MSNBC's David Shuster Grills A Cheney Apologist
By Logan Murphy Sunday Jun 24, 2007 8:45pm
David Shuster has been filling in for Tucker Carlson and today he put the screws to Ron Christie, former aide and apologist for Vice President Dick Cheney. Watching this clip I got the feeling that I was watching a real journalist at work as Shuster not only asks Christie hard questions, but follows up and calls him on his talking points and misinformation. Christie insinuates that Cheney's role as President of the Senate somehow outweighs the job of VP and that the only reason Cheney is refusing to comply with the law is to insure the solvency of the Office of the Vice President as if it were somehow in danger. The topic turns to Scooter Libby and Shuster wasn't having any of Christie's spin:
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Shuster: You're a great guest, you're a great guy, but on the politics and the law in the Scooter Libby case, you're wrong."
David Shuster has done some great work on "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann and it's obvious he's been taking notes. MSNBC would do well to consider moving Tucker out of the way to make room for a real journalist to take over this time slot.
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Some people in high places have decided its time for Cheney to go. Otherwise we wouldn't have a four part series on him in the Wash Post. I guess the corporations have decided maybe war with Iran wouldn't be so great after all. Perhaps another world war wouldn't be too good for business.
That mofo needs some serious eye surgery...(cheap shot, i know...)...maybe if he wasn't soooo frakin' wrong all the time.....
wow... Ron Christie's parents must be horrified about the good little tool they have created. Can you imagine conversing with some one like this guy? Poor David Shuster...
David Shuster, unlike many so-called journalists, still retains his professional soul. I wish he and Lara Logan would be given a news show to anchor together. Now, that would be journalism.
OMG...I misspelled freakin' !
I think Shuster would make a great permanent replacement for the shrill and whiny Tucker. In fact that was exactly what I thought watching tonight. Normally I would have changed the channel, but seeing David Shuster, I stayed tuned to MSNBC.
Shuster has been a straight shooter. I hope he will grill Hillary one of these days.
Compromising days are over!
david schuster asks the questions and is relentless. he's given us a taste of what should have been all along. journalists the entire time should have been asking the questions and not settling for dribble that was returned. the cheney apologist is nothing but a flim flam man; he excels at redirecting issues. however it's evident that he hasn't a leg to stand on. he comes off as weak and stammering for a foundation. one can only think that his thought is how in the world am i going to counteract this guy when he's dealing with facts and the facts support his position.
nevermore - I was going to say the same thing. You're off the hook. :-)
andotech @ 3:
Speaking of Christie .. he's been on MSNBC a lot lately. Is he MSNBC's permanent Cheney lackey?
i like shuster give him the spot. who is tucker blowing. Stewart on crossfire should have ended his career. what has tucker done except work for right wing think tanks and pols. That is not journalism.
A black Ken Mehlman.
Shuster is great, I think, aside from Keith of course, he is the best thing on 24 hour news. His explanations of the stories he covers are always very comprehensive but told in such a way that the "average viewer" can understand the seriousness of what he is covering. I would love it if he got his own show but only if he can keep being the guy on the spot at all these hearings and trials etc. In other words, he can film it in D.C. or something, cover Washington during the day and then tell us all about it each night.
And for the most part, they were not talking over each other which is rather rare today in American political-talk programs.
Ezzy @ 7:
Oh, thank you for the unintended compliment! :)
Cheney protecting the office of the vice-presidency? Please - Congress made sure that the VP would be strictly limited in the legislative role - in 1789.
I love these "rule of law" people who want the Scooter out so badly.
I only made it through about 4 min until I shut it off and yelled at my screen.
kerplunk @ 12:
Possibly a straight one, as well.
Shuster is a journalist -- this kind of in-studio anchor job would dull his professsional knives.
I think my bullshit meter broke! my god, that was painful to watch.
David Shuster is the anti-Tom Russert. When Russert gets some spin he just let's it pass -- even if he knows it's bull. I get so irritated watching guys like Russert kiss ass every week. Shuster is refreshing and I loved it when he got indignant with Cheney's MSNBC tool. Go David!
