Comedy gold: Rick Sanchez has an aneurysm over the McCain “bitch” video
posted at 4:05 pm on November 14, 2007 by Allahpundit
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How excessive is it? Enough to earn a scathing press release from the most media-friendly politician in America. I encourage you to compare it to TPM’s post yesterday unveiling the video to the world. The lefty hatchet men are a model of restraint compared to Sanchez trying, by sheer force of will, to turn this into McCain’s “macaca” moment.
Not only has the clip been edited for brevity but I had to cut an entire second segment they did with Whoopi Goldberg, who phoned in after Amy Holmes accused her here of having called George Bush the “c-word” at that notorious Kerry fundraiser back in 2004. Not true; as it turns out, Whoopi confined herself to a series of very tasteful, very clever “bush” puns. Don’t you feel foolish now, Amy?
One other point. Watch Sanchez seize on the fact that McCain apparently qualified his respect for Hillary by saying he’ll respect whomever the Democrats nominate, which, to Sanchez, means he respects Hillary about as much as he does Mr. Magoo. Am I the only who remembers McCain offering this at the last debate, while everyone else onstage was competing to see who could rip her most memorably?
Let me just say that I know and respect Senator Clinton.
The debate that I have between me and her will be based on national security, on fiscal conservatism, and on social conservatism. It will be a respectful debate. That is what the American people want.
I skipped the part at the end of the show where he read the answers to his mad libs invitation. It was simply … too painful.
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So when do the White House tapes from 93-00 detailing how flowery Bill and Hill’s language were regarding others?
MadisonConservative on November 14, 2007 at 4:08 PM
Sorry amnesty was McCain’s macaca moment. He doesn’t really need another one.
bj1126 on November 14, 2007 at 4:11 PM
I think this guy pees sitting down.
Jared_MA on November 14, 2007 at 4:12 PM
…meaning maybe that’s why he was so offended.
Jared_MA on November 14, 2007 at 4:13 PM
McCain-Feingold wasn’t too pretty either…
But what about those books with how Hildebeast spoke to her Secret Service detail?
amerpundit on November 14, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Heh. Welcome to HotAir, son!
I have no doubt whatsoever that Sanchez — whoever the hell he is — pees sitting down.
Jaibones on November 14, 2007 at 4:19 PM
What an idiot. (Sanchez… well, and McCain too.)
This is a fantastic example of the media creating a story where one really doesn’t exist.
nosliwelyk on November 14, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Ahhhhh, the talk of political pigs in perpetuity. Either he detests her, and is lying. Or, he respects her, and is a fool.
I don’t respect anything concerning the most vile political figure of my 49 years on this earth. She, and those like her, will be the destruction of my country.
OhEssYouCowboys on November 14, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Time for Two Important Declarations
1. McCain is a good man, and a tough politician, and I would be damned happy to support him for President against any single Democrat currently running, or presently sitting in elected office in the House or Senate.
2. We — the Republicans — have five candidates currently running for President who are infinitely better choices for the Presidency than anyone running for the Dhimmis: Mitt, Rudy, Duncan, Huck, and, I guess, Fred.
This silliness about a lady calling Hillary a bitch at a McCain event is … silly. Of course she’s a bitch. Her husband refers to her as a bitch.
Jaibones on November 14, 2007 at 4:24 PM
(Uh, oh) Mitt, Rudy, McCain, Duncan, Huck, and I guess, Fred.
Jaibones on November 14, 2007 at 4:25 PM
McCain was so flustered it was almost embarrassing watching him try to recoup. To pretend that he somehow endorses callin Hillary a biatch after seeing his reaction is ridiculous
Keli on November 14, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Whats the big deal? Sanchez is always having a nuclear-powered hissy fit about somethingorother.
Its a major story when he ISN’T whining about something at the top of his lungs.
And he is evidently what the dinosaurs at CNN view as the “next wave”. Or their version of Oberdork. God help us.
Always Right on November 14, 2007 at 4:26 PM
OK, who is this douche again?
Jaibones on November 14, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Sanchez’s eagerness is more embarrassing than anything the elderly McCain supporter said or how McCain handled it. The bias is literally dripping off this douchebag’s chin.
darwin on November 14, 2007 at 4:26 PM
The Clinton News Network’s Rick Sanchez has surely got his panties in a twist. Listen to the emotion in his voice, his little heart is broken. I think this may have been too much for him, perhaps he should take some time off… or at least a time out.
Maxx on November 14, 2007 at 4:29 PM
Does this guy act this way every time someone says something nasty about the President?
Are we allowed to call a member of the media on HA an overwrought, ridiculous, disingenous little butt pirate?
peacenprosperity on November 14, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Question: Why is it that everyone knows who the woman is asking about? That’s not McCains fault.
