Wow!! Wolf Blitzer has a spine!! Who woulda guessed??

[CatWoman]

Blitzer Dismantles Rep. Boustany’s Assertions Of Progress In Iraq

Appearing on CNN’s Late Edition this morning, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), who recently returned from Iraq, asserted “some major improvements” are being witnessed in Iraq. Echoing claims made by Gen. David Petraeus, Boustany said “sectarian deaths are down.”

Host Wolf Blitzer corrected Boustany’s assertion, citing Iraqi health ministry statistics that report Iraqi civilian deaths have been climbing. The LA Times reports:

Bombings, sectarian slayings and other violence related to the war killed at least 1,773 Iraqi civilians in August, the second month in a row that civilian deaths have risen, according to government figures obtained Friday. In July, the civilian death toll was 1,753, and in June it was 1,227.

Blitzer emphasized, “In terms of Iraqi dead people, those numbers are high and getting worse despite the increased military troop levels of the United States — the so-called surge — having been in effect over the past couple of months.”

Confronted with factual evidence proving his claims incorrect, Boustany attempted to pivot to anecdotal evidence of what he saw on the ground. “I want to point out that just two or three months ago, I would have never thought that four members of Congress would be able to walk through the streets of Fallujah,” he said. But Blitzer quickly noted “you had a lot of security with you,” forcing Boustany to acknowledge he walked with “a platoon of Marines.”

Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/02/boustany-iraq/

[NewJeffCT]

1. good for Wolf

Next time, Boustany will say that last time, it was two platoons of marines

[Olney Blue]

2. OMG, wolfie was a real journalist today.

[JFN1]

28. Don't worry

this, too, shall pass...

[tridim]

3. Blitzer's real bosses probably want him to move on to Iran now.

Iraq is old news.

[Phrogman]

9. That was my first thought also, he'll manipulate his viewers into thinking Iraq is a lost cause....

unless those Iranians making their IED's can be dealt with.

Slick propagandist.

[Skidmore]

4. Was this before or after he provided lots of time for that book on Little Boots...

the "Dead Certain" one? I thought I would lose my dinner over that one.

[WillyT]

5. Hey Cat !!! - Look Who I Saw At The Summer Of Love Festival !!!

Course... there was a lot of smoke in the air, LOL!!!

:evilgrin:

And BTW - Good for Wolf. He's gotta lot to make up for.

:hi:

[CatWoman]

7. what a wonderful pic, Willy

:hi:

:loveya:

Peace all around :)

P.S. Ya old hippie!! :P

[havocmom]

6. Spine or marketing research and focus group feed back?

My guess in NOT the former. KO's show is rocking the industry and the talking heads all see the figures.

[CatWoman]

8. I think you're on to something, Havocmom

:)

[havocmom]

12. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then

Sometimes I hit on an credible idea.

:hi:

[PSPS]

10. Big deal. It was on a Sunday morning on a 3-day weekend. Like a 'dump.' Few watched.

[CatWoman]

11. I think it is a "big deal"

regardless of when it took place.

do you people have to dissect and psychoanalyze every fucking thing???

[Swamp Rat]

13. LOL!

I can't help myself sometimes. :D

[Forkboy]

14. Yeah,but was it his?

Or was he standing over the corpse he had just ripped it out of Predator style? :P

[CatWoman]

17. that was completely disgusting

yet, I kept coming back for more!!!

:rofl:

[Forkboy]

18. Nice pic.

If I went on a date with him he'd be the looker. :)

[CatWoman]

19. oh, come on now!!!

I've seen your pic :loveya:

[Forkboy]

20. That was Frisco you're thinking of.

:D

[blues90]

15. The hell with Wolf

If he spent the next 2,000 years of sundays he could never make up for all he has said and done in the past 6 years . I hope his damn contol center screen falls on him like a fly swatter .

[rjones2818]

16. It's a temporary condition.

Surgery was scheduled the moment his show ended.

[Imagevision]

21. Patreaus & Bush are ignoring actual increased civilian body counts to serve their own causes

Hasn't Bush been qualified to his new role as dictator???

[defendandprotect]

22. In the 11th hour when every reporter should be attacking Bush -- ???? Hardly sufficient -- !!!!

[Imagevision]

23. CNN had no probs burying Larry Craig, allowing Gonzo coverage story to go south...

msm seems still seems highly selective over what they print about *
(someone still has the power-mojo thing still in control)

[Metta]

24. It's an anomaly. He still has no spine.

You need two points to draw a line.

[Skittles]

25. maybe even the whores are getting sick of it

there is always that hope

[Metta]

27. They'll do their thing and then we'll see.

Everything else is fairy tale-ing.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

26. Wolf no longer exists for me, no matter what he might ape himself to be one day.

The next, he will always be cozy in the pocket of the * administration.

[Orsino]

29. Call me when he wants to stop his precious war. n/t