Guests:
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
David Plouffe (Obama 2012)
Ed Rendell
Ralph Reed
Katty Kay
Chuck Todd
Richard Engel
*************************************************
Gregory: Romney is recalibrating!
Audience: woot
Gregory: welcome Governor Christie
Chrstie: thanks Fluffy
Gregory: Governor Obama is leading in
every swing state
Christie: yes but the debates will
be Romney Rebooted
Gregory: isn’t it a little late to
restart a campaign?
Christie: no because most Americans
are totally clueless
Gregory: I can’t argue with that
Christie: it’s true
Gregory: Charles Krauthammer
wants Romney to Go Large
Christie: Romney is going to lay out
a vision for the first time on Wednesday night
Gregory: will Romney finally tell us all
his secret plan on taxes?
Christie: Obama hasn’t cut the debt!
Gregory: answer the question
Christie: look Romney is not an accountant
Gregory: clearly - he’s rich
Christie: zinger!
Gregory: so your approach is to offer
no specifics beyond ‘Obama Bad’
Christie: the President is just offering platitudes
Gregory: what else
Christie: Romeny will lay out specifics
in the next 46 days
Gregory: the election is in 37 days
Christie: well then that’s perfect
Gregory: Obama says Romney thinks
America’s veterans are victims who
will vote for Obama and won’t take
responsibility for their lives
Christie: look I spoke to Romney about
this and he thinks that poor people should
pay more in taxes so they have skin in the game
Gregory: I like it
Christie: Romney isn’t offering a lot of happy talk
Gregory: true enough
Christie: we have big problems
Gregory: Romney wrecked his campaign
with that idiotic comment
Christie: no he didn’t - after all poor
people really are lazy
Gregory: that's true
Christie: Romney will turn this around
next week dammit!
Gregory: We all want to cut the debt
but Mitt wants to cut more taxes
and raise defense spending
Christie: I agree with you that Obama
is a bad man
Gregory: I love Simpson-Bowles!
Christie: so vote for Mitt
Gregory: will he raise taxes which is
necessary to worship at the altar
of Simpson Bowles
Christie: first we must cut spending a lot
Gregory: ok but then we can we raise taxes
Christie: no
Gregory: you disappoint me
Christie: get Obama to endorse
Simpson-Bowles Fluffy
Gregory: believe me I’ve tried
Gregory: Politico says your convention
speech was a total dud and belly flop
Christie: who cares - Mitt Romney will
be elected in 2012 and 2016
Gregory: go on
Christie: also Politico is full of idiots
Gregory: Thanks for coming big guy
[ break ]
Gregory: you heard Christie
Plouffe: they’re setting the bar pretty
high for Mittimus
Gregory: they’re going all in on
Wednesday night
Plouffe: he’s going to put on a big show
- he’s practiced zingers apparently
Gregory: what is the President doing?
Plouffe: he’s not practicing funny lines
- he’s going to explain that Mitt Romney
hates the middle class and there’s
nothing funny about that
Gregory: is this race over?
Plouffe: no because the media is desperate
for a Romney comeback
Gregory: Susan Rice said the best
evidence we had at the time was
the attack on the embassy in Libya
was initially a spontaneous attack but
now it may have been a 9/11 terror attack
Plouffe: indeed - intelligence has improved
in the days that followed
Gregory: yes but you must get it exactly
right on the day that it happened
Plouffe: but it wasn’t clear at the time
Gregory: but why not call it terrorism
and then take it back later it you’re wrong
Plouffe: I suppose we could do that -
if we were idiots
Gregory: Obama said al-qaeda was defeated
that’s why he didn’t want to admit it was
an attack in Libya
Plouffe: that’s stupid even for you Fluffy
Gregory: was it an intelligence failure?
Plouffe: no they got it right
Gregory: but not in the first 24 hours
Plouffe: oh for pete’s sake
Gregory: what is America doing to
work its will in Libya
Plouffe: you mean aside from overthrowing
the dictator Muammar Qadaffi?
Gregory: was it wrong for Obama to run
for reelection while a war was going on
Plouffe: that’s ridiculous
Gregory: but Obama went on The View
instead of meeting with my friend Bibi
Plouffe: he calls or texts Bibi every day
Gregory: that’s a great relief
Plouffe: also he killed bin Laden
Gregory: oh really?
Plouffe: Mitt Romney acted like
a total jackass during the Libya incident
Gregory: Obama never talks about
cutting Medicare - does he hate America?
Plouffe: um what
Gregory: Obama claims do be an American
patriot but he never asks poor people
to sacrifice their lives
Plouffe: are you on drugs
Gregory: that’s not the point
Plouffe: Obama has proposed a $4 trillion
in debt cuts but Romney would add
$8 trillion to the debt unless he’s going
put the burden on the middle class
Gregory: will Obama come on my show please
Plouffe: we’ll see Fluffy
[ break ]
Gregory: how is the election going Chuckie
Todd: Romney is widely disliked and
now Obama leads on who would be
better on the economy
Gregory: oh boy
Todd: Romney can still win but he’d better
turn it around this week
Reed: Obama is going to lose!
Gregory: oh
Reed: remember at this point in 2000
Al Gore was leading but in the end he
only won by 5 million votes
Gregory: good point Ralph
Reed: Ronald Reagan was losing
to Jimmy Carter but he pulled it
out in the end - surprise!
Gregory: but Mitt Romney is no
Ronald Reagan is he?
Rendell: no but a challenger usually
does well after debates
Gregory: Krauthammer says Romney
should attack the welfare state
Kay: the Romney campaign just seizes
on tiny issues trying to win news
cycles and the result is they keep
losing news cycles
Todd: also their tactics are terrible
and Romney is giving every impression
that he’s an idiot
Reed: I have Charles Krauthammer on
my Sociopath Fantasy Team but to be fair
Obama is a ruthlessly brilliant politician
Gregory: but what about connecting
to people like me - he just said rich
people shouldn’t expect a big tax cut
Rendell: I could have gotten him elected
- he was a good governor after all
Gregory: no doubt
Rendell: also Obama isn’t that great
Kay: Romney should have run as a
Mormon who gave people health care
Reed: sweet jesus
Todd: um newsflash - the RMS Romney is sinking
Reed: Romney is going to offer a
devastating critique of Obama’s
failed leadership!
Gregory: bash Obama for me
Reed: Obama is bright and articulate
and flowery and will tickle your ears
but he’s a big liar
Gregory: how so
Reed: he said he would make
Washington a happy place and yet
Republicans still hate Obama with
a passion - what a liar!
Gregory: I love how weird you are Ralph
Reed: There is a painting of my in my attic
which is aging and also has ethics
Gregory: talk to me about debating style
Kay: Romney is gangnam-style
Todd: Obama is Chicago Manual of Style
Kay: unfortunately for Mitt people
are more optimistic they’ve been in years
Gregory: what would you ask the candidates
Rendell: I would ask how do we invest
in America and cut the debt
Gregory: Obama played it safe in 2008
Debates sitting on his big lead
over Saint McCain
Todd: he’s not going to play it safe -
he’s going to get under Romney’s skin
Gregory: really?!
Todd: Obama is going to be aggressive
- bank on it
Reed: Romney has to speak for the
millions of people are suffering and
unemployed even though they are lazy
and irresponsible
Gregory: Richard what’s going on in Afghanistan
Engel: an Afghan soldier shot an America
soldier which happens all the time
Gregory: how does America work its will in Libya
Engel: the whole country is full of armed militias
Gregory: a well-armed militia is necessary
to the security of free state
Engel: Libya is actually a nice place with lots of oil
Gregory: I love it then
Gregory: Katty please bash Obama for me
Kay: oh just stop it Fluffers
Gregory: I got a tweet about Simpson-Bowles
- I may have died and gone to heaven!
Kay: oh god
Gregory: and that’s another
episode of Meet The Press
*************************************
Sunday, September 30, 2012
This Week with George Stephanopoulos - September 30, 2012
Guests:
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
David Plouffe (Obama 2012)
Haley Barbour
Howard Dean
Donna Brazile
Matthew Dowd
************************************
Stephanopoulos: wow the election is
37 days away!
Audience: thank fucking god
Stephanopoulos: Romney has to win
the debates or he’s toast
Christie: I like toast
Stephanopoulos: who doesn’t
Christie: Romney will kick ass
in the debates!
Stephanopoulos: how
Christie: tell the truth about how
Obama is a bad President
Stephanopoulos: what else
Christie: tell the people the sky
will rain lollipops under Romney
Stephanopoulos: is Obama a good
debater or is he rusty
Christie: no he’s had to debate
Joe Biden for 4 years - he’s very experienced
Stephanopoulos: interesting point
Christie: Obama is lying when says
Obama will cut taxes for the rich
Stephanopoulos: but Romney has
proposed tax cuts for the rich cuts
Christie: but Romney will make up
the difference by closing loopholes
Stephanopoulos: which loopholes
Christie: it’s a secret
Stephanopoulos: that’s not much a plan
Christie: listen to me - Obama is a bad man
Stephanopoulos: how is that is an answer
Christie: the rich will not pay less
- pinkie swear!
Stephanopoulos: Romney has proposed
tax cuts for the rich over and over again
Christie: good!
Stephanopoulos: I’m confused
Christie: Romney has a very clear vision
Stephanopoulos: without any specifics
Christie: shut up!
Stephanopoulos: what else
Christie: the President has never learned
to work with other people unlike loveable
politicians like Mitt Romney and me
Stephanopoulos: Charles Krauthammer
says Romney needs to be big and bold
Christie: oh you’re gonna see it in the debates
Stephanopoulos: I can’t wait
Christie: Romney Unfiltered!
Stephanopoulos: are the polls skewed
against Romney
Christie: no that’s bullshit only an idiot
like Dick Morris would peddle
Stephanopoulos: do you think Todd Aiken
should have the support of the Republican party
Christie: no - he’s a fucking moron
Stephanopoulos: what will happen in the debates?
Plouffe: Obama will explain again that
Republicans caused the recession
Stephanopoulos: Romney says that
Obama is lying when he says Romney
will cut taxes for the rich
Plouffe: he’s already proposed $8 trillion
in tax cuts for pete’s sake
Stephanopoulos: ooh
Plouffe: he’s either going to slash spending
or hit the middle class or both
Stephanopoulos: Mitt Romney told me
that the President is a liar
Plouffe: that’s rich coming that guy
Stephanopoulos: fair point
Plouffe: look Mitt Romney is a
rich out-of-touch weirdo
Stephanopoulos: this is a tough fight
Plouffe: politics ain’t beanbag Stephy
Stephanopoulos: Romney is preparing killer zingers
Plouffe: the American people aren’t
looking for clever conversation - they
like Obama just the way he is
Stephanopoulos: was the attack on
the Libya embassy spontaneous
or a planned attack
Plouffe: it’s an ongoing investigation
Stephanopoulos: but why wait a few
hours before issuing final statements
on an attack overseas
Plouffe: why indeed
Stephanopoulos: people love a good terror attack
Plouffe: Romney called ending the
Iraq war a tragedy and wouldn’t have
gone after bin Laden
Stephanopoulos: Romney says you are
afraid Americans will find out people
in the Middle East don’t love America
Plouffe: yes I’m sure that will come as a great shock
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: Mitt Romney - what went wrong?
Dowd: simple - they let Obama define
Romney early and they never caught up
Stephanopoulos: also Romney said
he hates 47% of the country
Barbour: Obama is a faaahlyuurrh
Stephanopoulos: oh my
Brazile: I am so loving this!
Dean: of course he’s losing - Obama
turned things around and Mitt Romney
wants to go back the policies that caused
the recession in the first place!
Stephanopoulos: uh-huh
Dean: also Romney is a soulless uncaring plutocrat
Barbour: Obama is uh mooovuuh staaaahhr
Dowd: Romney can still turn this around!
Stephanopoulos: you really think he can still win?
Dowd: oh no I just think with effort
and luck he can lose by less
Brazile: Paul Ryan was going to turn
things around, then it was the Convention
and now it’s the debates - face it - your guy sucks
Stephanopoulos: and that wraps it up
*************************************
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
David Plouffe (Obama 2012)
Haley Barbour
Howard Dean
Donna Brazile
Matthew Dowd
************************************
Stephanopoulos: wow the election is
37 days away!
Audience: thank fucking god
Stephanopoulos: Romney has to win
the debates or he’s toast
Christie: I like toast
Stephanopoulos: who doesn’t
Christie: Romney will kick ass
in the debates!
