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CBS Befuddled by How Tea Party Candidates Have Survived Despite Their ‘Unusual Assertions’

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

ABC, CBS and NBC all ran full stories Monday night on how an old video clip showed Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell talking about how, as a high-schooler, she had “dabbled into witchcraft.” CBS, however, used O’Donnell to pivot to marveling at how other Tea Party-affiliated Senate candidates remain viable despite what CBS considers exotic views. “Christine O’Donnell’s witchcraft comments may have spooked some Republican leaders,” Nancy Cordes related on the CBS Evening News, “but her fellow Tea Party Senate candidates are living prove that unusual assertions are not necessarily campaign killers.” Cordes elaborated with some contestable summaries of positions expressed: Take Kentucky’s Rand Paul who questioned the historic civil rights act, but is still tied with the Democrat in a recent poll. Nevada’s Sharron Angle is neck and neck with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, even after she advocated an armed insurrection against the government. And Utah attorney Mike Lee is crushing his Democratic rival even though Lee favors dismantling Social Security and eliminating unemployment benefits. Priorities he shares with Alaska’s Joe Miller. Katie Couric set up the story: “Republicans were counting on picking up a Democratic Senate seat in Delaware. That is until Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell won the GOP nomination. Will her past statements about, among other things, witchcraft, come back to haunt her?” On ABC’s World News, Jonathan Karl finally delivered a broadcast network mention of reasoning that should be “haunting” O’Donnell’s Democratic opponent: And O’Donnell isn’t the only one haunted by past statements. Politico obtained this article, “The Making of a Bearded Marxist,” where the Democratic candidate, Chris Coons, wrote in his college paper that “my own favorite beliefs in the miracles of free enterprise and the boundless opportunities to be had in America might be largely untrue.” Not surprisingly, Coons says he won’t make an issue out of old comments. Unsaid: Politico “obtained this article,” from the Amherst College student newspaper, back in May. Politico’s May 3 headline: “ Coons took ‘bearded Marxist’ turn .” It took four months for someone at a network to care. (An oddity: Every network — cable and broadcast — but CBS managed to obtain a good quality version of the 1999 Politically Incorrect clip played by Bill Maher on his HBO show on Friday night, even if just from a recording of the HBO program which has been re-run several times by the pay-cable channel. CBS, in contrast, played a low quality clip, with awful audio, lifted from a Web video on the left-wing Think Progress site.) Friday night : “CBS Dishonestly Touts ‘Non-Partisan Watchdog’ Group’s Quest for a ‘Criminal Investigation’ of Christine O’Donnell” The piece on the Monday, September 20 CBS Evening News: KATIE COURIC: Republicans were counting on picking up a Democratic Senate seat in Delaware. That is until Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell won the GOP nomination. Will her past statements about, among other things, witchcraft, come back to haunt her? Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reads the tea leaves. CHRISTINE O’DONNELL, ON POLITICALLY INCORRECT IN 1999: Because I dabbled into witchcraft, I hung around people who were doing these things. NANCY CORDES: Christine O’Donnell’s witchcraft comments may have spooked some Republican leaders. KARL ROVE: She’s got to deal with it and explain it. CORDES: But her fellow Tea Party Senate candidates are living prove that unusual assertions are not necessarily campaign killers. RAND PAUL: Watch out, here we come. CORDES: Take Kentucky’s Rand Paul who questioned the historic civil rights act, but is still tied with the Democrat in a recent poll. Nevada’s Sharron Angle is neck and neck with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, even after she advocated an armed insurrection against the government. LAURA MYERS, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL: Senator Reid still is not very popular in Nevada because a lot of people blame the bad economy on him. CORDES: And Utah attorney Mike Lee is crushing his Democratic rival even though Lee favors dismantling Social Security and eliminating unemployment benefits. Priorities he shares with Alaska’s Joe Miller. LARRY SABATO, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Here’s the difference: Delaware is a Democratic state and those other Tea Party states are either competitive purple or Republican red. CORDES: Back in Delaware, supporters of Christine O’Donnell- O’DONNELL ON POLITICALLY INCORRECT: One of my favorite first dates was with a witch on a satanic altar and I didn’t know it. CORDES: -say they’re not fazed by the latest skeleton in her closet. MAN: I’m going to vote for people on what they’re running on, not what they did 20 years ago because I’d never get elected myself if that happened. CORDES: O’Donnell was a frequent guest on comedian Bill Maher’s program back in the 1990s and he plans to release more colorful clips like that one. For now, she’s laughing off the threat saying, “Hey, Bill wanted ratings, I gave them to him.” Katie?

