OK, first up, on Meet the Press with David Gregory we've got Dick Durbin for the Democratic side (in front of an incredibly fake-looking bookcase) and Kermit the Frog Newt Gingrich for the Republicans. Seriously. Newt.
Why is this man still being trotted out? Who is he any more? Why are his ideas relevant? For all of this stupid "pre-9/11 mentality" talk from the right, Gingrich has got an "immediately post-9/11 mentality." He still talks like people did right after, when they were still shell shocked. And he says stupid things like Guantanamo Bay should stay open for the duration of the "war." 'Til terrorism is gone. Well, that's just brilliant, Newt! And he still has delusions that he could ever be elected president in the United States.
Why is this man still being trotted out? Who is he any more? Why are his ideas relevant? For all of this stupid "pre-9/11 mentality" talk from the right, Gingrich has got an "immediately post-9/11 mentality." He still talks like people did right after, when they were still shell shocked. And he says stupid things like Guantanamo Bay should stay open for the duration of the "war." 'Til terrorism is gone. Well, that's just brilliant, Newt! And he still has delusions that he could ever be elected president in the United States.
And seriously, my assessment of Gregory still stands: he's got no depth. The bulk of his questions are along the lines of, "Speaker Pelosi on blah blah date said blah blah. Do you agree with that assessment? Does she owe blah blah an apology?" It's all so surfacey. Just chatter.
In the round table segment, there's still the distraction of Pelosi in this whole torture story, which as at least a week past when we should even be talking about it. I liked seeing Eugene Robinson, and Chuck Todd on the panel. There was a little more variety there from the usual faces. But in all, this week's show could have been broadcast last week. Not much there there.
