Will M$NBC quit trotting Michelle Bernard out there as an "independent"??

[FLAprogressive]

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Oh com'on they are not covering flu now and all the time?

:sarcasm:

Still she is NOT an indie or the GOP is truly falling off the edge of the table

[Bozita]

2. list of the BoD of the IWF.org ...

ABOUT IWF > BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman


Heather R. Higgins
President and Director, The Randolph Foundation
Vice Chairman & Board Member, Philanthropy Roundtable
Executive Committee & Board Member, Hoover Institution
Trustee, Committee for Economic Development
Board Member, (NY Board), UBS Mutual Funds
Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Directors


Mary Arnold
Vice President of Government Relations, SAP America
Board Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders

Yvonne S. Boice
President of The Shoppes at Village Pointe
President, Fugazy International Travel

The Honorable Carol T. Crawford
Former Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission
Board of Directors, Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Jennifer Ashworth Dinh
Principal, Bancroft Associates PLLC
Board Member, Junior League of Washington

Mary Beth Jarvis
Vice President, Government and Public Affairs of Invista

Randy Parris Kendrick
Board Member, Goldwater Institute

Lawrence Kudlow
CEO of Kudlow & Co., LLC
Distinguished Scholar of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Joanne T. Medero
Global Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Investment Banking &
Investment Management, Barclays Plc
Member, Advisory Council for the Corporate Governance Center, The Conference Board

Directors Emiritae


Lynne V. Cheney
Midge Decter
Kimberly O. Dennis
Wendy Lee Gramm
Elizabeth Lurie (deceased)
Kate O'Beirne
Louise V. Oliver
Sally Pipes
Nancy M. Pfotenhauer
R. Gaull Silberman (deceased)

[TahitiNut]

9. Exactly. And the "Independent Women's Forum" is another right-wing Potemkin organization

... with a name that belies its neoconservative mission. Like "The Federalist Society" and the "Heritage Foundation" and other benignly-labeled organizations, the right wing seems to tacitly admit they have to LIE in order to form such organizations.

SourceWatch, of course, says it like it is ...

The Independent Women's Forum (IWF) is an anti-feminist organization predominately funded by conservative U.S. foundations. On its website it describes its mission as being "to rebuild civil society by advancing economic liberty, personal responsibility, and political freedom. IWF builds support for a greater respect for limited government, equality under the law, property rights, free markets, strong families, and a powerful and effective national defense and foreign policy."<1>

An article by Sally Patel in IWF's "scholarly" magazine, The Women's Quarterly, stated that "the battered women's movement has outlived its useful beginnings."<[br />
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Independent_Women's_Forum

[bobburgster]

3. She is as much an independent as I am.....

I agree with your statement....it is ridiculous for anyone to consider her anything but a republican. She voted for McCain over Obama. Haven't met to many indies that did that. I really think it has more to do with MSNBC not wanting to admit she is a republican analyst.

[Kahuna]

11. She "admited" a couple of months ago on Hardball that she voted for

Obama. So she says.... :eyes:

[bobburgster]

12. Interesting....

I recall her sayong just the opposite. Must be my memories crapping out.

[truebrit71]

13. I wouldn't believe her if she told me water was wet...

...she's a right-wing apologist end of story..

[SoCalDem]

4. Of course not.. She's an attractive "woman of color"..(a two-fer)

she's articulate, and has mastered the ability to appear moderate..

All the media venues are scrambling to push their non-white employees out in front of the camera, so she's a perfect fit...Need someone to counter a democrat, but you can't quite bring yourself to ask Michelle Bachman ?...get the other Michelle B..... Got a wacko republican lined up, and can't find a liberal?..bring out Michelle B...


The names & faces of all the "usual suspects" who are at the ready to bash democrats...well, they are there ...all lined up & ready to roll.. we know them all by heart, from 9 long years of bashing Clinton, followed immediately by 8 long years of puffing up Bush.. The dems who are on the "invite" list are a more eclectic group, and are to be "used" sparingly..

The norm , these days, is.....host/right wing screaming head/"moderate"...and maybe a Pat Buchanan (network-flunkie-commentator)..

People like Mike Smerconish are now considered moderate/left-leaning..

[Supersedeas]

15. something along those lines--same conservative only minimally shrill makes her moderate

[librechik]

5. no and no

since they wish to even market Smerconish as an indie...

Let the buyer beware

[Political Heretic]

6. She's cute though.

Is cute condescending? I call men and women cute, and rarely "handsome" or "beautiful."

Dunno...

I suppose some would say is sexist to point out that she is cute, but in as a rebuttal I point out that if Daniel Craig was a commentator on MSNBC I'd be observing that he is cute as well! :D

[TheCoxwain]

7. I find her gorgeous

[butterfly77]

8. You can say that again...

Me and my friends scream about this all the time.

[PCIntern]

10. Her dad's an oral surgeon...

RW Classy, I'll give her that much.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Her husband is CNN's Joe Johns