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Joe Klein's conscience

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Saturday, November 3, 2007 10:39 PM

According to a poster on DailyKos ..

Feingold finally came out against Mukasey. Why it took him so long, I don't know. It doesn't make any difference since both Schumer and DiFi caved.

Monday, November 5, 2007 07:58 AM

Speaking of Glenn Beck ...

I saw that he's radio contract is getting renewed(by Clear Channel's radio arm of course) .. for 10 million/yr for 5 years .. my question is .. if he has so many radio listeners .. why aren't his TV ratings better? They are just as bad(or even worse) as Tucker Carlson(albeit on a different network). How can you have such a huge(supposedly) radio audience and yet no one tunes you in on TV?

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 08:50 AM

Tigerr ...

The Op-ed page was a wasteland before Murdoch bought the WSJ .. it's been a wasteland for a very long time

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 09:07 AM

Thomas C ...

At the end of the op-ed ... it is not mentioned that Berkowitz is a Rudy supporter .. look at the link Glenn provided .. at the bottom .. that same blurb would have been in the paper .. it sounds like Rupert is pulling out all the stops for Rudy

Saturday, November 24, 2007 09:35 AM

Mickey Kovars ...

if we had a parliamentary system here .. the Decider would have been kicked out last year .. but that presents challenges of its own .. would I want Reid or Pelosi to be PM?

Saturday, November 24, 2007 09:40 AM

marko1965 ...

to answer your question ... right wingers will never apologize .. it's not what they do ... the only thing they might apologize for is not attacking their enemies(which include Democrats) hard enough .. and look at Hillary .. she won't apologize for her vote .. and it is clear as to why .. she is part of that foreign policy establishment

Sunday, November 25, 2007 08:51 AM

William Timberman ...

If there is a huge landslide .. the media will have to start being more honest about the Democrats .. because ultimately .. it is about access .. If I were John Edwards or Barack Obama .. why would I give Halperin or Joe Klein the light of day? I'd have to find someone who was better than the Democrats .. either that .. or hold more press conferences .. or speeches from the WH to get my points out there ... a president that knew how to work things could really render someone like Klein to the dustbin of history .. do we have that savy of a candidate? .. I don't know .. it seems that the media was sucked into Rove's whole .. "Lasting Republican majority" crap .. and is still stuck in that mindset

Sunday, November 25, 2007 09:13 AM

bystander ..

I wish Krugman would call out "Bobo" Brooks by name ... just once .. a lot of us know that Krugman(and Hebert) were calling out Brooks .. but I doubt a lot of readers were making the connection .... what is interesting about the comments at WaPo is how many of them are anti-Bush .. maybe it has changed in the past month or so .. but 5 or 6 months ago ... it was 95% against .. even if half of them were drivel .. if the media and powers that be don't realize something is happening(one can look at the money Ron Paul is raising .. whether you agree with him on anything or not) .. and those powers that be must be crapping their pants .. have any of us ever seen this kind of push back by the traditional media before? Not only that .. but how far they lower themselves .. is CNN that desperate .. that Anderson Cooper has to go on Glenn Beck? .. and that Cooper has to host Beck on his show?

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 05:07 PM

Strangely Enough ..

You do know what The Onion published soon after Bush became President after the Supreme Court installed him, right? It was dead on perfect. Talk about foreshadowing.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 07:52 AM
Original article: Bad stenographers

Joe Klein ...

I don't get it. Here is a guy who twenty five years ago wrote an autobiography about Woody Guthrie. What caused him to write about Woody? What made him compelling enough that Klein wanted to write about him? And what has happened in the intervening years? It's obvious Klein has become the worst kind of hack. Has he become infected with Beltway fever? Has be fallen under the spell of hacks like Broder, Friedman and Brooks?

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 08:01 AM
Original article: Bad stenographers

Jay Gold ...

and just watch the Republicans if the Dems win back the WH ... they'll rediscover their oversight duties .. and they'll be all for habeus corpus(afraid that Hillary .. if she wins .. will toss a bunch of them in jail) .. against waterboarding .. you name it ... it will truly be astonishing

Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:30 PM

I just sent Joe Klein an email ...

Subject: FISA

Date: 11/29/2007

From: Me

Reply To:

To: joe_klein@timemagazine.com

Joe:

Isn't it about time you resign? Do you always believe everything Rep. Hoekstra tells you? How did a guy who once wrote an autobiography about Woody Guthrie get to this point?

Yours Truly

Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:37 PM

didactic ..

thanks for posting the link .. that is fascinating .. and that is from 40 something years ago .. the interviewer has no clue what to say .. Dylan is right though .. he's on fire in the interview

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 11:13 AM

Ana Marie Cox ..

I just emailed her asking if we'll get an explanation. I emailed her because she is supposed to run Swampland. I find it appaling that Rep. Holt didn't get to post his statement on Swampland. The traditional media is indeed broken.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 11:59 AM

as to my email to Ana Marie Cox before...

this is the reply I got from her:

I would like to think so but I like to think a lot of things.

I presume she sent this from her Blackberry(or other wireless device as included were her office and cell numbers).

Thursday, December 13, 2007 07:56 PM

to all those Doughy Pantloand fans ;-) ...

check out Atrios' postings from Wednesday .. it's kind of funny .. the pictures .. and yes .. those girls are probably best friends with Tancredo and his ilk(if you know who they are).

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