider “the 'Godfather' of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.” Russert then recounted Scaife's presumed sins of questioning “the suicide of Vince Foster” and funding “investigations of Troopergate and Whitewater.” Russert pointed out:
The setting in which she did this is particularly striking. It's a newspaper in Pittsburgh owned by Richard Mellon Scaife, who is described by her allies as the 'Godfather' of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. The man who raised questions about the suicide of Vince Foster, the death of former party chairman Ron Brown, who funded investigations of Troopergate and Whitewater. It was that setting she decided to offer comments about Reverend Wright.
Of course, in the matter of Hillary Clinton's “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy” effort to impugn critics of the Clinton administration for making recklessly false charges about her husband and Monica Lewisky, the supposed conspirators were proven correct.
Russert's preceding observation on the Tuesday, March 25 NBC Nightly News:
Well, Brian, all week long people have been asking the Clinton campaign about the Reverend Wright controversy. They would not respond. The overwhelming consensus in the political-media community tonight is that Senator Clinton went to bed last night, woke up this morning awash in all these stories about exaggeration about her trip to Bosnia, then Senator Obama released his tax returns today. More questions about that. And this is an attempt in politics to change the subject, to get the focus off of her, and back on Senator Obama....
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Who's Dumber, Russet or Couric ?
March 25, 2008 - 21:23 ET by JayTeeWhat is with this "all week long people have been asking" from Tim ? He should get out of the Studio and start Asking people on the street if they know who the hell he is. . .Do some Research Timmie!!. . . you just can't be a Democratic mouth piece all your life, especially with your network and the Democratic Candidates all Taking a BIG DIVE in Ratings/Polls/Credibility/Race relations.
I don't even think Rush led Republicans will vote for Hillary anymore, and Obama still thinks that I am responsible for the Slavery that existed prior to the 1860's. . . Hell, I can't even claim responsibility for Freeing the Slaves in America in the CIVIL war.
I had nothing to do with it. I suppose you can claim "Guilt by Association" since I'm "white", but if you do that, then you have to give me Credit for both, with bountiful thanks for the latter.
But what if my Ancestors were Noweigan or Swiss ?
Hey Obama . . .You TAX Return makes you look WHITE !!! (in the GD Rev. Wrights eyes) One Million in income .....Wow, I don't understand how you can live with that much Burdensome, Cruel, Oppression.
Cliche Bound
March 26, 2008 - 07:06 ET by allanfPerhaps it's just me. Russert seems to be gettng more and more tendentious and cliche driven with each passing day. Any pretext of objectivity is long gone with this guy. " particularly striking". He is beginning to sound like a New York Times editiorial.
What I find interesting is
March 26, 2008 - 08:46 ET by dscottWhat I find interesting is this continuing Projection by the Clintons. Before this was the Ferraro comment that equally applied to Hillary as a woman. So Hillary says she wouldn't have Rev. Wright as a Pastor, I wonder if Obama could say the same for some of Hillary's outspoken feminist supporters who blame males for all the ills of the world. Fair is fair since she opened the door by her comments.
Lord Sidious / Darth Vader 2008 Long Live the Empire! Come to the Dark Side, it is your Destiny.