Finefrock: Same Ole Politicus Animus @ ExileStreet

ExileStreet ^ | 4/16/08 | Steve Finefrock

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Here’s an informative news analysis:

“The session of Congress beginning tomorrow may not do much – a little bread and a few circuses – but it may well vote a 5-cent increase in the gasoline tax, the idea being to repair highways, bridges, and so on, and to put some of the unemployed back to work. Practically everybody says it’s a nice idea. But the Democrats want to spend the money where unemployment is highest; the Republicans want to spend the money where the repairs need to be made. And the two are not always in the same places. … And nobody knows how many of the unemployed know anything about building bridges, roads and tunnels.”

How much has changed in the 26 years since ABC’s David Brinkley noted this assessment to the national audience of “This Week”? And how much have things changed with Georgie Porgie Stephanopolous as TW’s replacement of Brinkley as the show’s host? [more @ ExileStreet]