Ifill on George Bush: “Part Tom Cruise, part Ronald Reagan”

By Ken Silverstein

I’ve already said that I can understand why some Republicans are complaining about Gwen Ifill being the moderator for tonight’s debate, even though the charges about Ifill’s partisanship are wildly overblown. For those who think Ifill is a rabid Democrat and liberal, here she is on Washington Week back on May 2, 2003:

Picture perfect. Part Spider-Man, part Tom Cruise, part Ronald Reagan. The president seizes the moment on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. We look at the images, the messages and the consequences of the president’s week. In another victory lap, Donald Rumsfeld goes to Afghanistan and Iraq and lays out his vision for a remade military.