Video: MSNBC hosts dump on Obama’s speech
posted at 8:58 pm on June 15, 2010 by Allahpundit
Things I learned tonight from watching Keith Olbermann’s and Chris Matthews’s post-speech wrap-up: (1) Obama’s rhetoric is gassy and notably short on specifics; (2) renewable energy is much harder to develop than certain prominent Democrats would have us believe; (3) government bureaucracy may be contributing to the slow federal response in the gulf.
Exit question: Am I awake? Click the image to watch.
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Neg…
Cannot Click.
No Olby. No.
heldmyw on June 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM
Aren’t there any adults commenting?
heldmyw on June 15, 2010 at 9:01 PM
But but but….
The TINGLE!?!?
Skywise on June 15, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Unbelievable? … OR really believable?
Ian on June 15, 2010 at 9:02 PM
This is racism straight up!
Lance Murdock on June 15, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Tingles Unleashed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM
I already sat through imPOTUS crappy speech- don’t ask me to watch Queef and Chrissy too. I’d rather be waterboarded.
Monica on June 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM
I’m thinking some ASZ kicking is in order here… somewhere.
44Magnum on June 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Too many rats, not enough life boats.
peski on June 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM
The clip-worthy pile of crappola from MSNBC tonight is Chris Matthew’s hyperventilating over his expose of the American traitors who I swear he thinks show be arrested tomorrow. Mama Bear protecting his cub from the evil, evil Tea Party.
Marcus on June 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Real question: Are you being paid enough to have to watch this BS?
petefrt on June 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM
I’m excited about Obama’s call for a national plan for renewable energy. Let’s have a 5 year plan. We could call it the “Great Leap Forward”. We could even consider this as a new day. We could start at the year Zero.
Paul-Cincy on June 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM
you’re just now learning those things???
Fighton03 on June 15, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Chu is known for his research in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997.
Maybe Obama should also call in Austin Powers.
LASue on June 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Exit question: Am I awake? Click the image to watch!
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Yup!!!
Who signed off on the Drilling!!!!!!!!!!??????????
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Jeez. I’d rather watch soccer all day than watch even a minute of those two a-holes.
Hard Right on June 15, 2010 at 9:05 PM
I’m with you Monica. I told my son he wouldn’t talk for more than 1/2 hour cuz he didn’t want to miss game 6.
elifino on June 15, 2010 at 9:06 PM
you’ve lost that tinglin’ feeling….whoa, that tinglin’ feeling…
now it’s gone. gone. gone. whoa whoa whooaaaa
ted c on June 15, 2010 at 9:07 PM
HOPEY THE FENCE POST TURTLE IS SITTING HIGH UP ON AN OIL
WELL DERRICK,
GETTING SOAKED IN OIL!!!!!
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Those 3 on the screen at the same time? I am surprised TV sets all over America did not explode.
CWforFreedom on June 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Right, we could call it the start of social progress.
petefrt on June 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
I blame Bush.
Good Lt on June 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Obama has lost HOPE!!
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:09 PM
How about the Navy!!
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:09 PM
For those of you who don’t want to “click”…
… trust me. Allah brings you ambrosia!
Teddy Kennedy from Hell…
Seven Percent Solution on June 15, 2010 at 9:10 PM
This plus the PPP poll, plus the Salon bit, equals a very nervous Weight of Glory. Do you remember when Rumsfeld made his famous statement about known knowns, known unknowns, etc.? Well, with all of the above, I feel like there’s an unknown unknown out there, lurking, stalking, and hunting, which once known would make sense of everything, but would instantly kill you as well. Sleep well tonight, but if NYT dumps on Obama tomorrow, then I’m quitting my job, leaving my family, and joining a monastery. The only question will be: Augustinian or Franciscan?
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2010 at 9:10 PM
We may be witnessing the dismantling of the BHO administration…to coin a phrase, those guys kicked his ass.
d1carter on June 15, 2010 at 9:11 PM
OMG, a tag-team of Olbermann, Matthews and Fineman dumping on Obama??
Did I end up in the reverse world?
Clark1 on June 15, 2010 at 9:11 PM
That was funny. Watching these guys figuring out that their guy, Barry, doesn’t have what it takes. He was simply a nifty idea, and he’s making fools out of them.
