Roger Simon brings the snark...

[mcctatas]

not one of my favorite pundits, but this is worth a read...

"ST. PAUL, Minn. — On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry.

On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry.

We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.

We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

We have asked mean questions like: How well did John McCain know her before he selected her? How well did his campaign vet her? And was she his first choice?

Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.

It is not our job to ask questions. Or it shouldn’t be. To hear from the pols at the Republican National Convention this week, our job is to endorse and support the decisions of the pols."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13143.html

[PatSeg]

1. Good for him!!!

[katandmoon]

2. Bwahahahahahaha -- if they've pissed off POLITICO -- they're in big trouble.

[eshfemme]

9. I know! Way to go McCain and Palin! Way to enrage the very people you rely on for your BS

How are you gonna trick people into believing your lies if the very messengers you want to coerce into doing your dirty work is insulted and affronted by your fucking bullshit. You play the blame game irresponsibly and this time you did it in a stupid way that's just gonna blow up in your face.

I have no doubt that Palin is gonna be a fucking down and dirty politician in how she goes after Barack. I think that if we thought that Hillary had (accidentally or not) gone over some lines in the primaries, Palin is DEFINITELY going to deliberately step over those lines and then when she's called on it, she'll play the "Who me? The woman? You are sexist!" card. Whether or not Hillary meant for this to become part of the GOP standard playbook, this means that Hillary needs to go out there to counter this extremely anti-feminist role model out there because it sets a bad precedent and the GOP's good old boys club will have no qualms about letting Palin run amok and make women look bad.

[BeyondGeography]

3. LOL...Simon has been good this week

[Kdillard]

4. Good for him.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. sexist PIG. misogynist.

how DARE he?

he's like those racists who lynched clarence thomas for asking for his qualifications for SCOTUS

[mzmolly]

11. LOL. Anti-Mommy bastard!

:P

[ErinBerin84]

6. ooh, I don't usually like him.

But he's been visibly pissed at the McCain campaign this week. Bring it on.

[ClarkUSA]

7. Buzz it up on Yahoo! Buzz (see lower right-hand corner)

Let more people read this masterpiece of snark.

[countmyvote4real]

8. Nice. Thanks for sharing.

I especially liked the Lilly Tomlin quote...

"No matter how cynical I get, it’s just never enough to keep up.”

[Matariki]

10. That was great.

[Maccagirl]

12. What's that phrase?

Never get into an argument with someone who buys ink by the barrel. The media ALWAYS (for better or worse) has the last word. Palin better learn that fact.

[falcon97]

13. I think he's the only media member....

...to rebut the Repubs' charges. The rest *seem* to be taking the slams on them as serious accusations.

:grr:

[tblue37]

14. Joe Klein did, too.

Joe Klein
"Angry Amateurs"
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateurs.html

[Frank Booth]

15. Wow. That was good.

That was Politico??

[mcctatas]

16. As much as it pains me to admit...

yes, yes it was...

[Hamlette]

17. Whoa. I'm in a state of shock.

When Hillary went after the media I thought it was going to work. I knew it was playing the refs and for a few days, they backed off but in the long run, I think they hit her harder for it.

McCain didn't get a few days, he didn't get 5 minutes. First Joe Klein, and I understand Brian Williams quoted him tonight and now this? Wow. Could it be that some members of the media are pushing back?

Is it possible it will last? That Palin was the last straw?

Klein gave an interview yesterday for young turks. He said the Palin pick was insulting to all of us.

If that is true, if the media think McCain just gave THEM the big FU, we might have a chance.

But just in case, I gave more money to Obama.

[mrs_p]

18. well, to be fair to the repukes

the media have been blindly endorsing and supporting their politics for years now - how were they to know the media might actually work for the people for a change?

[dkf]

19. Gosh, she managed to really tweak him.

I love it!

[mcctatas]

20. ewww...

horrid visual just popped, unbidden, into my brain :puke: