Video: Ingraham rips Gibson on ABC’s This Week
posted at 10:12 am on October 26, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Via the boss, who sees Laura Ingraham’s blast at ABC’s retiring anchor as the highlight of this lengthy exchange yesterday on ABC’s This Week. It’s classic Ingraham — contentious, iconoclastic, and dead-on accurate, which is why she’s probably right that ABC will be reluctant to put her on another panel in the future. However, George Will perfectly captured the Obama administration’s foolishness on the Fox War just before Ingraham blasted Gibson:
No president in the history of the Republic has less reason to complain about his treatment in the press than Barack Obama. Liberals have Academia, they have the mainstream media, they have Hollywood. They’re all for diversity in everything but thought.
And out here is this one channel, Fox, and they’re all up in arms because, in the words of Ms. Anita Dunn of the White House, it is “opinion journalism masquerading as news,” which some of us would say describes the New York Times and certainly MS-NBC.
I wish that Will’s statement on diversity of thought had prompted more discussion, especially since that paragon of objective Murrow-like journalism MS-NBC got an invitation to a tete-a-tete with the President this week. The clip they played of Kennedy showed how presidents prior to Obama realized that they couldn’t allow themselves to descend to media infighting, lest they be seen as heavy-handed, petty, and thin-skinned. All Kennedy did was cancel the paper delivery, and the media wanted an answer.
Unfortunately, for a President who has at times desperately styled himself as a Kennedy, he seems to have acquired none of his hero’s sense of humor and sense of office.









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God Bless her, I love Laura. I am listening to her now.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Laura just said that was the longest roundtable she has ever seen on This Week, and wondered if the show will be blacklisted by ABC for including her on the panel.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 10:17 AM
More Laura. Break out of the Fox Quarantine zone.
Mr. Joe on October 26, 2009 at 10:18 AM
But he has a great sense of orifice.
LibTired on October 26, 2009 at 10:18 AM
The great herd of independent minds.
Mr. D on October 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Check out RCP featured articles over the weekend. Both sides are telling him to step campaigning and start governing. I was happy to see libs starting to see an Obama-made distraction with Fox. Too many things to do is acting like a petulant child.
Obama’s chickens are coming home to roost.
booter on October 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Ingraham should have hit the lib media harder, for example their abject failure on things like Van Jones or the paltry 20 minutes Ogabe spent with McChrystal talking about Afghanistan.
Bishop on October 26, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Stephie looked visibly shaken when Laura started ripping Gibson. She has real stones.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 10:20 AM
There needs to be a conservative onslaught of the MSM.
I said “conservatives” Newt, my boy.
ted c on October 26, 2009 at 10:21 AM
My favorite comment was when Laura pointed out the passion with with Obama and his whitehouse go after Fox news and other critics – a passion noticeably lacking when dealing with Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea etc.
gwelf on October 26, 2009 at 10:23 AM
This is exactly the problem. I work in one of Will’s “Big Three” (a university) and I sit through constant preaching about ever more diversity in skin color, nationality, gender, sexual practices — everything but thought. It is wearisome and irritating.
jwolf on October 26, 2009 at 10:24 AM
He also ripper DICK Cheney for his comments on Obama’s Iraq policy.
Spathi on October 26, 2009 at 10:24 AM
We keep hearing that the Republicans are the party of “NO”. I say we now declare the Democrats the party of “DON’T”—don’t watch Fox News, don’t pay attention to scientific data showing that the Earth is getting cooler, don’t worry about the cost of government health care, don’t pay attention to all the czars, don’t ___________ (just keep filling in the blank).
texabama on October 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Those in the media who do not agree with Barry must be evil.
Evil evil evil!!!
And unfair!
Unfair unfair unfair!!!
Waaaaaaaa! (sob) Waaaaaaaa!
profitsbeard on October 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM
This President can dish it out but he can’t take it. its as simple as that.
Speakup on October 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM
The one guy says that they are just fighting for positions and disagreements over policy.
They aren’t. They might disagree over policy, but they aren’t debating their POLICY. They aren’t debating differences of opinion on POLICY.
What the White House IS debating is the legitimacy of the entities with disagreements in policy. They don’t debate the disagreements, they go into the mode of killing the messenger.
