Acting like Caroline Kennedy's PR flack NBC's Andrea Mitchell, on Monday's "Today" show, first delivered the news that the Kennedy family was "furious," at the way her Senate bid was treated by New York Governor David Paterson, but then she quickly merged her own personal opinion into the story, calling the smearing of the former First Daughter, "inexcusable." Curiously Mitchell never revealed to viewers, what specifically Paterson or those close to Paterson had said of Kennedy, only vaguely mentioning "they went after her on personal issues."
The following exchange occurred on the January 26, edition of the "Today" show:
MATT LAUER: While Caroline Kennedy's Senate bid crashed and burned some Democrats are burning at the way New York's governor handled the whole affair. NBC's Andrea Mitchell is in Washington. Andrea, good morning to you.
ANDREA MITCHELL: Good morning.
LAUER: And we're basically talking about three dynasties here. And let's start with the first one. The Kennedys. How did they come out of this whole thing?
MITCHELL: They are furious, Matt. They are furious because basically people close to the governor are believed to have trashed Caroline Kennedy's reputation, even after she withdrew. And there's no excuse for that at all. There's no excuse in any case. But the fact that they went after her on personal issues and put it all out there for the tabloid press after she had withdrawn - inexcusable.
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Oh, I, you know, agree with, you know, Michell
January 26, 2009 - 18:12 ET by JWFI am, you know, furious too, you know, because, you know, she did deserve better you know. You know, people could have, you know, treated her with you know, the respect you know, that, that, that, you know, the Kennedies are all you know, entitled to you know. They are all you know, better than, you know, us.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
Sums it up succinctly, JWF
January 26, 2009 - 18:26 ET by BlondeYou know, LOL, you know.
They Palinized her.
January 26, 2009 - 18:22 ET by superconHa Ha!
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
Andrea Mitchell and the rest
January 26, 2009 - 18:32 ET by marpelAndrea Mitchell and the rest of the Kennedy minions will be sure that Paterson is never elected to anything again, including dog catcher.
mar... Yep! Right you
January 26, 2009 - 18:36 ET by bigtimermar...
Yep!
Right you are...
He'll be once again blind-sided.
Badum-Bum!
January 26, 2009 - 18:38 ET by mizflame98Was that a blind joke?
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His decision was short sighted.
January 26, 2009 - 19:00 ET by superconIt lacked vision.
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
Andrea Bleached Blonde Bimbo.
January 26, 2009 - 18:51 ET by blazermaniacYou know Andrea, Caroline Kennedy was a great candidate for senator, you know. Her last name is Kennedy you know, and it doesn't matter if she has any experience, you know. Having Caroline Kennedy you know, would have been a disaster. For starters, her resume was a lie. And you know Andrea, you need to get away from TV, because quite frankly, you know that Andrea Mitchell is clueless you know.
Really!
January 26, 2009 - 19:08 ET by motherbeltI think he should be IMPEACHED for failure to show proper respect to a Kennedy!!
Doin' the Palin
January 26, 2009 - 18:50 ET by ThisnThatMITCHELL: They're doing the "Palin" to poor Carolyn.
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It is only inexcusable if
January 26, 2009 - 21:12 ET by kgIt is only inexcusable if it is a Democrat and true.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Andrea you are a ioke
January 26, 2009 - 18:55 ET by midnight cowboyMITCHELL: They are furious, Matt. They are furious because basically people close to the governor are believed to have trashed Caroline Kennedy's reputation, even after she withdrew. And there's no excuse for that at all. There's no excuse in any case. But the fact that they went after her on personal issues and put it all out there for the tabloid press after she had withdrawn - inexcusable.
Hey Andrea STFU, I guess you never heard of Sarah Palin, you blitheing waste of DNA.
Andrea, you mean like the
January 26, 2009 - 19:11 ET by motherbeltAndrea, you mean like the Clintons did to Billy Dale?
Oh, I forgot, he didn't have a chance to "withdraw"....they fired him by trashing his good name.
Dems eat their own . . .
