Who Deserves a Flog Today?

Young Smirky-Smirk NBC-Nepotized Journalistic-Type Guy, Luke Russert, deserves more than a basic flog for his condescending, "offensive" question-suggestion yesterday to House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi. If you haven't seen the exchange by now, or haven't read about his rudeness, let me tell you that sexism is alive and well in the Supposed Evolved New Generation of young men who get jobs because of who their father was/is. Or any other close relative. Luke decided to bring ageism into a question laced with sexism during Mizz Pelosi's press conference wherein she announced that she will remain in her position in The House, whipping her colleagues into shape once more as she heads into her 26th term in Congress. Young smirky-faced Luke has seemed to be a nice guy, liked by the NBC executives and staff who adored his legendary father, Tim Russert, whose sudden death from a heart attack in 2008 shocked everyone, leading to much of the substance regression-digression that has been happening at NBC over the years. Tim had credibility; was the long-time moderator of Meet the Press, as well as NBC's Washington Bureau Chief, and had a quirky sweet smile that was contagious. His son, however, wears a perpetual smirk. I'm not sure if he's always on the verge of finding whatever story he is reporting to be a giggle-of-sorts, or if that's just the way his mouth moves, but whatever the cause, he certainly proved his immaturity and lack of experience by asking a distinguished female politician why she wouldn't step down from her seat as Minority Leader of the 113th Democratic House Caucus to "make way" for younger colleagues. As Pelosi so charmingly remarked, no one has asked the same question of House Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, whose age is in the same range as Pelosi. I'm surprised her remarks were as civil as they were considering how the women standing behind her at the podium booed Luke as one does to a comedian who has just made a very bad joke. That kind of not-so-well-received response. Sure, it's a valid question in a strange way, as Pelosi pointed-out in-between her artfully expressed put-downs to Russert -  but, again, why even think it, Luke? I waited a day to comment on Russert's rudeness, wondering if we would see different headlines today on whether or not NBC will ask Luke to apologize (as apologizing is all the rage these days), but thus far, only quiet whispers of a few of his mentor-elders at the network taking him to task, whereas others are patting him on his Russert back for having the guts to ask the Former First female Speaker of The House (i.e.; in their eyes, "Grandma") why she won't, in essence, get down to what other "older" women do, which must mean stepping-aside for the sake of crocheting – or something. Having brunches. That sort of "Grandma" thing. What the boys in the backrooms at the networks must have forgotten is that when Grandma feels like packing a punch, she'll do it better than the grandchildren any day. Why? Because she has experience with little Azzhats like Luke and can take them down with just one steely look. It will be a long time before Young Luke can pull that off – especially if That Smirk doesn't go away.

Rant over.

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