A Little More Information about GOP hack and Tim Russert hatin' Emily Miller Several of you must have heard or seen the Powell-Russert love fest on Meet the Press yesterday. Apparently Ms. Miller has her marching orders from others rather than her "boss" Colin Powell. http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=304 Huffington writes: That's how I felt watching Majority Whip Tom DeLay suddenly morph into a champion of protest marches and civil disobedience. "This was not a threatening band of armed thugs," said DeLay spokesperson Emily Miller, referring to the raucous demonstrators who stormed the Miami-Dade elections department. "They were idealistic, enthusiastic, young Republicans who felt they were being shut out." Read the Meet the Press transcript here. Or go here. On the West Coast rebroadcast, Russert showed an unedited tape of his interview with Colin Powell, who was in the Middle East, that was interrupted by a member of Powell's staff. Russert's last question was about the false info in Powell's speech to the UN in Feb 2003 - but before Powell could answer someone pushed the camera off Powell. With the camera pointing at the ocean, Powell was heard saying off camera, "Get out of the way, Emily." On the split screen, Russert says, "This is highly inappropriate, Mr. Secretary." There's more off-camera muffled scuffling, then the camera moves back to Powell and he answers the question (sort of). Ater the tape, Russert thanks Powell in absentia for over-ruling "his press aide" and answering the question. Hmmmm... a Delay Flunky going on the press tour with Powell, I wonder if Mr. Preznit is trying to put Powell on a short leash?