With “Any Regrets?” as the on-screen heading, Katie Couric pressed “independent Democratic” Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to atone for campaigning with unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate John McCain and criticizing eventual winner Barack Obama. Couric's first question in the interview excerpt aired on Wednesday's CBS Evening News: “Do you feel as if you owe President-elect Obama one?” Couric next pushed Lieberman to take back an attack: “You said, on whether Senator Obama is a Marxist, you said quote: 'It's a good question to ask.' Are you sorry you said that?” Couric proceeded to relay another Democratic complaint/aspersion against Lieberman:
What really irritated -- even enraged -- some Democrats was your speech at the Republican National Convention. Did you understand at the time how nervy that might seem to some Democrats? How inappropriate?
Couric's questions, and some of Lieberman's responses, in the “CBS Evening News exclusive” aired on the Wednesday, November 19 CBS Evening News, a session taped at Lieberman's Capitol “hideaway” office:
KATIE COURIC: Do you feel as if you owe President-elect Obama one?
[LIEBERMAN]
COURIC: I know you want to look forward Senator Lieberman, but I feel I would remiss if I didn't mention a couple things that enraged Democrats.
LIEBERMAN: Why did I know you were going to do that?
COURIC: You said, on whether Senator Obama is a Marxist, you said quote: “It's a good question to ask.” Are you sorry you said that?
LIEBERMAN: Well, that's one of those things I wish I'd said more clearly. I mean, obviously Barack Obama is not a Marxist.
COURIC: Well you said it's a good question to ask.
LIEBERMAN: Well, yeah, but then I answered it and said, "no he's not Marxist." I said at the time that he's somewhat to the left of me on some issues.
COURIC: What really irritated -- even enraged -- some Democrats was your speech at the Republican National Convention. Did you understand at the time how nervy that might seem to some Democrats? How inappropriate?
[LIEBERMAN]
COURIC: It was no secret, Senator Lieberman, that in his heart of hearts, John McCain really wanted you.
[LIEBERMAN]
COURIC: Senator Clinton is a key contender, it seems, for Secretary of State. What do you think of that?
[LIEBERMAN]
COURIC: I have covered a lot of elections in my career, and it seems to me, Senator, that every time a new President comes into office we hear the same thing. "We're going to work together. We're going to work for the American people. There's going to be a new spirit of bipartisanship." And quite frankly, it dissolves pretty quickly into bitter partisanship and the same-old-same old.
CBSNews.com's transcript of what aired on the CBS Evening News, along with, as of 8:30 PM EST, a one-minute video clip of a portion of the sit-down which did not air, video which may later be updated.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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This may be old news by now
November 19, 2008 - 20:56 ET by ConservativeRexThis may be old news by now but please.
www.howobamagotelected.com
click on video
Hi CRex...yep that is a
November 19, 2008 - 21:07 ET by bigtimerHi CRex...yep that is a good one, I have the whole video too..sent it to all, I couldn't get in yesterday, but they had a blog post I saw earlier from yesterday of this, if any of you haven't seen it, watch...it is well worth it.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Thanks BT, I've been
November 20, 2008 - 08:44 ET by ConservativeRexThanks BT, I've been working the day shift and am usually just too durn tired to do much else.
Appreciate it!
Such intelligence!!
November 20, 2008 - 15:55 ET by MNotaroSuch intelligence....but then I wonder why in the world can't we go back to the days when you had to be a landowner to vote! Maybe we wouldn't have this problem and be faced with the liberal illuminati running our country! Wow, let's hope Obama is more intelligent than hisvoters huh?! YIKES!
Required Viewing
November 21, 2008 - 07:31 ET by PopularTechThat video should be required viewing for all who voted for Obama.
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I would like to hear his
November 19, 2008 - 21:02 ET by bigtimerI would like to hear his answers to all...although I can imagine the mish-mash mush he would answer...
You know, does anybody remember when it was hailed big time about the floor speech Lieberman was going to give about Clinton and his scandals/morals ect regarding all the impeachment trouble/womanizing, lying under oath (although I can't remember if that had occured quite yet) ect... every channel was focused on the speech...he didn't go there in the end...it was pathetic...just like all of this has been since O got elected and he is groveling now, plus the Senate along with their Fearless Leader Dirty Harry doing what he is told, when you know they really wanted to throw the guy to the curb.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Yeah, bt...I remember
November 20, 2008 - 06:27 ET by motherbeltYeah, bt...I remember Lieberman's famous speech. And he started out great guns, listing all the ways Clinton had shamed his family, the office, and the nation.
People thought Clinton's goose was cooked! That Lieberman was going to call on him to resign!