Stephanopoulos: how
Christie: tell the truth about how
Obama is a bad President
Stephanopoulos: what else
Christie: tell the people the sky
will rain lollipops under Romney
Stephanopoulos: is Obama a good
debater or is he rusty
Christie: no he’s had to debate
Joe Biden for 4 years - he’s very experienced
Stephanopoulos: interesting point
Christie: Obama is lying when says
Obama will cut taxes for the rich
Stephanopoulos: but Romney has
proposed tax cuts for the rich cuts
Christie: but Romney will make up
the difference by closing loopholes
Stephanopoulos: which loopholes
Christie: it’s a secret
Stephanopoulos: that’s not much a plan
Christie: listen to me - Obama is a bad man
Stephanopoulos: how is that is an answer
Christie: the rich will not pay less
- pinkie swear!
Stephanopoulos: Romney has proposed
tax cuts for the rich over and over again
Christie: good!
Stephanopoulos: I’m confused
Christie: Romney has a very clear vision
Stephanopoulos: without any specifics
Christie: shut up!
Stephanopoulos: what else
Christie: the President has never learned
to work with other people unlike loveable
politicians like Mitt Romney and me
Stephanopoulos: Charles Krauthammer
says Romney needs to be big and bold
Christie: oh you’re gonna see it in the debates
Stephanopoulos: I can’t wait
Christie: Romney Unfiltered!
Stephanopoulos: are the polls skewed
against Romney
Christie: no that’s bullshit only an idiot
like Dick Morris would peddle
Stephanopoulos: do you think Todd Aiken
should have the support of the Republican party
Christie: no - he’s a fucking moron
Stephanopoulos: what will happen in the debates?
Plouffe: Obama will explain again that
Republicans caused the recession
Stephanopoulos: Romney says that
Obama is lying when he says Romney
will cut taxes for the rich
Plouffe: he’s already proposed $8 trillion
in tax cuts for pete’s sake
Stephanopoulos: ooh
Plouffe: he’s either going to slash spending
or hit the middle class or both
Stephanopoulos: Mitt Romney told me
that the President is a liar
Plouffe: that’s rich coming that guy
Stephanopoulos: fair point
Plouffe: look Mitt Romney is a
rich out-of-touch weirdo
Stephanopoulos: this is a tough fight
Plouffe: politics ain’t beanbag Stephy
Stephanopoulos: Romney is preparing killer zingers
Plouffe: the American people aren’t
looking for clever conversation - they
like Obama just the way he is
Stephanopoulos: was the attack on
the Libya embassy spontaneous
or a planned attack
Plouffe: it’s an ongoing investigation
Stephanopoulos: but why wait a few
hours before issuing final statements
on an attack overseas
Plouffe: why indeed
Stephanopoulos: people love a good terror attack
Plouffe: Romney called ending the
Iraq war a tragedy and wouldn’t have
gone after bin Laden
Stephanopoulos: Romney says you are
afraid Americans will find out people
in the Middle East don’t love America
Plouffe: yes I’m sure that will come as a great shock
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: Mitt Romney - what went wrong?
Dowd: simple - they let Obama define
Romney early and they never caught up
Stephanopoulos: also Romney said
he hates 47% of the country
Barbour: Obama is a faaahlyuurrh
Stephanopoulos: oh my
Brazile: I am so loving this!
Dean: of course he’s losing - Obama
turned things around and Mitt Romney
wants to go back the policies that caused
the recession in the first place!
Stephanopoulos: uh-huh
Dean: also Romney is a soulless uncaring plutocrat
Barbour: Obama is uh mooovuuh staaaahhr
Dowd: Romney can still turn this around!
Stephanopoulos: you really think he can still win?
Dowd: oh no I just think with effort
and luck he can lose by less
Brazile: Paul Ryan was going to turn
things around, then it was the Convention
and now it’s the debates - face it - your guy sucks
Stephanopoulos: and that wraps it up
*************************************
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Meet The Press - September 23, 2012
Guests:
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta)
Joe Scarborough
David Brooks
Dee Dee Myers
Bay Buchanan
*************************************
Gregory: We learned Mitt pays 14% in
taxes which is a lot!
Patrick: now he should reveal his tax
plan for the rest of America
Gregory: a poor person who works at
Wal-Mart pays more in taxes but Romney
says that person does not take
personal responsibility for her life
Ayotte: Obama keeps giving people food stamps
Gregory: I see
Ayotte: let’s not forget Obama caused a
recession in 2007
Gregory: can Romney relate to poor
people or even non-millionaires?
Ayotte: Romney just wants poor people to
have better jobs and to stop being so lazy
Gregory: Romney says that poor people
are lazy victims who think they
are entitled to food and oxygen
Ayotte: he didn’t mean that - he just
said when he thought only his rich
friends were listening
Gregory: do you are agree that
people in the military who pay no
income taxes are victims
Ayotte: the debt is causing a rise
in food stamps!
Patrick: May I observe that my
mother was a saint and Mitt Romney
is a total asshole
Gregory: basically Obama is the same though
Patrick: oh do shut up Fluffy
Gregory: but isn’t Romney right and
government assistance is out of control?
Ayotte: let’s not forget Obama passed
health care reform which ruined America
Patrick: Obama added 4 million
private sector jobs
Ayotte: but rich people are sad
Gregory: does Romney really believe
47% of the nation don’t take personal
responsibly for their lives?
Ayotte: President Obama caused the recession!
Gregory: anything else?
Ayotte: no - that’s what this
campaign is all about
Gregory: blaming Obama for the recession?
Ayotte: yes!
Gregory: Deval shouldn’t poor people
be required to pay some
minimum income tax ?
Patrick: I’ve never heard of this - why?
Gregory: just because
Patrick: maybe
Gregory: isn’t it true that poor people
have no skin in the game?
Patrick: you know I heard you were a
moron but really people you have to
experience it in person
Ayotte: Obama is tying to divide Americans!
Gregory: that’s hilarious after what
Romney just said about half the country
Ayotte: maybe so but Obama didn’t stop
GOP obstruction
Gregory: the black caucus is mad
about unemployment
Patrick: understandable - but
we’re adding jobs
Ayotte: Obama didn’t fix everything
and is strangling businesses
Gregory: I’m sold
Ayotte: Romney has a great tax plan
Gregory: What is it?
Ayotte: it’s a secret but trust me
it’s a great plan
Guthrie: Romney says you only
care about teachers
Obama: teacher bashing isn’t going
to solve anything
Gregory: have we moved beyond
unions vs the rest of us
Ayotte: Kids First - Unions Last!
Gregory: ok
Ayotte: destroying unions is the
civil rights issue of our time
Gregory: Chuckie how is the election going?
Todd: Obama is crushing it in crucial
swing states - if he wins Florida, or
Virginia and Ohio he wins - basically
Romney needs to carry every swing state
plus pray for an asteroid
Gregory: wow
Todd: the reason Obama is pulling ahead
is that Americans are more optimistic
than they’ve been in three years
Scarborough: it was a rough week for
Mitt Romney but he’s going to do well
in the debates - I can feel it!
Gregory: good point
Scarborough: however between the
Libya press conference which was an
absolute nightmare and this 47% remark
Mitt is in real trouble
Gregory: David Brooks you say Romney
is a nice man who says stupid things and
runs an inept campaign
Brooks: Tom Clancy is passionate
about killing machines and Mitt Romney
just can’t fake that he care about
human beings
Gregory: can Mitt recover?
Buchanan: Romney was exactly right
- a lot of Americans are lazy and
dependent on government and Romney
will never get their vote
Gregory: he also said he doesn’t care about them
Buchanan: American have no jobs -
100% of Americans are dependent on
Obama to buy them steaks and malt liquor
Reed: Romney is a defective candidate
like a NASCAR driver who keeps
wrecking the car - he offended
auto workers, Great Britain,
old people and soldiers
Myers: he has no sense of how
real people live
Brooks: he nursed kids who were dying -
- he's the mormon Albert Schweitzer
Gregory: then why isn’t he running a
compassionate conservative campaign
Brooks: because the GOP forced him
to act like a phony and a liar!
Scarborough: I truly believe if you
want to help poor people you cut
taxes for rich people!
Brooks: it’s pretty damn convenient too
Scarborough: Maggie Thatcher would
never have dismissed 47% - she would
have promised them trickle down jobs
Buchanan: Mitt Romney is a living saint
who has spent his life serving others -
just like Mother Theresa if she spent
30 years looting companies and
laying people off
Gregory: amazing
Buchanan: We are a nation of losers
Gregory: Bay if Romney is such a saint
why does everyone hate him
Buchanan: he’s a wonderful man and
running a great campaign and the
media and liberals are all out to get him
Scarborough: me and David Brooks
and the Wall Street Journal and
Rush Limbaugh are all out to get Romney?
Buchanan: yes - whose side are you on?!?
Brooks: Romney must go wonky -
there’s a true hunger in America
for more PowerPoint
Reed: well that’s nice but he hasn’t
proposed anything specific at all
Brooks: has Obama?
Reed: he’s proposed the Lots of
Really Good American Jobs Act
Gregory: please bash Obama for me
Scarborough: Obama has failed and
has no plan!!
Gregory: thank you!
Scarborough: Romney needs to tell us
how the Republicans will help ordinary people
Gregory: it would be a change of pace
Buchanan: people are on food stamps,
embassies are being attacked and
polls show the momentum is ours!
Gregory: do you really believe the
things you are saying?
Buchanan: yes - we are going to win
because we have a very clear message!
Scarborough: oh I’m very curious
- what is it?
Buchanan: black people are lazy!!
Scarborough: oh ok
Gregory: Ryan got booed at AARP
for saying he would repeal Obamacare
Brooks: Medicaid doesn’t work and
the Ryan plan is a good plan
Gregory: then why won’t Romney
embrace it?
Brooks: because it’s very unpopular among
those damn American people - many of whom
are still allowed to vote
Gregory: not for lack of trying
Scarborough: Romney has no courage
Buchanan: It’s Obama who has no
courage to cut Medicare! Also Romney
will add $700 billion to Medicare!
Brooks: we’ll solve the Medicare issue
as soon as America declares bankruptcy
Gregory: the debates are going to
be teh awesome!!
Scarborough: a week is a lifetime in politics
and that gives Romney several lifetimes
of gaffes before the campaign ends
Buchanan: Food stamps! Food stamps!
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
***************************************
Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta)
Joe Scarborough
David Brooks
Dee Dee Myers
Bay Buchanan
*************************************
Gregory: We learned Mitt pays 14% in
taxes which is a lot!
Patrick: now he should reveal his tax
plan for the rest of America
Gregory: a poor person who works at
Wal-Mart pays more in taxes but Romney
says that person does not take
personal responsibility for her life
Ayotte: Obama keeps giving people food stamps
Gregory: I see
Ayotte: let’s not forget Obama caused a
recession in 2007
Gregory: can Romney relate to poor
people or even non-millionaires?
Ayotte: Romney just wants poor people to
have better jobs and to stop being so lazy
Gregory: Romney says that poor people
are lazy victims who think they
are entitled to food and oxygen
Ayotte: he didn’t mean that - he just
said when he thought only his rich
friends were listening
Gregory: do you are agree that
people in the military who pay no
income taxes are victims
Ayotte: the debt is causing a rise
in food stamps!
Patrick: May I observe that my
mother was a saint and Mitt Romney
is a total asshole
Gregory: basically Obama is the same though
Patrick: oh do shut up Fluffy
Gregory: but isn’t Romney right and
government assistance is out of control?
Ayotte: let’s not forget Obama passed
health care reform which ruined America
Patrick: Obama added 4 million
private sector jobs
Ayotte: but rich people are sad
Gregory: does Romney really believe
47% of the nation don’t take personal
responsibly for their lives?
Ayotte: President Obama caused the recession!
Gregory: anything else?
Ayotte: no - that’s what this
campaign is all about
Gregory: blaming Obama for the recession?
Ayotte: yes!
Gregory: Deval shouldn’t poor people
be required to pay some
minimum income tax ?
Patrick: I’ve never heard of this - why?
Gregory: just because
Patrick: maybe
Gregory: isn’t it true that poor people
have no skin in the game?
Patrick: you know I heard you were a
moron but really people you have to
experience it in person
Ayotte: Obama is tying to divide Americans!
Gregory: that’s hilarious after what
Romney just said about half the country
Ayotte: maybe so but Obama didn’t stop
GOP obstruction
Gregory: the black caucus is mad
about unemployment
Patrick: understandable - but
we’re adding jobs
Ayotte: Obama didn’t fix everything
and is strangling businesses
Gregory: I’m sold
Ayotte: Romney has a great tax plan
Gregory: What is it?
