Posted on 04/04/2006 5:52:38 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
April 4, 2006
Be the death literal or figurative, in recent days Democrats and their MSM claque have demonstrated a ghoulish penchant for dancing on the graves of their political opponents. As documented here, on the very day of his death last week, MSNBC's Alison Stewart, subbing for Keith Olbermann on Countdown, took nasty parting shots at Caspar Weinberger. Stewart disparaged as both a budget "slasher" and a big spender the man who, as Ronald Reagan's Defense Secretary, contributed mightily to winning the Cold War.
Today, it was Tom DeLay's retirement announcement that brought out the worst in the left. Bob Shrum was Chris Matthews' guest on Hardball, and so avidly did Shrum exult in DeLay's predicament that former GOP Rep. Susan Molinari was palpably repulsed. But far from taking Shrum to task for his unseemly delight, Matthews commended him.
Shrum is the Dem strategist whose place in history is secure, having served as a chief consultant on a record-breaking seven losing presidential campaigns. He immediately went for the jugular, branding DeLay "the father of the culture of corruption," while claiming "his simply getting out of the way is not going to remove this as an issue. Richard Nixon resigned in August of 1974 and Republicans got killed in those 1974 elections."
Continued Shrum: "[The Republicans] came in 1994 to make a change and they stayed to make a killing, which culminated in a criminal enterprise apparently being run in the Majority Leader's office." And later: "He assassinated his own character and he left the Republican party in terrible shape going into this election."
A visibly disgusted Molinari remarked: "It's nice to know on a day that a colleague is resigning, that it's dealt with with such grace."
Shrum was utterly unrepetant, spitting out: "He wasn't my colleague. I thought he was one of the worst Members of Congress."
Ugly as were Shrum's words, they do not convey the cruel vituperation with which they were pronounced. If you can, and have the stomach, set your VCR for the 3-4 AM EDT Hardball replay.
I actually expected Matthews, as a generally pragmatic partisan, to remonstrate with Shrum. Wrong. To the contrary, Matthews commended Shrum for being "reasonably solid on this stuff" and then sought to put Molinari on the defensive, asking "why is Tom DeLay the target of so many criminal investigations?"
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With all this criminality surrounding Delay, you'd think they might actually have some proof of wrongdoing.
Pray the Dems keep hiring Schrum. Numero Uno in the lost an election game.
I saw this. It was disgusting. I have no further comment.
We can dish it out. We should be able to take it.
I asked myself, if the tables were turned, would a leading Republican strategist go on national TV and with such unrelenting glee delight in the distress of a wounded Democrat? I concluded the answer was 'no.'
What do you mean??? Two guilty pleas and more to come and your asking for proof of wrong doing? Sorry, I don't care if you are Dem or Republican, this kind of BS cannot be tolerated. Delay being gone is a very good thing.
Why was Bill Clinton the target of so many investigations?
DeLay has NO guilty pleas, and no convictions.
The only thing against him after years of democrats spending millions of dollars trying to find SOMETHING is an ADMONISHMENT by the ethics committee, and a questionable indictment in Texas.
He apparently picked some of his friends poorly. But we don't usually vilify people for that.
I would have thought that Chris Matthews would have stood up for DeLay at least a little, since DeLay gave him the scoop.
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Schrum and Matthews are both zeros.
Schrum has won zero elections, and Matthews has zero viewers.
They are ,together, irrelevent squared.
Thanks for the ping!
Thanks, DC2K. Following the antics of the MSM is my twisted pleasure ;-)
LOL!
Thank goodness you have the stomach for it.
I surely don't... ;o)
"Just the Prilosec."
You're gonna need oodles and oodles of it. ;o)
Seriously, thank you for all that you do.
You're exactly right, dem hack Bob Shrum has NEVER been part of any winning presidential campaign. He's a loser.
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