Say it Ain't so Shuster

[MadBadger]

I absolutely loved his thrashing of Rep. Blackburn. Why oh why did he have to be so wrong. Now he just look likes a complete Ass hole because the soldier didnt die in her district. Now Blackburn looks like the victim.

edited for the source

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/shuster_says_sorry_67839.asp

Shuster Says Sorry
David Shuster just took to the air on MSNBC to apologize for an earlier segment, in which he asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn to name the last person from her district who died in Iraq. The original transcript:


Blackburn:"The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq uh -- from my district I -- I do not know his name ..."

Shuster: "Okay, his name was Jeremy Bohannon. He was killed August the 9th, 2007. How come you didn't know the name?"


Turns out Bohannon wasn't from Blackburn's district, but rather from a neighboring one.

"For that, I apologize for that mistake," said Shuster.

[seemslikeadream]

1. She still didn't know the name of the last soldier to die in her district

did she?

[MadBadger]

2. It doesnt matter when he names somebody different

Now he looks like the jackass that she looked like two days ago.

[blondeatlast]

5. Exactly. But all the spin will echo the OP. Hmm... nt

[MadBadger]

15. What spin are u talking about?

[alstephenson]

3. Where did you get this info? Link, please?

[MadBadger]

7. I got it from the TV, but here is it in writing

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/shuster_says_sorry_67839.asp

Shuster Says Sorry
David Shuster just took to the air on MSNBC to apologize for an earlier segment, in which he asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn to name the last person from her district who died in Iraq. The original transcript:


Blackburn:"The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq uh -- from my district I -- I do not know his name ..."

Shuster: "Okay, his name was Jeremy Bohannon. He was killed August the 9th, 2007. How come you didn't know the name?"


Turns out Bohannon wasn't from Blackburn's district, but rather from a neighboring one.

"For that, I apologize for that mistake," said Shuster.

[TheDebbieDee]

4. Source?

Who says this soldier was not in her district?

Is the source someone in blackburn's office? Some tabloid that no one's ever heard of? Bill OLielly?

[MadBadger]

6. ITs called the TV

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/shuster_says_sorry_67839.asp

Shuster Says Sorry
David Shuster just took to the air on MSNBC to apologize for an earlier segment, in which he asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn to name the last person from her district who died in Iraq. The original transcript:


Blackburn:"The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq uh -- from my district I -- I do not know his name ..."

Shuster: "Okay, his name was Jeremy Bohannon. He was killed August the 9th, 2007. How come you didn't know the name?"


Turns out Bohannon wasn't from Blackburn's district, but rather from a neighboring one.

"For that, I apologize for that mistake," said Shuster.

[blondeatlast]

10. She's still the heartless, boilerplate spewing idiot who didn't know the name

with the healthy, of-age son who supports a war that doesn't touch her at all--because she won't let it get close.

[alstephenson]

17. Sorry, some of us don't have access to TV right now.

This just sucks. There goes Shuster's credibility. I wonder how many HAVE died in Iraq from her district? It couldn't be more than a couple, and she really SHOULD know who they were, but that won't be the way this thing gets spun. Shuster should have asked her his question about whether she knew the name and then left it at that. Blackburn's district is a jerry-mandered mess - someone posted a map of the districts in the state yesterday.

[MadBadger]

19. Thats what im trying to get at here

but I'm getting hammered for spinning this myself.

[pampango]

8. I found yesterday that the little town he was from, Bon Agua, is

is split between two congressional districts, but I couldn't figure out which part of the town and which district he was from.

[me b zola]

12. Schuster made a correction & apology during Tuckers show

Apparently the dead soldier lived in a neighboring district.

[Beaverhausen]

9. So what? She still didn't know the name of the last soldier who died

yet went on and on about how close she is with all the families.

[blondeatlast]

11. Yep. but look how quickly the spin reached DU.

Coincidence? We report, you decide...

[Cha]

13. Well, at least a Soldier will

be recognized and not just another faceless piece of fodder and no doubt marsha will learn the names from her district in the future if any should perish in bushit's oil war on Iraq.


http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/dates/2007/aug/05/jeremy-s-bohannon/

And David Shuster apologized which is more than a lot of people have done in this whole tragic sham.

[blondeatlast]

14. When Blackburn attends (sans the media) a funeral, I'll give a damn about

Schuster's UNDERSTANDABLE mistake.

[MadBadger]

16. The mistake was shotty research

Something some lowly intern probably got fired for.

[blondeatlast]

18. What a curious subject line--"Say it Ain't so Shuster"

The headline reads: Shuster apologizes for mistake."

[FARAFIELD]

20. oh gawd

Man he nailed her, why did he get that so wrong. I know she didnt know the name of the last soldier killed, but the spin will be that he wasnt from her district, shit, shuster should know we have to be 100% on,

[blondeatlast]

21. the town is split between districts--and wtf cares? SHE can't spoil her

beautiful mind with such pettiness of the names of soldiers killed in a war she supports.

[ecstatic]

22. Still proud of him. A right winger would have never apologized

He still has way more integrity than that fake biotch will ever have.

[candymarl]

23. When you go up against

a RW Republican you better have your ducks in a row - or you'll be Rathered.

[pampango]

24. You are right. This will get the "Rather" treatment now.

Dem: "You still didn't know the name of the last soldier from your district killed in Iraq."

Rep: "Neither did you. And the name you did provide was false."

Dem: "We have the "big picture" right."

Rep: "And you prove this by providing false information?"

That does sound like something out of 2004.

[blondeatlast]

25. Kicking--the onus is still on Blackburn. And I did NOT write the SL (yech)

[riverdeep]

26. Man, if you're going to go after someone,

get your facts straight! Yes, I know the 'spirit' of what he said was correct, but that's not how it will be spun. You can't give them any ammunition, any. Yes, I also know that Bill O'Reilly and Limpburger get their facts wrong all the time and never issue a correction, but we don't have that luxury. Now he just looks like an uninformed bully.

Still want him to get a show over Tucker however.