Blackburned!

Posted by Mary Mancini on September 25, 2007 under Uncategorized |

From Crooks and Liars: “Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN, [The Fightin' 7th! - Ed.]) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh’s Senator Betrayus smear against Senator Chuck Hagel and all Blackburn wants to do is rehash tired slams against the New York Times over the MoveOn ad.

As Blackburn prattles on about the NYT betraying the public trust and making sweetheart deals, Shuster turns the tables on her and asks her to name the last soldier from her district who was killed in Iraq — and what do you know? She had no idea what his name was, or even why she didn’t know. Watch Blackburn stutter and get backed into a corner, with Shuster proving she cared more about making partisan hits than she did about the dead soldiers from her own district.”

Shuster: “Let’s talk about the public trust. You represent, of course, a district in western Tennessee. What was the name of the last solider from your district who was killed in Iraq?”

Blackburn: “The name of the last soldier killed in Iraq uh - from my district I - I do not know his name -”

Shuster: “Ok, his name was Jeremy Bohannon, he was killed August the 9th, 2007. How come you didn’t know the name?”

Blackburn: “I - I, you know, I - I do not know why I did not know the name…” [Snip]

Shuster: “But you weren’t appreciative enough to know the name of this young man, he was 18 years old who was killed, and yet you can say chapter and verse about what’s going on with the New York Times and Move On.org.” [Snip]

Shuster: “But don’t you understand, the problems that a lot of people would have, that you’re so focused on an ad — when was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody? I mean, here we have a war that took the life of an 18 year old kid, Jeremy Bohannon from your district, and you didn’t even know his name.”

Smackdown. Watch it at Crooks and Liars and Republican Shills.

UPDATE: See also Enclave Mike.

From the Office of Truth and Virtue said,

Can we assume that your correction to your website readers and all three of your on-air listeners will be forthcoming?

Or will Liberadio’s shining beacon of Truth and Justice be tarnished like Faux News???
Mary said,

That’s hysterical. It doesn’t change a thing. If Congressman Blackburn worried about things that actually mattered she would have been able to have corrected Shuster on the spot.
From the Desk of Obfuscation and Prevarication said,

It doesn’t change a thing.

You’re telling me, sister. When the facts club you about the head and shoulders and you plod on. Don’t let the facts stand in the way of your pithy observations.

You may be taking your Crooks and Liars role to literally.
El Dano said,

I’ll write it: CORRECTION: In the Tuesday, Sept. 25th article Blackburned!, it turns out that the substitute cable news host doesn’t quite get the finer points of Gerrymandering, or internet search engines. TN representative Blackburn STILL couldn’t name the last person killed from her district and appears to be too high up on her soapbox to see what is actually goingon.