You can kill the messenger all you want but the message would be the same. If you want to debate policy as a white house, you don’t delegitimize your opponent, you persuade that you are right and they are wrong. But you can only do that if you are right. . . which the white house is not.
ThackerAgency on October 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Diversity to the Leftist’s means the different viewpoints between Socialists, Communists, Marxists and so-called ‘Liberals’.
Chainsaw56 on October 26, 2009 at 10:26 AM
What ACORN story? Did I miss something? ;)
digitalintrigue on October 26, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Yeah, it’s pretty obvious what Obama really cares about, and it is NOT national security. You know, the problem about Obama is that he is in the wrong office. He would be a really great Secretary General of the UN. Can we work out a deal? Pretty please?
jwolf on October 26, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Where do I buy the bumper sticker?
mankai on October 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM
He’s still in the Kennedy phase of signalling weakness to all our enemies.
gwelf on October 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Good segment, but unfortunately Podesta’s deflection on the Nixonian charge went unchallenged.
GM bondholders, Humana and others are facing a lot more than mere talking-to by the administration, and Podesta’s unchallenged deflection allowed it to hang in the air that a few harsh words are all there was to this thing.
The media is already in danger of underreporting the other thuggery by the administration as it is; if these kinds of round-table panels won’t uncover it then the administration may just get away with it.
RD on October 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM
I gotta give credit where it’s due, George Stephanopoulos did a great job getting Gibson’s ignorance of ACORN off the table with a quick “let’s set that aside”. He’s an effective Press Secretary for Obama.
forest on October 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM
I think you’ve hit the nail right on the head, and I would add, “DON’T READ THE BILLS.”
anglee99 on October 26, 2009 at 10:33 AM
But he has acquired a massive and unwarranted sense of entitlement.
highhopes on October 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM
I think you are onto something here Tex. :-)
cannonball on October 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM
The party of “don’t”: Don’t speak, don’t offer your opinion (even when you agree with us), don’t get in our way…
RD on October 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Podesta is a real creep.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 10:36 AM
“that paragon of objective Murrow-like journalism MS-NBC got an invitation to a tete-a-tete with the President this week.”
Speaking of, the ultimate irony of all the Sunday shows was Chris Matthews who also discussed the White House/Fox bruhaha. It’s funny watching him ask his panelists what motivates Fox News when he did the exact same to Bush for 8 solid years.
Go RBNY on October 26, 2009 at 10:38 AM
If a charge unanswered is a charge confirmed then Stephie’s sputtering evasion says it all. Charlie Gibson is a biased muddle headed liberal hack.
miles on October 26, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Podesta is the evil stepchild of Soros. That guy is as slimy as they come.
marklmail on October 26, 2009 at 10:38 AM
It was funny to see how Georgie Porgie puddin’ n’ pie tried to “set aside” the ACORN issue for the president. Kinda like that female CNBC newsie that interrupted the “socialist” comment made by a contributor last week.
This Obama defense stuff has got to get hard for those guys when the truth keeps gobsmacking them in the face these days.
ted c on October 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM
…don’t ask questions, don’t bother us, don’t tell anyone your fears or concerns, don’t take notice of changes you may not like or be familiar with, and don’t try to stop us, or else…
RD on October 26, 2009 at 10:40 AM
My favorite part was when they quoted the President of Fox News as mentioning that Fox is the opposition. The liberal media has taken this position for decades and declared it almost saintly to oppose the Precidency. Now that it’s thier man in the White House, how dare Fox declare opposition! Liberal arrogance its best.
MichiganMatt on October 26, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I don’t want him to stop campaigning and start governing. This is fine. Just a little over a year to go till midterms.
a capella on October 26, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I Won.
ted c on October 26, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Except Stephie “got the knives out” for Hillary during the primaries. Obama still has the scars.
alliebobbitt on October 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM
That’s his next job after POTUS. But first he has to make the US so weak that it is dependent on the UN for its security. And he has to chip away at national sovreignty too. (Copenhagen, International Criminal Court, UN now coming to the US to investigate “human rights abuses” in the lack of affordable housing (see Drudge), internationalist judges).
