Just a couple of days after the Mideast peace-threatening incident between Israeli commandos and the “peace flotilla” headed to Gaza, Charlie Rose nabbed a great “get” yesterday when he reeled-in VP Joe Biden for an exclusive one-on-one interview.  Yes, Charlie Rose, a guy who has more kudos than the candy aisle at Costco, sat down with our Vice President — and almost nobody noticed.


Biden, the usually reliable, one-man-gaffe-machine actually came out and validated Israel’s actions against the flotilla saying;

Israel has an absolute right to deal with its security interests.

Only Fox News seemed to notice.

Saying the following to Charlie Rose, the Vice President displayed great clarity on the issue and deep knowledge of what actually happened, as opposed to what has been reported on MSNBC and CNN:

They (Israel) have said, ‘Here you go. You’re in the Mediterranean. This ship — if you divert slightly north you can unload it and we’ll get the stuff into Gaza.” So what’s the big deal here?

Mr. Biden also stressed a need for a transparent look into the details of this incident.  Well done Joe Biden, well done.

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Israel’s weekend actions were questioned by many, damned by the U.N. and obviously vilified by the Arab world and their various media outlets and fellow travelers. And yet, when the Vice President steps forward and explains it clearly, where is the reporting?

As noted above, Fox News put the story on the front page of their website.  While every news organization’s website covers the latest from the oil spill, MSNBC, CNN must have been watching something else as their front pages are focused on other breaking news items like:

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Is it just that the rest of the MSM doesn’t give the VP as much credibility as they do Spike Lee, who told Anderson Cooper that he would like the President to “go off”?

I find it a bit frightening when the Vice President, the second most powerful man in the country, makes a fairly well-defined statement about America’s position regarding one of our staunchest allies involved in an incident with global ramifications and it is dismissed or not reported at all.

But thanks to MSNBC, we’ll all be up to day on the dangers of groin-punching games that are (allegedly) all the rage among teen boys.