Still too O'Reillyesque for my taste even if he is on the side of the angels.
Shuster can stay...Cheney must go!...somewhere...anywhere...Dubai, maybe?
Ron Christie, defending Scooter "former Hill staffer" Libby by griping about "unnamed sources" in the newspapers would be laughable if Dick Cheney hadn't started a disastrous war that way.
Shuster slapped the shit out of him...and said at the end point blank that you are wrong asshole....ha ha....
I know the facts asshole..you cant blow smoke up my ass...punk-ass....
I'm still curious re: who gets to appear on these programs? Who decides, and how? I'm tired of the dialogue bouncing back and forth between republican spokesmodels and democratic spokesmodels...they are all, it seems, by definition, by their OWN definition, COMPLETELY BIASED, and, therefore, it seems, completely lacking in credibility...we seem to be turning into a nation ( media-wise, at least) of used car salesmen...would anyone buy a car from, ohhh, let's say,(because this is a left-leaning site ) that Carville guy??? Not me...
Hard to believe but I think I read somewhere that Schuster used to work for Fox. Quit because he couldn't do real journalism. Doesn't matter where he used to work, he is a good reporter and YES I have seen him report negative things about Dems. With Schuster he reports the facts and chips fall where they may.
Shuster is exactly the kind of guy you need grilling these characters,
because they cling to their lies like limpets.
Ron Christie: "I wish these unnamed sources would come forward..."
Yea, so that your ex-boss Cheney can have their phones tapped!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Kudos, Shuster! Ron Christie got PUNKED just like this joke of an administration.
Boudica @ 6:
Really said it all there, B. I never watch Tucker, but w/Shuster @ the helm, suddenly it makes sense to put MSNBC on when I get home from work...
It must be hard to defend a man after everybody knows that HE SHOT AN OLD MAN IN THE FACE and did his best to cover it up. I know it's old news, but I just like reminding people. ;)
people like that are dangerous.
apologist is a nice word.
a very sophisticated sociopath?
"gotcha politics" .... omg.
" i would argue that, that's just one small part of a bigger picture that you're not seeing".....talk about projection.
It's nice to see someone stand up to that cross-eyed race traitor.
David Shuster is terrific. I would actually watch Hardball if I knew ahead of time that he is going to fill in for A-Hole Matthews
Ron Christie is such a bald faced liar about the case it's unbelievable. Shuster actually did his job as a journalist and called him on it. Wow. Unbelievable. A journalist actually called these right wing liars on national tv.
Key,
"I work for the man." Hope his pay eases his conscience in his life to come.
Watching Shuster this evening I was also thinking how great it would be if they gave him a show. I always want to hear what he has to say.
Replace Tweety with Shuster. Tucker is not very interesting, but Tweety seems to have mad cow disease. He makes the weirdest comments and is now sucking up to the worst of the wingnuts with Ann "I hate most Americans" Coulter.
First, Libby was charged with LYING and that is why he is going to cupcake prison.
Secondly, sounds like "uncle tom" is throwing boy Bush under the bus by claiming that maybe it was Bush who decided to expose an covert CIA agent and not Cheney.
Oh, and another comment regarding Shuster. So nice to see a journalist with some brass ones.
talker @ 1:
Yeah... Iran has far less oil than say, Iraq, Saudi Arabia or UAE. Plus, corporations had actually become disillusioned with the Bush WH a couple of years ago when the Patriot Act started to become enforced. Multinationals realized that with tighter security on the US borders, and the shutting down of international money networks to flush out terrorist funds, it is getting harder and harder for them to launder money and hide it in offshore tax shelters.
Ron has been "Cheney-ize"
another apprentice for the Sith
Hard to believe Schuster started on Fox News Channel. He turned out to be a real reporter.
Some one should track the times "the fact of the matter is" statement is made in these talkies. Also the "well, I mean" thing to begin their spiel. This would be a good job for a high school or college communication class.
The commenting interface is HUNGRY!