SG has little authority, as does the UN. Obama wants more than a symbolic position. He wants real authority. It will take him two terms to shift power.
Wethal on October 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Well, at least Steffy put Laura on the panel and let her speak freely.
And, as she did, I thought how fortunate we are to have both she and the boss out there.
They both have excellent debate skills but also understand the sound bite world of TV.
And, that they’re both mega telegenic (and, yes, hot), makes it difficult for a hostile host of any kind to shut them, easily, down.
TXUS on October 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Worse than that, think about what that says about virtually every other news organization… they’re effectively cheerleaders. Ingraham did make that point, though, when she said she thought FOX was doing the heavy lifting for the media at large.
alliebobbitt on October 26, 2009 at 10:50 AM
When Stephie brushed Laura’s comment aside, Laura should have asked Stephie to tell us all what the Gibson Doctrine is, or better yet what the Podesta, Stephie, ABC news doctrine is.
fourdeucer on October 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Where’s Allahpundit? He’s not on jury duty is he? God help us all.
Sharke on October 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM
The University’s notion of “diversity”: All the different-looking people in one room thinking the exact same thing.
Lehosh on October 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Nice
blatantblue on October 26, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Time to play hardball and word to go out to any Conservative interviewed on that show to use “Let’s set that aside” and go off on a tangent when questioned by Georgie until he gets it. Which will be never.
Marcus on October 26, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Where’s Allahpundit? He’s not on jury duty is he? God help us all.
Sharke on October 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM
He’s playing with his cats
blatantblue on October 26, 2009 at 10:54 AM
A-Pun in da hood, on da low down.
TXUS on October 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM
My copy feature zigged when it should’ve zagged.
TXUS on October 26, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Yes John, but what he also meant by that was that Fox is the opposition to the rest of the mainstream media which is virtually all liberal.
Sharke on October 26, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I love Laura. I wish we got her show in the Memphis area. Poor Stephie could not defend Charle’s ostritch imitation.
kingsjester on October 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Did you guys notice how very very quiet Podesta was? He never said anything UNTIL Steph looked over to him to respond towards the end. Clearly, Podesta was not defensive, which has me thinking…
Weight of Glory on October 26, 2009 at 11:02 AM
His brother and sister are making millions lobbying off their connections to this Administration, while he runs the so-called “think tank” called the Center for American Progress that is basically nothing but a laundering operation for Soros’ money and a parking spot for communists like Van Jones. He should never be give a spot on a panel of actual journalists!
rockmom on October 26, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Listen to the live stream here from 8-11 central time.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM
That’s because they needed a WHOLE lot of “equal time” for all four of them to respond to everything she said.
logis on October 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Ha! Van Jones is back “working” for him now instead of at the White House, thanks to Fox. Podesta is running a halfway house for disgraced leftists.
rockmom on October 26, 2009 at 11:05 AM
I think a more appropriate heading for this thread should’ve been “G.Will rips Cheney a new one!”
Norman Blizter on October 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Mr. Will is too polite to break in on the babbling but when he gets the chance he makes it count. A couple of weeks ago he disparaged Hurricane Katrina Vanden Hoovel (sic?) when she suggested Gen. McChrystal’s report going public was a constitutional crisis. It was great.
Cindy Munford on October 26, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Listen to the live stream here from 8-11 central time.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Thanks!
kingsjester on October 26, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Saw the video earlier…was good and right on point…there are some on the panel that have no clue john podesta is a commie that needs to go to the outskirts of Afghan/Paki. trade him for someone who appreciates Liberty n Freedom.
hawkman on October 26, 2009 at 11:12 AM
And as Laura pointed out to you – once upon a time this was considered the job of the media.
gwelf on October 26, 2009 at 11:14 AM
I paid my way to the September 9/11 Rally in DC bringing my youngest grand son with me as part of his continuing education.
I have had to counter about half of the social education he and my three other grand kids get from their high schools. High schools that teach from textbooks that are not only incomplete, biased but in some cases just outright wrong.
For almost fifty years the liberals, progressives if you will and the closet Commies and Marxists have been infiltrating and perverting the American Educational System and in turn, churning out new young progressives that influence and pervert their kids and send them to the same institutions of “higher learning”. Even worse is that this progressive decay has cheeped down into our primary and secondary educational systems, giving them a head start on the brainwashing of our children.
