Guests:
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Katty Kay
Matt Bai
David Brooks
******************************
Gregory: New Jersey just cut pension and
health care benefits for state government employees
- congrats Governor Christie!
Christie: thanks Fluffy
Gregory: Gov. could you work your
cost-cutting magic in Washington?
Christie: you’ve got to get three men
in a room and wrestle until the biggest guy wins
Gregory: interesting
Christie: Obama is too laid-back -
he needs to throw his weight around
Gregory: what about raising taxes?
Christie: be prepared for a shock -
people in New Jersey prefer
lower taxes over higher taxes
Gregory: holy shit!
Christie: no really
Gregory: has the Tea Party gone completely insane?
Christie: look it’s common sense -
as soon as a Democrat became President
the debt became a very very very important issue
Gregory: I see
Christie: this country is careening to
disaster over the debt!
Gregory: how did you succeed in
New Jersey but Washington can’t get a deal done
Christie: it’s all those fucking demagogues
- I would never do that
Gregory: you’re such a softie
Christie: I am cuddly
Gregory: do you hate unions
Christie: we’re helping unions by
saving their benefits
Gregory: give me your expertise on Afghanistan
Christie: I’m against nation-building
Gregory: the Federal Reserve says we
may be cutting spending too much which
would cause another recession
Christie: no we aren’t because the
United States is very big country
Gregory: we tried GOP policies and
the middle class is still hurting
Christie: but businesses are hiring in
New Jersey because we have certainty over taxes
Gregory: which GOP Presidential candidate
will win your highly coveted endorsement
Christie: I’m not sure there are so many different
crazies to choose from
Gregory: what about my favorite
Michele Bachmann?
Christie: she seems a little crazy to me
Gregory: you look for bigness in politicians
Christie: people want a politician to
look them in the eye and wag their finger at them
Gregory: what about the
Pledge of Abortion Allegiance
Christie: I’m anti-abortion except when I’m not
Gregory: what about gay marriage?
Christie: I’m not a fan of gay people
kissing and all that icky stuff
Gregory: you’re a tough-talking,
no-nonsense asshole
Christie: fuck you Fluffy
Gregory: you were mean to teacher recently
Christie: She questioned my ability to
run the state’s public schools - how dare
she ask me a personal question me like that
Gregory: you cultivate the image of a jerk
Christie: I’m loveable and sweet and
not blow-dried you bastard
Gregory: why are going to Iowa?
Christie: to brag about big things
Gregory: will accept an offer to run as Vice President
Christie: c’mon you’re not that stupid are you Fluffy
Gregory: I might be
Christie: I’m a nice guy - just don’t
question me about irrelevant things
like being a husband and a father
Gregory: why would you make a good President?
Christie: I’m a husband and a father
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: Did Barack Obama make a
political decision to pull troops out of
Afghanistan instead of doing what is
best for America?
Reed: what unadulterated bullshit
Gregory: In the view of many Obama hates America
Webb: you are welcome to kiss my ass Fluffy
Gregory: but the Generals want more troops
Webb: They always do you idiot
Gregory: so should we have endless war?
Webb: China is expanding and we
must stop those Orientals!
Gregory: Liberals want to end the war
in Afghanistan now - that reminds me -
what is the mission there?
Reed: the mission in Afghanistan
is to leave Afghanistan
Gregory: but I still don’t understand
why Obama doesn’t end this wonderful war
Webb: we have to pull out slowly so
the Taliban doesn’t see us leaving
Gregory: what will happen there after we leave
Reed: there will be a nuclear war
between Pakistan and the Indians
Gregory: that’s interesting
Gregory: some say walking away and
hoping for the best will lead to
Sharia law in Oklahoma
Webb: actually keeping US troops in other
countries creates terrorism
Gregory: what about Libya?
Reed: we want to support the mission but
rebuke Obama for not asking Congress’s permission
Webb: we’re addicted to putting US troops
in desert lands as peacekeepers!
Gregory: thanks for coming dudes
[ break ]
Gregory: there is great criticism of President Obama
Brooks: from who - beside you
Gregory: Saint Christie who is wonderful
Brooks: Obama is a convenor - he trumpets
us into battle like Miles Davis
Gregory: that’s a great metaphor
because they’re both black
Brooks: are they?
Gregory: I hate Obama because he
compromises and achieves stuff
Kay: the surge was a compromise that
failed and now he’s taking troops out too soon
- we didn’t gain anything except Bin Laden
which doesn’t count
Bai: Budget negotiations are in secret
which puzzles people
Brooks: Jesus Christie would solve
America’s budget problems
Gregory: Obama’s Jedi mind tricks
don’t work on him
Brooks: both parties think they win
if the economy crashes
Kay: Worldwide lenders are freaking out
Gregory: we don’t rule the world
like we did after World War Two
which gives me a sad
Brooks: Darn those shallow politicians
Gregory: hee hee there is great buzz about Giuliani!
Brooks: I say this with love -
you need therapy David
Bai: Iowa may not necessarily get to
decide our next President
Gregory: what!?
Bai: it’s a possibility
Gregory: Huntsmann said his kids
can’t believe he’s really running for President
Audience: they’re not they only one
Kay: he’s running as the Thinking Man’s
Republican but that’s very small group
Brooks: I love this guy
Bai: the GOP primary is not as
monolithic as people think
Brooks: he’s unusual and in a
GOP primary that is really saying something
Gregory: what about Sarah Palin?
Kay: she’s beginning to look even crazier -
I didn’t think that was possible
Gregory: big news this morning was
made five minutes ago when Sen. Jim Webb
said we should invade countries to rescue Americans or not at all
Brooks: Obama is a big non-leading
convenor except when he doesn’t
consult anyone about war
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
*********************************
Sunday, June 26, 2011
This Week - June 26, 2011
Guests:
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Anita Dunn
Chrysta Freeland
George Will
******************************
Amanpour: wow there’s all-time record
flooding in North Dakota - clearly god is angry
that New York legalized gay marriage
Audience: woot
Amanpour: Also Romney and Bachmann
are tied-up in Iowa and the government
will run out of money in August
Amanpour: Mitch will you crash the
world economy because you refuse to
close tax loopholes for rich people?
McConnell: borrow-and-spend politics are bad!
Amanpour: does that include Reagan,
Bush and Bush II?
McConnell: look Democrats and Republicans
agree that people like higher spending
and lower taxes
Amanpour: that is true
McConnell: damm right it is Diane
Amanpour: how about limiting tax
deductions for corporate jets?
McConnell: Christine I have tried to explain
to you that a tax hike like that is just not
possible in Washington DC today
Amanpour: if you say so
McConnell: we must cut entitlements!
Amanpour: going back to those luxury jets-
McConnell: raising taxes on corporate jets
would ruin this otherwise flourishing economy
Amanpour: what else is going on?
McConnell: we must destroy Medicare
in order to save it
Amanpour: what else do you propose?
McConnell: we must do whatever will
impress Moody’s and Standard & Poors
Amanpour: what can actually
pass the Congress?
McConnell: we can agree to cut a
billion dollars from Medicare
Amanpour: what other great ideas
do you have?
McConnell: a Constitutional amendment
to balance the budget
Amanpour: sounds like you’re
making great progress
McConnell: oh sure -
we’re debating all kinds of crazy ideas
Amanpour: could default cause a
worldwide depression?
McConnell: you know what would really
impress worldwide lenders - if we put
all old people on an ice floe
Amanpour: but you voted to cut the
tax break for ethanol
McConnell: Obama is big spender -
we need to be like Reagan and the Bushes
and be really really big spenders!
Amanpour: Jim the GOP has ruled out
tax increases so what can you do?
Clyburn: end tax gifts to rich oil companies -
is not a tax hike it’s closing loopholes!
Amanpour: but those poor oil executives
Clyburn: the GOP also wants to make
Medicaid recipients pay thousands more -
how is that fair?
Amanpour: what if you are on Medicaid
but also have a Gulfstream?
Clyburn: raising taxes has never
been on the table!
