Posted on 07/06/2009 11:54:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, co-host Mika Brzezinski rushed to the defense of Sarah Palin while criticizing the “mainstream media” for not understanding that Palin represents the views of real Americans and not the liberal elite who live in cities. So I guess the real Americans are 30%-40% who approve of Palin, and the millions who voted for Obama aren’t?
Here is the video courtesy of Media Matters:
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Brzezinski said, “People were coming to those rallies because they agree with her. Look at the polls out there. Look where people stand on life. Look where real Americans think, and you will find that in the, oh God I hate to say it, but in the cities where there are a little bit more liberal elite populations, you are not going to find what’s representative of America. There was a lot more to her than fascination.”
Later she tried to clarify what she meant, “I think her views actually do. As much as people in the mainstream media might not agree with her views on some key issues, I think a lot of Americans do, and I remember travelling the country as a CBS News correspondent and meeting these Americans, many of them agree with her.” She tried to clarify that by real Americans she meant people who live outside of New York or Washington.
Mika could not be any more wrong if she tried. Her black and white view of the ideological makeup of the nation assumes that the people in the cities are liberal, and those who live in rural America are conservative. Nothing could be farther from the truth. As someone who lives in rural small town America, I can tell you first hand, that aren’t as clear cut as Mika believes.
Sarah Palin is very polarizing all over America. People either love her or hate her. There is no middle ground in either small towns or big cities when it comes to Palin. There is also no such thing as a real or fake American. Whether a person is liberal, conservative, independent, or non-political, we are all Americans.
Perhaps the most insulting element of Brzezinski’s adoption of Palin’s talking points is the idea that the millions of people who voted for President Obama don’t represent the “real America.” If Palin is so representative of all Americans, then why is her approval rating so low? Why was she on the losing ticket last year?
The funny thing about this is that when Mika went into her defense of Palin, Republican Joe Scarborough said, “I don’t know about that.” The mainstream media doesn’t hate Palin. They love her. She is a story that writes itself. If the media hated Palin, she would not get any coverage, at all, but I don’t think that anyone should be surprised that an insulated talking head, like Brzezinski mistakes talking points for facts.
Helen Thomas? What did SHE say?
I like Mika’s slutty news anchor look.
Last week, she and a reporter named Chip Reid went after Obama’s press secretary Gates for the coordination and set-up questions. You missed that?
I worked in the WH with her daddy. He was much more conservative than the boss.
I didn’t miss that. I thought you meant that she was chiming in on Palin’s resignation.
Still one of the WORST WORST WORST SecStates.
You mean National Security Advisor. I dunno, some of the people in the JFK, LBJ and Clinton administrations might as well have worn a hammer & sickle pin. Besides them, he’s a neocon. He was the guy behind beefing up the military at the end, opposing the USSR in Afghanistan, etc.. One of the few semi-hawks in a dovish White House.
Jason Easley is just a good little commissar.
While probably better than Carter and certain StateDeparment goons, Zbig still hadn't done enough to help the Shah (while Carter was openly stabbing him in the back and treating him despicably). It was Kissinger/Nixon/Rockefeller who had to press hard the government to grow some balls and honor.
Go Mika, Go Mika, go, go, go Mika!
Mika Brzezinski the voice of reason on MSLSD, has hell officially frozen over. She defended Sarah, on MSNBC..look for Mika to be in the unemployment line tomorrow
She’s soft soaping.
I hope Sarah draws 100,000 people at her first public speaking engagement.
Let’s hear the MSM downplay that.
If so, she could easily become a Fox News Contributor.
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