they claim to be journalists. they act as though they are journalists. i believe in their own minds, they believe they are journalists. but if you even look at -- look back at the comments that they make, they predicted he would govern as a centrist. i was a lone voice in the wilderness, beat up by the very same media outlets, for accurately predicting how extreme he would be. >> yeah. if you were a guest on, say, tim russert's program, the late, great tim russert. he made you earn your keep because of the tough questions he asked you. but they were never unfair. never personal. >> they never came out of left field or right field. they were good, tough questions. that's perfectly fine. but if you are going to do that to the republicans, do it to the democrats. if you are going to gush over the democrats, gush over the republicans. but what you see is a consistent theme. you know, my colleague, rich