Amanpour: why not?
Clyburn: people hate high taxes -
they just want a fair low tax rate
Amanpour: so what’s the solution?
Clyburn: it’s time for the Republicans and
Democrats in Congress to agree that they can’t
accomplish anything and let the President just do it
Amanpour: I see
Clyburn: it’s very bipartisan to shuck all
responsibility and let Obama take all the blame
Amanpour: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Amanpour: George Will can Obama save us all?
Will: the Balanced Budget amendment
will revolutionize America by finally making
raising taxes on rich people impossible
Karl: the elderly will soon start getting
letters that the GOP wants to shut the
government down over tax breaks for
wealthy corporations
Dunn: Obama has the pulpit but he’s not a bully
Amanpour: that much is clear
Dunn: if we default it will be the biggest
disaster for American since Bush was President
Amanpour: oh my
Freeland: liberals like Broadway Theater
and conservatives like Political Theater
Amanpour: makes sense
Freeland: if the US defaults there will be a
global economic crash that will make 2008
look like a gay pride parade
Amanpour: Romney and Bachmann are tied
Will: Rick Perry may fill that hole
Amanpour: what makes Perry so wonderful?
Will: he created jobs like Mitt
but loves non-gay fetuses like Michele
Karl: don’t forget Bachmann is from Iowa
Audience: she was Born This Whey
Dunn: the energy in the GOP is split between
with the Values Wackos and Budget Crazies
Freeland: Jon Huntsmann is an expert
on the Chinese Communist Central Committee
Will: well that should play well in the
Republican primary
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
**************************************
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Anita Dunn
Chrysta Freeland
George Will
******************************
Amanpour: wow there’s all-time record
flooding in North Dakota - clearly god is angry
that New York legalized gay marriage
Audience: woot
Amanpour: Also Romney and Bachmann
are tied-up in Iowa and the government
will run out of money in August
Amanpour: Mitch will you crash the
world economy because you refuse to
close tax loopholes for rich people?
McConnell: borrow-and-spend politics are bad!
Amanpour: does that include Reagan,
Bush and Bush II?
McConnell: look Democrats and Republicans
agree that people like higher spending
and lower taxes
Amanpour: that is true
McConnell: damm right it is Diane
Amanpour: how about limiting tax
deductions for corporate jets?
McConnell: Christine I have tried to explain
to you that a tax hike like that is just not
possible in Washington DC today
Amanpour: if you say so
McConnell: we must cut entitlements!
Amanpour: going back to those luxury jets-
McConnell: raising taxes on corporate jets
would ruin this otherwise flourishing economy
Amanpour: what else is going on?
McConnell: we must destroy Medicare
in order to save it
Amanpour: what else do you propose?
McConnell: we must do whatever will
impress Moody’s and Standard & Poors
Amanpour: what can actually
pass the Congress?
McConnell: we can agree to cut a
billion dollars from Medicare
Amanpour: what other great ideas
do you have?
McConnell: a Constitutional amendment
to balance the budget
Amanpour: sounds like you’re
making great progress
McConnell: oh sure -
we’re debating all kinds of crazy ideas
Amanpour: could default cause a
worldwide depression?
McConnell: you know what would really
impress worldwide lenders - if we put
all old people on an ice floe
Amanpour: but you voted to cut the
tax break for ethanol
McConnell: Obama is big spender -
we need to be like Reagan and the Bushes
and be really really big spenders!
Amanpour: Jim the GOP has ruled out
tax increases so what can you do?
Clyburn: end tax gifts to rich oil companies -
is not a tax hike it’s closing loopholes!
Amanpour: but those poor oil executives
Clyburn: the GOP also wants to make
Medicaid recipients pay thousands more -
how is that fair?
Amanpour: what if you are on Medicaid
but also have a Gulfstream?
Clyburn: raising taxes has never
been on the table!
Amanpour: why not?
Clyburn: people hate high taxes -
they just want a fair low tax rate
Amanpour: so what’s the solution?
Clyburn: it’s time for the Republicans and
Democrats in Congress to agree that they can’t
accomplish anything and let the President just do it
Amanpour: I see
Clyburn: it’s very bipartisan to shuck all
responsibility and let Obama take all the blame
Amanpour: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Amanpour: George Will can Obama save us all?
Will: the Balanced Budget amendment
will revolutionize America by finally making
raising taxes on rich people impossible
Karl: the elderly will soon start getting
letters that the GOP wants to shut the
government down over tax breaks for
wealthy corporations
Dunn: Obama has the pulpit but he’s not a bully
Amanpour: that much is clear
Dunn: if we default it will be the biggest
disaster for American since Bush was President
Amanpour: oh my
Freeland: liberals like Broadway Theater
and conservatives like Political Theater
Amanpour: makes sense
Freeland: if the US defaults there will be a
global economic crash that will make 2008
look like a gay pride parade
Amanpour: Romney and Bachmann are tied
Will: Rick Perry may fill that hole
Amanpour: what makes Perry so wonderful?
Will: he created jobs like Mitt
but loves non-gay fetuses like Michele
Karl: don’t forget Bachmann is from Iowa
Audience: she was Born This Whey
Dunn: the energy in the GOP is split between
with the Values Wackos and Budget Crazies
Freeland: Jon Huntsmann is an expert
on the Chinese Communist Central Committee
Will: well that should play well in the
Republican primary
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
**************************************
Meet The Press - June 26, 2011
Guests:
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Katty Kay
Matt Bai
David Brooks
******************************
Gregory: New Jersey just cut pension and
health care benefits for state government employees
- congrats Governor Christie!
Christie: thanks Fluffy
Gregory: Gov. could you work your
cost-cutting magic in Washington?
Christie: you’ve got to get three men
in a room and wrestle until the biggest guy wins
Gregory: interesting
Christie: Obama is too laid-back -
he needs to throw his weight around
Gregory: what about raising taxes?
Christie: be prepared for a shock -
people in New Jersey prefer
lower taxes over higher taxes
Gregory: holy shit!
Christie: no really
Gregory: has the Tea Party gone completely insane?
Christie: look it’s common sense -
as soon as a Democrat became President
the debt became a very very very important issue
Gregory: I see
Christie: this country is careening to
disaster over the debt!
Gregory: how did you succeed in
New Jersey but Washington can’t get a deal done
Christie: it’s all those fucking demagogues
- I would never do that
Gregory: you’re such a softie
Christie: I am cuddly
Gregory: do you hate unions
Christie: we’re helping unions by
saving their benefits
Gregory: give me your expertise on Afghanistan
Christie: I’m against nation-building
Gregory: the Federal Reserve says we
may be cutting spending too much which
would cause another recession
Christie: no we aren’t because the
United States is very big country
Gregory: we tried GOP policies and
the middle class is still hurting
Christie: but businesses are hiring in
New Jersey because we have certainty over taxes
Gregory: which GOP Presidential candidate
will win your highly coveted endorsement
Christie: I’m not sure there are so many different
crazies to choose from
Gregory: what about my favorite
Michele Bachmann?
Christie: she seems a little crazy to me
Gregory: you look for bigness in politicians
Christie: people want a politician to
look them in the eye and wag their finger at them
Gregory: what about the
Pledge of Abortion Allegiance
Christie: I’m anti-abortion except when I’m not
Gregory: what about gay marriage?
Christie: I’m not a fan of gay people
kissing and all that icky stuff
Gregory: you’re a tough-talking,
no-nonsense asshole
Christie: fuck you Fluffy
Gregory: you were mean to teacher recently
Christie: She questioned my ability to
run the state’s public schools - how dare
she ask me a personal question me like that
Gregory: you cultivate the image of a jerk
Christie: I’m loveable and sweet and
not blow-dried you bastard
Gregory: why are going to Iowa?
Christie: to brag about big things
Gregory: will accept an offer to run as Vice President
Christie: c’mon you’re not that stupid are you Fluffy
Gregory: I might be
Christie: I’m a nice guy - just don’t
question me about irrelevant things
like being a husband and a father
Gregory: why would you make a good President?
