My tweets

[redheadedfemme]

• Thu, 17:39: Man, I am sick of that schmaltzy, manipulative Unicef commercial with Alyssa Milano. Good cause, terrible execution. #fb
• Thu, 18:43: Well. "Romney Offshore Investments Used 'Blockers' To Avoid Taxes." Whodathunkit? http://t.co/cfSra8Uy #fb
• Thu, 19:59: I agree with this wholeheartedly. Facts are facts, folks, no matter how much Faux "News" whines about "liberal... http://t.co/7ZGDM7SF
• Thu, 21:16: Liar Liar, Teevee's On Fire http://t.co/braRtxID
• Thu, 21:16: posted a new entry to 'redheadedfemme' at LiveJournal. http://t.co/GJEl79I6
• Fri, 09:52: RE: You didn't pay any attention to what she actually said, did you, jackass? Since you don't have the experience o… http://t.co/9u56bvJp

Comments

Banned from TV

[amqu.livejournal.com]

It's a little totalitarian to be banning people from TV because they say things that may not be true, like the DNC chairwoman, maybe.

Re: Banned from TV

[redheadedfemme]

I don't know who wrote the CNN headline, but it's a stretch, to say the least. Wasserman Schultz was most certainly not "torn to shreds"; she stood up for herself quite well.

Ed Kilgore, from Political Animal, basically rebuts Anderson Cooper's point, and he speaks from experience.

Man, if this is a “gotcha” moment, then the definition of “gotcha” has been debased to the vanishing point. As someone involved in Democratic conventions (including on two occasions the platform process) for a long time, I can confidently assert that it is a fact, of which the entire CNN staff appears ignorant, that not a sparrow falls to the ground in the drafting of a national party platform that is not approved by the nominee and his or her staff. That Team Mitt did not choose to publicly challenge the traditional “constitutional ban with no exceptions other than life of the mother” language does not absolve it of responsibility for it. Romney’s extraordinary “flexibility,” shall we say, on the abortion issue over the years is hardly news, but the basic point that Romney is indeed complicit in an extremist platform if he doesn’t bother to explicitly distance himself from it is sound, even if Anderson Cooper doesn’t “get it.”

Also, since television networks are owned by corporations, and corporations aren't the government (yet), it's hardly "totalitarian" for them to ban anyone they want to. Banning John Sununu and most of the twits on Fox News would greatly improve the truthfulness of the national discourse.

Re: Banned from TV

[amqu.livejournal.com]

Well, she still lied. She lied about not knowing that the people in the PAC who ran the ad were Democrats. And she lied about the quote in the LA Times. I will give her props for staying on message, however.