You think the divide in America is growing? Well so do I and millions of other Americans in flyover country do too.
This time it really is not just about politics.
SOME of us realize that it is about taking control of the United States of America and turning it into a Socialist/Marxist cesspool just like the other failed states in this world. Which of course will cause our Military to shrink and it’s ability to defend to diminish. The economy/energy/education will be in the hands of the state, which is the fastest way to the destruction of America and her beliefs.
We conservatives and others haven’t liked the choices our representatives have been making for about the last fifty years. But being the silent ones we just kept working and hoping that our government would somehow see the light and the errors in their ways. And being gullible we kept voting for those that lied and said they were for conservative ways and measures and a smaller government.
While of course the progressives kept eating out bigger and bigger pieces of the federal and state governments.
So there you have it…Our continuing bad judgment and mistakes. We have to bear much if not all of the blame. Especially for electing Obama.
Also remember this, Obama and his backers understand the stealthy incremental nature of legislation, and he also has been taught the Chicago way of doing business in politics, and he has backers and handlers that understand it even more.
The dirty tricks department not only extends to false registrations and vote fraud, but to Chicago dirty tricks in the Senate and the House, and in the back rooms of Lobbyists, Progressive Support Groups such as ACORN and of course-Unions.
When enough Americans finally understand what our Founders feared would happen-has indeed happened slowly and steadily over the last fifty or so years, Obama, Reid, Pelosi and RINOS like them will never be reelected. Or you would think so, wouldn’t you? But if we go by our past record, it appears that Americans can’t see past the lies told by those running for office.
Maybe that will change, I certainly pray it does.
In the LAST ten or so years, it has taken an out of control federal government spending our money and lots of it to FINALLY get our attention. while it should have happened over these last fifty or so years, it just didn’t because it was a slow and steady drain of our liberty and stealthy building of government theft and accumulation of powers.
Even now today, there are still millions of Americans that don’t know or care a twit about politics but just vote the party line or even worse…don’t vote at all. The democrats almost have a lock on minority and black voters and will close that lock with legislation in the next few month.
This time in our history, this enemy within, are almost succeeding. The only thing in their way is you and the rest of loyal Americans, of all parties and affiliations, because it appears our representatives and even our President will not uphold their oaths.
Power indeed does corrupt, but it takes a certain deviant breed of people that want to change America into something that our Founders never wanted, fought against and warned us about. They are our enemies within.
Our Founder’s not only warned us against all this, but wrote rules in our Bill of Rights (and it’s Preamble), our Constitution. And inscribed in other important papers that were meant to warn, prepare and enable us to protect the Republic for which they stood, died for and wanted for all of their future generations of Americans.
It has only been in the last few months or so, that American’s attention has not only been raised, but also their long held anger has been allowed to vent itself against our so called “representatives”, the ones that are supposed to be working for us, but seem to just be working for themselves and others.
I pray in the next few years or so there will be many more millions of Americans that will voice their opinion loud and clear and vote accordingly. If they don’t or are stopped by voter fraud and other Chicago tricks and tactics, then the only alternative is not to be spoken of until it will be almost too late.
Papa Ray
West (now Central) Texas
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The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed – where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once.
2009 Judge Alex Kozinski
Papa Ray on October 26, 2009 at 11:16 AM
No prob. LI is a *must listen* for me M-F mornings.
OmahaConservative on October 26, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Exactly. The perpetual campaign.
Can’t you just imagine what may be steeping now in the minds of Ahmadinejad, or Putin, or Kim Jong Il, or Chavez, or any one of dozens of little wanna-be trouble-makers?
They’re sitting back and watching as this guy sends out his entire first team — Dunn as the Communications Director, Rahm as the Chief of Staff, Axelrod as the political director, plus the Gibb of Gab, all with but one mission . . . to bury Fox News.
And, within a matter of hours, these blinkered fools come crawling back, all bloodied and battered. He got rolled by his own staff!
The Ahmadinejad’s of this world are just smiling away, and — unfortunately for us — undoubtedly emboldened by his ham-fisted handling of matters.
