Are Liberal Commentators too gentle on John McCain?

[bryant69]

Poll question: Are Liberal Commentators too gentle on John McCain?

Just curious (my opinion is yes).

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[NJmaverick]

1. Once this damn primary is over, the commentators

will turn their attention to McCain

[bryant69]

2. I'd like to believe that, but he's still going to be a former POW. n/t

[NJmaverick]

3. He is also a man with a dangerous temper who cheated on and then divorced

his first wife, so he could marry into money. McCain has tons of skeletons in that closet of his.

[bryant69]

4. I totally agree that we should be pointing that out - I'm just saying that our representatives in

the media seem disinclined to do so.

Bryant

[NJmaverick]

5. He is very popular with the press, so it's going to be tough

to educated the public as to the man's true nature.

[KharmaTrain]

6. Can I Get A Better Definition...

What constitutes a "liberal commentator". Is this confined to those on AAR/NovaM/Jones radio or are we including the stenographer class (which I would hestitate to call liberal in the least).

[bryant69]

7. Well it would include those who are invited to participate in public forums

representing the liberal point of view, I guess.

Bryant

[KharmaTrain]

8. Hmmm...Interesting

We could probably agree that there are few forums, except those sponsored by liberal or progressive organizations, that offer much of a liberal view. I would imagine this "elite" class (and said in a good way) would include Rachel Maddow and a few of the "regular" talking heads like Kristina Van Den Huevel and Larry O'Donnell but I can't think of many more that fit that definition.

I was just curious if you'd include folks like Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman and Joe Connason in this forum...or expand it out to include the likes of a Carville or Beinart. Again...just curious for a ruling here.

Cheers...

[bryant69]

9. Id probably favor a wider rather than a narrower net.

But i'm a moderate Democrat - so I would naturally want to give them a voice at the table as well.

That said there are two overlapping groups here - those that we as the left embrace as our spokesmen and those that the media heads select as our spokesmen. In some cases they are the same - Krugman has an article at the Times for example, but in other cases they are different.

Bryant