Did anyone watch Jim Lehrer on 1/11 with the 1971/2007 Kerry segway?

[beachmom]

I was amazed how they framed the grilling Condi Rice got at the SFRC hearing. They actually first showed John Kerry in 1971 testifying before the SFRC and then transitioned to showing John Kerry in 2007 calling the war a failure. Anyway, just found the transcript so you'll believe me:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june07/reaction_01-11.html

Senators grill Secretary Rice

KWAME HOLMAN: By 10:00, Secretary Rice was posing for pictures with the new chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But the hearing quickly became a scene reminiscent of 1971, when this committee, then chaired by J. William Fulbright, held hearings that turned equally critical of President Nixon's Vietnam policies.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), Massachusetts (archive footage from 1971): I think this negates very clearly the argument of the president, that we have to maintain a presence in Vietnam.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (current day): This policy is unbelievably off the mark, a failure.

SEN. GEORGE VOINOVICH (R), Ohio: I've gone along with the president on this, and I bought into his dream, and at this stage of the game, I don't think it's going to happen.

KWAME HOLMAN: Newfound skeptics of the administration's policy on Iraq this morning joined longstanding critics of the war, expressing a tone that was set immediately by the chairman, Joseph Biden.

SEN. JOE BIDEN (D), Delaware: For many months now, the American people have understood that our present policy is a failure.

The whole segment was good, but showing 1971 Kerry at the outset was about as a great an opening for what happened that day as one could ask for.

[fedupinBushcountry]

1. Thanks for this

The video is also available. It was indeed a great opening to a very good report.

[ginnyinWI]

2. I did!

I posted about it Friday in a reply in another thread. I was delighted that they used that device, as a way to compare that hearing with the Fulbright ones, showing a 1971 JK morphing into a 2007 one, still there, still speaking up against foolish wars!! The didn't need to make any other comment--the point was made. I'll bet that the producer who thought that up went to sleep happy that night!

[beachmom]

3. Oh, I must have missed your comment.

I was behind watching my taped shows and didn't watch it until Friday, and it was just the biggest surprise, and very welcome.

[karynnj]

4. That is nice

It really frames it nicely - and Kerry was right about Vietnam too - the Kerry was right list started way before 2004.

[YvonneCa]

5. Yes...

...and it made me smile! :)

[globalvillage]

6. That was awesome

Thanks!