Do Not Listen To These Folks!! (cont.)

TW: Here we have the same cast of characters from yesterday's post, recall this video is from May 14, 2008. The inimitable Pat Buchanan joins them. What struck me with this video beyond the pomposity and inaccuracy, were the obvious cynacism of Kudlow and the looming problem McCain had at the time as evidenced by the Luskin character. Recall btw a year ago we were in that weird period when Obama was almost mathmatically a certainty but Clinton insisted on hanging on until the final primaries were over.

Buchanan and Kudlow try to assert Obama would never win the general election since he could not get the Bubba vote (Buchanan extrapolating the West Virgina primary results to show that Obama would lose Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia). But even though Kudlow delivers all of his pro-McCain stuff with a straight face he slips and saying "and crows could fly" when Buchanan makes his prediction.

This playacting by Kudlow destroys any intellectual credibility he might have. We are all biased but he apparently views himself as a Republican PR conduit. PR reps are meant to spout the company line regardless of facts. When a guy like Kudlow becomes a pure PR conduit yet is meant to be dispensing investment advice, be VERY afraid.

Finally Luskin starts to voice what became a problem for McCain, "he was not a real conservative". This problem led to a real conservative of sorts, Ms. Palin. This attitude continues to infect the Republican party which cannot yet accept any but the most doctrinaire as their leaders.