Christie: I’m a husband and a father
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: Did Barack Obama make a
political decision to pull troops out of
Afghanistan instead of doing what is
best for America?
Reed: what unadulterated bullshit
Gregory: In the view of many Obama hates America
Webb: you are welcome to kiss my ass Fluffy
Gregory: but the Generals want more troops
Webb: They always do you idiot
Gregory: so should we have endless war?
Webb: China is expanding and we
must stop those Orientals!
Gregory: Liberals want to end the war
in Afghanistan now - that reminds me -
what is the mission there?
Reed: the mission in Afghanistan
is to leave Afghanistan
Gregory: but I still don’t understand
why Obama doesn’t end this wonderful war
Webb: we have to pull out slowly so
the Taliban doesn’t see us leaving
Gregory: what will happen there after we leave
Reed: there will be a nuclear war
between Pakistan and the Indians
Gregory: that’s interesting
Gregory: some say walking away and
hoping for the best will lead to
Sharia law in Oklahoma
Webb: actually keeping US troops in other
countries creates terrorism
Gregory: what about Libya?
Reed: we want to support the mission but
rebuke Obama for not asking Congress’s permission
Webb: we’re addicted to putting US troops
in desert lands as peacekeepers!
Gregory: thanks for coming dudes
[ break ]
Gregory: there is great criticism of President Obama
Brooks: from who - beside you
Gregory: Saint Christie who is wonderful
Brooks: Obama is a convenor - he trumpets
us into battle like Miles Davis
Gregory: that’s a great metaphor
because they’re both black
Brooks: are they?
Gregory: I hate Obama because he
compromises and achieves stuff
Kay: the surge was a compromise that
failed and now he’s taking troops out too soon
- we didn’t gain anything except Bin Laden
which doesn’t count
Bai: Budget negotiations are in secret
which puzzles people
Brooks: Jesus Christie would solve
America’s budget problems
Gregory: Obama’s Jedi mind tricks
don’t work on him
Brooks: both parties think they win
if the economy crashes
Kay: Worldwide lenders are freaking out
Gregory: we don’t rule the world
like we did after World War Two
which gives me a sad
Brooks: Darn those shallow politicians
Gregory: hee hee there is great buzz about Giuliani!
Brooks: I say this with love -
you need therapy David
Bai: Iowa may not necessarily get to
decide our next President
Gregory: what!?
Bai: it’s a possibility
Gregory: Huntsmann said his kids
can’t believe he’s really running for President
Audience: they’re not they only one
Kay: he’s running as the Thinking Man’s
Republican but that’s very small group
Brooks: I love this guy
Bai: the GOP primary is not as
monolithic as people think
Brooks: he’s unusual and in a
GOP primary that is really saying something
Gregory: what about Sarah Palin?
Kay: she’s beginning to look even crazier -
I didn’t think that was possible
Gregory: big news this morning was
made five minutes ago when Sen. Jim Webb
said we should invade countries to rescue Americans or not at all
Brooks: Obama is a big non-leading
convenor except when he doesn’t
consult anyone about war
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
*********************************
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Katty Kay
Matt Bai
David Brooks
******************************
Gregory: New Jersey just cut pension and
health care benefits for state government employees
- congrats Governor Christie!
Christie: thanks Fluffy
Gregory: Gov. could you work your
cost-cutting magic in Washington?
Christie: you’ve got to get three men
in a room and wrestle until the biggest guy wins
Gregory: interesting
Christie: Obama is too laid-back -
he needs to throw his weight around
Gregory: what about raising taxes?
Christie: be prepared for a shock -
people in New Jersey prefer
lower taxes over higher taxes
Gregory: holy shit!
Christie: no really
Gregory: has the Tea Party gone completely insane?
Christie: look it’s common sense -
as soon as a Democrat became President
the debt became a very very very important issue
Gregory: I see
Christie: this country is careening to
disaster over the debt!
Gregory: how did you succeed in
New Jersey but Washington can’t get a deal done
Christie: it’s all those fucking demagogues
- I would never do that
Gregory: you’re such a softie
Christie: I am cuddly
Gregory: do you hate unions
Christie: we’re helping unions by
saving their benefits
Gregory: give me your expertise on Afghanistan
Christie: I’m against nation-building
Gregory: the Federal Reserve says we
may be cutting spending too much which
would cause another recession
Christie: no we aren’t because the
United States is very big country
Gregory: we tried GOP policies and
the middle class is still hurting
Christie: but businesses are hiring in
New Jersey because we have certainty over taxes
Gregory: which GOP Presidential candidate
will win your highly coveted endorsement
Christie: I’m not sure there are so many different
crazies to choose from
Gregory: what about my favorite
Michele Bachmann?
Christie: she seems a little crazy to me
Gregory: you look for bigness in politicians
Christie: people want a politician to
look them in the eye and wag their finger at them
Gregory: what about the
Pledge of Abortion Allegiance
Christie: I’m anti-abortion except when I’m not
Gregory: what about gay marriage?
Christie: I’m not a fan of gay people
kissing and all that icky stuff
Gregory: you’re a tough-talking,
no-nonsense asshole
Christie: fuck you Fluffy
Gregory: you were mean to teacher recently
Christie: She questioned my ability to
run the state’s public schools - how dare
she ask me a personal question me like that
Gregory: you cultivate the image of a jerk
Christie: I’m loveable and sweet and
not blow-dried you bastard
Gregory: why are going to Iowa?
Christie: to brag about big things
Gregory: will accept an offer to run as Vice President
Christie: c’mon you’re not that stupid are you Fluffy
Gregory: I might be
Christie: I’m a nice guy - just don’t
question me about irrelevant things
like being a husband and a father
Gregory: why would you make a good President?
Christie: I’m a husband and a father
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: Did Barack Obama make a
political decision to pull troops out of
Afghanistan instead of doing what is
best for America?
Reed: what unadulterated bullshit
Gregory: In the view of many Obama hates America
Webb: you are welcome to kiss my ass Fluffy
Gregory: but the Generals want more troops
Webb: They always do you idiot
Gregory: so should we have endless war?
Webb: China is expanding and we
must stop those Orientals!
Gregory: Liberals want to end the war
in Afghanistan now - that reminds me -
what is the mission there?
Reed: the mission in Afghanistan
is to leave Afghanistan
Gregory: but I still don’t understand
why Obama doesn’t end this wonderful war
Webb: we have to pull out slowly so
the Taliban doesn’t see us leaving
Gregory: what will happen there after we leave
Reed: there will be a nuclear war
between Pakistan and the Indians
Gregory: that’s interesting
Gregory: some say walking away and
hoping for the best will lead to
Sharia law in Oklahoma
Webb: actually keeping US troops in other
countries creates terrorism
Gregory: what about Libya?
Reed: we want to support the mission but
rebuke Obama for not asking Congress’s permission
Webb: we’re addicted to putting US troops
in desert lands as peacekeepers!
Gregory: thanks for coming dudes
[ break ]
Gregory: there is great criticism of President Obama
Brooks: from who - beside you
Gregory: Saint Christie who is wonderful
Brooks: Obama is a convenor - he trumpets
us into battle like Miles Davis
Gregory: that’s a great metaphor
because they’re both black
Brooks: are they?
Gregory: I hate Obama because he
compromises and achieves stuff
Kay: the surge was a compromise that
failed and now he’s taking troops out too soon
- we didn’t gain anything except Bin Laden
which doesn’t count
Bai: Budget negotiations are in secret
which puzzles people
Brooks: Jesus Christie would solve
America’s budget problems
Gregory: Obama’s Jedi mind tricks
don’t work on him
Brooks: both parties think they win
if the economy crashes
Kay: Worldwide lenders are freaking out
Gregory: we don’t rule the world
like we did after World War Two
which gives me a sad
Brooks: Darn those shallow politicians
Gregory: hee hee there is great buzz about Giuliani!
Brooks: I say this with love -
you need therapy David
Bai: Iowa may not necessarily get to
decide our next President
Gregory: what!?
