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Contessa Brewer Spars With John Ziegler About Palin, Shuts Off His Mike
Newsbusters.org ^ | 6-10-09 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 06/10/2009 1:16:01 PM PDT by Justaham

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer invited documentarian John Ziegler on her program Wednesday, and got into quite a battle with him over why Sarah Palin should have been at all insulted by David Letterman saying she dresses like a "slutty flight attendant" and her daughter was recently "knocked-up by Alex Rodriguez" during a Yankee game.

Brewer actually didn't think there was anything wrong with Letterman making such comments.

Even better, as the scrum continued, and Ziegler claimed Palin had more class than most people on MSNBC, Brewer got insulted, and called to her producer, "Cut the mike, please" (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, h/t NBers blonde and bigtimer):

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KEYWORDS: censorship; contessabrewer; cutthemike; getpalin; goodguy; johnziegler; letterman; obamunism; palin; pravdamedia; realman; stalinisttactics; theylive; truthwillout; ziegler

1 posted on 06/10/2009 1:16:01 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

She never even addresses Letterman’s remarks about Palin’s 14 year-old daughter, and tries to gloss over the issue by saying that Palin should just deal with it.

Never mind that the crude remarks should never have been made.


2 posted on 06/10/2009 1:18:38 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Justaham

Contessa B.— She holds a bachelor of science degree in broadcast journalism.

A great intellect.


3 posted on 06/10/2009 1:20:18 PM PDT by eleni121 (The New Byzantium - resurrect it!)
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To: SJSAMPLE

I’m sure Letterman will be censured and suspended for his inappropriate remarks, just like Imus was /s


4 posted on 06/10/2009 1:22:50 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Justaham
I'm not going to say anything about Obama's daughters because I think that anything said about kids is completely out of bounds and has no class at all... but...

What if someone said that Michelle dresses like a two dollar hooker? MSNBC to the rescue then right? They would demand that whoever said it would have to pay severely.

5 posted on 06/10/2009 1:23:58 PM PDT by Mind Freed ("Every man has the right to be a fool 5 minutes a day. Wisdom is not exceeding the limit.")
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To: SJSAMPLE

She probably has no problem with the Playboy comment about 10 Consrvative women that “should be raped” (hate-****ed).


6 posted on 06/10/2009 1:25:18 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Minnesota - You all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas.)
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To: Justaham

Ironic. She thinks it is perfectly ok for a TV network to call Palin slutty, but mention that Palin has more class than MSNBC commentators and get your mike cut....too funny.


7 posted on 06/10/2009 1:26:24 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: Justaham

Contessa is another liberal disgrace to the human race. First she bitches about how Sarah should “Get over it” about what Letterman said, but when Ziegler brought up Contessa being called “Slutty” she got insulted and told them to turn off his mic..that was hysterical..no wonder MSNBC is in the toilet..the only idiots watching that network are die hard libs who would jump off a cliff if their Messiah Obama told them to


8 posted on 06/10/2009 1:27:15 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Mind Freed
What if someone said that Michelle dresses like a two dollar hooker?

I think a lot of two dollar hookers would feel insulted.

9 posted on 06/10/2009 1:27:41 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: Justaham

This is beyond funny.John is my new hero.


10 posted on 06/10/2009 1:29:14 PM PDT by Canes101
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To: Justaham

This is beyond funny.John is my new hero.


11 posted on 06/10/2009 1:29:14 PM PDT by Canes101
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To: Justaham

You’d think GE would have enough class to rid itself of NBC.


12 posted on 06/10/2009 1:29:46 PM PDT by Waco (Libs exhale too much)
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To: Justaham

That woman didn’t see a problem with the Willow remarks. She said its comedy. She is sick.


13 posted on 06/10/2009 1:30:03 PM PDT by imskylark
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To: Justaham

The only good Democrat is a _ _ _ _ one, what more can I say


14 posted on 06/10/2009 1:30:23 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge ( Yes I Love Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: eleni121
She holds a bachelor of science degree in broadcast journalism.

A B.S. in B.J.

The jokes just write themselves!

15 posted on 06/10/2009 1:31:58 PM PDT by The Flying Dutchman (Ask me about my Vow of Silence...)
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To: Justaham

YeP! John zigged the contessa! Great Job!


