Family Feud

Boy that must've been some blow-out at the Wallace household over Thanksgiving. What could've happened? And things seemed to be going to well. Only a month ago, 60 Minutes alum Mike Wallace was having a fabulous time being interviewed by his son Chris on FOX News (via Think Progress). If you don't click the link, trust me, it was a lovefest, particularly toward the end.

But then Mike gave an interesting interview to The Boston Globe. Progressives everywhere stood up and cheered at his first question and answer:

Q. President George W. Bush has declined to be interviewed by you. What would you ask him if you had the chance?

A. What in the world prepared you to be the commander in chief of the largest superpower in the world? In your background, Mr. President, you apparently were incurious. You didn't want to travel. You knew very little about the military. . . . The governor of Texas doesn't have the kind of power that some governors have. . . . Why do you think they nominated you? . . . Do you think that has anything to do with the fact that the country is so [expletive] up?

I can't say why (Was he doing his network's bidding? Did Mike not serve him enough cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving?), but Chris wasted no time in responding, hitting Boston's radio waves the next day (tip of the hat to AMERICAblog):

"Fox News Sunday" anchorman Chris Wallace says father Mike Wallace has "lost it" - after the legendary CBS newsman told the Boston Globe last week that the fact George Bush had been elected president shows America is "[expletive]-up."

"He's lost it. The man has lost it. What can I say," the younger Wallace lamented to WRKO Boston radio host Howie Carr on Friday.

"He's 87-years old and things have set in," the Fox anchor continued. "I mean, we're going to have a competence hearing pretty soon."

Given the opportunity to back off his remarks, to discount the whole thing as a joke, Wallace stood by his comments. I bet they're just counting down the days until Christmas the holidays. Maybe Mike can somehow unwrap the competence hearing under the tree.