Posted on 02/18/2006 8:51:14 PM PST by Theodore R.
I'd say that professional commentators and pundits don't have consensus because they are very clearly making up the things they write.
There are almost no actual facts or real depth to their analysis. They are writing mostly just to please publishers and fulfill contracts.
The political talking head crowd is completely vacuous.
"vacuous". The perfect descriptive word for them. Thank you for your comment. Been wondering what twilight world I was in upon reading them the last month or so. I haven't personally or politically felt "disarrayed". :o)
No silly. D.S. = he has a Doctorate in Sh!t.
What the heck is he blathering about anyway? I thought Cheney did a GREAT job on this.
Of course the accidental shooting was a screwup. An accident.
But the way the press was handled was great IMO. It caused them to get completely unhinged, along with most of the loony left. Several polls including Rasmussen have shown that Americans overwhelmingly are ready to move on and don't see this whole incident as a big deal. Yet here we have the media and the left weaving these lurid conspiracy stories and acting like they were stood up for the high school prom. It's been... uh... fun to watch.
And we even got to see David Gregory in a classic temper tantrum in the White House Press room -- holding his breath, then screaming, then hurling his Gerbers around in every direction. This stuff drives another nail in the credibility coffin of the press.
All in all a fine job. Screw the inside the beltway talking heads that say this is a mistake.
TR, there was a time when Novak was considered conservative.
But, he's always been a 'Rat.
I will never forget listening to the "conservative" Gergan, either.
They are made up Old Media conservatives.
I take them, and Bill Kristol, with a grain of salt.
I just wish FNC would quit hiring folks of their ilk.
"And Bill Kristol."
YES, MA'AM!
Gergan wannabe.
I felt the same way. ;o)
Is it redundant to say: BUSH'S FAULT!
What Robert Novak doesn't seem to understand is out here in flyover land this whole Cheney hunting accident is viewed, no big deal a one day story (at best)or fodder for jokes.
I think that Novak is addressing a general malaise among grass-roots Republicans, not the dismay over the Cheney shooting incident. Paul Weyrich wrote a recent column saying that large numbers of Republicans will sit out the 2006 elections and may make Nancy Pelosi the Speaker.
Having said that, Novak does touch on several issues that should concern the Bushies and their loyalist sycophants. The Bush fatigue factor is beginning to set in with people. It happens in every second term. Happened to Eisenhower, Reagan and Slick. Usually occurs in the last two years. But since Bush&Company play their cards so close to their vest, that fatigue factor is setting in a bit earlier then expected.
Of course, the President won't get any relief from the liberal media. Even some Republican insiders are getting weary. So I think its fair to say, hold on tight, its gonna be a long 34-35 months till we reach the end of this Presidency in Januray 2009. I only hope the WOT and the conflict in Iraq doesn't suffer because of any non-related events.
Novak is a sour jerk who just can't accept that the rat is over. There is no maliase or mayonase or any other kind of maise within the real GOP. This fool should get out of Washington every so often and he'd find out.
Weber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, just like McCain. They are the globalists par excellence...All they have to do is issue a press release and the media jumps like dogs for them. Novak is pimiping for membership. You have to sell us out a bunch of times or be willing to to get in. David Gergen is another example.
That's why Ken Bode's comments about Hillary were so widely published. He is CFR. Usually anything against her heinous is shot down fast.
http://www.geocities.com/benribqqq/cfr2005roster.html
Take hemlock old man.
Gee, Roberto, the pubs I've talked with LIKE seeing Cheney jerk the press around.
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