A scary thing happened today... the Supreme Court is dismantling the Endangered Species Act. And this Supreme Court is now disregarding "precedence" and setting "new precedence". The Democrats should have filibustered Alito and Roberts. Shame on them. Now we have "politicos" running the Supreme Court and they will defend the boy Bush and the shooter Cheney at all costs. When the Democrats get more control in January 2009, they should start impeachment proceedings against Roberts and Alito.
talker @ 1:
You're onto something, Talker. I agree with you.
If I knew that Shuster was filling in for Tucker's shitty show, I would have tuned in.
Shuster always kicks ass with the truth.
Everyone should email MSNBC and tell them how much better the show is with Shuster hosting it.
The silliest argument in the world is that there was no underlying crime, because no-one was ever charged with outing Valerie Plame. Duh-uh, that's because Scooter Libby lied to cover up the facts of the case. Justice was thereby obstructed. What part of that do the wingnut apologists not get?
dixie @ 34:
Oops. I meant Tucker Carlson not Matthews. I do not watch his show, anyway.
SadButTrue @ 48:
The wingnuts only hear what they want to hear and it's never the truth.
Mr.Cheney, If you have nothing to hide, why are you hiding everything?
Call the medics I'm having a Heart attack, a real news reporter asking real questions, WOW! is the MORON Tucker going to come back and apologize for the real news that is going on while he is away or is this a trial run to see if the FREAK is going to go, I say good bye Farewell don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Can anyone get that sicko o'llielly to comment on this I mean that IDIOT has said anything since they threw him out of the NEWS BOX, get imagination and fatasizing doesn't count hahahahah! More REAL NEWS and ACCOUNTABILITY in the NEWS
StraightShooter@15 says:
Oh, thank you for the unintended compliment!
Don't you have confidence in my statement? I have always watched Shuster reporting and then Mathews just messes up and panders.
I wish Shuster grills Hillary too. There's an interesting comments made on HuffingtonPost by Sen. Mike Gravel on Hillary's bigotry.
hareli @ 46:
I met David Lindroff, author of "A Case for Impeachment". He predicted that the Republican Party would do something to get rid of Cheney if it was in the best interest of the party. The Republic Party is very afraid of losing more seats in Congress and losing the White House in 2008. Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed this expose on Cheney.
sorry to be the one to say it: but I wonder if Ron Christie has ever read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?????
Any bets on Chapters 3 & 4 on Cheney being more explosive? I'll bet you Shuster knows where some of the bodies are buried. MSNBC should force Tucker to deal with Shuster on air before they dump Tucker, who's a solipsistic prick.
Something went awry in history:
Correct me if you think I am wrong but, wasn't the VP originally the presidential election runner up, but now he is a presidential ally? And the only thing he is supposed to do now is break a tie?
I think that a war mongering president might not have such an easy time war mongering if the VP was an adversarial runner up...
doug mcc @ 55:
It's required reading if you want to be a black Republican.
Last nights music thread was The Tokens. Ron Christie is another kind of token!
doug mcc @ 55:
You dont have to go that far, Doug Mcc. He's a Mary Matalin. A Libby. Color has nothing to do with it.
Coffins draped with flags @ 54:
Does getting rid of Cheney serve the purpose of plumping up Bush's legacy, according to Lindorff?
I notices he mentioned Chaney's "National Security Apparatus"
Now, why would the president of the senate need a "National Security Apparatus"??
It's just a red herring arguement to delay the inevitable impeachment,,, um I mean "health reasons"
David Shuster is a real journalist. We need to close both him and Lara Logan, or at least get them to procreate.
I think Shuster is biased. When he grills Hillary, then I might call him a straight shooter.
Can you really trust MSM? They are pandering to Hillary gang.
Schuster is excellent in the anchor chair! What a rush!
What a pathetic sack of shit Christie is.
hareli @ 61:
Not really. It just allows the Republicans to place a more like able and electable candidate in position for the 2008 presidential elections. The Republicans are feeling desperate right now for an electable candidate.
brianm0122 @ 62:
"Health issues" will probably be the excuse for Cheney leaving office.
Can we buy a little more vacation time for tucker????
So we can keep David.
Tucker needs to spend the rest of his life shopping for bow ties and stop trying to be a journalist. He just doesn't have the intelligence to do the job.
