Video: Megyn Kelly rips Obama spokesman for spinning NRA ads
posted at 1:05 pm on September 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
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If you missed FactCheck’s alleged “fact check” of the NRA ads on Monday, you didn’t miss much. Dave Kopel has the authoritative rebuttal, but if you can’t spare the time for that, see Patterico’s piece for the disgraceful lowlights. One of them figures prominently here, as Obama shill Bill Burton assures Kelly that The One has never supported a total ban on handguns. What about the fact that he said on a 1996 questionnaire that he, um, does support a total ban on handguns? Simple, says Burton: That was filled out by a staffer who got his position wrong. And what about the fact that Obama’s handwritten notes were later found on a second copy of the completed questionnaire, proving that he saw the staffer’s answers and didn’t object? Ah, says Burton — his notes were only found on the front page. He must have missed the answer about banning guns. And what about the fact that The One initially lied shamelessly about never having seen the questionnaire at all until Politico confronted him about it? Kelly never gets around to asking him that, alas. But do note the parallel here with Biden hinting the other day that Obama doesn’t actually approve of the McCain e-mail ad. Forever victimized by rogue staffers, St. Barack is never responsible even when he’s responsible.
As for the other major omission in FactCheck’s analysis, The One’s pathetic, opportunistic flip-flop on the D.C. gun ban, it doesn’t come up either but you already know all about it. File it away with his opposition to lobbyists and earmarks –particularly the bridge to nowhere, which he voted for twice — as further evidence of what a cynical poseur he is.
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I hate when I can’t see the video. I would love to watch megyn rip a new one!
upinak on September 24, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Go Megyn Go!
RobertCSampson on September 24, 2008 at 1:09 PM
That was so great Megyn’s a woman not afraid to take on the big boys 1 bit.
tee866 on September 24, 2008 at 1:10 PM
How did Burton get a job as a campaign spokesman? The guy is flat out creepy.
BadgerHawk on September 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM
everyone should email FactCheck over this, and call them out. They haven’t done much good “Fact Checking” this cycle already, alot of libs especially use them as place to find out “facts”
jp on September 24, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Burton looked like Scott McClellen in that interview.
meci on September 24, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Kelly for Press Secretary if McCain wins.
lorien1973 on September 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM
What a slimy little tool.
As for Megyn Kelly, with all respect to Julie, I think she’s currently now overtaken Banderas as the hottest and sharpest woman on that network.
MadisonConservative on September 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM
What can I say, he’s an effective shill. Not bad.
Obama’s still a terrorist loving, gun grabbing, infanticide supporting, radical extremist Alinksy acolyte who is dangerously unprepared and unqualified to run a soup kitchen much less the executive branch.
VolMagic on September 24, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Historical evidence is such a pesky old thing, isn’t it, O-Bambi?
AubieJon on September 24, 2008 at 1:17 PM
He has two arseholes now.
cyclosarin on September 24, 2008 at 1:17 PM
I ♥ Megyn Kelly. She’s fearless.
Sir Andrew on September 24, 2008 at 1:18 PM
And that’s being kind.
MadisonConservative on September 24, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Wow. Megyn kicks butt.
This is the same swarmy toad who defended the anti-McCain ad that said he didn’t know how to send an email. He must begin his day by repeating those worn-out talking points over and over and over again.
I need to take a shower now.
Christine on September 24, 2008 at 1:18 PM
If Barak is elected, I wonder if he will push this “total handgun ban”
I would hate to loose my HK USP 45 Fullsize, the finest handgun on the planet.
pseudonominus on September 24, 2008 at 1:19 PM
I am developing a healthy girl-crush on Megyn. I just wish she hadn’t called him “buddy” at the end, because that made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
Redhead Infidel on September 24, 2008 at 1:19 PM
SH*T GETS DEEPER.
thebredafallacy.blogspot.com
mad saint jack on September 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM
How come Obama only has white men speaking for him? Is he a racist and/or sexist?
rockmom on September 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM
I second that!
dominigan on September 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM
The Meg K. ain’t nuttin’ to f*** with.
Jim Treacher on September 24, 2008 at 1:22 PM
“mad saint jack on September 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM”
sigh, i kinda like factcheck …
:-(
Buckaroo on September 24, 2008 at 1:23 PM
the fact that obama is not held to anything is disgusting.
trailortrash on September 24, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Bitin’ hotties.
Esp. when it’s leftist blubber butt.
Love it.
locomotivebreath1901 on September 24, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Kelly’s maybe the sharpest person on any of the news channels.
BadgerHawk on September 24, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Kelly is great.
Spirit of 1776 on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
i doubt megyn would ever give up the fun she’s having to be press sec., but we will always have tony as precedent …
/r.i.p., sir, you must be loving your front row seat of this campaign …
Buckaroo on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
the spokesman looks like a missing link..
