Charlie Pierce on the little stroke fest going on between Chris Matthews and Hillary:
Anyway, Matthews giving Hillary a tongue bath on the air like a dutiful little Press Poodle was a little surprising given the outright hostility that Charlie points out, but it makes a lot of sense from the stand point of the corporate media needing to rally around the power center and protect the status quo against the efforts of a Bernie Sanders who seems to be trying to turn this joint into some dirty little democracy or some such. Eww.
Careers are at stake here. If they allow Bernie to gain any real momentum, the whole Political Infotainment Industry is in real danger of total collapse. They know he's that much of a threat. Isn't it interesting how some people are so sure that protecting their paycheck is more important than serving our little experiment in self-government? That's the mindset of the overseer.
Somebody - actually a group of very powerful somebodies - has made a decision that Hillary's going to be our next POTUS. They'll hedge their bets by flacking Marco Rubio, but that's the window dressing; that's the match-maker shit they pull on us every fucking time.
Rubio is being cast as the GOP's Barack Obama - coming from behind to knock off all the favorites in the playoffs and win a shot at the title. I think it's interesting that Cruz (IMO) is being used as the cat's paw to countervail Trump, while Rubio is being pimped as some kind of quiet giant killer. BTW - I tho't that role was going to be Jeb's, but the guy is apparently even more adept at fucking up a free lunch than his dumb-as-a-stump brother, and I'm dumb enough to have tho't otherwise.
Anyway, we all remember what an epic battle it was for the Dem nomination in 2008 when we had the crafty veteran squaring off against the upstart newcomer, so why not just replay that whole fucking show; that was a dandy - but this time, we'll put 'em on opposite sides in a contest for the ultimate prize - it'll be a spectacularly spectacular spectacle to see these two valiant warriors in action as they slug it out for blah blah blah. This isn't even a horse race anymore - it looks a lot more like Professional Wrestling.
Call me wacky and y'know - I may be paranoid, but that don't mean nobody's out to get me.
Wanna know what stops this shit - or at least changes it for the better?
Chris Matthews had an interview with Hillary Rodham Clinton on the MSNBC channel of the electric teevee machine Tuesday afternoon that was flatly astounding. This is especially true if you remember Matthews' sorry history with the Clinton family, especially concerning HRC, against whom he was so hostile in 2008 that kindly Doc Maddow called him out on it on the air. Now, though, apparently, Matthews sees HRC as the only thing keeping the Battleship Potemkin from sailing up his driveway.I don't need a lot of encouragement to slag Tweety. The guy is a political sycophant who made his bones serving congress during a time that became pretty notorious for official corruption - not that anything can compare with what's going on now, but back then, bribery was still illegal. Aah, the good old days.
Anyway, Matthews giving Hillary a tongue bath on the air like a dutiful little Press Poodle was a little surprising given the outright hostility that Charlie points out, but it makes a lot of sense from the stand point of the corporate media needing to rally around the power center and protect the status quo against the efforts of a Bernie Sanders who seems to be trying to turn this joint into some dirty little democracy or some such. Eww.
Careers are at stake here. If they allow Bernie to gain any real momentum, the whole Political Infotainment Industry is in real danger of total collapse. They know he's that much of a threat. Isn't it interesting how some people are so sure that protecting their paycheck is more important than serving our little experiment in self-government? That's the mindset of the overseer.
Somebody - actually a group of very powerful somebodies - has made a decision that Hillary's going to be our next POTUS. They'll hedge their bets by flacking Marco Rubio, but that's the window dressing; that's the match-maker shit they pull on us every fucking time.
Rubio is being cast as the GOP's Barack Obama - coming from behind to knock off all the favorites in the playoffs and win a shot at the title. I think it's interesting that Cruz (IMO) is being used as the cat's paw to countervail Trump, while Rubio is being pimped as some kind of quiet giant killer. BTW - I tho't that role was going to be Jeb's, but the guy is apparently even more adept at fucking up a free lunch than his dumb-as-a-stump brother, and I'm dumb enough to have tho't otherwise.
Anyway, we all remember what an epic battle it was for the Dem nomination in 2008 when we had the crafty veteran squaring off against the upstart newcomer, so why not just replay that whole fucking show; that was a dandy - but this time, we'll put 'em on opposite sides in a contest for the ultimate prize - it'll be a spectacularly spectacular spectacle to see these two valiant warriors in action as they slug it out for blah blah blah. This isn't even a horse race anymore - it looks a lot more like Professional Wrestling.
Call me wacky and y'know - I may be paranoid, but that don't mean nobody's out to get me.
Wanna know what stops this shit - or at least changes it for the better?
