The attacks on Ali Velshi's monologue yesterday - "Where's the Party?" are out of line.

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101. so is he, and so does the op. I'm not enamored of Velshi. He puts me to sleep.

...and he has certainly come out strong against Trump.

But like you intimate about Democrats, that's his job, or should be.

What's beyond his title is Velshi telling Democrats, who he can't be bothered to cover with any regularity or detail other than in derisive lecturing about people who've already fought and won against actual republicans, how to politick.

He presents a fraction of what they say and do that suits him and pretends the rest isn't worth his time. We're not debating accountable public servants. You're presenting this teevee news entertainer as some outstanding political expert, and I just think he's as derivative and parroting of the pack as any other in that business.

He and the rest of the gaslighters give Trump all of their words and only mention Democrats when they can use them to put others down, as they've done with Newsom; supposing his advantaging a Democratic majority in his state represents some superior politicking in comparison to those who don't have a majority to play off of.

It's a cheap shot from him, but it's par for Democratic party critics.

I appreciate your descriptions of yourself, but I didn't intend to personalize anything I wrote and direct it toward your own efforts or advocacy. I do intend to make clear that highly paid teevee broadcasters with motivations other than what we elected our Democrats for need to be viewed with much more skepticism and cynicism than our Dem pols, but your mileage may vary.