Obama And Russert
More follow up from my earlier post. FDL: "Russert has had two weeks to ask anybody on his show about it; why does he save this particular question
More follow up from my earlier post.
FDL: "Russert has had two weeks to ask anybody on his show about it; why does he save this particular question for Obama? What sort of special expertise does Obama have about Harry Belafonte, a private citizen with no connetion to the Democratic party, that none of Russert's other guests would have? It's interesting to note that the only other time Russert questioned anyone about Harry Belafonte before, according to what Glenn Greenwald (via email) could find was when he asked Colin Powell....read on"
Arianna: "It's unclear why Tim didn't also ask Obama to defend Lil' Kim, Kanye West and Antonio Davis. I mean, they're all black, right? And it's just one big game, right?"...read on"
James Wolcott has a list of new questions Tim will be asking Obama:
Bobby Brown. Whitney Houston. A marriage in turmoil. Any thoughts?...read on"