Maddow is not honest

[swilton]

23. Agree with everything you say+++

A few points on Obama: 1. Sanders is coming into this campaign with a substantially thicker resume than Obama had. 2. Yes, Obama won by a great mandate but one has to admit that the bar had been set fairly low after 8 years of Bush ii....The entire electorate was hungry for ANYONE who could walk and chew gum at the same time. 3. Furthermore, there are many reasons why Obama moved or governed from the center-center right. According to Hillary's arguments** (caveated wink wink) but also supported by other journalists, Obama had taken a substantial amount of financial resources from the banking industry. That is why his financial advisors were largely from Wall Street- the establishment and why many argue the Dodd Frank bill was weak, why he never allowed any single payer advocates to sit at the table to work out health care reform, etc., etc. and why despite overwhelming bail-out give-aways to the banks, no bank CEO's were prosecuted.

Rachel Maddow is smart and I've long said that she uses her wit and credentials to serve her own interests. She is capable of arguing that the rain falls up. I believe that despite her giving lip service to progressives that she is at the end-of-the day, a servant of the establishment. She is smart enough to walk a fine line and say just enough to attract a left leaning following but not get in trouble with those whom she serves. I lost my respect for her long ago when early on in the Obama Administration she made an argument supporting President Obama's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. Although I never saw her show when she said this and only saw this through a post here on DU, I heard that this week she made some sort of argument that Bernie Sanders turn-out in NH was NOT the largest turn-out for a Democratic candidate, an assertion that is contradicted by Amy Goodman's statements on Democracy Now on 10 February. I trust Amy Goodman - I do not trust Rachel.