Got home from the boys' basketball sectional last night to find Diane in a bit of a tither what with the expected Hillary-Barack debate on NBC not being covered. She went to the computer and didn't find the MSNBC streaming of it either (did catch some of it a little later and she had some very unkind words for the red headed host, Tim Russert - see below for more). To top it all off, I had plunked myself down and started eating the rest of the popcorn on the kitchen counter only to find out ten minutes later that that was the rest of her dinner, something she had delayed to enjoy with the televised debate. Oh boy...
And this from Hullaboo and digby about the red haired guy:
How Do We Defeat Tim Russert?
by digby
The country wants change. They want Washington to stop all the partisan bickering and they want a different tone. They want their government to be serious and deal with real problems.
Can someone please explain to me how that can possibly happen until something is done about the reprehensible political press? From tax returns to Farrakhan to footage shown by "mistake" to the endless, trivial, gotcha bullshit, this debate spectacle tonight was a classic demonstration of what people really hate about politics. It isn't actually the candidates who can at least on occasion be substantive and serious. The problem is Tim Russert and all his petty, shallow acolytes who spend all their time reading Drudge and breathlessly reporting every tabloid tidbit and sexy rumor and seeking out minor inconsistencies from years past in lieu of doing any real work.
Judging by their silly questions tonight, Russert and Williams obviously know nothing about health care policy, Iraq, Islamic terrorism, economics, global trade or any other subject that requires more than five minutes study to come up with some gotcha question or a stupid Jack Bauer fantasy. It's embarrassing.
These people guide the way citizens perceive politics even if the citizens don't know it. It's hard for me to see how anything can truly change until this is dealt with.
I refuse to watch him and don't do the evening news on NBC anymore either...
update: comment from atrios:
Because He's Profoundly Stupid
Obviously one can sense where Timmeh's tribal sympathies lie and which voices are yapping in his ear, but more than that he's a fundamentally stupid man. Because he seems to be at the top of the political press pyramid, everyone below him kisses his ass.
Our discourse is so stupid, and its king nitwit is Tim Russert.
btw, North Daviess beat a pesky Shoals team that came out for the 2nd half on fire and actually won the 3rd quarter; Barr-Reeve beat Vincennes Rivet by a bunch but it was pretty close with the winner undecided deep into the 4th quarter. Scores: North Daviess 78, Shoals 44; Barr-Reeve 51, Vincennes Rivet 39.
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