I agree with all who noted that Cheney is becoming a liability for the party...and the neocons...and the Bush family. Prince Bandar is under investigation, Uncle King Saud declined an invitation to the White House and then publicly condemned the American presence in Iraq as an occupation, and it seems nothing good came out of Cheney's quick trip over in response. If Cheney has fumbled it with the Saudis, I think H. W. Bush will finally unleash the attack dogs on this administration.
Ron, you need to uncross your eyes and see the truth! Obama is the best candidate and you sound like a total idiot speaking out for McCain. Can't you guess why you've been called on?
I will give credit to this Ron Christie: he's the first person from the Bush/Cheney camp that seems to have a brain, and can actually TRY to defend their corruption... of course, he's a liar, an apologist, etc... but he's not stupid.
Is the VP sworn in as the President of the Senate?
No, he is not. The VP does NOT stand and take the oath at the start of the Congress, nor is he in any way involved in Senate deliberations, nor can he introduce bills, nor can he vote except in ties. He further has no role in impeachment trials in the Senate. Odd, if he is a "member," as this clown claims.
He is an emissary from the Executive branch to break ties in votes -- period.
And he knows it. The idea that this OVP stuff was cooked up three days ago is RIDICULOUS. This has been Federalist Society dogma (=domestic treason) since Scalia or Bork cooked it up a decade ago.
Holy........don't you wish George & Dick could speak as well and convincingly? This reparte' really made me think for a moment and say, "how friggin dumb is our President?
Wow, someone who actually does his homework before the guest come on his show AND actually held his feet to the fire when the slimy bastard tried to lie his way out of the argument.
Whatever the hell Schuster or this clown are talking about, Libby WAS NOT CONVICTED FOR LEAKING, he was convicted for obstructing justice.
To everything, there is a treason, spin, spin, spin.
Shuster was good substituting last week too.
What can you say? The guy is a real journalist.
Here's an interesting story, in which he talks about his days at Fox News:
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2005/10/02/column.1002-SH-A3_CM...
I'd take Pauly Shore over Tucker Carlson. David Shuster is a real journalist.
And this aide to the Office of Dan Quayle is a criminal. He has definite knowledge of criminal actions, and definite knowledge of acts of treason, warcrimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against the Constitution, federal anti-trust felonies, conspiracy to defraud the United States, etc.
So all those who want to applaud him for being able to finish a sentence -- he OUGHT TO BE SERVING A SENTENCE, and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves for complimenting a traitor and a criminal.
A "great guy"? Not.
A hack and a liar, yes.
Paul in LA @ 79:
:-)
King of Mean @ 72:
No, he's a cock-eyed Tom.
I am so for the idea of replacing Tucker with David Shuster. The latter is a capable journalist. Tucker is simply an apologist for the Republic Party (although I understand he may be a Libertarian?).
As for ron christie - how can he talk so well while he has dick in his mouth?
I watched Tucker by accident one evening. I was scared.
As president of the Senate, how many tie-breaking votes has Cheney cast? That title, even though it may sound impressive, has rarely ever required any kind of action short of sitting next to the Speaker of the House during State of the Union addresses, and *that* part of the job isn't mentioned in the Constitution. In fact, in my high school civics class, we were taught that the only legislative function the VP has is to cast tie-breakers.
The interview would have had a bit more 'punch', if Shuster had substituted "flaming assh*le', and 'raving idiot', for 'great guest', and 'great guy'.
this guy is a real piece of work. So, maybe the VP shouldn't be the President of the Senate. It's unbelievable how twisted these people are. Very evil and very dangerous.
Given his unfortunate ocular problem, it appears that christie ignored his mother when she told him his eyes would go cockeyed if he continued to tell lies.
Only one side of the story. Yeah everyone elses OTHER than Cheney's side because the Dick won't talk.
coffins draped with flags: what do you mean they're dismantling the Endangered Species Act? this administration is really getting too scary. I don't think leaving the country would even be safe, they're destroying the whole world.
I can't imagine Tucker asking the same questions.
