Someone address this - Why are liberal guests so ill prepared in the media

[HardWorkingDem]

Last night I watched a segment of Shammity and colmes and they had liberal woman on and Shammity went on a tear about how many Democrat sex scandals there have been.

Then on another show I heard the same thing - that dems give good sex scandals and the Rethugs are great alter boys.

Now, what gets me, why don't these guests prepare better?

For example, a simple Google search of "Republican sex scandals" pulls up this link to Dailykos

http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Republican_Sex_Scandals

There are tons of examples of Republican sex scandals and working links to sources. I just don't get it.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Because the only "Liberal" fox is gonna allow on air is a total shmoe.

Weak and ineffectual. Just the way they like 'em.

[Synnical]

3. Yup. n/t

[terip64]

2. Who hired them?

[AngryAmish]

4. Think tanks

Heritage, etc. give all their folks media training. Not enough liberal think tanks.

[HardWorkingDem]

12. Google, dkos, MediaMatters.......et cetera..

This information is all over the place. This is no excuse anymore.

[MADem]

5. Why are you watching Faux? They only pick "not ready for prime time"

guests when they want to wipe their asses on Democrats.

All of the "look at the past!!" whining isn't gonna cut it. Foley is the PRESENT....and he is indeed a present, as in a gift that keeps on giving!

Let the GOP keep squabbling away...all we need to do is pop the popcorn.

[HardWorkingDem]

13. I wanted to see how a person like Shammity would comment...

and was I surprised. More or less blame everyone else but Foley.....

[MADem]

16. Faux motto: GOP is always right, and always victimized by evil Dems

Those are the two notes they know how to sing. You'll never get anything else out of them.

[WilliamPitt]

6. Maybe because

the people Fox brings on to speak for us can't talk their way out of a wet paper sack.

Maybe that suits Fox's purposes.

Hell, look at Colmes.

[BuyingThyme]

7. DC Dems still get their info from the NYTimes and WAPost.

[ThomWV]

8. Because Only The Ill-informed Will Be Asked To Come On The Air

[warrens]

9. Because the Repuke bookers lie

They're getting sandbagged. That's why few ever appear twice. The Repuke booker will go so fa as to ask them to come on for one subject, then change it just as they go on the air.

[tk2kewl]

10. ummm... *scratches armpit* ... you see ... *fixes earplug*

:silly:

[quiet.american]

11. Get your anti-dote to apologetic Dems here:

I never heard of Cliff Schecter before last week, but let me tell you, if all Dem spokesman come out swinging like this, it would be a beautiful thing.

excerpt:

If there is one thing you have to give to that bunch of corporate-humping-foreign-policy morons known as the Republican Party it's that they're consistent. No, not in what they say. That changes like their justification for starting a war in the Middle East. I'm talking about what they do when it comes to screwing up policy in that region.


Not to mention that fact that they will always use our place in the world in blatantly partisan attempts to try and gain power. This stuff about politics stopping at the water's edge--if you even hear any Republican you know utter that phrase, just burst out laughing. Because if politics stops at the water's edge for the GOP, then George Allen is the spokesman for the United Negro College Fund.

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/gop-consistency-they-alw_b_30369.html

Another Schecter "smackdown" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHLq5Wo3GTI&eurl=

[Rose Siding]

14. That's the ONLY kind of dem Fox uses

It's by design.

[peacetalksforall]

15. Much of the time, the only Dems to get on these shows are from

the DLC. They are very pleasant and non-confrontational.

[NC_Nurse]

17. Sorry, but it's not just on Fox...

I've heard PLENTY of lame Dem responses and I don't watch Fox at all. On NPR, PBS, and all the MSM channels. They are often
wimpy, non-commital and have NOTHING of substance to say. It's really frustrating sometimes.

[Poiuyt]

18. I agree. There are some excellent Democratic debaters out there

Could you imagine Thom Hartmann as a guest on Hardball?