If You Didn't Watch Anything

I watched a lot of it. I read the papers afterward. I've seen hundreds of video clips on several TV networks, not the least of which was Fox. I've got Drudge as one of my half-dozen permanent browser tabs for a home page. So, that's why this item stands out:

TIME Magazine Correspondent Palms Off Lies

Only if none of the first paragraph I've written were true could I swallow that. It is absurd.

I mean, Drudge's takeaway from the summit is that the President talked a lot--actually, the President, the Congressional Democrats and Republicans each spoke an equal amount

If you divide the time by thirds you could say that, but Drudge reported that the time favored Dems by more than a two-to-one margin.

Reading between the lines, you can conclude that the Republicans had nothing very interesting, or clever, to say (and were never able to get the President's goat). And that the President was his usual, unflappable, well-informed self.

Reading that between the lines would take suspension of disbelief to a new level. The Bamster's tacky retort to John McCain about the campaign being over, the childish response regarding time split "because I'm the President", the puerile chastizing of Eric Cantor about bringing the Senate bill to the table as a prop, all indicate that the Messiah's thin skin was clearly breached.

Ignoring the wealth of detail which the Republicans introduced as "nothing very interesting" is simply denying what occurred.

To get these things, however, the Republicans would have had to say yes at some point. As in, YES, I'll vote for the bill if you throw in malpractice and pay for it with the money you get from limiting deductability. That is what happens in a negotiation. That is what is supposed to happen in a democracy.

Klein really doesn't get it. To abdicate responsiblilty and take the 2700 page bill as written with the addition of a tax on corporate healthcare benefits to support tort reform would be outrageous. Accepting a crap sandwich for lunch becaue they agree to add ketchup isn't healthy.

When the mainstream media can convolute what happened with a straight face in this manner it is apparent that they are confident that no one reading their drivel has the intellectual capacity to peel a banana.