Saddened to report, I watched ABC's "This Week With George S," and the lovefest was on.

[Faygo Kid]

I had hoped for some admission of validity about the many complaints - NOT just here at DU - of the insubstantiality of the "debate" that aired this week.

Here is what I predicted in another post here on DU a couple days ago, well before today's Roundtable aired: "Three provocative outside-the-beltway, middle America types - Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson and George Will - are roundtable panelists to breathlessly declare how wonderful George did at the debate, and how his opening questions were vital to single mothers with no health care and 19-year-old soldiers with their legs blown off in Iraq."

OK, I was wrong about the last part. They didn't bring up health care or Iraq on today's show; George Will only brought up the importance of capital gains tax cuts, and Cokie and Sam just thought it was stupid that folks would complain about George's questions. Sam said it wasn't the questions that are important(!!), it's the answers. They all felt quite important about themselves, and protected one of their own. At the end, George Stephanopoulos aired some footage ridiculing his perfomance, to show what a "good guy" he is. Go to ABC News and check it out for yourself. http://abcnews.go.com/thisweek

I came away more convinced than ever how tough it is going to be to get any attention drawn to single mothers with no health care and 19-year-old soldiers with their legs blown off in Iraq.

Peace.

[MadMaddie]

1. Marvin Gaye's album is more relevant than ever isn't it?

What we are going to need is another Network that can obliterate the existing ones. The Republicans have consolidated the existing media and made it worthless.

The fact the Steph - hack- opholous still has a job just reinforces that the media is corrupt.

[nxylas]

2. Please tell me you were being sarcastic...

...when you described George Will as "outside the Beltway". The guy's so pointy-headed you could cover him with graphite and use him as a pencil.