Idiots On Parade

Did anybody see the interview of the brother and parents of the Niagara Falls jumper on The Today Show? Is there any better advertisement for birth control? The defining moment, Katie Couric asks the mother a question, then silence ensues. Finally, her husband elbows her to wake her up. I was waiting for the brother to stick his hand in his pants Al Bundy style.

Katie Couric, can you say "dead air?

Postscript: I just saw the interview of the widow of a soldier killed in Iraq and retired General Franks. Matt Lauer harped on the fact that the soldier's family got $10,000 while victims of 9/11 purportedly got $1.5 million. He also tried to back Franks into a corner by asking him why we didn't expect this mess after the "victory." He ended by asking Gen. Franks what he thought of Wesley Clark's candidacy to which Gen. Franks, to his credit, responded: "ain't it a great country." Do you think Matt Lauer has an agenda?

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