It's no wonder that the ratings for the Republican National Convention shitfest were terrible. Maybe the only people watching are the Beltway media and blogsters here at C&L. The media, though, seems to want to pick our candidate for us even though we already chose old Joe Biden. That's not how this is supposed to work. Joe gave a disastrous debate performance, but he's made up for that by giving riveting speeches afterward. And the President has a stellar record of achievements in office.
The media wants Trump, who left office in disgrace with the worst job numbers since Herbert Hoover, and he's only running to avoid prison for his yearslong crime spree, to occupy the White House again. Our democracy is on the brink, but the media wants clicks and airtime. La sigh.
The NBC panel, including Kristen Welker and Savannah Guthrie, cozied up to the RNC speakers, heaping praise on them for not calling the January 6 insurrectionists "hostages."
"We have not heard this whole week all the rally favorites, the greatest hits about the 2020 election being stolen," Guthrie said. No one's mentioning political grievances, weaponizing government, nobody's mentioning it, nobody's calling the January 6th rioters patriots or hostages."
Note: Well, fuck. That's not exactly something they should be praising.
