Monday, February 14, 2011

Zandar's Thought Of The Day

So, with the huge news from Egypt this week, what experts did our "liberal media" turn to yesterday as far as explaining Washington's reaction and how the Obama administration handled the situation?

Let's find out.

Meet the Press: Halperin, Speaker Boehner, Ambassador Indyk, Mayor Reed, Rep. Schilling, Brooks, Dee Dee Myers
Fox News Sunday: Gov. Barbour, Rep. Ryan
Face the Nation: Sen. McCain, Ahmed Zewail
This Week:: Ehud Barak, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty
State of the Union: Ambassadors Walker and Negroponte, Sen. Graham

No Democrats currently serving in Congress, no White House officials, and a crapload of Republicans, including John McCain, who completely reversed his position on Egypt from just two weeks ago.

McCain has waffled on his views regarding the pro-democracy protests. Initially, he expressed fear about the movement, calling it a dangerous "virus" that could spread throughout the Middle East. But following President Hosni Mubarak's decision to step down, McCain issued a statement applauding the "Egyptian people" for "beginning ... their country's transition to democracy." Moreover, in late January, McCain told CNN it would not be wise for the Obama administration to "cut [Mubarak] loose." A few days later, he was demanding Obama call on Mubarak to resign immediately.

Funny how McCain keeps ending up on TV as a foreign policy expert along with Sen. Lindsey Graham all the time when the guy has zero credibility for anyone who care to research his positions.

Which our "liberal media" does not.

1 comment:

SteveAR said...

Funny how McCain keeps ending up on TV as a foreign policy expert along with Sen. Lindsey Graham all the time when the guy has zero credibility for anyone who care to research his positions.

Which our "liberal media" does not.


I agree. I noticed nobody bothered to bring in foreign policy "expert" Joe Biden to ask him how he came to think Mubarak wasn't a dictator. They didn't bother to bring in CIA's Leon Panetta to give him more intelligence on what is going on in the Middle East. They didn't bring in DNI chief Jim Clapper to ask him how he came to believe the Muslim Brotherhood was secular.

David Gregory spent some time with Boehner asking the Speaker on the hard-hitting issue of the day: why Boehner hasn't chastised the birthers. Never mind that the left would whine about Boehner attempting to silence free speech if he did try to silence the birthers.

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