————————————————–
OT about Megyn..
(I don’t have cable so my only expose to her is what I see on youtube and what I can catch with my binoculars.. :)
Does she lean right of the spectrum?
or is she truly fair and balanced?
She does clamp down and not let go.. that is one thing I like about her.. I’m guessing that she does the same to the right as well?
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Bullseye … Obama will ban every gun he has the votes for. Make sure you limit his votes.
tarpon on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Those frickin obama guys want to tell people what they can talk about
Roger Waters on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
It’s about time.
I swear that clown has the word “Stanley” stamped on his forehead.
csdeven on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Palin/Kelly 2012
ohiorebel on September 24, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Okay, I know I’m way behind the curve here, but I still just CAN’T BELIEVE Obama has gotten this far.
And as a rather extreme rightie, I’m supposed to be the one who is living in an idealistic fantasy-land!
I mean, help me out here, am I the only one who finds Obama’s campaign completely unattached to truth or reality?
whole9yards on September 24, 2008 at 1:26 PM
LOL
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Wow, you can feel the exact second the it went from witness to hostile witness mode.
- The Cat
P.S. Well in this case he’s more of a hostile witless.
MirCat on September 24, 2008 at 1:28 PM
They are the ‘New York Times’ of fact checking.
wise_man on September 24, 2008 at 1:28 PM
OMG Megyn is soo hot! Just like the ‘Cuda.
Palin/Kelly ‘12!!!
factoid on September 24, 2008 at 1:28 PM
So someone that works with The One believes this is his position??
Move along people, nothing to see here.
neal7 on September 24, 2008 at 1:28 PM
For once Rog, you’re right.
“Can’t talk about his name, can’t talk about his religion, can’t talk about his race, can’t talk about his family, can’t talk about his friends, can’t….”
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM
As a member of the NRA, I salute Megyn for poking at Burton with a sharp stick. Fun to watch him lie and know fully well no one believes it.
Farmer62 on September 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Obama
POS(Pathetic Obtuse Socialist)
“Grab the guns first, ram though Socialism second, and strong arm tactics third”
Chakra Hammer on September 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM
“And could blow your head clean off. So you gotta ask yourself one question: Do ya feel lucky? Well, do ya? Punk.”
Andy in Agoura Hills on September 24, 2008 at 1:30 PM
*wanders*
Groo..
(no reason, been wanting to do that for a while now)
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Nope, I’m right (no pun intended) there with you on both counts.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 24, 2008 at 1:30 PM
I thought Burton acted like Clinton spokesthug Paul Begala. When the facts aren’t on your side, double-talk over your opponent and repeat misleading lines until the audience turns away in annoyance. Burton is a wonderful Obama ad for positive change.
Terrie on September 24, 2008 at 1:30 PM
+, uh, 2? (damn public skool)
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 1:31 PM
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM
She treats everyone like that doesn’t matter right or left she’s like a bulldog with a bone when she’s on topic.
tee866 on September 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Megyn Kelly should have ask him why Obama thinks its wrong to cling to your guns.
Maxx on September 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Alternate headline….
Megyn Kelly meets one of the few men in America who wouldn’t enjoy being spanked by her.
azlibertarian on September 24, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Bill Burton is so full of it. obamatheliar has taught him well.
christene on September 24, 2008 at 1:33 PM
“Factcheck” has been light on facts lately.
fossten on September 24, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Another site, politifact.com Takes 0bama’s at his word.
Link
Back to the Beginning.
Link
More Checking
Link
More and More
Link
mad saint jack on September 24, 2008 at 1:34 PM
At this point, even the right-leaning newspeople are hurting my feelings.
O’Reilly is the one who called me a fringe idealist today.
Wwaaahhhhhh! Just because I oppose the bailout.
But yeah for Megyn — one of the few of her type with balls!
whole9yards on September 24, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Don’t forget people Palin on CBS tonight with Katie must see tv.
tee866 on September 24, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Gotta get the terms right.
fossten on September 24, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Obama is spinning until he vomits on this question. Facts are that Obama has consistently worked against law abiding citizens rights to own firearms. Period. This tool Burtion that says it has been reported on time and time again that the facts are not facts is “crap”. If you cherish and want to preserve the right to protect yourself you are a fool to vote for Hussien Obama. Obama is like Arafat pledging peace to the Israelis while working to murder you in your sleep.
Kuffar on September 24, 2008 at 1:37 PM
okay.. Cool..