Ayotte: it’s a secret but trust me
it’s a great plan
Guthrie: Romney says you only
care about teachers
Obama: teacher bashing isn’t going
to solve anything
Gregory: have we moved beyond
unions vs the rest of us
Ayotte: Kids First - Unions Last!
Gregory: ok
Ayotte: destroying unions is the
civil rights issue of our time
Gregory: Chuckie how is the election going?
Todd: Obama is crushing it in crucial
swing states - if he wins Florida, or
Virginia and Ohio he wins - basically
Romney needs to carry every swing state
plus pray for an asteroid
Gregory: wow
Todd: the reason Obama is pulling ahead
is that Americans are more optimistic
than they’ve been in three years
Scarborough: it was a rough week for
Mitt Romney but he’s going to do well
in the debates - I can feel it!
Gregory: good point
Scarborough: however between the
Libya press conference which was an
absolute nightmare and this 47% remark
Mitt is in real trouble
Gregory: David Brooks you say Romney
is a nice man who says stupid things and
runs an inept campaign
Brooks: Tom Clancy is passionate
about killing machines and Mitt Romney
just can’t fake that he care about
human beings
Gregory: can Mitt recover?
Buchanan: Romney was exactly right
- a lot of Americans are lazy and
dependent on government and Romney
will never get their vote
Gregory: he also said he doesn’t care about them
Buchanan: American have no jobs -
100% of Americans are dependent on
Obama to buy them steaks and malt liquor
Reed: Romney is a defective candidate
like a NASCAR driver who keeps
wrecking the car - he offended
auto workers, Great Britain,
old people and soldiers
Myers: he has no sense of how
real people live
Brooks: he nursed kids who were dying -
- he's the mormon Albert Schweitzer
Gregory: then why isn’t he running a
compassionate conservative campaign
Brooks: because the GOP forced him
to act like a phony and a liar!
Scarborough: I truly believe if you
want to help poor people you cut
taxes for rich people!
Brooks: it’s pretty damn convenient too
Scarborough: Maggie Thatcher would
never have dismissed 47% - she would
have promised them trickle down jobs
Buchanan: Mitt Romney is a living saint
who has spent his life serving others -
just like Mother Theresa if she spent
30 years looting companies and
laying people off
Gregory: amazing
Buchanan: We are a nation of losers
Gregory: Bay if Romney is such a saint
why does everyone hate him
Buchanan: he’s a wonderful man and
running a great campaign and the
media and liberals are all out to get him
Scarborough: me and David Brooks
and the Wall Street Journal and
Rush Limbaugh are all out to get Romney?
Buchanan: yes - whose side are you on?!?
Brooks: Romney must go wonky -
there’s a true hunger in America
for more PowerPoint
Reed: well that’s nice but he hasn’t
proposed anything specific at all
Brooks: has Obama?
Reed: he’s proposed the Lots of
Really Good American Jobs Act
Gregory: please bash Obama for me
Scarborough: Obama has failed and
has no plan!!
Gregory: thank you!
Scarborough: Romney needs to tell us
how the Republicans will help ordinary people
Gregory: it would be a change of pace
Buchanan: people are on food stamps,
embassies are being attacked and
polls show the momentum is ours!
Gregory: do you really believe the
things you are saying?
Buchanan: yes - we are going to win
because we have a very clear message!
Scarborough: oh I’m very curious
- what is it?
Buchanan: black people are lazy!!
Scarborough: oh ok
Gregory: Ryan got booed at AARP
for saying he would repeal Obamacare
Brooks: Medicaid doesn’t work and
the Ryan plan is a good plan
Gregory: then why won’t Romney
embrace it?
Brooks: because it’s very unpopular among
those damn American people - many of whom
are still allowed to vote
Gregory: not for lack of trying
Scarborough: Romney has no courage
Buchanan: It’s Obama who has no
courage to cut Medicare! Also Romney
will add $700 billion to Medicare!
Brooks: we’ll solve the Medicare issue
as soon as America declares bankruptcy
Gregory: the debates are going to
be teh awesome!!
Scarborough: a week is a lifetime in politics
and that gives Romney several lifetimes
of gaffes before the campaign ends
Buchanan: Food stamps! Food stamps!
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
***************************************
This Week with George Stephanopoulos - September 23, 2012
Guests:
Reince Priebus (Chair RNC)
David Axelrod (Obama 2012)
************************************
Stephanopoulos: holy crap Mitt Romney’s
campaign is going off the rails
Ryan: sure we suck but what are
you going to do
Obama: Americans are not lazy!
Stephanopoulos: Does Mitt hate half
of all Americans?
Priebus: Mitt Romney is a bit of an idiot
but Obama will take care of you all your life
Stephanopoulos: that’s bad?
Priebus: yes because giving all the money
to rich people give us all something to aspire to
Stephanopoulos: I see
Priebus: Obama wants to enslave your grandkids
Stephanopoulos: Peggy Noonan says
Romney is incompetent and a calamity
and needs an intervention
Priebus: I’m in love with her
Stephanopoulos: that’s nice Reince
Priebus: Romney had a bad week
Stephanopoulos: everyone watching knows that
Priebus: I agree that if we were winning
it would be better than losing
Stephanopoulos: expand on that
Priebus: we had a good week last week
Stephanopoulos: wait what
Priebus: yes because when Mitt loses
and Obama imposes socialism the GOP
will win in 2016 or 2020
Stephanopoulos: that is indeed something
to look forward to
Priebus: it will be great when we all roam
the land with bows and arrows
Stephanopoulos: does Romney need to
be more specific
Priebus: Romney very specifically wants
to cut taxes and raise pending and
magically cut the deficit
Stephanopoulos: I like it
Priebus: Obama didn’t fix the Republican
recession - wake up people!
Stephanopoulos: go on
Priebus: the Romney needs to be more specific!
Stephanopoulos: you are confusing me Reince
Stephanopoulos: does Mitt need to finally
reveal all of his tax returns
Priebus: poor Wisconsin voters should
get down on their knees and thank god
for Mitt Romney for saving the local symphony
Stephanopoulos: interesting point
Priebus: Obama thinks he’s entitled to win
and goes around meeting with black people
like Jay Z who is black and Beyonce who
I think is also black
Stephanopoulos: snap
Priebus: Obama plays small ball - we are
campaigning on the issues like Jay Z
Stephanopoulos: can you take the Senate?
Priebus: Harley-Davison, Miller Lite and
Tommy Thompson
Stephanopoulos: Hog, hops and hots
Priebus: let’s not even talk about Virginia
Stephanopoulos: yes lets not
Priebus: Obama caused the recession
four years ago!!
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming
Stephanopoulos: is Reince right -
did Romney have a good week?
Axelrod: well he called half of Americans lazy
and manipulated his taxes
Stephanopoulos: for the win
Axelrod: poor Americans a higher
percent of taxes than he does!
Stephanopoulos: what else
Axelrod: Romney roots for American
treasuries to fail!
Stephanopoulos: dang
Axelrod: he bet against America!
Stephanopoulos: are his policies better
than yours?
Axelrod: Mitt proposed a 5 trillion tax cut
and more defense spending and yet he
won’t say how he will pay for any of it
Stephanopoulos: but unemployment is still
high after three years of Obama
Axelrod: It’s an ongoing project
Stephanopoulos: Bob Woodward says
Nancy Pelosi muted President
Axelrod: these are the Republicans
strongest arguments?
Stephanopoulos: apparently
Axelrod: the people of Massachusetts know
Romney best and they hate him
Stephanopoulos: why aren’t you winning more easily?
Axelrod: we will crush Romney and drive
his advisors from the land and hear the
lamentations of his fundraisers
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming
***********************************
Reince Priebus (Chair RNC)
David Axelrod (Obama 2012)
************************************
Stephanopoulos: holy crap Mitt Romney’s
campaign is going off the rails
Ryan: sure we suck but what are
you going to do
Obama: Americans are not lazy!
Stephanopoulos: Does Mitt hate half
of all Americans?
Priebus: Mitt Romney is a bit of an idiot
but Obama will take care of you all your life
Stephanopoulos: that’s bad?
Priebus: yes because giving all the money
to rich people give us all something to aspire to
Stephanopoulos: I see
Priebus: Obama wants to enslave your grandkids
Stephanopoulos: Peggy Noonan says
Romney is incompetent and a calamity
and needs an intervention
Priebus: I’m in love with her
Stephanopoulos: that’s nice Reince
Priebus: Romney had a bad week
Stephanopoulos: everyone watching knows that
Priebus: I agree that if we were winning
it would be better than losing
Stephanopoulos: expand on that
Priebus: we had a good week last week
Stephanopoulos: wait what
Priebus: yes because when Mitt loses
and Obama imposes socialism the GOP
will win in 2016 or 2020
Stephanopoulos: that is indeed something
to look forward to
Priebus: it will be great when we all roam
the land with bows and arrows
Stephanopoulos: does Romney need to
be more specific
Priebus: Romney very specifically wants
to cut taxes and raise pending and
magically cut the deficit
Stephanopoulos: I like it
Priebus: Obama didn’t fix the Republican
recession - wake up people!
Stephanopoulos: go on
Priebus: the Romney needs to be more specific!
Stephanopoulos: you are confusing me Reince
Stephanopoulos: does Mitt need to finally
reveal all of his tax returns
Priebus: poor Wisconsin voters should
get down on their knees and thank god
for Mitt Romney for saving the local symphony
Stephanopoulos: interesting point
Priebus: Obama thinks he’s entitled to win
and goes around meeting with black people
like Jay Z who is black and Beyonce who
I think is also black
Stephanopoulos: snap
Priebus: Obama plays small ball - we are
campaigning on the issues like Jay Z
Stephanopoulos: can you take the Senate?
Priebus: Harley-Davison, Miller Lite and
Tommy Thompson
Stephanopoulos: Hog, hops and hots
Priebus: let’s not even talk about Virginia
Stephanopoulos: yes lets not
Priebus: Obama caused the recession
four years ago!!
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming
Stephanopoulos: is Reince right -
did Romney have a good week?
Axelrod: well he called half of Americans lazy
and manipulated his taxes
Stephanopoulos: for the win
Axelrod: poor Americans a higher
percent of taxes than he does!
Stephanopoulos: what else
Axelrod: Romney roots for American
treasuries to fail!
Stephanopoulos: dang
Axelrod: he bet against America!
Stephanopoulos: are his policies better
than yours?
Axelrod: Mitt proposed a 5 trillion tax cut
and more defense spending and yet he
won’t say how he will pay for any of it
Stephanopoulos: but unemployment is still
high after three years of Obama
Axelrod: It’s an ongoing project
Stephanopoulos: Bob Woodward says
Nancy Pelosi muted President
Axelrod: these are the Republicans
strongest arguments?
Stephanopoulos: apparently
Axelrod: the people of Massachusetts know
Romney best and they hate him
Stephanopoulos: why aren’t you winning more easily?
Axelrod: we will crush Romney and drive
his advisors from the land and hear the
lamentations of his fundraisers
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming
***********************************
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Meet The Press - September 16, 2012
Guests:
Amb. Susan Rice (U.N. Mission)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)
Keith Ellison
Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Bob Woodward
Jeffrey Goldberg
Andrea Mitchell
*************************************
Gregory: good morning - things are
calm in the middle east now but the
U.S. is evacuating all our embassies
just to be sure
Rice: we were going to skip New Zealand
until those hobbits started getting restless
Gregory: how long until I can take a
summer vacation in Yemen?
Rice: look this kind of thing is to be
expected whenever a provocative video
is put up on YouTube
Gregory: just like the Piano Cat riots of 2007
Rice: exactly Dave
Gregory: was it all spontaneous or was
the attack the preplanned act of terrorists?
Rice: it was initially a spontaneous copycat
protest but then joined by guys with
heavy weapons which of course everyone has
Gregory: if everyone has machine guns
and rocket launchers why did you not
protect the embassy better
Rice: hey we have Navy SEALS posted to
the embassy in Libya - you may have
heard those guys are very badass
Gregory: why are we giving billions in
foreign aid to countries where our
ambassadors get killed
Rice: this has been going for 30 years
Gregory: that makes it worse!
Rice: we give this money because
it serves U.S. interests
Gregory: but our Ambassador is dead -
how is that in America’s interest?
