THE WRONG QUESTION AT THE WRONG TIME

[Mass]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_11/026717.php

THE WRONG QUESTION AT THE WRONG TIME.... CBS News sent around a press release yesterday afternoon about a special "In Focus: Debt and Deficit," hosted by Katie Couric.

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But while the mistakes were glaring and important, I was more troubled by the basis of the report itself. The deficit matters, but not nearly as much as the ongoing employment crisis. Where's our "In Focus: Jobs and Economic Growth"?

The media/political establishment keeps asking the wrong question. .

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The establishment tends to ignore liberal hippies on this, but maybe they'll listen to Time's Joe Klein, an establishment member in good standing, who asks this week, "Why are we spending so much time and effort bloviating about long-term deficits and so little trying to untangle the immediate economic mess that we're in?"

Poll after poll lately has shown the same, consistent result: the public wants policymakers to focus on jobs and the economy, not deficits and the debt.

The conversation seems to have gotten wildly off track in Washington, and it's not getting better. Republicans' first post-election priority yesterday was going after NPR and opposing unemployment aid that boosts the economy. Going forward, the emboldened GOP wants to gut health care, cut spending, and protect a failed tax policy -- but creating jobs isn't part of the gameplan.
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I WIll be up to President Obama and congressional Dems to try to get the political world focused again

All more reasons while these talks of compromising are crazy. The GOP does not care about creating jobs. They care about defeating Obama in 2012, and if it takes sabotaging the economy for this to happen, so be it.

[ClassWarrior]

1. K&R

NGU.

[pansypoo53219]

2. the gnews MEdia

just don't 'get it'.

[EarthFirster]

4. Economic Growth

What does it matter? No one can elect anyone with integrity. Anyone with integrity would not be 'allowed' to take office. Too much power, $$$$$$ at stake, trillions of dollars.

Dr. Evil really runs the world...

[butterfly77]

3. k...

[Major Hogwash]

5. Katie Couric isn't worried about her job security, that's why she's doing this report.

Like Rush Limbaugh, who will never go hungry even if he were fired tomorrow, they couldn't care less if there are any jobs created in the next 6 months.

They both carry water for the GOP.

Last month Katie actually asked 2 political gurus on her "news" program if O'Donnell from Rhode Island had a chance to win in Rhode Island's Senate race.
This was when Christine was down about 25 points in the polls.

And when the Democratic guru, said, "no, she doesn't have a chance".
Katie turned her perky little head, smiled, and said, "Really? Doesn't she have a chance, at all?"

As if Katie couldn't believe that O'Donnell didn't have a chance!!!
I couldn't believe it.
O'Donnell isn't qualified to be a dog catcher in Rhode Island, let alone a US Senator, and there was Katie Couric talking her up 2 weeks before the election, as if she was a viable candidate.

Katie Couric has ZERO credibility.
None.

[Mass]

6. True, but you focus also on what is not important. The point is that many, including Democratic pols

focus on these same questions. This is the point!! What part of political establshment did you not understand? Why did the White House and a large part of the House and Senate create a commission on deficit when it was not the issue at this point. These are the real issues, not what Kathy Couric does in her show.

[Enthusiast]

7. "Katie Couric has ZERO credibility."

And she has less every day. After that deficit hit piece she has minus credibility. CBS is right there with Fox News.