McCain did respond well by saying he respects any elected democrat. For some reason, Chavez doesn’t want to think that a republican can respectfully disagree with a democrat.
Classic example of hearing what he wants to hear.
shick on November 14, 2007 at 4:30 PM
I thought the B word was Buckwheat.
mymanpotsandpans on November 14, 2007 at 4:32 PM
Anyone have this sissies e-mail address?
peacenprosperity on November 14, 2007 at 4:32 PM
Someone get Sanchez some smelling salts – poor dear has a case of the vapors.
That said, what is it about McCain that brings out the, er, regrettable on-air soundbyte moment from older women? (Perhaps the questioner in this clip is McCain’s aunt.)
sulla on November 14, 2007 at 4:35 PM
He didn’t say it, so to fill in the blank, appropriate is my answer.
Kini on November 14, 2007 at 4:35 PM
The look on the face of that gal is precious…what on earth point are you trying to make, dude?
jdpaz on November 14, 2007 at 4:37 PM
Good one, my reaction, too. What a puss.
RW Wacko on November 14, 2007 at 4:37 PM
PUH-LEEZE, CNN. No-one cares that he answered the question that way. The women who are “upset” by that were NOT voting for him anyway.
Also, important to point out that Amy Holmes, who gives in and claims she found the B-word offensive, was a regular contributor to The Montel Williams Show. Most of what goes on on that show (on which I made the mistake of appearing) is far more offensive than John McCain’s innocuous response. I’m frankly offended that CNN picks a pro-choice Montel contributor, who admitted to voting for Clinton twice and Al Gore (yep, Holmes did that), as their “conservative” analyst. If that’s conservative, what ain’t?
Frankly, if McCain answered that he was really offended by her question, then that should lose him votes.
Debbie Schlussel on November 14, 2007 at 4:40 PM
lol …
darwin on November 14, 2007 at 4:43 PM
I saw an earlier segment on CNN. What ticked me off most is the fact that they don’t say the word ‘bitch’.
Bitch. Bitch! Bitch!!! Bitch. Bitch.
We’re adults. The lady said ‘BITCH!’ Use the word ‘bitch!’ I’m not 10 years old.
As to McCain, I would have laughed if he replied that he wasn’t expecting Edwards to get the nomination.
Canadian Infidel on November 14, 2007 at 4:45 PM
“… you’re a conservative and I am supposed to ask you the tough questions …”
And you’re a liberal. Conservatives can answer tough questions; that’s why she’s there.
“… thats the problem …”
Yeah, the problem for Rick Sanchez, Clinton shill.
“… from women, especially the ones I’ve been talking to in the news room …”
A Liberal reporter who has to hide the fact he is voicing his own opinion by hiding it behind the opinion of liberal women reporters living in the Democratic Closet called CNN.
Dusty on November 14, 2007 at 4:47 PM
I don’t watch CNN, do I don’t know much about this Clinton campaigner/anchor Rick Sanchez. However, I literally laughed out loud when he all indignantly says, “he’s talking about a fellow senator” as if there’s any decorum left in DC. Has this insipid little clown ever heard how the members of HIS party (and yes, come on, this guy is such a democrat) routinely refer to the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — not to mention the VP? Where’s his frosty indignation when they call President Bush a nazi, a liar, a war monger? I wonder what his reaction was when a dem House member said — ON THE FLOOR OF THE US HOUSE — that Bush likes to see US soldiers blown up “for his amusement.” What a transparent little POS partisan hack this fella is.
Rational Thought on November 14, 2007 at 4:51 PM
Sanchez can be contacted at outintheopen@cnn.com
BacaDog on November 14, 2007 at 4:52 PM
Sanchez is an idiot and you can see he is trying so hard to make something of this. If I had been McCain I would have laughed and said she’s not a bitch, but a lying bitch…and then just laughed big time.
I’m disappointed that McCain stated that he has respect for Hillary…uh I mean that Bitch! :)
If McCain has repect for Hillary, then that makes me question his judgment.
FLLaw33870 on November 14, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Someone must be putting estrogen in this wuss’s coffee.
infidel4life on November 14, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Where’s the offensive word?
Pam on November 14, 2007 at 4:56 PM
Demeaning to women? My wife uses that word often. And it came from a woman! Big deal, all you have to do is listen to cankles and the first word that comes to mind is that.
conservnut on November 14, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Thanks
peacenprosperity on November 14, 2007 at 5:04 PM
I use it as well…I like the word and no one is taking it away from me…Someone should tell Sanchez that they use this on network T.V. all the time..