Rice: yes but we bought condemnation
from the government
Gregory: in English maybe but in
Arabic they encouraged more protests
Rice: look we believe in supporting
democracy that we bought and pay for
Gregory: Romney said the U.S.
sympathized with the violent protestors
Rice: I can’t believe that asshole took
advantage of an Ambassador’s death
to try to score cheap political points
Gregory: he also says that
Obama is weak on radicals
Rice: yes - when I walk around the
U.N. cafeteria the other countries
say ‘ooh there goes that weak Susan Rice’
and then I whip out my iPhone tell
Obama to drop a bomb on their house
Gregory: Bibi says we have to
attack Iran right now
Rice: he’s always on about something
Gregory: so when do we attack?
Rice: we are mounting extreme pressure
on Iran - their economy is even shrinking!
Gregory: how did you manage that?
Rice: we sent top Wall Street banking
executives to advise them
Gregory: that was underhanded
Rice: Obama has united the
world against Iran
Gregory: sweet
Rice: but Obama is not going to dance
to Bibi’s tune - let’s get that straight
Gregory: and here comes Honey Bibi
Netanyahu: yo Fluffy
Gregory: you seem very anxious to attack Iran
Netanyahu: darn right I am
Gregory: is Obama stopping you
from bombing Iran
Netanyahu: no he isn’t and he won’t
- we’re going to attack any day now
Gregory: I’m jonesing for a war
Netanyahu: imagine these protesting
fanatics with a nuclear bomb
Gregory: bash Obama for me
Netanyahu: Obama said he wants to
stop Iran from getting a bomb therefore
you must attack them before they
get one - not after
Gregory: I hear you
Netanyahu: this is like the Cuban Missile Crisis
and that made a great book and
a pretty good movie
Gregory: when will you attack Iran
Netanyahu: they are in the red zone
and may score a touchdown
Gregory: good because I have
Ahmedinejad on my fantasy war team
Netanyahu: bad choice Fluffnuts
Gregory: will you attack soon
Netanyahu: if we threaten them enough
then we don’t have to fight
Gregory: that’s very Karate Kid
Netanyahu: wax on Fluffy
Gregory: please say Romney
would be better for Israel
Netanyahu: you just did it for me Greggers
Gregory: now it’s your turn
Netanyahu: I talked with Obama the
other day and he said watch out for
that David Gregory he’s gonna ask you
tough questions like ‘how do you feel’
Gregory: I spoke with President Romney
the other day and he is very awesome
Netanyahu: well I knew him at Bain Capital
and he was kind of a dick
Gregory: what about containment for
Iran like we did the Soviet Union
Netanyahu: that wouldn’t work because
Iran is not trustworthy and rational
like Josef Stalin was
Gregory: if you say so
Netanyahu: if you don’t want start a
war with a large populous mountainous
country with oil and access to the Gulf
you have set new level for stupidity
Gregory: do you agree with Mitt Romney
that Obama hates Israel
Netanyahu: since Obama is leading
in the polls I must say no
Gregory: you just threw Mitt under the bus!
Netanyahu: I don’t want to interfere
with the election
Gregory: but you are the leader of
the Jewish people - American Jews
must have your answer sir
Netanyahu: here’s a shekel -
get a clue Greggers
Gregory: so is Obama an anti-semite
or is Mitt Romney lying?
Netanyahu: I don’t care which it
is as long as we attack Iran
Gregory: what’s the deal with all
these the protests in the middle east?
Netanyahu: that movie was reprehensible
Gregory: ooh you hate the first Amendment
Netanyahu: but radical Muslims are
also against women, free speech,
Americans and Israel
Gregory: that’s not good
Netanyahu: I’m not a Jew - I’m you!
Gregory: would you like to meet
with President Obama
Netanyahu: it’s ok he texts me all the
time and we play Wars with Friends
Gregory: you mean Words With Friends
Netanyahu: no I don’t David
Gregory: oh boy
[ break ]
Gregory: Dick Cheney’s daughter says
we’re not feared enough around the
world and that’s why we’re attacked
Goldberg: like when we were attacked
when her dad was Vice President
Gregory: snap
Goldberg: look President Obama does
not control how radicals view modernity
King: I don’t care what the fact-checkers say
- Obama went around the world apologizing
for America and then ruined our wonderful
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Ellison: those are all ridiculous lies
Gregory: maybe so but Obama didn’t
promote the Arab Spring and Winter is coming
Mitchell: every Republican foreign policy
expert says Romney embarrassed himself
with his idiotic statements
King: that’s not fair - Romney didn’t know
any of the facts when he spoke out while
our embassies were being attacked
Gregory: I’m convinced
Woodward: no American President can
control every mob all over the world
Goldberg: forget the angry Arab street -
what about the angry American street
Ellison: many Arabs love America
King: if we just kill enough people
around the world no mob will ever
attack our embassies again
Gregory: that makes perfect sense
King: the bombings will stop
when morale improves
Mitchell: you are very correct Peter King
Gregory: so true
Mitchell: the Egyptian President wants
money from Wall Street
Gregory: does the leader of the
Muslim Brotherhood really want to be
seen with people like that?
Goldberg: we know Muslims oppose
blasphemy but Americans support free speech
Gregory: who is tougher on Iran -
Romney or Obama?
Mitchell: Obama is a loaded gun
but Mitt is a loose canon
Woodward: Government Intelligence
is highly misnamed
Gregory: should Bibi interfere with our election?
Goldberg: Bibi is completely botching
this relationship
King: maybe but Obama is an
untrustworthy Israel hater
Goldberg: that’s stupid
King: When he visited the White House
Obama made Bibi sit at the kid’s table!
Ellison: Bibi said he and Obama have
a good relationship
King: you can’t trust that guy
Gregory: and that’s another
episode of Meet The Press
***************************************
Virtually Speaking Sunday
Tonight 9:00 p.m. Eastern time
www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2012/09/17/avedon-carol-gaius-publius-virtually-speaking-sundays
An alternative to the Sunday morning 'news' shows, two members of our media panel discuss current political and cultural developments from a progressive perspective.
Avedon Carol and Gaius Publius, plus Culture of Truth's Most Ridiculous Moment from that Sunday.
Amb. Susan Rice (U.N. Mission)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)
Keith Ellison
Rep. Peter King (R-NY)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Bob Woodward
Jeffrey Goldberg
Andrea Mitchell
*************************************
Gregory: good morning - things are
calm in the middle east now but the
U.S. is evacuating all our embassies
just to be sure
Rice: we were going to skip New Zealand
until those hobbits started getting restless
Gregory: how long until I can take a
summer vacation in Yemen?
Rice: look this kind of thing is to be
expected whenever a provocative video
is put up on YouTube
Gregory: just like the Piano Cat riots of 2007
Rice: exactly Dave
Gregory: was it all spontaneous or was
the attack the preplanned act of terrorists?
Rice: it was initially a spontaneous copycat
protest but then joined by guys with
heavy weapons which of course everyone has
Gregory: if everyone has machine guns
and rocket launchers why did you not
protect the embassy better
Rice: hey we have Navy SEALS posted to
the embassy in Libya - you may have
heard those guys are very badass
Gregory: why are we giving billions in
foreign aid to countries where our
ambassadors get killed
Rice: this has been going for 30 years
Gregory: that makes it worse!
Rice: we give this money because
it serves U.S. interests
Gregory: but our Ambassador is dead -
how is that in America’s interest?
Rice: yes but we bought condemnation
from the government
Gregory: in English maybe but in
Arabic they encouraged more protests
Rice: look we believe in supporting
democracy that we bought and pay for
Gregory: Romney said the U.S.
sympathized with the violent protestors
Rice: I can’t believe that asshole took
advantage of an Ambassador’s death
to try to score cheap political points
Gregory: he also says that
Obama is weak on radicals
Rice: yes - when I walk around the
U.N. cafeteria the other countries
say ‘ooh there goes that weak Susan Rice’
and then I whip out my iPhone tell
Obama to drop a bomb on their house
Gregory: Bibi says we have to
attack Iran right now
Rice: he’s always on about something
Gregory: so when do we attack?
Rice: we are mounting extreme pressure
on Iran - their economy is even shrinking!
Gregory: how did you manage that?
Rice: we sent top Wall Street banking
executives to advise them
Gregory: that was underhanded
Rice: Obama has united the
world against Iran
Gregory: sweet
Rice: but Obama is not going to dance
to Bibi’s tune - let’s get that straight
Gregory: and here comes Honey Bibi
Netanyahu: yo Fluffy
Gregory: you seem very anxious to attack Iran
Netanyahu: darn right I am
Gregory: is Obama stopping you
from bombing Iran
Netanyahu: no he isn’t and he won’t
- we’re going to attack any day now
Gregory: I’m jonesing for a war
Netanyahu: imagine these protesting
fanatics with a nuclear bomb
Gregory: bash Obama for me
Netanyahu: Obama said he wants to
stop Iran from getting a bomb therefore
you must attack them before they
get one - not after
Gregory: I hear you
Netanyahu: this is like the Cuban Missile Crisis
and that made a great book and
a pretty good movie
Gregory: when will you attack Iran
Netanyahu: they are in the red zone
and may score a touchdown
Gregory: good because I have
Ahmedinejad on my fantasy war team
Netanyahu: bad choice Fluffnuts
Gregory: will you attack soon
Netanyahu: if we threaten them enough
then we don’t have to fight
Gregory: that’s very Karate Kid
Netanyahu: wax on Fluffy
Gregory: please say Romney
would be better for Israel
Netanyahu: you just did it for me Greggers
Gregory: now it’s your turn
Netanyahu: I talked with Obama the
other day and he said watch out for
that David Gregory he’s gonna ask you
tough questions like ‘how do you feel’
Gregory: I spoke with President Romney
the other day and he is very awesome
Netanyahu: well I knew him at Bain Capital
and he was kind of a dick
Gregory: what about containment for
Iran like we did the Soviet Union
Netanyahu: that wouldn’t work because
Iran is not trustworthy and rational
like Josef Stalin was
Gregory: if you say so
Netanyahu: if you don’t want start a
war with a large populous mountainous
country with oil and access to the Gulf
you have set new level for stupidity
Gregory: do you agree with Mitt Romney
that Obama hates Israel
Netanyahu: since Obama is leading
in the polls I must say no
Gregory: you just threw Mitt under the bus!
Netanyahu: I don’t want to interfere
with the election
Gregory: but you are the leader of
the Jewish people - American Jews
must have your answer sir
Netanyahu: here’s a shekel -
get a clue Greggers
Gregory: so is Obama an anti-semite
or is Mitt Romney lying?
Netanyahu: I don’t care which it
is as long as we attack Iran
Gregory: what’s the deal with all
these the protests in the middle east?
Netanyahu: that movie was reprehensible
Gregory: ooh you hate the first Amendment
Netanyahu: but radical Muslims are
also against women, free speech,
Americans and Israel
Gregory: that’s not good
Netanyahu: I’m not a Jew - I’m you!
Gregory: would you like to meet
with President Obama
Netanyahu: it’s ok he texts me all the
time and we play Wars with Friends
Gregory: you mean Words With Friends
Netanyahu: no I don’t David
Gregory: oh boy
[ break ]
Gregory: Dick Cheney’s daughter says
we’re not feared enough around the
world and that’s why we’re attacked
Goldberg: like when we were attacked
when her dad was Vice President
Gregory: snap
Goldberg: look President Obama does
not control how radicals view modernity
King: I don’t care what the fact-checkers say
- Obama went around the world apologizing
for America and then ruined our wonderful
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Ellison: those are all ridiculous lies
Gregory: maybe so but Obama didn’t
promote the Arab Spring and Winter is coming
Mitchell: every Republican foreign policy
expert says Romney embarrassed himself
with his idiotic statements
King: that’s not fair - Romney didn’t know
any of the facts when he spoke out while
our embassies were being attacked
Gregory: I’m convinced
Woodward: no American President can
control every mob all over the world
Goldberg: forget the angry Arab street -
what about the angry American street
Ellison: many Arabs love America
King: if we just kill enough people
around the world no mob will ever
attack our embassies again
Gregory: that makes perfect sense
King: the bombings will stop
when morale improves
Mitchell: you are very correct Peter King
Gregory: so true
Mitchell: the Egyptian President wants
money from Wall Street
Gregory: does the leader of the
Muslim Brotherhood really want to be
seen with people like that?
Goldberg: we know Muslims oppose
blasphemy but Americans support free speech
Gregory: who is tougher on Iran -
Romney or Obama?
