FOXNews Sunday: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Rejects Brit Hume's Framing
By Nicole Belle Saturday Mar 08, 2008 9:00pm
I'm not a fan of Democrats appearing on FOXNews. I think it legitimizes a propaganda outlet stacked against Democrats and allows them to frame the issues. However, if Democrats who agree to appear on FOX do what Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida does here, then more power to them. Brit Hume desperately wants to paint the jam the Florida delegates are in as the fault of Florida State Legislature, despite the fact that it was really pushed by the Republican-led majority. So Hume tries to paint Wasserman-Schultz into a corner and she brooks no quarter from him and refuses to let him control the framing. Go Debbie!
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DWS: Well, I think when you’re talking about fairness, we have to remember this was started by the Republican-led legislature here, that actually set the date of our primary. So the victims here in all of…in the decision by the DNC to strip us of our delegates are Democratic voters in the state of Florida.
BH: Can I stop you there…just let me stop you there for a second, if I can.
DWS: Sure
BH: In the Florida state senate, who introduced the bill to move the primary forward?
DWS: The bill was introduced by a Democratic member, a new Democratic member of the state senate…
BH: And, and, and in the legislature, in the legislature, Senate and House as well, how many Democrats voted against it?
DWS: No, well, that’s an inappropriate line of questioning, Brit, because…
BH: But wait a minute, inappropriate or not, could you just answer it, answer the question?
DWS: Can I answer your question?
BH: Yeah, how many?
DWS: I would like to answer your question without you asking me another one, if you don’t mind. The legislation that was originally sponsored was amended into an overall election package that included the major provision to ensure that we could have manual recounts and a paper trail. So this was a major election package that a change in the date of our primary was included in. So the vote total was unanimous, but that was because there was no one in the Florida legislature was going to vote against changing our voting system so that you could have a paper trail and make sure that every vote could be counted, unlike our touch screen voting system right now, which doesn’t allow for that. So to try to hang a unanimous vote on the fact that Democrats supported that, that’s misleading. They supported it because they certainly weren’t going to vote against making sure there was a paper trail in Florida.
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I really like DW-S. What a great role model for young women.
What the fuck does this mean? It's illiterate.
"What the fuck does this mean? It's illiterate."
Actually, the person who doesn't know or can't figure out what it means -- despite it being a confusion of two idioms -- is at least as illiterate.
I like Debbie and I've been a fan of hers and the rest of the 30-Something Democratic Caucus for a long time. I think she stood up well under fire today. Still, you have to admit that she clearly has a horse in this race, and many of her observations were not necessarily objective concerning what shoud be done with Florida and Michigan. That's the only point that turned me off. I'm still of fan of hers though.
Wow, the murdock sockpuppet let her finish her answer... he must have been in a state of shock when this week's punching-bag stood firm.
I brook no Brit.
Can I quarter him?
I lost respect for Debbie Wasserman Schultz when I read in the Miami Herald that she won't help fellow Democrats unseat some long standing Republicans in South Florida. She needs to be held accountable and people should tell the "the pitbull" to help her party instead enabling Fox News by legitimatizing a propaganda outlet.
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Democrats torn between party, GOP allegiances
Contact Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Tell her to support Florida Democrats
Yes, if you can draw you you have my permission to quarter
Jesus, I'm turning into Max Headroom. "you you you you..." I really don't think I typed the you's too many times, but who knows.
Fair and Balanced Fox Order
Sadly, the littlebrains who get their news from Faux won't understand what she's saying.
While We’re ‘Re-Doing’ Florida, Why Not Also ‘2000'
To Debbie Wasserman Schultz - give them hell lady!
All Democrats should declare a moratorium on the Republican Channel. They accomplish nothing by appearing on this neo-con talking points network.
SteveinSC @ 3:
It means she doesn't surrender and is hardly illiterate. You, on the other hand, seem to be.
It should be "grant no quarter" or "brook no nonsense", but the meaning was clear enough to a literate person.
SteveinSC @ 9:
The whole country will be Max Headroom at the rate we're going.