They are slowly realizing that there’s no difference between Zip and Alvin Greene except that Alvin doesn’t claim to have a Harvard degree.
/ Where are those transcripts, anyway?
Cody1991 on June 15, 2010 at 9:13 PM
And Maddow.
YYZ on June 15, 2010 at 9:13 PM
The ObamaVoterBots are wisening up!!
With this latest bamboozle speech,they know their
getting greased and dipped in zee Hopey Crude!!
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:14 PM
The Tea Party has taken over MSNBC!
rob verdi on June 15, 2010 at 9:14 PM
wow, i almost got a tingle…
heh
thanks allah for posting…
cmsinaz on June 15, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Keith Olbermann named Barry as the worst person in the world.
bayview on June 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Has anyone pointed out the intrinsic racism in their criticism?
rob verdi on June 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Lean close to your screen Allah so I can pinch you. You are not dreaming.
bloggless on June 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Ya think ??
macncheez on June 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Yeah, at the end of the day liberals are angry people. Even against other liberals. That, and they sense the shift from golden boy “yes we can” to joke.
Dash on June 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Hunch come true. Øbama ratings to tank lower after speech. I How sweet it is.
petefrt on June 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM
I guess the enterprise is moving right to left now….
Fighton03 on June 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Rats on a sinking ship, every man for himself…
Hog Wild on June 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM
What does The Oprah have to say about all of this? Aren’t the oil spill victims people that almost all look like her? Oh, wait!
SouthernGent on June 15, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Heres what Obama was talking about!!!
Getting Screwed Over!!
Before
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http://nca-group.com/bilder//Trolla/DSC_0189.JPG
And after,
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http://nca-group.com/bilder//Trolla/A.%20GVI%20of%20Trolla%20prior%20to%20WHP002%20(2).jpg
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:18 PM
I know what you mean. If the right gets mad, we just get stressed and complain on blogs, buy extra food and toilet paper (and ammo for some), just in case it gets ugly out there. The left getting angry desperate could be dangerous for O. I’m starting to understand Beck when he talks about worrying for POTUS safety. I can’t stand the douche but I want him safe. I wonder tomorrow if we’ll see op-eds about the dangerous talking heads on the left. Fat chance.
Monica on June 15, 2010 at 9:19 PM
If you don’t watch it you’re missing a classic display of how they eat their own. It’s like they have become the Donner Party (before we knew what we wish the truth was…)
ericdijon on June 15, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Let me be clear- there are those who say that the end of BP’s oil spill is what we want, but I say that what this nation needs is the end of BP’s oil spill to be the beginning, and, make no mistake, it won’t take one day to see the end from the beginning, but one day soon we will see the end to the beginning and we’ll know…
I can’t stand to listen to Obama’s meaningless ramblings, but is that pretty close to what I missed?
rogerb on June 15, 2010 at 9:20 PM
Do it , better than fox this time.
the_nile on June 15, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Teabagger Olby. RAAAAAACIST!
Philly on June 15, 2010 at 9:22 PM
= “Pull my finger”. Nope, ain’t gonna do it,
nt
NumberTwo on June 15, 2010 at 9:23 PM
I remember the days when Chris Matthews used to be able to rabidly go after Democrats. Every once in awhile he’ll show hints of that again.
If Olbermann, Chris, and Fineman are all in agreement that The One is blowing it, The One has a serious problem because he’s lost the base.
MikeknaJ on June 15, 2010 at 9:23 PM
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Ya think ??
macncheez on June 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM
macncheez: Oh thats a good one!!:)
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Heres a few links on DeepWater!
Map
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http://www.gulfofmexicoresponsemap.com/dwhi/
US Coast Guard
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http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=841811
TimeLine
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http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/gulf-oil-spill-2010/timeline-map.html
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:23 PM
For those who don’t want to click – do click. You won’t be disappointed. The tingle is long gone.
paul1149 on June 15, 2010 at 9:23 PM
That was screen splurting worthy.
GinaE on June 15, 2010 at 9:24 PM
peski on June 15, 2010 at 9:24 PM
OK, ya’ll were right. It was worth watching.
