CNN's Bob Franken reports "Cleveland is in Ohio"

[underpants]

Reporting on Condi Rice making political speeches.

From the report (almost verbatim)

Democrats have accused National Security Advisor Rice of blurring the line between politics and policy.

By definition of the job it focuses on matters international.

This was Rice last week at Cleveland's City Club (direct Rice quote)"..and because of the President's plain spoken and resolute leadership in combatting WMD..." Cleveland is in Ohio, the much heralded and all important to the election Ohio.

Since Labor Day Rice has spoken in OreGON and is expected to speak twice this week in Pennsylvania.

Critics say this is blatant politics in a time of so many crises

WH spokesman Scott McClellan "...the speeches that she has given are engagements that she was invited to attend"

Clinton's NS Advisor Anthony Laitte (sp?)TWO speeches in '96 both in DC
Sany Berger-ONE in 2000 in DC
Carter's Brzenzski-TWO speeches out of DC (in '80 I guess)

Brzenzski (part of Kerry's team WOW do they have some heavy hitters on the Kerry team) "I am afraind that that this is, at least in my book, excessive politicization of an office that is unusually sensitive".

[flowomo]

1. who knew?

[underpants]

4. I had to lead with that

I literally stopped in my tracks walking by the TV.

[elperromagico]

7. The TV that is in your house?

As opposed to the TV in my house? I'm a dense CNN viewer; I need obvious things pointed out to me in minute detail. ;)

[underpants]

10. Like when Woodruff reminded us after a Kerry fact check that....

they did a fact check two weeks ago on a speech Bush gave. Wow don't tire yourselves out there CNN.

[elperromagico]

11. Wait a second. Bush has been out of office since 1993.

Why are they fact-checking his speeches?

Oh wait - you mean that other Bush. Oops. :P

[dogtag]

2. It may have been news to many Shrub supporters. (n/t)

[Generator]

3. LOL and sea monkeys are pond scum

[Eye and Monkey]

5. "she was invited to attend"

Does that make any sense? any at all?

[underpants]

8. No it doesn't

Gee wonder how they got her mailing address.... :think:

[spooky3]

6. your taxpayer $ at work

[AspenRose]

9. DNC, it's time to make another commercial

about the Bush administration playing politics with national security!!!

Hello? Is this thing on???

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

12. Thins like this...

make it hard to believe that Bob Franken is really Al Franken's cousin. But he is.