Jack Germond, "Fat Man, Fed Up" "Big deal!" re THK's "Shove it" remark

[flpoljunkie]

Thank you, Jack Germond! I just might have to buy his book, titled above. He was just on INSIDE POLITICS, said the media was making way too much of Teresa's comment to the Scaife reporter--that it should NOT be a FOUR DAY story.

Are you listening, Judy? He is talking to you, too!

Jack Germond also thinks John Kerry can close the deal tomorrow night remarking that he had done just that in hs famous race against William Weld in 1996.

[Richardo]

1. One of my favorite recent titles

- I was also thinking of picking this one up.

[Dookus]

2. I'm reading it now..

pretty good.

[desi]

3. He's consistent on the media hyperbole.

Sure miss him. I stopped watching "The McLaughlin Group" when he left..

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000584959

"Recalling the 1988 presidential campaign, Germond noted that on the day of Michael Dukakis' infamous tank ride, he also gave a major policy speech on U.S. relations with Russia. "Television fawned all over the pictures and ignored the speech," he said. "The speech was more important, by light years."

More recently, Germond pointed to George W. Bush's slight change in defense of the Iraq war, saying recently that Saddam Hussein may not have had weapons of mass destruction, but had the capability of creating them. "That showed he was backing away from his original argument," Germond said. "It did not get near enough coverage."

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

4. yes thats a great book...great anecdotes & no BS attitude.

makes me want to read more from him.

[Demoiselle]

5. I love Jack Germond...

For me he represents old fashioned, slightly cynical, very shrewd newsmen the way they used to be...when they actually worked to get stories, knew what they were talking about and didn't repeat endless pre-packaged spin.