Monica on June 15, 2010 at 9:24 PM
2nd that
cmsinaz on June 15, 2010 at 9:25 PM
Shouldn’t the headline read:
“msnbc hosts unexpectedly dump on Obama’s speech”?
mrt721 on June 15, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Me to. If it ends violently, it will come from the left.
petefrt on June 15, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Yeah, it is worth watching. I’m not gonna say I never thought at least some people on MSDNC wouldn’t bash Obama at some point, but I didn’t think it would be this soon, this harsh, and for nearly seven minutes uninterrupted.
Doughboy on June 15, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Nothing specific?
=====BUUUUUUUUSH! and those evil capitalists
Skandia Recluse on June 15, 2010 at 9:26 PM
A bunch of white guys , just saying..
the_nile on June 15, 2010 at 9:27 PM
This is OT but on a brighter note. After yet another episode of stunning, terrifying incompetence and indifference it’s important to focus on something positive.
A friend of mine owns a barber shop in our town. I often stop by to chat and have coffee. The clientele is all male, mostly older, blue-collar hard working guys. The subject of Nikki Haley came up, and every single one of them voted for her, will vote for her in the run off and again in the general. They despise what was done to her. They’re determined to throw the trash out. Bauer, Knotts and the rest are history as far as they’re concerned.
They also said that their expectations are tempered because she will have a tough job, but as long as she can make some progress they will be satisfied.
I asked them if they thought Palin’s endorsement made a difference. They said they would have voted for Haley without Cuda’s support, but the mention of her name made them all smile.
Cheers, y’all! Better times ahead… step by step.
Cody1991 on June 15, 2010 at 9:27 PM
If he’s lost MSNBC, it’s over. Stick a fork in him. He’s done!
BillyRuffn on June 15, 2010 at 9:28 PM
thanks!
cmsinaz on June 15, 2010 at 9:28 PM
From Karl Denninger at the Market Ticker:
I’m late to the party, so my apologies in advance if someone else has posted this.
flyfisher on June 15, 2010 at 9:29 PM
He may still have a use. We know that he can kneel and pick up tar balls.
Electrongod on June 15, 2010 at 9:30 PM
To quote Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles, “We’re awake… but we’re very, very confused.”
greggriffith on June 15, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Oops! I meant to put that link in the other thread.
flyfisher on June 15, 2010 at 9:31 PM
I think Hell just grew ice crystals, and I swear I just saw a pig fly outside my window.
portlandon on June 15, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Every time something like this happens, a slow and feckless regulatory bureaucracy is to blame from the left. Of course, with the way they want to govern, slow bureaucracy is a natural byproduct. We’re not supposed to put 2 and 2 together when they bitch about corrupt regulators, but why would they be anything else?
stldave on June 15, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Keith you magnificent bastard!
This whole time you’ve been setting up Captain KickAss to fail by raising expectations to an unbelievable level, knowing full well he’d never live up to them.
Olbermann….Double Secret Vice-President of the Tea Party.
No, I’m sure I’m the one sleeping
BobMbx on June 15, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Yes, too much ‘bureaucracy’ and according to Matthews too much “meritocracy” — but what they were really calling for was an “FDR-like” response. Sooooo, what they were really saying is get the underlings out of the way and be a dictator.
I did like the “If he mentions Chu’s nobel prize again, I think I’ll barf” line tho.
Firefly_76 on June 15, 2010 at 9:33 PM
They seem shocked he isn’t a leader. Should have listened to us. We knew it in ’08.
Sue on June 15, 2010 at 9:33 PM
No worries for PBHO, he will simply invite Matthews and Olberfreak for a nice sno-cone on the beach in Louisiana, then all will be well.
Bishop on June 15, 2010 at 9:33 PM
flummoxed seems to be the best word to describe these 3…
cmsinaz on June 15, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Deliberate distancing calculated to build credibility with the Lib/Dem base in order to rally votes this coming November. The President remains fully engaged, kicking ass, under the bus.
Kenosha Kid on June 15, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Are these guys on TV too ? Regular Fox or Fox Biz ? Must be on before Imus . That’s too early .
borntoraisehogs on June 15, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Got to be racism, straight up.