Meanwhile, former draft-dodger and resident goofball, Joe Biden, is off second-guessing the President’s military advisors in Afghanistan, while the President simply cannot make up his mind to move ahead and implement a military policy decision that he already made back in March!
Trochilus on October 26, 2009 at 11:18 AM
I don’t know how Laura could sit across from that slimy scumbag spawn of the devil without driving a stake through his heart. She was great.
constitutionlady on October 26, 2009 at 11:21 AM
That’s good stuff right there. Laura was right about the passion for hitting Fox vrs hitting islamic terrorists or any other foreign threats. Will of course makes the great point about zero tolerance for alternatives to liberal thought.
Dash on October 26, 2009 at 11:22 AM
For some reason the link didn’t work to the video.
It may have had something to do with not clicking on it.
Horatius on October 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM
For all JFK’s foibles, never forget he FOUGHT for his country and he was greatly respected for it. ZerO is a hero for the opposite reason, because he despises his (let’s pretend) country and is trying to feed it to the dogs.
It’s like the twilght zone with the fanged Podesta sitting there with his daily morning-WH-meeting-buddy Stephi as if they’re both dispassionate observers. Good for Laura disecting Gibson, but I’d like to see her tear Detesta a new one.
Western_Civ on October 26, 2009 at 11:31 AM
There’s not enough bandwidth.
Rovin on October 26, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Podesta is a weasel.. Him and Geo Soros are HUGE buddies..
reshas1 on October 26, 2009 at 11:37 AM
PapaRay: The Lefties are the ones from academia who write/publish the textbooks used in our schools. Believe me, these books have a definite Leftist slant, omitting huge swaths of our nation’s and the world’s history or downplaying some aspects while spending inordinate effort on promoting the less-than-consequential.
The number of textbook publishers has shrunk noticeably over the decades. The choices for teachers and schools for quality materials are slim to none.
onlineanalyst on October 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM
I hate to sound Hillary Clinton-ish, but if you’ve watched Beck at all you KNOW that the vast LEFT-WING conspiracy is real. White House, GE/NBC, Center for American Progress, STORM, Apollo Alliance, ACORN, SEIU, etc. etc. etc.
My point is, Podesta is one of the biggest players in this conspiracy. WTF is he doing on this panel?
RightWinged on October 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM
O is emulating his real Kennedy hero, Teddy. The petulant, arrogant, angry tone of the no-longer-ruddy-faced rogue lives well with his mocha latte bro-bro. O is the meat puppet to Dead Ted’s administration.
Everyone seen the latest issue of Time, with Teddy on the cover? Too bad they couldn’t allude to that Kennedy love of sports by showing Teddy on a boat or anywhere near the water. For obvious reasons, Time had no time for that!
EMD on October 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM
This was actually an interesting discussion. I agreed with Laura that the passion and focus about the Fox deal is far more impressive of an effort than anything on major real issues.
It’s fascinating to me that Obama is blowing Alinsky rules. Do NOT overbeat the horse. It ruins the entire argument.
First, it was the race card. Everyone is sick of that one. Next, it’s going to be GOP and Fox are all about hate.
AnninCA on October 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM
That’s why libs put so much emphasis on
indoctrinationeducation.Problem: -teen pregnancy. Solution: Free contraception and “education.”
cs89 on October 26, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Etc.
Poverty? “education.”
Crime? “education.”
And on an on…
cs89 on October 26, 2009 at 11:46 AM
She got her lick in, which I loved. I thought Charlie’s interview with Palin was, in fact, even more insulting than Katie’s. The way he peered down over his glasses when asking her ridiculous questions has burned a hole in my memory. Boy, every hair on the back of my neck went up. I had to work with men like him in my career. They were always after the jugular.
So it was great pleasure to read that the idiot is so uninformed and such a suit. He epitomizes the worst of TV journalism. Don’t know what’s going on. I read what my staff hands me and look like I’m pontificating.
*blech*
But George didn’t need to pile on. Point made, clearly.
AnninCA on October 26, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Great debate! The liberals bring four to the conservatives’ two, and they STILL get their hats handed to them. No surprise there.
argos on October 26, 2009 at 11:46 AM
I thought Laura’s point was smart. It’s really not about being polite. Presidents are often VERY impolite. That’s the job.
