Conaway on Fox
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Posted Monday, June 27, 2005 at 04:44 PM [GMT-6]

Did anyone else catch Texas congressman and Midland resident Mike Conaway's appearance on Fox News' "Dayside with Linda Vester" around noon today? He and a Democratic congresswoman appeared on a segment discussing their recent tour of the Guantanamo Bay prison facilities.

It's the first time I've caught our new congressman on a news show like this, and I thought he acquitted himself well (although he might want to practice the pronunciation of "Guantanamo Bay" or simply stick with "Gitmo"; people are going to get a bad impression of the linguistic skills of Texas politicians! ;-). Not surprisingly, he sees no reason to either close Gitmo or to spawn yet another oversight or investigative committee, and he offered some logical reasons to support his position.

His Democrat counterpart (whose name and state I didn't catch; she may have also been from Texas) was actually a little more comfortable and well-spoken (she's not a freshman rep), but her arguments weren't compelling, other than a call for increased "transparency" as far as the government's intentions toward the detainees. I think that's a legitimate request, if it can be done without compromising our security strategies.

Issues aside, Conaway has the tools to become a sought-after interviewee on these types of programs, given a little more experience.

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I did catch Congressman Mike's interview. He did well. The other congresswoman was from Texas....gulf coast somewhere.

Posted by: Wallace-Midland, Texas at June 27, 2005 10:09 PM

OK, I wasn't hallucinating after all...I thought she was from Texas but I was distracted by trying to make lunch (I have my priorities, you know!).

Posted by: Eric at June 27, 2005 10:10 PM
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