ToTehEastSide United States. Apr 22 2009 04:06. Posts 1337
I try the best I can to stay balanced and in the middle of things and keep an open mind but in all honesty I do lean more on the right side when it comes to politics/economics and therefore in my principles of law. The traditional right is where my personal views and attractions come from and I'd be a fool not to know this. I'm sure some of u just duhhed =D
Anyhow the point of that background and me pointing it out is because I want to fully say that regardless of my tendencies, from the little I have seen of the Hannity and Colmes show (I don't have have cable) I don't like Hannity at all and actually prefer Colmes if for no other reason in just his way of handling argument and debate vs Hannity who seems like a pilled up nutjob that I want to instantly tune out.
I realize after tonight I had found myself saying this silently before *shrug*
This is a great recent podcast of Colmes interviewing Ron Paul that ups my respect of Colmes as a reporter and hits upon current issues. I wish we had more reporters like Colmes out there on both sides. He doesn't use the uncontrollable steamroll tactic that should rarely if ever be found in a reporters repertoire in the first place but seems an ever so increasingly common thing in mainstream media.
Even if drama is the reason a lot of reporters were probably hired in the first place I don't waste my time watching the ones that do that more than I have to. From what I've seen Colmes picks his spots fast and concise allowing the one being interviewed time to talk and maybe hang themselves in retort. Respect.
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curtinsea United States. Apr 22 2009 10:17. Posts 576
I agree, totally. Mr. Colmes if far more pragmatic that most of the talkies on the left. The worst part of American politics is the way the debate is framed. Discussion, compromise, consensus, these are things lost in the drama of the 24 hour cable news world we live in.
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