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bucolic_frolic

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18. re: Bob Schieffer

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 08:37 AM

Oct 2012

Always thought Bob a skilled journalist who trended left but spoke it
with aplomb, courtesy, and class, as in his book on Reagan "The
Acting President".

Now I think he's mellowed into a down home southern aristocrat
journalist who's spent too much time with Mitch McConnell.

So I expect Lehrer II.

Befuddlement, gentlemanly, but unable to moderate with authority
in any significant manner.

Soft spoken hard-hitting questions that appear friendly, and
softball followups that let Mitt off the hook.

The Media has been clear. If Obama is going to be reelected, he's
going to have to do it himself. The Fourth Estate will be no help.

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