I’ve seen her a show a few times when my wife and I visit her brother too.. (good man, he ALWAYS has Fox News on :) and have been impressed with her..
maybe my view of news anchors has been so skewed that anyone who is actually in the center of the road on air gives me whip lash..
hope they put her up front on a desk election night..
now i’m off to throw a penny in a well and wish everyone else in the media would be like here.. ( at least, her spunk)
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Megyn get’s to the point and if that were me being interviewed I would avoid hard questions.
420sniper on September 24, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Megyn is a Fox News “Superstar”. She is an amazing talent.
sinsing on September 24, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Dave, at this point I don’t care where she is on the political spectrum.
I’m just glad to see somebody slap the Obama people around with the facts since no one from any of the other networks seems to want to.
BacaDog on September 24, 2008 at 1:41 PM
I love Megyn (who doesn’t?) but I wonder why she didn’t point out Obama’s support of the DC handgun ban?
progressoverpeace on September 24, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Just talk over the interviewer and keep parroting talking points.
Smear Fax News so the libatards get their marching orders.
Refuse to answer the question by feigning or lying outright….
Oh, just give me a break.
Kini on September 24, 2008 at 1:43 PM
I wish the interviewer would just cut the mike on folks who filibuster. Then, show them on the split screen quietly yammering away unaware that nobody can hear them anymore.
It’d be great to hear the interviewer say, “I’m going to ask a question, and give you plenty of time to answer. However, if you stray off-topic again, I’ll cut your mike until you’re ready to cooperate.”
BacaDog on September 24, 2008 at 1:47 PM
matches his candidate
funky chicken on September 24, 2008 at 1:48 PM
On a side note, I think it’s nice that the spokesman for a major Presidential candidate thinks that the word “crap” is appropriate for political communications on TV. Quite a classy bunch they are, over at B Hussein central. Sheesh.
progressoverpeace on September 24, 2008 at 1:50 PM
It’s disappointing Megyn used only that one questionnaire as evidence of Obama’s preference to ban the people’s right to defend themselves with guns, even in their own home. He supported Chicago’s ban on handguns. He supported DC’s ban which included even using a gun in your own DC home to defend yourself.
Megyn needs to read David Kopel’s critique, at The Volokh Conspiracy, of factcheck.org’s review of the ad.
Dusty on September 24, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Can you imagine how stupid Obama thinks his voters are?
jeff_from_mpls on September 24, 2008 at 1:51 PM
I nominate Bill Burton for the Nobel Prize in Physics
Bill Burton quote:
Apparently Bill has been tinkering with quantum physics in the political shed and has been able to locate NRA members in a parallel universe.
moxie_neanderthal on September 24, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Megyn Kelly tears him a new one. Love it. Too bad most of the rest of the media does not seem to be anywhere near doing the job she seems to do as a reporter.
coyoterex on September 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Oh, has anybody else seen or heard the Obama ad that says McCain opposes stem cell research? The ad doesn’t even say embryonic vs adult, but even worse…McCain supported embryonic stem cell research if it used embryos that were going to be thrown away by fertility clinics. Bush opposed that.
The ad says McCain is more opposed to “stem cell research” than Bush. Just an outright fabrication.
funky chicken on September 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM
“I hate my staff so much! They’re always making it seem like I don’t agree with you! But I totally do agree with you and you should vote for me.”
calbear on September 24, 2008 at 1:54 PM
So, he’s saying the ads are false because there’s no proof that he signed the first document? BUT the second, identical document has Obama’s handwriting on it and corroborates the first document?
I have never in my life seen such creative Lying. Obama’s people are expert in shading and hiding lies.
marklmail on September 24, 2008 at 1:56 PM
You could tell his spokesperson was given a short piece of paper with the talking points. He continuously repeats :
well documented
proven time and time again
false ads
free advertising
Washington Post
Notice how he tries to infer that a questionnaire with Obama´s handwriting and notes was not, in fact, answered by him. I´d love to use that excuse on college exams that I wasn´t happy with.
Multibucket on September 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM
aye!!
jerrytbg on September 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM
If true, wouldn’t it be fun for the NRA to run an add listing their names?
Seven Percent Solution on September 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM
my HK USP 45 Fullsize, the finest handgun on the planet.
pseudonominus on September 24, 2008 at 1:19 PM
I dunno, I’d put my Kimber Stainless TLE/RL II on that list.
PJ Emeritus on September 24, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Two words…
…HOT
ballz2wallz on September 24, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Burton is a flat-out, in-your-face, lying, scum-bag.
OBonzo’s voting record on guns, and gun-bans, is well documented.
He’s never seen an anti-gun bill he didn’t like.
franksalterego on September 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Pay attention to how leftists lie.
Obama has ever supported a gun ban?
“It’s been reported on time and time again.”
“You know, I’ve said that, this has been well reported.”