She was mostly right about the framing of who was to blame and the difficult choice state repubs made for dems. But she was wrong about what should happen now. All day, one Hillbot after another went on TV to pitch seating the delegates from their FEB election when no campaigning occurred in Florida. I was surprised to hear Hume state the truth of when Obama actually campaigns in a state where Hillary has a huge lead it then disappears. Wasserman blew that fact off as having no relevance. What a sorry situation dems find themselves.
you go, gurl!
If the numbers were the same right now in the Democratic race, that they were last spring and summer, there wouldn't be any mention of Florida and Michigan at all. Hillary needs them seated, and she needs the support of Obama AND his supporters if she is going to win anything. THAT's what this is all about. If Florida and Michigan pan out for Hillary, it gives her the best shot she has left of becoming the Dem candidate. If she becomes the Dem candidate, she cannot win the federal election without Obama and his supporters. Once again, another ugly questionable election from a to z.
The irony of all this is that CNN does not have news all the time and HNN doesn't either. Beck makes me doubt my sanity when I accidently see him and I feel like throwing a shoe at that stupid harpy from Georgia. Fox New actually has news of some sort which is more than MSNBC and CNN have. I think that is why they have such a broad viewership, unfortunately.
I've admired Wasserman - Schultz ever since she brought the bobble-heads & rubber stamps into the House for the Repug members!
I like Debbie a lot, except when she's shilling for Hillary. Just like Bill. Shilling for Hillary makes good people have to say stupid things to further her cause. It's a shame. I'll be happy when we have a nominee, already. And he's not named Hillary.
I can't draw me, but lot's of folks would be willing to have Brit drawn before the quartering.
(Brooking no quarter isn't the most fortunate twist on a couple of expressions, but I don't really care.)
I wish she had actually smacked down Britney Hume. Physically. He's about as annoying as they come.However,she did a good job....
I not only reject his framing, I reject him.
As far as Wasserman Schultz. why oh why are there not more Democrats like her out there?
We really need more people in Congress like this woman
And she's a Shill for the Hill?
Well hell, thats not good. But hey, its her perogative.
Peter G @ 15:
Please review your post for future reference, because you have failed the test. Moron.
odanny @ 25:
I couldn't agree more! She has balls!
I guess Brit thought she would be some weak willed sap that he could just roll over with his scripted propaganda. Wrong. When you appear on
PravdaFox youbetter be ready for these manipulative scumbags.Democrats need to reject republican's framing up until November, especially on national security issues.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is a RILF. Replace Pelosi with DWS!
SteveinSC @ 27:
It means specifically that she neither surrenders nor accepts surrender and your level of literacy is about what I'd expect from a Fox apologist troll.
Did she wear a skirt?
I hear Fox has a dress code, but only for women. (So leave your skirt at home Bill-O, unless you think it's time to finally come out of the closet, approproately attired.)
Bit NOLA @ 23:
I think if we added up all the pieces, Hume would still be two bits short of four quarters.
And would Florida please recuse itself from the Presidential nominiation and election process?
Lets just have 49 states allowed to vote from now on. Moving to Florida means reliquishing your right to vote in any national election, sorry folks
Peter G @ 32:
You fail again. My comment, you cretin, referred to Nicole Belle not Wasserman. Jesus you are thick.
Yeah, every once in awhile you DO need to stand up and call them (Faux News) the sacks of lying shit that they are.
Brit Hume is the biggest horses ass on the most unAmerican television network in the history of our country.
He is repulsive and I can't stand him.
jharp @ 38:
It's a tossup between him and Kristol!
By the way. I think Debbie Wasserman Schultz is good looking too.
And any bill that was passed in regards to a paper trail in Florida should have had no attachments, for Christ's sake, after 2000, should there be any problem making sure that EVERY state in the Union be required to have a paper trail?
And we are talking about 'effin FLORIDA, is any more proof needed than this sunny hamlet is more infected by Repug politics than anywhere?
Somebody please disinfect your state legislature, put Wasserman-Schultz in charge of the clean up. She might get it done.
Why is there always trouble with Florida at election time?
