Bernard Goldberg Slams the Mainstream Political Parties

Bernard Goldberg (born 1945) is an American writer, journalist, and political commentator. For 28 years, Goldberg worked for CBS as a reporter. He has won multiple Emmy Awards: six at CBS, and one while he was working with HBO on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. He frequently contributed his reports and opinions on the CBS Evening News and 48 Hours. He is currently a commentator for Fox News. In 1996, Goldberg wrote an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal, accusing network news operations of having a liberal bias. The editorial resulted in Goldberg's ostracism from CBS. After the Wall Street Journal article appeared, Goldberg shifted the focus of his work to what he perceives to be an elitist bias in media, and particularly in the reporting of news. "Bias", his first book, was published in 2001 and became a number one New York Times bestseller. Goldberg followed Bias with two more national bestsellers; "Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite" and "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America". His new book, "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How one side lost its mind, and the other lost its nerve", was released in stores on April 17th.

If Mr. Goldberg knows it or not he has uncovered the yuppie infestation in this country. The Democrat and Republican parties in this country are filled with pointless, self indulgent yuppies who really don't care about anything unless its their bottom line. The latest crop of Presidential candidates are about as sorry as they come. It reminds me of the Roman Empire where the emperors became weaker and weaker as the empire crumbled. I've heard so many people defending Bill Clinton after the current President, Mr. Bush, will literally fall out of office next year. Bill Clinton was just a puppet for his party elite, just like Mr. Bush is. All the good that came out of the Clinton years was because of his administration not because of Bill. The only thing Mr. Clinton accomplished was to scar Al Gore and ruin Democratic chances in the Presidential race. Listen to me Dems he destroyed your party just like Mr. Bush is doing to his party. I think Hillary Clinton, who really hasn't done much to get any ones vote, is thriving on this Bill Clinton revival. The Republicans haven't had a viable candidate since Bush Sr. and my favorite hell raiser Pat Buchanan. Now Pat Buchanan had an incredibly bad image problem but he was Blood and Guts. Insert Pat instead of Georgy Jr. and Osama would have been hung years ago.

Certain candidates, like Mr. Buchanan, really infuriate the yuppie mainstream. Look at another guy I thought had some conviction- Joe Lieberman. The yuppie Democrats shook in their boots with just the thought of this guy. They tried their hardest to get him to lose his senate seat in 2006 but the people of Connecticut wouldn't have none of it. He is now listed as in the U.S. Senate as an "Independent Democrat".

Mr Goldberg when asked about Liberals he answered: "I consider myself to be an old-fashioned liberal. I'm a liberal the way liberals used to be when they were like John F. Kennedy and when they were like Hubert Humphrey. When they were upbeat and enthusiastic and mainstream. I am not a liberal the way liberals are today at least as exemplified by Al Franken and Michael Moore, where they're angry, nasty, closed minded, and not mainstream, but fringe." I have to disagree with him about this on Moore and Franken. Although Michael Moore's movie about Bush was a little over the edge, his film on health care in this country was well made. And after listening to Al Franken, and his attempt to go up against the Conservative Talk Radio bulldozer, I have to give Al kudos. But Mr. Goldberg has a made an important point. The Democrat party of that era was concerned with liberal attitudes concerning racial equality, pollution, and Freedom of Speech. Democrats nowadays are concerned with butchering babies, defending perverts, and the Freedom of talking garbage.

Mr. Goldberg as also received the prestigious Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Journalism Award in 2006 for a story on the exploitation of children in the United Arab Emirates, our buddies in the Middle East. So he goes where few men have gone before. We need more people like Mr. Goldberg and I hope he will make an impression on voters next year. I also hope one of the current parties come up with a viable candidate for next year because up till now I don't see one with any real conviction. Maybe its time for a third party.

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