NBC’s Mitchell Shills for Obama, Says John McCain is a Big Old Cheaterface
I didn’t watch the “debate” last night at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. I did read the transcripts and there’s some pretty amazing stuff in there that I want to share over the next couple of days. The general consensus is that John McCain mopped the floor with Barack Obama. I’m inclined to agree, unless Obama’s answered sounded a lot less rambling, evasive, and/or non-responsive than they looked in black and white.
Even NBC’s ace objective, professional, unbiased reporter Andrea Mitchell conceded that Johnny Mac did really well, so well that he must have cheated.
No, really. That’s was her story on Meet the Press today: John McCain trounced Barack Obama only because he cheated.
(Videotape)
SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): Defeat it. Couple of points. One, if I’m president of the United States, my friends, if I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. I will do that and I know how to do it. I will get that done.
(End videotape)
MR. GREGORY: Andrea Mitchell, that’s a pretty clear contrast.
MS. ANDREA MITCHELL: Oh, absolutely. And, you know, there was the crisp, immediate, forceful response by John McCain, clearly in a comfort zone because he was with his base. And Barack Obama, taking a risk in going there but seeing an opportunity. And a much more nuanced approach. The Obama people must feel that he didn’t do quite as well as they might have wanted to in that context, because that — what they’re putting out privately is that McCain may not have been in the cone of silence and may have had some ability to overhear what the questions were to Obama.
MR. GREGORY: Right.
MS. MITCHELL: He seemed so well prepared.
Good grief. Is Mitchell so addle minded that she’s forgotten that the “gates of hell” line has been his applause line about Osama bin Laden for a good chunk of the Republican primaries? For goodness sake, it was his biggest line during the MS-NBC debate just last year?
It didn’t take him any great amount of preparation to toss that line out. He’s used it so much in the past year that he threatens to follow Ronald McDonald to the Gates of Hell and bring him to justice if they don’t supersize his Big Mac meal.
The Obama campaign is on the ragged edge of full-on reality denial if they’re eager to float such a steaming pile of crap like that to anyone. The campaign had used media lickspittles like Andrea Mitchell very well to this point to keep folks from noticing that Obama’s hope and change mantras are the political equivalent of Pixie Sticks. Wasting her on this inane conspiracy theory is just foolish and makes Obama look like a petulant kid who can’t face the fact that he thought he could coast and got his ass handed to him by a much better opponent.
Other Posts of Interest:
- John McCain Takes the Opportunity to Shoot Himself Squarely in the Pinky Toe
- Obama’s Better than McCain Because Republicans Will Oppose Obama
- John McCain – No One’s First Choice
Category: Johnny Mac, Oh, THAT liberal media., The Obamessiah
I decided to skip this whoe Warren thing because I just don't really care, lol. Actually it just bugs me a little that these churches, pastors, etc are getting way too involved in politics for my taste.
That said, I wish now I had watched it knowing some of the controversy that has sprung up. And Andrea Mitchell?? God I can't stand that woman. Remember that post a few days ago Jimmie, where you talked about the media? This is such a PERFECT example of their outright bias. Christ, they don't even try to hide it anymore. Disgusting.
>>Actually it just bugs me a little that these churches, pastors, etc are getting way too involved in politics for my taste.>>
My husband feels that way too. I disagree – generally speaking, I think that it offers the opportunity for meeting with people who are not particularly political "junkies", but who want to know more about the candidates.
Churches are made up of citizens. The decisions made by politicians affect all of us, religious or not, but our moral beliefs are an integral part of our perception of how our society should be ordered. For that reason, I think religions _should_ offer guidance on political matters…maybe not _all_ of them, but certainly where moral issues are involved. That said, I do not think pastors should dictate to their parishoners how they should vote, but I don't have a problem with offering the opportunity to answer questions that a pastor thinks are relevant to his congregation.
I _do_ have a bit of a problem with a Mega-church with 23,000 members…but that's a different issue!
Uh yeah, that too. Wouldn't you pretty much get lost in a congregation of over 20,000 people?