Bai: it’s a possibility
Gregory: Huntsmann said his kids
can’t believe he’s really running for President
Audience: they’re not they only one
Kay: he’s running as the Thinking Man’s
Republican but that’s very small group
Brooks: I love this guy
Bai: the GOP primary is not as
monolithic as people think
Brooks: he’s unusual and in a
GOP primary that is really saying something
Gregory: what about Sarah Palin?
Kay: she’s beginning to look even crazier -
I didn’t think that was possible
Gregory: big news this morning was
made five minutes ago when Sen. Jim Webb
said we should invade countries to rescue Americans or not at all
Brooks: Obama is a big non-leading
convenor except when he doesn’t
consult anyone about war
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
*********************************
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Meet The Press - June 19, 2011
Guests:
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles)
Richard Engel
Doris Goodwin
Paul Gigot
*************************
Gregory: wow Obama and Boehner
played golf together
Audience: so heartwarming
Gregory: Senator will Democrats finally cut Medicare?
Durbin: no
Gregory: that’s very disappointing
Durbin: everything will be on the table
Gregory: so will you please consider cutting
Medicare benefits?
Durbin: maybe
Gregory: Lindsey are you willing to
create new revenue?
Graham: we will never raise taxes
but we might flatten taxes
Gregory: like what
Graham: like cut the ethanol gravy train
to pay off the debt
Gregory: Unions are rioting in Greece
- this terrifies me!
Durbin: calm down Fluffy
Graham: eek
Durbin: we’re borrowing too much from China
Gregory: what about raising the retirement age?
Durbin: no
Gregory: fuck you Dick - Medicare is not sustainable!!
Durbin: well fuck you too Fluffers
Gregory: Lindsey how do respond to
my assertion that the American people want
massive spending cuts?
Graham: Oh I agree - the people
really want Medicare cuts
Gregory: no one but me is willing to cut
Social Security and Medicare!!
[ grins stupidly ]
Graham: you are a silly person Greggers
Gregory: Boehner said Obama is ridiculous hee hee
Graham: the War Powers Act is unconstitutional
Gregory: oh that’s sad
Graham: if we leave Libya Egypt will be overrun,
the price of oil will double and Muamar “Mad Dog” Qaddafi
will run for the GOP nomination
Durbin: The Butcher of Bengazi is a bad guy
but Obama should still seek Congressional authorization
before starting a war there
Gregory: will Congress cut off funding
for the non-war in Libya?
Durbin: that would hurt the troops
Gregory: we have no troops there
Durbin: that’s baloney
Gregory: OMG we have no plan in Libya!
Graham: I heard you were a moron
Gregory: but but but I have no idea
what’s going on
Graham: what planet are you on Fluffy?
Gregory: um Beltway-Earth
Gregory: is Mitt Romney another Jimmy Carter?
Graham: no because Carter was
actually elected President
Gregory: is Romney right that we should
not be in Afghanistan?
Graham: no - if we leave moderates will be
killed and Pakistan will be destabilized
Gregory: wow
Graham: 6,000 people are joining the Afghan
army every month
Gregory: Are we seeing isolationism
or war weariness?
Graham: we may be able to drawn
troops by 2016 - if we never leave
Durbin: I opposed invading Iraq and
supported invading Afghanistan but I didn’t
vote for endless war all around the world
Gregory: give war a chance
[ break ]
Gregory: Welcome back to America Richard Engel!
Engel: The last time I was in the U.S.
the three most popular things in America
were AOL, Mel Gibson and Tiger Woods
Gregory: Will Jon Bolton run for President?
Todd: Mitt Romney is the clear front-runner
Gregory: he is very handsome
Todd: the people may demand Rick Perry
save the GOP
Gregory: electing a Texas Governor always works
Gigot: Texas is creating most of America’s jobs
and preventing most the country’s gay abortions
Goodwin: The primaries are almost a year
away but if Pawlenty can’t stand up to Mitt Romney how can he stand up to Obama?
Pawlenty: Romney is just like Obama!
Goodwin: Romney is tanned, rested and ready
Engel: he got confused about Afghans and Afghanis
Villaraigosa: what planet are these people on?
Forget Afghanistan we need to rebuild this country!
Gregory: so you would take the money
for war and spend it on schools and bridges
Villaraigosa: Fuck the beltway bubble
- we got real problems!
Gregory: there is real war-weariness
Engel: well sure 10 years of pointless
wars will do that
Gregory: what’s happening in Libya?
Engel: nothing much - but if the US
pulls out NATO is dead
Gigot: look everyone knows these GOP
candidates are only opposing wars because
there’s a Democrat in the White House
Gregory: Bob Gates says we have no idea
what our role in the world should be
Goodwin: it is confusing
Engel: that trend will continue because we
will be involved in many small wars
Gregory: that’s good news
Todd: Obama needs to sit down with
Dick Lugar and Jim Webb and explain to them
where Libya is and why we are attacking it
Gigot: Obama needs to sell the Libya war by
saying they have balsa wood planes capable
of reaching Midwestern cities and dropping
pictures of Anthony Weiner in his underwear
Greg: that would certainly do it
Gregory: Doris do some sex scandals require
Democrats to resign while Republicans don’t?
Goodwin: Weiner had to resign because
it was a distraction because the media wouldn’t
let it go
Todd: he didn’t have any friends on Capitol Hill
Gregory: David Vitter doesn’t have to resign
Todd: he wouldn’t survive a Vitter-Twitter scandal
Gregory: let’s talk substance - did Obama
cause the recession in 2007?
Villaraigosa: that’s crap - Bush inherited
a surplus and blew it
Greogory: I declare Obama cannot blame Bush
Gigot: that’s right - the bad economy is
all Obama’s fault
Todd: people want government do more
and also slash the debt
Gregory: what specifically do people
want government do?
Todd: Something!
Gregory: I talk to a lot of businessmen
and they want the government to create
jobs for them
Engel: People around the world
don’t care about what happens in the US but they
do fear our massive military
Gregory: should we would really slash
spending during a recession?
Goodwin: amazingly we suddenly
had to cut the debt immediately when a
Democrat got elected
Villaraigosa: Gridlock! Partisanship! Shrill debate!
Engel: the USA borrowed a trillion dollars from China to kill a bearded guy in Waziristan
Audience: awesome
Gregory: the big headline today is
Lindsey Graham says Mitt Romney is moving
to Obama’s left and is soft on the war on terror
Gigot: the GOP is pro-war and always will be
Gregory: Rick Perry is trending
Todd: If Romney raises $50 million
Rick Perry will have National Day of Prayer and
Asking For Money
Gregory: Obama is on twitter - his tweets are going to be
signed “B.O.” while the dog’s will
be signed “Bo”
Audience: excellent
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
************************************
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles)
Richard Engel
Doris Goodwin
Paul Gigot
*************************
Gregory: wow Obama and Boehner
played golf together
Audience: so heartwarming
Gregory: Senator will Democrats finally cut Medicare?
Durbin: no
Gregory: that’s very disappointing
Durbin: everything will be on the table
Gregory: so will you please consider cutting
Medicare benefits?
Durbin: maybe
Gregory: Lindsey are you willing to
create new revenue?
Graham: we will never raise taxes
but we might flatten taxes
Gregory: like what
Graham: like cut the ethanol gravy train
to pay off the debt
Gregory: Unions are rioting in Greece
- this terrifies me!
Durbin: calm down Fluffy
Graham: eek
Durbin: we’re borrowing too much from China
Gregory: what about raising the retirement age?
Durbin: no
Gregory: fuck you Dick - Medicare is not sustainable!!
Durbin: well fuck you too Fluffers
Gregory: Lindsey how do respond to
my assertion that the American people want
massive spending cuts?
Graham: Oh I agree - the people
really want Medicare cuts
Gregory: no one but me is willing to cut
Social Security and Medicare!!
