The media's "Americans want bipartisanship, not investigation" is hooey

[AlCzervik]

reading this all over the place to day, looks like the media once again got the fax from the white house. Americans want oversight and sorry media if that requires hearings and subpoenas, thats the way it works and you loved it when Clinton was in office. Americas want accountability an of course they want bipartisanship, it's possible to want both.

[rinsd]

1. "it's possible to want both"

Excellent point, the either/or thing is false.

[bigtree]

2. they want their representatives to directly confront the administration

unlike the republican enablers

[originalpckelly]

3. No one loved it when Clinton was in office, that's why we picked up seats in '98.

And if we overreach it'll be the reason we lose Congress in '08.

[AlCzervik]

5. the media loved it, i should have been more clear. War-i'm not sure you can overreach

on investigating how we got in to a war and the democrats that will be doing the looking aren't fools, i think they're most likely got a plan in place.

[bigtree]

8. If our representatives don't confront the abuses and excesses

our party won't be seen by voters as an effective opposition. There will be plenty of opportunities to advance meaningful legislation along with the full exercise of Congress' oversight responsibilities. As Henry Reid said today, there will be supoenas, but the public shoudn't be alarmed at the legitimate exercise of their duties.

[Vincardog]

9. No one was in favor of the political hounding of Big Bill. That is

not in any way like investigating the cronyism corruption and incompetence of Bush2.

No sane person can suggest parity between the hounding of Clinton and bringing mad dog bush to rule of law.

[Vincardog]

4. surely you do not mean to suggest that the Congress can do more

than one thing? :wow:
Are you going to say that lille prince george is about to be responsible for the first time in his life? :nopity:
I say investigate at the same time you repeal the fascist laws ASAP :spank:

[AlCzervik]

6. well if they work more than what 100 days a year i bet they can get all sorts of things done.

[texpatriot2004]

7. This American wants investigations, the Corporate Media does

NOT SPEAK FOR ME!

[enuffs_enuffs]

10. MSM owned by the very same industries that funded the rights

rise to power. More attempts at framing discussion. Much ado about 'coverin' yer own ass.'

[Horse with no Name]

11. The media is scared shitless that the American people

will find how deep the rabbit hole goes--and how it ends in many of their own bank accounts.
It will be the final nail in the coffin for many of these talking heads whose lifestyles inside the beltway trump their own desire to tell the truth.

[Jawja]

12. Once again,

the GOP and the GOP Corporate media enablers show that their hypocrisy has no bounds. :eyes:

[Hidden Stillness]

13. The Media is Just a Wall Keeping Us Away From the Corporate Center of Power

When Republicans took over the Congress, 1994, it was a "Republican Revolution," "the country is getting more conservative," all over the media. Now that we have won, of course, it is NOT a "Democratic Revolution," and the country is NOT "getting more liberal/progressive." It just flips this way and that. Now, it is, "They don't really want Democrats, they are just angry at Republicans," yet none of them said, 1994, "No one really wants Republicans, they are just angry at Clinton." They claim that all the Democrats who won are "more conservative" than even moderate Republicans--(yet give no examples for this bizarre claim, and ignore people like Sherrod Brown, etc.)--yet give no explanation as to why every State that had it, passed overwhelmingly a minimum wage raise, and every State that had it, defeated an attempt to restrict abortion rights. They claim the new group is "conservative," yet if you listen to them, Webb of Virginia talks about "economic fairness and social justice," and sounds fabulous, and Claire McCaskill said Harry Truman would have been outraged at Bush pretending to be "like Truman," and that Truman would have told Bush where to go, with very clear language. As soon as I was able to get past the corporate Republican media spin--"We didn't really lose at all!" "Only people like us can win!"--and listen to the new candidates, they are really impressive. They are middle class populists, reformers, they are us, and the new era of anti-conservative, anti-corporate Democratic governance has begun.