Howard Kurtz: Hillary Roping Off Press Is Like Dukakis in the Tank

[See NewsBusters for more.] Former Washington Post journalist Howard Kurtz on Monday night excoriated Hillary Clinton's attempt to literally rope off the press at a parade over the weekend. Kurtz, now with Fox and appearing on the Kelly File, derided what he saw as Clinton's contempt for reporters: "This is the most embarrassing political image since Mike Dukakis was riding around in a tank and kind of serves as a metaphor for a campaign that literally is trying to lasso reporters."  (In case one has forgotten the famous 1988 footage of Democratic presidential candidate Dukakis, see this video.) The journalist added that because of the "metaphor alert," "I think it really has resonance." Fox News digital politics director Chris Stirewalt attacked his fellow journalists: "There is something masochistic about the press's relationship with the Clintons, especially with Hillary Clinton."