SteveinSC @ 36:
Oh I understood your insult was directed at Nicole. Unfortunately her usage was correct and it is you who are displaying your ignorance. Tell us more about why you think Fox is the really reliable news source. We need more humor around here.
GonzoD @ 39:
Kristol is definitely more sinister. His speaking manner is kind of seductive if he wasn't such a lying bastard. Hume is and out and out pig.
There is no defeating Fux Nudes, because they thrive on controversy and in-you-face confrontations. Bill Clinton scored a big one, but it's few and far between. I used to try to watch once in a while and realized that is just what they want. I no longer watch Fux AT ALL. As to Kristol, the sooner someone smacks that sonofabitch in the face the better. I will chip in for a lawyer and pay for the paper towels to clean the shit off the fist of his attacker.
Florida - typical Republican switch and bait.
SteveinSC @ 3:
It means people in SC don't own dictionaries, apparently.
odanny @ 41:
The problem with Florida is that there are too many old people living there.
Res ipsa loquitur.
brit hume is so turdy.
Eric Almighty @ 11:
BINGO. The whole reason I came in to comment was to say that her answer was waaaayyyy too many words for any Fox viewer to understand.
{deleted--you've made your point. Move on. When you start insulting others, then it has to stop.}
Check the little sneer on Hume after DWS basically told him to chill.
oh uggh
he is such smarmy cock sucker
#48: "The problem with Florida is that there are too many old people living there."
No, the problem with Florida is that nearly half of the people living there are from New York, New Jersey and Michigan, and most of them arrived there with a grudge. They'll vote for Hillary in the do-over primary, but in the general election, they'll vote Republican. They almost always do.
SteveinSC @ 49:
Right you are, SteveinSC. I too boggled when I read Nicole's unfortunate text. It is unintentionally devoid of meaning. What she probably meant was "She brooked no interference" (from Hume) or perhaps "She gave no quarter" (to Hume) but unfortunately those concepts became conflated in the writing. Heat of liberal passion, which I share. Giving Belle the benefit of the doubt, I would agree with her opinion that DW-S stood her ground against the mindless HumeTroll and slapped him upside the haid in a commendable way. That's how I see it. YMMV.
SteveinSC @ 52:
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brook 2 (brŏŏk) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. brooked, brook·ing, brooks
To put up with; tolerate: We will brook no further argument.
SteveinSC @ 49:
I was hoping for a reasoned grammatical critique but then ab asino lanam.
I'll agree that Hume is a huge horse's ass...and frankly that is an insult to the horse. But explain to me why Wasserman is so impressive again? Isn't this the same old sell out shtick again? We HAD to vote for such and such, because those mean people forced us to. Come on people. The Dems have shamed themselves time and time again by rolling over to the demands of republikooks, and then try to play the blame game, i.e., that they had no alternative but to vote for something that was in some way a catastrophe for the people. Standing up to Brit Hubris is great. Standing up for principles is essential.
Is the verbal joust about over?
Was rather enjoying it. There's a number of Southerners who actually have quite a fine grasp of and love for the English language.
Tilt goes to Steve.
cetylovx @ 7:
It is important for us not to be the mirror image of the Robertson-Huckabee Republicans--separating everyone into the saved and the damned. I read the story referenced above--here is what I see: DW-S is a human being with personal relationships that transcend politics. She is suggesting that someone with fire in their belly to unseat the GOP members be assigned rather than herself, as she might inadvertently pull her punches for personal reasons. To me that is professional and legitimate and transparent. There are others to lead this particular charge. And, I don't think it legitimizes Fox for Dems to ably debate their Republican hosts. We have better ideas and can win; we have better debaters as DW-S demonstrated and can win. I think we should engage them and point out directly or indirectly as DW-S did, that they are partisan hacks. I don't live in FL, but DW-S rocks!
SteveinSC @ 52:
This is the third time you've called someone names on this thread, so I assume you can't explain yourself very well. Again, I would suggest a dictionary.
It's no wonder Brit Hume is such an ass, how would you like to grow up with all the kids calling you “shit fumes”?
Her response was still too complicated for Faux News fanboys to understand. So the answer is: don't appear on Faux. Ever.
