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As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney.
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Via Political Humor...
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Good line.
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I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice.
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ocLiberal:
I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...
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Via Political Humor...
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Story 1:
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It’s strange but I’m pulling for Tiger in the Masters today and it’s not because I like the man. I don’t. Even before news of his infidelity broke out, I knew enough about Woods to know that he was not a warm and caring human being. But I did admire his abilities as a golfer and if he pulls it off today, it’ll be one of the great sports stories of the decade. With his personal life in ruins, playing golf under a microscope and doing it as well as he is this weekend, takes incredible talent and focus.
One can’t help but respect that side of Tiger Woods.
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I do wish the mainstream press and not so mainstream would get over this personal disaster of Tiger Woods. I am not holding my breath;I think that for every personal story that gets national attention especially if it has to do with sex, there will be a handful of noise about it that the press will continue to chase – way beyond any public value. The core of most news coverage seems to be conflict, real, imagined or manufactured, even if the core of the issue that we need to know about is not the conflict.
well @azannaphx you echo my sentiments but say them better than I.
I’m tired of hearing about Tiger’s ‘sins’ which will only be eclipsed in the media by someone else’s greater ‘sins’
Move on already and start reporting non-salacious stories
Having said that, I do admire someone who has gone through such personal and professional embarrassment, who has disappointed his family and himself, not allowing those events to cloister him. I admire his climbing out of that dark abyss and moving forward with his life and his profession. That he has to do that in front of family and friends and work professionals is bad enough but to do it under media eyes shows a fair amount of courage
He was bread to focus on the game and not in personal relationships. He is still in his teens emotionally as far as I am concerned. Its the sins of the fathers. Somehow the game took his time in learning how to interact. I believe the death of his father meant freedom from the repressed years with him but also an admiration for his determination to make him a star.
There is always something that makes us do things and he did not live a normal life!
I watched David Gregory this morning…they are going to have to change the name of this 54-year-old TV program to “Meet the Press Lite”. Gregory never asks the right questions or asks them in such a way that they are just snarky, small-minded and twirpy. He just is not up to the standards that long had been in place by his predecessors. He is an example of what I was talking about earlier with the focus on presenting conflict over substance.
@azannaphx
I totally agree with you. David Gregory bores me and does not keep my attention. He will never be able to fit into Tim Russert’s shoes. Tim was the best political journalist of our times. We don’t have anyone of his caliber at the moment. Rachel Maddow might be in line but she does not have the finesse of Russert.
I also loved Tim Russert. He was the best. I also think that when Rachael seasons a little more, she very well might be the person who could fill his shoes. I occasionally read the ratings and she is developing quite a following that I think will only get bigger. She would have to change the focus of being an impassioned crusader for progressive movement (I would hate that, LOL) to a non-partisan analytical focus.
Gregory’s ratings have never been good at MTP and we have already discussed why. I think that he was a lot better when he had the White House beat. He got all corporate on us when he went to MTP.
It will be interesting to watch Tim Russert’s son at MSNBC. I sure am pulling for him to grow into his job. I think he already shows quite a bit of talent and promise.
I do wish the mainstream press and not so mainstream would get over this personal disaster of Tiger Woods. I am not holding my breath;I think that for every personal story that gets national attention especially if it has to do with sex, there will be a handful of noise about it that the press will continue to chase – way beyond any public value. The core of most news coverage seems to be conflict, real, imagined or manufactured, even if the core of the issue that we need to know about is not the conflict.
well @azannaphx you echo my sentiments but say them better than I.
I’m tired of hearing about Tiger’s ‘sins’ which will only be eclipsed in the media by someone else’s greater ‘sins’
Move on already and start reporting non-salacious stories
Having said that, I do admire someone who has gone through such personal and professional embarrassment, who has disappointed his family and himself, not allowing those events to cloister him. I admire his climbing out of that dark abyss and moving forward with his life and his profession. That he has to do that in front of family and friends and work professionals is bad enough but to do it under media eyes shows a fair amount of courage
He was bread to focus on the game and not in personal relationships. He is still in his teens emotionally as far as I am concerned. Its the sins of the fathers. Somehow the game took his time in learning how to interact. I believe the death of his father meant freedom from the repressed years with him but also an admiration for his determination to make him a star.
There is always something that makes us do things and he did not live a normal life!
I watched David Gregory this morning…they are going to have to change the name of this 54-year-old TV program to “Meet the Press Lite”. Gregory never asks the right questions or asks them in such a way that they are just snarky, small-minded and twirpy. He just is not up to the standards that long had been in place by his predecessors. He is an example of what I was talking about earlier with the focus on presenting conflict over substance.
@azannaphx
I totally agree with you. David Gregory bores me and does not keep my attention. He will never be able to fit into Tim Russert’s shoes. Tim was the best political journalist of our times. We don’t have anyone of his caliber at the moment. Rachel Maddow might be in line but she does not have the finesse of Russert.
@janine
DITTO to all your comment. Very well said.
I also loved Tim Russert. He was the best. I also think that when Rachael seasons a little more, she very well might be the person who could fill his shoes. I occasionally read the ratings and she is developing quite a following that I think will only get bigger. She would have to change the focus of being an impassioned crusader for progressive movement (I would hate that, LOL) to a non-partisan analytical focus.
Gregory’s ratings have never been good at MTP and we have already discussed why. I think that he was a lot better when he had the White House beat. He got all corporate on us when he went to MTP.
It will be interesting to watch Tim Russert’s son at MSNBC. I sure am pulling for him to grow into his job. I think he already shows quite a bit of talent and promise.