Sunday Morning Show Reflux

I was hoping to see Joe Lieberman on one of the network Sunday shows.

No Joe.

One of the most significant happenings of the week was Lieberman's Wall Street Journal piece, signaling the splintering of the Dems regarding Iraq policy. I suspect that his schedule made it impossible for him to do interviews this morning, since I assume that the shows at least attempted to get him to comment on his statements on Iraq.

If that was not the case, and none of the major programs deemed him worthy of airtime, I think it was a major blunder, albeit completely in character.

Generally speaking, the mainstream media have failed to give Lieberman, a man who was just a razor thin margin away from being the Vice President of the United States, his due. He hasn't received a fraction of the attention received by John Murtha. Yes, Murtha is a decorated Vietnam vet and the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee; but Lieberman was almost a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Obviously, it's the MSM's bias at work. Its agenda is clear.

This morning, instead of something fresh, it was the same old, same old with John McCain and Tim Russert on NBC. Russert remains bent on getting guests to call for Rumsfeld's resignation. It's an obsession.

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley appeared with Chris Wallace and George Stephanopoulos. Nothing new.

Wallace also did a segment with Barbara Boxer. She wasn't in the studio with Wallace. She was in cold, snowy Chicago. That's no excuse for the bright blaze orange turtleneck she was wearing. She looked like she was decked out to go hunting.

Boxer's yapping was grating as usual. She said that President Bush needed to "Get Real" about Iraq.

Boxer insisted, "The truth of the matter is things are going very badly."

Blah, blah, blah. If Boxer came out and detailed all the achievements of our military in Iraq, or highlighted the many, many positives, that would have been newsworthy.

Over at This Week, it was business as usual.

Surprise, surprise -- John Murtha rated a segment with Stephanopoulos.

Again, same old, same old. Really old.

After Murtha, Steph talked with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. Of course, he's still whining.

Overall, "No news is good news" didn't apply this morning.

I think "No news is boring" would be more applicable.