Mehlman vs. Wilson

Ken Mehlman was on Wolf Blitzer Reports the other night talking about the Karl Rove controversy. Joe Wilson was interviewed extensively tonight by Wolf. The two interviews/appearances/performances could not have been more different. They were like night and day, yin and yang.

Mr. Mehlman must have had a list of talking points, because every time Wolf asked him a question, Mehlman proceeded to change the subject and reiterate almost exactly what he had said before, over and over, I thought ad nauseam. By contrast, I thought Joe Wilson tonight was very forthright in his answers. He offered a lot of information, some new, (Karl Rove spoke to Chris Matthews and said that Wilson’s wife was fair game?) and was very cooperative.

I despise talking points and spin. Tonight’s interview with Joe Wilson was a breath of fresh air to me, and renewed my hope that political dialogue in this country can be meaningful instead meaningless and irritating.