Margaret Carlson whips * Ass!

Press corps should take lessons from Oprah

By MARGARET CARLSON
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST

On "The Daily Show" on the eve of the State of the Union speech last week, Jon Stewart juxtaposed interviews with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney conducted by the Washington press corps and clips of Oprah Winfrey bringing author James Frey to heel.

Under Oprah's questioning, Frey had to admit he made up big chunks of his so-called memoir, "A Million Little Pieces." When he tried to wriggle out of it, she stopped him as if squashing something slimy. "You mean, you lied," she said.

Cut to "The Daily Show,"' and Cheney fairly beaming as CNBC's Lawrence Kudlow lobbed softballs at him. ("Isn't the economy kind of an underrated story?")

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The "L" word!

them.

I take it that a TOUGH article like this is a change in tone...she's not afraid to attack Bush anymore....that's a start

it was great. She touched all the bases!

Here is more:

'"Addicted to oil" will end up on the same ash heap of history as "axis of evil" and last year's doomed proposal to overhaul Social Security, Bush's mention of which prompted Democrats to give the only sarcastic standing ovation I've ever witnessed. Democrats didn't have much to be proud of last year, but they at least stopped Bush from tinkering with Roosevelt's shining domestic achievement.

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How could Bush go on for almost an hour and barely mention Hurricane Katrina, after his government's disgraceful failure to aid those stricken?

As for health care, Oprah, with her unerring ear for human interest, would pounce on him for his ludicrous Health Savings Accounts, a fanciful name for a tax shelter for the Healthy Rich like herself, those least aggrieved by our current system. Of course, there's no money left to do much else, as Bush's earlier effort cost $700 billion, not $400 billion, and enriched insurance and drug companies while managing to drive seniors crazy.

If Bush had put all this in a book, Oprah would have called him and his publisher on the carpet. But Bush has only the Washington press corps and the enfeebled Democrats to answer to. As long as he sticks to speeches, he's free to leave the truth in a million little pieces."

I hate to say this but what else can we call them at this point? I stopped believing that they had some sort of master plan that could explain their behavior and lead to meaningful change a while ago.

The fact that the tide looks like it could be turning in certain parts of the media and people like Carlson would write a piece like this and the dems in washington STILL seem willing (for the most part) to roll over every time the repukes say "play dead" only confirms this shameful moniker.

did back in 2000, and the leadup to the election. She, and the other socalled 'liberals' on the late, not lamented show, Capital Gang, spent more time trashing Dems than Repukes. Margaret Carlson can never get right in my eyes.