Why are people labelled Democratic strategists on TV often so bad

[karynnj]

I was just listening to Flavia Clogan on MSNBC. The main topic was the whether celebrities hurt or help. At the end she spoke of Obama and then of the Clintons.

The gist of what she said on the Clintons was that Hollywood loved Bill, but was less happy with Hillary because she was too conservative on the war and the bankruptcy bill.

Hillary voted to filibuster the the bankruptcy bill, which was the key vote as it was the only one with any hope of stopping it. Only 41 votes were needed to stop the bill this way - 51 were needed to stop the bill on the ratification vote. Hillary did not vote on the clearly doomed second vote, because Bill Clinton was in the hospital having some followup surgery. (Biden DID support the bill)

No one would accuse me of being a Hillary supporter - I have moved into the ABH category - but this is a pathetic example of someone in a position where they should know the truth on all sensitive isues that they choose to speak on. Here, she has perpetuated a lie that I have seen in many DU threads.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. It is all a plot of the "liberal media"

We all know how much liberals hate the Democratic Party :eyes:

[Arkana]

2. Gotta keep the wingers they face on the show looking good.

Usually they get some spineless jackass like Brazile or Shrum to defend us--yeah, right.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

3. Because the Republicans pay better?

:evilgrin:

[welshTerrier2]

4. i'm glad you asked ...

it is not at all clear to me that Democrats, i.e. the Democratic Party itself, have a group of people coordinating our "public face" ... we frequently see complaints on DU about how "the media" are only interested in hearing from a very narrow range of Democrats ... we get Biden (ad nauseum) and Lieberman and a small handful of others ...

why don't we hear from Conyers and Waxman and Markey and McGovern and Ryan and so many many others? maybe the media are to blame ... maybe they refuse to let anyone outside their frequent flyer club on the air ... but it seems to me that the Democratic Party could have a greater say if they wanted one ... if the Sunday shows were told that the Dems wanted others to be heard, it's not at all clear to me that the "big shows" would refuse to give them a forum to speak ... and if that has been a problem, Democrats should be taking the issue to the American people; that certainly has not been the case ... i think much of the narrowness of which Democrats are heard from is the fault of the party itself ...

we've been talking about the need for a Democratic Party "rapid response media squad" since the 2000 election ... maybe we've made a little bit of progress; it's hard to tell ... clearly, we have a long way to go ...

[Tesha]

5. It's how the media "crafts" the message.

They choose who gets on their air.

And by choosing piss-poor spokespersons for our
side, they help convey an image that we are weak,
out of ideas, etc.

Tesha