It is about the focus, however.
AnninCA on October 26, 2009 at 11:49 AM
He’s sulking that Meghan McCain didn’t get to play on the roundtable.
CarolynM on October 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM
So, the WH is concerned about other news outlets repeating a ‘false’ (read: negative) story first broken on Fox? Well, if the MSM fact-checked stories instead of comedy skits before airing them, the WH shouldn’t have anything to worry about, should it?
Liam on October 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Check out Laura’s interview Friday with Hitchens/Wilson on their Documentary Collision coming out this week. good stuff, audio is up on youtube
jp on October 26, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Laura is a national treasure!!!
Power to the People!!!
SmallGovtGuy on October 26, 2009 at 12:10 PM
I don’t watch these shows anymore, no matter the rare tantalizing appearance by an Ingraham. It’s still too depressing — often more so when a conservative is shoehorned amongst droning liberal stiffs before finally being drowned out.
The mainstream media is the paramount agent of bad faith in our country and the foremost enemy of our democracy. They have cast their pall over every corner of our society and shaped and poisoned our notions of the social compact. They need to be destroyed. Total destruction. This task is not impossible, but would take a bravery, imagination and dedication not apparent in our political class.
rrpjr on October 26, 2009 at 12:11 PM
That George Will quote is greatness.
Let’s see. Who else is unhappy with ANY opposition in the news media. Chavez? Castro? Stalin? . . .
WannabeAnglican on October 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Del Dolemonte on October 26, 2009 at 12:19 PM
In an affirmative action life, criticism is not encountered. If it is there can only be one reason for it……RACISM!
jukin on October 26, 2009 at 12:22 PM
40 percent of us are conservative. 40 PERCENT.
Liberals are the lunatic fringe!
John the Libertarian on October 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM
I agree. Fox News and MSNBC are the same but different. Neither one is needed.
Decider on October 26, 2009 at 12:29 PM
The definition of “Conservative” is so generic it mean nothing. It certainly does not mean the nutty tea baggers or the Fox News audience.
Decider on October 26, 2009 at 12:44 PM
This administration is like a rooster in the barn yard; Kicking up a lot of dust to show how masculine it is.
The real problem is that this administration is stirring up a dust storm to confuse their constituents while they conveniently ignore the issues that need attention; Such as Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, energy, economy, etc.
And they get a kick out of sicking their media on people like Joe the Plumber, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, etc.
There’s a war between this administration and people whom choose to think for themselves, and have a grasp of logic.
Cybergeezer on October 26, 2009 at 12:50 PM
So Decider works for Gallup? What is the generic definition used in polling by Gallup that by its nature excludes all those at Tea Party rallies or tuning into Fox News?
Yep, that’s what I thought. If you’re going to come out swinging, at least make a fist.
coastiehooligan on October 26, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Notice that none of the lefty panelists argued the point that never in our history has a president received such good press?
gwelf on October 26, 2009 at 1:05 PM
And the other panelists pooh-poohed that thought. But she’s absolutely right. Obama isn’t spending weeks considering a strategy for dealing with Fox. The WH acted clearly and agressively. In Afghanistan, the WH is on autopilot while it tries to find a solution that will please their base without resulting in a total defeat in the region.
In one case, the worst outcome of the WH policy is an increase in ratings for the enemy. In the other case, Americans die. Which policy would you tackle first?
hawksruleva on October 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM
I also think this is what one would expect from an incompetent president. He continues to do the only thing he’s really good at: campaign. He likes to put off and dither on anything that requires actual leadership and/or hard decisions.
gwelf on October 26, 2009 at 1:12 PM
How would you define a conservative, since you already defined tea partiers and FNC watchers as nutty?
Liam on October 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM
“teabagger” => Alinsky-ite repeater.
Axeman on October 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM
It boils down to “don’t think for yourself” — independent thought is an anathema to the left.
infidel4life on October 26, 2009 at 1:32 PM
For those who don’t know or want to bother knowing, a conservative is someone who believes in the Original Intent of the Constitution: minimal government and maximum liberty for the people. A la Thomas Jefferson.
Liam on October 26, 2009 at 1:50 PM
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