[ grins stupidly ]
Graham: you are a silly person Greggers
Gregory: Boehner said Obama is ridiculous hee hee
Graham: the War Powers Act is unconstitutional
Gregory: oh that’s sad
Graham: if we leave Libya Egypt will be overrun,
the price of oil will double and Muamar “Mad Dog” Qaddafi
will run for the GOP nomination
Durbin: The Butcher of Bengazi is a bad guy
but Obama should still seek Congressional authorization
before starting a war there
Gregory: will Congress cut off funding
for the non-war in Libya?
Durbin: that would hurt the troops
Gregory: we have no troops there
Durbin: that’s baloney
Gregory: OMG we have no plan in Libya!
Graham: I heard you were a moron
Gregory: but but but I have no idea
what’s going on
Graham: what planet are you on Fluffy?
Gregory: um Beltway-Earth
Gregory: is Mitt Romney another Jimmy Carter?
Graham: no because Carter was
actually elected President
Gregory: is Romney right that we should
not be in Afghanistan?
Graham: no - if we leave moderates will be
killed and Pakistan will be destabilized
Gregory: wow
Graham: 6,000 people are joining the Afghan
army every month
Gregory: Are we seeing isolationism
or war weariness?
Graham: we may be able to drawn
troops by 2016 - if we never leave
Durbin: I opposed invading Iraq and
supported invading Afghanistan but I didn’t
vote for endless war all around the world
Gregory: give war a chance
[ break ]
Gregory: Welcome back to America Richard Engel!
Engel: The last time I was in the U.S.
the three most popular things in America
were AOL, Mel Gibson and Tiger Woods
Gregory: Will Jon Bolton run for President?
Todd: Mitt Romney is the clear front-runner
Gregory: he is very handsome
Todd: the people may demand Rick Perry
save the GOP
Gregory: electing a Texas Governor always works
Gigot: Texas is creating most of America’s jobs
and preventing most the country’s gay abortions
Goodwin: The primaries are almost a year
away but if Pawlenty can’t stand up to Mitt Romney how can he stand up to Obama?
Pawlenty: Romney is just like Obama!
Goodwin: Romney is tanned, rested and ready
Engel: he got confused about Afghans and Afghanis
Villaraigosa: what planet are these people on?
Forget Afghanistan we need to rebuild this country!
Gregory: so you would take the money
for war and spend it on schools and bridges
Villaraigosa: Fuck the beltway bubble
- we got real problems!
Gregory: there is real war-weariness
Engel: well sure 10 years of pointless
wars will do that
Gregory: what’s happening in Libya?
Engel: nothing much - but if the US
pulls out NATO is dead
Gigot: look everyone knows these GOP
candidates are only opposing wars because
there’s a Democrat in the White House
Gregory: Bob Gates says we have no idea
what our role in the world should be
Goodwin: it is confusing
Engel: that trend will continue because we
will be involved in many small wars
Gregory: that’s good news
Todd: Obama needs to sit down with
Dick Lugar and Jim Webb and explain to them
where Libya is and why we are attacking it
Gigot: Obama needs to sell the Libya war by
saying they have balsa wood planes capable
of reaching Midwestern cities and dropping
pictures of Anthony Weiner in his underwear
Greg: that would certainly do it
Gregory: Doris do some sex scandals require
Democrats to resign while Republicans don’t?
Goodwin: Weiner had to resign because
it was a distraction because the media wouldn’t
let it go
Todd: he didn’t have any friends on Capitol Hill
Gregory: David Vitter doesn’t have to resign
Todd: he wouldn’t survive a Vitter-Twitter scandal
Gregory: let’s talk substance - did Obama
cause the recession in 2007?
Villaraigosa: that’s crap - Bush inherited
a surplus and blew it
Greogory: I declare Obama cannot blame Bush
Gigot: that’s right - the bad economy is
all Obama’s fault
Todd: people want government do more
and also slash the debt
Gregory: what specifically do people
want government do?
Todd: Something!
Gregory: I talk to a lot of businessmen
and they want the government to create
jobs for them
Engel: People around the world
don’t care about what happens in the US but they
do fear our massive military
Gregory: should we would really slash
spending during a recession?
Goodwin: amazingly we suddenly
had to cut the debt immediately when a
Democrat got elected
Villaraigosa: Gridlock! Partisanship! Shrill debate!
Engel: the USA borrowed a trillion dollars from China to kill a bearded guy in Waziristan
Audience: awesome
Gregory: the big headline today is
Lindsey Graham says Mitt Romney is moving
to Obama’s left and is soft on the war on terror
Gigot: the GOP is pro-war and always will be
Gregory: Rick Perry is trending
Todd: If Romney raises $50 million
Rick Perry will have National Day of Prayer and
Asking For Money
Gregory: Obama is on twitter - his tweets are going to be
signed “B.O.” while the dog’s will
be signed “Bo”
Audience: excellent
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
************************************
This Week with Christiane Amanpour - June 19, 2011
Guests:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Husain Haqqani (Pakistan Ambassador to U.S.)
David Ignatius
Liz Cheney
******************************
Amanpour: hey we’ve been bombing
Libya for 90 days
Audience: woot
Amanpour: Senator McCain are you worried
that the GOP has suddenly discovered isolationism?
McCain: indeed they are putting party politics
over the good of then nation
Amanpour: wow
McCain: but Obama is also to blame for
deferring to those cheese-eating French
Amanpour: what about the War Powers Act?
McCain: John Kerry and I are on top of that
Amanpour: will we be at war there
for the standard 6 months to 10 years?
McCain: Yes! Predators are in the fight!
Amanpour: are the GOP Presidential
candidates isolationists?
McCain: there’s always been a strain of isolationism
in the GOP that seem to pop up whenever a Democrat is President
Amanpour: that’s true
McCain: you know yokels like Bachmann
and Cain would be the first to attack Obama if
Qadaffi had killed 700,000 people
Amanpour: but is there a vital national interest?
McCain: Reagan invaded Grenada because
those medical students were about to graduate
and come here
Amanpour: what about Libya
McCain: Barack Obama had to bomb
Libya because of Pan Am 103 and that German disco
Amanpour: the GOP candidates have
suddenly realized Obama has gotten us bogged
down in a useless war in Afghanistan
McCain: I don’t what the hell Mitt Romney
is talking about
Amanpour: few people do
McCain: the surge worked!
Amanpour: so I’m told
McCain: I admit Afghanistan is a big mess
but the Taliban are very mean
Amanpour: should we just leave?
McCain: we need to invade Eastern Afghanistan
but give the show one more season to gets its ratings up
Amanpour: I see
McCain: It’s a Crocker!
Amanpour: Pakistan arrested the informants
who helped the U.S. get Osama bin Laden
McCain: because we abandoned
Pakistan years ago!
Amanpour: ok
McCain: we’ve poured billions in Pakistan
and we’re not getting a good return
on our investment
Amanpour: it’s the Lehman Brothers of Central Asia
McCain: we need to stay there forever
Amanpour: what do you think of the
GOP Presidential candidates?
McCain: they’re all appeasing isolationist idiots
Amanpour: thanks for coming Grumpy
[ break ]
Amanpour: why is Pakistan so mad about the
U.S. military action on the soil?
Haqqani: we’re just trying to find out
what happened
Amanpour: It looks like the people who
helped catch the world’s worst terrorist
are being punished
Haqqani: oh no not at all
Cheney: the Pakistanis were embarrassed -
but let’s not be too hard on them we love
those crazy guys
Ignatius: Americans were shocked that
Pakistan allowed bin Laden to live in their country
Haqqani: that’s bullshit David
Ignatius: but the Pakistanis were shocked
that we violated their sovereignty
Amanpour: aren’t we in more danger
from terrorism than ever?
Cheney: We are at war - it’s very naive to think
we cannot police the world
Amanpour: really?
Cheney: if Michelle Bachmann is elected
we will surely be attacked again
Amanpour: the American people seem
to be tired of war
Cheney: Obama is soft on attacking on
Libya and Herman Cain is just crazy
Amanpour: that’s fascinating
Cheney: Obama creating a terrible deficit
Amanpour: I though deficits don’t matter
Cheney: who said that?