Mitchell: Obama is a loaded gun
but Mitt is a loose canon
Woodward: Government Intelligence
is highly misnamed
Gregory: should Bibi interfere with our election?
Goldberg: Bibi is completely botching
this relationship
King: maybe but Obama is an
untrustworthy Israel hater
Goldberg: that’s stupid
King: When he visited the White House
Obama made Bibi sit at the kid’s table!
Ellison: Bibi said he and Obama have
a good relationship
King: you can’t trust that guy
Gregory: and that’s another
episode of Meet The Press
***************************************
Virtually Speaking Sunday
Tonight 9:00 p.m. Eastern time
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An alternative to the Sunday morning 'news' shows, two members of our media panel discuss current political and cultural developments from a progressive perspective.
Avedon Carol and Gaius Publius, plus Culture of Truth's Most Ridiculous Moment from that Sunday.
This Week with George Stephanopoulos - September 16, 2012
Host: Jake Tapper
Guests:
Amb. Susan Rice (U.N. Mission)
Christiane Amanpour
Martha Raddatz
Brian Ross
************************************
Tapper: Susan what the hell
happened in Libya?
Rice: it was a spontaneous protest in
response to another less spontaneous
protest in Cairo
Tapper: okay
Rice: a perfectly nice riot by a peaceful
mob at our Libya consulate was ruined
by a few violent extremists with
automatic weapons
Tapper: why was security at the
embassy so lax
Rice: hey two Navy Seals were killed
Tapper: but don’t we always Marines
posted to the shores of Tripoli?
Rice: they were busy guarding the
Halls of Montezuma and the
Corridors of Power
Tapper: of course
Rice: look nobody claimed Libya is
Arizona or Colorado or Chicago
Tapper: well it’s not as violent
Rice: that’s true
Tapper: three years after we elect a guy
named Hussein our embassies are being
attacked all over the Muslim world
Rice: hey that was a really offensive movie
Tapper: The Expendables 2?
Rice: look we are making real progress
in stopping the violence
Tapper: the government of Egypt sent
the protestors a fruit basket!
Rice: yeah but it mostly those
bland Washington apples
Tapper: nevertheless it seems inappropriate
Rice: we are very popular in Libya
except for our Ambassador being killed
Tapper: the U.S. has sent billions in taxpayer
money to Egypt and this is how
they thank us?
Rice: President Obama called the President
of Egypt and told him to get with the
program or be cut off from the money
Tapper: it’s just like the movie ‘Arthur’
Rice: Obama has provided calm and
steady leadership unlike that other jackass
Tapper: oh snap
Rice: the Grand Mufti loves us!
Tapper: how can we get these foreign
leaders in line?
Rice: we can do two things:
kick ass and take names
Tapper: thanks for coming ambassador
[ break ]
Tapper: what on earth is going on
in the middle east?
Amanpour: the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
is panicked about losing the friendship
of the United States
Tapper: what about Libya?
Amanpour: hey don’t forget Libya just
finished a civil war where the U.S.
toppled the old regime - there’s bound
to be some resentment and a lot of guns
Tapper: will these protest spread to the
Homeland or our Boardwalk Empire
Ross: it’s never too early to panic Jake
Raddatz: if you are trapped in an embassy
your best bet is to let the protestors
climb the walls and hang out for a while
and tweet how nice those young people
climbing in the window are
Tapper: what is the story with this
crazy YouTube video?
Ross: the filmmaker tries to create a
violent reaction and it worked
Amanpour: the filmmaker is not only an
extremist - he’s a dastardly evil guy
who pretended to be Jewish to
incite more violence
Tapper: that is twisted
Raddatz: the actors were told they were
making an infomercial for Oxy-Clean
Tapper: sweet jesus is nothing sacred
Amanpour: I need to point out that
Libyans love Americans and the
Muslim Brotherhood say they like
Coptic Christians
Tapper: well I’ll be damned
Tapper: why is the entire American Navy
trolling the middle east
Raddatz: you know just cruisin’
the neighborhood
Tapper: what’s up with the relationship
with U.S. and Israel
Raddatz: they met on eHarmony but it
may not be working out too well
Amanpour: Israel was hoping to goad
Obama into attacking Iran and he told
Bibi to cool it
Tapper: how close are Iranians to
building a nuclear bomb?
Ross: four weeks
Tapper: what?!
Amanpour: or a year or two
Ross: yes maybe a few years
Tapper: jesus you almost gave me a
heart attack Brian
Ross: how else am I going to get to
host this show?
Tapper: oh Brian you scamp
********************************
Guests:
Amb. Susan Rice (U.N. Mission)
Christiane Amanpour
Martha Raddatz
Brian Ross
************************************
Tapper: Susan what the hell
happened in Libya?
Rice: it was a spontaneous protest in
response to another less spontaneous
protest in Cairo
Tapper: okay
Rice: a perfectly nice riot by a peaceful
mob at our Libya consulate was ruined
by a few violent extremists with
automatic weapons
Tapper: why was security at the
embassy so lax
Rice: hey two Navy Seals were killed
Tapper: but don’t we always Marines
posted to the shores of Tripoli?
Rice: they were busy guarding the
Halls of Montezuma and the
Corridors of Power
Tapper: of course
Rice: look nobody claimed Libya is
Arizona or Colorado or Chicago
Tapper: well it’s not as violent
Rice: that’s true
Tapper: three years after we elect a guy
named Hussein our embassies are being
attacked all over the Muslim world
Rice: hey that was a really offensive movie
Tapper: The Expendables 2?
Rice: look we are making real progress
in stopping the violence
Tapper: the government of Egypt sent
the protestors a fruit basket!
Rice: yeah but it mostly those
bland Washington apples
Tapper: nevertheless it seems inappropriate
Rice: we are very popular in Libya
except for our Ambassador being killed
Tapper: the U.S. has sent billions in taxpayer
money to Egypt and this is how
they thank us?
Rice: President Obama called the President
of Egypt and told him to get with the
program or be cut off from the money
Tapper: it’s just like the movie ‘Arthur’
Rice: Obama has provided calm and
steady leadership unlike that other jackass
Tapper: oh snap
Rice: the Grand Mufti loves us!
Tapper: how can we get these foreign
leaders in line?
Rice: we can do two things:
kick ass and take names
Tapper: thanks for coming ambassador
[ break ]
Tapper: what on earth is going on
in the middle east?
Amanpour: the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
is panicked about losing the friendship
of the United States
Tapper: what about Libya?
Amanpour: hey don’t forget Libya just
finished a civil war where the U.S.
toppled the old regime - there’s bound
to be some resentment and a lot of guns
Tapper: will these protest spread to the
Homeland or our Boardwalk Empire
Ross: it’s never too early to panic Jake
Raddatz: if you are trapped in an embassy
your best bet is to let the protestors
climb the walls and hang out for a while
and tweet how nice those young people
climbing in the window are
Tapper: what is the story with this
crazy YouTube video?
Ross: the filmmaker tries to create a
violent reaction and it worked
Amanpour: the filmmaker is not only an
extremist - he’s a dastardly evil guy
who pretended to be Jewish to
incite more violence
Tapper: that is twisted
Raddatz: the actors were told they were
making an infomercial for Oxy-Clean
Tapper: sweet jesus is nothing sacred
Amanpour: I need to point out that
Libyans love Americans and the
Muslim Brotherhood say they like
Coptic Christians
Tapper: well I’ll be damned
Tapper: why is the entire American Navy
trolling the middle east
Raddatz: you know just cruisin’
the neighborhood
Tapper: what’s up with the relationship
with U.S. and Israel
Raddatz: they met on eHarmony but it
may not be working out too well
Amanpour: Israel was hoping to goad
Obama into attacking Iran and he told
Bibi to cool it
Tapper: how close are Iranians to
building a nuclear bomb?
Ross: four weeks
Tapper: what?!
Amanpour: or a year or two
Ross: yes maybe a few years
Tapper: jesus you almost gave me a
heart attack Brian
Ross: how else am I going to get to
host this show?
Tapper: oh Brian you scamp
********************************
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Meet The Press - September 9, 2012
Guests:
Mitt Romney
Mayor Julian Castro (D-San Antonio)
Chuck Todd
E.J. Dionne
Peggy Noonan
Bill Bennett
*********************************
Gregory: good morning Mitt -
I hope you are ready for some tough questions
Romney: indeed I am - fire away David
Gregory: how awesome are you?
Romney: I am somewhat excellent
today thank you for asking
Gregory: do you feel like are more
fabulous or marvelous
Romney: I am more superlative
than Barack Obama
Gregory: how do answer the charge
that we have high unemployment under Obama
Romney: you have pinned me down
with your wily inquiries Fluffy
Gregory: just answer the question
Romney: we need more situations
where people are paid for working
Gregory: why is the stock market
doing so well
Romney: because that darn Fed is
going to print money
Gregory: you disagree with that?
Romney: business are ready to hire
millions of people - they just want
another rich white guy in office
Gregory: you said you will create
12 million jobs but economists say
that would happen anyway
Romney: Obama caused unemployment,
high debt and eventually a takeover from Europe
Gregory: look at this bumper sticker:
“Bin Laden is Dead and GM is Alive”
Romney: I love Seals
Gregory: we all do
Romney: My plan was to put GM into
bankruptcy and Obama did that
Gregory: so your plans were the same
Romney: yes but I would have
hired more teachers
Gregory: what’s your bumper sticker?
Romney: “Vote For Me You Useless Peons”
Gregory: Ann did Julian Castro hurt
your feelings?
Ann Romney: It’s true Mitt and I have
never had to struggle in life but I
once saw the musical Oliver!
Gregory: what else?
Ann Romney: I have MS so I have empathy
for all you people who are struggling
Gregory: go on
Ann Romney: I watch Honey Boo Boo so
the idea we can’t imagine how
America is struggling hard is ridiculous
Gregory: I love that show
Ann Romney: my husband is not a
heartless corporate raider dammitt
Gregory: have you ever spent time
with someone unemployed
Romney: I was speaking with a gardener
recently who sadly lost his job
Gregory: oh that’s too bad
Romney: well I had to let him go -
but I’m sure he understood -
I’m running for President for pete’s sake
Romney: I’m not here to stop the
rise of oceans or confront the ladies
of the lakes or halt the coming
of the river monsters
Gregory: sounds like you’ve got it all covered
Romney: It’s doesn’t matter whether
I know any poor people - that’s
just dividing America
Gregory: Governor I love you but what the
hell happened with Clint Eastwood
Romney: he’s not a politician -
he spoke from the heart
Gregory: his heart is an incoherent
unfunny hot mess
Romney: but genuine!
Gregory: what about Bill Clinton’s great speech
Romney: he destroyed me and my
policies - thus proving how bad Obama is
Gregory: you’re a Mormon -
is that wonderful?
Romney: yes I am very proud to be
a Judeo-Christian
Gregory: if you say so
Romney: have I ever told you that
I don’t like businesses very much -
I left capitalism because it conflicted
with my Jewish-Jesus faith
Ann Romney: I loved that now we have a
black who was elected President
Gregory: you said the debt is a moral
crisis but you would make it worse by
cutting taxes for billionaires and
raising defense spending
Romney: I would raise revenue by
eliminating tax loopholes
Gregory: what about the sequester deal?
Romney: Republicans should not have
agreed to slashing defense spending
and selling all of our aircraft carriers to Iran
Gregory: fair enough
Romney: I am going lower taxes
for middle class Americans and raise
them for the rich
Gregory: how do you do that Mittens
Romney: by eliminating loopholes Fluffers
- it’s marvelous!
Gregory: wow!
Romney: also it would lead to 23 million jobs
Gregory: fantastic
Romney: Cut taxes for all! More jobs!
Gregory: how do you do that
Romney: I have the flux capacity to do this
Gregory: I love this - name a
loophole you would close
Romney: [ laughing ]
I will raises taxes on the rich -
I promise - just trust me!
Gregory: will you balance the
budget in your first term?
Romney: no but I could do it in 10 years
Gregory: are you willing to make the
Tea Party cry by raising taxes ten cents
Romney: my principles are that I will never
raise taxes - my other principle is that I
will never tell you what spending I will cut
Gregory: I see
Romney: look my philosophy is to promise
more of what people like rather than less
Gregory: would you repeal the parts of
Obamacare to let young people on
their parent’s plan and the ban
pre-exising conditions?
Romney: gosh no - I would keep all
the popular parts of Obamacare and
get rid of the unpopular parts
Gregory: you would privatize Medicare?
