For the record Mika is a Democrat and Greenwald does not consider himself either a liberal or a Democrat.
Mika for example:
Mika Brzezinski is no poker face, regularly letting her feelings show as she reacts to the stories of the day. But when it comes to emoting, the Morning Joe co-host outdid herself today, reacting to the criticism the panel leveled at Jimmy Carter for his ungracious bashing of the late Ted Kennedy.
In a 60 Minutes interview with Lesley Stahl, a clip from which Morning Joe aired, an embittered Carter flatly says the failure to get national health care during his administration was Ted Kennedy's "fault." Carter accused Kennedy of "deliberately blocking" Carter's proposed legislation, in order to deny him a major legislative achievement.
Mika, daughter of Carter's National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, has a history of defending Carter on the show. Check the video as Mika grimaces in discomfort, and interjects various rebuttals, as her fellow panelists unload on the 39th president.
Read more:
http://newsbusters.org/people/mika-brzezinski?page=6#ixzz2W1TeDvcW
Greenwald for example:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070927000806/http://www.workingforchange.com/webgraphics/HowWouldAPatriot_preface.pdf
I held views on some matters that could be defined as conservative, views on others that seemed liberal. But I firmly
believed that our democratic system of government was sufficiently insulated from any real abuse, by our Constitution and by the checks and balances afforded by having three separate but equal branches of government.
. . .
I believed that Islamic extremism posed a serious threat to the country, and I wanted an aggressive response from our government. I was ready to stand behind President Bush and I wanted him to exact vengeance on the perpetrators and find ways to decrease the likelihood of future attacks. During the following two weeks, my confidence in the Bush administration grew as the
president gave a series of serious, substantive, coherent, and eloquent speeches that struck the right balance between aggression and restraint. And I was fully supportive of both the president’s ultimatum to the Taliban and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan when our demands were not met. Well into 2002, the president’s approval ratings remained in the high 60 percent range, or even above 70 percent, and I was among those who strongly approved of his performance.
. . .
(regarding Bush's invasion of Iraq) I still gave the administration the benefit of the doubt. I believed then that the president was entitled to have his national security judgment deferred to, and to the extent that I was able to develop a definitive view, I accepted
his judgment that American security really would be enhanced by the invasion of this sovereign country.
Greenwald does display
a clear hatred of the President and an affection for Ron Paul and for many the former is all you need to be an outstanding liberal and the latter is conveniently forgotten.
In any case Greenwald goes to some lengths to explain that he is not a liberal and this is one time I think we should take him at his word.
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