NBC News Brian Williams

I prviously published a transcript of Chris Matthews fellating the President as he strutted like a boy king on an aircraft carrier proclaiming Mission Accomplished. For Matthews, this was a "tremendous leadership moment" (or a sad and childish spectatcle depending on your persepective). In all fairness, Matthews was not alone in his absolute lack of anything we could call journalistic credebility. Here is NBC's Brian Williams. Thanks to Glenn Greenwald for digging this up:

And two immutable truths about the president that the Democrats can't change: He's a youthful guy. He looked terrific and full of energy in a flight suit. He is a former pilot, so it's not a foreign art form -- art form to him. Not all presidents could have pulled this scene off today.

We just invaded a country with no provocation, and Williams sounds like a 13 year old at the premiere of Top Gun. He is right, not all Presidents could pull this off. Some were possessed of humility and foresight, others too burdened with dignity.