Finally someone calls this clown on the nonsense that Richard Armitage was the only leaker. He has been vomiting this talking point non-stop for weeks and I have not seen him called on it once....until now. It's nice to hear someone on the Teevee finally say what I have been screaming at the screen over and over. Scooter was ONE of the MANY leakers you douche!
I'm quite sure Ron left that segment longing for Tucker's softballs..........
Not only that, Keith, but the President of the Senate is a roll given to FRESHMAN Senators so they can learn the protocols.
It's a training seat -- certainly NOT the basis for a fourth branch of gobmint.
Quite obviously, in the case of a tie, the Executive -- charged with carrying out the policies set by the Senate -- would be suited to cast the dividing vote. Only as an emissary from the Executive would that logic hold true.
As a fourth branch of gobmint, The Office of Dan Quayle is the PERFECT place for Federalist Society traitors to hang from the ceiling and wait for nightfall.
So I'm very happy to hear that The Cheney has lost so much power that even the WaPo is barking laughter at his attempts to hide his face behind a cloak of traitorous lies.
OK, my laziness precludes thorough perusal of the entire thread (as well as my supervision of our new kitten.) Man, where did David Shushter come from?! An actual journalist who does his homework and takes his interviewees to task on their bullshit!
Does true journalism still exist?
Isn't it incredible that the conversation starts with questions from Schuster as to why the VP is so secrative which gets turned on its head to 'all these unnamed sources"! Incredible!
Brav-frickin-O
I wish more "journalists" would be willing to prepare for guests and arguments instead of winging it everyday (see Hardball).
Throw Tucker out- we found a journalist for that timeslot.
This guy was sitting for Tucker Carlson? That's the last time that will happen!
geez. they are all so brazen. waht? do they all go to the emperor has no clothes school of 1984?
were those gray pubic hairs stuck in Ron Christie's teeth?
Christie harps about unnamed sources and claims we don't have all the information. Well I wonder who is obstructing the release of this information? Maybe by claimig some legislative loophole to exempt himself. Christie is running in circles trying to cover for Cheney. Christie should be arrested for treason, along with his boss.
Ron Christie wants the people who are supplying information in the article to "come forward with their names" so that he can send them anthrax no doubt.
Everyone in the nation KNOWS what happens if Cheney gets your name.
You're gone.
So when are we going to impeach CHENEY?
That was a great exchange. I think Christie owned Schuster.
David Shuster has been filling in for Tucker Carlson and doing a great job.
So when are they going to jettison that dork Carlson and hire Shuster permanently?
They might recoup some of their lost audience.
BTW - I like the comments new lay out.
That B.S. EXCUSE that they are trying to keep the boundaries of an office in tact for "future" occupants is a dog and pony show they used during WATERGATE. I remember it started there... oh yes... Cheney was there wasn't he.
Cheney's staff's "soul mission" was to "serve" Cheney and NOT THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION.
CHENEY AND BUSH DO NOT OWN THIS GOVERNMENT.
THE PEOPLE DO!!!!
It's OUR government!!!!!!!!!!!
Not the Corporations, not the politicians.... OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
These goons have broken their oaths of office... and that is their smallest offenses.
Tucker's not a real journalist? No way? You mean he's just a spoiled trust-fund affirmative action baby? Get out!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David Shuster did an impressive job of...wait for it...real journalism here. He didn't sit dumbfounded and credulous at the inane spin of this Cheney-groveling lackey. That puts him above 95% of the beltway crowd.
I will have to watch him more often.
i was happy to see shuster on instead of tucker. he's a sight for sore eyes on the news these days.
Christie argues that the "article gives only half the story".... well, DUH!!!! News Flash Mr. Christie... this whole thing is about how SECRETIVE Cheney is and how NOBODY knows what the heck the VP does or who he does it with or to!!!!!!
No more secrets!!!! Open government!
Keep in mind that in order for Ron Christie to talk shit so smoothly on the ludicrous subject of the Vice President being entirely unaccountable, his own rhetorical expertise disqualifies any excuse that he is unaware of his deception. We may admire his skills at sophistry, but nothing pardons a grown man from being so utterly dishonest.
Like every other willing participant in the BushCo giga-scam, Ron Christie belongs in prison, where he can talk fancy all day long to a dull, gray wall.
