James Rubin & Heritage Stooge on CNN

[Cush]

Heritage guy: POwerful and successful speech

James: Only partially successfull. I find it strange that Chalabi, who has wanted this invasion for years says he now agrees with Chirac and not Bush

[Cush]

1. Caller from Texas:

THought it was arrogant, Bush basically said "I Broke it, now help me fix it"

Rubin: I agree on the tone. Texas slang won't work internationally

[Cush]

2. Oh man

Heritage stooge: It was inappropriate for Annan to crticize Bush's "Premptive POlicy"

[glarius]

3. Rubin also said Bush was effective talking about sex trafficing...uugghhh

He's buying Bush's pretense at concern for these victims...Rubin always says just enough pro-Bush stuff to keep him in good standing...that's been my observation.
edit---His wife, Christianne Amanpour has more guts than him...She just did an interview somewhere (don't have a link) where she said she and her cohorts at CNN were muzzled and self censored re the Iraq war...IMO

[blm]

5. State Dept. people are supposed to weigh the positives

along with the negatives. It's a BIG part of the job.

The last thing you want in the State Dept. is someone who talks like an internet message board.

[glarius]

6. Well...the Republican state dept. spokespeople certainly don't mention

any negatives!....Perhaps Rubin could balance this out!

[Cush]

4. Cali Caller

I think the world was waiting for humility and he didn't do anything. He insulted them once, and basically did it again

Rubin: Bush keeps losing people when he says Iraq is/was part of the War on Terror even before the war. The world doesn't see it that.

Rubin: If Annan had praised Bush's policy, your guest would have said it was ok. Annan doesn't have to answer to anyone, its his right to do so in diplomatic terms

[indigo11153]

7. Highlights

Cali Caller has got the highlights right. That heritage guy was such a whore!