After attacking Reid over war "is lost" comment, Broder "doubtful" Iraq victory is possible

[BurtWorm]

From Media Matters:



http://mediamatters.org/items/200704300008?f=h_top

On the April 30 edition of XM Radio's The Bob Edwards Show, Washington Post columnist David Broder asserted that it was "really doubtful" President Bush would be able "to salvage something that would look like a victory in Iraq." Broder made this statement four days after he attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for what he called Reid's "ineptitude," because of, as he wrote in his April 26 Post column, Reid's assertion that the Iraq war "is lost." As Media Matters for America noted, in that column, Broder pointed to Reid's "war is lost" remark to compare him to embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and accuse him of engaging in "inept discussion<s> of the alternatives in Iraq" and of not being "a man who misses many opportunities to put his foot in his mouth." Further, after discussing Democratic strategist Paul Begala's recent column on The Huffington Post, in which he wrote that "Broder, of course, is a gasbag," host Bob Edwards noted, "<W>e're in the world of the blogs and this stuff spreads so fast." Broder responded: "I am not a fan of the blogs, and the blogs are not fans of mine."

As Media Matters has noted, in his April 26 column, Broder asserted that both Reid and Gonzales were "continuing embarrassment<s> thanks to" their "amateurish performance<s>," and he pointed to Gonzales' handling of the controversial dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys and Reid's "war is lost" statement as evidence. In that column, Broder also claimed that "a long list of senators of both parties" is "ready" for Reid's "ineptitude to end" but provided no evidence of any Democrat who holds that position.

But, during his interview with Edwards, Broder himself stated that it "is really doubtful" Bush's "effort to try to salvage something that would look like a victory in Iraq" is "achievable." Broder added that Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, "probably has until August or September to produce something that would be tangible. If he can do it, that would be wonderful, but I think the odds are against him."

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[magellan]

1. I read Broder's April 26th column, and all the dozens of comments that followed it

I think there was a grand total of ONE who supported what he had to say. Everyone else ripped him on his disingenuous and frankly laughable attempt to turn Reid into the Dem's "Gonzales". (I doubt Broder has ever spent a column tearing into Bush** the same way, even though Bush** is far more deserving of such criticism.)

Maybe the comments got to him.

[BurtWorm]

2. I sent him a question for his online forum this Friday at WaPo Online

"Who is more of an embarrassment to you as an American: Harry Reid or George W. Bush?"

I'd love to see his answer to it.

[magellan]

3. Heh, I would too

If he's a true representative of the "liberal media" he'll equivocate and reinterpret the question to make them sound "even". If he's the tool I believe him to be, he won't answer at all.

Report back if he does reply, will you?

[BurtWorm]

4. I certainly will!

:patriot: