The Webutante File: Taking Issue With Megyn Kelly's 'Wrong, Sir' Cheney Interview

UPDATE:  MCCARTHY AND SCALISE STEP UP TO THE HOUSE PLATE

BY NOW, MOST VIEWERS HAVE SEEN KELLY'S INTERVIEW WITH FORMER VP DICK CHENEY ON IRAQ---EITHER ON FOX WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THE ENDLESS VIDEO RERUNS ONLINE  THURSDAY.

I have posted the snippet version of the video below and take great issue as to how hard she came down on Cheney.  For his part and to his credit,  Cheney handled her unloading gracefully.

First, I take issue because the Iraq invasion was over-whelmingly supported by Congress.  There are abundance of videos with John Kerry,  Hillary Clinton,  Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid just to name a few all saying Saddam was stock-piling weapons of mass destruction.  I'm sure there are countless videos of Kelly saying it too.  This was not some wild idea dreamed up by the Bush 2 administration.  Also,  I believe that one day it may still be proven that this was the case in Iraq.  If Cheney was wrong, then so were we all.

Wouldn't this be the ultimate irony in Iraq  if it's proven true?  It's possible, but too soon to know.

Second, I take issue because if Kelly was going to declare Cheney wrong from her high perch at Fox News, she should have elaborated exactly how and why she thought he was wrong. Instead she took the liberty to assume by fiat there have never been any WOMs. We still don't know that and hind sight is always better. Evidently Megyn Kelly thinks her updated hindsight is the final word. It is a different time in our country and our foreign policy decisions then may not be what they would be now.  Still jumping ship on Cheney---a la Glenn Beck---seems a little much to me.

It's a process, Megyn,  it's all a process.

Before the time of the invasion,  I was on a transatlantic flight to Israel and sat next to an independent U N inspector who was going to Iraq one last time. He told me there was never any question at the U N that Saddam had these weapons. He also stressed how very difficult it was to ferret them out with so many---thousands upon thousands---warehouses, not to mention thousands of square miles of desert to bury them in.

Be that as it may,  I found Kelly's sudden turn on Cheney at the beginning of the interview to be uncalled for, not fair and balanced and over-the-top.   Though I am sure we share many princles in common, I've never been a big fan of her overly snippy, sensationalist style anyway.  Kelly's got ratings, ratings, ratings first and foremost on her mind and she does good at that.  But just because she's a conservative (a tough broad with a  sexy voice, good hair and lip gloss) doesn't mean she's right all the time.