Howard Fineman on Imus today...

Newsweek's double dipping doyen was back on the Imus in the Morning program today.
True to form Howard was in one of his unpredictably cheerful moods calling the 2004 presumptive democratic nominee "that sucker" with relish.
Fineman (like all media whores) has a child-like respect for the power of money, and since GWB is bidding on a campaign war chest of 250 million dollars then that accounts for the awed tone in the "journalist's" voice.
Elections it seems are decided by fundraising, or so Dr. Fineman says.
There he is wrong it is the raw worship of the DC Press Corpse that is ignited by fundraising.
Just the thought of all that money gives Fineman, Kurtz, Russert etc the bed spins.
Howard even did some kewl kid snarking by insisting the White House is panting to run against a cardboard liberal caricature of Governor Howard Dean. Here the Newsweek columnist adopted a studied bored and patronizing tone that betrayed a none too subtle contempt for democracy.
But what the hell else is new?
I especially loved it when Fineman tried to make a case that Vermont Governors "don't have much to do".
Which is a bit of a slur on the Green Mountain State don'cha think?
I mean the Governorship of Vermont is a 24-7 burden compared to the free time enjoyed by the lightly loaded Governor of Texas....
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Wa-al so what else is new?
Oh...the conversation swung around to Hillary Clinton's new memoir (the one that is selling like hotcakes) which Fineman derided as "propaganda" (coming from him, this was nothing short of laugh out load hilarious).
However with the unctuous vulgarity of a true media whore, Fineman and wife are still attending a reception in HRC's honor tonight
He made that much clear.
I hope he gets mean drunk and has a humiliating public fight with his wife....the thought of the two of them screaming oaths at each other whilst Hillary looks on smiling is just too delicious for words.
Such is the Kingdom of Heaven
On the Congressionally Licensed Airwaves
And elsewhere
6-17-03
7:40am EST