Shep Sees the Light
I’m sure all of you have at one time or another gotten one of the Snopes List Obama emails. I refer to them as such because they are the ones that end up debunked on Snopes. Of all stations to criticize this, I’m a bit surprised that it came from Fox, though less surprised that it came from Shepard Smith, by far the most moderate figure on that station.
Well, it seems that the right wing establishment are seething at this (here and here). There have been all kinds of calls for Shepard Smith to step down, which I think is very sad.
While I consider myself much too moderate to be a conservative, I can at least say that the conservative philosophy is at least defendable, that there exist intelligent and thoughtful people within their way of thinking who can make reasonable arguments that are worthy of discussion. That said, the strain of conservatism that seems to display itself predominantly these days is just trite and putrid. The modern-day conservative movement is on a trajectory to extinction. It fixates on the low, the irrelevant, and the small.
I’m not quite sure why I’m writing this. I’m not a right-winger so it wouldn’t sadden me if they went away. Nor would it sadden me if the far left wing went away. I guess I just want both sides be more reasonable.
H/T: Think Progress Blog
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/business/media/22smith.html