Blog Talk: The lie and self-delusion of Brancaccio

In a business... a hemisphere... a universe where what you are is, in reality, based entirely on what you DO as opposed to what you SAY, Lou Brancaccio is an out right, rather rank, liar.

How many times and in how many variations have we seen this lie from him?

"But anyone who follows my column knows I'm neither a conservative or a liberal."

*I* "follow his column," and I "KNOW" just the opposite.

Look, it's not that he's a fringe-left neo-communist who hates the will of the people when it comes to his agenda... that's his moronic privilege.

It's not that he will endorse a democrat in every open or competitive race.

It's not that except on tax issues (showing some of that enlightened self-interest that saw the B&O tax of newspapers go down while everyone else's went up) he supports every leftist ideology  known to politics in Washington.

It's that he lies about it.  And quite badly.

It's that the lying putz won't admit it.

I get that he keeps deluding himself... whether it's just for public consumption or that he actually believes his tripe, that he's no more a leftist then, say, Michael Heywood... current editor of the Clark County Democrat newsletter and former editorial page editor of the Columbian... who frequently made the same claim if memory serves.

But my conclusion is based on years of close observation.

When Brancaccio decides to trash someone, they inevitably have an "R" after their names.

Me... Van Nortwick... Benton... Boger... even in the past (at least until he became a democrat) Marc Boldt.  Brancaccio was even dense enough to endorse a democrat WHO HAD NEVER BOTHERED TO VOTE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF HER LIFE.

Hatred of most Republicans will do that to a guy.

There are rare exceptions.  Brancaccio seems to like our erstwhile Congresscoward, Jaime Herrera, because she, precisely like Marc Boldt. supports the CRC scam; the bridge replacement/excuse for loot rail, the permanent horrifically expensive tolls... the whole package.

Never mind that she lacks the guts to hold open town hall meetings.  Never mind that she's mirrored her worthless legislative record.

Nope.  Support the democratian agenda?  Then you're Lou's guy... or woman, in this case.

When a democrat screws up... Leave-it... Jacks... Moeller... Obama... Gregoire... how often does Brancaccio hold them up like a piñata and beat the hell out of them?

How many times has his rag lied, distorted, exaggerated about the right and protected the left? 

Jim Jacks molested female staff in Olympia.  He would drunk dial some of them.

This is a fact.  Brancaccio knows it's a fact but because of the "lack of a paper trail," he's never reported it... or even investigated it.

The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that, in effect, the entirety of the CRC is a scam, start to finish.

This is a fact.  But Brancaccio has never allowed it to be reported in his paper.

And that's the problem for someone who is a liar.  When they make a claim so false that it sickens the senses... it's difficult not to call him out.

For the past 15 years, the Columbian has been fighting allegations of crippled credibility... even acknowledged by former staff.

NEWSPAPERS TRY TO REGAIN CREDIBILITY WITH READERS
From: The Columbian Date: July 28, 1997 Author: MIKE FEINSILBER

The Columbian 07-28-1997

WASHINGTON -- Would you believe this? A lot of editors worry that you wouldn't -- that people are less willing these days to believe what they read in the newspapers. They fear that, for a variety of reasons, newspapers are suffering a crisis in credibility, losing the irreplaceable asset of believability. The press has a lot to worry about these days: stagnant circulation, too few young readers, the Internet's ...

Haven't seen any changes since then, have you?

And then, along comes Brancaccio, who uses his bully pulpit as a club to damage or destroy those wise enough to disagree with him... all Republicans... while using that same position to cover for his leftist buddies... all the while lying:

"But anyone who follows my column knows I'm neither a conservative or a liberal."