Live Blogging the Shoutfest, Part Deux
On the second segment of Meet the Press, Maureen Dowd was asked that if in hindsight the war in Iraq was justified because of the obvious wave of democracy spreading over the mideast. Dowd couldn't refrain from diverting the discussion by

• Comparing the US to Russia


• Saying we perform and allow third-party torture on our enemies


• The US arrests journalists


• The administration is corrupting journalism by planting a phoney reporter and former escort (as if Dowd herself qualifies as a reporter) in a White House press briefing.

What's amazing is that she got that all out in ten seconds. Such venom. No wonder the Times circulation is going down locally while it's national circulation isn't even close to the other national papers: WSJ and USA Today.

UPDATE: When asked about Sen. Hillary Clinton's race to the middle in recent days, Dowd instead talked about Condoleezza Rice being a "Matrix Dominatrix" in a recent appearance on a US military airfield in Germany. Hey, the troops liked it, and so did Base10. See this post for more information.
- posted by Base10 @ 11:14 AM