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Willie Geist: 'Many of My Conservative Friends' Thought Cooper Would Go Easy on Dems
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 10/14/2015 5:12:21 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Wow: an MSMer who not only has many conservative friends, but is willing to admit it on live national TV?

On today's Morning Joe, in the course of praising Anderson Cooper's performance as debate moderator, Geist let drop that prior to the debate "many of my conservative friends" thought CNN would go easy on the Dems, but that five minutes in, they told him "oh, I guess he's not going to go easy."

View the video here.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: andersoncooper; conservatives; demdebate; williegeist

1 posted on 10/14/2015 5:12:21 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: AmericanCheeseFood; netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; ...

Hell freezing over? MSNBC host admits to having “many” conservative friends.

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 10/14/2015 5:13:48 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hahahahahahahaha!!! Libtards are so funny. Being a “tough time keeper” is NOT the same as asking tough questions, Willie.


3 posted on 10/14/2015 5:14:43 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Not really. I’m pretty sure they put that in quotes to acknowledge that it is BS.


4 posted on 10/14/2015 5:15:31 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

BS! “Conservative friends”-—LOL!! Right! This is a pure BS typical lie. Its easy for them.


5 posted on 10/14/2015 5:18:19 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I thought he would too but in the end he may have ask the toughest question.

COOPER: Secretary Clinton, Secretary Clinton, with all due respect, it’s a little hard — I mean, isn’t it a little bit hard to call this just a partisan issue? There’s an FBI investigation, and President Obama himself just two days ago said this is a legitimate issue.

CLINTON: Well, I never said it wasn’t legitimate. I said that I have answered all the questions and I will certainly be doing so again before this committee.


6 posted on 10/14/2015 5:20:57 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Cooper did say he wouldn’t set Democrats after each other, in direct contrast to the GOP debate.


7 posted on 10/14/2015 5:25:01 AM PDT by dangus
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Guaranteed outright pre-meditated lie, and a smart lie, if you think lying is smart.


8 posted on 10/14/2015 5:25:57 AM PDT by tinyowl (penguin in transition and C. Edmond Wright thinks I am an idiot and a Trump sycophant)
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To: Lee'sGhost
I really tried to watch last night

35 minutes of opening remarks and commercials and I was ready for bed ...

The biggest problem for me was the drunken speech .... no. really ... every ONE of them ...

The white haired faggot lept saying seen ... for CNN .... sender for Sanders, and candayds for candidates

NO ONE pronounced government ... guvmint ..

I forget who, probablt Sanders talked about the peeber (people) ..

but I said to myself, no ... they're done ... let's get it on


And the mix of fact and fiction was just too much

After an hour, I turned it off, went to bed and fell asleep

9 posted on 10/14/2015 5:34:47 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: WKUHilltopper; Lee'sGhost

I wrote the original article at NewsBusters [governs=Finkelstein].

I understand people being skeptical about Geist having conservative friends, but I am not. He went to college in the South, has always been more of a centrist on the show, and in recent times has been more outspoken in taking positions that if not explicitly conservative are at least somewhat to the right.

For example, he has said that more gun laws won’t stop criminals from getting guns. He challenged Nicolle Wallace when she thought the woman who aided the NY prison escape shouldn’t get jail time. He contradicted Hillary’s claim that her use of a private server was “allowed.” See links below:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2015/10/06/willie-geist-more-laws-wont-stop-bad-guys-getting-guns

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2015/09/29/nicolle-wallace-bemoans-jail-prison-break-accomplice-cant-she

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2015/09/09/morning-joe-rips-hillary-apology-hostage-video-lie-freakish


10 posted on 10/14/2015 5:42:22 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: knarf
I really tried to watch last night ... 35 minutes of opening remarks and commercials
I surfed in every so often to try and catch Jim Webb, but wasn't very successful.
All I saw was Hitlery yakkin' away - or Hitlery bobbing her head up and down like, well, like a bobble head doll.
11 posted on 10/14/2015 5:52:14 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Yeah, they sounded like tough questions but when Hillarity knows what questions that are going to be asked, she knew how to answer them.


12 posted on 10/14/2015 5:53:04 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: oh8eleven

Cooper didn’t ask Bernie how he was going to PAY for all that free stuff.

And I guess Hillary thought that all lives but those in Benghazi mattered. Or maybe because there were no black lives lost in the Benghazi fiasco, those lives didn’t matter.


13 posted on 10/14/2015 6:01:17 AM PDT by IM2MAD (IM2MAD=Individual Motivated 2 Make A Difference)
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To: IM2MAD
The only president I remembered for all the years I was growing up was Eisenhower. The man left an indelible mark on me both as a polititan and soldier.
I looked at the scum on the stage last night and wanted to vomit.
14 posted on 10/14/2015 6:23:05 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Yes, and he did.


15 posted on 10/14/2015 6:44:07 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: RetSignman
Yeah, they sounded like tough questions but when Hillarity knows what questions that are going to be asked, she knew how to answer them.

That collusion was readily apparent by the way she answered many of them in a heartbeat with well thought out responses. Scripted.

16 posted on 10/14/2015 8:19:45 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He asked some tough questions but when the candidate
changed the subject, he didn’t pursue the issue.


17 posted on 10/14/2015 8:37:55 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: oh8eleven

You are right about that and I felt the same.


18 posted on 10/14/2015 8:59:02 AM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I trust nothing from MSNBC.


19 posted on 10/14/2015 9:38:47 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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