Margaret Warning

Jim Lehrer's news show on PBS, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," is often derided for being stale and boring. Well, it got interesting tonight!

The dowdy Margaret Warner sat with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, in town for talks with president Obama about the perpetual crisis in Pakistan, and she peppered him with hard questions about the Taliban in the country's Swat Valley, if eliminating Talib fighters meant "killing" them (he said it did), and the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

At the end, when Warner thanked President Zardari for the interview, he acknowledged her graciously and added, "You are one tough lady!"

Margaret Warner is like a goddess to me. :-) :-D

Jim Lehrer himself was honored at an awards dinner for his career this week. Seems they honored the wrong newscaster.