Surfing on Newt's Network

摘要

In a small capitol hill studio, on a set that looks like what you'd get if "The McLaughlin Group" did its thing in the "Wayne's World" basement, 6 twentysomethings are playing pundit. This is "Youngbloods," National Empowerment Television's Generation X answer to mainstream talk shows. At the moment, one of the program's liberal foils, Chris Murphy, is getting pummeled by his conservative costars—Washington has failed, they shout, and it's time to pass a balanced-budget amendment to prevent the government from spending money, even in emergencies. "Wait a minute," Murphy sputters. "How do you think we got out of the Depression?" "Oh, that's not proven," sneers Kevin Pritchett, a 25-year-old Trent Lott staffer. "That's just Keynesianism, and Keynes, along with Karl Marx, has been discredited over the last 20 years."