Bit NOLA @ 60:
Having lived and traveled extensively in the South, I would agree with your sentiment here. Unfortunately, Steve apparently is not among those who do.
Bit NOLA @ 60:
And I was enjoying the joust. The other thing that Southerners are noted for is their gentility. I strongly question the propriety of prefacing ones comments by pissing on the hosts carpet. It was uncalled for and he owes the lady an apology. I will leave the grammar debate to others.
Don't really want to get dragged into this, but Dictionaries aren't going to help here so much as understanding the mixed usages Nicole employed.
I glossed right past them when I first read the post, because the sense she meant to convey is obvious and I've grown too old and Floridian to care much about grammar and such on blogs. But Sir Steve is right.
woodguy @ 65:
Per my #56, woodguy, I differ with you on Steve's love for proper English usage. Might I request a writing sample of your own deathless prose in which the phrase "brook(ed) no quarter" is used correctly? Thank you so much for indulging my petty need to have proof that my perceived betters can actually write more betterer than can me.
Are we having fun yet?
BRIT hume, what a sniveling joke
Sorry--I'm not a fan of either Brit Hume or Fox News in general. However, I don't see what the big deal is here. A Democrat sponsored the change for the primary date, and all the Democrats voted for it. To claim it was pushed through by the Republican led legislature is just disingenuous at best. Hume called her on it, as he should have.
There are plenty of much more egregious examples of Hume in particular and Fox News in general to get worked up about then this one here.
Peter G.: point noted and you, too, are correct (though blog manners--aw shucks--seem to have devolved beyond regional mannerisms).
They'd better hope they made their money, because FIXED NEWS is over.
Their so desperate its funny
I started to post this the other night on a thread that was closed: I live in Florida - and not once did I hear any noise being made when this was an issue here that the Republicans were forcing the early primaries upon unsuspecting Democrats. This is a revisionist look at the way the issue was debated and presented here in the state of Florida. I like what Rep Wasserman-Schultz is saying here, in that she does not let Brit Hume dominate and dismiss her points as so often seems to happen to Democrats on Fox, but the truth is that this was an issue that was embraced by both parties - IMO as a way to get more of the campaigning money, influence, and prestige early in the primary season, as the last few elections the nominations have been locked up "relatively" early. I am not buying that this was some type of plot foisted on unwilling Democrats.
Back to the res.(Since we're going all latin tonight). If democrats will still appear on Fox then they should shortlist the spokespersons who will speak on behalf of the party. This lady showed how it is done. She could offer a seminar to the less well spoken.
I want to know when Brit Hume's face is going to just give up and fall off.
Sadly Britt Hume had the best one or two liner to describe the scenario. Debbie had to explain reciting a paragraphs worth. Why can't Democrats simplify their response to one or two lines and get the point across? Or is the real answer that hard to describe and a paragraph needs to be done? This is the total downfall of the Democrats. They have no ability to summarize a talking point to a couple of sentences that will resonate with citizens. Citizens are too lazy to listen to Debbie's long winded answer even if it's the truth. They prefer Britt's short quip. They are more likely to believe it even if it is inaccurate. This is how it works folks. Honestly when I began reading the transcript of her long winded answer, it wasn't until the last line that I had any idea where she was going with it. That is way to long to wait. Most would have tuned her out after her first two sentences.
DrDan in MA @ 68:
Fun, indeed. My point in criticizing Steve, I guess, was not so much to disagree with his opinion that the phrase may be a mixed metaphor, but in the way he phrased his comment. Jumping into a thread with "what the fuck does this mean? It's illiterate.", in my mind, is not the way to either make your point or endear yourself to those trying to carry on a discussion. In the next few comments he made he called people morons and cretins, so I'll leave others to be the judge of whether this is an example of Southern gentility.
As for your request for an example of my "own deathless prose", I'll respond in the same spirit in which the request was made by quoting Jane Austen: "We are not addressing ourselves to fools."
English language and usage is sometimes an amorphous and organic animal, and I'd be the first to overlook a mixed metaphor if the general meaning of the thought expressed was clear, i.e., made some sort of contextual sense. Rudeness and bullying, however, I find bothersome, to put it mildly.
