In a classic, table-pounding, tell-us-how-you-really feel rant, Joe Scarborough has ripped into Michele Bachmann, calling the Minnesota congresswoman and her candidacy “a joke.” Scarborough's impassioned anti-Bachmann blast came during Morning Joe's opening half-hour post mortem of last night's Republican presidential debate in Iowa.
Continue reading …Chris Matthews: ‘Paul Ryan Stuck His Neck Out and [Obama] Punched His Head Off’
August 11, 2011 No Comment![Chris Matthews: ‘Paul Ryan Stuck His Neck Out and [Obama] Punched His Head Off’](http://newsbreakingonline.com/wp-content/themes/transcript/timthumb.php?src=%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbreakingonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F08%2Fff64170833tthews.png.png%22+%2F%3E&q=90&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "Chris Matthews: ‘Paul Ryan Stuck His Neck Out and [Obama] Punched His Head Off’")
Remember the good old days when political commentators were governing their tongues and offering Americans a far more civil tone in the wake of the tragic shootings in Tucson? Well, MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Thursday demonstrated just how bygone those days are when he gleefully reminisced about Congressman Paul Ryan ( R-Wisc .) sticking his neck out with a bold budget proposal months ago only to have President Obama “[punch] his head off” (video follows with transcript and commentary): JOAN WALSH, SALON: [Obama] did a great job fighting the Paul Ryan budget, I believe it was back in April, Chris. You and I both talked about it. He really sounded like a Democrat. He really explained to Paul Ryan why he was making a lot of mistaken assumptions about the way America works. That was awesome, and he backed away from that. I think he was, it was right to try to compromise. It was right to take office in 2009 and try to reach out to the other side and believe that there were Republicans… CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Yeah, but that was easy. But that was easier, Joan. Joan, he made himself a tackling dummy. Paul Ryan stuck his neck out, and this guy punched his head off. But this time around, he’s up against shrewd, tough customers. Those guys fronting for the Tea Party, Ron, knew what they were doing. They had enough people behind them to give them bulk, and they went at the President saying, “We’re going to knock you off here. We don’t care what you think. We’re going to knock you off unless you say ‘Uncle.’” Isn't that special? In the past nine days, Obama signed a woefully inadequate budget agreement that caused our credit rating to be lowered while fueling a massive rout in stocks and conceivably pushing the nation into a recession. Despite this, these two liberal media members think it's a shining moment for the President that he defeated a bill that would have likely prevented the downgrade if it had been enacted. Irrespective of what's happened in the past couple of weeks, Matthews and Walsh would still have Democrats and their President punch Ryan's head off even if it meant a credit rating downgrade, huge stock losses, and a possible recession. And these folks think it's the Tea Party that's trying to destroy the country.
Continue reading …Scarborough: If Rush is Still Rooting Against Obama He’s ‘Rooting for America to be in a Fast Decline’
August 11, 2011 No Comment
For some reason, in the middle of a lengthy “Morning Joe” segment dealing with President Obama's obvious failures as a leader, host Joe Scarborough on Thursday felt the need to bring up conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh (video follows with transcript and commentary): JOE SCARBOROUGH: The fact that the President waited to talk about the SEALs and then just kind of put that in on the end of a press conference. “Oh, and by the way.” Somebody in the White House doesn't get it. Somebody in the White House is clueless. When you have 30 Americans die and it's treated that way when, again, I’m, I'm baffled. I'm rooting for the President. We all are rooting for the President. If, if Rush Limbaugh is still rooting against the President, then he's also rooting for America to be in a fast decline, rooting for his stocks to collapse. These are precarious times and we need a president who knows what he's doing and a we need a president who has the support of the American people but, Willie, right now this President is just creating a lot more questions than answers. This was some real silliness from Scarborough. Let's recall what Limbaugh told Fox News's Sean Hannity on January 22, 2009: SEAN HANNITY, HOST: You're the leading voice of opposition, conservative, and have defined conservatives for over two decades. You celebrated you r20 years on the air, by the way, nationally syndicated, congratulations. RUSH LIMBAUGH: Thank you. HANNITY: Coming off record-ratings year for you, but you — you are a passionate conservative. You've defined conservatives for many people in this country for years. He represents the antithesis in terms of his world view. So then the question becomes, do you want him to