And of course Fox News is serving as the main stage for this tired old rerun.
So yesterday on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace had as his panel, Karl Rove, Brit Hume, Howard Kurtz, Karl Rove, and token liberal Juan Williams.
However this time Williams decided to provide a little more than simply token resistance to the Right Wing conspirators.
Here is a breakdown courtesy of Raw Story:
Williams pointed out that there was “not one shred of evidence that the White House knew about this beforehand, they covered up anything.”
“To make a scandal out of this, really — you say this is not going away, let me tell you, this is gone away,” William said, turning to Rove.
“No, no. No, it hasn’t,” Rove replied. “The American people were lied to. Somebody concocted a deliberate lie that this was not a terrorist attack, that this was a spontaneous response to video that no one saw. The American people were having [the] legitimate question, why were efforts not undertaken to save our people.”
“Efforts were made,” Williams pointed out.
At that point, Rove lost his cool.
“No, they weren’t!” for former Bush senior adviser shouted. “The death of four Americans and why they were allowed to die and no one went to their aid is not in the weeds, with all due respect, Juan! It’s not in the weeds!”
“What’s in the weeds is that you continue to prosecute this like there’s some huge crime,” Williams remarked. “Karl, stop living in the past and trying to get after Susan Rice and whoever. This has nothing to do with Ambassador Stevens [Christopher] Stevens.”
“We don’t who is responsible for lying to the American people!” Rove yelled. “You may be comfortable with the American people being told a deliberate lie by the administration, but I’m not. And I think we need to get to the bottom of it.”
“Karl, you can continue to raise your voice, but it does not speak to the heart of the issue,” Williams said, rolling his eyes.
“One more thing, think of the list of — going around this table here — the list of questions that remain unanswered to this day are what make this still a legitimate topic,” Hume opined. “And, Juan, I’m sorry to say that this is simply not over.”
“It’s gone, baby,” Williams quipped. “It’s in your head. That’s about the only place.”
My favorite part was the uncomfortable chuckling after that last statement.
I don't often give Williams much credit for being the voice of reason on Fox, because to be honest I think most of the time it is an orchestrated charade, but THIS one really seemed to leave a mark. So good for Juan Williams, and let's see if they invite him back for further discussions on Benghazi.