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CBS’s Rodriguez: Will Christine O’Donnell ‘Play Media Victim’ Like Palin?

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Following a report on Monday’s CBS Early Show that slammed Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell for comments she made on Bill Maher’s ‘Politically Incorrect’ in the 1990s, co-host Maggie Rodriguez suggested O’Donnell’s response: “Well, she could do what Sarah Palin has done and which has worked so beautifully for Sarah Palin, and that is to play media victim.” [Audio available here ] Rodriguez made the comment to political analyst John Dickerson, who added: “That’s right. And the victim card is one that Sarah Palin has played, Rand Paul has done the same thing. It’s a bit of a time-honored technique and it works with your supporters, who are apt to believe the things you say…” He then warned: “…but if you’re trying to get to voters in the middle or independents….they’re not just going to take it at face value that you are a victim and rally to your side.” Neither Rodriguez nor Dickerson questioned whether media coverage of Palin and O’Donnell had been fair. In the prior report, correspondent Nancy Cordes touted how “O’Donnell says she’s a devout Catholic, but in the video she describes her experimentation with witchcraft. And the man who released the clip says there’s a lot more where that came from.” Later, Cordes mentioned how “The 1999 clip was released by comedian Bill Maher,” without noting his left-wing ideology. After playing the clip of O’Donnell explaining that she hung around people in her high school days that practiced witchcraft, Cordes placed the admission on the same level as the candidate’s religious views: “[O’Donnell] was already dealing with the fallout from this 1996 MTV documentary, where she equated masturbation to adultery.” In a September 14 report for the Early Show, Cordes similarly portrayed O’Donnell’s social conservatism as bizarre: “[She] has crusaded for abstinence and against porn. Writing once that ‘when a married person uses pornography, it compromises the spouse’s purity.'” Concluding her Monday report, Cordes declared: “Bill Maher says he has a many more clips of O’Donnell and will release one a week until she comes on his show.” Rodriguez asked Dickerson about the political fallout: “O’Donnell’s critics, some of whom are members of her own party, are really taking her to task over these old clips. How damaging do you think they’ll be to her campaign?” Dickerson explained: “…it’s not just one of these clips, they’re coming out one after another. And it’s, if nothing else, it’s a distraction and it’s a barrier between her and trying to tell voters what she actually believes….The problem is just the tonnage of these clips.” Here is a full transcript of the September 20 segment: 7:00AM TEASE MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ: Politically incorrect. A video comes back to haunt the new darling of the tea party, Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell. CHRISTINE O’DONNELL: One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and I didn’t know it. And, I mean, there was a little blood there. RODRIGUEZ: We’ll take you inside the bizarre political showdown between D.C. and Hollywood. 7:03AM SEGMENT RODRIGUEZ: Time now for politics and tea party candidate Christine O’Donnell, who surprised everyone by winning her primary in Delaware last week. Well, there’s another surprise now, as a video from her past comes back to haunt her. CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes has more from Washington this morning. Good morning, Nancy. NANCY CORDES: Maggie, good morning and welcome back. O’Donnell says she’s a devout Catholic, but in the video she describes her experimentation with witchcraft. And the man who released the clip says there’s a lot more where that came from. CHRISTINE O’DONNELL: I dabbled into witchcraft, I hung around people who were doing these things. [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Politically Incorrect; Tea Party’s New Star Responds to Old Tape] CORDES: The 1999 clip was released by comedian Bill Maher, who frequently invited O’Donnell to appear on his show, ‘Politically Incorrect,’ back in the 1990s, when she was an abstinence activist. O’DONNELL: One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and I didn’t know it. And, I mean, there was a little blood there and stuff like that- JAMIE KENNEDY: Your first date was a satanic altar? O’DONNELL: Yeah, we went to a movie and then, like, had a little midnight picnic on a satanic altar. CORDES: Delaware’s Republican senatorial candidate was already dealing with the fallout from this 1996 MTV documentary, where she equated masturbation to adultery. O’DONNELL: The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So, you can’t masterbate without lust. He already knows what pleases him and can please himself, then why am I in the picture? CORDES: O’Donnell canceled her scheduled appearances this weekend on CBS’s Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday, but at a campaign picnic, she made light of her witchcraft experimentation. O’DONNELL: I was in high school. How many of you didn’t hang out with questionable folks in high school? There’s been no witchcraft since. CORDES: Sarah Palin, who endorsed O’Donnell, urged her via Twitter to ignore the, quote, ‘Nat’l media seeking ur destruction.’ And, instead, use her time ‘2 connect w/local voters whom you’ll be serving.’ SARAH PALIN: Thank you so much, Iowa! CORDES: Palin herself was connecting with voters in Iowa this weekend, speaking at the Republican Party’s annual Ronald Reagan dinner, fueling speculation that she’s laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2012. PALIN: It’s time for renewal, restoration of honor, and those time-tested truths. And it may take some renegades going rogue to get us there. CORDES: Bill Maher says he has a many more clips of O’Donnell and will release one a week until she comes on his show. O’Donnell says she has no regrets about what she said on his program. She said, ‘Hey, Bill wanted ratings and I gave him ratings.’ Maggie. RODRIGUEZ: CBS’s Nancy Cordes. Nancy, thank you. CBS News political analyst John Dickerson joins us now from Columbus, Ohio, to talk more about this. John, good morning. JOHN DICKERSON: Good morning, Maggie. RODRIGUEZ: O’Donnell’s critics, some of whom are members of her own party, are really taking her to task over these old clips. How damaging do you think they’ll be to her campaign? DICKERSON: Well, we’re in a very weird place in this Senate race, talking about issues we certainly weren’t expecting to. And that’s the problem, is it’s not just one of these clips, they’re coming out one after another. And it’s, if nothing else, it’s a distraction and it’s a barrier between her and trying to tell voters what she actually believes. And in Delaware, a blue state, she’s going to have to convince independent voters outside of the tea party group that has already elected her and so this is going to give them some questions about her. RODRIGUEZ: Does she have to answer those questions or can she, as she did this weekend, just make light of it? Karl Rove, for one, says that this raises serious questions about her character and she has to address these seriously. DICKERSON: Well, she seemed to have kind of brushed this one off pretty well, that’s the way these candidates have to do things. The problem is just the tonnage of these clips. And Bill Maher obviously sees an opportunity to promote himself here and so his self-interest is aligned with essentially taking her down. And so she has to find a way to deal with this, what’s going to be, or seems to be, a kind of a daily set of explosions of old videotape. RODRIGUEZ: Well, she could do what Sarah Palin has done and which has worked so beautifully for Sarah Palin, and that is, to play media victim. DICKERSON: That’s right. And the victim card is one that Sarah Palin has played, Rand Paul has done the same thing. It’s a bit of a time-honored technique and it works with your supporters, who are apt to believe the things you say, but if you’re trying to get to voters in the middle or independents who you have to convince that you have another set of ideas, they’re not just going to take it at face value that you are a victim and rally to your side. And so it might work a little bit, but she still has that big job to convince voters that she can be their senator. RODRIGUEZ: John, we saw Sarah Palin this weekend at that event in Iowa, where the road to the White House usually begins for a lot of people. But she wasn’t going the traditional route, she wasn’t out there going door to door and shaking voters’ hands. Do you think she has time to work that if she wants to be a serious contender in the Iowa caucuses? DICKERSON: She has time. Sarah Palin, at the moment in the – in conservative politics, makes her own weather. And so, she can – she can do as she pleases for the moment in Iowa and if she needs to kind of get an organization together quickly. But, of course, you can wait too late and candidates who’ve tried to sort of have these new-fangled organizations in Iowa, Fred Thompson tried to do this and it was a dismal failure. You have to actually do it. She can delay doing it, but she will, in the end, have to do that retail painstaking politics that works in Iowa. RODRIGUEZ: And she’s a lot more popular than Fred Thompson was at the time. So we will see. John Dickerson, thanks so much. At 7:09- DICKERSON: Indeed, she was – is.