But then.... he segued into something like But that doesn't mean he still can't be a good President.....
and the rest of the speech gave him cover.
It was pathetic.
Now tell me truly Katie Lass
November 19, 2008 - 21:05 ET by NorthCoasterHave ye no shame? Have ye no shame for shillin fur the Dems? Yeh tried to trap Sarah wit yer slippry wit. Now yer trikkin the Lieberman.
Say Lass, any regrets fur shillin?
I cannot for the life of me
November 19, 2008 - 21:32 ET by msh1973I cannot for the life of me understand why Lieberman doesn't switch parties. That would really stick it to the Dems. Can't be any love loss between them...and by the way, isn't it like "strong-arming" someone by threatening to take away their power. The whole thing smells like political blackmail.
Hi msh...for me I don't
November 20, 2008 - 00:01 ET by bigtimerHi msh...for me I don't want any more RINOs..it would be fun for a brief amout of time with the msm to watch him trade sides...but for me, I don't want any more RINOs, he would still vote with the dems 99% of the time..we have enough problems with that, and have in the past with McC, Snow, Collins, Sununu, Specter, Warner, Graham, Smith, Coleman, some more than others, but not by much...(a couple more but I will leave them out for)...no more, the less the better in my view-finder of life....
I want to clean the suckers out..we are at a loss no matter what happens...we shall see what holds some in the Senate can put on matters, other than that we are forked, we may as well start with a somewhat clean slate...and hopefully get real conservatives in place.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Simple
November 20, 2008 - 13:15 ET by seldumondeBecause then he wouldn't have a committee chair or be able to caucus with the strong majority party. No Senator is going to give up that just to "show them." Sure they deserve it, but a party-switching Lieberman doesn't hurt the Dems (he will still vote liberal on most things) and it doesn't help the GOP to have someone who is very liberal on most issues.
I lost some respect for Joe this week. After standing on principle on the war and fighting for McCain harder than the candidate himself at times, when the dust cleared and his own personal career and power were at stake, he groveled to the Dems and agreed to play nice from now on. And unless the war becomes a major split between him and the Dems in the future, which it probably won't, Joe will be a good, obedient little Democrat.
Now she is just gloating.
November 19, 2008 - 21:37 ET by superconCOURIC: What really irritated -- even enraged -- some news anchors was
your speech at the Republican National Convention. Did you understand
at the time how nervy that might seem to some Democrats? How
inappropriate?
We would like our apology now.
She believes that she matters..
November 19, 2008 - 22:20 ET by ThalpyShe believes that she matters. Look at the job they did on him when he ran for Senate.
Does this woman listen to herself?????
November 19, 2008 - 23:49 ET by Secret ConservativeIs she really so self-centered, so narcissistic that she thinks she has the right to speak this way to a United States Senator? Who does this woman think she is? Her entire "talent" consists of being able to read to people on TV. And what's up with the glasses? Is this supposed to give Katie "gravitas???" Or is she just getting old?
Glasses
November 20, 2008 - 07:59 ET by cheesegraterIn Couric's world, one overflowing with sameness, people get famous on a gimmick. When she looks at Gov. Palin she sees her glasses and believes they are a big part of her popularity. Couric is getting old. Her perkiness is fading. No matter how much she and those like her villify Gov. Palin they want to be her. Couric would sell her black soul to be as famous as the Alaska Governor. She thinks that by wearing specks she too can be admired by millions of people, like Sarah. Couric doesn't understand that it's not what is on the outside of Gov. Palin that millions admire, but the heart that beats inside her.
katies glasses
November 20, 2008 - 14:08 ET by tinman tomI think she wants to look like sarah palin.
Did you understand at the
November 20, 2008 - 06:29 ET by motherbeltDid you understand at the time how nervy that might seem to some Democrats? How inappropriate?
Did you realize how much you hurt us? Disappointed us?
How could you DO that???
Joe Lieberman should have pushed Katie to atone for...
November 19, 2008 - 21:48 ET by R D Helmmasquerading as a journalist, when all she really is is a mindless, easily-led shill for the Democrat Party.
-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
I wonder who see had prep
November 19, 2008 - 22:02 ET by Dan DiegoI wonder who see had prep her for the interview? Peloser and her crew of nancy boys is my guess.
The cost of living's going up, and the chance of livin's going down. - Flip Wilson
Right church, wrong pew
November 19, 2008 - 22:09 ET by MichiganVetCOURIC: I have covered a lot of elections in my career, and it seems to me, Senator, that every time a new President comes into office we hear the same thing. "We're going to work together. We're going to work for the American people. There's going to be a new spirit of bipartisanship." And quite frankly, it dissolves pretty quickly into bitter partisanship and the same-old-same old.
