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Rumsfeld Calls Powell a Liar!
Tells Hannity Former Secretary of Defense's Story Not
True
by Steve Young
May 6, 2006—HOLLYWOOD (apj.us)—So the left demeans the lack of tough interrogation by FOX News pundits when the White House makes their friendly-confines visits to FOX News and the right wing radio Lords of Loud.
Well, my liberal friends, it's time to rearrange the deck chairs on the hate-Hannity Titanic.
Tuesday, the Secretary of Defense, who was celebrating the three year anniversary of the "mission" that is in the midst of being "accomplished" and took the risque step of facing devastating interrogation by Sean Hannity on his radio show.
At one time (yesterday and everyday before that), a sentence that includes Hannity and "devastating interrogation" of the right would have been facetious. Not anymore.
It happened in the midst of asking (not actually asking as much as making a statement that Rumsfeld could agree with) about how gutsy it was that he and Condileeza Rice made a visit to Iraq to observe the fabulosa progress of our incursion into Iraq, especially the selection of a new prime minister that Hannity assured us, no one in the mainstream media had talked about. This was much the business as usual of comfort-zone questioning. Then came the blockbuster and Hannity instantly became a card-carrying member of the demeaning this president and his team while troops are in harm's way liberal mainstream media.
Hannity asked Rummy about Colin Powell saying that in the big old White House pre-Iraq invasion, are we planning for enough troops meeting.
Flash back to Powell's interview last week with Britain's ITV television: "I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I was not sure we had enough troops," Powell said. "The case was made, it was listened to, it was considered. ... A judgment was made by those responsible that the troop strength was adequate."
He comes da blockbuster. Rumsfeld told Hannity that no one in that meeting disagreed with the "troop strength was adequate" judgement. i.e. Colin must be lying.
Way to go, Sean! If that doesn't prove that you no lap dog for the White House, nothing will.
I waited for Sean to go for the jugular.
"Well, Mr. Secretary. Are you calling the former Secretary of State under President Bush, during the invasion, a liar?! Or is it you that's doing the lying? Don't wait for the translation, Secretary Rumsfeld. I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over."
Sean didn't, but y'gotta give him a break. Becoming a real reporter where truth is more important than partisanship is kind of new. It takes some time to hone the craft. Still, it's a start.
Wonder why the liberal mainstream media didn't pick up the Rumsfeld rip of Powell? Is it any wonder why we have to listen to Sean? It's so we can hear what we won't hear anywhere else. I always guffawed at that one. Not anymore. Not anymore.
Can't wait to listen to Sean today to hear him drag the truth out of Michelle Malkin.
Steve Young is an author, comedy writer, columnist, LA talk show host and author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful." You can also check out the satirical side of Steve every Sunday in the LA Daily News.
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