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Bill Clinton Fires Back at Rachel Maddow Riff Describing Him as ‘Best Republican President’

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

When lefties turn on each other … never a pretty sight. Former president Bill Clinton, he of the elephantine memory, still nurses a grudge against MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for a crack she made about him way back in March. In an appearance with former British prime minister Tony Blair in Philadelphia on Monday, Clinton said that “one of the leading television commentators on one of our liberal cable channels said I was the best Republican president the country ever produced, which would come [as] quite a surprise to the Republicans, half of whom still think I’m a closet communist,” according to Politico . Politico also quoted Clinton as follows — “What she meant by that was I didn’t necessarily follow their ‘conventional wisdom’,” he said. “I said, ‘What do you mean?!’ ” “We had 100 times as many people move out of poverty during those eight years [I was president] than the previous 12 years because we had an earned income tax credit, not because we had another traditional anti-poverty program hiring people,” he said. “What gave birth to the Third Way in America was that the Democrats kept getting beat because people saw us as the party of big government, and our own political base very often was more concerned with means than ends,” he said. “I think the people on the right that say that, ‘government is the enemy, we don’t need it,’ are wrong, particularly in this economic time. And I think that people on the left that say, ‘the only way to deliver services or solve problems is with a bigger state,’ are not always right and are more often wrong than not.” While Clinton did not mention Maddow by name, it was apparent from the specifics of his remarks that he was referring to her. According to The Huffington Post , Maddow said this about Clinton on her MSNBC show March 31 — “What we ended up with is what we ended with, in my opinion, is the two terms of the Clinton administration, which is that Bill Clinton was probably the best Republican president the country ever had, if you look at the policies that he passed.” … a view shared by enough left-wingers in 2000 that they preferred inadvertantly helping elect Republican George W. Bush by casting their ballots for purist soulmate Ralph Nader instead of Clinton vice president Al Gore. The Huffington Post wasn’t alone in picking up on Clinton’s belated testiness in response to Maddow’s arch criticism. So did the satirical World Weekly News site, providing this unique take on what I devoutly hope is a burgeoning feud.

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CBS’s Smith: Is GOP Making ‘Miscalculation’ At Their Own ‘Peril’ By Supporting Tea Party?

