Is much being made of the "planted question" aspect of soldier/Rummy Q/A

[LittleClarkie]

I haven't heard that much, and for some reason when I do, it isn't sticking.

When I first heard Rush talking about the reporter that gave that question to the soldier (was that our own William Pitt?) I was afraid the actual concerns of the soldiers would be buried under an avalanche of "but the question was a plant!"

So am I missing something, or is the media focusing on the equiping of our troops over how the question got asked? I hope so. Support the troops!

[TrustingDog]

1. still scratching my head over how a question could be a plant...

Especially in this area of questioning.

but then we Are living in interesting times.

[benddem]

2. typical of Rush

and all those other wingnuts...blame the messenger. What difference does it make if a reporter helped him phrase the question...the problem is not the question it is that we went to a preemptive war when we wanted and the jerks in the pentagon planned so poorly...or didn't plan at all. We were supposed to be greeted with flowers and candy...not one of these jerks has even acknowledged they might have been a tad wrong. :puke: :puke:

[ailsagirl]

3. It's the same old repug strategy

The repugs/ms media circulate the story that it was a plant to deflect attention from the real issue!!!

They're good at that and most people fall for it.

BTW, that's a fantastic portrait of Kerry

[LittleClarkie]

6. Here's where I got it from

Credit where credit is due:

'JOHN KERRY, APRIL 1971,' by Elizabeth Peyton, Gavin Brown's
Enterprise, 620 Greenwich Street, at Leroy Street, West
Village, [phone]. Part of a portfolio of 14 works
commissioned by Artforum magazine for its September issue.

It was in the NYT right before the RNC. I fell in love, copied it online and clipped it out of the paper.

I wonder if prints are for sale.

[mogster]

10. It is a very nice portrait of Senator Kerry

And also I think it is a decoy from the repubs/ms to try to create some weird kind of 'reasonable doubt' about what the question to Rumsch. actually was about.

Digression:
Kerry looks best when he's serious. He makes a very good impression when he's talking from the heart - same heart that made him question his own actions after the Vietnam war.
He really doesn't have to resort to cheap media tricks like looking into the camera, because he's not the kinda guy that is favored by style and posh.

Best served natural! ;-)

[mogster]

11. Forgot the pic - here

Good picture? It's from a speech in Washington early in the campaign, I think.

And great stucco, with the lights and all.

[mogster]

13. Here are my favourites, though

And look at all the happy and cheering Dems - marvellous :-)

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[Streetdoc270]

4. The question MIGHT have been a plant

but the cheers, 'Huoops' and applause were spontanious.

[LittleClarkie]

5. and the question had real merit, no matter where it came from

It appears to me that the Bushies are having a hard time deflecting blame or attention on this issue. Mwahahaha! Good!

[ailsagirl]

7. Exactly-- but, you know the repugs-- deflect anything

that might make them look bad.

[goclark]

12. CNN said the reporter made the soldier do it

The soldier didn't appear to be afraid of saying it.
CNN is saying what the soldier said about the land mines and the rest has not been proven.

They have ROVED it already.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. exactly

you cannot claim THAT was preplanned in any way! Those guys echoed the sentiments of that question with their applause...otherwise, Rumsfeld might have not even taken the time to answer the question and found a way to blow it off or divert to another topic...

theProdigal

[goclark]

15. Republican definition of the word "Plant"

is...

A question that was not carefully approved and given to a soldier by their side.

All those that have anything negative against the war are labeled "plants."

I just wish we could get more plants to surprise them at just the right moment!

I would love to have someone ask GWB," Why didn't you send the twins to Iraq to serve their country without proper equipment?"

[Javaman]

8. Planted or not, the soldier still said it. He didn't have to...

I would think that the soldier had to agree to the question in order to say it if it was true that it was planted.

To me, who cares, the point is, he said it. There are problems over their and the repukes continue to keep their heads in the ground.

I bet you this is the first of many questions like this to come.

Once one person asks, others will too.

[hollowdweller]

16. I think the fact that the reporter's e mail showed genuine concern for the

troops rather than just trying to make Rumsfeld look bad is deflecting a lot of spinmeisters. After all they beat up on Kerry for "denying armor to the troops" during the elections, so this kind of makes them look hypocritical.