Posted on 10/16/2013 8:15:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
Apparently the qualifications for becoming an MSNBC anchor consist primarily of being able to ask Republicans the intellectual equivalent of “when did you stop beating your wife?” Which explains how Thomas Roberts got the gig.
While interviewing Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Roberts posed the following question:
MSNBC Anchor To GOP Congresswomen: Do You Hate Obamacare More Than You Love Your Country? Understandably Blackburn seemed at an initial loss with her answer to the audacious and ideological insult, which Roberts had so cleverly disguised as an inappropriate question. Then again, he does work for MSNBC. He may seriously believe that those are the only two honest options: Love America, or Hate Obamacare. C’mon, Tom: Why can’t it be both?
Maybe the Congresswoman should have responded with a loaded question of her own: “Do you love Obamacare more than you love America?” After all, the Democrat’s failure to negotiate with the GOP over a simple one year delay in the individual mandate (which mirrors the White House’s extrajudicial delay for big businesses) bears equal responsibility in bringing the nation to the cusp of the debt ceiling.
Maybe that’s it. Maybe Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and MSNBC love Obamacare soooooo much, they are willing to “risk default” in an effort to keep from having it altered in any minor way. Of course, that’s a hard argument to sell, given that the President has found it necessary to grant over 20 partial delays and exemptions for various aspects of the law to numerous special interest (read: “liberal”) groups. When the Executive branch declares it is going to use executive privilege to delay, strike, or exclude portions of the law, it seems like “love” for the law might be lacking. . . Even among its supporters.
Even Ezra Klein expressed some reservations about the law thus far. And, let’s not forget, the regulations for the law haven’t even been finalized. While they have over 11 million words jotted down in regulations (roughly 30 times larger than the law itself), they still have far more to go before “we the people” discover the enormity of Obamacare’s reach.
MSNBC anchor should look in the mirror and ask the question again
No, dumbass. We hate 0bamacare BECAUSE we love our country.
Crawl back under your rock.
i would have said, “because i love America, i hate Obamacare.”
Question 1 for the MSNBC anchor: “Why did you stop your education in the fifth grade?”
Question 2: “Why didn’t you tell your audience that you failed Econ 101?”
Question 3: “Did you get beyond grade school math?”
Question 4: “What would you do if you actually had to produce something of value?”
Thomas Roberts is a fudge packer.
“Mr. Roberts, when did you become a tool for the Bolsheviks?”
Insult for insult solves nothing. The perfect response is to call out the question’s premise: “Thank you for the question, MR. Roberts. I reject the premise of your question.” Then go on with something completely that dovetails the conversation but gets your points out.
Why would any non-GOPe ‘critter go on M$NBC?
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The congresswoman must be very composed. They would have had to call security if some liberal media slug said that to me.
Right after the newscaster started having sex with little boys.
No Republican should EVER go on MSNBC for any reason.
The problem is that FIRST you would have to explain to the ignorant SOB who the Bolsheviks were.
*rme* It’s easy to talk when you are sitting in front of your computer.
The regulations are worse then we fear.
With HIPAA they “reinterpreted” the law & regulations. Making approximately 2 million more businesses subject to HIPAA laws.
That kind of flexibility is scary.
How does TH present this column WITHOUT TELLING US BLACKBURN’S RESPONSE???
She is and she is my rep. I am very proud of her because she is a true conservative
One thing for sure. The America that Thomas Roberts and his ilk envisions and that I envision is worlds apart.
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