Katie Couric is a disgrace to journalism's image because now she has slipped into the mire of the "slash and burn" commentators. Maybe she's looking for that scathing limelight so she can reap the rewards of more money like the other redundant "talking heads".

I never liked her because there was something about her style that rubbed me wrong and seemed so insincere. Now I know it was because she really is "insincere". This is just like calling a spade a spade.

She lost her cool when she interviewed BO because she looked so perturbed that she couldn't get him to say the "surge is the word" to give kudos to McCain. And then she went and did the ultimate lie and snipped his interview to take out his real answer. She's nothing but another rethug butt kisser to do something like that and lie to the people. She has shown that she cares nothing for the people she's reporting to.

As such, she deserves exactly what she gets and I hope it's a quick kick in the butt because no one is interested in listening to her news any longer but her regular die hard listeners that's "used" to her dribble.

She has shown again that a female is not the best candidate for that job. You would think a woman would at least tell you the truth. Duh!

I am amazed again. I hope the folks blogging here don't represent the liberal or Democratic base. I don't mean the left fringe, I mean the majority of Democrats.
There have been both racial and sexist comments relating to Katy Couric. She is either a racist or a female airhead.
I completely opposed the troop increase in Iraq when it began. I realized the increase came with a dangerous change in strategy that could lead to many more casualties. More soldiers and Marines in harms way (in direct action) means more casualties.
Read Senator Obama's answers with a critical, objective stance. They are political non-answers. He seems to want it both ways - My position would have been better, hence no need to say the situation in Iraq improved due to the increase in troops. Then, there is no way to know what could have happened - my position is a hypothetical.
Well it won't be hypothetical if he is President.
I know the Republicans twist and distort every statement. But say something! For the good of the Party.

We have left the Information Age for the Formation Age.

someone please let me know where katie was wrong here?

Katie Couric has had big problems with any Black Male who is successful. It started before Brian Gumble so I have little respect for her interviews I even switched to NBC when she took over the evening news at CBS. I couldn't care less what opinions she holds about anyone. And then her bias towards McCain by leaving out his comments on last weeks news report. What I care about any report on anyone from Katie is less than the value of a dollar today.

Was Katie as low academically in her class as McCain was in his? If the US militarily is willing to put huge numbers of troops and billions of dollars into Iraq forever and destroy our own economy, the security situation will improve and our casualties will go down temporarily, as everyone knows better than to directly confront our military.

However while this "surge" went on, Ahmadinejad was received in Baghdad as a hero while US leaders have to sneak into a fortified zone under heavily armed escort. Maliki went to Iran and met with them and called for US troops to get out of Iraq. All leading elements in the new Iraq, Sistani, al Sadr and Maliki paid tribute to Iran. And the Turks bombed the Kurd rebels.

Talk about not seeing the forest through the trees, but McCain and Katie see neither the trees nor the forest. That's why McCain was at the very bottom of his class in war college. What's Katie's excuse, unless she was his equivalent when she went to college?

I remember seeing Katie Kouric interview filmaker Michael Moore a few years back after he had voiced his critical opinion about the media's role in their coverage of Iraq. She began the interview by insulting Moore for his attire which included jeans and t-shirt. This is a "professional" journalist and prime-time host berating her guest about his wardrobe - absolutely pathetic! I lost respect for this tv personality after this interview and still get pissed thinking about it - a truly pitiful display.

Katie Couric has been a poster child for the left since she first started in TV. My how quickly you guys forget. This is the first time she ever did anything, and I mean anything that the right commends her for.
Those were fair questions, that needed to be asked. I mean, really, listen to the pathetic answers he gave. How could he seriously sit there and try to say that the surge didn't do what it was supposed to do. It just made him look like an idiot.
Personally I can't stand Katie Couric, but this wasn't the reason why.

How to explain people like Couric?

The climate of egregious greed in this country justifies to the KC's of media that selling your soul is an appropriate and valid thing to do. And then they call themselves christians while they studiously avoid examining their own greed-drenched behaviors.

They're not the "haves" anymore - they're the "Can't have enoughs"

How about it Katie? How low will YOU go?
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I think simply letting the repubs and msm get away with using the term "surge" is allowing them to frame the debate. Why doesn't Obama simply explain that the so-called "surge" is nothing more than putting more troops in Iraq. Of course your going to achieve your military goals faster with a larger force. Doesn't take a 5 star general to figure that out.

But eventually, they will have to come home and will there be any lasting or meaningful results when that happens?

"The surge" is just a dumbed down, easy-to-swallow way of selling this to the american people that sounds cool and helps them discuss it without talking about the ugly reality that MORE american citizens/soldiers are being forced to put their lives at risk for a benefit that has not realy been defined.

Obama should have called lil' Katie out on this. And democrats need to do a better job of framing this debate.

This is typical Couric. She is a horrible interviewer. I am surprised she did not use who often repeated catch phrase, "some people say...". She does not deserve to be in the position she is in.

People are scratching their heads........ trying to figure out how she has a job.

Sad...the MSM media has allowed McSame/Bush to define what 'success' in Iraq means. While soldiers are still dying , bombs still exploding, walls seperate the Green zone from the rest of Baghdad, shites and sunnis are segregated and this is SUCCSESS?

I am "scratching my head" about not one "newsperson" mentioning the bribes that were paid to the tribes around the time of the surge???? When Obama takes over, there needs to be a complete housecleaning, an audit of EVERY department in the government. Serious money has "disappeared" Someone KNOWS where it went. This invasion of Iraq was a major tragic mistake. Why isn't Georgie being pilloried over this? He will take off for Paraguay and live comfortably for the rest of his miserable life after Jan. He has caused untold misery to people the world over, but still has no trouble sleeping.

Go, Katie, go. Didn't think you had it in you.