Dean, Lehrer, David Brooks on PBS tonight. Outstanding, long interview.

[madfloridian]

I had no clue this was going on, but they have the audio and the script with a few pictures. I was so impressed with this. They discuss many issues, and Dean gets a chance to defend the word liberal. They were very courteous and fair, all of them.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec04/dean_7-28.html

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. God Bless, PBS!

[madfloridian]

2. Does the show repeat?

?

[I Lean Left]

3. I've been really enjoying the PBS coverage.

They don't talk over each other. They don't talk over any of the speeches being covered. They had Carter sit with them the other night, and Dean tonight. And Brooks has been down right reasonable. At least he doesn't do talking points. And he has been very quick to say when someone does a good speech.

The historians are a little dry, but fine. Mostly, a total lack of ego in the production. I don't know how anyone watches msnbc.

[madfloridian]

4. He gives his opinion on being accommodationists to win.

I like this part a lot.

HOWARD DEAN: I think the Democrats in this country... many of them - the Washington establishment-- misunderstood the lessons of Bill Clinton's presidency.

They thought that Bill Clinton won the presidency because he moved to the middle and became an accommodationist. Bill Clinton became president because he was the most talented, politically talented person that we have seen in the White House since Franklin Roosevelt.

A group of Democrats sprang up thinking that the way to win elections and be Democrats was to be like Republicans. People became ashamed to be Democrats in places like Utah and Mississippi and Idaho. (And he should have said Florida....our Democrats have become very Republican)

I think the way to win is the kind of thing that George Lakeoff talks about it in world politics. More importantly the kind of thing that Karl Rove and Ralph Reed discovered long before we did that the way to win elections is to energize the daylights out of your base...." END SNIP

[MISSDem]

5. I've watched PBS all week and it has been really good.

David Brooks has been good, to me, because he has really pushed for hard and fast answers to how the Democrats plan to do this and that. Not allowing them to just say they will do it. And the statement from Dean about Mississippi, particularly being turned off by the Democrats ways. Mississippi used to be all Democratic territory and now is almost totally Republican. Mark Shields, of course, as always, is wise.

[Kikosexy2]

10. PBS...

has been a blessing. Although I was kinda annoyed on the first night with the commentators because it seemed they were all rating kisses given to the wives (of the key speakers) and I sat there saying to myself "is that necessary to report". I mean who gives a frick if so and so kissed his wife or not or even went as far to mention if he tongued her or not--all that was inappropriate. But some reason David Brooks rubs me the wrong way--I smell Bush-licker--is he one?

[indie_voter]

6. PBS has been great

Does anybody else get the feeling Brooks is really worried about the energized democrats?

He just seems more edgy than usual.

MHO, this has been a fantastic convention so far. I am jazzed, I was afraid I wouldn't be. I was a Clark supporter, sort of iffy on Kerry. I feel much more excited by the ticket and their ability to take it to the right wing.

[madfloridian]

7. I think we will watch it tonight.

We had just forgotten to do so.

[sangh0]

8. Brooks looked like he wanted to cry

after the Sharpton speech. He just *KNEW* he couldn't pan it.

[sangh0]

9. That Dean interview was GREAT!!!

Dean started out a little "off". Not sure what it was, but he came of oddly at first. At least, to me it was. But after one or two question, Dean started to roll. He was asked several tough questions, such as how he squares his primary rhetoric with his current support for Kerry, and he blasted all of them out of the ballpark. His answers were detailed, informative, and concisely explained why Kerry deserves the support of his supporters and every other American.