I gets me an email when HDNet runs special programming...including the "Dan Rather Reports", a weekly hour-long exclusive featuring, yes, disgraced CBS newsman Dan Rather. I haven't watched any of them...
But this one might be worth seeing. Because it's featuring Benzair Bhutto, killed yesterday by parties unknown...the email, here...
HDNET TO AIR DAN RATHER REPORTS INTERVIEW WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO
Version with updated commentary from Rather to air Friday, December 28
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DALLAS - December 27, 2007
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WHAT: HDNet will air an interview with Dan Rather and Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The interview was originally broadcast in August of this year, just before Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a period of self-exile.
The updated version will include a new introduction by Rather including commentary about Bhutto's recent assassination.
In the original interview, Bhutto gave Rather rare insights into the political maneuvering that may be shaping Pakistan's future.
The U.S. government had reportedly been working behind the scenes to facilitate a power sharing agreement between Bhutto and Musharraf as a means of legitimizing the regime of America's close ally in the war on terror.
Bhutto was the first woman to lead a Muslim nation.
WHEN: "DAN RATHER REPORTS - A Prime Minister in Exile" airs Friday, December 28 at 6:00 p.m. ET with additional airings scheduled for Saturday, December 29 and Sunday December 30 at 9:00 a.m. ET
"First woman to lead a Muslim nation." That's true, but Pakistan's not a nation that's ever showed much stability. It's reeling, now, and whether or not Musharraf did the deed he's probably going down for it. Along with the United State's support in the region...and the nukes.
"Shame on the killer Musharraf, shame on the killer U.S.," mourners cried.
I'll try to catch that Rather Blather today, unless something else comes up. If I don't get called in to work...supposedly I'm taking some well-deserved vacation time, but I've heard things are going to hell in a handbasket, and I might...have...to...ride to the rescue.
Damn this cowboy stuff...
