tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post7176246432802429937..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "They're Not Talking To You - Take Two"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-14164266017758441792010-09-20T14:21:14.856-07:002010-09-20T14:21:14.856-07:00I, too have gotten tired of all the ranting on MSN...I, too have gotten tired of all the ranting on MSNBC. Indignation has a short shelf life, even when it's righteous. Even Rachel has worn me out with her permanently knit eyebrows.<br />Not to be outdone, up here in Canada, they are trying to drum up a 'Foxish' news cable channel. For the righties. It seems to be taking a long time to get on the air. I wonder who they'll get to rant and then, of course, who will want to switch from the hockey game to the ranting?<br />If to lead, it must bleed, then what can one do?PGhttp://wwwtobigordon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-67781921851931239152010-09-20T11:27:08.282-07:002010-09-20T11:27:08.282-07:00Last week on The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel interv...Last week on The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel interviewed Vice Prez Joe Biden. He said that if the Democrats want to minimize loss of senate seats in the mid-term elections, Democrats have to approach the campaign as strictly <i>us vs. repubs</i> and not "how did we do?". Because the thing is, Obama is not perfect and he can't do everything he promised in just two years. However Obama IS sane, at least relative to the other team. On Liberal news. I really don't know how the other guys see it. <br /><br />It has to be <i>us vs. them</i> or the message loses weight. "He hasn't screwed you over (yet)" is a lot less convincing than "look how much THAT GUY would screw you over". <br /><br />I think this is why your metaphor of politics and religion doesn't fly for me. You can't just ignore politics like you can religion. Politicians affect everyone, whether you like it or not. And if you don't like it, there's a politician to represent YOU, too. If someone else chooses a crappy religion, it's their choice. But if you walk away from politics and all the other guys vote for an unsavoury politician, you have to live with it too. Politics is always <i>us vs. them</i>, and the nature of cable means "look, our team is trying its bestest" will always be pushed behind "gee, that Christine O'Donnell is a wacky nutjob" or any other variation of "look how screwed-up that OTHER GUY is". <br /><br />I'm very sorry for all the quotes.Kathryn Hartoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897526822167862246noreply@blogger.com