"The McLaughlin Group" Wins Again

I didn't watch "Face the Nation" or "Late Edition," but of the shows I watched, all or in-part, once again "The Group" crushed its opposition. First, the panel. Today it included an Arab journalist . . . which is a brilliant idea, one that the network shows, to my knowledge, have never tried. (Maybe once on "Meet the Press"?) Second, Pat Buchanan is a brilliant mo-fo. He's also bat-shit crazy, but that actually makes him a great panelist (brilliant and crazy). Blankley is a shill, but Eleanor Clift is a genuine liberal. So, good mix. Let's hope that they never let John "the Wanker" Meacham on this show. He polluted "Meet the Press" today with some irrelevant quote from John Adams. Yeah, that's insightful, thoughtful analysis. If we're talking the Napoleonic era.

Second, the topics: Russia (Putin apparently made some interesting comments in his "State of the Union" address, but none of the other shows discussed this), the NSA scandal, and Iranian letter. For purposes of comparison, "Meet the Press" featured a half-hour with Newt Gingrich (a complete waste of time, let me assure you), and both "Faux News Sunday" and "This Week" featured interviews with Laura Bush. Huh? Oh, see, it's Mother's Day, and she's the Nation's number one mother. Jenna and Barbara are such perfect children . . . .

Third, lapsed Jesuit McLaughlin made several great points today, including that the Government has a contract with Choice Point and so it has access to extensive records on Americans, which are easily cross-referenced with . . . wait for it . . . one more beat . . . phone numbers. So, all those assurances that this is just phone numbers? It's everything, including medical records. Now maybe you're confident that the Government won't abuse this kind of access to personal information. But that would make you . . . wait for it . . . un-American.

Don't. Tread. On. Me. Beeyatch.