Payback is a bitch. Terry be losin’ his cool.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe blew a gasket yesterday during an interview with WNDB-AM Florida radio host Marc Bernier, saying he should "get off the radio" after Bernier challenged him about a NewsMax report on Sen. John Kerry’s belated decision to release his Vietnam war records. "If this is the best you got, you ought to get off the radio," a testy McAuliffe barked at Bernier, saying he should "come up with something that makes some sense for your listeners." Much to the top Democrat’s chagrin, however, the Florida talker refused let the issue go. The exchange went like this:MCAULIFFE: John Kerry was on "Meet the Press" on Sunday and within 48 hours he had them all up on the web site. So he’s done pretty well compared to the embarrassment of George Bush’s military records.
BERNIER: Yeah, but he said when he talked to Russert that they were already there and they weren’t
MCAULIFFE: He said, we’ll personally - no, he did not, Marc. He said he would make them available to everybody. They are now available within 48 hours. What’s the issue?
BERNIER: OK
MCAULIFFE: If this is the best you got, you ought to get off the radio.
BERNIER: No, it’s not the best I’ve got. It’s just that I’m reporting . . .
MCAULIFFE: Then come up with something that makes some sense for your listeners.
BERNIER: Well, the fact is, I mean, Mr. Chairman, NewsMax.com went to look at them yesterday and they weren’t there. When he was on "Meet the Press" he said that they’ve all been put out. So he did it after the fact.
MCAULIFFE: They are up there now. You go [to] NewsMax or wherever else you want, Marc, go up and look at them. Why are you wasting my time? They are up on his web site. That’s all I can tell you.
BERNIER: I’m not wasting your time . . .
MCAULIFFE: We can debate about when he put them up. They’re up, go look at them and do whatever you want. He won five medals, which is five more than George Bush won. You can go up, look at it for yourself and have a field day.
BERNIER: Alright. Let’s talk about the complaints about . . .
MCAULIFFE: What else are you gonna talk about?
BERNIER: Well, fine. I mean, you guys called us and offered - so, please, don’t have an attitude with me. We waited 19 minutes for you, sir. And you guys called us . . .
MCAULIFFE: If you want to take time to ask a legitimate question, go ahead and ask it.
BERNIER: I did ask a legitimate question. I hadn’t gone to your web site today. I’m just telling you that we had a report that was this morning, that said that they had gone down yesterday to look at the records at the Kerry campaign headquarters and they were not being made available. That’s all I’m telling you.
MCAULIFFE: There’s your answer. They’re up on the web site. [End of Excerpt] Too bad he couldn’t have asked the real questions about his medical records, and his activities in 1971 |