Reply #59: YUP, this episode tarnished Jennings a bit for me.... [View All]

[Gloria]

his snarkiness to just hassle Clark while the others got plenty of "real" questions. You can argue about what his intentions were, but I was put off by his snarky tone. It seemed to be especially argumentative. If reporters in general had used that sort of "dogged" questionning about Bush's history....

Ironically, last night I happened to catch a rerun of Larry King interviewing Jennings on 9/3/2003 (or thereabouts) and they were discussing Clark and what it would mean if he entered the Presidential race! Jennings said he had time to raise money and that he could make things uncomfortable for other Democrats.

It was a straight answer....so what happened between that interview and that debate in 2004????

Overall, Jennings had a distinguished career....but this moment sticks in my craw.