16 posted on 06/10/2009 1:32:06 PM PDT by classified
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To: Justaham

I wouldn’t say she sparred with him so much as she suffered a beat down.


17 posted on 06/10/2009 1:32:44 PM PDT by calex59
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To: Sarah Barracuda

What puts all of this in perspective is to understand how the Nazis hated the Jews. The liberals hate the conservates the same way.

Remember the Nazi’s beloved leader? His promise to make them proud again? His government will provide, it will solve their problems? He had a jazzy logo as well.


18 posted on 06/10/2009 1:33:43 PM PDT by Loud Mime (I've lost count: how many jobs has the bailout saved again?)
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To: Justaham
What really shows with stark clarity is how consumed with denial Liberals like Contessa are. She is incapable of seeing the irony in that entire conversation and her indignant reaction to Zeigler's comments.

Liberals are so insufferable and unjustifiably arrogant. They are unable to see how they could possibly be wrong or how someone could dare to challenge their opinions.

That interview was one of the (unintentionally) funniest I have ever seen. Zeigler absolutely made her look stupid (or as I like to say, "Like a Liberal").
19 posted on 06/10/2009 1:33:54 PM PDT by Sudetenland (Liz Cheney for President!.)
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To: Justaham
About midway thru, Brewer tries to change the topic by asking "who speaks for the republican party?"

Zeigler never got a chance to answer, but I will:

Anyone with conservative principles can speak for the republican party, we have no politburo hierarchy to maintain. Unlike the democrats who demand that everyone including the state-run-media follow in lockstep with their esteemed leader obama.

20 posted on 06/10/2009 1:34:16 PM PDT by PressurePoint (I heard Letterman's wife got knocked up by A-Rod)
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To: Justaham

Heard audio from this on Rush today - it was awesome. Contessa brought a toy knife to a gunfight when she tried to match wits with this guy.


21 posted on 06/10/2009 1:34:56 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Justaham
I always enjoy seeing a bossy control freak put in their place.
22 posted on 06/10/2009 1:35:51 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: Justaham

Contessa doesn’t LOOK slutty. More like a high-class escort; classy like that. I wonder if she was doing the ex-Governer of New York before he got busted.

Hey, that’s funny, isn’t it?


23 posted on 06/10/2009 1:35:55 PM PDT by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Contessa had an experience with Don Imus when she was a newsreader on his show:
DON Imus didn’t like being called “a cantankerous old fool” by MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer on PAGE SIX. Brewer, a former news reader on Imus’ show, also said the I-man doesn’t know how to relate to “beautiful women.” “With that fat ass she’s got, she wouldn’t be one of ‘em,” Imus said on the air Friday. “That skank has to spend three hours with makeup in the morning … Who’s she kidding? . . . Plus, she’s dumber than dirt … Oh, my God, what a pig. But I was willing to cut her some slack and not say anything, you know, until - in fact, I didn’t say anything . . . That’s why they have those big double-doors there at MSNBC, you know, so they can get her fat ass in makeup.” An MSNBC spokesman said: “Contessa Brewer is a valued and respected employee. While Don Imus’ humor is often brilliant and provocative, we believe that this morning’s comments about Contessa went over the line. We have expressed our displeasure to Don.”
Looks like the treatment of Don Imus over his remarks was somewhat different than Letterman.
24 posted on 06/10/2009 1:36:53 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: Justaham

He ALMOST made her cry. (and he didn’t have to call her
*Slutty*.)


25 posted on 06/10/2009 1:37:20 PM PDT by wolfcreek (KMTEXASA!)
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To: Always Right

What if someone said that Michelle dresses like a two dollar hooker?

I think a lot of two dollar hookers would feel insulted.

LOL! I am still wincing at the orange ring thingy she was wearing in London - it was gift from a clown!


26 posted on 06/10/2009 1:39:31 PM PDT by Cathy
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To: Justaham
So, let me get this straight. Contessa says she's been called a slut before and it didn't insult her so therefore should not have insulted Sarah Palin. Then, this guy says her network is in the tank for bambi and it insults her to the point of having to cut his mic?
27 posted on 06/10/2009 1:41:02 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Justaham

If you caught the part where she snarkily asks if John asked Palin tough questions or was just being a spokesman for her, I would have just died if he responded, “no more than your network is acting as a spokesman for Obama”.


