Showing posts with label The Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Week. Show all posts

Thursday, July 2, 2015

But, unlike George Stephanopoulos, doesn't pretend to be a "journalist"

July 02, 2015 CNN , Hillary Clinton 0 Comments
CNN's Paul Begala Asked The State Department For Talking Points On Hillary Clinton 

By The Week, Jul. 1, 2015

Unfortunately, real life never turns out to be as interesting as it appears on TV. Digging through Hillary Clinton's emails, for example, The New York Timesturned up that she's — pretty normal? Boring, even? Only two dozen correspondences were flagged as confidential, with the rest of this month's batch relating mostly to logistics, scheduling, and calendar rearrangements. Who'd have thought that behind the scenes was so dull?

The emails did reveal, though, that Paul Begala — a CNN political commentator and former advisor to Bill Clinton — needed a couple talking points about Hillary before he went on air to rate her:

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Interviews are scripted--no kidding (sarcasm)

June 11, 2015 Jerry Seinfeld , Late Night TV 0 Comments
Jerry Seinfeld Exposes The Tricks Of Late-Night TV On Late Night, Wants No Part

 By The Week, Jun. 10, 2015

 On Tuesday, Jerry Seinfeld made his first appearance on Late Night, and he told Seth Meyers he was there for only two reasons. "Dave's gone, Jay's gone, Johnny's dead — I'm auditioning other shows," he said, suggesting that Late Night could become his go-to late-night destination if everything went right. The second reason was less flattering: The Late Night producers hounded him until he agreed to come on.

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Vigorous Debate

April 27, 2015 GOP , Illegal Immigration 0 Comments
The Hidden Divide At The Heart Of The GOP's Immigration Fight

By James Ante III, Apr. 27, 2015

With a few words to Glenn Beck last week, Scott Walker busted open the conservative debate on immigration.

The Wisconsin governor and possible presidential candidate called for a "legal immigration system that's based, first and foremost, on protecting American workers and American wages." His remarks were widely circulated by Breitbart's doggedly anti-amnesty reporter Matthew Boyle. Then the internet exploded, with some of thestrongest negative reactions coming from my fellow conservatives.

Note that Walker, whose position on whether he would offer legal status to illegal immigrants is famously murky, stops short of actually calling for a lower level of legal immigration. But he does invoke Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the most prominent Republican who is calling for curbing immigration.

The political ramifications of Walker's comments are unclear. He appeared to cut against things he's said about immigration in the past, and certainly contradicted the preferences of major Republican donors, including the otherwise Walker-friendly Koch brothers. But Walker's concern about immigration and wages comes as polls for the first time show him losing his grip on conservatives to candidates who are theoretically vulnerable on immigration.

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

"Nativists" is Obama-code for "racists"

December 31, 2014 Barack Obama , Immigration 0 Comments
Obama: GOP 'Nativists' Blocking Immigration Reform


Ryu Spaeth, Dec. 29, 2014, The Week

The question then becomes, by me having taken these actions, does that spur those voices in the Republican Party who I think genuinely believe immigration is good for our country? Does it spur them to work once again with Democrats and my administration to get a reasonable piece of legislation done?

Or does it simply solidify what I do think is a nativist trend in parts of the Republican Party? And if it's the latter, then probably we're not going to get much more progress done, and it'll be a major debate in the next presidential election.

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