David Gregory (The Devil) wears Prada...this says it all.

I was just watching Tim Russert's MSM political talking heads show on MSNBC and of course, there was virtually no mention of John Edwards; but what was more striking to me was they showed David Gregory's Patent Leather Prada boots. This says it all about these MSM "reporters". Does anyone think that someone who spends $800+ for a pair of boots has any idea what it's like out here for the rest of us working stiffs? I won't even mention millionaire Andrea Mitchell's designer leather coat that must've cost thousands of dollars!

These people talk all around the reasons for the Democratic wave that's about to engulf the GOP. We get Obama's charisma, Huckaby's man of the people and so on. Any thing but the truth and that is the middle class is endangered by 3.5% pay increases while productivity has increased by 5%. Health care out of pocket increases of 10%+, education going up by double digits, jobs being shipped overseas, energy costing 20%+ more than last year, etc...

Now, I know why they don't know what the true issues are for most of us. They're ignorant and insulated by their wealth.

Liberal media bias, my A$$!

76 year old black activist?

anyone who wears Prada is a "dick" to me....and yes...I like Dick Gregory

Is how little independent thought goes on in terms of politics.

Here's an example. I know this guy who recently took a position working for Citibank. He's in one of their very profitable divisions as some type of mid-level manager.

Anyway, we were discussing podcasts and he made the remark to me that he thought Salon's podcasts were the best. Not knowing my politics, he admonished me, "They tend to be sort of left."

Now considering this guy is too young to have previously established much of a political identity, this tells me he is picking up the republican tendencies of the financial world.

Similarly, these reporters whose winner-takes-all salaries tend to think republican.

Over 20 years ago I worked for McDonald's Corp. in advertising. One of the things they regularly made management do was to go work in the stores a day or two a month. Did that ever bring management down to earth.

That's what these reporters need to do. They need to go out and live the middle class life for a few days a month--it would add some perspective to their reporting.

Better yet, we need to smash the entire media conglomeracy (I just made that word up) and spread the reporting around--and the salaries, too.

But for the moment, I'd like to see a few of these types living middle-class lives, even if only for a day.



Cher

he said he'd like to see the people in DC try to live on minimum wage for a week. I think he gets it.

zalinda

he's a nice guy and a good dancer