Amanpour: do you know where the terrorists are?
Haqqani: if Americans are tired of the
war imagine how people in Afghanistan feel
Ignatius: Obama has concluded that killing
terrorists is working but nation-building is not
Cheney: no we must never pull troops
out of Afghanistan!
Amanpour: easy there Liz
Cheney: Attack! Bomb! Kill!
Amanpour: we’ll take a break
[ break ]
***************
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Husain Haqqani (Pakistan Ambassador to U.S.)
David Ignatius
Liz Cheney
******************************
Amanpour: hey we’ve been bombing
Libya for 90 days
Audience: woot
Amanpour: Senator McCain are you worried
that the GOP has suddenly discovered isolationism?
McCain: indeed they are putting party politics
over the good of then nation
Amanpour: wow
McCain: but Obama is also to blame for
deferring to those cheese-eating French
Amanpour: what about the War Powers Act?
McCain: John Kerry and I are on top of that
Amanpour: will we be at war there
for the standard 6 months to 10 years?
McCain: Yes! Predators are in the fight!
Amanpour: are the GOP Presidential
candidates isolationists?
McCain: there’s always been a strain of isolationism
in the GOP that seem to pop up whenever a Democrat is President
Amanpour: that’s true
McCain: you know yokels like Bachmann
and Cain would be the first to attack Obama if
Qadaffi had killed 700,000 people
Amanpour: but is there a vital national interest?
McCain: Reagan invaded Grenada because
those medical students were about to graduate
and come here
Amanpour: what about Libya
McCain: Barack Obama had to bomb
Libya because of Pan Am 103 and that German disco
Amanpour: the GOP candidates have
suddenly realized Obama has gotten us bogged
down in a useless war in Afghanistan
McCain: I don’t what the hell Mitt Romney
is talking about
Amanpour: few people do
McCain: the surge worked!
Amanpour: so I’m told
McCain: I admit Afghanistan is a big mess
but the Taliban are very mean
Amanpour: should we just leave?
McCain: we need to invade Eastern Afghanistan
but give the show one more season to gets its ratings up
Amanpour: I see
McCain: It’s a Crocker!
Amanpour: Pakistan arrested the informants
who helped the U.S. get Osama bin Laden
McCain: because we abandoned
Pakistan years ago!
Amanpour: ok
McCain: we’ve poured billions in Pakistan
and we’re not getting a good return
on our investment
Amanpour: it’s the Lehman Brothers of Central Asia
McCain: we need to stay there forever
Amanpour: what do you think of the
GOP Presidential candidates?
McCain: they’re all appeasing isolationist idiots
Amanpour: thanks for coming Grumpy
[ break ]
Amanpour: why is Pakistan so mad about the
U.S. military action on the soil?
Haqqani: we’re just trying to find out
what happened
Amanpour: It looks like the people who
helped catch the world’s worst terrorist
are being punished
Haqqani: oh no not at all
Cheney: the Pakistanis were embarrassed -
but let’s not be too hard on them we love
those crazy guys
Ignatius: Americans were shocked that
Pakistan allowed bin Laden to live in their country
Haqqani: that’s bullshit David
Ignatius: but the Pakistanis were shocked
that we violated their sovereignty
Amanpour: aren’t we in more danger
from terrorism than ever?
Cheney: We are at war - it’s very naive to think
we cannot police the world
Amanpour: really?
Cheney: if Michelle Bachmann is elected
we will surely be attacked again
Amanpour: the American people seem
to be tired of war
Cheney: Obama is soft on attacking on
Libya and Herman Cain is just crazy
Amanpour: that’s fascinating
Cheney: Obama creating a terrible deficit
Amanpour: I though deficits don’t matter
Cheney: who said that?
Amanpour: do you know where the terrorists are?
Haqqani: if Americans are tired of the
war imagine how people in Afghanistan feel
Ignatius: Obama has concluded that killing
terrorists is working but nation-building is not
Cheney: no we must never pull troops
out of Afghanistan!
Amanpour: easy there Liz
Cheney: Attack! Bomb! Kill!
Amanpour: we’ll take a break
[ break ]
***************
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Meet The Press - June 12, 2011
Guests:
Rick Santorum
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DNC)
Reince Priebus (RNC)
Rick Santorum
Mayor Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta)
Mike Murphy
Richard Wolffe
Kim Strassel
********************************
Gregory: wow breaking news this morning
Rep. Weiner is entering wanker-rehab
Wasserman Schultz: he’s a putz and needs to go
Gregory: what’s the problem
Wasserman Schultz: he’s just creepy
Gregory: a leave of absence is not enough?
Wasserman Schultz: he needs to resign and if
he doesn’t we will pinch him in the House coatroom
Priebus: Anthony Weiner has turned Washington DC into a circus!
Gregory: really?
Priebus: we have high unemployment and
Anthony Weiner won’t leave!
Wasserman Schultz: Vitter went to fucking
prostitutes and you didn’t call for his resignation
Priebus: why are we talking about Vitter’s
prostitutes when we have high debt?!?
Gregory: good point Debs -- tell me what is Anthony Weiner’s
state of mind?
Wasserman Schultz: he’s a remorseful jackass
Gregory: interesting
Wasserman Schultz: If jobs are so important
why is the GOP so obsessed with Weiner’s
dick and banning abortion?
Priebus: Weiner’s online masturbatory fantasies
have stopped all jobs legislation, halted business
at the Supreme Court and rerouted
millions of seamen
Gregory: Let’s talk jobs
Wasserman Schultz: Obama turned the
economy around
Gregory: no he didn’t - I asked around
Wasserman Schultz: we’ve had 15 months
of job growth
Gregory: that’s not possible since I don’t like him
Priebus: Obama caused a Great Depression
- what a disaster Obama is!
Gregory: so true Reince
Priebus: Americans care about the debt!
Gregory: can Republicans do anything
to create jobs?
Priebus: we need to cut the debt
Gregory: how about cutting my taxes Debbie?
Wasserman Schultz: we could cut the
capital gains tax
Gregory: now you’re talking
Wasserman Schultz: also cut spending
Priebus: Obama lost jobs!
Gregory: Obama is in a dead heat with Mitt Romney
Wasserman Schultz: yeah but he’s a flip-flopping weasel
Priebus: I’m from Wisconsin and the
GOP is wildly popular there
Gregory: that's awesome
Priebus: are you better off than before
the Bush Depression started?
Wasserman Schultz: I’m from Florida and voters
are rejecting the extreme GOP there
Gregory: how is Gabby Giffords doing?
Wasserman Schultz: I ask her a question and she responds in full coherent sentences
Priebus: wow I even can’t do that with Sarah Palin
[ break ]
Gregory: what do you think of Obama?
Santorum: he hates freedom because he
doesn’t think Americans can choose health insurance for themselves
Gregory: do you think the current health
insurance system works well?
Santorum: we need a bottom up system
Gregory: have you ever googled yourself?
Santorum: Obama will put government
price controls on Medicare!
Gregory: oh my
Santorum: Obama is pushing grandma off a cliff -
we want to empower grandpa to fly off that cliff
Gregory: People in your own state hate you
Santorum: true but I stood up for the
crazy unpopular things I believe in
Gregory: like what?
Santorum: I was one of the first to call for
repealing Social Security
Gregory: anything else
Santorum: Seniors needs to control costs
by themselves
Gregory: would you raise the retirement age?
Santorum: we should have a price inflation index!
Gregory: let’s cut the bullshit Rick - who are you and what are you?
Santorum: I have had the courage to call for ending federal entitlements, I supported war with Iran and Syria, I hate gay people, and I love pina coladas, walks on the beach, and men who aren't afraid to cry - and fetuses
Gregory: what do you think of Mormons
Santorum: they’re very fine nice wackos
Gregory: what about Romney and Huntsman?