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Talking to Republican strategist Dan Bartlett on Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith wondered if the electoral success of the tea party could harm the GOP: “Are all of these tea party victories good for the Republican Party?…I wonder if you’re making a miscalculation at your own peril at, you know, this perceived enthusiasm gap, these people are literally changing the face of a party.” Bartlett admitted difficultly in electing Christine O’Donnell, the winner of Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary in Delaware, but staunchly defended the overall impact of the movement: “…the intensity gap that we’re seeing between the two parties this election cycle is mainly being fed by the tea party movement on the Republican side….The prospect of taking over the House of Representatives would not happen without this vibrant activity within the tea party.” Smith turned to his other guest, Democratic strategist Tanya Acker, and continued to stress Republican difficulties: “…as Democrats are watching this all unfold, with the rancor and derision within the Republican Party , with the tea party really catching fire out there, how – how do you view it?” Acker ranted: “…I think that more Democrats are going to be motivated to go to the polls when you hear what some of these tea party candidates are saying. I don’t think most of the country wants to repeal the Civil Rights Act.” Only at the very end of the segment did Smith even acknowledge serious problems for Democrats in November: “And Tanya, very quickly, you have to confess, there really is a kind of a ‘throw the bums out’ mentality that has gotten some real traction.” Acker, who seemed to offer nothing but over-the-top sound bites, argued: “I think that what Democrats have to do is to demonstrate that they are interested in governing, not simply coming up with good sound bites for talk radio shows.” In a report prior to Smith’s discussion with Bartlett and Acker, correspondent Nancy Cordes proclaimed of O’Donnell’s primary win: “This is the most stunning victory yet for the tea party and crushing blow to the Republican Party leaders who thought that Vice President Biden’s former Senate seat would be an easy pick-up for them in the fall. Not anymore.” Cordes wrapped up her piece by declaring: “…if Republicans don’t win Delaware, their chances of winning back the Senate are almost nonexistent. Democrats are seizing on this upset to argue that the Republican Party has been taken over by the right wing, that moderates need not apply, that’s an argument they’re going to be taking into the fall.” Here is a full transcript of the September 15 segment: 7:00AM ET TEASE: HARRY SMITH: Tea party triumph. An upstart takes on the Republican establishment and walks away with a big upset on primary day. How will all this tea affect the GOP? 7:01AM ET SEGMENT: SMITH: We begin, though, this morning with politics as the Tea Party Express bowls over some more well-known Republican candidates in Tuesday’s primary election. The biggest surprise, the Senate primary in Delaware. CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes is in Washington with the latest. Nancy, good morning. NANCY CORDES: Good morning, Harry. This is the most stunning victory yet for the tea party and crushing blow to the Republican Party leaders who thought that Vice President Biden’s former Senate seat would be an easy pick-up for them in the fall. Not anymore. [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Tea Party Triumph; Big Wins For Upstarts On Primary Day] CHRISTINE O’DONNELL: Ladies and gentlemen, the people of Delaware have spoken. No more politics as usual! CORDES: It is perhaps the biggest upset of the political season so far, newcomer Christine O’Donnell defeating veteran Congressman Mike Castle. O’DONNELL: And I also want to thank the Tea Party Express. CORDES: The chair of her own state party called O’Donnell, ‘a liar who could not be elected dog catcher,’ and yet, the tea party conservative easily defeated the well-known Mike Castle, 53 to 47%. O’Donnell, a former marketing consultant with a checkered financial record, was a dark horse until two weeks ago, when the Tea Party Express barreled into town bearing $250,000. An endorsement from Sarah Palin followed. The Republican Party scrambled, fearing the tea party would upset yet another GOP establishment Senate candidate as it already had in Utah, Alaska, Kentucky and Nevada. A last-minutes robocall recorded by her former campaign manager- ROBOCALL: O’Donnell just wanted to make a buck. CORDES: -wasn’t enough to turn the tide. MIKE CASTLE: The last several weeks have been spirited, shall we say. CORDES: In New Hampshire’s Senate primary, former attorney general Kelly Ayotte was slightly ahead of the tea party-backed Ovid LaMontagne in a race too close to call. A tea party newcomer did win in New York, defeating former Hillary Clinton opponent and well-known GOP candidate Rick Lazio, in New York’s primary for governor. CARL PALADINO: I want everybody in the Republican Party who opposed me to