succeed? LIMBAUGH: Now — this — I am so glad that he asked me that question. That you asked me this question. HANNITY: I'm glad to. LIMBAUGH: I'll tell you why. I am hearing many Republicans say that — well, we want him to succeed and prominent Republicans. Yes, we wanted — they have laid down. They have totally — they're drinking the Kool- Aid, too. They have no guts to stand up for what their beliefs are because they're afraid of criticism, they're afraid of being called racists, they're afraid of not having gotten with the program. Now success can be defined two ways. I said earlier I don't know about this guy. I really don't. I've got my — I've got my suspicions, and they're pretty close to convictions, but we're going to have to wait to see what he does. Now if he turns out to be a Reagan, if he adds Reagan to his recipe of FDR and Lincoln, and if he does cut some taxes. HANNITY: Yes. LIMBAUGH: If he does not eliminate the Bush tax cuts, I would call that success. So yes, I would hope he would succeed if he acts like Reagan, but if he's going to do FDR, if he's going to do the new, new deal all over which we will call here the raw deal, why would I want him to succeed? Look, he's my president. The fact that he is historic is irrelevant to me now. It matters not at all. I — if he is going to implement a far left — look it. I think it's already decided. $2 trillion in stimulus? The growth of government. I think the intent here is to create as many dependant Americans as possible looking to government for their hope and salvation. If he gets nationalized health care, I mean, it's over, Sean. We're never going to roll that back. That's the end of America as we have known it because that's then going to set the stage for everything being government owned, operated, or provided. Why would I want that to succeed? I don't believe in that. I know that's not how this country is going to be great in the future, it's not what made this country great. So I shamelessly say, no, I want him to fail, if his agenda is a far- left collectivism, some people say socialism, as a conservative heartfelt, deeply, why would I want socialism to succeed? Two and a half years later, that question is even more valid given what we've seen this President do. He has indeed failed, and wishing for him to succeed at doing what he's been doing since Inauguration Day is like hoping for your own doom. As I wrote Tuesday, all this media cheerleading for Obama has had a hand in his ineptness because his fans in the press have continued applauding as he's fallen on his face dragging the country with it. What he really needs are more members of the media to aggressively criticize him when he errs. Maybe then he'll change his ways and actually give people something legitimately worth cheering about.
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Yesterday Rick Santorum made a stupid comment about how gay marriages aren’t really marriages the same way that paper towels aren’t really napkins. This lead MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to go on an equally silly-sounding tirade about how napkins really ARE paper towels right before predicting that “Rick Santorum’s campaign will be ending soon.” According to Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Queerty Discovery Date : 10/08/2011 13:49 Number of articles : 4
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Liberal bias is rampant among the media, but there is no more tangible example of it than in how the media treat Conservative women. The
Continue reading …Newsweek’s Tina Brown Offers No Apology, Doubles Down on ‘Crazy’ Bachmann Cover
August 10, 2011 No Comment
Newsweek editor Tina Brown defended her magazine's controversial cover portraying Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as the “Queen of Rage” on the August 10 edition of MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” offering no apology since the three-term congresswoman could become America's first “crazy” president. “Some people look at this picture and think, you know, Michele Bachmann looks crazy,” remarked Brown. “Some people look at it and think it's the next President of the United States. The fact that these two things are no longer mutually exclusive is what, I think, makes it pretty compelling.” [Video follows page break] Explaining her decision to use an unflattering photo of Bachmann that even the left-wing National Organization for Women (NOW) called sexist , Brown claimed the other pictures were “offensive” and “strange.” “You know, there was one picture of her praying, which frankly we rejected because we thought that seemed somehow some kind of a commentary on her religiosity that maybe would be offensive,” contended Brown, adding, “There was another picture of her sitting kind of sideways and I thought she looked extremely strange.” MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle came to Brown's defense, insisting Newsweek's photo depicted Bachmann accurately: “It looks like her. It looks like her. It looks like her. I've seen her in person. I've seen her up close in person. It