Digby's on Fire! Hullabalo takes on Press The Meat

[stickdog]

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2005_06_12_digbysblog_archive.html#111860145137090431

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Gwen Ifill pointed out that while Dean is popular with the rank and file, the Washington Democrats are very upset. The Knights of the Botox all made it quite clear that while Bush catering to his base is a smart strategy, they agree with the DC Dems that catering to the filthy Democrat rabble is quite beneath any civilized politician. But then, as we all know, Bush's base are Real Americans while the Democratic base consists of a bunch of godless, bi-coastal, terrorist sympathizers who are waaaay outside the mainstream. All 49% of 'em. No way are Judy, Gwen, Father Tim, and Dean Broder associated with those treasonous bastards. Why, everybody on Nantucket practically lives on pork rinds these days. (Atkins, don't you know.)*

Woodruff pointed out that the Republicans have wisely learned to throw their red meat "below the radar" -- through the local news and direct mail ---while the Democrats haven't. No comment on why the Republican red meat remains "below the radar" when the creme de la creme of Washington punditry clearly knows all about it. Nor was there any speculation about how it came to pass that Dean's comments dominated the cable news networks with an obsessive glee usually reserved for Bill Clinton's pants, while Tom Delay can put out a hit on federal judges and it gets a one minute segment betwen the blog report and Bay Buchanan.

Certainly, the press wasn't in any way responsible. The news is apparently an organic thing, unconnected with those who report it. The subjects of the news determine how it's going to be reported and evidently the Democrats consistently mishandle that responsibility quite badly. Dean was asking for trouble and he got it. As Ifil pointed out, Democrats need to learn to "act right all the time because someone's always watching." (Unless they can figure out how to cleverly stay "under the radar," as those awesome Republicans do.)

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All of Hillary's complaints are just typical Democratic carping, particularly the complaints about the press. What does she know from press coverage anyway? They used the Downing St. Memo as an example of how the press has been just as hard on Bush as they ever were on Clinton. I'm not kidding. Broder mentioned Walter Pincus' front page article today to prove that the WaPo has been on Bush's case about Iraq from the very beginning. They all agreed, furthermore, that all of this had been amply dealt with during the election and that the public just didn't think it was important. Strangely, however, the polls seem to suggest that they are beginning to care now. Why would that be? Nobody knew.


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[Nothing Without Hope]

1. Too funny - "The Knights of the Botox"! Digby is really cooking!

(psst - you need to get a permalink for the article, the link you gave is for the whole Hullaballoo site and won't go to the article after a day or two.)

[Nothing Without Hope]

2. Here's the PERMALINK for the article:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2005_06_12_digbysblog_archive.html#111860145137090431

[patricia92243]

3. Bookmarked. Have never heard of Digby but what he is saying is

right on.

[merbex]

4. Did you catch that line ...."they all agreed" yea, their echo chamber

reinforcing the message they have decided upon, group think,and toadying to the corporate masters

Sunday talk shows - Real enlightening......not

[stickdog]

5. The establishment is circling the wagons. And it's so damn obvious that

all they are really doing is marginalizing their own power.

[blm]

6. 70% of the public didn't care about Clinton's girlfriend but the media did

care enough to push that story 24/7 for their GOP masters.

MOST of the American people don't even KNOW about the Downing Street Minutes, so that LIE the media's now spreading that the people don't seem to care, is just more coverage for their own LYING ASSES working overtime to cover Bush's lying ass.

[KittyWampus]

7. I Really Don't Believe The Washington Dems Are Upset W/Dean

it's all a freaking dance.

Dean throws red meat.
Elected Dems act all statesmen like.

What does that stupid harpy know anyway.