Twenty seconds of listening to this buffoon is all I need to hear. Sometimes I think I am the only one who feels old men on the make are pathetic creatures. That goes for any legislator on either side of the aisle in Washington. Does anyone their possess loyalty and integrity anymore? Remember they were dating but were not having an affair. “The Montana Democrat said they did not have an affair, but began dating while she worked for him.” Just so we all understand once again….They were dating but not having an affair.

http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/08/whats-it-like-to-hear-obama-speak/

What I find amusing is that Michael Steele is reported to be leading the charge on this. That might be why the media isn’t picking it up. When was the last time Michael Steele took the point for the GOP on anything? There’s a reason – Mitch McConnell (Mr. Chao to the Bush Labor Department) and Bob Dole (remember his wife, Elizabeth, as Reagan’s Transportation Secretary) are compromised

Mediaite, I’m sure you’re proud of yourself for landing CNN as a sponsor, but are you so desperate for money you will allow your advertisers to lie? You have a major credibility gap as a critical media watchdog when you don’t challenge CNN’s claim to be #1.

So, how much are your rates? I would like to buy a home page ad on Mediaite claiming I am the handsomest man alive. Of course, that’s a total crock, but as long as my check clears, you won’t stop me, right?

Time for the people running this web site to prove to prove they have professional standards.

It’s tough to trump the story of a politician tapping his foot in a bathroom stall for ‘sexy.’ But that story had all sorts of play, didn’t it? And the MSM whines about its loss of relevance. Someone ought to whisper it in their ear, or something.

Sadly the real question is why won’t they cover Max Baucus’ duplicity regarding the insurance industry. He’s taken the most money from them of all the Dems. Baucus, Nelson, Lincoln, and Landreau have taken large sums of money from the industry too and their postions on healthcare reflect just that. Baucus’ former staffer left him a few years ago and when to work for Wellpoint. Wellpoint is the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield. She then returned to work for him and she basically wrote his Finance Committee bill. You have to admit though that they seem even less interested in Ensign’s scandal than they are in Tigers. They also seemed more interested in John Edwards’ scandal. It’s hard to detect a pattern. I do love this recent quote about the media:

“I mentioned that I was in Asia on this trip thinking about the economy, when I sat down for a round of interviews. Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy. I was asked several times about had I read Sarah Palin’s book. (Laughter.) True. But it’s an indication of how our political debate doesn’t match up with what we need to do and where we need to go.”
President Obama

I couldn’t agree more and said as much on this site a few days ago. The Whitehouse press pool appears to have been taken over by Access Hollywood where they obsess over social secretaries and Palin’s book. They may as well have asked the President what’s his favorite color.

As newsbusters points out, the comparison here should be with Paul Wolfiwitz who was hammered about his girlfriend. Baucus is a democrat — therefore he gets a free pass on anything/everything in the eyes of CBS.

Why are you complaining? If there’s bad news about Democrats, Fox News is covering it already.

rox”soros”steady sez: “They may as well have asked the President what’s his favorite color.”

Uhhhh..they pretty much do this all the time in order to protect and shield him from harm when he’s asked questions without benefit of TOTUS. They know if they were to ask him questions about how to actually solve things he wouldn’t (obviously) have an answer.

In what way timzank? That’s a reference to someone who clearly can’t answer a question as simple as” what do you read” It’s a neat trick that you righties have of pivoting to another subject when you can’t win an argument. Now, your conspiracy theories are that the press is protecting the President by not doing their jobs? Really? The press is a disgrace. Asking the President if he read the hillbilly’s book is just one example of their malpractice. No, the person who only answers questions on facebook and twitter instead of having the gutts to go face to face is princess winky! And fox news doesn’t count. I can’t stand the hosts of Meet The Press or This Week but, I’d watch if granny dug up the courage to go one on one with either of them. Her word salads alone would be worth that screeching, regional accent. See, what you folks call real, we call unpolished.

THE HILL: Hanes traveled abroad with Baucus twice in ’08
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/70765-hanes-traveled-abroad-with-baucus-twice-in-08

i hope mediaite talks about how the poll says 80% of people think this isn’t being covered as a story because he’s a democrat…