know this. You’re welcome to join the people’s crusade. CORDES: But it’s the defeat in Delaware that really stings for the GOP because the moderate Castle, who has won in the blue state of Delaware ten times, was considered a shoo-in to defeat the Democrat Chris Coons come fall. O’Donnell is a decided underdog. O’DONNELL: Hold onto your hats, folks, because we’re in for a fight. CORDES: And if Republicans don’t win Delaware, their chances of winning back the Senate are almost non existent. Democrats are seizing on this upset to argue that the Republican Party has been taken over by the right wing, that moderates need not apply, that’s an argument they’re going to be taking into the fall, Harry. SMITH: Nancy Cordes in Washington, thank you. Joining us now to talk about the primaries and what happens in November are Democratic strategist Tanya Acker in Los Angeles and Republican strategist Dan Bartlett in Austin, Texas. Good morning to you both. DAN BARTLETT: Morning, Harry. TANYA ACKER: Good morning. SMITH: Dan, let’s talk about this, you got Delaware, you got Kentucky, you got Alaska, you got Utah, one after another, after another. Are all of these tea party victories good for the Republican Party? DAN BARTLETT: Well, when you have a situation like with Mike Castle getting beat in Delaware, it obviously gives you pause because it’s going to be very difficult, if not impossible, for Republicans now to gain that seat in the United States Senate. Having said that, though, Harry, the intensity gap that we’re seeing between the two parties this election cycle is mainly being fed by the tea party movement on the Republican side. So, net/net, it’s still a gain. The prospect of taking over the House of Representatives would not happen without this vibrant activity within the tea party. So while you’re going to have these types of anomalies like we saw last night with Mike Castle going down, net-net, I still think this is going to be a positive thing with a lot of long-term consequences for government. SMITH: Yeah, because even Karl Rove came out and said last night this is – that’s not going to help us get the seat in the long run. Let’s talk about this from a Democratic perspective, Tanya, as Democrats are watching this all unfold, with the rancor and derision within the Republican Party, with the tea party really catching fire out there, how – how do you view it? TANYA ACKER: Well, I think it really presents Democrats an opportunity. I mean, I think that they do have to be very careful. It’s one thing simply to call a lot of these candidates extremists, which I happen to think they are, but I think that the Democratic message has to be bigger than that. The choice the country’s going to be presented with is that between one party that seems to be auditioning for a talk radio show host. You know you’ve got folks like Sharron Angle saying things like taking up arms against the government and whereas the Democrats want to talk about extending unemployment benefits and regulating Wall Street. So I think that the voters are going to have a very clear choice and I do think that, you know, Dan is right, there is something of an enthusiasm gap but I think that more Democrats are going to be motivated to go to the polls when you hear what some of these tea party candidates are saying. SMITH: Is it- ACKER: I don’t think most of the country wants to repeal the Civil Rights Act. SMITH: Dan, this is interesting, you listen to Tanya, because I wonder if you’re making a miscalculation at your own peril at, you know, this perceived enthusiasm gap, these people are literally changing the face of a party. Dan? BARTLETT: Well, look, I mean, it is the case in the United States Senate, with some of these candidate races, the candidate themselves is going to make a difference in whether there is a victory or a loss. But let’s not lose historical sight here, and that is the first midterm election of a new president is a referendum on that White House and on that leadership. And what we’re seeing right now is a rejection of how the governor – the governance by Democrats over the last 18 months has taken place, both in the White House and the United States Congress. And that’s why Republicans, while they’re going to have issues like they’re seeing in Delaware and there’s going to be other candidates that are not going to represent the entire Republican Party, the bottom line is that right now, things are shaping up for Democrats to be a very long night in November. SMITH: Alright. And Tanya, very quickly, you have to confess, there really is a kind of a ‘throw the bums out’ mentality that has gotten some real traction. ACKER: Well, I think that that, that movement, that mentality, seems to be relatively constant in Washington, but I think that what Democrats have to do is to demonstrate that they are interested in governing, not simply coming up with good sound bites for talk radio shows. SMITH: Well, we shall see. This is still unfolding, even as we speak. Tanya Acker and Dan Bartlett, we do appreciate your time this morning. Thank you. BARTLETT: Thanks, Harry. ACKER: Thanks.

