The Beltway as Bret Michaels
In 17 words, Gabriel Sherman unwittingly sums up precisely what is wrong with American campaign journalism:
[T]he press wants to put its love somewhere, and, right now, that love is up for grabs.
Fuck the public interest–it’s all about who’s ready to rock Adam Nagourney’s world!
h/t Atrios
Sphere: Related ContentHey, Whatever Happened To That Edwards Guy…?
(h/t Greg Sargent @ The Horse’s Mouth)
Sphere: Related ContentJohn King Needs A Time Out
Hmm, methinks Greenwald struck a delicate, precious nerve with CNN tongue bather Chief Political Correspondent John King after GG took King to the woodshed the other day over a recent Situation Room rim job King gave to perpetual media darling John McCain (as is apparently King’s wont):
Hey David! I Got Your Standards Right Here!
I’m going to say a name you probably haven’t heard much, and if you have, you’re a bigger news geek than I am. It is David Hazinski, a former NBC correspondent, and in a recent piece he muses over the dangers of “citizen journalism”. There seems to be some cheese mixed in with the whine (made from very sour grapes of course), but I’m gonna help you out David. Since you’re so busy being all professional and can’t come right out and say what you mean, I’ll do it for ya.
Blow me.
oh
And fuck you too!
Sphere: Related ContentQuote Of The Day: High-Brow Panty-Sniffing
The goal of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy isn’t merely to win — it’s to make the public feel that any Democrat who might attain real power is someone no decent person should associate with, someone we should cross the street to avoid, someone whose intentions and goals are dangerous — if not unspeakable. That’s the message being spread right now about Hillary Clinton in these linked communications. She is a lesbian agent of terror. Her vagina will get us all killed.
- Steve M., nailing it.
Sphere: Related ContentA Shotgun Divorce?
I’ve been following the increasingly acrimoneous Ron Paul-related blogspat between David Neiwert and Glenn Greenwald with great interest. Not particularly concerned with the substance of the dispute, though I will admit to being sympathetic with Neiwert’s position. With that said, as the battle lines continue to be drawn I believe there are broader implications at play.
Sphere: Related ContentNYT Fluffs Up Rudy’s Showing At Values Voters Straw Poll
It’s the prize to be had in this year’s GOP contest, the coveted endorsement of the ultra powerful Religious Right. Such a thing is a grand asset to be had; not only are we talking about a couple million voters in the bank, but also a group of enthusiastic folks who will knock on doors, put up signs, and print up pamphlets and send out mass emails depicting your Democratic opponent doing something bad like setting bibles on fire, or engaging in three-way homosexual intercourse.
Who wouldn’t want something like that?
But Rudy doesn’t get to have it, no, apparently the closest he’s getting to the Religious Right is a kiddie touching priest. The rest of the supercharged religiously motivated political movement has essentially turned its back on the former NYC Mayor. Still that didn’t somehow keep the New York Times from taking the recent values voters straw poll and making it all about Rudy, even though he managed to only collect a pathetic 2% of the votes.
Sphere: Related ContentSlacker Friday: Half An Ass Is Better Than None
Still recovering from a recent bout with the flu, so this week’s edition is even more slacker-iffic than usual. Hopefully by Monday I will have mitigated all overriding meatworld concerns enough to at least mail it in, as opposed to phoning it in (hell–forget half-assed telecom blogging; we’re talking two tin cans tied together with string here).
With that said, onward ho, dear readers!
Sphere: Related ContentTaking The Back Door?
Norman Podhoretz may still be publicly peddling the bomb Iran’s nukes line (to “prevent another holocaust”) as a clever way to promote his new book, but, according to Sy Hersh (and as Kyle has contended for quite some time now), the Bush admin has adopted a new marketing strategy.
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