June 22, 2006
Hotline After Dark: Gooooooooooooooooal!
Cable's in repeats and Iraq was repeatedly the topic on cable last night:
FNC's Garrett, on the Iraq debate: "Congressional Republicans have defied expectations and rallied around a beleaguered White House. ... The key to GOP unity, democratic disunity" ("Special Report," 6/21).
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): "There has been this heated debate about Iraq for a long time now and a lot of language used on both sides that I just don't think helps the American people understand our viewpoints. I think that we lose sight of what we should be doing for the American people. But there should be passion. And if they want to be passionate that way, that's their privilege to do so. I prefer not to do so and I think that's my right to do so and I do respect those who disagree" ("Hardball," MSNBC, 6/21).
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), on Kerry's proposal: "John is frustrated as can be. A lot of people are, and John has, I guess, reached the conclusion that they're never going to get it right, so we might as well set a timetable and get out" ("Hardball," MSNBC, 6/21).
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), asked if it hurts the Dems to not be united on Iraq: "We're unified on the most essential ingredient, which is the failure of this administration, their lack of honesty with the American people about what is really happening in Iraq. We're unified about the fact that you need to begin redeployment of American forces now. I think there is a unity in moving in a new direction" ("AC 360," CNN, 6/21).
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), on Kerry: "I don't know how he says that there is not a cut-and-run, when they are setting deadlines for the redeployment of troops, and they're hard deadlines" ("AC 360," CNN, 6/21).
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) held a presser late yesterday stating declassified documents showed chemical weapons in Iraq. Asked if he revealed that info because he's in a tight SEN race, Santorum: "That's absolutely unfair. We're not beating our chests today. ... This is one more piece of the puzzle which creates an overwhelming case about how dangerous this regime was" ("Hannity & Colmes," FNC, 6/21).
LADIES NIGHT
The nine women Dem Sens. appeared on "LKL" last night:
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), on the Iraq debate: "Democrats are doing the country a great service by having this debate. It's the Republicans who are all blindly following the president and refusing to ask questions, even conducting the most minimal kind of congressional oversight."
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), on WH '08: "Any one of these women could be on the ticket. President, vice president, I'm not kidding. They could."
Asked who's seen Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," HRC: "I thought it was terrific. And you know, Al for years has been sounding the alarm on global climate change. And no one can sit through that movie and not be convinced that time is running out for us to take the action we need to control the emissions of carbon dioxide into the air. And that goes right along with what we're trying to do in energy. It goes hand in hand. So I think he's done a great service, not just to our country, but the world."
CNN's L. King: "Would you like him to run again?"
HRC: "You're good, Larry."
More HRC: "All roads lead to one question. I have a question for you. When the FBI director is here tomorrow, ask him if he agrees with cutting the homeland security money to New York City. Just ask him" (CNN, 6/21). [EMILY GOODIN]
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