If nothing else, his clipis being shown all over…he made himself look like an A$$
Pam on November 14, 2007 at 5:05 PM
Who is this weenie. What the hell is CNN doing? Trying to offset Glen Beck?
saiga on November 14, 2007 at 5:07 PM
CNN is awesome these days. Rich Sanchez is so sensational. I think he’d be perfect for Entertainment Tonight.
gabriel sutherland on November 14, 2007 at 5:07 PM
What’s the problem? McCain didn’t use the word, a woman did!
It’s about time someone was honest.
RMCS_USN on November 14, 2007 at 5:08 PM
Woweee. Sanchez, wasn’t he canned by MSNBC?
That idiot just made a mountain out of a molecule.
fogw on November 14, 2007 at 5:10 PM
I was under the impression that Sen. McCain called her a bitch, as it turns out, it was a woman in the audience asking him a question. The reporter is right, the Sen. should have had the woman tazered, and arrested for voicing her opinion, when will they understand there’s no room for freedom of speech in politics.
striper1 on November 14, 2007 at 5:11 PM
Anyone who has never heard Hillary Clinton referred to as a (not waiting for moderation) ‘b-word’ has no place working in the media…did he just crawl out of a fallout shelter or something?
James on November 14, 2007 at 5:16 PM
Rick Sanchez was an idiot when he worked for local news, Channel 7, in South Florida, and moving to CNN has made him a bigger idiot.
As you can see in his CNN reports he is a ’screamer’. He has to project his voice very loudly to make the impression that everything he reports is a major crisis.
He also tried to be a Mike Wallace clone doing investigative reporting. His reports was more like watching a short of the Keystone Kops than an investigative report.
You should see the video of his reporting on the first Gulf War for Channel 7 News in Miami. Locals referred to him as the ‘Crappy Gulf War Reporter’. The map of the Middle East was projected on the floor and wall so Rick was standing on the Middle East. As he reported incidents he would squat down, to point at the location, but it made him look like he was doing the #2 on the Middle East. ‘Crappy’ also referred to the quality of his reports. He constantly made stupid mistakes and false reports that the station and he had to apologize for and make corrections.
Helloyawl on November 14, 2007 at 5:17 PM
“It might become viral and be a problem for McCain”
“Go to CNN. com to check out the video”
…
Sanchez was also confident that the “women in the newsroom” who found it offensive are typical of most Americans. Heh.
VolMagic on November 14, 2007 at 5:22 PM
What a pussy.
pat on November 14, 2007 at 5:22 PM
McCain said: “I respect Senator Clinton, I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the Democrat party . . .”
To which Sanchez, being the intellectual he isn’t,analyzed that to mean: “He respects her, but only respects her if she gets the nomination of the democratic party . . .”
Huh?!!
Artificial outrage from an artificial pundit.
geckomon on November 14, 2007 at 5:29 PM
McCain’s handling of the (eek!) “B question” tells me that little Ricky Sanchez makes Matt Lauer look like Steve McQueen.
Teddy on November 14, 2007 at 5:31 PM
Making a story where there is none
Kini on November 14, 2007 at 5:36 PM
My note to Mr. Sanchez:
Longhorn Six on November 14, 2007 at 5:38 PM
Man, I agree with Sanchez here, his theatrics aside. McCain should have said that what the woman said doesn’t have a place in the discussion. Our society has sunk so low that calling someone a bitch or p@ssy or f@ggot is somehow a substitute for rational argument. The reason McCain has a problem with this, is that his positions are so close to Hillary, that his supporters use her personal attributes to pump him up.
sweeper on November 14, 2007 at 5:47 PM
I’m so sick of the childish…”b-word”, “n-word”, “f-word”. I know you can’t say f–k on TV but it’s so little kid. Say the Goddamn word.
LtE126 on November 14, 2007 at 5:53 PM
BTW…Sanchez, he’s the “c” word
LtE126 on November 14, 2007 at 5:56 PM
That wouldn’t have meant squat to Sanchez. If McCain had called the woman out for her language Sanchez would have created a completely different spin in order to lay into McCain.
“Sure he called her on it, but still, it’s a reflection of the type of people who support McCain. And that’s bad news for his campaign.”
See how it works.
It’s CNN stupid.
fogw on November 14, 2007 at 6:06 PM
I am offended by Sanchez’ use of the word Gringo. I demand his resignation. Racist Pig!
ronsfi on November 14, 2007 at 6:07 PM
Does anyone else get the feeling that he has been called the b-word on many occassions?
Pam on November 14, 2007 at 6:11 PM
a mountain from an anthill….
Guardian on November 14, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Well done,
I post about how insult replaces substance in modern discourse and this is your response.
