Get it right, George! George Stephanopoulos of ABC News.

© 2004 Democracy for Iowa. All rights reserved.

Most
Dean bloggers will recognize the name Rich Kolker, a long-time Dean
activist, Dean blogger, and well-respected Iowa Perfect Stormer.  This
is his review of yesterday's television coverage of the convention, as
posted on Blog for America.



Good Morning from the Old Dominion…



Well,
courtesy of C-Span, PBS, MSNBC and eventually the networks, I watched
quite a bit of last night's Democratic Convention show.



Mixed in
among the “positive” speeches were long stretches of 1970's rock, a
video celebrating Terry McAuliffe (gee, wonder why Howard wasn't in
that one), one time when they told the delegates to “mill around until
the networks pick us up”, the guys standing behind Matthews waving CNN
signs and the guys behind Howard Fineman on Matthews holding up
Bush/Cheney signs (like that's going to make a difference).

Al Gore was humorous, but I would have liked to have heard the first
draft. Jimmy Carter was inspiring, but why was he buried in the
non-network segment (as was Gore). Hillary
Clinton will never be President if she doesn't learn to give a speech.
Bill Clinton can give a speech, but maybe it was the shot of Richard
Schiff (Toby Ziegler on “West Wing”) in the audience that made me
analyze rather than appreciate it.



Question
– Why does MSNBC have Joe Scarborough analyzing the Democratic
Convention? Are they going to invite Michael Moore to analyze the GOP?



I'm sure
some of these mayors and councilmen and heads of NGOs have something to
say, but we never hear them unless we watch C-Span.



Am I the
only one who doesn't want national policy made based on the wishes of
family members of victims (this goes back to Peggy Say and Lebanon, the
9-11 families are just the latest example) but the overall good of the
nation? Am I the only one that finds constantly harping on the losses
of 9-11 maudlin, insincere and politically expedient?



Watching
this convention has made me even more aware of all the things we need
to change to take back our country — from how it is being orchestrated
to how it is being covered to what the party of FDR and Truman and
Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy has become.



It is
sad, that instead of a real choice, we are left with the choice between
someone I agree with 0 percent and someone I agree with 30-50 percent.
It is sad, that supposed “news” organizations think it is more
important to get the opinions of some geek in a yellow jacket than to
listen to the speakers, or even talk to the delegates about what
brought them to Boston and what were their hopes and dreams for the
future.



Don't
get me wrong, we need to get rid of the guy who I agree with 0 percent.
But on November 3rd, no matter the results, and with all due respect
(and much is due) to those Dean Dozens running this fall, the hard work
of taking back our country begins again.



Posted by rich^kolker at July 27, 2004 08:50 AM