I’m convinced there are consultants who specialize in teaching surrogates like this guy how to lie effectively.
This pattern sounds just like the Clinton pattern. When Hillary was asked about the Rose Law Firm, she would never answer the question, she would refer to her previous answers.
“You know, I’ve, ah, said many times in the past the answer is no.”
An answer structured this way has the appearance of the subject putting his reputation on the line and committing to the truth. And indeed it is the truth, Hillary DID deny it many times in the past, which has nothing to do with whether it was a LIE.
Russian man goes up to the KGB agent, says “I don’t believe what I read in PRAVDA today, do you have proof?”
KGB agent pulls out another copy of PRAVDA, says, “here is your proof.”
THAT’s how marxists lie.
jeff_from_mpls on September 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I have. Just listen to what comes out of the arab/persian/muslim world or any of the totalitarian states.
progressoverpeace on September 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Burton’s response was such a joke. Once again Obama handled the paper with his vote against owning handguns and again it was filled out by someone else incorrectly. It’s unbelievable that he still gets away with this BS.
ImRight on September 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Thanks for the head’s-up. I just removed “Fact” Check from my favorites list. I actually thought they were independent. Silly me.
HawaiiLwyr on September 24, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Megyn is unique…
a blend of lawyer, reporter, anchor plus intelligence marinating in common sense.
She’s the best at her craft in this moment in history. And with more time and Hume mentoring, the opportunity to be one of the best ever.
swami on September 24, 2008 at 2:03 PM
I watched the video again and I have to say that Megyn really gets him on the NRA’s position, and if that were me sitting there I would have a hard time refuting her assertions.
I have to go out for a smoke now.
420sniper on September 24, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Buncha crapheads, I tell you what.
whitetop on September 24, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Nobody ever accuses the left of having any morals – anymore.
kirkill on September 24, 2008 at 2:07 PM
“…all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone…”
Revelation 21:8 NKJV
Note to Mr. Burton, take lots of marshmallows and wear light clothing.
oldleprechaun on September 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM
MK was on freakin’ fire!
Tough. Smart. Great instincts.
(I like when she did the piece on the laughing exercise and said ‘you can literally laugh your ass off’!)
http://www.ArmchairEnergist.com
ArmchairEnergist on September 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM
If by change Obama gets elected, I would love to see Megan Kelly the White House reporter for Fox and see how she grills The One.
.
GT on September 24, 2008 at 2:09 PM
420sniper was in his bunk….
DaveC on September 24, 2008 at 2:09 PM
He’s good. Smooth, good at appearing straightforward – that guy has a future. Still needs to grow a bit more confidence, though.
Prufrock on September 24, 2008 at 2:09 PM
In my cubacell. Back from my smoke, now I’m sleepy…
420sniper on September 24, 2008 at 2:10 PM
New fox poll has the O up by 6 grrrr what is wrong with people for the love of gawd.!!
tee866 on September 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Megyn sets him up. However, he wastes enough time so that she cannot complete the deal. He knows there are time limits for each segment, and his job is to eat up as much time as he can (notice how liberals just keep talking even when they can’t be heard.) What counts is that the conservatives/truth can not be heard. They do not want a discussion or debate (they lose every time and they know it) just an appearance where they can prevent the truth from being heard. She leads him step by step, knowing his responses, then shoots them down as he comes up with each new excuse. He ultimately blames Obama’s staff AND Obama’s lack of thoroughness in checking his own positions on the questionaire. He wants us to accept Obama’s incompetence rather than the facts which point to Obama’s support of a ban on handguns.
jerseyman on September 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM
And Chicago handgun ban. He’s two for two.
IrishEyes on September 24, 2008 at 2:18 PM
She has documents, he has his mouth and opinion. What a tool.
Wade on September 24, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Every poll has different methodology. Likely voters? Registered voters? Was the sample “weighted” to “fairly represent” the “real” mix of republicans and democrats?
Don’t make too much of any individual poll.
jeff_from_mpls on September 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Yep. I just love to concentrate on his DC gun ban position because of the ridiculously idiotic stance he tried to take after the SCOTUS decision. I just imagined that Megyn would have honed in on that since B Hussein’s remarks after that decision showed such a total lack of understanding of the Constitution (B Hussein’s alleged “expertise”) that it should have made any lawyer puke. It was also interesting how Hussein tried to maintain both sides of the issue on that.
I just can’t believe anyone with a half a brain even takes BHO seriously. The guy is a joke on so many different levels … and just dangerous on most of the rest.
progressoverpeace on September 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM
He just earned his bonus for that day.
wise_man on September 24, 2008 at 2:26 PM
She’ll be a nice break from Greta van Icantsmile
ballz2wallz on September 24, 2008 at 2:28 PM
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