January 26, 2009 - 19:05 ET by GalvanicPoor naive Andrea. She's outraged. Maybe she ought to go back to being a Keebler elf.
Where was she with Sarah?
January 26, 2009 - 19:09 ET by attorneygirlNote to Andrea: Where were you in defending Sarah Palin against the massive attacks against her character, her morals, her intellect, her experience, and her very existence?
Where were you then?
Wouldn't you agree that Governor Palin is a self-made woman who embodies the very model of a successful working woman with a happy home, a good marriage, and a wonderful career?
Wouldn't you also agree that Caroline Kennedy is a trust fund baby whose entire life has been nothing but one of entitlement? Wouldn't you also agree that Caroline Kennedy has done nothing--absolutely nothing--to deserve a U.S. Senate seat?
God all mighty.
Democrats are hypocrits.
I forgot to say, you know, "you know."
January 26, 2009 - 19:12 ET by attorneygirlOh, you know, I forgot in my first post to, you know, write "you know" about 30 times.
So, you know, I'll try, you know, to do it next time, you know.
You know? You know.
Can I, you know, have a Senate seat now, you know?
They give hypocrisy a bad
January 26, 2009 - 19:13 ET by motherbeltThey give hypocrisy a bad name!!
You have to remember, ag, only liberal women are "victims."
Conservative women "get what they deserve."
Got that?
mb - glad to see
January 26, 2009 - 21:38 ET by FastEdthat there are others who have seen the hypocrisy, and it is demolib! Where was all this angst when Sarah was being grilled, he asked knowing the answer?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
PDS
January 26, 2009 - 19:19 ET by klchadwickImagine if Caroline Kennedy had to put up with 1/10th of the bashing that Liberals bestowed upon Gov. Palin. This was basically one Democrat on another...it would have been WWIII if the Conservatives had made any of the type of remarks towards Kennedy that were directed at Palin.
How true
January 26, 2009 - 19:36 ET by GalvanicIt is interesting to see these kind of splits in the DP, though.
While the NY-Washington-Hollywood Democratic elite (including the senior MSM correspondents and pundits like Chris "The Tingler" Matthews) embellished Princess Caroline's resume as they shamelessly promoted her clumsy bid for the NY Senate seat, the Dem 'outsiders' including Gov. Patterson were irritated by her presumption of entitlement. Afterall, he is the governor and the selection was up to him, but the Kennedys and their Camelotian-wanna-bees went full-throttle with a media blitz as if Patterson couldn't buck their will. Well, he did, and now the elite is pee-oh'ed.
Don't forget the ol' Kennedy adage: Don't get mad -- get even!
Good luck, Governor! Keep your powder dry.
→ Good advice Galvanic
January 26, 2009 - 21:44 ET by Cool ArrowBut I doubt the Governor will see it coming.
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country - Khalil Gibran
Let's see now, do I have this right?:
January 26, 2009 - 19:28 ET by DeskpilotFACT:
GOV. Palin, elected to multiple offices with increasing responsibility to electorate
MEDIA SPIN:
Sarah Palin unqualified with only 2 years as a gov and 6 as a mayor and 6 as councilwoman
FACT:
Mrs. Schlossberg, NEVER held elected office, even by a board, always appointed
MEDIA SPIN:
A Kennedy, must be qualified, no vetting required
FACT:
GOV. Palin as a qualified candidate fo next higher office dragged through mud to cheering media and Obama/Soros campaign
MEDIA SPIN:
She brought it on herself
FACT:
Mrs. Schlossberg couln't stand the scrutiny of a proper vetting process, and bailed out "for personal reason
MEDIA SPIN:
A vast right wing conspiracy to dethrone their princess
FACT:
GOV. Palin stayed in the fight, was vetted by her lead and stayed in the political fight of her life and bowed out gracefully after a Soros paid for election
MEDIA SPIN:
Sarah Palin dragged down McCain campaign
FACT:
MSM piles on to all matter of inuendo and falsehoods, wanting to believe ANYTHING derogatory against GOV. Palin.
MEDIA SPIN"
Cold hard facts presented that cause appointing official to become concerned, media piles on to defend the indefensible
Yep, I think I've got my facts straight on this one.
