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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
I don't believe that you can state, with certainty, that Cheney's statement was preposterous at the time it was made. It might have raised an eyebrow but, as the sitting vice-president, he gets an immediate pass by the media until such a statement is investigated.
You absolutely cannot state that Russert "knew it". He might have had a pause in his own mind, but that's not sufficient to challenge the vice-president. Sorry, that's not his role as the interviewer.
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I disagree on both counts, although I admit that it is all a matter of degree.
If Cheney had said, "We believe in fact that Saddam Hussein came from another planet to enslave the human race." Would you still say that I have no basis for saying that his statement was preposterous? Or that the interviewer should say, "Really?"
I am saying that Cheney's statement about nukes falls pretty close to that category. I was certain at the time that it was false. Maybe I got lucky that the facts ultimately supported me, but I don't think it was ever a close call. Nuclear weapons? Preposterous.
04-10-2012, 11:20 AM
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