looks like her.” As Brown feigned sympathy for Bachmann, Joe Scarborough could hardly contain his laughter: “I got a question: who's the photographer? Because I don't ever want him to be in the same room with me.” When co-host Willie Geist wondered whether the infamous photo was snapped during a light check, Brown dismissed the question as “absolute nonsense.” A transcript of the relevant portions of the segment can be found below: MSNBC Morning Joe August 10, 2011 7:02 a.m. Eastern MIKA BRZEZINSKI: And joining the table, editor-in-chief of Newsweek magazine and the Daily Beast, Tina Brown. Tina! Alright Tina! We're not going to play this game. (Crosstalk) TINA BROWN, Newsweek editor: I'm not playing any game. No games for me. No games for me. (Crosstalk) BRZEZINSKI: You are one of the savviest people I've seen in the media industry and this cover just proves it. It's perfect. JOE SCARBOROUGH: It's a cheap shot. Come on. She looks cross-eyed, it's a light check. Come on. (Crosstalk) BROWN: No listen, I mean. Some people look at this picture and think, you know, Michele Bachmann looks crazy. Some people look at it and think it's the next President of the United States. The fact that these two things are no longer mutually exclusive is what, I think, makes it pretty compelling. BRZEZINSKI: The Queen of Rage? BROWN: Absolutely. Listen, this came out of a week when a New York Times columnist called the Tea Party terrorists and then apologized the next week. This is a very polarized moment in politics and this cover, to us, absolutely captured that moment. SCARBOROUGH: What her looking cross-eyed to the light check? Capture this moment? BROWN: Not cross-eyed. Listen she has – the intensity in her eyes is in all the photographs of her, you know. This is the thing that's connecting with people. We have people in the crowd saying, you know, something about her tells me I should follow her And there is something about Michele Bachmann with the eyes looking out. She has a very very, this very kind of intense demeanor. –Alex Fitzsimmons is a News Analysis intern at the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
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Continue reading …MSNBC Features Ex-Obama Aide Bashing ‘Crazy,’ ‘Loopy’ Bachmann, Defends Newsweek Cover
August 9, 2011 No Comment
MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid on Tuesday defended a controversial Michele Bachmann Newsweek cover, justifying that the Republican presidential candidate deserved it because she occasionally has the “crazy-eyes look.” Martin Bashir Guest host Jonathan Capehart didn't identify that Reid, the managing editor of TheGrio.com , is also a former press aide to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Reid absolved the controversial cover: “We have, sort of, the loopy things she's said. So, I think, in a way, it captures the persona that Michele Bachmann has kind of embodied, sort of the wild Tea Party lady .” Reid seemed to go back and forth on the appropriateness of the cover photo. She admitted, “But, as a photo, as a woman, I would have hated that photo. I mean, it was not a great, flattering photo.”
Continue reading …Scarborough Tells Mika ‘A President That Cannot Control 45 Backbenchers…Is Too Weak to be President’
August 9, 2011 No Comment
Joe Scarborough on Tuesday told his “Morning Joe” co-host an inconvenient truth that she and most of her colleagues in the media just can't handle. “A president that cannot control 45 backbenchers in the opposing Party in the House of Representatives is too weak to be President of the United States. It is that simple” (video follows with transcript and commentary): JOE SCARBOROUGH, CO-HOST: [Obama’s] a mediator. And he sits and, “What do you think? What do you think?” MIKA BRZEZINSKI , CO-HOST: Well. SCARBOROUGH: “We’ll go halfway.” He… BRZEZINSKI : Look. SCARBOROUGH: He doesn’t understand, Mika, he controls the world stage. He has a power with that bully pulpit that nobody else has and he will not use it. BRZEZINSKI : He controls the world’s stage unless the Republicans say they will not negotiate on anything. SCARBOROUGH: That’s just not true. That’s just not true. BRZEZINSKI : I want to read from Joe’s piece on Saturday. SCARBOROUGH: That is just not true. BRZEZINSKI : Hold on. EUGENE ROBINSON: Just to interject quickly, when he drew a line, when the President drew a line in the debt… BRZEZINSKI : Yes. ROBINSON: …in the debt ceiling debate, and when he said, you know, this and no further, I, it’s got to be a longer-term deal that gets us past the election, he got it. He got what he wanted. SCARBOROUGH: Right. ROBINSON: When he used the bully pulpit, he swayed public opinion. BRZEZINSKI : Who he already negotiated on way down in the House. ROBINSON: Exactly. Yeah, no that’s true. Wow. So after months of haggling, the only thing the most powerful man in the world got was a deal that kicked the can further down the road until after the election, and Brzezinski as well as Robinson, ever the dutiful shills, see that as a huge victory. Scarborough didn’t: SCARBOROUGH: A president