David Shuster, filling in for Tucker Carlson, humiliated Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on MSNBC today. She knew all the GOP talking points against Moveon.org, but she didn't know the name of the last soldier from her own district to be killed in Iraq:
Kagro X at Daily Kos picks up the story from Crooks and Liars:
Here's part of the transcript:
Shuster: “Let’s talk about the public trust. You represent, of course, a district in western Tennessee. What was the name of the last solider from your district who was killed in Iraq?”
Blackburn:”The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq uh – from my district I – I do not know his name -”
Shuster: “Ok, his name was Jeremy Bohannon, he was killed August the 9th, 2007. How come you didn’t know the name?”
Blackburn: “I – I, you know, I – I do not know why I did not know the name…” [Snip]
Shuster: “But you weren’t appreciative enough to know the name of this young man, he was 18 years old who was killed, and yet you can say chapter and verse about what’s going on with the New York Times and Move On.org.” [Snip]
Shuster: “But don’t you understand, the problems that a lot of people would have, that you’re so focused on an ad — when was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody? I mean, here we have a war that took the life of an 18 year old kid, Jeremy Bohannon from your district, and you didn’t even know his name.”
Plenty more commentary in the thread below this diary:
2 Comments
Last time an ad killed somebody
I love that line. I wonder if Shuster had read Bill Richardson’s blog on Huffington Post entiled “Ads Don’t Kill People, Wars Kill People”: http://www.huffingto…
By the way, anyone still think Richardson is only running for VP? He’s taking on Edwards, Clinton and Obama on the path out of Iraq for the U.S. Watch his video:
stephen-cassidy Mon 24 Sep 11:11 PM
I watched the video
It’s a good piece, and it should move the debate beyond, “we all want to end the war” and into a real discussion of the best way to get us out of this war.
That is good for the Democratic Party.
I do think the video exaggerates how many troops Edwards would leave in Iraq, though.
There’s also a typo where it says Biden would leave “20,0000” troops in Iraq.
desmoinesdem Mon 24 Sep 11:16 PM