Was Chris Cillizza always a RW Tool or is this a recent development?

[whathehell]

He was just on MSNBC commenting on HCR developments calling it a "very expensive program most Americans, at least now, don't want"......and he was actinc as the "non-partison" commentator, there already being a Dem strategist (Tad Devine) and a Repuke (Tom Feehery).

Gee..Isn't our "free press" Great?:banghead:

[FrenchieCat]

1. Always a tool. Always a shill for Republicans.....

and a lightweight to boot!

[whathehell]

5. Your'e probably right...I thought I saw him on Countdown a couple of times

so I was surprised...I knew that (&^*$%% Chuck Todd was a shill..but I didn't know about this one.

[Gman2]

2. MSNBC must play like they are totally fair. Sometimes it's obvious pandering.

[whathehell]

6. They do a better job of it than CNN, I'd say...but, minus the pm shows

You're right...They pander.

God, I hate the Corporate media..Bring Fairness back to the airwaves!

[Dogmudgeon]

3. I think you're missing most of it

Cilizza is right -- it's expensive ($945B), and that expense scares Americans.

"... at least now ... " is the key. HCR also starts out with a $130B deficit reduction, and it accelerates to $1.3T by 2020.

The Republicans have done a good job "selling" the fear. Soon enough, the benefits -- even the meager ones we get until 2014 -- will convince the country otherwise, and they'll support extensive improvements without much paranoia.

Next step: Repealing Bush's $2T tax cuts for the rich and putting the savings into jobs and infrastructure programs. (Dare I audaciously hope?)

--d!

[whathehell]

4. I'm not "missing most of it"..and I don't think Cilizza is "right" at all

when he says that "most Americans don't want it"...It depends on what poll you're looking at..The ones I've seen put it to about 50/50..so yeah..I think he's hawking the RW line.

[FrenchieCat]

7. It's a Republican talking point, and one that many in the media report

as thought it is accurate.

The media is part of the problem....and a big one for Democrats to overcome.

[whathehell]

8. I agree completely.

[Dogmudgeon]

9. Frenchie's reply is what I'm talking about

People know the line of GOP bullshit. It is frightening.

As they learn better, they will become more supportive, and the Republicans will lose a little more credibility.

That's how it sounded to me; then again, I'm not too paranoid about the press. I take 'em with a grain of salt. I don't consider Cilizza a "shill" because here, EVERYBODY has been called a shill -- even Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow.

--d!