Andrea, go home and let us adults run things.
Your credentials badge is getting too blurry to read.
Didn't it used to read MEDIA,
my 20/15 vision sees MUD I M.
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Seems Deskpilot is the hammer
January 26, 2009 - 21:41 ET by FastEdand the mdeia is the nail head. Nice "spin", as the libs would tell ya - but from us here, "target acquired - next target"
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This is just plain wrong.
January 26, 2009 - 19:30 ET by mostlymoderateThis is just plain wrong. It is one thing to crucify Palin, a Republican but to a Kennedy Democrat? NOT ACCEPTABLE. Kennedy is royalty and you should not question her. Same goes for Obama. Period.
Yo Andrea ...
January 26, 2009 - 19:39 ET by Crash... the Kennedy's are a smear! I don't think I could find a higher percentage of morons gathered in one spot than at a Kennedy family picnic. Though I might come close at a DNC fundraiser, or an NBC "newsroom."
"A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument." Hilmar von Campe
Love to see this!
January 26, 2009 - 19:49 ET by jarrett.edwardsI love to see libs fighting with one another!
→ Just beautiful
January 26, 2009 - 21:42 ET by Cool ArrowReminds me of Barbara Mandrell. "I was Liberal When Liberal Wasn't Cool"
These yokels are falling all over each other to prove who loves whom more. No, that's it. It's Junior High romance. "I love you". I love you more, Snookums"
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Hey Andrea..... Get Over It !
January 26, 2009 - 22:08 ET by Morgan StevensOh boo hoo .....poor little Andrea (Hatchet Face) Mitchell is all upset that the Kennedy's are furious because Caroline wasn't made a Senator. I guess according to Mitchell,we are all supposed to feel sorry for the 'Camelot Clan' cause they didn't get what they wanted.... namely another chance to promilgate their name in perputity by having Ms. You Know appointed to the Senate, from which she could make an eventual run for the White House in 2012. It's about time somebody stood up to that Irish Mob and told them they can't always get what they want, simply because of their last name. While we're on the subject, wasn't it Daddy Jack who was on drugs for most of his administration (especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis) and wasn't it Uncle Bobby who couldn't keep his hands off of MarlyinMonroe (after Jack had his roll in the hey with her) and arguably had something to due with her death, and wiretapped Martlin Luther King all the while proclaiming to be a champion of civil rights? And wasn't it Uncle Teddy who got away with murder ? And wasn't it Cousin Joe who drove drunk and flipped a jeep over on his female passenger making her a quadraplegic ? And wasn't it Cousin Robert who was picked up for transporting heroin on across state lines (on an airplane in 1979 or 1980) ? And wasn't it Cousin Patrick who got half a bag on and drove around Washington and hit a telephone poll all the while claiming he was on his way to vote on Captiol Hill (of course at 2:00 AM)? And how can we forget good ol' Grandpa Joe who couldn't keep his mitts off of Gloria Swanson, thought Hitler was an okay guy,was a bootlegger, associated with known gangsters and made seceret deals with 'Mr. Mooney' and 'King Richard' in Chicago to make sure that Jackie boy got elected in 1960 ? Thank goodness Governor Paterson had the 'stones' to stand up to the 'Camelot Clan' and tell them in so many words to go take a long walk off a short pier. Ah yes, the Kennedy's they're just American Royality aren't they ? Hey Andrea, get over it, you Kennedy sychophant.
YES!!! You didn't miss a trick, MS!!!!!
January 27, 2009 - 21:09 ET by Cape ConservativeIt is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
If you read the New York Social Diary
January 26, 2009 - 21:39 ET by PamIf you read the New York Social Diary, very often you will see Caroline and Andrea at the same functions, in the same photos...
I may be mistaken, but
January 26, 2009 - 21:53 ET by ConservativeRexI may be mistaken, but wasn't an NBC news talking head that said Kathryn Harris put her make-up on with a trowel? And this from the party of Helen Thomas or better yet, Bella Abzug...those under 50 please feel free of search that long dead hags name.
