Must watch: “Daily Show” destroys liberal columnist over “civility” hypocrisy
posted at 5:12 pm on January 13, 2012 by Allahpundit
An instant classic, possibly even superior to their interview with that imbecile in San Francisco who wants to ban Happy Meals. Let me tweak the headline, though, since it’s not quite accurate. Better version: “Liberal columnist destroys herself as ‘Daily Show’ cameras roll.” It’s Froma Harrop, whom you’ll remember from her column in August comparing tea partiers — unfavorably — to terrorists who want to blow up the power grid. How they managed to pull off this goof without her wising up, I simply can’t imagine. She must have wised up but, for reasons known only to her, decided to play along with the humiliation. (Being a “good sport,” maybe?) Either that or what we’re seeing here is actually a tour de force of editing that turned what was a routine interview into a surreal expose of oblivious hypocrisy. No one be this clueless for real. Can they?
Besides, people like Harrop and the DNC’s current talking-points robot typically don’t do what they do because they’re blind to their own demagoguery, I think. To believe that is to let them off the hook for the cynical choice they’ve consciously made to smear their opponents for political advantage. There’s plenty of paranoia involved, no doubt, but it’s all in service to an agenda. If Harrop was genuinely this myopic, you could almost forgive her for it. Almost.
Update: Had a video glitch there for a second but it should be working now.
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Perfect. If Reid’s ad hominem comment merits any response at all, that would be it.
petefrt on May 7, 2013 at 9:01 AM
It’d really only be scandalous because then he would have lied about where he was born, which would raise other questions – like whether he forsook his US citizenship when he lived and attended that madrasa in Indonesia and whether he went to Occidental, Columbia and Harvard on foreign student aid, carried an Indonesian passport, etc.
Neither Cruz nor Obama were naturalized as Americans, which means they’re natural born. However, in the case of Obama, I’m not sure if whether he threw off his US citizenship and later regained it affects his eligibility.
crrr6 on May 7, 2013 at 9:05 AM
……says the schoolyard bully who got socked in the jaw for the first time in his life.
itsspideyman on May 7, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Cruz to Reid:
jake-the-goose on May 7, 2013 at 9:15 AM
It matters where Obama was born because Obama’s mom did not meet residency requirements to confer citizenship on Obama if he was born outside the US. If only one parent is a US citizen, they must have resided physically in the US for 5 years, at least 2 of which after the age of 14. Obama’s mom was a US citizen, but did not meet residency requirements so Obama had to be born in the US to be born a citizen.
Cruz’s mother is a US citizen and met residency requirements at the time of Cruz’s birth so it doesn’t matter where Cruz was born, he was born a citizen.
bitsy on May 7, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Cruz to Reed. “I drink your milkshake”!
ronsfi on May 7, 2013 at 9:37 AM
‘Toon of the Day: I Am Not A
CrookLiarResist We Much on May 7, 2013 at 9:43 AM
Ted Cruz is wonderful. Love this man.
bluegill on May 7, 2013 at 10:03 AM
…and as we all know, rubberdick is a reel expert in Texas politics. So y’all be afraid now.
slickwillie2001 on May 7, 2013 at 10:18 AM
I saw Senator Cruz this past weekend at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum.
He speech was outstanding. He is a gifted speaker and very intelligent. I’m proud to have voted for him!!!!!!!!!
Fazman on May 7, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Do you really sesquipedalien?
tom daschle concerned on May 7, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Cruz isn’t your “friend” and you aren’t his “friend”, Dingy. Leastwise, that’d better be the case.
And, Dingy, you should know schoolyard bully, just look in any mirror.
hawkeye54 on May 7, 2013 at 10:48 AM
I LOVE the Senator from Texas
mmcnamer1 on May 7, 2013 at 11:23 AM
The real school yard bullies are Reid and his thugs. They just hate it when someone like Cruz comes along and doesn’t tuck tail and quiver!
You go Cruz! We are proud of you.
SgtRed on May 7, 2013 at 12:21 PM
But it was the freshman girls softball team, and since they’re all lesbians-in-waiting, the locker stuffing was celebrated as “pride”.
Nutstuyu on May 7, 2013 at 12:37 PM
A picture speaks a thousand words.
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http://www.dingyharry.com/
diogenes on May 7, 2013 at 12:42 PM
If Harry Reid knows one thing, and one thing only, it’s schoolyard bullying.
Cylor on May 7, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Why even bother calling him your “friend” dipstick?…
PatriotRider on May 7, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Speaking of which, did Harry Reid ever respond to the charges that he was a member of NAMBLA?
Spade on May 7, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Of course not, he simply refuses to address those rumors.
slickwillie2001 on May 7, 2013 at 4:28 PM
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