Meet
The Press – May 18, 2014
Correspondents:
Andrea
Mitchell
Kevin
Tibbles
Chuck
Todd
Jim
Miklaszewski
Pete
Williams
Guests:
Reince
Priebus
Rehema
Ellis
Maria
Shriver
Carolyn
Ryan (NYT)
Carly
Fiorina
Rep.
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Wes
Moore
Glen
Greenwald
Gregory:
is Hillary Clinton running
for
President?
Mitchell:
Karl Rove tried to scare
Hillary
Clinton from running by
saying
she has brain damage
Gregory:
I love how dirty politics can be
Mitchell:
Team Clinton pushed back hard
Gregory:
I love it!
Mitchell:
but they still have
Benghazi
and Boko Haram
Gregory: boko the clown?
Mitchell:
Rove is the king of whispers
Gregory:
he's the Lord Varys of Washington
Schmidt:
this is a legitimate issue
Mitchell:
Clinton is getting curveballs!
Gregory:
did Karl Rove go to far?
Priebus:
hey in 2008 people said
John
McCain was too crazy to be President
Gregory:
well that's certainly been disproved
Priebus:
Hillary Clinton is responsible
for Boko Haram
Gregory:
this isn't about who won Eurovision
Priebus: it about how Hillary is
a lesbian who killed her lover Vince Foster
Gregory:
was it okay for Rove
to
suggest she has brain damage?
Priebus:
she's very old!
Gregory:
but does she have brain trauma?
Priebus:
I'm not a doctor
Gregory:
what exactly are you?
Priebus:
I'm a bitch I'm a lover
Gregory:
the right wants to blame
Clinton
for everything in the world
– are
you trying to stop her from running?
Priebus:
girls were kidnapped in Nigeria!
Gregory:
are you suggesting Clinton
tried
to cover up Benghazi?
Priebus:
of course – she doesn't
care that people died
Gregory:
do you think she'll run?
Priebus:
she won't run because
we
are talking about her now
Gregory:
do you fear her?
Priebus:
no – she was responsible
for
Hillarycare and the finale of 'Lost'
Gregory:
thanks for coming Reince
[
break ]
Gregory:
welcome Claire –
should
Karl Rove apologize to Clinton?
McCaskill:
he should apologize
to
people he took $100 million
from
and promptly lost every race
Gregory:
both sides do it – Harry Reid
called
the Koch brothers un-American
McCaskill:
well they are trying
to buy American elections
Gregory:
shouldn't Hillary Clinton
be
more transparent about her brain injury?
McCaskill:
don't be an idiot Fluffy
Gregory:
you endorsed Obama in
2008
but now you endorse
Hillary
Clinton – why the flip flop?
McCaskill:
Obama can't run again David
Gregory:
don't dodge the question with facts
McCaskill:
2016 is Hillary's time!
Gregory:
do you think she will
be
scared off from running?
McCaskill:
yes she will be afraid
of
smears because she's not used to that
Ellis:
Jill Abramson was fired
from
the New York Times because
she
pissed too many people off and
maybe
because she wanted to be paid equally
Gregory:
wow
Ellis:
are assertive women treated differently?
Gregory:
ladies what about sexism?
Shriver:
this is a teachable moment -
sexism is like global warming –
you see
obvious evidence of it
everywhere which means conservatives
deny its
existence
Gregory:
what else
Shriver:
women are judged differently
– men
are 'strong' and women are 'bitchy'
Gregory:
is America ready
for assertive women?
Ryan:
I worry about Abramson
being
caricatured as a victim
Gregory:
the New York Times says
she
was rude and they're never wrong
Fiorina:
of course she was treated differently
– the
press release trashed her
Ryan:
well they know her best
Fiorina:
they totally disrespected her
Gregory:
how can we make this
conversation
about me and my daughter
Fiorina:
be quiet Fluffy
Shriver:
we need to close the pay gap
Gregory:
what advice should I
give
my daughter to succeed in journalism
Shriver:
at cocktail parties eat the
shrimp
and avoid the weenies
Gregory:
are things changing?
Fiorina:
things are getting better
but
women are the most
subjugated
people on the planet
Gregory:
I think I follow
Fiorina:
also it's all liberals fault for
saying
there's a war on women –
that
is not respectful to women
who
have the same concerns as men
Gregory:
got it
Fiorina:
but the liberal New York Times
is
waging a war on women
Gregory:
right
[
break ]
Gregory:
quick Todd say something masculine
Todd:
OMG next week is Super Tuesday
– there
will be elections all across the nation!
Reporter:
Mitch McConnell is challenged
by
a tea party but it seems like
across the country tea party is flailing
Todd:
what happened to that
scrappy
bunch of psychos
Reporter:
the Democrats and Republicans have many formidable women
Todd:
wait until 2020 or as it write it 20XX
Reporter:
it's dynasty time –
Carter,
Nunn, Grimes, Pryor!
Todd:
I love it!
[
break ]
Gregory:
this week we sent poor
Kevin
Tibbles all the way to Kentucky
to
see regular human beings and
apparently
he drank the whole time
Tibbles:
greetings regular person
- you've been making bourbon
here since 1780
Whiskey
maker: yes and we're
almost finished with the first batch
Tibbles:
let me try some of your whiskey
Whiskey
maker: government red tape is annoying
Tibbles:
just give me another shot dammit
Whiskey
maker: dang government bickering
could
be solved over a bourbon
Tibbles:
I'll drink to that
Tibbles:
this horse farmer doesn't like Obamacare
Horse
farmer: we're losing our freedoms!