Romney: we would let young people
stay on Medicare or not whatever they want
Gregory: how does that work?
Romney: competition!
Gregory: why didn’t you mention
Afghanistan in your speech
Romney: Look I’ve been to Afghanistan
and it’s really boring
Gregory: Obama says your are stuck
in a Cold War Time Warp
Romney: Obama let Iran build a nuclear bomb!
Gregory: ooh
Romney: Obama met with
Ahmedinejad and Kim Jong-Il or might
have if he had more frequent flyer miles
Gregory: are we less safe under Obama
Romney: Iran is not scared of Obama
but I will stop them
Gregory: how?
Romney: I will make it clear that I
am very clear about being clear
Gregory: how do you do that
Romney: I will use diplomacy and
go to war or maybe not
Gregory: will you try to overturn Roe v Wade
Romney: Fluffy I would prefer not
to answer this question
Gregory: give it a shot Mitty
Romney: I will appoint justices that
reverse Roe v Wade
Gregory: wow - are you willing to
be brave and bold as President
Romney: gosh darn right -
my popularity doesn’t matter to me at all
Gregory: that’ been clear for some time
Romney: my indifference to
human feeling is my great strength
Gregory: who is the real Mitt Romney
- left of Ted Kennedy or a severe conservative?
Romney: Here’s the truth:
I am not an android - I am a shape-shifter
Gregory: your Mom and Dad both
ran for office and lost - will you
be terribly depressed when you lose
Romney: no because I am very very rich
and also possess no emotions
Gregory: why should people vote for you
Romney: we can’t have an incomplete President!
Gregory: you complete me
[ break ]
Gregory: wow Mitt Romney bravely
came out against sequestration -
but Paul Ryan supported it
Todd: everyone is against sequester duh
Bennett: they are both right -
we must not cut defense spending
but we must courageously slash
for the National Endowment for the Arts
Gregory: Julian Mitt says he will cut
loopholes for rich people -
isn’t that progressive
Castro: if he doesn’t reveal what
those are how can we trust him?
Dionne: he’s either going to raise
taxes on the middle class or
slash domestic spending
Gregory: why no both?
Dionne: also his answer on General
Motors was totally incoherent
Noonan: Republicans fear that if
Obama is reelected they will be forced
to obstruct his every move again
Gregory: that is so sad
Noonan: Romney made news by
promising to cut loopholes for the rich
Gregory: what are they?
Noonan: okay so it wasn’t big news
Bennett: Romney made it very clear
that taxes will not go down for the
rich until after he is elected President
Dionne: he proposed cutting taxes
for the rich 5 minutes ago!
Bennett: that’s ancient history
Gregory: Romney suddenly seems
terrified of being on the side of the rich
Todd: Romney is sadly saddled with
the unpopularity of the Republican party
Gregory: the essential question is
who is to blame for the stagnant economy
- conservatives like Obama or liberals
like George W. Bush
Castro: we’ve have 30 months of job growth
- things are getting better
Noonan: Before the debates Romney
needs to announce he is actually a Whig
Todd: body language is everything
and Romney’s body says
“I can’t wait until this is over and I can get
back to my mansion in the city and
my beach house in Malibu and
my compound on the lake”
Dionne: the GOP Convention was about
businesses and the Democrats
were about families
Bennett: George W. Bush had many
failings but was a great President who
brought us the war in Iraq
Dionne: [ spits ]
Bennett: conservatives give their blood
and treasure to help people god dammit
Dionne: why is that the only people
who refer to their savings as treasure
are conservatives and pirates
Gregory: look at Julian Castro’s adorable daughter
Bennett: hey conservatives have kids too
Dionne: conservatives on the defense
on the military, foreign policy and
family values - who would have thought!
Bennett: Arrrr!
Gregory: And that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
***************************************
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Also Bobblespeaks's Most Ridiculous Moment
Mitt Romney
Mayor Julian Castro (D-San Antonio)
Chuck Todd
E.J. Dionne
Peggy Noonan
Bill Bennett
*********************************
Gregory: good morning Mitt -
I hope you are ready for some tough questions
Romney: indeed I am - fire away David
Gregory: how awesome are you?
Romney: I am somewhat excellent
today thank you for asking
Gregory: do you feel like are more
fabulous or marvelous
Romney: I am more superlative
than Barack Obama
Gregory: how do answer the charge
that we have high unemployment under Obama
Romney: you have pinned me down
with your wily inquiries Fluffy
Gregory: just answer the question
Romney: we need more situations
where people are paid for working
Gregory: why is the stock market
doing so well
Romney: because that darn Fed is
going to print money
Gregory: you disagree with that?
Romney: business are ready to hire
millions of people - they just want
another rich white guy in office
Gregory: you said you will create
12 million jobs but economists say
that would happen anyway
Romney: Obama caused unemployment,
high debt and eventually a takeover from Europe
Gregory: look at this bumper sticker:
“Bin Laden is Dead and GM is Alive”
Romney: I love Seals
Gregory: we all do
Romney: My plan was to put GM into
bankruptcy and Obama did that
Gregory: so your plans were the same
Romney: yes but I would have
hired more teachers
Gregory: what’s your bumper sticker?
Romney: “Vote For Me You Useless Peons”
Gregory: Ann did Julian Castro hurt
your feelings?
Ann Romney: It’s true Mitt and I have
never had to struggle in life but I
once saw the musical Oliver!
Gregory: what else?
Ann Romney: I have MS so I have empathy
for all you people who are struggling
Gregory: go on
Ann Romney: I watch Honey Boo Boo so
the idea we can’t imagine how
America is struggling hard is ridiculous
Gregory: I love that show
Ann Romney: my husband is not a
heartless corporate raider dammitt
Gregory: have you ever spent time
with someone unemployed
Romney: I was speaking with a gardener
recently who sadly lost his job
Gregory: oh that’s too bad
Romney: well I had to let him go -
but I’m sure he understood -
I’m running for President for pete’s sake
Romney: I’m not here to stop the
rise of oceans or confront the ladies
of the lakes or halt the coming
of the river monsters
Gregory: sounds like you’ve got it all covered
Romney: It’s doesn’t matter whether
I know any poor people - that’s
just dividing America
Gregory: Governor I love you but what the
hell happened with Clint Eastwood
Romney: he’s not a politician -
he spoke from the heart
Gregory: his heart is an incoherent
unfunny hot mess
Romney: but genuine!
Gregory: what about Bill Clinton’s great speech
Romney: he destroyed me and my
policies - thus proving how bad Obama is
Gregory: you’re a Mormon -
is that wonderful?
Romney: yes I am very proud to be
a Judeo-Christian
Gregory: if you say so
Romney: have I ever told you that
I don’t like businesses very much -
I left capitalism because it conflicted
with my Jewish-Jesus faith
Ann Romney: I loved that now we have a
black who was elected President
Gregory: you said the debt is a moral
crisis but you would make it worse by
cutting taxes for billionaires and
raising defense spending
Romney: I would raise revenue by
eliminating tax loopholes
Gregory: what about the sequester deal?
Romney: Republicans should not have
agreed to slashing defense spending
and selling all of our aircraft carriers to Iran
Gregory: fair enough
Romney: I am going lower taxes
for middle class Americans and raise
them for the rich
Gregory: how do you do that Mittens
Romney: by eliminating loopholes Fluffers
- it’s marvelous!
Gregory: wow!
Romney: also it would lead to 23 million jobs
Gregory: fantastic
Romney: Cut taxes for all! More jobs!
Gregory: how do you do that
Romney: I have the flux capacity to do this
Gregory: I love this - name a
loophole you would close
Romney: [ laughing ]
I will raises taxes on the rich -
I promise - just trust me!
Gregory: will you balance the
budget in your first term?
Romney: no but I could do it in 10 years
Gregory: are you willing to make the
Tea Party cry by raising taxes ten cents
Romney: my principles are that I will never
raise taxes - my other principle is that I
will never tell you what spending I will cut
Gregory: I see
Romney: look my philosophy is to promise
more of what people like rather than less
Gregory: would you repeal the parts of
Obamacare to let young people on
their parent’s plan and the ban
pre-exising conditions?
Romney: gosh no - I would keep all
the popular parts of Obamacare and
get rid of the unpopular parts
Gregory: you would privatize Medicare?
Romney: we would let young people
stay on Medicare or not whatever they want
Gregory: how does that work?
Romney: competition!
Gregory: why didn’t you mention
Afghanistan in your speech
Romney: Look I’ve been to Afghanistan
and it’s really boring
Gregory: Obama says your are stuck
in a Cold War Time Warp
Romney: Obama let Iran build a nuclear bomb!
Gregory: ooh
Romney: Obama met with
Ahmedinejad and Kim Jong-Il or might
have if he had more frequent flyer miles
Gregory: are we less safe under Obama
Romney: Iran is not scared of Obama
but I will stop them
Gregory: how?
Romney: I will make it clear that I
am very clear about being clear
Gregory: how do you do that
Romney: I will use diplomacy and
go to war or maybe not
Gregory: will you try to overturn Roe v Wade
Romney: Fluffy I would prefer not
to answer this question
Gregory: give it a shot Mitty
Romney: I will appoint justices that
reverse Roe v Wade
Gregory: wow - are you willing to
be brave and bold as President
Romney: gosh darn right -
my popularity doesn’t matter to me at all
Gregory: that’ been clear for some time
Romney: my indifference to
human feeling is my great strength
Gregory: who is the real Mitt Romney
- left of Ted Kennedy or a severe conservative?
Romney: Here’s the truth:
I am not an android - I am a shape-shifter
Gregory: your Mom and Dad both
ran for office and lost - will you
be terribly depressed when you lose
Romney: no because I am very very rich
and also possess no emotions
Gregory: why should people vote for you
Romney: we can’t have an incomplete President!
Gregory: you complete me
[ break ]
Gregory: wow Mitt Romney bravely
came out against sequestration -
but Paul Ryan supported it
Todd: everyone is against sequester duh
Bennett: they are both right -
we must not cut defense spending
but we must courageously slash
for the National Endowment for the Arts
Gregory: Julian Mitt says he will cut
loopholes for rich people -
isn’t that progressive
Castro: if he doesn’t reveal what
those are how can we trust him?
Dionne: he’s either going to raise
taxes on the middle class or
slash domestic spending
Gregory: why no both?
Dionne: also his answer on General
Motors was totally incoherent
Noonan: Republicans fear that if
Obama is reelected they will be forced
to obstruct his every move again
Gregory: that is so sad
Noonan: Romney made news by
promising to cut loopholes for the rich
Gregory: what are they?
Noonan: okay so it wasn’t big news
Bennett: Romney made it very clear
that taxes will not go down for the
rich until after he is elected President
Dionne: he proposed cutting taxes
for the rich 5 minutes ago!
Bennett: that’s ancient history
Gregory: Romney suddenly seems
terrified of being on the side of the rich
Todd: Romney is sadly saddled with
the unpopularity of the Republican party
Gregory: the essential question is
who is to blame for the stagnant economy
- conservatives like Obama or liberals
like George W. Bush
Castro: we’ve have 30 months of job growth
- things are getting better
Noonan: Before the debates Romney
needs to announce he is actually a Whig
Todd: body language is everything
and Romney’s body says
“I can’t wait until this is over and I can get
back to my mansion in the city and
my beach house in Malibu and
my compound on the lake”
Dionne: the GOP Convention was about
businesses and the Democrats
were about families
Bennett: George W. Bush had many
failings but was a great President who
brought us the war in Iraq
Dionne: [ spits ]
Bennett: conservatives give their blood
and treasure to help people god dammit
Dionne: why is that the only people
who refer to their savings as treasure
are conservatives and pirates
Gregory: look at Julian Castro’s adorable daughter
Bennett: hey conservatives have kids too
Dionne: conservatives on the defense
on the military, foreign policy and
family values - who would have thought!
Bennett: Arrrr!
Gregory: And that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
***************************************
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Dave Dayen & Cliff Schecter
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Also Bobblespeaks's Most Ridiculous Moment
This Week with Geoge Stephanopoulos - September 9, 2012
Guests:
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark)
Paul Krugman
Cokie Roberts
George Will
*********************************
Stephanopoulos: OMG Obama is bouncing!
Audience: wheeeeee
Stephanopoulos: Paul you said America
is in decline
Ryan: yes we have rising debt, continuing unemployment and high poverty
Stephanopoulos: that is true
Ryan: Obama has failed to fix the
GOP recession
Stephanopoulos: what is your plan
Ryan: we will create 12 million new jobs
Stephanopoulos: but economists say
that will happen anyway
Ryan: we need to cut taxes, drill in
public parks and privatize Medicare
Stephanopoulos: fascinating
Ryan: these plans have worked in
the past and they will again!
