{"id":10456,"date":"2011-11-24T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=10456"},"modified":"2011-11-24T07:32:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T12:32:35","slug":"you-have-to-wonder-why-this-is-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=10456","title":{"rendered":"You Have To Wonder Why This Is News"},"content":{"rendered":"
There is an awful lot going on in the country (and in the world) today–economic problems, wars, revolutions, unemployment, etc. So why would Politico waste it’s time reporting that a TV show host doesn’t eat macaroni and cheese at Thanksgiving? Politico<\/a> evidently considers that newsworthy. It’s actually worse than that–CBS News, the Washington Post, and Newsday are also reporting this earthshaking news.<\/div>\n

Pat Robertson is a strong conservative with strong political connections (Pat Robertson is the son of the late Virginia Senator A. Willis Robertson). He is more than 80 years old, still very politically astute, and calls things as he sees them. I can understand why many liberal news outlets and politicians would disagree with him, but who cares what he eats for Thanksgiving (unless you are trying to figure out how to stay young despite your years)?<\/p>\n

Yesterday in an interview with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice by\u00a0the 700 Club’s\u00a0Kristi Watts, Kristi asked Secretary Rice what her favorite Thanksgiving dish was. The following exchange occurred:<\/p>\n

“It’s mac and cheese,” Rice answered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Sister, that is my dish, that is the one thing I can rock!” Watts said in agreement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article at Politico posted the dialog (and the video)\u00a0aired on the show after the segment:<\/p>\n

“What is this mac and cheese? Is that a black thing?” Robertson asked Watts on Wednesday\u2019s show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It is a black thing, Pat. Listen, and you guys, other people, the world needs to get on board with macaroni and cheese,” Watts said. “Seriously, I just \u2026 OK, Christmas and Thanksgiving, we have to have macaroni and cheese and it trips me out that you don’t.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pair chuckled as Robertson admitted, “I really don’t, I don’t, and I have never.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have Italian friends who include lasagna in their Thanksgiving meal. If a talk show host asks them about that, is it newsworthy? If a non-conservative person had asked the question Pat Robertson asked, would it have made the news?<\/p>\n

Politico posted the video. Politico is a website. The fact that at least three major news sources (CBS News, the Washington Post, and Newsday) also reported\u00a0this story is amazing to me.<\/p>\n

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