Lil' Russ's Republican Sideshow

It isn't Dr. Phil but it is an embarassment nevertheless. While there isn't a transcript yet of today's program, you won't need one as I will summarize it for you here.

First guest: Colin Powell.

Lil' Russ: Was the President's response to the disaster in Asia quick enough and sufficient?

Powell: These things have a lifespan, the President was involved from the first moment, blah, blah, blah. Our response has been overwhelming and will continue to grow, blah, blah, blah. The American people are generous, blah, blah, blah.

Lil' Russ: Should we have followed the Powell doctrine in Iraq?

Powell: We had sufficient troop strength, blah, blah, blah. The Iraqi people want to vote, blah, blah, blah. Tim, please remove your hand from my thigh.

Second segment: Circle Jerk with, get this, William Safire, Kate O'Beirne, Evan Thomas, and David Broder.

Lil' Russ first runs video montage from the '04 election which can best be summed up as a video montage written and directed to make John Kerry look bad ("I actually voted for the $87b before I voted against it) and Bush, well it hardly showed him. One video excerpt: "I know it was Osama bin Laden..."

Lil' Russ to panelists: When was this election won?

Panelists: In the first 10 days after 9/11, when the country needed a President to rally around, and the country never forgot.

Other comments of the Republican "journalists" club: Bush...political capital...conservative judges...social security...political capital...

Really, if this is the best Lil' Russ can do in balancing the panel he should just give up. Why waste time putting two mealy-mouthed journalists scared of their own shadows and unwilling to ever be critical of the Administration in the ring with two wild-eyed Republican apologists who also happen to be mouthpieces for the administration? Really, Safire and O'Beirne breathe fire while anyone else he puts on the panel simply tries to walk a line right down the middle.

You expect it from Safire and O'Beirne as they are self-proclaimed knuckle-draggers. What has become apparent about most of the others that frequent his program, including himself, is that they all sleep together too often, eat together too often, and vacation together too often. The mainstream media should stop wondering why the rise of the blogosphere.