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Friday, February 27, 2004

WNYC Radio Host Brian Lehrer Takes His Whoredom National 

NYC's own "thoughtful," "evenhanded" public-radio talk show host appeared as a commentator on CNN's Newsnight with Aaron Brown following tonight's Dem Debate in CA. So does Brian enrich the CNN program with his brainy, "highbrow" mode of political discussion? No! Of course not! He parrots months-old RNC talking points about how Dems can only "carp" and "attack" because they don't stand for any clear positions themselves!
LEHRER: I think that the president had a very effective political play against the Democrats this week in one of his speeches, when he said, all they do is show carping, partisan bitterness. They don't have any solutions.

And that's been the Democrats' problem for a few years. It hurt them in the 2002 midterm elections and it is going to be very tough for them, after blaming the president for all the country's problems, that are complex problems, terrorism and job loss, all these things, to now turn around and say, I have a position that's as clear as my criticism. So far, they don't.
How "thoughtful"! How public radio!

Incidentally, props to Aaron Brown for opening tonight's program with a comment expressing personal outrage at Dennis Hastert's latest insult to America and the victims of 9/11.
We admit we don't do causes very well on the program. And I don't do outrage well at all, yet, tonight, a cause and an outrage. The decision by the speaker of the House to deny the independent commission investigating the 9/11 attack on America a 60-day extension -- that's all, 60 days -- to complete its work is unconscionable and indefensible, which, no doubt, explains why neither the speaker, nor any member of the House leadership, nor none of their press secretaries would come on the program to talk about it, despite repeated requests.






posted by Blicero : 2/27/2004 02:08:00 AM
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