In case you missed this gem from last night's Maddow, here is the challenger to Peter DiFazio in Oregon, Art Robinson, trying to run against...Rachel Maddow.
All he had to do was answer just one of her questions. Instead, he filibusters, treating the show like his own, free TV ad. He also lies, unashamedly, about quotes from his own newsletter which Rachel points out to him during the interview. At times like this, I sometimes wonder why Rachel even bothers with these people, knowing that this is the treatment she and her viewers are going to get.
This type of behavior seems to be increasingly common among those on the right, especially the tea partiers. Assume that the press is your enemy and treat them as such, unless they lob you softball questions and "be the candidate's friend", much as Sharron Angle would like the press to be. They just can't handle it when anyone in the media doesn't act like their lapdog - another example being the recent Lawrence O'Donnell interview with Michael Steele.
I can only hope that there are enough Dems and moderate, non-teabagging Repubs who watched this debacle and are motivated enough to keep this blowhole out of DiFazio's seat.
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