Santorum: they are nowhere near as crazy
as me and yet I won in a blue state
Gregory: until you lost
Santorum: only because of the recession
Obama caused in 2006
Gregory: in 2002 you said the last thing
we need to worry about deficits
Santorum: yes but we had Bill Clinton’s
surplus to spend
Gregory: I see
Santorum: also that was right after the 9/11 attacks
Gregory: That interview was a year and
three months later
Santorum: look when you’re in a
recession and fighting wars you can’t
care about the debt - but things are different now
Gregory: America - what went wrong?
Santorum: I love the smell of
sulphur in the morning
Gregory: I think I follow you
Santorum: the NLRB is shipping jobs overseas
Gregory: interesting
Santorum: I have a secret plan to bring
jobs to America
Gregory: businesses have so much cash -
why do they need more tax cuts?
Santorum: they don’t believe Obama
will let them be profitable
Gregory: you said in public schools kids get only
weird socialization
Santorum: Public schools are nothing but psychotic Stalisnist camps -- kids are forced to spend all day with people the same age and socio-economic class - what the
fuck is up with that??
Gregory: would home schooling fix that?
Santorum: kids need get out of that stuffy classroom with boring factory wrote learning
Gregory: and do what?
Santorum: kids need to interact with adults in the private sector -- why not have kids intern in our finest corporations?
Gregory: would you allow abortion in
cases of rape or incest?
Santorum: hell no - put those doctors
in prison for life
Gregory: women too?
Santorum: no those little ladies don’t
know what they are doing
Gregory: what about female doctors?
Santorum: they have those?
Gregory: so I’ve heard
Santorum: well Fluffy I will put a stop to
that nonsensical social engineering
[ break ]
Gregory: Is Santorum for real ?
Murphy: no he’s all forth
Gregory: What about Weiner?
Reed: he has to resign so Democrats can talk about the the Democrats' failure to create jobs
Strassel: Charlie Rangel also refused to resign - such impertinence!
Wolffe: even if he survives how effective can he really be?
Murphy: he’s a dead man wanking
Gregory: According himself Newt is an outsider
Murphy: He will have a comeback and be
able to run his own campaign his own way -
only then will he completely fail
Gregory: I am fascinated by Giuliani and Bachmann
Strassel: Conservatives have felt slighted
and want a champion
Wolffe: Team Obama will target the GOP
candidates as even bigger failures than the
White House
Gregory: Obama is vulnerable!
Reed: He saved the automobile industry -
Obama has got to get attention for stuff like that
Gregory: maybe if he tweets it with a
picture of his underpants
Murphy: the economy is bad but every year
there are fewer white people which is bad
for the GOP
Wolffe: Team Obama is counting on
hispanics, blacks, young people, techies,
gays, geeks and nerds
Gregory: Top trending stories are
Weiner, Palin and some terrorists!
Wolffe: Democrats will pay a price for
Weiner because he didn’t go to a
prostitute which is ok
Strassel: the media are pointlessly obsessed
with Sarah Palin
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet the Press
**********************************
Rick Santorum
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DNC)
Reince Priebus (RNC)
Rick Santorum
Mayor Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta)
Mike Murphy
Richard Wolffe
Kim Strassel
********************************
Gregory: wow breaking news this morning
Rep. Weiner is entering wanker-rehab
Wasserman Schultz: he’s a putz and needs to go
Gregory: what’s the problem
Wasserman Schultz: he’s just creepy
Gregory: a leave of absence is not enough?
Wasserman Schultz: he needs to resign and if
he doesn’t we will pinch him in the House coatroom
Priebus: Anthony Weiner has turned Washington DC into a circus!
Gregory: really?
Priebus: we have high unemployment and
Anthony Weiner won’t leave!
Wasserman Schultz: Vitter went to fucking
prostitutes and you didn’t call for his resignation
Priebus: why are we talking about Vitter’s
prostitutes when we have high debt?!?
Gregory: good point Debs -- tell me what is Anthony Weiner’s
state of mind?
Wasserman Schultz: he’s a remorseful jackass
Gregory: interesting
Wasserman Schultz: If jobs are so important
why is the GOP so obsessed with Weiner’s
dick and banning abortion?
Priebus: Weiner’s online masturbatory fantasies
have stopped all jobs legislation, halted business
at the Supreme Court and rerouted
millions of seamen
Gregory: Let’s talk jobs
Wasserman Schultz: Obama turned the
economy around
Gregory: no he didn’t - I asked around
Wasserman Schultz: we’ve had 15 months
of job growth
Gregory: that’s not possible since I don’t like him
Priebus: Obama caused a Great Depression
- what a disaster Obama is!
Gregory: so true Reince
Priebus: Americans care about the debt!
Gregory: can Republicans do anything
to create jobs?
Priebus: we need to cut the debt
Gregory: how about cutting my taxes Debbie?
Wasserman Schultz: we could cut the
capital gains tax
Gregory: now you’re talking
Wasserman Schultz: also cut spending
Priebus: Obama lost jobs!
Gregory: Obama is in a dead heat with Mitt Romney
Wasserman Schultz: yeah but he’s a flip-flopping weasel
Priebus: I’m from Wisconsin and the
GOP is wildly popular there
Gregory: that's awesome
Priebus: are you better off than before
the Bush Depression started?
Wasserman Schultz: I’m from Florida and voters
are rejecting the extreme GOP there
Gregory: how is Gabby Giffords doing?
Wasserman Schultz: I ask her a question and she responds in full coherent sentences
Priebus: wow I even can’t do that with Sarah Palin
[ break ]
Gregory: what do you think of Obama?
Santorum: he hates freedom because he
doesn’t think Americans can choose health insurance for themselves
Gregory: do you think the current health
insurance system works well?
Santorum: we need a bottom up system
Gregory: have you ever googled yourself?
Santorum: Obama will put government
price controls on Medicare!
Gregory: oh my
Santorum: Obama is pushing grandma off a cliff -
we want to empower grandpa to fly off that cliff
Gregory: People in your own state hate you
Santorum: true but I stood up for the
crazy unpopular things I believe in
Gregory: like what?
Santorum: I was one of the first to call for
repealing Social Security
Gregory: anything else
Santorum: Seniors needs to control costs
by themselves
Gregory: would you raise the retirement age?
Santorum: we should have a price inflation index!
Gregory: let’s cut the bullshit Rick - who are you and what are you?
Santorum: I have had the courage to call for ending federal entitlements, I supported war with Iran and Syria, I hate gay people, and I love pina coladas, walks on the beach, and men who aren't afraid to cry - and fetuses
Gregory: what do you think of Mormons
Santorum: they’re very fine nice wackos
Gregory: what about Romney and Huntsman?
Santorum: they are nowhere near as crazy
as me and yet I won in a blue state
Gregory: until you lost
Santorum: only because of the recession
Obama caused in 2006
Gregory: in 2002 you said the last thing
we need to worry about deficits
Santorum: yes but we had Bill Clinton’s
surplus to spend
Gregory: I see
Santorum: also that was right after the 9/11 attacks
Gregory: That interview was a year and
three months later
Santorum: look when you’re in a
recession and fighting wars you can’t
care about the debt - but things are different now
Gregory: America - what went wrong?
Santorum: I love the smell of
sulphur in the morning
Gregory: I think I follow you
Santorum: the NLRB is shipping jobs overseas
Gregory: interesting
Santorum: I have a secret plan to bring
jobs to America
Gregory: businesses have so much cash -
why do they need more tax cuts?
Santorum: they don’t believe Obama
will let them be profitable
Gregory: you said in public schools kids get only
weird socialization
Santorum: Public schools are nothing but psychotic Stalisnist camps -- kids are forced to spend all day with people the same age and socio-economic class - what the
fuck is up with that??
Gregory: would home schooling fix that?
Santorum: kids need get out of that stuffy classroom with boring factory wrote learning
Gregory: and do what?
Santorum: kids need to interact with adults in the private sector -- why not have kids intern in our finest corporations?
Gregory: would you allow abortion in
cases of rape or incest?
Santorum: hell no - put those doctors
in prison for life
Gregory: women too?
Santorum: no those little ladies don’t
know what they are doing
Gregory: what about female doctors?
Santorum: they have those?
