of asking the Crown Prince about Wright, scandals and of, course, his profoundly condescending view of the American people. Reading the frantic and (shrill) Leftist blogs, one would think a small yield tactical nuclear device was detonated in Philadelphia (God forbid). Perhaps all the screaming is an intuitive grasp that the Crown Prince himself comes across as a wimp.
Such audacity, ABC. For shame in breaking from the pack. The Crown Prince, the Pope, READ ALL THE SIGNS ABC.
Comment says
We What ever Olberman is doing is working. We were very wrong about his show – Things we thought need improvment – seem to working – Ratings wise. It’s mysterious to us – It’s entirely possible that Matthews could win a Senate seat. It’s strange – We have long thought that McCain or anyone else for that matter – would have strong advantage in the general because of the fraught political atmosphere favoring some seeming continuity until several open files are closed. Matthews sure was disappointed to see the Rudy window close by McCain on his college tour. Btw = Though we are critical of Matthews and think his questioning of St. John was lame – The production of his college tour is impressive, show-biz wise.
DrLeoStrauss says
CATO, at the risk of some inconvenience could you snip a bit under fair use? Interesting.
Aldershot says
Re Abrams, who cares what his calls are? The whole concept is stupid. But as far as the scoring, maybe he should change it to three strikes and you’re out.
Simian thing? (I hope I’m talking to the right Comment…) Anyway, yes, like David Corn, they have a kind of retro caveman look going on…attractive in its own way.
Comment says
David Gregory’s show is ok – But the opening montage is a bit hokey. Also – we never noticed this, but someone told us that Gregory has some simian thing going on. Does he> Dunno? But if that catches on, it will hurt his image – Only Dyubya can pull of that simian thing.
Abrams show is very confusing – He has this thing where they give scores to politicians for misstatements and blunders – But a high score is supposed to be bad and a low score is good. Such a counter-intutive (we are trained to respect high scores) approach is tough to explain – so people are confused alot during segments. Simplify Dan!
Rachel Maddow is getting better at this game – She was originally hired to offset Tweety, but she seems to growing into her role of checking wing narratives before they catch on.
Comment says
For the record – Comment scored The Freak Show when Hillary was the victim – This is not just our Obama partisanship here. That joke Stephanopolous taking orders from Hannity was instructive of a larger problem – The same problem that got us stuck in Iraq.
Stephanopolous is a bona fide elitist now, but he was regarded as one, politically, before he actually was one.
We recall the endless (perhaps unfair) taunts against his supposed irreligion and his supposed lack of patriotism when he worked for Clinton.
Then he was very tempormental – alternating between loyalty and disloyalty to his patrons.
Now that he is sipping tea with that colossal wus George Will and making serious money, he has decided to internalize the POV of his youthfull tormentors.
End result – Temporary bump for McCain – That’s about it. Hillary is going to lose, now or later.
What ever happened to Hillaty The Communsist??? We always imagined her a bit as Clair Bloom in “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.” But not as good …
Aldershot says
The MSNBC video clip page is maddening…the scrolling is hyperactive.
I like David Gregory’s new show. Today is the second time I’ve seen Rachel brush Scarborough back.
Aldershot says
Gotcha, Comment.
Comment says
Aldershot – once again, that person who supplied a link above was not the original Comment -Someone else – But that being said – good Beatles show.
cato90025 says
A bit off topic but please say it aint so.
I have not felt this bad since Jessica Lynch–or our war hero Red Sonja–was declared to be a mere figment of the neo-con ministry of propaganda–may have been the site linked infra.
Now the “let’s roll” narrative may take on a different meaning for the doomed Flight 93–at least think it was this flight:
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20080416_1
Aldershot says
Now for something completely different; a work of art:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6ZcfJspcI
Comment says
George Stephapolous came accross as someone who was abused when younger – then as an older man – lashes out and adopts the POV of his one time tormentors.
Btw 92 – 95 Limbaugh and all the other radio types used George as object #1 objection to the Ivy Leaguery and perceived liberal elitism of the Clinton admin. He later wrote about this – So what does he do? Does he say he will not be a party to the same type of garbage politics? No, he he foists similar garabage on Obama.
Ultimately – to zero effect. If anything Obama will be the beneficiary of some push back.
Meanwhile in Iraq …
Comment says
Again Comment commenting at 20:36 is a different commenter than OC Comment. OC Comment would never say Preznit. What does that mean?
Aldershot says
That link was excellent. Heh.
Anonymous says
Be honest now. Do you really think the public interest was better served by attacking Obama’s character as opposed to discussing public policy?
From where I sit, Iraq, torture, mass surveillance, FISA, the unitary executive, subversion of Justice, neutering of the regulatory state, and even net neutrality are all far more important issues to the future of the Republic than measuring Obama’s patriotism.
Don’t contribute to decadence by giving ABC a free pass for dragging the public discourse into the gutter.
Comment says
I’m not sure many care about that, Aldershot. I’m quite sure it has nothing to do with her ability to conduct the office of Preznit.
Aldershot says
Did Hillary come out and admit last night that she lied about Bosnia?
Dr Leo Strauss says
Perhaps the Crown Prince might even make a speech about this:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4258053.html?series=53
A plan for rebuilding our infrastructure.