Hope this clears up any misunderstanding.
Wasserman Schultz is Hillary Clinton's national co-chair. She is opposed to any re-vote in Florida as unworkable, yet wants the results of the January primary to stand, as is, and the Florida delegates to be seated at the convention.
What I wouldn't pay to punch that smug asshole in the face... Really, all those years of being told what a great lap dog he is and his huge bonus checks every time he tows the line and bullies guests for the network have really turned this man into a piece of shit.
Wow, Florida Dems got "tricked" into voting unanimously for a bad bill just like Hillary got tricked into voting for the invasion of Iraq! Pathetic. Hume was right on this one, and I don't say that with any pleasure.
SteveinSC @ 3:
No, YOU'RE illiterate!
SteveinSC @ 52:
Site moniter, SteveinSC started punching people (you to start) back at 3 going forward.
Joe @ 80:
Gotta agree. Florida Democrats ARE idiots. They're a spineless and disorganized bunch.
odanny @ 25:
It is worth noting that DWS is a (DLC) "New Democrat" and one of HRC's campaign chairs (and not necessarily that good on several issues, like Israel, Cuba--and she is NOT a member of the Out of Iraq caucus).
Joe @ 80:
Her vote didn't change the passage, and her explanation of her vote is still valid (if you do not take the view that Bush should never have been trusted to go through the UN):
http://clinton.senate.gov/speeches/iraq_101002.html
Joe @ 80:
The Florida Dens weren't tricked into it. They were in the minority.
When in the minority you have to take what you can get, the best that you can get. They wanted the voting paper trail. Without that, who would ever believe any election results and how could you recount. Especially in Florida.
Brit Hume is belligerent.
Nothing warms the heart more than watching your very own elected representative tell a Fock Snooze puppethead to shut the f*ck up and let her talk already. I do love that woman. She's a little wild-eyed and fervent in regards to our policy on Iran, but other than that, I'm behind her completely.
I do agree that the republicans were behind this mess from the start, however Debbie and all the rest of these democratic, super Hillary supporters were right behind them on this crap, until the whole thing blew up in their disgusting faces and how sweet it is.
From the very start of this game, they all were in lock step behind this scheme to get Hillary in the White House, which is why their sleazy leader left her name on the books when she was supposed to remove it like the rest of them.
Another thing is when they say that none of them campaigned in Florida,k they are lying like the cheating dogs they are, because we all saw Hillary get her corrupt ass off the air plain on the evening of the election. They purposely showed only two or three people picking her up at the air port and then about thirty minutes later they were showing an arena, packed with thousands of people, with confetti and balloons, that could not have happened in that short span of time. It was a planned event folks and they all know it.
So Called Black Caucus Members/ Congress Representatives, Debbie Wasserman, Kendrick Meeks, Alcee Hastings, Corrine Brown and Senator Bill Nelson and many more of them along with a host of State, elected officers all piled up in this arena waiting for Queen Hillary to rain victoriously. And if we all recall the game plan back fired in all of their deceitful faces, when all of the money and cheap scams they played on the voters of that state, simply blew up in their faces.
That's right Queen Hillary still has to contend with Senator Obama who is still standing tall and is right back in her face as he will continue to be in each and every state she lands in, with numbers that simply override all of the fake polls, she and her friends at CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC and all the rest of the far right wing bigots fix her up with and she so ignorant to not realize they only want to promote her ass long enough to so call bloody Senator Obama, for them and then it will be McCain all the way. Just as they planned it.
What fools these people are and worse yet, what fools they think we are to buy into this crap.
God just don't like liars and ugly people.
kerplunk @ 76:
The problem with this is, very few issues can be accurately condensed into a two- or three-second quip. Fox and most of the rest of the stupid bullshit media can quip all they want but most of their quips are imprecise at best and outright bullcrap at worst.
People are just going to have to learn to f*cking listen, dammit; God forbid they actually expend a couple of frigging calories to think about the world around them for a goddamned change. Honestly I think people are beginning to realize this but it's going to be a long, LONG fricking road ahead before a candidate will no longer be able to dismiss his opponent by calling him a three-syllable name such as "liberal."
