mr rich makes a point out loud

of course you and i know the democrats winning was no accident or fluke no matter what other media says. of course we know there is no great fight going on between all of the democrats. disagreements sure. certainly NO MORE than between republicans. what the hell is most of the media thinking (or where do their paychecks really come from should i ask?)


Frank Rich Hits Media's 'Fictional Story Line' Since the Elections

By E&P Staff Published: November 19, 2006 12:05 PM ET
NEW YORK In his Sunday column for The New York Times, behind its online paid wall, Frank Rich hits the "fictional story line" in the media this past week following the Democrats' midterm election triumph. "Elections may come and go," he writes, "but Washington remains incorrigible. Not even voters delivering a clear message can topple the town’s conventional wisdom once it has been set in the stone of punditry."The false story line, he explains, includes the myth of a party in shambles over the Murtha vs. Hoyer right, while downplaying the re-emergence of Trent Lott as a GOP leaders in the Senate. But the primary alleged falsehood is that the Democrats' sweep was "more or less an accident. The victory had little to do with the Democrats’ actual beliefs and was instead solely the result of President Bush’s unpopularity and a cunning backroom stunt by the campaign Machiavellis, Chuck Schumer and Rahm Emanuel, to enlist a smattering of 'conservative' candidates to run in red states.... And now the party is deeply divided as its old liberals and new conservatives converge on Capitol Hill to slug it out. "The only problem with this version of events is that it’s not true..........

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