Wow SC, I wonder if you've heard of the 1st amendment?
As far as your suggestion goes, well, I don't think so. Williams and NBC had a larger responsibilty than just trying to shore up bush's poll numbers. What I really can't stand is the fact that all these Christian-conservatives who speak about morality and honesty and will throw the bible in your face in a second are all standing behind this pitiful excuse for a President. How many lies, exaggerations, etc.. do you have to hear? I'm serious! Some of ya'll(yes I'm from the South)tell me. Actual thought out answers why you think this guy is the end all, be all of Presidents. I would love to debate about his so-called "morality". Oh don't get me wrong, I think he uses it effectively, WHENEVER HE NEEDS TO! Then he puts it back on the shelf and waits for his next NBC/Williams photo-op. Someone tell me straight up how this country is now better because of Dubya! I'm sure I'll get plenty of responses that say, "well, we're safer." I really hope people are smarter than that. Mr. Williams, do better.

Suggestion: stop posting stupid comments that attack Brian Williams or NBC News!
Fewer unthoughtful attacks of George Bush would be fine also.
There is no need to post unthoughtful comments. Just don't post 'em. They make this otherwise excellent blog difficult and tiring to read.

Watching the Iraqi elections unfold has been inspiring. It reminds me how messy democracy can be. Thousands of voters turned away in Fallujah for lack of ballots? Hope you follow up on that one. I appreciate the perspective your coverage has brought to these events.

The Iraqi people have come a very long ways in a very short time with help from the Western Allies.
Perhaps President Bush should have provided some American history books early on to show these people what this country went through to become the leader f the Free World.
One important question remains to be answered,will an Iraqi Democarcy last the test of time.Sadly the only two true democracies in the world that have lasted are Great Britian and the United States. All the best wishes to the people of Iraq

Honestly, I have to admit that it is outstanding that the people of Iraq are voting for the people they wish to represent them in their fledgling government. With that said there are some very distrubing issues that I believe this administration is completely blind to. most recent is the abuse that is being condoned by the department of ministry of Iraq. The citizens are claiming that the abuses found to be run by that Department is actually worse than what Saddam was doing. The second issue is that the current Iraqi constitution has the country broken up into three seperate federations; Sunni, Shia, and Kurds, this leaves currently no room for unity and if left as is will no doubtedly oppress the Sunni minority. While the Sunni's are a minority in Iraq they are the majority in the religion of Islam and dominate the Arab world. The biggest mistake this administration can make is assuming the Sunni's want a federated state and are participating in the elections because they support the current constitution. What will this administration do when their so called "plan for victory" fails? WHat happens when the U.S. leaves the States of Iraq and then a full blown civil war with the backing of syria, S.A. and other Arab States back the Sunni uprising to physically take control of the "country"? Will we invade the country again and now kill the very people we trained to defend their country? History has provn time and time again that occupation does not work; from the Huns, crusades, germany, and even britain with our revolutionary war all failed! Any learned pearson knows that our militia crippled the British army, because they did not fight fair, if there is such a term in war. Yes, we won the war with Iraq, we are losing the nation building phase which our forces are not built to do, it is built to destroy. The CPA and the Administraion for allowing it destroyed any possiblity of nation building when they dismissed the Irai army. Hey! they fought Iran for eight years, they had to know something about fighting, and to assume they are worthless was our biggest failure beside invading them to begin with. I would like to see the Arab nations become involved in the rebuilding process instead of behind back doors feeding the insurgency. Our President thinks he is fight a verb (terrorism) when he is in fact asking us to fight a religious ideology. I truely hope the Iraqi people can find common ground for the greater good of the people without religious ideology behind the mask of political participation.

After Brian Williams' "interview" of President Bush, I can no longer bring myself to watch him on the Nightly News. Maybe in time I will get over this aversion but in the meantime, it's other venues for me.

I don't dislike President Bush and believe he deserves the respect Brian showed, however, tough questions and good journalism can be achieved without being disrespectful - look at the old films of the press conferences President Nixon gave when he was in the midst of his downward spiral. The press was tough and forceful, but not disrespectful.

Brian's poor performance could be a turning point in his career and in the future of NBC News. Time will tell. It has certainly impacted my choice for news.