Dan Rather to Trump: Dropping bombs does not make you presidential

[spanone]

Former CBS anchor Dan Rather says it's too soon to be praising President Trump for acting "presidential."

Rather said Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources" that Trump is receiving unwarranted applause for his recent military actions, such as authorizing missile strikes in Syria and dropping a powerful bomb on an ISIS camp in Afghanistan.

"Dropping bombs, having missile strikes, doesn't make one presidential," Rather said.

Instead, Rather said Trump should be judged on his ability to "keep the peace." He described countries like North Korea, Syria, Iraq and Yemen as "flashpoints" that are "real powder kegs with a real short fuse burning."

http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/16/media/dan-rather-donald-trump/index.html

[yallerdawg]

1. Yallerdawg to Rather: Calling Florida for Gore...

does not make you a reliable source.

I forget nothing.

[TexasProgresive]

2. In the final count didn't Gore get the most votes in Florida but not in the Supreme Court?

[yallerdawg]

3. Maybe, maybe not.

I spent the evening "trusting" Rather when he said that CBS would be completely reliable over and over - and would not call any state until they were absolutely sure of the results.

When Rather and CBS called Florida for Gore - an hour before the panhandle had even finished voting! - I believed this meant Al Gore had won the presidential election! After all, it was "Florida, Florida, Florida." To call it that soon must have meant it wasn't even that close!

The rest is history - including my personal loss of faith in Dan Rather and CBS News that continues to today.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Dan Rather is an American icon and if journalists wouldnt

oppose being called heroes, at least good ones would, I would call him a hero for the way he handled the right wing of this country.

[spanone]

5. he took on nixon, took on bush 1....

[malaise]

6. The short-fingered vulgarian

will never be presidential - nothing, including riding in the British queen's carriage will remake that racist scumbag