Clueless CBS Pushes Constitutionally Ineligible Ocasio-Cortez as Bernie’s VP
"How excited are CBS journalists about the combination of socialist Bernie Sanders and socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? So thrilled that they didn’t bother to check the Constitution. Or even Wikipedia. CBS This Morning journalist Nikole Killion on Monday conducted a joint interview with the two far-left politicians.
"She asked Sanders, who just secured Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement, “If you are the nominee, Senator, would you consider the Congresswoman as your running mate?” The 2020 Democrat looked confused and even Ocasio-Cortez noted, “I think I’m too young for that.” . . .
Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution says:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. . . .
. . . "Proving that everything is about race and gender, she demanded to know: “As a woman of color, why back an old, white guy? And is this the future of the party?' ”
Free Beacon Reminds Us of Lefty Double Standard Between Brewer, Pelosi Finger Wags "The Washington Free Beacon’s Andrew Kugle released Friday morning the site’s latest indispensable SUPERcut. This time, the topic centered around the not surprising but nonetheless horribly biased double standard between when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wagged a finger toward President Donald Trump versus when then-Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ) did so to Barack Obama in January 2012.
“ 'Waving your finger at the president of the United States is disrespectful only if the president is a Democrat, according to members of the media,” Kugle began, stating the obvious fact." . . .
"In the video, Pelosi soundbites included Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski calling it an “iconic photo” of Pelosi standing “among a room full of men” while CNN’s Dana Dash swooned that everyone “look at that photo of one woman standing up” and “giving it to the President of the United States.”
"But when it came to Brewer, there were no proclamations but denunciations ranging from anger to dismay to even cries of racism.
"Kugle’s video noted that it was condemned by
Jonathan Capehart as
“incredibly disrespectful” and
“off-putting,” to the office of the President, by CNN’s Don Lemon as something that you don’t do to people you disagree with, and by both then-MSNBC hosts Tamron Hall and Alex Wagner as an
“infamous” display.
"And there was this quote Kugle included from then-CNNer Jack Cafferty: “All that many saw in that famous photograph was a white woman wagging her finger at the first black President.' ” . . .
Out of view at the top in the illustration below is the US media.
Sharyl: "Is there such a thing as an objective press?
Howie Kurtz: "There may not be such a thing as a purely objective press, because everybody brings their own biases. But, I think there is such a thing as a press corps that strives to be fair. I think there are reporters and journalists and even some anchors that do try to be fair, even in this hyper-polarized environment, where whatever you say or do, you get hammered by one side or the other as being pro-Trump or anti-Trump. It happens to me every hour or so. But, I think we’re seeing fewer and fewer organizations committed to the notion of trying to be fair. There is this tone. Sometimes, it’s snarky. Sometimes, it’s disgusted about, what did he do today? How is he undermining democracy? Look, there’s a lot to investigate in this administration. There was a two-year investigation of the Russia matter. Even when Bob Mueller came out and recommended no criminal charges, it seemed like there was a brief pause, and then the press was back at it night after night, day after day, in what Trump supporters would see as pretty hostile coverage.
Sharyl: "You were on the leading edge in a way. You wrote before the Special Counsel Robert Mueller Report came out that the press had overreached too often when reporting on that.
Howie Kurtz: "I don’t think there is any question, even though I never said that this is a witch hunt or the Mueller investigation was somehow illegitimate or a coup. I’ve never bought into any of that language. Of course, there were a number of indictments. But, it seemed to me that every little development, somebody hiring a lawyer, some new peripheral player being interviewed, some subpoena battle on Capitol Hill, got the breaking news banners, crisis treatment, constantly, to the point where I think it exhausted the country. Especially, now, the President is not going to face any criminal charges, I think a lot of people are just tired of it. But, the media are not tired of it, and I think it’s still working for them as a narrative and working for them as a business model. (Continued…)
