Why is Blitzer in Israel this Sunday?

[Skidmore]

I thought Sharon was improving and it is just a matter of seeing how much brain damage he suffered. He would live but not be able to govern. Why does that merit a location broadcast?

[babylonsister]

1. I think they're hoping he'll die. nt

[megatherium]

2. This is a major story.

And the prognosis for Sharon is understood to be very grim.

[Maestro]

3. It's grim only in reference to his cognitive abilities, but

we will probably survive. I guess Wolf is there to see if Sharon still knows who he is. Either way, he will no longer be involved in anything governmental.

[megatherium]

12. Yes, his vital signs are said to be strong.

But his cognitive abilities are very much in doubt. I hope he can regain consciousness, but you're right, he won't be in government any longer.

[mucifer]

4. You know this is REAL news it's not like missing white girls that the

networks obsess on. I personally do care about middle east politics.

[dusmcj]

18. missing white girls are a side-effect of conservative politics

hatred of beauty and purity, repression of sexuality, and an encouragement to turn anything and everything including sex into a consumable commodity. See a pattern ? Some people overeat, others make and spend too much money, others...

[ClintonTyree]

5. The buzzards always circle........

when death is imminent. Although Sharon is said to be improving Leslie doesn't want to take a chance of missing a big story. As always, death sells. The Corporate media smells cash in death.

[TahitiNut]

6. Necrojournalism

If it bleeds, it leads. Wolf wants to be one of the shomerim. He wants to televise the kaddish. He wants to sit shiva. I doubt he'll do keriyah - at least not live.

[Rhiannon12866]

25. Thank you! I needed that!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[TahitiNut]

27. (grin) My liberal Jewish friends love it when I talk like that.

I don't know if they're more amused at the goyem mangling the Hebrew terms or the political overtones. :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

28. I'm not Jewish, but I found this to be hysterical! ROFL!!!

Somehow, imagining Wolf like this just sent me over the edge, LOL! Maybe it's because he tries to sound so serious, but I know that he's spouting such crap, so often. And I also imagined him, thanks to your comment, sporting a yarmulke, which is totally unimaginable! He has little sympathy for anyone here, more's the pity. Thanks for this, since Wolf is always amusing, whenever he's imagined as other than the benighted sobersides that he seems to be.:rofl::applause::bounce:
Rhiannon:hi::kick:

[depakid]

7. Maybe he's planning on scouting out Robertson's

new Theme park in Galilee....

[Rhiannon12866]

8. He no doubt went there assuming that Sharon would die.

If that had happened, it would have been the first story for the MSM, probably continuous coverage, and Wolf would have been right on the scene. And think what a relief that it would have been for the media to have an excuse to quit reporting on Tom DeLay, the surveillance scandal, and the horrific number of deaths in Iraq this weekend!!!:shrug::grr:

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Wolf Baxter looks annoyed to me...

...like Anna Nicole Smith planning yet another birthday party for J. Howard. :D

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Of course Ted Blitzer looks annoyed.

How would you feel if you had to get excited about reporting on the future possibility of bird flu or yet another blonde woman gone missing, when there are real stories, affecting the future of this country and the world, going unreported?! I'd think he'd be more cheerful, being out of the country, because he knows he won't be expected to utter the words "Iraq" or "DeLay" anytime soon. Or do you think he really doesn't get it and has contracted crankiness from his recent association with Jack Cafferty?!:shrug::D

[spanone]

9. Death watch.

[stray cat]

10. It is a major power vacuum in Israel and the Middle East

It is an international story and how it effects the middle east in addition to Israel is really up in the air.

[bpilgrim]

11. did he go when arafat died?

don't they have a state with a clear understanding of succession?
aren't elections right around the corner?

you make him sound like a dictator.

peace

[stray cat]

13. Would it be international news if Bush and Cheney died?

I suspect it would be. Would it affect our policies any or change strategies of the parties?

[bpilgrim]

17. ah, that didn't answer the question...

more...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/images/me

peace

[donsu]

14. he always goes there for big news (daily murders, bombs, not big)

he has a lot of ties there.

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Because Sharon is already dead

and their waiting everyone to get their travel arrangments in order cause they have to bury him by sundown when he does die.

[donsu]

23. I had read the same thing yesterday

nt

[Island Blue]

20. Anyone remember that Eagles song "Dirty Laundry"?

"Can we film the operation, is the head dead yet? You know the boys in the newsroom have got a running bet..." That pretty much sums it up. Wolfie a vulture.

[wellst0nev0ter]

21. Maybe He Misses Being Called Ze'ev Blitzer

Or in either case, Sharon wil not be in any condition to run Israel anymore, so the change in leaddership will be a huge story

[leesa]

22. Getting instructions?

[KoKo]

24. Media thought he would die so they had to get someone there & Blitzer used

to report for Jerusalem times early on in his career. He probably has many friends there and Jewish funerals mean one has to be buried within one day, I believe. So, just in case it made sense. CNN has always given alot of coverage to what goes on in Israel. They kinda like BeBe Netanyahu. He's a hardliner in the PNAC tradition.

[Nikki Stone 1]

26. I don't know, but can Israel keep him?

??

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Maybe we can make a trade. Don't rush me! I'm trying to think of

who they'd trade for Wolf. Perhaps someone currently in prison? We should look into this...:shrug::evilgrin:

[Nikki Stone 1]

30. Any bank robber would be preferable to Wolf

Or maybe someone in prison with 300 parking tickets?