No, Bill, You Won't
From Meet the Press:
MR. RUSSERT: Let me talk about Iraq and we’re going to talk about Mr. Safire’s office pool, the various options you lay out. But first, because this is a program of accountability, let me—Bill—bring Bill Safire back, January 2nd, 2005. Two years ago, his prediction about Iraq. Let’s read.
“I think we’re going to win in Iraq. I think by the end of next year,” that would be the end of ‘06, “we’ll have begun to withdraw our forces. We won’t have them out, but we’ll have begun to withdraw. ... I don’t see a long civil war there.”
How do you plead?
MR. SAFIRE: Optimistic, and frankly, that was as well-sourced a prediction as I’ve ever had.
MR. ROBINSON: That was the problem.
MR. BESCHLOSS: They know things that we don’t know, right, Bill?
MR. SAFIRE: But one of these days I’m going to be right.
Kate O’Beirne must be hitting the same crack pipe:
MS. O’BEIRNE: Because he’s so talented and the fresh face is so appealing, although I disagree, I think the, the real credible first black candidate, although he didn’t run, was Colin Powell, given his, his qualifications vs. Barack Obama. He could, he could dent Hillary Clinton’s inevitability, which is a huge asset for her at the moment, that she’d be the nominee.
MR. RUSSERT: Let me talk about Iraq and we’re going to talk about Mr. Safire’s office pool, the various options you lay out. But first, because this is a program of accountability, let me—Bill—bring Bill Safire back, January 2nd, 2005. Two years ago, his prediction about Iraq. Let’s read.
“I think we’re going to win in Iraq. I think by the end of next year,” that would be the end of ‘06, “we’ll have begun to withdraw our forces. We won’t have them out, but we’ll have begun to withdraw. ... I don’t see a long civil war there.”
How do you plead?
MR. SAFIRE: Optimistic, and frankly, that was as well-sourced a prediction as I’ve ever had.
MR. ROBINSON: That was the problem.
MR. BESCHLOSS: They know things that we don’t know, right, Bill?
MR. SAFIRE: But one of these days I’m going to be right.
Kate O’Beirne must be hitting the same crack pipe:
MS. O’BEIRNE: Because he’s so talented and the fresh face is so appealing, although I disagree, I think the, the real credible first black candidate, although he didn’t run, was Colin Powell, given his, his qualifications vs. Barack Obama. He could, he could dent Hillary Clinton’s inevitability, which is a huge asset for her at the moment, that she’d be the nominee.
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