Stephanopoulos: Bill Clinton says you
will raise taxes on the middle class
or cut essential programs
Ryan: everyone knows that our
plan will work
Stephanopoulos: perhaps not everyone
Ryan: we will take loopholes away
from rich people
Stephanopoulos: awesome - which ones
Ryan: Obama wants to kill jobs by
raising taxes on small business
with 500 employees
Stephanopoulos: which loopholes
will you close?
Ryan: Ronald Reagan would love our plan!
Stephanopoulos: which loopholes again?
Ryan: it’s a secret
Stephanopoulos: are you kidding?
Ryan: we need to have this debate
in public with input from the people
only after we are in office
Stephanopoulos: you are making no sense
Ryan: we don’t want to cut a backroom deal
Stephanopoulos: but you just said you
want to make a deal after you are elected
Ryan: Up is down! Black is white!
Stephanopoulos: do you really want to
take $800 billion from Medicaid?
Ryan: Medicaid isn’t working -
why give it more money?
Stephanopoulos: I didn’t know Medicaid
was so bad
Ryan: oh yes - also we need to keep it as it is
Stephanopoulos: um what
Ryan: states and small towns are
best able to provide health care anyway
Stephanopoulos: what’s your solution
to the health care problem
Ryan: states need flexibility to implement
their own creative solutions
Stephanopoulos: like with welfare reform?
Ryan: ha touche
Stephanopoulos: under your plan there would
not more federal guarantees of health care?
Ryan: feel that sweet freedom!
Stephanopoulos: Obama said you guys
have no idea what you’re doing
in foreign policy
Ryan: Obama has failed totally in foreign affairs
Stephanopoulos: he got bin Laden
Ryan: look Obama may have been right
with bin Laden, Iraq, and Afghanistan,
but Romney would cede all decisions
to the Washington Generals
Stephanopoulos: would you accept
10 to 1 spending cuts and tax cuts
Ryan: Obama ran up the debt!
Stephanopoulos: Bush got a surplus
and blew it
Ryan: we need to keep Medicare by changing it!
We need to end the debt by cutting taxes!
We need to avoid backroom deals by
making a deal after the election!
Stephanopoulos: you’re rolling
Ryan: Spending is bad! We must raise
defense spending!
Stephanopoulos: thanks Paul it’s been fun
[ break ]
Will: people have stopped looking
for work which means we are
really at 20% unemployment
Stephanopoulos: wow
Will: if Republicans can’t with these
numbers they should find another
line of work - perhaps competitive
lawn croquet or full-contact dressage
Krugman: Republicans block Obama’s
plan and then say his plan doesn’t work
Paul: I had a poster of Ayn Rand
on my bedroom wall
Roberts: firing teachers is just dumb
Booker: we’ve had 30 months of job creation
Paul: Roads don’t create business -
businesses create roads
Krugman: Romney believes in Keynes
when it comes to defense spending
Rand: that’s true
Will: we have too many damn teachers
also Obama is just like Leon Trotsky
Roberts: we should stop laying off teachers
Rand: are you arguing we have
fewer government jobs
Krugman: it’s a fact
Booker: what is the Romney plan?
It’s a mystery
Stephanopoulos: Rand why is Romney
so secretive?
Paul: FDR caused the Depression by
not saying nice things about businesses
Booker: yeah sure
Roberts: people love their tax deductions
Will: if you’re worried about uncertainty
the solution is not Mitt Romney
Paul: things were going great from
1929-1933 until FDR came along
and caused a Depression
Booker: that’s hilarious
*********************************
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark)
Paul Krugman
Cokie Roberts
George Will
*********************************
Stephanopoulos: OMG Obama is bouncing!
Audience: wheeeeee
Stephanopoulos: Paul you said America
is in decline
Ryan: yes we have rising debt, continuing unemployment and high poverty
Stephanopoulos: that is true
Ryan: Obama has failed to fix the
GOP recession
Stephanopoulos: what is your plan
Ryan: we will create 12 million new jobs
Stephanopoulos: but economists say
that will happen anyway
Ryan: we need to cut taxes, drill in
public parks and privatize Medicare
Stephanopoulos: fascinating
Ryan: these plans have worked in
the past and they will again!
Stephanopoulos: Bill Clinton says you
will raise taxes on the middle class
or cut essential programs
Ryan: everyone knows that our
plan will work
Stephanopoulos: perhaps not everyone
Ryan: we will take loopholes away
from rich people
Stephanopoulos: awesome - which ones
Ryan: Obama wants to kill jobs by
raising taxes on small business
with 500 employees
Stephanopoulos: which loopholes
will you close?
Ryan: Ronald Reagan would love our plan!
Stephanopoulos: which loopholes again?
Ryan: it’s a secret
Stephanopoulos: are you kidding?
Ryan: we need to have this debate
in public with input from the people
only after we are in office
Stephanopoulos: you are making no sense
Ryan: we don’t want to cut a backroom deal
Stephanopoulos: but you just said you
want to make a deal after you are elected
Ryan: Up is down! Black is white!
Stephanopoulos: do you really want to
take $800 billion from Medicaid?
Ryan: Medicaid isn’t working -
why give it more money?
Stephanopoulos: I didn’t know Medicaid
was so bad
Ryan: oh yes - also we need to keep it as it is
Stephanopoulos: um what
Ryan: states and small towns are
best able to provide health care anyway
Stephanopoulos: what’s your solution
to the health care problem
Ryan: states need flexibility to implement
their own creative solutions
Stephanopoulos: like with welfare reform?
Ryan: ha touche
Stephanopoulos: under your plan there would
not more federal guarantees of health care?
Ryan: feel that sweet freedom!
Stephanopoulos: Obama said you guys
have no idea what you’re doing
in foreign policy
Ryan: Obama has failed totally in foreign affairs
Stephanopoulos: he got bin Laden
Ryan: look Obama may have been right
with bin Laden, Iraq, and Afghanistan,
but Romney would cede all decisions
to the Washington Generals
Stephanopoulos: would you accept
10 to 1 spending cuts and tax cuts
Ryan: Obama ran up the debt!
Stephanopoulos: Bush got a surplus
and blew it
Ryan: we need to keep Medicare by changing it!
We need to end the debt by cutting taxes!
We need to avoid backroom deals by
making a deal after the election!
Stephanopoulos: you’re rolling
Ryan: Spending is bad! We must raise
defense spending!
Stephanopoulos: thanks Paul it’s been fun
[ break ]
Will: people have stopped looking
for work which means we are
really at 20% unemployment
Stephanopoulos: wow
Will: if Republicans can’t with these
numbers they should find another
line of work - perhaps competitive
lawn croquet or full-contact dressage
Krugman: Republicans block Obama’s
plan and then say his plan doesn’t work
Paul: I had a poster of Ayn Rand
on my bedroom wall
Roberts: firing teachers is just dumb
Booker: we’ve had 30 months of job creation
Paul: Roads don’t create business -
businesses create roads
Krugman: Romney believes in Keynes
when it comes to defense spending
Rand: that’s true
Will: we have too many damn teachers
also Obama is just like Leon Trotsky
Roberts: we should stop laying off teachers
Rand: are you arguing we have
fewer government jobs
Krugman: it’s a fact
Booker: what is the Romney plan?
It’s a mystery
Stephanopoulos: Rand why is Romney
so secretive?
Paul: FDR caused the Depression by
not saying nice things about businesses
Booker: yeah sure
Roberts: people love their tax deductions
Will: if you’re worried about uncertainty
the solution is not Mitt Romney
Paul: things were going great from
1929-1933 until FDR came along
and caused a Depression
Booker: that’s hilarious
*********************************
Sunday, September 02, 2012
Meet The Press - September 2, 2012
September 2, 2012
Guests:
Mayor Rahm Emmanuel (D-Chicago)
Newt Gingrich
Tom Brokaw
Doris Goodwin
Carly Fiorina
Tom Friedman
***************************
Gregory: good morning Rahm
Emmanuel: you too David
Gregory: with our bad economy isn’t
Mitt Romney the lesser of two evils?
Emmanuel: no because he would return
us to the policies that wrecked America
in the first place
Gregory: perhaps
Emmanuel: in Romney’s speech there
was no memorable lines or good ideas
Gregory: but that doesn’t mean
people should vote for Obama
Emmanuel: we’re adding jobs, fixing
the banking system and building
houses again
Gregory: Invisible Obama told Eastwood
to tell Romney to go screw himself
Emmanuel: we are only talking about
this old actor because Romney’s speech
was devoid of anything worth talking about
Gregory: yes but-
Emmanuel: shut up - I’m talking here Fluffy
Gregory: ok but you only want to talk
about Mitt Romney instead of how
terrible Romney thinks Obama is
Emmanuel: no shit stupid
Gregory: Mitt says he voted for Obama
and he’s very disappointed with that his
stocks have only doubled and paid 13% in taxes
Emmanuel: Romney wanted to cut taxes
for the rich, cut student loans, screw
underwater homeowners, and let
Detroit go bankrupt
Gregory: so you say but-
Emmanuel: zip it David - Romney only
cares about rich people
Gregory: a lot of people hate Obama
Emmanuel: hey Fluffy General Motors
is alive and Osama bin Laden is dead
Gregory: it’s not a binary choice
between Obama and Romney
Emmanuel: yes it is you dimwit
[ punches Gregory in the face ]
Gregory: stop hitting me
Emmanuel: we were shedding jobs when
Obama was sworn in and we’ve added
millions of jobs
Gregory: Newt Gingrich says Obama
waived the welfare work rules
Emmanuel: Republican Governors asked
for more flexibility and now those fuckers
are lying about it
Gregory: I’ve heard that
Emmanuel: State Senator Obama
reformed welfare in Illinois
Gregory: what is the plan for the
Democratic convention?
Emmanuel: four words: middle class
Gregory: what are the other two?
Emmanuel: fuck you
Gregory: there’s a wave of violence in Chicago
Emmanuel: shootings are down in
the last few hours
Gregory: ok
Emmanuel: normal people shouldn’t
worry since it’s all gang-on-gang violence
Gregory: but what’s the solution?
Emmanuel: If I have to I will start
shooting people myself
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: Newt what happened
at the Convention
Gingrich: Republicans will make
lazy people work
Brokaw: Even the Wall Street Journal
thought Romney blew it
Gregory: uh huh
Brokaw: if I may quote Cuba Gooding junior
in Jerry Maguire ‘you complete me’
Fiorina: the Wall Street Journal is
a commie rag
Gregory: amazing
Fiorina: Romney would create 1 million
jobs by building a giant pipeline to transport
Canadian oil across America to sell around the world
Friedman: Romney was very specific
- but his math doesn’t add up
Gregory: Tom what do the American
people really want?
Friedman: to suffer
Gregory: Is Romney likable?
Goodwin: they humanized Romney but
people don’t think Mitt can relate to their
problems - Lincoln was a depressive weirdo
but most people in the 19th century were like that
Gregory: Clint Eastwood yelled at
an empty chair
Brokaw: screaming scatalogical
obscenities about the President was
a little bit of a problem
Gingrich: it was a disaster - if I’d
been the nominee this would never
have happened
Gregory: how would you have done it
Gingrich: I would have closed the show
with 100 poor kids happily sweeping the
floor like in “Newsies”
Gregory: what happened to Obama’s
hope and change?
Friedman: Obama never made the case
to Americans by bringing out Warren Buffet
to talk to the people about how awesome
it is to be rich
Gregory: Newt on inauguration night you
pledged to oppose everything Obama did
Gingrich: Obama got everything he wanted!
Fiorina: Newt will you marry me
Gingrich: give me six months Carly
Fiorina: Obama controlled the Congress
for two years and he failed to prevent
the Tea Party from wrecking our credit rating
Brokaw: I noticed that Paul Ryan lied
shamelessly in his speech
Fiorina: you lie Tom!
Friedman: No GOP official talked about
the surplus they turned into a deficit,
unpaid-for wars, drug benefits, and
endless tax cuts
Goodwin: Neil Armstrong went to the
moon with government money -
Obama should aggressively defend
government spending
Gingrich: I’m kind of a big deal
Gregory: well all know that Newt
Gingrich: Mika Brezinski and Joe Scarborough humiliated themselves at my ridiculously
named Newt Gingrich University
Gregory: I see
Gingrich: America is making millions
drilling in North Dakota!
