Dean Reynolds sat down and penned this long angry rant about what a sack of douches the Obama campaign staffers are, while all the McCain people are helpful and informed. This jibes pretty squarely with Wonkette editorial impressions of the parties’ respective conventions, in which a bunch of disorganized know-nothing liberals dedicated themselves to fucking up your day while a demure coterie of courteous, knowledgeable Republicans offered way more attractive press credentials and a bar RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONVENTION ARENA. Republicans secretly love the media, hurrah! But the really important take-home in this screed is buried midway through this interminable thing: MORE »

Back in the day before the YouTubes and the cable newses, presidential candidates had to “get the message out” by talking to the reporters who followed them around all the time. But now they don’t have to talk to anybody, they can just go on Hannity or whatever so now the job of the campaign-trail reporter is to sit on the candidate’s plane and bitch about how the candidate never talks to them. MORE »