Tibbles:
people here don't like
Obamacare
but they love the state
version
of Obamacare
which
is Obamacare
Regular
human: we need to
do right by the country
Tibbles:
you said it pardner!
[
break ]
Gregory:
doctor what will
decide the 2014 elections?
Carson:
the 2014 elections will
determine
the future of America forever
Gregory:
like every election
Carson:
this is election will decide
if
we are to be a great nation
Gregory:
Obama has weakened America!
Todd:
the public has given up on Washington
Lincoln:
Washington is a wretched
hive of scum and villainy
Gregory:
most of the best
pundits can be found there
Lincoln:
people are looking for results!
Gregory:
what about Hillary Clinton!
Ryan:
Obama is weak and
weakened by Hillary Clinton
Todd:
Clinton is sandbagging Obama!
Gregory:
Ben Carson you said Obamacare
is
just like slavery and is not about
health
care it's about controlling the people
Carson:
I never said it is slavery
Gregory:
yes you did
Carson:
yes it is slavery because
it's
your health in the hands of bureaucrats
Gregory:
12 years obamacare
Carson:
it's totally marxist
Gregory:
of course it is
Carson:
I also believe in health care for all
Gregory:
Blanche you voted for
this
slavery-maxist pact
Lincoln:
I do not regret my vote
for
Obamacare – in Arkansas 200,000
people
have health care in the private market
Gregory:
is Hillary Clinton beatable?
Carson:
of course she is
Gregory:
come one – bash Hillary for me
Carson:
she's seems intelligent
Gregory:
will you run for President?
Carson:
people are pressuring me to run
Gregory:
I can see why
Carson:
it's not brain surgery
Gregory:
that's a yes isn't it?
Carson:
of course – why else would I be here?
Gregory:
why are any of us here?
Carson:
I don't know Fluffy
[
break ]
Miklaszewski:
40 veterans have
died
waiting for treatment
Shinseki:
I think I get it now
Miklaszewski:
Shinseki faced
withering
questions by the Senate
Miklaszewski:
did you fail veterans?
Shinseki:
I hope not
Gregory:
what the hell is wrong at the VA?
Kinzinger:
the VA has had a backlog
for
years and I have actually defended
Shinseki
since 2010 but this
is
worse than a backlog
Gregory:
people have lied and covered up
Kinzinger:
Shinseki is a great American
but
the VA needs some new leadership
Miklaszewski:
Shinseki was a great 4 star
general
but we need a General Patton
Gregory:
interesting point
Miklaszewski:
but it's not about leadership
– the
VA needs a lot more money
Moore:
this is heartbreaking – young men
and
women volunteered to fight for
the
nation and now we make them
wait for care – they
didn't make
us wait to fight our many wars
Gregory:
should we get rid of the VA?
Kinzinger:
not necessarily but why
not
just have people visit their
local
doctor and bill the VA?
Moore:
we want this problem solved
not
in years or months but in weeks
Gregory:
oh yes I'm sure that will happen
Moore:
one can hope
Gregory:
good discussion guys
[
break ]
Gregory:
now Pete Williams distinguished
journalist
will read questions to
Glen
Greenwald submitted from
people
on Facebook and Twitter
because
why the hell not
Williams:
Hi Glen Greenwald –
are
you ready for tough questions
from
the social media?
Greenwald:
I am Brian
Williams:
Pete
Obama:
Obamabot!
Williams:
one person wants to know
how
much are activists and humanitarians
and
outspoken types targeted
by the government?
Greenwald:
the government
reads the sex chats of radicals
Williams:
that sounds terribly exciting
Greenwald:
radicals do it disruptively
Williams:
another online question says
Ed
Snowden ran away like a coward
unlike
Daniel Ellsberg
Greenwald:
but even Ellserg himself said
Snowden
was right to flee the country
because
if Snowden were arrested
he
would be denied to right to bail
Williams:
because he fled the country
Greenwald: read my book Brian!
Williams:
another persons asks if Snowden
is
a traitor and another says he left
us
a sitting duck to our enemies
Greenwald:
heroes are always called
traitors
therefore being called a calling
a
traitor is a badge of honor and
proves
we are doing our jobs
Williams:
the government say because of his disclosures on how they track
terrorists the terrorists changed their methods
Greenwald:
the people who track terrorists
always
say that – I
hope people
make them prove terrorists
changed their methods
Williams:
a fan writes to ask how can we fight the abuse?
Greenwald:
there has been an inspiring
bipartisan
coalition to fight government
surveillance
since Obama was reelected!
[ break ]
Gregory:
people live-tweeting the
show
are laughing at Reince Priebus
Todd:
their best chance to win in 2016
is
to stop Hillary Clinton from running
Gregory:
the only winning move is not to play
Todd:
if Hillary Clinton does run white
women
will turn out in droves to vote for her
Gregory:
that we would be a sight to see
Todd:
it's going to be an epic GOP beatdown
Gregory:
some of my best
friends are white women
Todd:
they're everywhere these days
Gregory:
oh by the way
remember how
we weren't
on last week so the network
could show British soccer?
Todd:
of course
Gregory:
we won't be on again next
week
either for Formula One car racing
because
apparently NBC thinks I'm less
popular
than the mind-numbing wasteful
hobbies
of decayed foreign empires
Todd:
[ sigh ]
Gregory:
and that's another
episode of Meet The
Press
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