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Thursday, February 03, 2005
Hold Me Back!!
Last night on HardBoiled with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, Ron Jr. (geez- why couldn't the Gipper have named him something else?) made the comment that he thought the hug between Mrs. Norwood and Safia Taleb al-Suhail at the SotU speech was somehow scripted. (FYI- Mrs. Norwood explained to Diane Sawyer this morning that it was not, in any way, staged.)
Two things. First, Ron, just because your party can't do a single thing without checking the camera angle (case in point) doesn't mean that we're all that disingenuous. Some of us just act- without wondering how it will look on the 11 o'clock news. Ms. al-Suhail reached out to Mrs. Norwood because it was the thing to do, for so many reasons- gratitude, compassion, love. Do you even know what those things are?
Second, uh... Ron... did you happen to notice who was sitting by Mrs. Norwood? Here's a picture to refresh your memory.
That, my friend, is a Marine and a Soldier. I dare you to say that all of that was scripted to those two. Dang, the soldier (who lost his arm in service to our country, in case you were wondering) could take you on his own. The Marine would just hang back to buy the first round.
Eh. Then again. Mrs. Norwood is a Marine Mom. She could take you on her own.
Two things. First, Ron, just because your party can't do a single thing without checking the camera angle (case in point) doesn't mean that we're all that disingenuous. Some of us just act- without wondering how it will look on the 11 o'clock news. Ms. al-Suhail reached out to Mrs. Norwood because it was the thing to do, for so many reasons- gratitude, compassion, love. Do you even know what those things are?
Second, uh... Ron... did you happen to notice who was sitting by Mrs. Norwood? Here's a picture to refresh your memory.
That, my friend, is a Marine and a Soldier. I dare you to say that all of that was scripted to those two. Dang, the soldier (who lost his arm in service to our country, in case you were wondering) could take you on his own. The Marine would just hang back to buy the first round.
Eh. Then again. Mrs. Norwood is a Marine Mom. She could take you on her own.
