Jim Lehrer (PBS) ridicules Kerry for calling for filibuster from "the ski slopes"; Democrats furious

PBS ^ | January 27, 2006 | nwrep

[nwrep]

Jim Lehrer, on his NewsHour program on PBS on Friday night, ridiculed John Kerry for calling for filibuster from "the ski slopes." Click the link above for the entire transcript. Liberal Mark Shields and conservative columnist David Brooks both joined Lehrer for some Kerry bashing.

This exchange is making left-wing radicals furious, who are now calling Mark Shields a "Republican stooge" and a "Fox News Democrat." One leftist website had this to say to Mark Shields, long time CNN analyst:

"This is the most despicable performance in your long career of pretending to be a Democrat. If you love George Bush with such devotion, then go register as a Republican today. Better yet, pick up a gun and go fight his disastrous war in Iraq. And give your "Democratic" spot on PBS to a REAL Democrat - someone with the cojones to stand up to the Emperor Without Clothes and his mouthpiece, Jim Lehrer!"

[lowbridge]

bump

[conservative physics]

the moonbats are eating their own :)

woot!

[Wristpin]

What is astonishing is that he and Murtha have five Purple Hearts between them with no signs of scars nor disability.

[Fudd Fan]

Shields and Lehrer are Republican stooges... Heh, heh, heh....

I know~!

[Brilliant]

Agreed. It made sense for the Dems to nominate Kerry in 2004 because he represents the Dem view perfectly, and there really wasn't anyone who had any chance of beating Bush anyway. Now that they have a chance to win, they'd be crazy to waste their vote on someone who can't win just because he represents their views.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

JIM LEHRER: How do you read this filibuster thing?

DAVID BROOKS: Well, I thought he should have done it while wind surfing; it would have been a more popular.

LMAO!

[FreeAtlanta]

I don't understand why his state would elect him. He is always at the ski slope or some other play place. He is rarely in the Senate. He is always shooting his mouth off and looking stupid. He is out-of-touch. I guess that fits with his out-of-touch state.

[Marathoner]

Libs don't tolerate anyone breaking out of lockstep even for a second. For a bunch who prides themselves on being "freethinkers" they sure hate people thinking freely.

Boy, ain't that the truth.

[spanalot]

How Dare You Criticize Comrade Kerry.

Power to the Proper People!!

http://www.communistsforkerry.com/

[mtbopfuyn]

Heck, let Kerry and the rest of them make complete fools of themselves. The bigger fools, the better. Eventually, the sheeple will wise up.

[mhx]

So this should scare you then. A slightly weaker candidate than George Bush could be beaten by John Kerry.

[Cboldt]

Senator SESSIONS: "We can all agree, I suppose, that it is an international filibuster because it was apparently hatched in Davos, Switzerland, where Senator Kerry now is with those masters of the universe trying to figure out the world economy. Maybe they ought to spend more time trying to get gasoline prices down than worrying about conjuring up a filibuster of a judge as able as Judge Alito."

[nwrep]

the moonbats are eating their own :)

I would not call Lehrer a moonbat.

[italianquaker]

well thereza

[Ichneumon]

[Mark Shields a "Republican stooge"]

That is just loony. But what do you expect from moonbats.

He stepped off the Democrat Plantation, so he must be flogged...

[toomanygrasshoppers]

I predict we will see a third party develop within the next few years. I think that a good 10-20% of the American people are either socialists or communists. Their numbers have grown to the point that they will have their own voice and the strength to support their own candidates. Scary, but I think that it is happening. They also now have the financial support that they didn't have in the past.

[Fudd Fan]

Oh how I do love Senator Sessions!

[denydenydeny]

So much fun, so much entertaiment.

[Moonman62]

Don't get too excited. The more they bash Kerry, the better it is for Hillary.