Cenk Uygur, of the Young Turks, had this debate with conservative columnist David Bego regarding Obama's recent recess appointment to the NLRB.
Let's just say, I'm glad it's Cenk doing these debates and not me. I've seen Cenk go off on some of his guests when he recently did some fill-in work at MSNBC, and I'm surprised and somewhat impressed that he kept his cool in this one. Mr. Bego is one of the smoothest-talking, most condescending neo-con BSers I've heard in recent months, and how he can slowly, calmly, evenly shovel the condescension and crap Cenk's (and our) way is something to behold.
You can see the devices Mr. Bego uses - the use of anecdotal evidence is one of them, as he uses his own stories as a business owner and the expectation that those stories are a microcosm of what is happening around the country. He also talks to Cenk almost as a father would talk to an unruly child with ADHD, completely disrespecting the intelligence of Cenk and his viewers in such a calm, even tone. I guess that to neocons of Bego's ilk, it's how it's said that carries more weight than what is said. And it's his seeming expectation that Cenk (and the listeners/viewers) should take what Bego says as gospel that really irritated me. I wanted to throw my computer out of my window after listening to Bego.
As I said, I'm glad it's Cenk, not me.
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