Is Michael Gerson trying for a Pulitzer? After all, his Washington Post colleague, the faux-conservative Kathleen Parker, won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary this year for being, as she admitted to MSNBC talk show host Joe Scarborough, a “conservative basher”. It worked once; maybe it will work again. Gerson is part of the Post‘s attempt … Read more WaPo‘s Michael Gerson problem
I had not intended on making Sunday’s post a two-part series, but just as I was posting it the online journal Politico ran a story that makes my point. According to the authors, Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, Top Republicans in Washington and in the national GOP establishment say the 2010 campaign highlighted an urgent … Read more The Stupid Party — 2
Let’s try a little thought experiment. Pretend you’re the Democratic Party. You’ve controlled both houses of Congress since 2007 and the White House since 2009. You came to power during a recession which, most voters agree, you only made worse. You also inherited a budget with a huge deficit, and you made that worse, too. … Read more Changing the subject
Last night Chris Matthews aired his heavily promoted hit piece, “The Rise of the New Right” on his MSNBC show. For anyone who has been following Matthews and his MSNBC colleagues Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, this faux-documentary broke no new ground and offered no surprises. It was the same-old-same-old: Tea Parties plus Michele Bachmann … Read more Demonizing the Right