Ah Katie, shouldn't you be directing this statement to the president-elect and his transition team?
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But remember...
November 20, 2008 - 13:20 ET by seldumondeRemember - bipartisanship going forward means doing whatever Obama wants. She's just trying to make sure that Joe will "work together" with Obama. We're going to see this line heavily repeated by the media - working with Obama is "unity," while working against him is just "partisanship." It's gonna get ugly, folks.
Today Show Katie
November 19, 2008 - 22:09 ET by averageschmoeThe only thing missing on these interviews is a cooking segment coming up next.
Ann Curry, Meridith and all the Today's Show robot women all do the same thing. They are all interchangeable nobodys that believe they are somebody. I used to go to school with women like them in college at my journalism school. They are very good at teleprompter reading and trying to look good and kissing the bosses behind.
"Bitter Partisonship"
November 19, 2008 - 22:26 ET by MightyMouthYes Ms. Couric that's what makes us the best country in the world!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Amazing...
November 19, 2008 - 23:12 ET by CapeCodScottThe Video production was so good, you couldn't even see the strings on that puppet Couric as the DNC pulled them to make her move... she looks so real...
www.ScottOnCapeCod.com
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"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!
Katie... You liberal
November 19, 2008 - 23:23 ET by Clear thinkerKatie...
You liberal POS.
“You said, on whether Senator Obama is a Marxist, you said quote: 'It's a good question to ask.' Are you sorry you said that?” His answer should be... NO -- AND HELL NO! OBAMA IS A MARXIST!
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Katty Kitty
November 20, 2008 - 05:08 ET by kilrodWell "Katty Kitty" couric, how does it "feel" to just be another rectal discharge of the SSM(sub-slime media)??!!??!!!!
(grins) KILROD
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Liebermann is why
November 20, 2008 - 08:38 ET by MrDebaterI wouldn't vote for McCain. Everywhere McCain went, he took Liebermann...showing true conservatives exactly what McCain was, a liberal Republican. I will vote on principal every time, for if we would have elected McCain, we would have been telling the Republicans that, in order to win, they have to keep moving left. I want them to know that they will never win another election by being more like democraps.
Dumber
November 20, 2008 - 08:46 ET by somedaysDumber strikes again. Ms. Couric again demonstrates why she got her job. She looks good from a distance.
Obama and/or his handlers are smart - very smart! They realize it is better to have Liberman "inside the tent pi#sing out than outside the tent pi#sing in".
Conversatives better come to grips with the fact that Obama and/or his handlers are smart. They are not dealing with Mr. "I Invented the Internet" or the Gigolo from Mass.
They're not worth it
November 20, 2008 - 12:11 ET by CobraManHay, Kaite, if the Democrats are SO UPSET that a fellow member has the AUDACITY to independently decide whom he or she is going to support, and if the Democrats feel that REVENGE is an appropriate "punishment" for our right to freely associate, then the Democratic party isn't worthy of support, ether by Lieberman or anyone else.
Kudos to Lieberman for making his own decisions as to who he will, or will not, support this election season.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
who is this person, what
November 20, 2008 - 12:37 ET by JIMMY1660who is this person, what are her credentials to criticize Sen. Joe? 1st he is the Dems VP, then they throw him out. they threw him out. he runs as an independant, wins, they disown him. what loyalty should he show>and this miserable piece of garbage can not ever criticize Joe. once again she is creating news instead of reporting it.
allow me to Love America
I don't think of myself as
November 20, 2008 - 18:11 ET by RR GOPI don't think of myself as a violent person-however, watching her makes Mr. Hand want to turn into Mr. Fist.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Anchors TV.-Ref:Couric/Gibson/Willians,etc.-
November 30, 2008 - 22:54 ET by Charles H. GarridoHello: Nov 30/21:30 hours.
Regarding "subject" above individuals are not Journalists, editorials, columnist, writers.-
These good peoples are only good actors, "good readers Lines"
Now writting, News, Editorials, "cunning" expertise.. know how to skills, those are working hard their "craft" every day and night.- The "BOSS" push their agenda either left or left ? maybe bad.-
But we are not to be as lacking in judment or as a fool ,we now what the Tiger is.. stripes or spots.!
Owners, Directors, Interest Agenda $$$$ Workers and Labors.NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN .etc-Thats all.- Period.
By the way "Today" "Pronto" "Subito"(USA) this Goverment Administration will exercise and will overrule Admentment # 1 and # 2 for months we are writting about this "FAIRNESS Doctrine" Remember CUBA,VENEZUELA, SPAIN, ITALY, GERMANY etc .-
Thanks & Cooperation
Charles H. Garrido.
Miami Fla.-