As I type this I am listening to the late night re-broadcast of the Brian Lehrer show of Friday Sept. 2. The two guests were Katrina Vanden Heuvel of the Nation and James Carafano of the Heritage foundation. The false sanctimony of Carafano, who twisted the meaning of everything Katrina Vanden Heuvel said, was sickening.
What was even more disgusting was the mealy-mouthed, hesitant, barely articulate commentary by Vanden Heuvel. Who chose this woman to discuss Bush’s responsibility for this disaster? Carafano, a right wing Bush apologist with no shame, ran rough-shod over her. If people are going to wake up from their TV-induced brain-washed stupor and realize what a disaster the Bush presidency has been for this country we need to do better than this. I am so angry. Was this woman paid off by the right to blow it? Brian, I am a huge fan of your show. In the interest of fairness and balance, PLEASE don’t let Katrina Vanden Heuvel on again. She is an incompetent debater, and certainly no match for the Goering-esque PR skills of Carafano.