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A David Gregory tweet during President Obama's press conference on health care. There is no longer any need to wonder why Meet The Press sucks ass.

Imagine If He Were President?!

What little respect I had for Senator John Sidney McCain III, if any at all, has now vanished.

"On 'Meet The Press' today, he told host David Gregory [Sarah Palin] is qualified to be president.

In fact, he was so spring-loaded to make the point about his former running mate on the Republican presidential ticket, he didn't even allow Gregory to finish his question..."

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Douchebag of the Week: David Gregory

Is Tim Russert turning over in his grave? Or urn? (I don't know if he was cremated.) I know I would be spinning if I were a proud member of AFTRA and decided to bring on to my program the new General Motors CEO and attempt to blame the company's troubles on the union who manufactures their product.

Nicole Belle: ...David Gregory has presumably been a member of at least one union as a television "journalist" for the last ten+ years. Apparently, it's a "great for me, but not for thee" kind of thing for Gregory...

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If the US actually had single-payer health care coverage for its citizens--like every other western country--then the auto industry could actually be relieved of those expenses.

But David, it would make FAR too much sense to propagandize FOR something that benefits the country instead of propagandizing AGAINST unions, wouldn't it?

David Gregory: Douchebag of the Week.


*Note - Last week I failed to choose a DOTW because I was away, but without a doubt, last week's Douchenozzle Extraordinaire™ was Michele "Armed and Dangerous" Bachmann for this and this and was a runner up this week for this.

(H/T Crooks & Liars)

GOP Budget Message: "Homina Homina Homina"

Eric "The Squirrel" Cantor appeared on Meet The Press today to poo-poo Poresident Obama's budget while bringing up the fictional train from Disneyland to Las Vegas again, but he did say that the GOP was going to offer an alternative budget proposal.

MR. GREGORY: Are you going to vote for the president's budget?

REP. CANTOR: Listen, the budget process, as you know, David, is one that has just begun on Capitol Hill. There is a lot of, I think, reticence to embrace his budget on both sides of the aisle. This budget, frankly, doesn't have the focus that we need right now in this economy. The focus should be, job one, fixing this banking system and trying to get jobs created again.

MR. GREGORY: Right. But the, but the budget says there's $750 billion to help capitalize the banks. You, you have not offered a figure on what you think is necessary to do that, other than saying you got to do something to get private capital in.

REP. CANTOR: David, David, the Republicans will have a plan.

Meanwhile in Bensonhurst, Mitch "The Fish" McConnell was doing his best Ralph Kramden impersonation on This Week with George Snuffleupagus.

George Stephanopoulos repeatedly pressed McConnell for a comprehensive Republican alternative budget. Each time, McConnell simply attacked Obama’s plan. He said that he and his colleagues would be offering amendments to “reframe” what the Democrats have proposed, but don’t plan on offering a comprehensive plan:

McCONNELL: [W]e are going to offer a number of amendments to the Democratic proposal. […]

STEPHANOPOULOS: But shouldn’t you have a comprehensive approach that lays out the trade-offs? If you just have rifle-shot amendments, you don’t have to make all the trade-offs that you have to make in an overall budget.

McCONNELL: Well, we’re just sort of getting down in the weeds here about procedure. Through the amendment process, we would absolutely reformulate the Democratic plan. Whether you have a comprehensive approach or whether you offer an amendment is something a parliamentarian can debate.

So what's the plan? Come up with an alternative, comprehensive plan to show you really want to play ball, or weaken the Democratic plan with crap ass amendments? Enjoy the wilderness, boys.

Rachel Maddow Is My Hero

For far too long, there has been a double standard in Punditland between right wingers and liberals. It always seems to me that the blowhard, in-your-face, conservative pundits never care to actually have a debate and listen to the other side. Rather, their typical "debating" or interviewing style is to ask a question or make a point, and not let the other speaker get a word in edgewise.

Joe Scarborough is the quintessential talking head hack. He'll go on and on with his diatribes and then ask a convoluted question, and as a response to his question is given, he'll interrupt and try to make another inane, fact-starved point. He just looooves to hear himself speak. You can tune in anytime or check out any video online... he always does it.

Last night's David Gregory's Race For The White House was no exception, but Rachel Maddow gave The Scar the once over. And it wasn't the first time that poor Joe got his pee-pee slapped by Maddow, as when they were debating a couple of weeks ago about how much of a maverick John McCain is. Watch.



Now on to last night. This Gregory show has only been on for the last few weeks, but in that short time, Rachel Maddow has learned that you can't let Scar walk all over you. You can't let him talk over you and monopolize your limited debate time on these "make your point in a 15 second sound bite" shows. You can't be polite, because he never is.

Rachel gets about one sentence into her point when Scarborough interrupts in disagreement, to which Maddow responds, "Joe, let me make my point and then you can dismiss me."

GASP! The nerve of this liberal, lesbian bitch to speak to the almighty Joe Scarborough that way! Who the fuck does she think she is? The nerve of these producers to put on these goddamn progressives on MSM shows. Don't they know that they have to conform to the corporate agenda? Has the world gone topsy-turvy?!

So Joe just sits there, like a scolded schoolboy and decides to respond to Rachel on a completely different segment of the show... AND THEN WALKS OFF THE SET! Watch the exchange and then listen closely to the 2:47 mark when Joe (off camera) takes off his microphone. When they go back to the talking head in boxes look, Joe's box is gone. The show continues sans Joe.



Poor little Joe Scarborough. He doesn't like the rules, so he took his ball and went home. Maybe mommy will make him some sammiches. ...Douchebag.

UPDATE: From TRex -

Scarborough is being a complete bastard in this clip. I went back to watch it again and his preening, tight-lipped imitation of a puckered butthole would be hilarious if it wasn’t so extraordinarily revealing. At that moment, all of Scarborough’s cards are on the table. You can tell exactly what he’s thinking, something along the lines of, “Listen, you little dyke bitch, I used to be a Congressman and don’t you ever forget that you are here at our sufferance and you will not cut me off when I’m interrupting you.”

Asshole.

Tucker Replaced By... David Gregory?!

This David Gregory?!

...Sigh...

Huffington Post: MSNBC announced a slate of changes this afternoon, leading with their new election-themed show: "Race For The White House" with David Gregory... fear not for the fate of poor usurped Tucker Carlson— he remains with the network as Senior Campaign Correspondent and will continue to be sprinkled throughout the schedule as a panelist and contributor.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann will now run in its regular slot at 8pm and will be rebroadcast at 10pm and 2am. Three hours of Keith. I wonder what Billo will have to say about that?

David Gregory?... sigh...

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