She did really well for baeing on FOX. Their news and reporting os sooooo skewed.
This is ridiculous to watch. Florida and Michigan are upset and want some limelight in the '08 primary season, so they break the rules that were agreed upon over a year ago, knowing full well that they'd be stripped of their delegates. But who cares? They're making a statement! Low and behold, the race is tight in March.... and they want a mulligan.
These states are acting like petulant children at this point, and HRC is leading the charge, because she is nothing short of garbage. And DWS's pained logic for the vote that moved the primary will only hold water with those who lack any significant political intellect. It amounts to blaming those "big bad republicans" for "disenfranchising democratic voters." If that's the case, the GOP has some amazing foresight to be able to predict such a close primary this far into '08. It's a conspiracy!!!
Give me a break. Wouldn't her explanation mean that the Dems were dumb enough to jeopardize their delegates to get a voting paper trail? Wouldn't that be something that savvy lawmakers could manage to pass without having to break DNC primary rules? DWS's framing is worse than Hume's, IMHO, and it insults the intelligence of every voter.
It's a rare thing for me to agree with Brit, but he owned her in this segment.
DW-S represents everything wrong with the democratic party. A careerist, whose first interest is advancing her own position, her positions are whatever is politically opportune and in line with Pelosi’s wishes.
Brit Hume is a schmuck. He is an unapologetic propagandist for the Right (wrong) via the Fox "News" Network, a "News" outlet that should cause laughter in the intelligent viewer because of its obvious distortions and bias. Unfortunately, instead of comedy Fox is an irritant to intelligent viewers since they know that a certain portion of the US popultation takes "Fake/Noise" seriously and is influenced by the propaganda they spew and these misguided viewers have the right to vote. In a perfect world Fox News would be laughed out of the Universe.
TimeForNewLeadership @ 93:
Hume was correct in asking her to clarify her blame of the GOP-led state legislature. DW-S was being disingenuous in her attempt to absolve congressional Dems in the state of propping the bill to move the primary. DW-S should not be allowed to spout finely crafted talking points from the Clinton campaign uncontested.
Blind hatred of Fox aside, I appreciated Hume's followup, because it was the same question I would have asked, and I am a proud liberal. Every once in a while, Fox does its job. I just wish Hume would hold more Republican feet to the fire as he did with DW-S here.
Re woodguy's #77, to paraphrase Upton Sinclair:
It is difficult to get a man to admit to something when his conceit depends on not not doing so.
In other words, Sir: Nice bob-'n'weave around responding to mine groveling request, however I regret to inform you that your soi-disant "answer" has crashed and burned in the No-Fly Zone. I'll take point, set and match, and thankewveddymuch.
PS, jake in #79: "toes the line" -- U could look it up. :) [ http://preview.tinyurl.com/2vdu65 ]
This is so weak.
Brit Hume was trying to frame the debate on this issue? Please. It is Wasserman- out of the gate claiming it was "started" by Republicans "that actually set the date of our primary" and made "victims" of the Democratic voters- who is twisting herself in a pretzel trying to frame the debate. So, the first part turns out to be a bald-faced lie and the second part is a result of the Democratic party's own doing. She then goes on to make the crazy implication that this is all because of the naivete of a "new" member of the senate.
Given the myriad issues surrounding voting in Florida, are we really to believe that some rogue "new" Democratic Senator took it upon themself to unilaterally introduce a bill that would change the primary scheduling? No other, perhaps more experienced, Democrats had any knowledge that this language would be in the bill before it was introduced? That's ridiculous.
The Florida Democrats f*cked up on this one and Wasserman looks like a complete idiot trying to suggest otherwise.
Once again, you missed the "real" story. Subbing for Chrissy Pooh, Snit put Fred Barnes in his own slot on the panel of "experts" and asked questions about the Dem shootout. But at the very end of the discussion, Snit actually said -- get this! -- "Vote for John McCain"! Talk about fair and unbiased. Sheesh!
oswald @ 96:
And crooksandliars gives Deb a enthusiastic pat on the back for it. Dark times, indeed.
