I listen to DLC loving Bill Press in the morning only because his show is the one playing on our local AAR station. Many mornings I get pissed off because of his constant self promotion and kissing up to "conventional" Democrats with whom he has formed relationships over his many years of pandering to them.
Four years ago Press was one of the tv talkers who did all they could to discredit Howard Dean after the so-called 'scream' speech. They KNEW that Dean was just responding to those of us in the audience who were shouting out the names of the states, but they continued to promote the idea that Dean was out of control.
Today Press "analyzed" Barack Obama's recent speech on race and generously gave it an 8 out of 10. But then he went all Hillary that he was in the pews for hate speech and didn't walk out. He is twisting Obama's words to imply that Obama was there when Rev. Wright gave his "God Damn America" speech in 2001. He wasn't.
In the into to his show, Press uses various pundit voices in a humorous attempt to make the speakers sound like they are talking about him. They even have spliced some of Bush's statements and pulled out the words "Bill" and "Press" in other contexts to make it sound like Bush was complimenting him. It's a joke. I get it.
But he also uses a phone message from Bill Clinton that was telling him how much he appreciated Press's work on Crossfire. The message says, "We couldn't have done it without you." Since Clinton is his wife's most ardent spokesman, the statement might more currently read, "We can't do it without you and other media shills like you."
This morning Press said that Howard Dean was the "villian" in the Michigan/Florida primary mess. He pulled that out of nowhere during an interview with Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
Press says that he hasn't picked a candidate. I believe he has. He has picked the conventional one. When your bread is buttered by the DLC, that's what you do.