CNN’s Piers Morgan Rails Against Republicans for Not ‘Compromising,’ Slaps Anti-Tax Hike Stand as ‘Crazy’
Acting as if he were trying out for a MSNBC gig, Piers Morgan used his half hour of CNN’s prime time, following President Barack Obama’s 9 PM EDT speech on the debt ceiling and House Speaker John Boehner’s response, to hit his guests from the left, presuming Obama holds the reasoned moral high ground while Boehner represents an obstinate and selfish position.
“A lot of people blame the financial crisis on Bush tax cuts and expensive wars,” Morgan told GOP Senator Rob Portman of Ohio in repeating a liberal talking point, demanding: “Isn't it time you guys took one for the team, the team being America?”
Morgan soon condemned Grover Norquist for being “intransigent” on taxes, contending: “Most impartial observers outside of America say that is crazy, and you have got to change your attitude to this and allow some tax increases.”
The Brit began by cuing up White House adviser David Plouffe with how Obama admirably pursued “compromise” complemented by “a direct appeal to the people of America,” while Boehner, in contrast, remained stubborn: “‘Forget it. As things stand, we are not budging, let's not compromise.’”
To Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, Morgan fretted: “Didn’t sound to me like the Republicans are prepared to compromise very much.”
Going into an ad break, Morgan touted one finding from CNN’s latest poll while ignoring how it also quantified overwhelming public support for the plan which passed in the House:
With the clock ticking down to next week’s debt deadline, Americans are running out of patience and when it come to the blame game, the GOP just might have the most to lose. In a CNN/ORC poll, 51 percent of Americans said they would blame the Republican if there’s no deal to raise the debt ceiling. Far fewer, just 3 in 10, said they would blame the President.
When CNN's pollsters summarized the House GOP's “Cut, Cap and Balance” proposal, 66 percent answered in favor of the plan:
In another proposal, Congress would raise the debt ceiling only if a balanced budget amendment were passed by both houses of Congress and substantial spending cuts and caps on future spending were approved. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
Morgan, however, continued CNN’s on-air blackout of that finding.
Morgan’s first questions to his four guests during the 9:30 PM EDT half hour on Monday night, July 25:
To White House adviser David Plouffe:
David Plouffe, I mean, it seemed to me the President was saying, “Look, we need compromise, we can make this work,” a direct appeal to the people of America. But Speaker Boehner made it absolutely, crystal clear: “Forget it. As things stand, we are not budging, let's not compromise.”
To Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer:
Senator Schumer, what did you make of both speeches tonight and in particular the emphasis on the word compromise? Didn't sound to me like the Republicans are prepared to compromise very much.
To Republican Senator Rob Portman, OMB Director for former President Bush:
Senator Portman, they've got a point, the Democrats, haven't the they? You're being pretty intransigent. You won't countenance any tax increases. How is the President supposed to balance his books?
You ran budgets for President George W. Bush. A lot of people blame the financial crisis on Bush tax cuts and expensive wars. Isn't it time you guys took one for the team, the team being America?
To Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform:
Grover, you're the eye of the tiger in all this. People take their lead from you on the Republican side and you’ve been intransigent. “There will be no tax increases.” Most impartial observers outside of America say that is crazy, and you have got to change your attitude to this and allow some tax increases.
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Piers...............take a
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 3:34am.
Piers...............take a long walk off a short pier and go the hell back to your own screwed-up country..........which is a result of what you are pimping for right now!!! A majority of us REAL Americans are trying to salvage OUR country from the ravages of political agendas that YOU, and people like you, are trying to force down our throats!!!
Remember, Piers.............we got rid of you a couple hundred years ago for a hell of a lot less!!!! Maybe you can take Boy Barry back to England with you.........although I don't think they want him there......not even the Moooooooooooooooslems, who have taken over your pathetic homeland!!!
Shouldn't you be hacking into
Submitted by ckc1227 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 3:34am.
Shouldn't you be hacking into someone's phone, Piers?
Go back to the UK, you f'ing commie puke from Hell
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 3:40am.
No one here with an IQ above freezer temperature give's a rat's left gonad what you think about anything, anyway.
Better buy some camel-flea repellent on your way back home, dumbass, as I have a feeling you and your compatriots will soon be needing it.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Jeez Dave............you're
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 3:44am.
