OMG CNN reporter raising WMD jokes to Rumsfeld -- Barbara Starr

[grasswire]

Right now.

[grasswire]

1. Barbara Starr

....is it appropriate to make a joke about the hunt for WMD?

[grasswire]

4. ...and...

...."did the news media" also contribute to the insult by sitting there laughing?

Rumsfeld: "I wasn't there."

[Langis]

2. Hell yea

listening right now

[berner59]

6. Rummy no comment...

of course... But by just bringing it up was the point from Starr...

God Rummy just laughs way too much when our soldiers are dying...

[thebigidea]

3. surprising, as she's been quite the enthusiastic Pentagon shill

Rumsfeld: "Uh I wasn't there uh to know what I would think uh I'd have to be there... uh the context of this evening - uh, I wasn't there... I'm not in a position to be judgmental about that."

[Rockholm]

7. F**king Bulls**it!

Doesn't Rummy watch the news! OMG!!!! What an ASSHOLE. This is disgusting. Way to Go, Barbara Starr! Great Question. Of course this was in VERY BAD TASTE!!!!!!!

[Catfight]

11. I'm only in the position to be judgmental

on things they papa Bu$h tells me I can be judge mental on. Like, I really like judging gays, they're easy targets, but I'm not real good at judging character, only bad character, like Clarke, O'Neil, Wilson, those guys are obviously of bad character, I can judge that, but good character...bad taste, I don't think I can make that sort of judgment, I wasn't there, I wasn't in the loop.

(In dumbsfields drivel)

[PartyPooper]

12. I'm sure the troops and their families have seen it on TV.

Gee, I wonder how THEY felt when they saw their Idiot-In-Chief making these "jokes"?!?

:grr:

[seabeyond]

5. he shrugs it off and the media once again laughed

hm..........that left a bad taste in mouth

[Turbineguy]

8. Is the media finally starting to face the

awful reality of this regime?

[livetohike]

15. I hope so

and where is Helen Thomas? Seems like she was one of the few who would confront Ari early on.

[grasswire]

9. kudos to Barbara Starr

She sounded very sincere and troubled.

[mouse7]

22. She's at least a consistent conservative - kinda Dobbs-like

Dobbs is a consistant traditional conservative. He hates what's bad for business, and has been climbing all over Dumbya for what is bad for business.

Starr is very hawkish. However, being hawkish means you show respect for the sacrifices of the soldiers in the military. Dumbya was cleatly way out of bounds last night, and Starr said it.

I have respect for those who disagree, but are consistant in their views.

[qanda]

10. Beautiful!

If she wasn't so ugly, I'd kiss her. Well, maybe not, but I thought it was great. Very tastefully asked and as expected-- never answered.

[shoopnyc123]

13. Barbara got balls! eom

[barbaraann]

18. "Spine" is a better way to phrase it.

:-)

[chelsea0011]

14. Where is the outcry for an apology?

I quess calling Bush a crook is more disgusting to America

[Cocoa]

16. Rummy knows all about inappropriate levity

the clowning tone at his briefings is shameful.

[Career Prole]

17. What a coincidence!

I just sent this to CNN not five minutes ago.

"Bush has a sickening sense of humor. Does he really not realize how many people he killed over his bogus WMD claims? What does this say about him personally? What does it say about CNN replaying these "jokes" so the families of the thousands of people whose lives were thrown away by this President can hear other sick minded people laughing and applauding over and over as the President makes a fool of himself yet again?"

He's a rat bastard.

[charlie105]

19. Maybe a Kerry ad can use this clip

about our Great Commander yukking it up when there are coffins of dead soldiers arriving a few miles away. I'm sure they Rove & Co. would understand. After all, they are used to using video and sound bites out of context. Like Kerry's 'voted for and then voted against $87 billion' bit.

[Spazito]

20. Send Barbara Starr a thank-you e-mail, her question deserves it, imo

Here is the link for feedback:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/

[thebigidea]

21. they're talking about it on MSNBC now

"many of the families are very upset - we're getting many emails..."

[Kool Kitty]

25. Yes, they discussed this top of the last hour, too.

And what was the little talking heads' response an hour ago-"Point taken". And that was the end of it (the last hour, at least).

[historian]

27. oh really?

what a surprise! cant understand why. Oh excuse me sir your son died today in a war i wanted cause he wanted to kill my daddy but im still looking for naughty weapons he might have had. Are they under my bed???
nooooooooooooooo?????

[charlie105]

23. Another master stroke from that Boy Genius Rove!

Way to go Mr. Turd Blossom. I'd be laughing my guts out if this wasn't so tragic.



:wow:

[gasperc]

24. I sent CNN and crossfire an e-mail, everyone do the same

i'm going to hit MSNBC, FOX etc

Let's make this a fucking avalanche folks, make the mother fucker cave in and apologize but even money he's too fucking big headed to do that.

[WLKjr]

28. emailed MSNBC

I emailed "Meet the Press" calling for an explanation on these topics in this post and also to call into question why it was Funny to make jokes about WMD

[Neecy]

26. true, Starr is a Pentagon shill

But I'm sure that because she's assigned exclusively to the Pentagon she got an earful from the military rank and file in the building about the 'joke'.

I almost dropped my Pepsi when she asked the question, but it makes sense. I'm sure these guys ripped into the press for laughing at it, which shamed her into including the press laughter in the question.

So far she's the ONLY media person (other than Matthews tonight) who's questioned the press laughter. Good for her.

[buycitgo]

30. not true (not the shill part.....the lack of reporter negative reaction)

Bill Press, Pat Buchanan, Karen Tumulty, and some guy from the Hill, or somej congressional rag, plus the moderator (CNBC today) ALL agreed that the 'joke' was not funny, and a VERY bad judgment on both idiotboy's and his advisers' parts

they also mentioned the press disconnect, demonstrating how out of touch with the mainstream they've become

Buchanan was probably the most forceful

AND....last night, Dan Abrams had on Judy Gold, Jim Morris, and Clinton jokewriter (name?), discussing this event.

Abrams asked them to grade the performance.

Gold gave him a C, I think; so did Katz (?), and Morris gave him and F MINUS!!!!

his point was that the WMD jokes were horrid, making just the points made here. Abrams was PISSED, saying that his comments were POLITICAL, and not appropriate when discussing comedy. !!!!!!

too funny....there was a thread on this here yesterday.

[radfringe]

29. first he lies about WMDs

then he jokes about it

sheesh... Makes you wonder if he found September 11 to be a real knee-slapper

[Lexiemae]

31. No Kudos from Me!

I found her framing of the question suspect. She probably heard from people about the reporters involvement. As she spoke, I figured she laughed louder than anyone that night. She gets no encourgement from me.

[9215]

32. Bush did say that he and Laura had great

year in 2001.

I guess I would feel the same way if I got away with the crime of the millenium.

[whatelseisnew]

33. "fabulous"

that made me sick when I heard and saw that played without

media comment.