July 19, 2007
Hotline After Dark -- Iraq Still TV's Favorite Topic
Joe Biden was on the "NewsHour" to discuss the situation in Iraq:
Asked how he'd decide whether or not to leave troops there: "If there's a political settlement and the international community's imperator is on it, and it's real, I leave troops there. If there is no political settlement, all the king's horses and all of king's men can't put Iraq together. My son, whose likely to be going over there with his unit next year, they've gotten the notification as a captain, I don't want him going. But guess what? I don't want my grandson going 15 years from now. And how we leave, what we leave behind will determine whether our grandkids go. But we'll have no choice, in my view, absent a political settlement, no choice but ultimately completely leave Iraq."
More: "One thing the American people won't tolerate ... they will not tolerate losing their sons and daughters just to keep things from getting worse. They'll tolerate losing their sons and daughters if you're making things considerably better and safer for America and the region in the long run."
Biden: "For this president, information is like the pupil of the eye. The more information you give it, the more tightly he rejects it. He is living in an unrealistic fantasyland about the state of affairs on the ground in Iraq" (PBS, 7/18).
SENATORS STILL SLEEPY
Iraq and the Senate's all-nighter remained big TV topics last night:
MSNBC's Carlson: "Most of us have pulled the occasional all nighter, always out of desperation or foolishness. And for our sleeplessness, we have almost always wound up with a decent five page paper or a with a passing grade a wild story to tell our friends. The Democrats in the Senate pulled an all nighter last night to debate the Iraq war most certainly out of desperation and maybe foolishly. For their sleeplessness, the Democrats saw their proposal to withdraw American troops from Iraq voted down this morning by bleary eyed Republicans who were more annoyed than convinced. No five page paper, no passing grade, no wild story; nothing for the sixth time on this issue" ("Tucker," 7/18).
Newsweek's Alter: "Everybody is arguing over nothing, because in order to preserve the Republican party, Bush will start to draw down in the next six months to a year. There's no question about it. Otherwise, the Republicans will lose so badly in 2008" ("Tucker," MSNBC, 7/18).
FNC's Garrett: "Even though Republicans prevailed, anxiety runs high in leadership circles that as many as a dozen Republicans could in the months ahead embrace a mandatory troop withdrawal timeline" ("Special Report," 7/18).
CNN's Koppel: "It is entirely possible that there may not be another vote on Iraq until September" ("Lou Dobbs Tonight," 7/18). [EMILY GOODIN]
Posted at 08:29 AM
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Tucker Carlson has a brain of the size of a pea. He looks foolish and talks irrelevant.
Tuck | 07.19.07 01:03 PM
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