Jeez Dave............you're KILLING me over here in Hawaii,while I'm nursing a black cherry/vodka drink!!! Oh......watch out for the homeroom monitors!!! You might be getting a little too................animated????
killa, they can all kiss my ass and go to hell for all I care
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 4:10am.
My dad is a Marine Korean War vet, and is currently dying from Alzheimers right in front of me.
One of his brothers was a Skyraider pilot in that same war, and is currently dying from cancer, and his oldest son was a SEAL officer.
I have many other family members who served, all the way back to the Revolutionary War.
Most made it back.
Some didn't.
As such, I have no use for commies, nor their sympathizsers, as I make no distinction between them.
F*ck them all.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
We've got a lot in common,
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 4:25am.
We've got a lot in common, Dave, o'l buddy............so don't worry about a thing............I'll always get your back............even if the homeroom moniters are complaining!!!
My dad was WW2, Korean, and Vietnam vet............and he died from Alzheimers - right here in Hawaii.
My older son was a SEAL............my #2 boy is a Coast Guard officer who just returned from a year in the Persian Gulf. Boy, does he have a few things to say about the middle East and the 'religion of peace'............
My family dates back a long time in the USA............Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is a great great uncle of my father.
These friggin' interlopers and wanna-be' sand foreigners and know-it-alls from some other hellhole that they came from , and are trying to tell US what the hell is going on....................RANKLE my ass BIGTIME!!!
And somehow I'm a bigot,and a racist, and intolerant,. and inflammatory...........or whatever!!!
Like you say......................F**K 'em!!!
Anybody got a problem with me and Dave??? And a bunch of our other pals out here???
Like I tell my employees.............'if you've got any problems, don't hesitate to keep them to YOURSELVES...............cause I don't give a rat's ass!!!
Aloha,
Killa
Well, I'm the first
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:18am.
in my family's modern history to have any military experience, but in 1776 my 4th-great grandfather was a sheriff in a place west of present-day D.C.--and we'd been here over a century by then. So I got no truck with bozos like Morgan.
Just once I'd like to see anyone from a three-letter network ask Harry Reid if it isn't time for the Dems to "take one for the team". Ask him why they put election calculus ahead of the welfare of the economy. Ask him why he doesn't care about putting 4,000+ people out of work while they screw around pushing for bennies for Andy Stern.
And, BTW, I'm sitting home this week courtesy of Harry and Barry, waiting for them to let the FAA go back to work. Jackasses indeed.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Hey Killa & Dave...
Submitted by packman on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:03am.
Actually you probably have a lot more company than you think.
My Dad served aboard a destroyer escort in WWII - he passed away from a heart attack some years ago. I served in the USMC, did a tour in 'Nam. My brother served in the Air Force, another brother in the Navy. Oldest son was in the Army, served in Operation Desert Storm. Youngest son was a nuclear power specialist aboard a U.S. Navy submarine....
Yeah....some of us understand what it takes to keep our country free and are not afraid of the personal sacrifice it sometimes requires.
I too am pretty sick and tired of all these loud-mouthed lame-asses who come here from foreign countries and criticize us and tell us how fu**cked up we are. Well, they can all just take an aeronautical intercourse on a revolving pastry. If you've ever been in the military, you will be able to decipher that pretty easily.
So rest assured, there are many more out there who feel the same way.
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
Hey Pack............I know
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 9:10pm.
Hey Pack............I know that you and a LOT of other's have similiar stories and beliefs and backgrounds and visions that are in the same line. And I'm not any different here, and certainly nothing special..........I'm just trying to get through every day,like most other 'folks' - don't you HATE it when Boy Barry calls us 'folks'???? So I want to salute everyone and anyone here who's coming from the same place, and believes in it!!!
Mostly, I was just backing up my ol' buddy Dave last night - I could tell that he was fired up - and he's got every reason to be, as far as I'm concerned. And for some reason, we've been taking a lot of flak lately for our passion and our dedication to our principles......often to the point of being asked to 'settle down'.............
Well, if we 'settle down'..........stick a fork in us, cause we'll be DONE!!!!
Lots of Americans died.
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:32am.
