Posted on 09/29/2009 10:03:00 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
In a Meet the Press interview with Bill Clinton on September 27, NBC's David Gregory seemed to assume as accepted fact that the only way to fix healthcare was for Americans to "pay higher taxes." He also asked the former chief executive if the "vast right wing conspiracy" that his wife bemoaned in 1998 was now in high gear attacking President Obama.
During the interview, Gregory brought up the "big challenges" that Obama was facing, particularly with the healthcare issue. In his question, though, Gregory did not phrase his healthcare question by using qualifiers like "Obama says," or "Democrats claim." He seemed to simply take the president's position as accepted fact without qualifiers.
On healthcare, Gregory asked Clinton if Obama was doing a good job. "And on health care, as this debate rolls through," Gregory asked, " do you think the President has leveled with the American people on this fact, that Americans are going to have to pay higher taxes if they want health care reform?"
Notice that Gregory asked Clinton if Obama had done a good job leveling with the American people on "this fact" and that we are "going to have to pay higher taxes" to get that reform? Gregory didn't say, for instance, that Obama "feels" that the only way to reform healthcare is to pay higher taxes. In essence, Gregory asked his question assuming that Obama's position is essentially true.
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Meh. He’s gotten another ‘talking points memo’ from Axelrod/Rahm. First it was ‘teabaggers’, then ‘racists’, now ‘right-wing conspiracy’. You’ll notice how they all ‘parrot’ these around EXACTLY the same time.
Useful idiots, all.
The VRWC is a card that will never die.
No surprise, Gregory is a typical shill for the left.
Air head.
The “Angry Mob” card didn’t work. The “Race” card didn’t work. Now they’re trying the “VRWC” card, which won’t work either. I wonder which card is next?
THERE ARE PLENTY OF DEMOCRATS THAT FEEL THE SAME ABOUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH CARE!
I still think NBC should’ve killed two birds with one stone and given “Meet the Press” to Leno.
Get Bush for war crimes
Get under-cover film makers (on the right)
Have a pandemic health scare
Just three possibilities here. I'm sure there are plenty more.
If they keep pulling this cr@p, this one ...
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