Posted on 01/29/2014 5:31:30 PM PST by smoothsailing
January 29, 2014
Kansas Republican lawmaker Tim Huelskamp took MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to task during a post-State of the Union interview on Benghazi secrecy, noting that if Maddow “would stop being a cheerleader and be a journalist, you’d recognize we’re not getting those answers.”
Huelskamp spoke with Maddow about an hour after President Barack Obama wrapped up his State of the Union address Tuesday night, with the MSNBC reporter taking the congressman to task for anti-Obama tweets she deemed offensive and inaccurate.
She zeroed in on one tweet, suggesting that President Obama was deliberately ignoring the ongoing Benghazi controversy, asking the lawmaker if he voted to cut State Department security at any point.
“Don’t forget, the fact of the matter is Hillary Clinton did not request security enhancements,” Huelskamp responded. “And we do believe that this administration let our troops down and let this diplomat down.
“We need more answers there,” he continued. “We need answers about a lot of things. This administration promised to be the most transparent in history, Rachel. And I think if you would stop being a cheerleader and be a journalist, you’d recognize we’re not getting those answers.”
Maddow, always eager to pounce on the slightest hint of Republican sexism, imaginary or not, was furious:
MADDOW: Did you just call me a cheerleader?
HUELSKAMP: Uh, I dunno. Maybe you have that history. I’m saying look at the facts –
MADDOW: No, wait, wait, wait. No, hold on, hold on, hold on. Did you –
HUELSKAMP: I’m saying–
MADDOW: Hold on!
HUELSKAMP: – you’re a cheerleader for the administration –
MADDOW: Ok, so I’m a cheerleader?
HUELSKAMP: – you’re not being a journalist when you’re not willing to look at the facts! If it was Bush you would be jumping and screaming –
MADDOW: You’re amazing.
HUELSKAMP: – but because it’s Hillary Clinton, you don’t want the answers, Rachel. Face the facts! We don’t know the answers there.
The two then got into a contentious debate over whether Obama’s promise to take executive action without Congress — along with unilateral changes already made to Obamacare — constitute “lawlessness,” with Maddow suggesting Huelskamp’s comment come from another universe.
“It’s the universe of reality, Rachel,” he retorted. “The universe of outside this Beltway. The president’s speech fell flat in the real world.”
[h/t RCP]
MADDOW: Did you just call me a cheerleader?
HUELSKAMP: Uh, I dunno. I think I said “Carpet eater”.
What makes him think she/he/it is capable of being a journalist?
LOL
I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread.
If the cheerleaders in my school were that ugly and dykey I would have dropped out.
the speech did far FAR worse then fall flat.
It begs description.
it was another obama got caught with his hand in the cookie jar pretense.
That anyone other than a George Soros.on one hand..or a Harvee Hoodrat on the other could still support this fantasy ridden jackass is utterly surreal!
all bogus bland sizzle...no steak
ROTFLMAO! Now that's funny.
Never heard of this guy but like his attitude here.
Tired of GOPers who like to “play nice” all the time with the MSM.
Hahah!!!
Aww!! Poor widdle Rachel got her panties in a knot because a mean old Republican called her what she is.
When she said “Wait, did you just call me a cheerleader” he should have replied...
“Aww... you’re angry. How cute is that?!?”
Little by little the people in congress with courage are starting to emerge. It’s slow and there aren’t enough of them yet, but they will hopefully give courage to others.
“Aww!! Poor widdle Rachel got her panties in a knot”
I think Madcow is more of a boxer kind of guy.
LOL! That would have been a hoot!
All in all though, I'll give him a good solid A+. I wish more Republicans would take it directly to these leftist news hacks the way he did.
Good for Huelskamp. We need more people willing to push back on these dishonest mediots.
Ugliest cheerleader ever!
If it were me, I’d have said this her:
“If you and the rest of your cheerleading gaggle would remove your Liplock from his Love Pork Chop and maybe actually report some of the crap he’s pulled, then the rest of the country would have some respect for you...”
e U.S. Representative for Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2011
On February 16, 2012, during a contentious three-hour House Budget Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Huelskamp warned of the looming threat of an economic crisis similar to the one then taking place in Europe. Representative Huelskamp accused Geithner and the entire Obama administration of failing to correct the U.S.'s debt crisis, which he believed would lead the country down the same path. Secretary Geithner replied that Huelskamp had an “adolescent perspective on how to think about economic policy.”
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