My guess, you can’t hide an oil spill the size of New York … And the only way to clean it up, is contain it at the well, as the 1994 federal plan said. Only problem, no fire booms and no skimmers. Then I guess the plan was an EPIC FAILURE of government.
tarpon on June 15, 2010 at 9:35 PM
I think that tonight those fools at MSLSD finally saw Toto pull back the curtain on the Great and Powerful Oz-ama.
ontherocks on June 15, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Just don’t take a vow of blog celebacy, k?
Firefly_76 on June 15, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Cris, Keith, Howard. He’s a Community Organizer…this is HOW HE DOES IT!!!!!!! It’s not going to get better, he’s not going to wake up with the necessary Commander in Chief skills, Executive skills, Management skills. He has none to begin with. He just organizes people to bitch about things, then sues the target of their wrath…in other words COMMUNITY ORGANIZE!
jamie gumm on June 15, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Bizarro! Bizarro! Bizarro! I’ve woken up in Bizarro World!
It really is going to be a bloodbath for the dhimmis this November, isn’t it?
When is Obamao going to be Olby’s ‘Worst Person’?
Timothy S. Carlson on June 15, 2010 at 9:40 PM
What do you know, three old, white, male, racists. FOX news has got no scruples!
Vigilante on June 15, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Earth to Chris Matthews: OBAMBI HAS ZERO, I REPEAT, ZERO EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE. While you were getting tingly feelings up your backside, we were screaming at the top of our lungs that this incompetent boob was all fluff! This is OJT in one of the most powerful positions in the world. We will be lucky if we aren’t yet a banana republic come 2012.
ncconservative on June 15, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Wow was that worth it. Obama’s got a serious problem.
Chuck Schick on June 15, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Wow! That was….unprecedented!
Dee2008 on June 15, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Heh.
Obama: The Post-
RacialAmericanTurtle President.Fallen Sparrow on June 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM
The changes were approved, but I really doubt they were actually made in that short a time.
But yeah that’s not going to look good.
Chuck Schick on June 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Oh my, I thought it was the Onion.
Things are very, very bad in Lib-Land.
stenwin77 on June 15, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Did Øbummer bet his presidency on the effects of this oil rig accident by depending on the pliability of the formerly adoring voters (or believers, if you will)?
.
He is getting less than tepid reactions from all over on the lack of detail and lack of a formulated plan on “the biggest environmental crisis, an epidemic even” ever facing the U S of A.
.
How long will the hammering continue? As long as the crisis lasts and nothing replaces it?
.
Collapse?
ExpressoBold on June 15, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Heh. Good call.
Weight of Glory on June 15, 2010 at 9:47 PM
Well, there’s still Newsweek.
logis on June 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM
In the words of Chrissy Matthews…
… that ‘clip’ was very Monochromatic!
Seven Percent Solution on June 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Daddy,your speech last night sounded like Sarah Palin
Kicked your *ss and left you with a bigger hole to plug,
oh,BTW Daddy I watched Tingles rerun this morning,and mommy
said you were going to kick Tingles *ss for losing Hope!!
Oh ya,Daddy when are you going to evacuate the entire
gulf coast if all that pressure go’s off at once,like
Mount St.Helens,only under the water!!(snark).
canopfor on June 15, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Hope someone gets a screenshot of that.
Vigilante on June 15, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Wow, just wow. Nothing specific except for raising taxes and the cost of energy. Must have missed that biggie.
Kissmygrits on June 15, 2010 at 9:50 PM
obie…and crissy and that other guy…
jerrytbg on June 15, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Obama is not a leader. He’s not a get-your-hands-dirty and solve the problem kinda guy. He’s a dreamer, an ‘idea man’. That’s why his speech was totally lifeless when he was talking about the spill. Notice he did not become enthusiastic UNTIL he began talking about his cool Cap and Trade legislation?
This is the guy at the office who stands by the water cooler and bounces ideas off of you about how to deal with the heat in the building while someone like McCain crawls up into the ceiling and figures out why the damn air conditioner is not working and fixes it.
Yeah, I have NO DOUBT by now that RINO and all, McCain would have been a much, much better President than this boob.
manofaiki on June 15, 2010 at 9:52 PM
wow!
this is like having your wife say:
“Damn…that IS small!”
Barry…your bastard children are dissing you!!
Justrand on June 15, 2010 at 9:53 PM
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