No Respect, I'm Telling Ya

Yesterday's Nancy Pelosi press conference had the networks salivating about her disposing of Anthony Weiner, but when she said she'd rather talk about jobs, the networks turned her off.  All of them.

Her conference began minutes after the news of Weiner's impending resignation leaked, and so reporters and cameras scrambled to what otherwise would have been a fairly routine press event. Indeed, because Dems are in the minority, it's not uncommon for Pelosi events to be under-attended by members the media. Not this time.

Unfortunately for them, Pelosi refused to offer a money quote. In a sign that Democrats want to turn the page on the Weiner scandal, she insisted up front that she'd maintain silence on Weiner's resignation until he announced it himself.

"As usual we're here to talk about jobs, about protecting Medicare and protecting the middle class. If you're here to ask a question about Congressman Weiner, I won't be answering any."

If you thought disappointed news networks decided then to make do with the other items on her agenda, you'd be wrong. All three of the major cable nets -- CNN, MSNBC, and Fox -- all cut away right then. 

Way to go, "liberal media".   Nobody wants to hear politicians talk about what needs to be done about jobs, certainly not America's unemployed.  No, we want dirt on Weiner!  How dare she not give it to us.  Screw her!

Oh, but Nancy learned her lesson and put out a statement yesterday after Weiner resigned.

"Congressman Weiner exercised poor judgment in his actions and poor judgment in his reaction to the revelations," said a statement by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, who had pushed Weiner to step down. "Today, he made the right judgment in resigning."

Gotta feed the machine.