Over 100,000+ American men and women have died fighting communists. Tens of thousands more were crippled. It will be a cold day before the patriots of this country will give it over to Barack Obama and his Marxist allies in government.
I have a friend who was a sonarman on the USS Bowfin in WWII. Lost his hearing due to a depthcharge. Not much cred but something.... LOL.
Careful!!! ;-)
Submitted by Joe W. on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 9:58am.
A word to the wise, Dave....Our course language is being monitored by the word police on Newsbusters. Prepare to receive the wrath of the offended, my friend.....
It is called a representative
Submitted by Andrew H. on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 5:55am.
It is called a representative government, piers--we elect people we think will do what we wnat them to and if they don't we boot them out.
We do not want this wasteful, crony, spending, dolt.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
killa and Dave
Submitted by 4eyes50 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 6:25am.
I salute you and your families for their honor, bravery and service to this great land. I personally don't have a problem with your words - some may call them crude, I call them "passionately patriotic!" It's natural for anger and blood pressure to rise when our country is under attack by socialist zealots who want to conform us to the rest of the world. I agree with both of you - who is this Piers twit to tell us how our country should be run? Why did he leave England if not so that he wouldn't be taxed to death and be able to keep most of his money?
And the word of the day is "intransigent" - Sesame Street or Password episode?
Piers Morgan is a British
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 6:38am.
Piers Morgan is a British citizen and UK passport holder who DOESN'T EVEN GET A VOTE in the US.
In the UK this is who he votes for and campaigns for:
the self-proclaimed SOCIALIST LABOUR PARTY.
Now what the ***k is he doing on American TV telling lecturing American citizens about ANYTHING.
Especially as for almost a decade he edited the RABIDLY ANTI-AMERICAN tabloid, The Mirror, which day after day was filled with the most vile attacks on America,
Why is that? Surely America has a surplus of Homegrown Leftist Loons that it doesn't need to IMPORT another?
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
I just love it when foreigners tell us how to manage . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:36am.
. . . our domestic issues.
Morgan considers himself an expert on these things, of course, and Ann Coulter knocked him for a loop when she was on his show because he's only PowerPoint deep on subjects. He ought to stick to interviewing Janet Jackson and judging talent contests.
CNN just loves America to be
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:50am.
CNN just loves America to be lectured to by her "betters."
"Betters" being socialists who speak with that oh, so elegant British accent. Makes them sound so much smarter than us Yanks, you know.
No offense meant to you, Jack.
How the H does a guy go from judging "Britain's Got Talent" to political commentary on American TV?
I prefer my British accents
Submitted by Reaver on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 9:43am.
I prefer my British accents in the Mark Steyn flavor thank you very much. (or should I say flavour?)
None taken! Unlike Morgan, I
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 6:36pm.
None taken! Unlike Morgan, I actually admire America!
And despise Morgan.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Morgan published lies
Submitted by Prima on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:33am.
All anyone needs to know about Morgan is he was forced to resign from the leftist tabloid rag "Daily Mirror" because of the lies he published about British servicemen. Morgan was,and still is, a fully paid up member of the left-wing gutter press.
A Brit Leftist Media Hack...
Submitted by ChrisNH on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:35am.
Why would ANYONE pay much attention to a Leftist media hack...among the lowest forms of life walking the planet...who also isn't even FROM this country?
It is rather enjoyable watching people like this bang their little limp fists on the table, getting all 'incensed' that their beloved Obamo isn't getting his way.
Note to all the Leftist Limp-Wrist Media Hacks: You won't EVER get your beloved 'tax hikes' because your 'Boy' won't articulate a defined plan of CUTS.
Obamo's position: He's an arsonist pleading for another big box of matches.
Take one for the team, huh?
Submitted by WingletDriver on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:48am.
That's kind of a funny thing to ask of the folks whose income is being taxed at an already alarming rate and yet the dems still want more of our hard-earned money to redistribute to their base (public sector unions, ACORN, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, ecoterrorists, General Electric). I wonder how many times Custer asked his guys to take one more for the team?