Gregory: so I’ve heard
Santorum: well Fluffy I will put a stop to
that nonsensical social engineering
[ break ]
Gregory: Is Santorum for real ?
Murphy: no he’s all forth
Gregory: What about Weiner?
Reed: he has to resign so Democrats can talk about the the Democrats' failure to create jobs
Strassel: Charlie Rangel also refused to resign - such impertinence!
Wolffe: even if he survives how effective can he really be?
Murphy: he’s a dead man wanking
Gregory: According himself Newt is an outsider
Murphy: He will have a comeback and be
able to run his own campaign his own way -
only then will he completely fail
Gregory: I am fascinated by Giuliani and Bachmann
Strassel: Conservatives have felt slighted
and want a champion
Wolffe: Team Obama will target the GOP
candidates as even bigger failures than the
White House
Gregory: Obama is vulnerable!
Reed: He saved the automobile industry -
Obama has got to get attention for stuff like that
Gregory: maybe if he tweets it with a
picture of his underpants
Murphy: the economy is bad but every year
there are fewer white people which is bad
for the GOP
Wolffe: Team Obama is counting on
hispanics, blacks, young people, techies,
gays, geeks and nerds
Gregory: Top trending stories are
Weiner, Palin and some terrorists!
Wolffe: Democrats will pay a price for
Weiner because he didn’t go to a
prostitute which is ok
Strassel: the media are pointlessly obsessed
with Sarah Palin
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet the Press
**********************************
This Week with Christiane Amanpour - June 12, 2011
Guests:
Jake Tapper
George Will
Peggy Noonan
Donna Brazile
Robert Reich
Jonathan Karl
******************************************
Amanpour: good morning - the top Al-Qaeda
guy in Africa got killed - suck it terrorists!
Amanpour: also Anthony Weiner’s sex text messages
are drowning out the democratic message
in Washington while David Vitter does not
affect coverage of the Republican message
just because that's how it is
Wasserman-Schultz: what a dipshit
Amanpour: Weiner has paralyzed the
Democratic party
Will: he claims to have a disease so
he can’t be removed from office under
the Americans with Disabilities Act
Tapper: technically he hasn’t violated
the law like using a state helicopter for
personal use or going to a prostitute
which are very forgivable crimes
Amanpour: the Democrats' message is diluted
Brazile: no one can talk about the
federal budget or the debt or the U.S.
economy because of pictures of Weiner’s penis
Amanpour: that makes perfect sense
Brazile: his constituents deserve a full member
Noonan: this clearly proves the
End-of-Roman empire decadence of Washington
Amanpour: you’re calling someone else decadent?
Noonan: truly it's the Weiner Republic
Amanpour: good one Peggers
Noonan: the whole city has to come together
and say enough - no more can Democrats have sex
Amanpour: is Mitt Romney the
front runner for 2012?
Noonan: Whether Vain is the least bad choice
Tapper: Tim Pawlenty will be a truly
formidable opponent
Will: by 2012 one third of Americans
will be under water - and that doesn’t include
Michael Phelps
Pawlenty: we should be more awesome America
Amanpour: is Pawlenty really going to
save the GOP?
Will: compared to me he’s Elvis
Amanpour: true
Will: he should adopt Reagan’s sunny message
of borrow and spend which is full of win
Noonan: Republicans handed Obama 2 wars,
a jobs disaster, epic recession, and massive debt
- so let’s fire Obama and give them another chance
Gingrich: my lobbyists in DC tell me to
say I’m an outsider
Will: Newt is an egomaniacal bull in a china shop
Tapper: I spoke to several people this week
who hate Gingrich’s guts - and those were
his top staffers
Amanpour: holy crap the economy is really bad
Reich: consumers are losing their
home values and jobs so they won’t spend
money and if they don’t spend money there won’t be jobs
Shelby: this is a new day - we need to
help business more
Reich: consumers are scared -
we need to unterrify them
Karl: we tried stimulus and lowered interest rates -
what else can we do?
Reich: reform the bankruptcy system, a new jobs program-
Karl: but that’s not realistic
Reich: well that’s my fucking answer idiot
Shelby: we need to create certainty
Goolsbee: we created lots of jobs
Reich: you can’t go into an election year like this
- there’s deafening silence on jobs!
Shelby: Businesses are scared - they are worried about their children - we need certainty by which which I mean lower taxes and less regulating
Karl: OMG the debt and health care!!
Reich: Businesses don’t care about the federal debt
Karl: oh noes
Reich: why not have a new Works Progress Administration?
Shelby: good idea
Reich: really let’s shake on it
Shelby: the WPA didn’t end the Depression
- Word War Two did!!
Reich: yes Dick we all miss Hitler and his US jobs-creating program
Shelby: free markets are good
Karl: none of your proposals will happen
Amanpour: thanks for coming
********************************
Jake Tapper
George Will
Peggy Noonan
Donna Brazile
Robert Reich
Jonathan Karl
******************************************
Amanpour: good morning - the top Al-Qaeda
guy in Africa got killed - suck it terrorists!
Amanpour: also Anthony Weiner’s sex text messages
are drowning out the democratic message
in Washington while David Vitter does not
affect coverage of the Republican message
just because that's how it is
Wasserman-Schultz: what a dipshit
Amanpour: Weiner has paralyzed the
Democratic party
Will: he claims to have a disease so
he can’t be removed from office under
the Americans with Disabilities Act
Tapper: technically he hasn’t violated
the law like using a state helicopter for
personal use or going to a prostitute
which are very forgivable crimes
Amanpour: the Democrats' message is diluted
Brazile: no one can talk about the
federal budget or the debt or the U.S.
economy because of pictures of Weiner’s penis
Amanpour: that makes perfect sense
Brazile: his constituents deserve a full member
Noonan: this clearly proves the
End-of-Roman empire decadence of Washington
Amanpour: you’re calling someone else decadent?
Noonan: truly it's the Weiner Republic
Amanpour: good one Peggers
Noonan: the whole city has to come together
and say enough - no more can Democrats have sex
Amanpour: is Mitt Romney the
front runner for 2012?
Noonan: Whether Vain is the least bad choice
Tapper: Tim Pawlenty will be a truly
formidable opponent
Will: by 2012 one third of Americans
will be under water - and that doesn’t include
Michael Phelps
Pawlenty: we should be more awesome America
Amanpour: is Pawlenty really going to
save the GOP?
Will: compared to me he’s Elvis
Amanpour: true
Will: he should adopt Reagan’s sunny message
of borrow and spend which is full of win
Noonan: Republicans handed Obama 2 wars,
a jobs disaster, epic recession, and massive debt
- so let’s fire Obama and give them another chance
Gingrich: my lobbyists in DC tell me to
say I’m an outsider
Will: Newt is an egomaniacal bull in a china shop
Tapper: I spoke to several people this week
who hate Gingrich’s guts - and those were
his top staffers
Amanpour: holy crap the economy is really bad
Reich: consumers are losing their
home values and jobs so they won’t spend
money and if they don’t spend money there won’t be jobs
Shelby: this is a new day - we need to
help business more
Reich: consumers are scared -
we need to unterrify them
Karl: we tried stimulus and lowered interest rates -
what else can we do?
Reich: reform the bankruptcy system, a new jobs program-
Karl: but that’s not realistic
Reich: well that’s my fucking answer idiot
Shelby: we need to create certainty
Goolsbee: we created lots of jobs
Reich: you can’t go into an election year like this
- there’s deafening silence on jobs!
Shelby: Businesses are scared - they are worried about their children - we need certainty by which which I mean lower taxes and less regulating
Karl: OMG the debt and health care!!
Reich: Businesses don’t care about the federal debt
Karl: oh noes
Reich: why not have a new Works Progress Administration?
Shelby: good idea
Reich: really let’s shake on it
Shelby: the WPA didn’t end the Depression
- Word War Two did!!
Reich: yes Dick we all miss Hitler and his US jobs-creating program
Shelby: free markets are good
Karl: none of your proposals will happen
Amanpour: thanks for coming
********************************
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