letter to the stephanie miller show

hi,
why does your show promote that empty vessel, maureen dowd? her deranged diatribes have damaged dems for the past 15 years, yet i hear her pieces read frequently on the s.m. show. please. stop.

as glenn greenwald and bob somerby have ably pointed out: this woman is clearly not well. it's a wonder the n.y. times still employs her. her recent comments about the "dominatrix" (hillary) could have come from that mccain supporter. her taking a shot at your man, "obambi" is just another illustration of her historically vile treatment of dem. hopefuls (see also: gore, 2000 & kerry, 2004).

unfortunately, the m.s.m. read from one script--a script created by the likes of dowd, matthews, et al-- in which liberal men are wishy-washy pussies and liberal women feminist "bitches." (conversely, conservative men are "real" men--see: chris matthews' crushing on "manly" fred thompson.) i expect this brainless narrative from right-wing radio, but not from the n.y. times. "liberals" like maureen dowd (and frank rich, another of your buddies) have put cowards like bush/cheney in the white house and our bravest in iraq with these inane caricatures.

their constant derision of democrats begs the questions: with "liberals" like these, who needs conservatives? and when was the last time you saw a conservative columnist like william kristol or robert novak treat their own kind so... well, unkind? i hope you recognize the damage done to progressive politics by liberal-on-liberal attacks. we do the other side's dirty work for them. how smart is that? (insert hillary laugh here. real bright...if we like to lose.)

i like your show and listen daily, but i want to win in 2008. in order to do so we must not prop up people like dowd and rich. they are fatuous, fops--part of a millionaire press corp "serving" a(n increasingly dwindling) middle class nation. real issues are anathema to these people. they've got great health care, thank you..."diamonds or pearls?" more importantly, we progressives must not do our opponents' work for them. (insert howard dean hurrah here) we've already got enough work trying to win back the white house in '08.

your official "humorless, stick-up-the-butt-liberal" 5th grade teacher from long beach, ca
mr. c.

p.s. no, my shift key is not broken. i just don't like to yell. it's uncivil.


the stephanie miller show airs weekday mornings from 6-9 on ktlk 1150 am.