Check out that smug grin by Hume. He's more slick with his bullying than O'Reilly or Hannity, but he's still a hack and a bully.
The Congresswoman was in full spin mode. The larger bill included a provision to move the Democratic primary to an earlier date. That specific piece of the legislation was introduced by a Democrat. That is the essential issue that cannot be skirted, cannot be ignored, and cannot be denied.
DrDan in MA @ 95:
I concede to your expertise as a professional referee, rather than one who is actually engaged in a contest. I must point out, however, that if you wish to consider yourself qualified to criticize others for their spelling (jake @ 79), you should be aware that your "mine" would more properly be spelled "my".
Since I have "crashed and burned in the No-Fly zone" (although one wonders how I got on board to begin with if I am indeed in the No-Fly zone), I will take your advice and travel by rail the next time I find myself unfortunate enough to have to cross paths with one so far above me in both intellect and debating prowess.
Anon. "U could look it up".
That's nice. But No surprise she is one of the Dems that does go on Fox.
She just happens to be one of the Dems holding up action on the impeachment of Dick Cheney and Bush that Wexler has been promoting.
Paul in LA @ 85:
Oh could kiss Debbie that, that was sweet. What a pleasure that must have been stealing Hume's lying neo-con thunder.
jharp @ 40:
I would definitely do her...
DAAAAAAAAMN. MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT
She tried to blame Republicans for something Democrats introduced and voted for unanimously and you accuse Brit Hume of trying to spin it? The spin was coming from the Congresswoman. Then she used the excuse that she and her politician friends dare not vote against it because it would have looked bad for them to vote against an electoral paper trail. She is really saying that she and her colleagues don't care about the actual impact of their legislation but only about the public appearance of their particular votes.
Roger Bixley @ 31:
Are you kidding me? This is the same tool that said no to Impeachment hearings because they were too busy.
LIberalStu @ 108:
Damn straight!
Florida Dems pussed out on the moving-up of the primary date. Tricked by the Rethugs? Give me a break. They should have EXPECTED this after '00, '04 bullshit.
I watched her in committee and she always has command of the situation and is well prepared in her line of questions. I listen to some of her speeches on the floor and there again she does a wonderful job. She isn't real strong on the "big picture" but does a good job for her state and issues that she can influence in committee. I see her going a long way and in time can be more influential in larger issues like impeachment.
A Democrat introduced the bill? Or did they co-sponsor it? Either way, this makes the Democratic Party look bad. How many Democrats are in the Florida Legislature? They have a Republican governor, so the legislature is probably a majority of Republicans. Is it the same for Michigan? This would seem to be a way for Republicans to disenfranchise more voters -- except for the fact that some Democratic bonehead was involved in getting it into the bill. Was he/she hypnotized or drugged? What happened? There is no excuse for Florida Democrats not consulting with the National Committed to see if this was feasible. Whoever the people are that voted for that amendment (or whatever it was), they should be voted out of office.
David @ 5:
Brit Hume is a hemorroid on the rectum that is Fox News.
Is it just me, or does Hume look like he hasn't taken a dump since the Flightsuit/USS Lincoln speech?
You go girl! Tell them Faux Noise lying. reslug bastards, the real truth.
LMMFAO!!!
Brit looks like he just had some humble pie!
Brit, you just got PWNED!
what I don't understand is why dems keep going on faux snews? They know before they go on that faux is the right wing propaganda outlet, so why go on there?
You know they will do a hatchet job on you it is what they do!
They are republicans so they don't care about honesty or integrity, they don't care about anything as much as money and brit get paid to lie and that is what everyone on faux does. Turn their stupid crap off quit buying from their advertizers and watch them dissapear!
appnzllr @ 111:
I agree. And I don't see where Hume looks either constipated or biased. If anything, Republicans and their Faux News toadies should be (and are, I think) fully in support of seating the delegates without a redo, as Wasserman-Schultz is advocating here, so their party can run against the Repug-unifying Democrat, that being Senator Clinton, and win the 2008 presidential election. It is no mystery that this is the desire of the RNC, their media minions, and the core 19% of sociopathic voters s who still identify as loyal bushies.
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