It is now “uncool” to be a journalist or TV flack. They have joined trial lawyers and politicians as the lowest of the low.
This is certainly a distortion of the truth... whatever the actual definition of “operative” might be, the fact is that connotative use of the word is meant to imply that someone is there as a “plant” by the organization that they are operating under. We all know what this reporter was trying to imply..
Also, as many have said, who cares if she IS a Republican? You’re only allowed to have a dissenting opinion against Dems if you’re a Dem yourself? Showing that she worked for the campaigns only shows that she is perhaps more informed of the politics underlying this whole thing... (too bad more Dems taht work on campaigns aren’t more informed, otherwise they prob wouldn’t be Dems anymore!!)
Moreover, why should she have to tell them what party she’s with? As soon as she tells this to a Democrat and his cronies, they would immediately dismiss anything she has to say. In order to be heard even for a second there’s no way she could divulge her political history. The Dems are forcing us into a real corner, as usual.