There is something about NBC News' reporter Andrea Mitchell that really gets my goat. OK, I don't have a goat - but if I did - she (Andrea) would definitely have it by now. Andrea Mitchell has been seen yucking it up all weekend and on Joe today. Her focus of yucks was none other than Sarah Palin. On Saturday, Sarah Palin had glanced at her palm during a question and answer session at the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN. The Huffington Post produced a photographic close-up, which showed her hand contained the words "Energy", "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits." The phrase "Budget cuts" was also there, though the word "Budget" had been crossed out. Below is a snippet of Andrea on Morning Joe this morning. This was not the first time she had done her - "hold up my hand to show that I wrote on my palm" act. She had done the same shpiel last weekend:What is it about Andrea Mitchell that really bothers me? Well, I think that a big part of it is her whole, "holier than thou" attitude. Let me get this straight, I am not a supporter of Sarah Palin; I never have been and never will be. But the idea of Andrea Mitchell mocking a person for having talking points on his/her hand - considering that news reporters use prompters - as well as our current President being quite "prompter-friendly," is hypocritical. And ironically, that is the focus of Mitchell's reports - that Palin gets away with things that others would not get away with. That she has, "different rules."
Andrea Mitchell seemed to have "different rules" when reporting on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's run for office in 2008, as well. My view of Andrea Mitchell is that she was much more tough on Hillary Clinton than she ever was on then primary campaigner - now President Obama. I think that many reporters - particularly female news people - had this slant.
Lastly, although biased on my part, I can't ever get over the fact that Andrea Mitchell is married to former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan. When I see Andrea on screen, part of me wants to yell, "your husband had much to do with the 2008 market meltdown and the current state of our economy!!" But, of course, fellow news reporters and political analysts would never say that to Mitchell. If she were not a reporter, they probably would; but, as Mitchell pointed out herself - there are different rules for different people.
I know this is childish - but my favorite "snippet" of video with Andrea Mitchell is connected with balloons and the 2008 Republican Convention. Enjoy:
