Posted on 12/16/2011 5:53:13 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Christopher Hitchens, RIP, would have loved the rough-and-tumble of today's Morning Joe. The first half-hour was a jolting fix for political junkies.
If the goring of Newt Gingrich was predictable, there was much that was not. Michelle Bachmann's debate performance was roundly praised. Lefty Jeff Sachs put himself to Ron Paul's right on the Iranian threat. Joe Scarborough and Donny Deutsch reported that normally-Dem New York CEOs have deserted Obama en masse.
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Surprising morning at Morning Joe includes lots of praise for Michelle Bachmann, admission that Dem CEOs are deserting Obama. Ping to Today show list.
“Michelle Bachmann’s debate performance was roundly praised. “
BOY I WONDER WHY?!
Seriously, Newsbusters, I expect you people to be quicker on the draw.
>> Surprising morning at Morning Joe includes lots of praise for Michelle Bachmann >>
If you are surprised by that, you don’t know how to analyze the MSM. They are following Wash Po’s lead - put the crazies (MB and Paul) near the top.
Not surprising at all. Utterly predictable.
Bachmann is not crazy. She is conservative. Many Freepers, however, seem to want to panic when a true conservative is presented to them. Too many Freepers just can’t come to grips with, for example, the loss of the Department of Education.
Hmmm. On CBS this morning the take was completely different. Scheiffer, Hill, and the Guy with the Rug on his Head said Bachmann (and the others) directed their fire on one candidate, but the clips they played did not match up with what they were telling the TV audience went on at the debate. It seemed kind of strange.
Why? Because she gives conservatives a bad image
Why does anyone care about that daily Festival of Insipidity?
When and where has MB been categorized as a 'crazy'?
>> Bachmann is not crazy. She is conservative. Many Freepers, however, seem to want to panic when a true conservative is presented to them. >>
I’m not sure what is more embarrassing about that post you just made. Is it your self righteous arrogance or your total lack of perspective or your disdain for opening your mind to some reading comprehension? Or is it that you are being a sore loser?
I’ve seen, what, maybe a thousand posts on this board lately where many people express what their problem with MB is: And it’s NOT her conservatism. It’s her off putting catty style and her kindergarten teacher smarmy delivery and her willingness to use exaggeration and an intentional lack of context in order to attack other’s running - all in a petty attempt to make herself look good by making others look bad.
Or, perhaps they understand that a short term person from congress just doesn’t have the heft for the top office in the land.
Meanwhile, those who like MB’s ideology are finding other qualities in some other folks they prefer and think more important. I like MB’s conservatism. I dislike almost everything else about her.
>> When and where has MB been categorized as a ‘crazy’? >>
Don’t get your panties in a wad - she has been characterized as that many times in the MSM - and we ARE talking about this from the MSM perspective because the thread is about why a MSM outlet (Morn joe) is saying good things about her.
WOW and FWIW - Bill Hemmer on Fox just released a comprehensive poll showing following the Iowa debate - Newt 26 and Mitt 20!!!
The lefties are promoting Romney and guess what - they would love to see a Romney/Bachman ticket - the absolute guaranteed loser against Obama.
Fox still pushing Haley’s endorsement of Romney - MAKE IT STOP!!!!
Where’s the remote???
If it weren't for FReepers that watch joe so they can comment, and the demonRATS that never change their channel from msnbc, who else watched this piece of crap?
I rarely watch any morning TV {especially those smiling, happy faces at FOX} so I don't know much about morning TV ratings, so I went back and did a quick review of ratings.
It appears that morning joe has an audience of about 425 thousand give or take and FOX has about 1.1 Million and cnn about 350 K.
The reality is that there are more FReepers that see articles posted about stories on "morning joe" than there are real viewers.
Now I see why Rush, more often than not, declines to mention these crazies on msnbc, because all he is doing is pumping the viewers that would never have seen the idiots in the first place.
Her snits about Newt not being pro-life because he was for partial birth abortion (wtf was that all about if she's not a bit loony?), plus her "I am a serious candidate who knows all the facts hissy fit showed very poorly.
She couldn’t win statewide office, let alone the White House.
A backbencher in Congress, and not a particularly effective one at that.
At this point she’s nothing but an attack dog for Mitt Romney and his campaign is praising her for it.
Michelle Bachmann:
From the people who brought you Jesse Ventura, Al Franken, and Keith Ellison.
Are you my wife in drag? She says virtually the same thing to me almost daily...
The media and/or the Republican establishment will always try make conservatives look like freaks. In other words, the most conservative person in any GOP primary will always be painted as a kook. So I am saying that the qualities that you think you don’t like about Bachmann, in large part, came from a source that should be ignored.
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