This whole argument is obviously the product of a twisted imagination and tortured logic. They're just pulling whatever shit out of their ass that fits the case to run the government in secret. This administration has been fixing the facts around the policy from day one, and they are in dire need of PUNISHMENT.
Journalist.......take note of MR DAVID SHUSTER......that is the way to do an interview. So many of these host never get an answer to the question they asked, and then just let it go.
Wolf Blitzer is the worst.
David Shuster ROCKS
jack jett
so close to jesus, he validates my parking
www.jackejett.com
Shuster is A god!! Nice to see someone who doesn't like from the same trough as all the other journalists. Good going Mr. Shuster!!!!
DOWN WITH TUCKER UP WITH SHUSTER
This is a very good exchange.
I have to ask, If Cheney feel soiled and intruded upon from a archive Dept. How does he think the American people feel about being spied and listened in on without a warrant?
nice! (i miss the old comments section!!!)
Ron Christie is a traitor to his nation. When we have the trials, make sure to remember to get this guy.
2+2=5
Advice:
Be leery of those who begin a paragraph with: "The fact of the matter is ..."
A lie, or a fabrication is sure to follow.
Isn't Congress seeking documents pertaining to the 'executive function' of Cheney, and not his 'legislative function', which consists of casting a tie-breaking vote. What else has he done in the Senate?
Tucker Carlson is such a loser, along with most of the other TV Hookers who 'report' for the former major networks. The New NeoCon Republican/Nazi Party must be feeding a steady supply of whores to those losers.
Carlson is also a stupid bully. I hope he's gone for good.
Now that the psychos are going to be out of office, shouldn't the networks start hiring some real journalists to replace the pathetic hacks they have now?
Curious.
This Ron guy is not only wrong, he's full of shit. What a fucking lackey.
He's also a liar.
Isn't it time to out this cross-eyed little queen, Ron Christy? This guy is an embarrassment to the Black community as well as the Gay community and needs to be exposed. The law school that produced this hack lawyer needs to have it creds yanked.
I liked the ending, but I actually thought that, though I disagreed with him, Ron Christie dominated the conversation. I could see how someone watching TV could be sold by his practiced mannerisms and talking points.
"The fact of the matter is..."
Ron Christie is the face of this debate, because if things get too hot and the questioning too difficult...the GOP will claim racism, that the tough questions are because he's black.
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consider moving Tucker out of the way
Translation: using the world's largest catapult to launch him into low earth orbit
I guess you can look for Tucker on Faux real soon.
I agree. David Schuster is bright and knowledgeable. He also is a real journalist, something that MSNBC needs desperately. Get rid of whiny Tucker and put someone with brains in there.
Too funny. As long as someone seems to "call out the guest" on discrepancies, then you're satisfied. Every day that goes by makes me realize 99% of the world is really fucking stupid.
ALL this is (as much of Shuster's reporting was) is loud blabbing where everyone says so many different things that no one learns any facts.
This is potentially one of the most important stories of our lifetime, but they CAN'T EXTEND THE SEGMENT long enough to actually learn anything? THAT means that neither Shuster nor his guest really cares about "truth", they care about reciting talking points and gaining political points for themselves.
Stop being so fucking dumb, people. Please, I beg you.
Wow! This is the way I remember journalism from way back - back, back back. Before the Clinton impeachment. Before soft-balling the GOP became the norm. Here is a reporter that knows the facts before the interview, asks great questions, even anticipates the lies and then challenges them (and he KNOWS they are lies!). To us now, it looks heroic, courageous. This is the way it should be. Wrong is wrong and doesn't deserve "equal time!" Here, here David Shuster!
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And the BIG question always remains.....Why is Cheney and his little butt-boy Bush still being allowed to govern? How much more outrageous must this mis-Administration become? How much further must our country slip into the sewer? If Bush$Co are never held accountable for their criminal behavior over the last six years and the extraordinary powers they have accumulated into the executive branch rescinded will set a very dangerous precedent for the next administration. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
That was just great!! Bag Tucker, we need more stand up guys (and gals) like David.