that cannot control 45 backbenchers in the opposing Party in the House of Representatives is too weak to be President of the United States. It is that simple. Lyndon Johnson would have eaten these people up for breakfast and spit them out before lunch. BRZEZINSKI : Okay. These people though are the very people that I think don’t care… SCARBOROUGH: Ronald Reagan wouldn’t put up, I mean, a strong leader doesn’t put up with it. BRZEZINSKI : …about… SCARBOROUGH: It doesn’t matter whether they care or not. You make them irrelevant to the process if you’re strong enough to do that. Scarborough, who clearly is coming around to the obvious leadership deficiencies of this President, was spot on. As much as I love the Tea Party, a huge part of their success stems from the weakness of Barack Obama. A minority faction in one chamber of Congress should not be wielding the kind of power this fledgling movement is. Don't get me wrong, I am quite thrilled that this is the case, but agree with Scarborough that a Reagan, Johnson, or even a Clinton would have pushed back much more effectively. Consider that the real legislative impact of the Republican revolution in the '90s didn't happen until after their second successful election in 1996. Clinton stonewalled their budget and tax cuts until 1997 thereby furthering his own reelection. By contrast, Obama began caving to Tea Party demands in December weeks before any of them was sworn in. Now, eight months later, he has become almost irrelevant, a situation that as NewsBusters pointed out earlier has been enabled by his equally hapless fans in the media. This of course includes Brzezinski and Robinson. Maybe with more exchanges like this, they'll come around – but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Continue reading …Latest Notable Quotables: Deriding the Tea Party as Terrorists ‘Strapped with Dynamite’
August 8, 2011 No Comment
MRC has just posted the latest edition of Notable Quotables , our bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes in the liberal media. This week, NQ is chock full of quotes from journalists slashing the Tea Party as the Republican Party’s “Hezbollah faction,” who have “strapped explosives to the Capitol” and “waged jihad on the American people.” Oh, and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd disparaging the “Tea Party budget slashers” as “cannibals,” “zombies,” and “vampires, draining the country’s reputation, credit rating and compassion.” So much for civility. The full package is available at www.MRC.org ; here are some of the best quotes: Deriding the Tea Party: Terrorists “Strapped with Dynamite” “There’s a nihilist caucus which is, ‘Listen, we want to burn the place down.’ I mean, they’re not, they’ve strapped explosives to the Capitol and they think they are immune from it. The Tea Party caucus wants this crisis, and do we want to do this again six months from now?” — Bloomberg columnist Margaret Carlson on Inside Washington , July 29. “If sane Republicans do not stand up to this Hezbollah faction in their midst, the Tea Party will take the GOP on a suicide mission.” — New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, July 27. “You know what they say: Never negotiate with terrorists. It only encourages them. These last few months, much of the country has watched in horror as the Tea Party Republicans have waged jihad on the American people….For now, the Tea Party Republicans can put aside their suicide vests. But rest assured: They’ll have them on again soon enough.” — New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, August 2. Tea Party Budget Slashers = “Cannibals,” “Vampires” and “Zombies” “Tea Party budget-slashers….were like cannibals, eating their own party and leaders alive. They were like vampires, draining the country’s reputation, credit rating and compassion. They were like zombies, relentlessly and mindlessly coming back again and again to assault their unnerved victims, Boehner and President Obama. They were like the metallic beasts in Alien flashing mouths of teeth inside other mouths of teeth, bursting out of Boehner’s stomach every time he came to a bouquet of microphones.” — New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, August 3 column. Children Who Don’t “Understand” How Government Works “The question, I think, some people might be asking is, do you think that members of the Tea Party caucus know how to govern, or are they — do they understand that standing up for a cause is not the same as governing?” — Co-host Ann Curry to Tom Brokaw on NBC’s Today , August 1. “Some people say that the Republican Party has been held hostage by the Tea Party. One of our Facebook followers sent in an interesting analogy and said, ‘Why are Republicans allowing freshman congressmen to control this debate?’ and this person said, ‘It’s like letting the teenager in the family run the family budget.’ I mean, there’s some truth in that.” — Moderator Bob Schieffer to GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell on Face the Nation , July 31.
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