The point is, these knuckleheads savaged President Bush for 8 long (for him) years. So if you think I for one minute care what they say about a Kennedy, they have another think coming. I hope they do go after that Gov of New York too, I care even less about that.
Caroline Kennedy...
January 26, 2009 - 22:01 ET by JPR1every image I've ever seen of her, still or video, leaves me with the impression she would rather be somewhere else. No big slam, she's had to deal with some crappy stuff, but high power politics can not possibly be her forte.
Andrea Mitchell should be someplace else. Honest journalism is not really her forte.
Andrea Mitchell should be someplace else...
January 27, 2009 - 08:55 ET by SickofLibs... like back in her sarcophagus in the mummy wing at the Met.
Thanks for my daily chuckle, SoL ;-)
January 27, 2009 - 21:10 ET by Cape ConservativeIt is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
SoL... I just saw
January 27, 2009 - 21:27 ET by bigtimerSoL...
I just saw this...you have me cracking up here with laughter.
Neighbors
January 26, 2009 - 22:06 ET by doug1950Pretty sure I read somewhere once the Andrea Mitchell and his hubby (Something the other Greenspan) are somehow neighbors to Kennedy out in the Hamptons. How anyone can take anything these people say seriously is beyond me. This is high school politics and hallway society.
Andrea Mitchell...
January 26, 2009 - 22:07 ET by PrairieSkyThis woman's hypocrisy knows no bounds...
About Caroline Kennedy... "And there's no excuse for that at all. There's no excuse in any case. But the fact that they went after her on personal issues and put it all out there for the tabloid press after she had withdrawn - inexcusable."
Oh yes...It is "inexcusable" to go after and allegedly trash the sainted Caroline "Camelot" Kennedy, but smearing and tearing Sarah Palin and her family apart from the minute she was named as McCain's vp until now (because it's still going on), is perfectly okay.
How can people like this stand to look at themselves in the mirror?
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PS - How can people like this stand to look at themselves
January 27, 2009 - 21:37 ET by Cape Conservativein the mirror?
Sure beats me! I don't know they get a good night's sleep - EVER!
I truly believe most liberals have NO conscience, NO sense of living a life of honor, NO sense of right and wrong (unless it is that THEY are right and WE are wrong : ), just that all-knowing sense of ENTITLEMENT - you know, they deserve special treatment just because of who they are - and we had better not question it, either!
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
Did you just see Sarah Palin?
January 27, 2009 - 02:26 ET by attorneygirlWow!
I just watched Governor Palin's State of the State Address to the Alaska Legislature.
She did not use a teleprompter. Wow!
She spoke from memory. A fact-intensive very long speech with much applause. I was very impressed.
She only looked at her notes once every five or six minutes.
I highly recommend you catch this woman in action in her State of the State Address in Alaska. It's on C-SPAN.
Wow.
No wonder the left had to crucify her. She's too good for them. A smart woman.
Mark my words, the main stream idiot media here in the lower states won't even mention this speech. Sarah Palin is very, very smart.
Here's the vidoe GOOGLE link
January 27, 2009 - 05:33 ET by Deskpilothttp://video.google.com/videosearch?q=sarah+palin+state+of+the+state+address&hl=en&emb=0&aq=1&oq=sarah+palin+state#
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I grew only more impressed
January 27, 2009 - 06:31 ET by Anniee451I grew only more impressed with time at how intelligent she really is. Despite all the attempts to slime her. If she gets off the McCain "reform" message it's only going to get better.
Thompson/Palin in 2012. Or Palin/Thompson. Both work for me.
I'll go along with your team - Fred got all our
January 27, 2009 - 21:40 ET by Cape Conservativepolitical contributions until Sarah was selected. If there are more out there with the same beliefs, they shouldn't have a problem with fund-raising. Fred has soooo much to offer, but it just didn't seem to find a way out until it was too late. I love reading his columns to this day.
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
All it showed was that while
January 27, 2009 - 06:29 ET by Anniee451All it showed was that while the leftist media doesn't like ALL leftists, they do hate all conservatives. They'll eat one of their own occasionally. So what? Caroline shouldn't have poked her head out in the first place; but she had every reason to think she'd be received well, I guess.
