Three Ladies and an Attorney General

Scintillating is...

Scintillating is watching Martha Karua making fodder out of the BBC's Zeinab Badawi. Don't get me wrong - I'm not a political supporter of Martha Karua or her general political style. She was evasive when it came to dealing with specific issues put to her. Nevertheless as a litigator, I could only but admire her performance on the BBC's hard talk. She made Zeinab Badawi look like an amateur.

Startling is...

Startling is watching Zeinab Badawi standing in for Stephen Sackur and doing such a poor job of it. She may have thought that interviewing a politician from the third world would be a piece of cake! Perhaps the apparent lack of preparation on her part was a reflection of that.
Whatever the reason, she was given a proper hiding on BBC's Hard Talk last night.

Surprising is...

Surprising is Hillary Clinton's decision to support the continued U.S. deployment in Iraq. And that, for a Democrat, whose party is all for a timetable for a complete pull-out.

Strange is....

Strange is the US Attorney General pleading the Fifth at a Congressional Hearing where the conduct of his office is in question.