Morgan and his I'll are willfully ignorant of the ridiculous deficits the dems have run up since 2007 and accelerated since 2009. And likewise, Morgan seems blissfully unconcerned that this little form of nanny state has been tried and found wanting by all of these so-called "impartial observers outside of America." Greece is the canary in the European socialist coal mine, but Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Ireland are tanking also. The Soviet Union and Cuba showed how well a controlled economy works, so, hey, let's do the same. Who are these impartial outsiders, Piers? Soros? George Clooney?
Resident liberals:
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:19am.
Can any of you explain how increasing taxes would be good for the current economy?
I'll try
Submitted by mandrake on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 1:22pm.
Because I'm basically stupid..but here goes.If taxes were increased on the top 5% of the wealthy, I would feel better. And know what I do what do when I feel better..I go shopping, buy some new clothes..take the wife and kids out to a fancy restaurant..maybe even buy a new car. But since I am depressed cause the end of the world is coming on Aug2..I'll do none of the above.
3,2,1, to Unsane flame ;)
Silly BK
Submitted by ckc1227 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 5:00pm.
"Can any of you explain how increasing taxes would be good for the current economy?"
Just look at the Clinton administration. He raised taxes, and the economy magically took off. If taxes had remained lower, the dot com boom never would have happened, and the internet would have been a flop, but since he raised taxes, everyone loved the internet instead, and happy days were here again. I think it's pretty clear at this point that rich people aren't creating jobs because their taxes aren't high enough. In fact, I think I overheard one just the other day saying "You know, I would create jobs and expand my business, but I'm just not being taxed enough. If only Obama would take more of my money, then I would feel comfortable working harder for less."
/sarc
"A lot of people blame the financial crisis on Bush tax cuts
Submitted by Red Jeep on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:39am.
... and expensive wars."
Oh?
" In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan." ( Terence P. Jeffrey http://www.cnsnews.com/node/72404)
That kind of spending wouldn't have anything to do with the problem, would it?
I Propose a Liberal Media Tax
Submitted by Bodini on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 9:15am.
I Propose a Liberal Media Tax! If our LEADERS can have specialized taxes on soda, candy, french fries, tanning booths, etc. by calling them unhealthy ... I think a 99.99% tax on the socialists spewing their lies and immoral crap at us is a just source of REVENUE and is both FAIR and BALANCED!
Piers, just a few questions
Submitted by ohio granny on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:01am.
What effective federal tax rate do you pay? How much do you earn on salary and investments and how much of it is tax exempt? I suspect you are like most democRATs who talk about everyone paying their "fair share" but feel you don't need to or are exempt.
And how about the 40 - 50 percent of the households that do not pay a dime in federal income taxes? Is it "fair" for them to demand some else pay more so they don't have to contribute?
And do you really think it is fair for unborn children to be saddled with such an enormous debt that they had no say about or any benefit from?
Just asking.
David Zurawik
Submitted by StewartIII on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:40am.
Obama, Boehner in debt reduction TV showdown -- and CNN gives us Piers Morgan
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-obama-boeh...
Which CNN genius thought it
Submitted by celator on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:43am.
Which CNN genius thought it would be a swell idea to hire the pompous, picklefaced Morgan to boost ratings? He has the personality of a zombie, and is one of the worse interviewers on the air. His leftist stance on what the US government ought to do in order to please him make him just another political hack.
I saw the beginning of his
Submitted by buddyc on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:15am.
I saw the beginning of his intereview with satan's spawn, Senator Schumer. I could be wrong but it was as if he was reading a script that he simply dispised. His questions of Schumer were democrat loaded and allowed Schumer to tee it up and swing away. But I sensed Morgan knew it and didn't like participating in such a charade.
So he is not a scumbag lefty Brit after all?
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:22am.
My apologies.
You dumb Brit.
Submitted by JLin on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:21am.
You came here to prosper and escape the sh*thole you helped create with your socialist friends in the UK, and now you want more of the same here? You are not qualified to even speak to the issue.
The Democrats Call for Compromise
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:41am.
Is a load of crap. When Dems have power they ram bills though over the objections of Republicans, public opinion, the markets and anybody else who gets in the way. When Reps hold the balance of power then Dems want to compromise.
The Dems eagerness to compromise shows that they hold a loosing hand. They can only win if the Reps fold as they usually do.
Head to pavement
Submitted by Indie Dude on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:15pm.
Again, explain to me, why is a foreigner telling Americans that they should pay more in taxes?