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NYT uses bad guesser Jack Bass to attack Nikki Haley.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 2nd, 2011 at 10:10 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

I will admit that the New York Times largely did not attack South Carolina governor Nikki Haley (R) all that harshly in this article; in fact, they said some things that were actually complimentary (given that the governor is openly going after entrenched Republican interests in SC, that’s probably not a surprise).  But they couldn’t quite resist playing silly games by getting local liberal political flack Jack Bass to say “Her understanding of the role of state government appears rather limited”  – and presenting Bass as an authority.  Here’s a radical notion for the NYT: if you simply must use a liberal to attack a conservative, could you at least mention the following?

  • Jack Bass disliked intensely Mark Sanford – of whom the current governor, of course, was once considered to be a bit of a protegee – which rather entertainingly got Bass to guess fairly wrong voting trends in the 2010 South Carolinian elections.  Bass was fairly sure that opposing the Obama ‘stimulus,’ and general fiscal conservatism, would hurt the GOP in South Carolina.
  • Speaking of the ‘stimulus,’ and speaking of getting things wrong: Bass also completely misjudged how badly this administration’s pushing of that debt bill monstrosity would fly with national voters.  Amazingly, Bass thought that the ‘stimulus’ would help.
  • And do I even need to point out that Bass fundamentally missed the appeal of the Tea Party? – I mean, much as I’d like to believe otherwise: you don’t go +63 in the House and +7 in the Senate if you’re just bringing in the conservatives.  Or elect Nikki Haley governor of South Carolina, come to that.
  • And, here is the piece de resistance: Jack Bass actually wrote an article with the title “Sen. DeMint less than a shoo-in for reelection.”  That might seem unfair to point out, given that this was pre-Alvin Greene; but then, the guy that Bass endorsed was so pathetic that he lost the nomination because of alphabetical order.

In short: I suppose that what I’m asking for here is that if the NYT feels obligated to stealth-use a liberal to go after a conservative, I suppose that I can understand if not approve.  But, please.  Use one that has a better track record than I do when it comes to political outcomes.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

PS: All that being said… really, Madame Governor?  The Black-Eyed Peas?  Did you lose a bet?

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  • thatmrgguy

    I voted for her. I think she’s doing a fine job. And I really like the way Ms. Haley went after the NLRB.

    Mike G.

  • http://jhpruitt.blogtownhall.com/ kipling

    Obviously, Mr. Bass does not understand South Carolina politics, the current political situation, and the simple adage that someone so ignorant as himself should keep his mouth shut to keep from demonstrating said ignorance.

  • Tbone

    brother, Billy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WC6EbRQmJ0

  • rightwingmom52

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  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    NT

  • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

    Don’t you hate it when bands malign some of your favorite foods?

  • gmscan

    “Her understanding of the role of state government appears rather limited.”

    I have never seen a better example of liberal arrogance. There is absolutely no substance to the statement. I can’t even figure out what it means. Is there someone whose “understanding of state government” is unlimited? It is just trying to be superior and critical when you have nothing to be critical of. It amazes me how often liberals of less-than-average intelligence (Chris Matthews, Bill Maher, and now Jack Bass) try to be condescending to their opponents.

  • johnt

    but I have it on an unimpeachable source that he can get out of bed, go pottie, and dress himself. Retrograde neanderthals may say what they want but if the Times says Bass, a man who can do all of the above, is an authority dare the little people say otherwise?
    This is at least better than the NYT promiscuously dropping the A-Bomb,”Experts” in the middle of a story. No credentials, no name, just “experts”. Usually in support of the absurd and unsupportable,
    Further investigation may reveal Bass to be a laid off and failed mens room attendant. If so he will make a superb Democratic candidate for Senate. Keep an eye on this up & comer.

  • Adjoran

    hack leftist writer of revisionist history of the South.

    He’s no expert on anything, especially SC politics, but has written for the NYT from time to time so that’s good enough for them. As you note, he’s been wrong about everything in recent years, so that makes him doubly qualified as an authority for the NYT.

  • youngsterz

    Probably due to me being an incurable optimist, but here is my thought on this sort of issue. I’m not too familar with the specifics of how Gov. Haley is doing, and I’ve never heard of Mr. Jack bAass, but when a story like this comes out in a local market (where it really matter, since that is where the voters are for that area), the locals know how their governor is doing, and whether the so-called political expert has any clue or not. And when the locals see a national rag like the NYT trying to tell them how to think, what to think, and about who to think it, it tends to just piss them off.

    People aren’t stupid. They don’t like being told what to do by an outsider like the NY Times, so I would like to believe that these sorts of “news” stories may make the liberals feel good, but it ultimately does them more harm than good.

    If the libs had any sense at all, dating back to 2009/2010, they would have just keep it slow and steady and quiet and they could have ruled the world and slowly destroyed the nation, as seems to be their goal. Instead, they have awakened the sleeping giant of center/right America. Continuing to stoke the fires of discontent will only lead to greater liberal losses in 2012.

    At least we can only hope so. And fight like mad to help make it so.

    The libs will just tell us how we are a bunch of stupid redneck crazies. That’s OK. They can make all the noise they want, as long as they don’t have a majority vote in either house or their stooge in the White House.

  • blooch

    wannabe to me. He’s selling his “authentic” Southern BBQ as comfort food inside the NYT cocoon, I would guess. And what kid of mean parents with the surname Bass would name their kid Jack? Maybe his whole lefty journolist trip is is just a way to work through some daddy issues.