Reply #102: The way I see and remember cheerleaders from my high school and college days is [View All]

that they were the people who were supposed to cheer for their team constantly and continuously, regardless of whether the team was getting the crap beat out of them or whether the coach and players were pathetically bad.

While that's an understandable sentiment when you're dealing with teenagers who want to unflinchingly support their schoolmates, it's really a sad comment on any American who feels that s/he is supposed to blindly support his/her President or Congressional reps even when they are going the wrong way on the field.

I watch Rachel Maddow regularly--most nights. She DOES express her frustration with the new administration when she thinks they are off base, but she also gives the President and the administration LOTS of compliments when she feels they are deserved.

Judging from what some people are saying on this thread, it appears that many of them must turn the channel as soon as Rachel says something they disagree with; otherwise, they would see that she is positive about many, if not most, aspects of the administration.

I'm trying to imagine what it would be like if Rachel started reporting only the positive aspects of what the Obama administration is doing. I can't imagine it because, despite a lot of good things they are doing, there are still many policies, failures to act, and stumbles that are not in line with what the President has said he wants to do--or what many Progressives want to do.

Besides, if she started doing that, Robert Gibbs would be out of a job.