How seriously are the "Pundits" taken? Does the public at large....

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take them seriously?

From what we at DU have seen, we have seen that:
Timmy Russert, 'Kookie' Roberts, George Will, George Whorenopolis, Tweety, Howie the Whore Fineman, Judy Woofwoof, KKKambell Brown, KKKaty Kay, and co are a BUNCH OF RIGHT WING FACSIST UN-AMERICAN MEDIAWHORES!!!!!!!!!

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1. Maybe I'm being naive, but I don't think they're any brighter than anyone

here on this board. In fact, considering how many times they've been proven wrong, maybe they aren't quite that bright.

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2. What effect do they have?

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3. Who? The Sunday Morning pundits? Whatever effect they had two

years ago is being diminished by the awakening of the American public to the fact that they have a partisan axe to grind. Novak, Krauthammer, Russett, that idiot Snow, and the rest of the right-wing hacks that are impersonating journalists are starting to look foolish as more revelations about Halliburton, WMDs, bush* being AWOL, torture of Iraqi prisoners, the constant babble about 'rape rooms', etc. are being disproven. And they look weak and gutless whenever they allow members of the current administration on their shows to spew their propaganda and they just sit there with a dumb look on their faces and offer no rebuttal, ask no serious questions, and don't point out the inconsistencies in their fairy tales.