Dan Rather Complains: Republicans ‘Demonized’ Nancy Pelosi, Turned Her Into a ‘Villain’
Ex-CBS broadcaster Dan Rather on Tuesday appeared on MSNBC and lamented the fact that Republicans have turned Nancy Pelosi into a “villain” and “demonized” her. The famous broadcaster also implied that sexism was involved, gesturing to his female co-panelists, “She is from San Francisco. She is a woman.” Before being interrupted, he added, “And the three of you can figure out-” Speaking of sexism, on the June 11, 2007 Morning Joe , Rather attacked Katie Couric, his successor at the CBS Evening News, this way: “The mistake was to try to bring the ‘Today’ show ethos to the evening news and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience.” Rather on Tuesday opined of Speaker Pelosi: ” Ideal villain. And they made a villain of her and they have demonized her from day one. And what was said earlier, what's made it easy for them is she's been so effective. ” The CBS journalist couched his analysis by saying he wasn't judging the Republicans' action, suggesting, “This is the way politics are.” read more
More here:
Dan Rather Complains: Republicans ‘Demonized’ Nancy Pelosi, Turned Her Into a ‘Villain’
Posted by
on November 2, 2010. Filed under