Gregory: so Obama hasn’t stopped
drilling after all?
Gingrich: yes but Mitt Romney would drill
in Cleveland, Hawaii and the National Mall
Fiorina: imagine oil derricks in front of the
Lincoln Memorial - what a beautiful
sight that would be
Goodwin: [ palmface ]
Gregory: the GOP is trying to address
the gender gap
Todd: Obama needs a big gap among
women - and he’s got it
Gregory: women vote - who knew?
Todd: Virginia is for Lovers Who
Love Ultrasounds
Fiorina: I was very impressed and
jealous of the women stars at the
Republican convention
Gregory: I can see that
Fiorina: Democrats belittle women by
assuming they care about their individual rights
Gregory: nice try Carly
Goodwin: Eleanor Roosevelt never
even mentioned FDR’s polio at her
convention speech
Gingrich: I suspect he was never
handicapped - he was probably just
another lazy Democrat
Gregory: Ann Romney told us to vote
for her selfless husband dammit
Brokaw: This is the Century of Women
Goodwin: one out 100 isn’t bad
Brokaw: the GOP loves mothers but
do they really respect women?
Fiorina: every rational person condemned
Todd Akin’s despicable remarks about
rape and called on him to drop out
Gingrich: not me
Fiorina: oh no here we go
Gingrich: Todd Akin sort-of apologized
but Obama wants to murder children!
Friedman: Fluffy I would like to thank you
for making the rest of us normal by
inviting this crazy person
Gregory: My pleasure Mustache man
Gingrich: Joe Biden is a racist who
wants to put black people in chains
Gregory: Romney also used the
chains metaphor
Gingrich: yes but Romney never talks to
black people so he can’t be a racist
Gregory: getting back to Akin - you
don’t think he should drop out
of the race?
Gingrich: of course not - Akin won
the primary therefore he’s just
like Marco Rubio!
Brokaw: whoa - you agree with Todd Akin?
Gingrich: I am just saying that Democrats
murder babies
Fiorina: Stop! Stop it! Stop talking!
Women don’t care about abortion!
Gingrich: the media are biased - they
only talk about how I called black people
lazy instead of reporting on the Democrats
plan to let the U.N. enslave Americans
and put them to work in abortion factories!
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
*******************************************
Bonus!
Sunday Talk Shows: The Most Ridiculous Moment
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2012/09/03/culture-of-truth-newt
Guests:
Mayor Rahm Emmanuel (D-Chicago)
Newt Gingrich
Tom Brokaw
Doris Goodwin
Carly Fiorina
Tom Friedman
***************************
Gregory: good morning Rahm
Emmanuel: you too David
Gregory: with our bad economy isn’t
Mitt Romney the lesser of two evils?
Emmanuel: no because he would return
us to the policies that wrecked America
in the first place
Gregory: perhaps
Emmanuel: in Romney’s speech there
was no memorable lines or good ideas
Gregory: but that doesn’t mean
people should vote for Obama
Emmanuel: we’re adding jobs, fixing
the banking system and building
houses again
Gregory: Invisible Obama told Eastwood
to tell Romney to go screw himself
Emmanuel: we are only talking about
this old actor because Romney’s speech
was devoid of anything worth talking about
Gregory: yes but-
Emmanuel: shut up - I’m talking here Fluffy
Gregory: ok but you only want to talk
about Mitt Romney instead of how
terrible Romney thinks Obama is
Emmanuel: no shit stupid
Gregory: Mitt says he voted for Obama
and he’s very disappointed with that his
stocks have only doubled and paid 13% in taxes
Emmanuel: Romney wanted to cut taxes
for the rich, cut student loans, screw
underwater homeowners, and let
Detroit go bankrupt
Gregory: so you say but-
Emmanuel: zip it David - Romney only
cares about rich people
Gregory: a lot of people hate Obama
Emmanuel: hey Fluffy General Motors
is alive and Osama bin Laden is dead
Gregory: it’s not a binary choice
between Obama and Romney
Emmanuel: yes it is you dimwit
[ punches Gregory in the face ]
Gregory: stop hitting me
Emmanuel: we were shedding jobs when
Obama was sworn in and we’ve added
millions of jobs
Gregory: Newt Gingrich says Obama
waived the welfare work rules
Emmanuel: Republican Governors asked
for more flexibility and now those fuckers
are lying about it
Gregory: I’ve heard that
Emmanuel: State Senator Obama
reformed welfare in Illinois
Gregory: what is the plan for the
Democratic convention?
Emmanuel: four words: middle class
Gregory: what are the other two?
Emmanuel: fuck you
Gregory: there’s a wave of violence in Chicago
Emmanuel: shootings are down in
the last few hours
Gregory: ok
Emmanuel: normal people shouldn’t
worry since it’s all gang-on-gang violence
Gregory: but what’s the solution?
Emmanuel: If I have to I will start
shooting people myself
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: Newt what happened
at the Convention
Gingrich: Republicans will make
lazy people work
Brokaw: Even the Wall Street Journal
thought Romney blew it
Gregory: uh huh
Brokaw: if I may quote Cuba Gooding junior
in Jerry Maguire ‘you complete me’
Fiorina: the Wall Street Journal is
a commie rag
Gregory: amazing
Fiorina: Romney would create 1 million
jobs by building a giant pipeline to transport
Canadian oil across America to sell around the world
Friedman: Romney was very specific
- but his math doesn’t add up
Gregory: Tom what do the American
people really want?
Friedman: to suffer
Gregory: Is Romney likable?
Goodwin: they humanized Romney but
people don’t think Mitt can relate to their
problems - Lincoln was a depressive weirdo
but most people in the 19th century were like that
Gregory: Clint Eastwood yelled at
an empty chair
Brokaw: screaming scatalogical
obscenities about the President was
a little bit of a problem
Gingrich: it was a disaster - if I’d
been the nominee this would never
have happened
Gregory: how would you have done it
Gingrich: I would have closed the show
with 100 poor kids happily sweeping the
floor like in “Newsies”
Gregory: what happened to Obama’s
hope and change?
Friedman: Obama never made the case
to Americans by bringing out Warren Buffet
to talk to the people about how awesome
it is to be rich
Gregory: Newt on inauguration night you
pledged to oppose everything Obama did
Gingrich: Obama got everything he wanted!
Fiorina: Newt will you marry me
Gingrich: give me six months Carly
Fiorina: Obama controlled the Congress
for two years and he failed to prevent
the Tea Party from wrecking our credit rating
Brokaw: I noticed that Paul Ryan lied
shamelessly in his speech
Fiorina: you lie Tom!
Friedman: No GOP official talked about
the surplus they turned into a deficit,
unpaid-for wars, drug benefits, and
endless tax cuts
Goodwin: Neil Armstrong went to the
moon with government money -
Obama should aggressively defend
government spending
Gingrich: I’m kind of a big deal
Gregory: well all know that Newt
Gingrich: Mika Brezinski and Joe Scarborough humiliated themselves at my ridiculously
named Newt Gingrich University
Gregory: I see
Gingrich: America is making millions
drilling in North Dakota!
Gregory: so Obama hasn’t stopped
drilling after all?
Gingrich: yes but Mitt Romney would drill
in Cleveland, Hawaii and the National Mall
Fiorina: imagine oil derricks in front of the
Lincoln Memorial - what a beautiful
sight that would be
Goodwin: [ palmface ]
Gregory: the GOP is trying to address
the gender gap
Todd: Obama needs a big gap among
women - and he’s got it
Gregory: women vote - who knew?
Todd: Virginia is for Lovers Who
Love Ultrasounds
Fiorina: I was very impressed and
jealous of the women stars at the
Republican convention
Gregory: I can see that
Fiorina: Democrats belittle women by
assuming they care about their individual rights
Gregory: nice try Carly
Goodwin: Eleanor Roosevelt never
even mentioned FDR’s polio at her
convention speech
Gingrich: I suspect he was never
handicapped - he was probably just
another lazy Democrat
Gregory: Ann Romney told us to vote
for her selfless husband dammit
Brokaw: This is the Century of Women
Goodwin: one out 100 isn’t bad
Brokaw: the GOP loves mothers but
do they really respect women?
Fiorina: every rational person condemned
Todd Akin’s despicable remarks about
rape and called on him to drop out
Gingrich: not me
Fiorina: oh no here we go
Gingrich: Todd Akin sort-of apologized
but Obama wants to murder children!
Friedman: Fluffy I would like to thank you
for making the rest of us normal by
inviting this crazy person
Gregory: My pleasure Mustache man
Gingrich: Joe Biden is a racist who
wants to put black people in chains
Gregory: Romney also used the
chains metaphor
Gingrich: yes but Romney never talks to
black people so he can’t be a racist
Gregory: getting back to Akin - you
don’t think he should drop out
of the race?
Gingrich: of course not - Akin won
the primary therefore he’s just
like Marco Rubio!
Brokaw: whoa - you agree with Todd Akin?
Gingrich: I am just saying that Democrats
murder babies
Fiorina: Stop! Stop it! Stop talking!
Women don’t care about abortion!
Gingrich: the media are biased - they
only talk about how I called black people
lazy instead of reporting on the Democrats
plan to let the U.N. enslave Americans
and put them to work in abortion factories!
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
*******************************************
Bonus!
Sunday Talk Shows: The Most Ridiculous Moment
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2012/09/03/culture-of-truth-newt
This Week with George Stephanopoulos - September 2, 2012
Guests:
David Plouffe - Obama Campaign
Kerry Healy (R-MA)
George Will
Donna Brazile
Bill Burton (D)
Matthew Dowd (R)
*******************************
Stephanopoulos: good morning David
Plouffe: good morning George
Stephanopoulos: are Americans better
off than they were four years ago?
Plouffe: we’re recovering from a
mini Depression
Stephanopoulos: that doesn’t sound good
Plouffe: Mitt Romney is promising nothing
but tax cut fairy dust
Stephanopoulos: a lot of people
are unemployed
Plouffe: Romney will enact policies
that caused the recession in the first place
Stephanopoulos: so we’re not better off?
Plouffe: Obama is investing in batteries!
Stephanopoulos: ironic that he’s
running against an android
Plouffe: ha
Stephanopoulos: Pluffy should Obama
apologize to America
Plouffe: for what Stephy - health care
or ending the wars?
Stephanopoulos: yes those things
Plouffe: the GOP is only offering tired
platitudes like tricke-down economics
Stephanopoulos: Paul Ryan says he’s
going to save Medicare not raid it
Plouffe: he raided it!
Stephanopoulos: yes well know about that
Plouffe: Paul Ryan is sounding the
Second Coming of Claude Pepper
Stephanopoulos: Verily he will
Return Riding a White Golf Cart
Plouffe: Obama cut waste and Paul Ryan
would bankrupt Medicare
Stephanopoulos: Romney said under
Obama lazy people would get free money
Plouffe: it is interesting that Romney
can only win by lying and then
lying some more
Stephanopoulos: is it a racial dog whistle
Plouffe: all I know is every time that ad
runs on my tv my cocker spaniel hides
under the bed
Stephanopoulos: ha
Plouffe: In his acceptance speech Romney
never mentioned our troops or
Afghanistan - does Romney even care?
Stephanopoulos: what about Clint Eastwood
Plouffe: that was weird and hilarious
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: how did the GOP
convention go?
Will: undecided voters learned Republicans
want to cut taxes which I think we already knew
Brazile: I suspect a number of people
were very confused - and that was
before Clint Eastwood channeled
Daryl Hannah in Legal Eagles
Healy: we learned that Mitt Romney is
secretly a human being
Stephanopoulos: why not have testimonials
From people who like Romney instead
of Clint Eastwood doing a crazy-ass
version of Bob Newhart?
Healy: well I hope people go online
and look up examples of Mitt acting normal
Dowd: no one cares about a candidate’s
personal anyway
Stephanopoulos: are we better of than
we were four years ago?
Burton: we’ve created 4 million jobs
Stephanopoulos: but we lost 6 million
Burton: we heard Mitt loved his
family but what is he’s going to do
for other families?
Healy: he was very specific - he’s going
to cut taxes again, repeal Obamacare
and drill for oil off Florida
Will: don’t be afraid - vote for Romney
Brazile: no be afraid - be very afraid
Dowd: the real question is will the
country be better off four years from now?
Burton: in 2008 Obama said he was going
to deliver health care, end the wars,
fix the economy and rebuild America and he did!
Stephanopoulos: did he?
Burton: oh yeah!
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming everyone
*****************************************
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