28 posted on 06/10/2009 1:42:19 PM PDT by RabidBartender (Democracy fails when the majority starts voting themselves presents from the public treasury - unk.)
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To: wolfcreek

That’s right, he just smiled and laughed at her while having the truth on his side. Laughing at liberals is like garlic to a vampire...they can’t stand it! It also makes them “snippy”...


29 posted on 06/10/2009 1:48:34 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: jennyjenny

could it be that she wasn’t insulted because it was true? I can’t figure out how a woman wouldn’t be offended by that unless they knew it was true and are proud of that label. These people are unbelievable.


30 posted on 06/10/2009 1:48:58 PM PDT by trtdenver
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To: Waco

You will understand once you read a little about who is leading GE.


31 posted on 06/10/2009 1:49:40 PM PDT by trtdenver
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To: Justaham

“Sparring” is charitable. She got beat like a rented mule - a redheaded stepchild - name your colorful reference. And THEN she had the gall to get her little feelers hurt at the end! What a Wuss!!!

Colonel, USAFR


32 posted on 06/10/2009 1:50:39 PM PDT by jagusafr (Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
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To: calex59

33 posted on 06/10/2009 1:50:44 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Justaham
I know!

Let's all start doing some "Contessa" jokes and see just how tough she is. Let's see if she can "take it".

And- since she has no problem with rape jokes about daughters let's see if she likes some jokes about...

Her Mother!

Ok Ok...

Contessa Brewer's mother is so FAT... (fill in joke here)

Contessa Brewer's mother is so Ugly... (fill in joke here)

Contessa Brewer's mother is such a slut she... (fill in joke here)

hahahahahah... funny... get it?

(applause and laughter here)

34 posted on 06/10/2009 1:53:48 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: eleni121

Wow, she claimed to have been insulted by being called slutty before and harbors no animosity toward the alleged insulter, yet she is “highly offended” when Zieglar denounced her network. No objective journalist there. I judge her to be a cupid stunt.


35 posted on 06/10/2009 1:54:11 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: bigbob

We should all laugh at Liberals. Especially when that dude in the WH wants more money out of us.


36 posted on 06/10/2009 1:54:44 PM PDT by wolfcreek (KMTEXASA!)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Right - he could have ended the interview with “See you next Tuesday”. I think I would have. And it sort of resonates with her first name, the *****.


37 posted on 06/10/2009 1:56:35 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Justaham

“Off with his mike”

A chill wind blows.


38 posted on 06/10/2009 2:18:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (June 4, 2009 - the day Barack Obama threw all of America under the bus.)
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To: eleni121

I thought broadcast journalism was a bachelor of arts, not a bachelor of science degree... I don’t remember any of the business/art/journalism types taking 4 hour math & science courses...


39 posted on 06/10/2009 2:26:25 PM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Life Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

cupid stunt.


LOL - agreed


40 posted on 06/10/2009 2:29:35 PM PDT by eleni121 (The New Byzantium - resurrect it!)
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To: Justaham

“Ziegler claimed Palin had more class than most people on MSNBC”

Boy, is that an understatement!


41 posted on 06/10/2009 3:07:49 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by governments. You've been warned.)
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To: popdonnelly

Noticed that right after that statement, Cuntessa has John’s mike turned off.


42 posted on 06/10/2009 3:14:13 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham
She sees nothing wrong with the joke because her favorite song is "Take me out at the ball game..."

Every girl has a dream and Contessa's is the starting line up on home plate.

43 posted on 06/10/2009 3:20:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: Justaham

Contessa (I have trouble saying that name without laughing) thinks that carrying the water for the bitter liberals will give her job security and recognition.


44 posted on 06/11/2009 3:46:24 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Justaham

I deleted CBS from the list of stations my TV receives and notified CBS. Not only will I no longer watch Letterman, but I will no longer watch anything on CBS. This pair of seuxal “jokes” about a 14 y/o girl was way too far over the line, and Letterman and CBS have made it clear that their response will not satisfy basic human decency. [Posting on multiple threads in the hopes of reaching as many Freepers as possible and encouraging them to delete CBS too.]


45 posted on 06/11/2009 5:17:16 AM PDT by TurtleUp (So this is how liberty dies - to thunderous applause!)
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To: Justaham

thank you.


46 posted on 06/13/2009 8:59:57 AM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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