Friday, April 6, 2007
An open letter to Rachel Maddow about her open letter to Senator Orrin Hatch
Dear Rachel Maddow -
I am writing you this open letter in regards to your open letter to Senator Hatch. Evidently you watched this past week’s episode of Meet The Press where Republican Senator Orrin Hatch lied about one of the fired US Attorneys, Carol Lam. On the show he said:
“She was a former law professor, no prosecutorial experience, and the former campaign manager in Southern California for Clinton”
Of course none of what Orrin Hatch said on Meet The Press was even remotely true. Carol Lam has never been a law professor. Carol Lam has never served as a campaign manager for Bill Clinton. Carol Lam was in fact a prosecutor before becoming a US Attorney.
You seem to be surprised that Orrin Hatch would go on Meet The Press and either make stuff up our just out right lie.
Have you ever watched Meet The Press before?
Having Republicans or so called conservatives on each week to lie about something is very much a staple of the show. It’s what Meet The Press is all about. After all the very name of the program is a lie. When was the last time an elected official or some other government bureaucrat was on the program and actually met with members of the press? It’s been a very long time. Instead, they meet one-on-one with Tim Russert. He asks them one lame question after another, never bothering to ask a follow up question about the whopper of a lie they just told. It’s kind of what he is famous for. That, and writing retarded books about what a great guy his dad “Big Russ” is. Please.
Having you call a Republican out for lying about something on Meet the Press is a lot like someone watching their very first professional wrestling match and then announcing to the world that wrestling is fake.
We all already know it is.
All best wishes,
Rick Rottman
Blogger, “Bent Corner”
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It’s true that Republicans lie with impunity on the Sunday morning talk shows, but you’re missing the good news here. Finally, someone is calling the GOP mouthpieces out when they lie. I don’t think Maddow was surprised that Hatch lied about Lam’s record — she was ticked, and now, thanks to Air America, she was able to do something about it.
Finally someone is calling the GOP mouthpieces on it when they lie? It’s done each and every day. On Air America and on a whole host of liberal websites. Maybe I misunderstood Rachel’s letter. It seemed as though she was calling out Hatch for lying. If she wanted to call anyone out, she should be calling out Tim Russert. The nanosecond the words came out of Hatch’s mouth, there should have been a squad of NBC News interns setting at computers making sure what Hatch was saying was factually correct. He wasn’t giving an opinion. He was supposedly giving facts.
The reason Hatch and others go on these shows and lie their collective asses off is because they are able to. People like Russert give them an open mic to lie and never make him accountable for it.
If Rachel was going to write an open letter to anyone, it should have been to Russert.
Rachel Maddow should hook up with a slew of ” Digniied Professional News Researchers as Staff and Take Tim Russerts Spot on Meet The Press! Anyone want to start a site ” If its Sunday, Its Meet The Press ( with real reporters) hosted by Rachel Maddow!