by TChris

Prof. Carl Luna, noting the conspicuous silence of the "Republican Talk Radio Machine" immediately after Secretary Rumsfeld's petulant response to soldiers who asked him why he wasn't doing more to protect the troops from harm, calls attention to the subsequent right wing "talking points" about Rumsfeld's disastrous performance. The primary "talking point" is the assertion that Rumsfeld was set up by a liberal press that fed antagonistic questions to soldiers who evidently can't think for themselves.

Luna's response: "Horse feathers."

Such mindless chatter is simply another example of the bait and switch approach so often used by the nattering nabobs of talk radio to distract people from the real issue at hand. ... It doesn’t matter if the question concerning lack of adequate armor had been written on a hairball hocked up by a cat at Rumfeld’s feet. What matters is the validity of the claim that such armor protection is lacking and the quality of Rumsfeld’s response.

Luna also notes that 2500 soldiers yelled "Hurrah" in response to the tough questions.

Unless someone wants to claim the reporter “coached” the entire audience, that “Hurah” was the sound of soldiers genuinely affirming their feeling that their high command has left them to march naked into combat.