A runaway freight train, alright
Remember the classic Simpsons episode (back in the good old days, when the show was still...funny), when Mr. Burns is running for Governor and, while dining with the Simpson family during a photo-op campaign dinner, Homer and Lisa are both forced by his campaign team to ask him stungingly planted questions? Lisa asks future-governor Burns, with all the enthusiasm of a robot in need of a recharge:
"Mr. Burns, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway frieght train. Why are you so popular?"
I'm reminded of this episode after reading this gem on MSNBC.com:
If you scroll down to the sub-heading that reads "Carefully choreographed," you'll see to what I'm referring:
"Before it began, a Pentagon official coached the troops, telling them the president planned to ask questions on three topics: The overall security in Iraq, how they were preparing for the vote on Saturday and how much progress had been made in the training of Iraqi troops.
Allison Barber, a Pentagon official, said Bush would ask them specifically, “In the last 10 months, what kind of progress have we seen?”
She asked who was prepared to answer the question. “Master Sgt. Lombardo,” one said. "
Christ, does this guy ever subject himself to an unstaged, unscripted, unsycophantic question? Could you imagine if he had to go through the rigours of Question Period every day?
"Uh, Mr. Speaker, uh...it's, it's....hard work! It's hard work! I, I...think about Iraq every day, Mr. Speaker!"
"Mr. Burns, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway frieght train. Why are you so popular?"
I'm reminded of this episode after reading this gem on MSNBC.com:
If you scroll down to the sub-heading that reads "Carefully choreographed," you'll see to what I'm referring:
"Before it began, a Pentagon official coached the troops, telling them the president planned to ask questions on three topics: The overall security in Iraq, how they were preparing for the vote on Saturday and how much progress had been made in the training of Iraqi troops.
Allison Barber, a Pentagon official, said Bush would ask them specifically, “In the last 10 months, what kind of progress have we seen?”
She asked who was prepared to answer the question. “Master Sgt. Lombardo,” one said. "
Christ, does this guy ever subject himself to an unstaged, unscripted, unsycophantic question? Could you imagine if he had to go through the rigours of Question Period every day?
"Uh, Mr. Speaker, uh...it's, it's....hard work! It's hard work! I, I...think about Iraq every day, Mr. Speaker!"
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