Word: punditing
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...show, what did you feel you brought to the table? I brought a certain realness to the table, of just being a regular working woman. Yes, I've worked on sitcoms, but I wasn't Star Jones, I wasn't a legal analyst, I wasn't a political pundit. I brought that everyday-woman point of view to it. I wasn't afraid to say I didn't know what stuff meant, and that's how I got through that. But I did set about learning about politics. I felt like Sarah Palin and I were definitely doing the speed...
...company and its union, they argue, were self-serving, inefficient cartels holding Mexico back. It employed too many at inflated wages, they argue, and provided a terrible service characterized by daily blackouts and power surges. "The electricity workers are not victims. They have been looting Mexico for years," said pundit and onetime PRI loyalist Abraham Zabludovsky on his daily radio show. "This could be the great action that Calderón is remembered for." (See pictures inside Mexico's drug tunnels...
...September 18, liberal pundit Rachel Maddow hosted a segment on her show entitled “Should Politicians Value Values Voters?” The answer to that question should be a resounding “yes.” A recent Gallup Poll found that the majority of Americans believe the government should promote “traditional values.” Astoundingly enough, last year’s same poll marked the high point for opposition to government that promotes traditional values since Gallup started asking the question in 1993. Democrats may hold power in Washington...
...having an impact. Along with St. Louis, Mo., blogger Jim Hoft, whose site is called Gateway Pundit, Beck pushed one of Obama's so-called czars, Van Jones, to resign during Labor Day weekend. Jones, whose task was to oversee a green-jobs initiative, turned out to be as enchanted by conspiracies as Beck - he once theorized that "white polluters and the white environmentalists" are "steering poison into the people-of-color's communities" and signed a petition demanding an investigation into whether the Bush Administration had a hand in the 9/11 attacks. On Sept. 14 the Senate overwhelmingly voted...
...brain cancer on Aug. 18 at age 78, loved to dish. But he also pushed me to look around corners at what was really happening. He was a factor in Washington for nearly 50 years, first as a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, then as a columnist. The pundit could be a grouch on camera, but in private he was far kinder. He made me smarter in dozens of ways...