A few days ago--- The Washington Posts's own Eugene Robinson smacks Fred Hiatt upside the head over their coverage of Pelosi's trip to Syria...

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Check out this appearance by Robinson on Hardball. Robinson defends Pelosi's trip to Syria. And he also says a couple things about his colleagues on the editorial page, which is edited by Fred Hiatt. He says this: "I`m pleased to be able to tell you I`m not a member of the editorial board." And this: "They should tell us what they really think."

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The Sunday Talking Head line-up is ready for the reading. With two Democratic Presidential hopefuls in this morning's line-up -- Edwards and Vilsack -- it's officially campaign season again. Boo-yah.

Two journalists to watch in the line-up this morning -- Tom DeFrank of the NYDaily News, who always seems to have the inside scoop on all things Cheney and Bush, and Eugene Robinson of the WaPo, who always seems to nail the common sense point of view and ought to be able to cut through Kate O'Beirne's fact free blather with a smile on his face. Could be fun.

Wishing you, and all of us really, some peace and joy in the New Year, and hoping for a whole lot less of this sort of craptastic malarky. (H/T to Digby who, as always, nails it.)

Chris Matthews must be hearing it because he was pretty subdued by his standards, (maybe I was wrong) but listening to John "freeper" Meacham's analysis last night was pretty insane. Eugene Robinson then in about half the time- puts the SOTU into perspective.
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Meacham: Unusually compassionate -- just as fluid on domestic and foreign issues -- a hawkish Woodrow Wilson figure.

Arthur has a great piece on the Wilson comparisons to Bush and the "Legions of the damned." One of which is to print positive propaganda:

"The paper published nothing but good news about the U.S. war effort. Wilson considered this hybrid creature his invention--which it was in some respects. Creel had initially opposed the idea. The president gleefully told Joe Tumulty that the Official Bulletin was an immense success...read on"