There is a strange thing happening in Washington and on the talking-head shows this year.
More and more, our politicians and pundits are reaching for the extremes. Not necessarily in their politics, but in their word choices.
For instance:
I noticed early in the year, that President Obama seemed to believe that every event that ever happened in his administration was "unprecedented." Apparently, Politico noticed too.
Yesterday, President Obama said the Detroit underwear-bombing attempt was a catastrophic failure. No, Mr. President. A catastrophic failure looks like tons of steel and smoke, and bodies strewn across the ground. We've seen catastrophic failure, and this wasn't that, thank God.
Anyway, it's not just the president. It's the people who report on him. Ed Schultz, for instance, who yesterday, reported that the UK had probably been our best ally since the country started.
Really, Ed?
Really?
Do you remember *how* our country started?
Anyway...
Thoughts? Opinions? Am I crazy here, or is American journalism and politics nothing but extremist language anymore?
More and more, our politicians and pundits are reaching for the extremes. Not necessarily in their politics, but in their word choices.
For instance:
I noticed early in the year, that President Obama seemed to believe that every event that ever happened in his administration was "unprecedented." Apparently, Politico noticed too.
Yesterday, President Obama said the Detroit underwear-bombing attempt was a catastrophic failure. No, Mr. President. A catastrophic failure looks like tons of steel and smoke, and bodies strewn across the ground. We've seen catastrophic failure, and this wasn't that, thank God.
Anyway, it's not just the president. It's the people who report on him. Ed Schultz, for instance, who yesterday, reported that the UK had probably been our best ally since the country started.
Really, Ed?
Really?
Do you remember *how* our country started?
Anyway...
Thoughts? Opinions? Am I crazy here, or is American journalism and politics nothing but extremist language anymore?
