September 27th, 2007 by Doug Powers

Katie "$2.51 per viewer" Couric spoke at the National Press Club on Tuesday. Here's part of what she said:

The former “Today” show anchor traced her discomfort with the administration’s march to war back to the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

“The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying ‘we’ when referring to the United States and, even the ‘shock and awe’ of the initial stages, it was just too jubilant and just a little uncomfortable. And I remember feeling, when I was anchoring the ‘Today’ show, this inevitable march towards war and kind of feeling like, ‘Will anybody put the brakes on this?’ And is this really being properly challenged by the right people? And I think, at the time, anyone who questioned the administration was considered unpatriotic and it was a very difficult position to be in.”

How come it's okay to wear everything else on our lapel? We've got breast cancer awareness ribbons, AIDS awareness ribbons, colon cancer awareness ribbons, awareness awareness ribbons and irritable bowel awareness ribbons — why not an "United States awareness" ribbon? Is it because "we" aren't watching Couric's newscast and she's a little bitter?