I'm writing this as Donald is giving his Landon Lecture at K-State.


Ever wonder why we applaud people for not getting divorced or for being alive to be married for a certain number of years? Why is that?

Applauding Rumsfeld's marriage skills.


Obviously, this speech came at an odd time, what with his being fired Wednesday. Rummy's doing a good job in this appearance so far. He's usually pretty entertaining to watch, and you do feel a little bad for him.

Rums describes how good he did publicizing this speech.


Rummy seems to be having a hard time hearing/understanding the questions from the audience so far.

Listen to this mass confusion.


If you remember, when Bush was in town, someone asked if he'd seen Brokeback Mountain.

Listen to this guy fall flat on his face trying to reference that moment.


Uh oh, the Chinese language instructor has two questions she'll struggle to get through.

Boring question #1

Boring and really ridiculous question #2


Okay, now something weird has happened. Right toward the end of his speech, the video goes to some reporter outside Bramlage. She's standing there, obviously not knowing she's live.

Here's the mic check.

Now, the camera is just staring at her for another silent minute.

Now she's talking to some K-State student who "saw the speech." Wait a minute, I'm watching the speech live, and I get cut off by a close-up of this reporter who's talking to some student who "saw the speech." The speech is still obviously going on, and this student's remarks couldn't be any more generic. Scandal on "Kansas NOW 22!"

Take a listen

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 09, 2006 at 11:23 AM.