"No good deed goes unpunished." -- Clare Booth Luce
So consumed is NBC with animosity toward President Bush and VP Cheney that there is virtually no good thing that it cannot spin into a negative. Take these bookend moments from this morning's "Today." In the course of a segment she narrated on the fallout from the Libby verdict for VP Cheney, Andrea Mitchell mentioned that "Cheney says his value to the president is that he has no political ambition for himself." She then ran a clip of the Veep saying "I'm not worried about what the folks in Iowa are going to say in the caucuses of January of next year. I'm here to do a job, and that is to call 'em as I see 'em."
You might think there's no way the offering of principled advice devoid of personal political ambition could be spun into a negative. Come on, you're not thinking creatively enough. Andrea found an angle: "But others say that is also a weakness, making Cheney . . . less sensitive to the political fallout from his own advice." On that theory, I suppose Mitchell will be counseling Hillary to ignore Bill's advice, since, like Cheney, he's not running either.
View video here.
Later, Meredith Vieira interviewed Tim Russert. After lots of avid speculation as to whether the Veep might be forced out, talk turned to the 2008 presidential election. Meredith asked Tim to explain poll numbers showing that a large proportion of Americans are paying close attention to the coming presidential election. Russert: "I think it in part is because of a lot of dissatisfaction with President Bush's performance."
That's right: Americans care about the future of their country -- and it's George Bush's fault.
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—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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March 8, 2007 - 09:22 ET by the mad polehey potato head Tim, why don't you invite the V.P. on your show to debate the whole affair? Man to coward. I feel certain that Mr. Cheney would love to have a chance at an even playing field. You can even invite Matthews to hold your hand.
Andrea Mitchell was a guest o
March 8, 2007 - 09:35 ET by Senior ChiefAndrea Mitchell was a guest of Bill O'reilly last month and was asked to name one (1) conservative reporter at NBC. As you might have guessed, Mitchell declined to answer and unable to produce a single name. Mitchell, Vieira and the leftist media has one objective in their reporting- to bring down GWB and his adminstration. Pres Bush and VP Cheney are leading the fight in islamic terrorism while the media are abeting and symphatizing the enemies. Their reason, America is the cause of worldwide terrorism. America is evil. America is the enemy of the world. To them, there will never be anything good that the current adminstration can do.
I wish VP Cheney would ran for the White House. He is not persuaded by political correctness for "He call them as he sees them"....
objectivity
March 8, 2007 - 10:11 ET by iveseenitallThere you go again, Russert, speaking for the "many" who are so "disappointed at President Bush's performance." Could it be that the American people are paying attention to this race because they care about the country, or because they want to make sure an extremist/socialist like Hillary or Hussein doesn't get elected, or any one of a million other reasons? Every reponse from the "analysts" in the press centers around their irrational hatred for the president. Russert has really blown his "nice guy" cover recently. The man is a sickening hypocrite who, like most liberals, has a nasty streak a mile wide.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Gee, I can be an NBC contribu
March 8, 2007 - 11:03 ET by JayTeeGee, I can be an NBC contributor...I can be the "Others Say" source of news they constantly refer to.
"Others Say" Dick Cheney is ignoring NBC news, along with the millions who watch Fox news trying to get Fair and balanced reporting".
At Times like these, it becomes more than just a Moral Obligation to express ones opinion, it becomes a Pleasure.