In a political rant reminiscent of Howard Beale’s famous “mad as hell” rant in the classic eerily accurate film “Network,” MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, who has been increasingly critical of President Barack Obama and the Democrats, lambasted both parties: the Democrats with being focused almost solely on 2012 and the GOP for wanting “to burn the place to the ground.” It was one of those truly spontaneous, heartfelt cable moments — one that is most likely echoed by many voters, particularly independent voters who don’t see governance as a kind of game with a political sports team winning and losing as the key (indeed seemingly ONLY) goal.
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.