I love how this dude keeps harping on anonymous sources. Damn, if you were saying anything negative about Cheney, you'd be a frikkin moron to disclose your identity. These people do not play around. They're like the Mafia.
And, yes, MSNBC, please "Tuck Tired Tucker Away" and plug in Shuster for keeps, if you have any business sense at all.
Oh. My. God!
Dave Chapelle based his impersonation of a white man based on Ron Christie!
Just pop in a Chapelle DVD or check youtube.
Yay! @ 130:
You have a point, but so many of us are all so sick and tired of the slant from other news shows that we get pretty excited about people like Shuster and Olbermann. It's pretty much all we have, and that's up against CNN, Fox and the networks. So, yeah, perhaps it's not "just the facts" which is what I would prefer, but I want that on EVERY news show. And since we can't have that, we are just happy to have someone who will challenge the "talking points" in ways that other journalists do not and offer another side to the story.
correct! Move Tucker out. Put Shuster in!
He's worked for the man on his knees. And still does.
Go David!
Uh...shouldn't the appropriate response to the Libby question be, "Libby was found guilty of perjury"? Why do all of his defenders rush to argue that Libby wasn't one of the leakers as a basis for a pardon? Last time I checked perjury was still a punishable offense. Why don't they argue that Libby didn't kill JFK while they're at it? That argument makes about as much sense.
Ron Christie infuriates me. He talks a mile a minute, delivers these extended-sentence talking-point-laden screeds, talks over other people, aggressively reframes and obfuscates, and, of course, LIES LIES LIES. He's a very efficient lie-delivery system and a valuable part of the Right-Wing Noise Machine.
I don't know why MSNBC or ANY supposedly-legitimate news outlet has right-wing talking-point-spewers like Christie and Ed Rogers and Melanie Morgan on. Isn't that like letting Fox News air an ad in the middle on their show?
I've written to "Hardball" and other MSNBC shows to explain that I tune in to hear actual conversation and analysis, not pre-digested market-tested buzzwords and manipulative agitprop. I suggest you do the same.
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Let's get the "other side" -- IMPEACH!
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Is it me, or does this new comment format enable easier blog whoring?
Witness comment number 132. I'm not sure how that is relevant to the issue of Shuster's grilling of Christie.
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I wonder if I am the only noticing that republican party is using "minority mouth pieces in large numbers" like this gentleman here who seems too be the "face of republicans appologists" or the fact the GOP has never gotten more than 9% of the african vote, and even Bill Oreilly uses a non white female shill when he does his racist/bigoted commentary in Michelle "Concentration Camp" Malkin who wrote famously how she thought it was ok too intern the american born japanese during world war II and has often defended the post 9/11 treatment of persons of color in internments..., as a white american born, ex-marine with some experience in the Philippines can tell you that in Philippines where Malkins parents harken from with their "legal work visas", and her being the "anchor baby" she so often rants and rails against when speaking of others, it dawned on me how in Philippines a mixed white/philippino baby was so desired on the black market they sold for $5,000.00 in adoptions but a mixed black/philippino baby ended up in poverty in slum areas of many major cities there, she is merely exhibiting the racism which no doubt comes from her parentage and culture.., just proves my world view all races, white, black, hispanic, asian, etc, have racists, only difference between them is whom they hate or despise or attempt too persecute..., a racist of any ilk is a equal opportunity hater, just as long as your not of their ilk! But it is so funny that no one in the main stream media can spot this hypocrisy of a white dominated republican party having a majority of their "appologists" being non white too give the illusion they are a all inclusive party....which is the farthest thing from the real world I can see, this man is a prime example, in slave days he would have gotten better housing in the owners big house, but he would not have been allowed too marry the owners daughters, or given any more freedom than the "master wished", obviously he is fullfilling his "Masters wishes by defending the Masters party"...
Email hardball@msnbc and ask that David Shuster replace Tucker AND Chris Matthews. We'd return to the days when journalism was an honorable career. Keith Olbermann can use some good company too.
The ONLY person currently worth watching on MSNBC (or any other cable station) is Keith Olbermann. Giving David Shuster his own show would be wonderful!
Amen RH............Amen
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