So this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough had Pat Buchanan on the phone to discuss the recent NIE revelations about Iran, and Bush's pathetic performance yesterday in saying that he didn't find out about it until just now. Both Pat and Joe were absolutely incredulous at that statement.
Buchanan went one step further. He said Joe Biden needs to get back to Washington and HOLD HEARINGS on who knew what, and when. He actually called on Biden to haul Condi Rice and Stephen Hadley before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ask them if they knew about the NIE report, and if they had ever told Bush. Pat and Joe were both adamant that if either of those two knew about this report, and didn't let the President know about it, they should be fired immediately. And if they DID tell Bush, and yet Bush still went on warmongering with the knowledge that Iran had stopped its nuclear program in 2003, then, well... they didn't exactly define what the consequence should be then.
But it was very clear watching this morning that Joe Scarborough has had it with this administration. Same with Buchanan. I about fell out of my chair when Buchanan actually mentioned the Downing Street memos on the air.
Something's happening with the release of the NIE, and I don't think we've seen anywhere near the end of the story with these recent revelations, no matter how much the neocons and their water carriers (like Cliff May) try to spin it. As Joe put it, and he's no liberal, these people are simply not believeable.
It will be quite interesting to see what the fallout is from this report, because this time, I don't think the media is going to let it go away. I made it a point to see how the media was covering this, and the reactions seemed to range from great skepticism of the administration to sheer disgust. Last night, Chris Matthews was on fire on this subject, with an awesome interview of Joe Biden on the subject, and continually saying how close we came to WWIII. Keith Olbermann was again awesome on this subject. Anderson Cooper had some good discussion with Christiane Amanpour and Reza Aslan showcasing how Bush has no credibility on this anymore.
Are we seeing another tipping point in the media here?