Tough Questioning
The Daily Show and the Colbert Report have become successful by demonstrating just how laughable most of our elected representatives are. This is most true when politicians are responding to press questions. Unfortunately, most press questions tend to be rather laughable themselves. Fortunately, someone who knows what he's talking about managed to slip into a news conference today. Mark Tapscott provides a good summary Senator Durbin's bad day:
Capitol Hill is buzzing with talk of a news conference earlier today in which Powerline's Paul Mirengoff was pushing some hard questions at Sen. Teddy Kennedy, D-MA, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-IL, about the NSA's anti-terrorist international "eavesdropping" program.
Kennedy apparently got flustered with Mirengoff, so Durbin started fielding the questions and himself became increasingly flustered. Finally, according to one account, Durbin asked Mirengoff what news organization he represented.
Yes, Senator Durbin ran into the buzz saw known as Paul Mirengoff and Power Line. The proprietors of Power Line are best known for their role in forcing Dan Rather to retire, after Rather pushed the false Texas Air National Guard story about President Bush. Paul and the rest of the gang are legal experts, unlikely to be intimidated by Senator Durbin's impressive blustering. Apparently, Senator Durbin was the more intimidated person. I'm looking forward to watching the video once I get home.
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