Ted Kennedy asked if he fears Obama possibly being a target

Following Ted Kennedy's highly publicized endorsement of Barack Obama, Kennedy appeared on CBS This Morning yesterday to discuss it. I still can't believe that anyone would ask Kennedy this question, but the boob from CBS asks him if he fears for Obama's assassination (in so many words), and then proceeds to mention that Kennedy is familiar with "agents of change" being "targets."

Unbelievable.

Our society occasionally veers off the tracks of reasoned debate by being overly politically correct, but to say that to the brother of President Kennedy is absurd. And implying that Obama could be a target is even more ridiculous.

Yet another example of fine American journalism.

Tony Snowjob slips on a banana peel, suffers from a nasty case of amnesia

Tony Snowjob's divorce from reality is continuing apace. Take a look at this exchange a few days between Snow and CBS This Morning's Harry Smith:



Tony's got a short circuit, selective memory, or just outright denial. Let's take a look at what he had to say during the height of the Clinton impeachment craze, when Special Prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr issued subpoenas to just about everyone in the White House, including Clinton's top advisers, and Secret Service Agents (the latter of which was an unprecedented step.)...

"Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the theory that all such talk contributes in some way, shape or form to the continuing success and harmony of an administration. Taken to its logical extreme, that position would make it impossible for citizens to hold a chief executive accountable for anything. He would have a constitutional right to cover up.

"Chances are that the courts will hurl such a claim out, but it will take time.

"One gets the impression that Team Clinton values its survival more than most people want justice and thus will delay without qualm. But as the clock ticks, the public's faith in Mr. Clinton will ebb away for a simple reason: Most of us want no part of a president who is cynical enough to use the majesty of his office to evade the one thing he is sworn to uphold — the rule of law."

Hmm. Double-standard police - pull your vehicle to the side of the road, Mr. Snow.

This is another example of people having selective memories. The Congressional Research Service tells a different story. (The CRS is the non-partisan research arm of Congress.) According to a 2002 CRS report, during President Clinton's eight years in office, 31 people from the White House testified under oath before Congress. You may have heard of some of them:

Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger...

Clinton Presidential Council Lloyd Cutler...

And John Podesta, President Clinton's fourth and final White House Chief of Staff.

As usual, Snow's credibility is melting under his feet.

It's funny how Tony Snow is so slow to learn from his mistakes, in particular his name calling.



Here, in response to some tough questioning, Snow calls NBC White House Correspondent David Gregory "partisan," hardly a compliment.



Snow later apologizes, but he's slow to learn his lesson. He should take the word partisan out of his vocabulary, because when he uses it, he only sounds like what he's complaining about - partisan. As a White House press secretary, he's supposed to be above that.

Considering his pedigree from Fox News, it's pretty unlikely Snow will change.

Keith O on CBS Sunday Morning

I loved this informative piece, and unfortunately I didn't get to see it this past Sunday. (Score one for YouTube.) It's a CBS This Morning interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, and it's a great look behind the glasses, bluster and bubbling anger that defines him. KO is now my favorite political figure on TV, edging out Jon Stewart by a nanometer. (But TDS is always essential viewing.)

I'm doing ANYTHING but taking 2008 for granted, but if a Democrat captures the White House, I wonder what will become of people like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Olbermann?

Won't change a thing, claims KO, a self-described baseball nut. "If a Democrat did these things [referring to the Bush Administration], I would be out there just as ferociously," he said.

One thing's for sure - he's not going anywhere, and I couldn't be more delighted; he just signed a four-year contract extension with MSNBC to continue Counting Down for us every evening. Sweet.

Sleep tight, Mr. O'Reilly.