You sir are a master of irony.
sweeper on November 14, 2007 at 6:22 PM
Wasn’t meant to be a personal attack. Just a general observation. My apologies if you interpreted it that way.
How’s this …. it’s stupid CNN.
fogw on November 14, 2007 at 6:28 PM
But only after a night of wining and dining. He isn’t a slut! He’s a human being!
peacenprosperity on November 14, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Seemed matter of fact to me.
peacenprosperity on November 14, 2007 at 6:31 PM
My thoughts exactly!!! I was going to add a diaper description as well….Rick Sanchez was in diapers while the honorable Sen. McCaine was protecting this nation in Southeast Asia… Somebody should straighten Sanchez out….Insofar as the reference to Hillary; I thought it appropriate and indeed fitting.
IntheNet on November 14, 2007 at 6:47 PM
No blood no foul.
sweeper on November 14, 2007 at 6:58 PM
I think both Davis and Sanchez are using hyperbole. Sanchez in his response and Davis in screeching that this is all because ONE poll puts McCain ahead of Hillary. One poll does not make a campaign. Lets see what happens over a few weeks. OK Davis?
csdeven on November 14, 2007 at 7:07 PM
Hey, the straight talk express attracts straight talk type of people. His mom and Mormons and now this gal. I say speak your mind and everyone act like adults about it. PCness is just a way to stifle free speech.
csdeven on November 14, 2007 at 7:13 PM
Sanchez is a Bitch….. oooopppps sorry!! That comment does not reflect the views of the staff and management of Hot Air.. That is soley my view of this girlyman on CNN…. Girlyman OOOOOPpppppps sorry that name doesn’t reflect the views of the staff and management of Hot Air.. Sorry but that wussy is just a….ooopppps I’ll stop now!
Fandango on November 14, 2007 at 7:23 PM
“that’s an excellent question, he says. …uh, is john mccain done?”
LOLOLOLOL!!!!
i’m surprised they didn’t pick up on the POSITIVELY UNCONCIONABLE use of the word “democrat” and base his pageantry of phoney outrage on that.
jummy on November 14, 2007 at 7:34 PM
I think there is some pee pee envy here, there’s room for just one “bitch” on the Sanchez set.
Speakup on November 14, 2007 at 7:35 PM
So I guess Sanchez is voting for the bitch.
That’s toooo bad, and a waste of a vote.
Texyank on November 14, 2007 at 7:40 PM
Heh. And he’s the bitch.
Jaibones on November 14, 2007 at 7:51 PM
Sanchez needs a bitch slap.
T J Green on November 14, 2007 at 7:54 PM
Who actually watches that guy…? The ‘Conservative’ imposter was classic CNN.
Rugged Individual on November 14, 2007 at 7:56 PM
not relevant, not newsworthy.
cnn is kissing up to hillary ahead of the debate.
case closed.
madmonkphotog on November 14, 2007 at 7:59 PM
He did say it was phrased excellently.
Bid deal evey body knows she is a b itch. ask Deedee Meyer, Geo Snufulopolus, et al.
TheSitRep on November 14, 2007 at 8:27 PM
did – didn’t
TheSitRep on November 14, 2007 at 8:27 PM
have we now got to the point every word has to be {the letter } and word . What can’t we just say the word ?
and its not like the lady was not telling the truth Hillary is a beeeeeaaaaatttttccccchhhhhhhhh.
yes and he/she only uses one sq of tp to .
Mojack420 on November 14, 2007 at 9:01 PM
WHO IN THE F%3K IS THIS SANCHEZ DUDE?
Is this yutz related to Olberdouche? I guess it’s been a while since I’ve watched CNN. I guess it’ll be a long time til I watch it again too.
commonsensehoosier on November 14, 2007 at 9:40 PM
“He could be in trouble for this… I’ve been talking today to the women in our newsroom who are very offended”
Praise Allah that the women in the CNN newsroom are not representative American women.
Poor John McCain. He should have known the media would turn on him eventually. Now no one supports him.
bigbeas on November 14, 2007 at 9:44 PM
Is this guy trying to make himself a name? Sounds a little like Monty Hall.
mjkazee on November 14, 2007 at 9:57 PM
Well, Kyle’s Mom’s a . .
/cartman
- The Cat
MirCat on November 15, 2007 at 1:58 AM
Another ‘get a life’ moment, I believe
The guy waffled on enough at the start about it, too..
Reaps on November 15, 2007 at 7:42 AM
Will the MSM care that Hillary used to hang sex-toys and condoms from the White House Christmas tree as ornaments?
georgej on November 15, 2007 at 8:51 AM
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