Media Mogul For a Night Thread: You Say Potatoe, I Say Guam Might Tip Over

Sometimes you have to wonder if civilian control of the military’s all it’s cracked up to be:

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That’s Rep. Hank Johnson (D, Ga.) expressing his fear that overpopulation on the island of Guam — an American territory with a large military presence — might cause the island to “tip over and capsize,” as if it were a boat. Luckily for the man who retired Cynthia McKinney, Adm. Robert Willard, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, is there to assure him that such a scenario is highly unlikely.

Remember when the media had a field day with this?

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OK, Mr. and Mrs. Managing Editor and all the ships at sea — how do you play this one in Friday’s bulldog edition? Sweetheart, get me rewrite!