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CBS to Black Beck Rally Attendees: ‘I’m Noticing that There Aren’t a Lot of Minorities Here Today’

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

CBS and the rest of the MSM have decided the Tea Party movement is racist and hostile to non-whites, and it’s a mantra they’re going to illustrate whenever they see an opportunity. Reporter Nancy Cordes saw a “nearly all-white crowd” at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC, as she (at least an off-camera female voice) demanded of two black women who weren’t afraid to attend: “I’m noticing that there aren’t a lot of minorities here today. Why do you think that is?” One of the women shot back: “They’re probably over there with Al Sharpton.” In her story for Saturday’s CBS Evening News, Cordes had a very specific attendee number: “According to a tally commissioned by CBS News, roughly 87,000 people gathered here at this event today, thronging both sides of the reflecting pool, stretching all the way to the World War II memorial. That’s the largest gathering here on the mall since President Obama was inaugurated.” NBC anchor Lester Holt was more generous with his crowd guesstimate (“tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands”) before he described the Beck rally as “steeped in patriotism, rooted in the nation’s cultural divide and greeted by suspicion.” Holt opened the August 28 NBC Nightly News: Good evening. Tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of people from all over the country gathered at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington today for a rally steeped in patriotism, rooted in the nation’s cultural divide and greeted by suspicion. It was organized by provocative conservative talk show host Glenn Beck who was joined on stage by Sarah Palin. And if that wasn’t enough to trigger reaction from activists on the left, the timing and place of the rally certainly was – the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech delivered from those same steps 47 years ago today. Flashback to April: “ White NBC Reporter Confronts Black Man at Tea Party Rally: ‘Have You Ever Felt Uncomfortable? ‘” Back to the CBS Evening News and Cordes, a little of what led into the exchange quoted above: NANCY CORDES: Beck, who is a converted Mormon, likes to call himself a clown, but today he played the role of ring-master, preaching racial tolerance to the nearly all-white crowd. A change in tone from the Fox News host who notoriously called President Obama [Beck: “a racist.”] CORDES (or at least a female voice) TO TWO BLACK WOMEN: I’m noticing that there aren’t a lot of minorities here today. Why do you think that is? WOMAN: They’re probably over there with Al Sharpton. (There was no World News on ABC on Saturday night, at least in the EDT and CDT zones, because of the Little League World Series Texas v Hawaii playoff game. Hawaii won.)