Two Respected Liberal Journalists Issue An Important Warning To Democrats
Two Respected Liberal Journalists Issue An Important Warning To Democrats
By Rmuse on Sun, Feb 28th, 2016 at 7:40 pm
As no small number of pundits, reporters, and opinion columnists have noted for months, it is just downright dangerous to even remark about the Democratic race for the presidential nomination.
It is beginning to appear that regardless the warnings from respected liberal pundits and journalists alike, there is going to be no end to the rancor among Democrats that portend an electoral disaster in November. As no small number of pundits, reporters, and opinion columnists have noted for months, it is just downright dangerous to even remark about the Democratic race for the presidential nomination. It has gotten so bad that even uttering the once safe line that “both sides do it” is still dangerous and incites substantial rage among faithful supporters; even though both sides are not doing it.
Journalists, pundits, and opinion writers are used to criticism; one can never please everyone and they damn sure should never try to please anyone. However, it is worth spending a few hundred words to warn, once again, that the level of sheer animosity and hostility roiling among Democrats does not bode well for winning anything in November.
One Washington Post opinion columnist and journalist, Jonathan Capehart, who made the mistake of putting his opinion in print joined another once-respected journalist, Rachel Maddow, in issuing a “stark warning that should be heeded.” In Maddow’s case, the warning targets the Democratic Party for not moving to tamp down the bitterness between Clinton and Sanders’ supporters that threatens to exacerbate the already extremely poor voter turnout that will only get worse in November. Capehart issued a similar warning and did the really silly thing of enraging one candidate’s supporters by reporting, albeit mildly, on the level of nastiness he suffered for daring to express his opinion.
The point that both Capehart and Maddow are desperately trying to make is that Democrats are is serious electoral trouble in November. As this column noted to incredible criticism and hostility just last week, because Republican voters, with all their faults, will turn out in record numbers to vote for whichever candidate is the eventual nominee, Democrats had better unite, register voters, or weep when a Republican wins the White House.
So as not to incur the wrath of any candidate or their passionate acolytes, or give the appearance of having a wrong opinion, taking sides, leveling criticism, or being biased, most of this little screed is a simple report about what two once-respected liberal journalists recently said. They are “once-respected” now because they lost the support and respect of some Democrats for doing what they are paid to do; having and expressing the “wrong” opinion.
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I've never thought of Capeheart as a liberal journalist, much less held respect for his writings. He's a status quo, careerist creature of Washington.
On the other hand, when I used to watch Rachel on MSNBC I did respect her opinions. I don't watch MSNBC any more so I really don't know what she's been up to lately.
Hillary shields that make no bones about it...are you kidding? Capehart is responsible for that horrible smash up regarding the photo of Bernie Sanders and Rachel Maddow for all she does to try to appear impartial, still comes across as favoring Clinton. They are journalist, their opinion is worth no more than the opinion of anyone else.
Respected? That's a hoot!
Who the hell is Rmuse? Not that I care.
Whoever it is can hold hands with Maddow and Capehart and jump in a lake.
I just got a pm from a Capehart supporter. Evidently he/she did not take kindly to my comment about Capehart that I posted earlier in the thread. They also didn't like Bernie even though I didn't mention Bernie in my post. 
The funny thing is I don't see where that person posted a comment in this thread. I guess they would rather work behind the scenes so to speak. Does that kind of thing happen a lot around here? Do people get pm's from someone who hasn't posted in the thread?
