Is She A Professional Pundit Now?

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_06/018477.php

IS SHE A PROFESSIONAL PUNDIT NOW?.... After Obama's speech in Cairo this morning, the "Morning Joe" crew began its analysis. Apparently concerned that Liz Cheney hasn't been on the cable networks nearly enough lately, "Morning Joe" invited the former Bush administration official to offer more obligatory criticism of the president.

Former VP's daughter tells MSNBC she "was troubled by the extent to which I heard moral relativism."

Whatever. Liz Cheney's disappointment is of no real consequence. It's neither surprising nor interesting. Concerns about "moral relativism," coming from a Bush administration official, are a little too ironic, anyway.

And therein lies the point: why is Liz Cheney on television every day? Are we approaching the point at which every important presidential speech requires a Cheney response?

—Steve Benen

[pkdu]

1. She just finished another "vent" with Mrs Greenspan on M$NBC n/t

[spanone]

2. she's a media creation...or i should say and m$nbc creation...

her opinions carry no more weight than bozo the clown imo

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Supposedly he is worried about being indicted. Seems he hasn't

heard that if you are afraid of indictment you keep your mouth shut.

[Ilsa]

4. We need a furious DU email/snail-mail response to her presence.

We need a good email address for contacting producers about Mitchell's program content.

[MineralMan]

5. Her extensive career in foreign relations makes her

an expert. Wait...she doesn't have such a career? She's just an example of nepotism? Never mind.

[emulatorloo]

6. Her thoughts are totally irrelevant and inconsequential. I have no clue why she is getting so much

air time.

[FSogol]

7. Did she lose her amateur status?

Sheºs still am amateur in my book. The only one left that will defend her miserable father.

[floridablue]

8. Where is Mary ? Doesn't she have anything to say?

Is the "straight one" the only daughters career ole papa Dick is trying to promote?

[zbdent]

9. "moral relativism"? Like Dick Cheney being against gay marriage

except in the case of his daughter?

[Winterblues]

10. Really...why can't we have Joe the Plumber to laugh at

It seems that all of the GOP stars are nothing but a flash in the pan..Here today gone tomorrow..She will be no different. Her message is hogwash and the very great majority of Americans know it.

[Rambis]

11. Can't they find some expert like Meghan McCain?

to comment?:sarcasm:

[JackRiddler]

12. There should not be a professional pundit category at all.

[AndyA]

13. With very few exceptions, credibility in the M$M is nonexistent.

Virtually everything the Cheney's have said over the last 8+ years has been debunked time and again by others. They are liars; they have been exposed over and over for lying.

And yet the M$M in this country keeps trotting them out, on a regular basis, like they are legitimate. And the networks wonder why they're losing viewers. And advertisers. Hmmm...it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. People don't like being LIED TO. And by continually shoving these liars in our faces, the M$M is insulting people.

Time to write a letter of complaint. Again. I wonder how many "...except for David Schuster, Ed, Keith, and Rachel, your network isn't worth watching..." letters MSNBC has in their files now? :shrug:

Edit: To fix spelling.

[Javaman]

14. Because she is the spawn of the demon and she is now waiting in the wings

and practicing her lines of hate when crashcart finally bites the dust.

maybe there is more wrong with crashcart than we are being told? Maybe he's going to croak soon and his demon spawn is going to pick up his line of bullshit?