Finally...
January 27, 2009 - 06:36 ET by PA ConservativeWhat Andrea and her fellow twits in the MSM have exposed is the myth of the feminist movement. The last 5-6 months have shown that the feminist movement ONLY applies to those with likeminded views...Liberals. If you are Sarah Palin, for instance, the feminist movement could not care less about how the media treats you. Shows that this fraud of a "movement" is really nothing more than a fringe wing of the looney left. Hopefully, woman will wake up to the fact that the Feminist movement is only truly concerned with woman who are liberal...what a bunch of FRAUDS!
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
Robert Anton
This is one woman who woke up to that fact LONG AGO!
January 27, 2009 - 21:41 ET by Cape ConservativeIt is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
The Kennedy family is angry
January 27, 2009 - 11:00 ET by nadadhimmiThe Kennedy family is angry because Patterson didn't annoint her as her "BIRTHRIGHT" seemed to dictate. Yet, they didn't utter a cross word of protest when so called Reverand Wright ridiculed President Kennedy's accent in his classic "Ask NOT" presidential acceptance speech. The only people to defend Dem President Kennedy were Republicans. WTF?
Fantasy, fantasy, all is fantasy.
January 27, 2009 - 11:17 ET by misterbee241With apologies to King Solomon.
Only in the fantasy liberal-land is the truth called a smear.
Now that they've
January 27, 2009 - 11:18 ET by wyogatorNow that they've "consolidated" power in Washington and have succeded in marginalizing (or removing) their favorite conservative targets, they will begin eating their own....this will be fun to watch.
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The Real Reason Caroline Dropped Out
January 27, 2009 - 11:28 ET by UtherpendHow about the facts that her husband is cheating on her, she doesn't pay taxes like everyone else, she hires illegal aliens as help, and last but not least she is a major Pot Head. But nothing like her esteemed uncles.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you."
NBC's Andrea Mitchell is
January 27, 2009 - 11:40 ET by TN MomNBC's Andrea Mitchell is mad that Caroline Kennedy was trashed and yet Palin was raveged by the Attack Media.
"And there's no excuse for that at all. There's no excuse in any case. But the fact that they went after her on personal issues and put it all out there for the tabloid press after she had withdrawn - inexcusable. " Andrea Mitchell
wow. Biased Journalism in its truest form.
The big conceit that Andrea
January 27, 2009 - 12:21 ET by fitzfongThe big conceit that Andrea Mitchell has is that anyone gives a rat's a** what she thinks about the matter. Caroline Kennedy was unqualified for the position. Period. The fact that she has a litany of relatives who were/are completely unqualified for the positions they held/hold...and that they were able to slide through without even the slightest bit of scrutiny (especially her drunken, bloated, misogynist, academically fraudulent, vehicular homicidal uncle)...doesn't mean that she has the right to assume such a crucial role without backlash. If anything, Caroline Kennedy was treated with undue respect.
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Love it
January 27, 2009 - 13:41 ET by 911isbusyCaroline Kennedy is an egotistical snob with no other experience than having a lifetime to spend someone else's money. So she tries to use her family's name to finnagle her way to a Senate seat and her power lust is then greeted with the airing of her dirty laundry. Sweet justice! And then, the coup de grace: the Gov names a woman with a 100% NRA voting record to take the seat! Just beautiful. I was in my family room watching this news and my wife says, "what are you laughing about?". When I tell her, she laughs too (and she's a Democrat).
Those who have not swords can still die upon them.
I 'love it' too!!!! Couldn't happen to a more deserving person!
January 27, 2009 - 21:44 ET by Cape ConservativeYes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus ; )
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
Wow. Old Hatchet Face sure
January 27, 2009 - 13:59 ET by Jack BauerWow. Old Hatchet Face sure has gotten her knickers in a twist over Lady Caroline!
Thank goodness she managed to stay professional and totally unemotional or unbiased though.
Caroline
January 27, 2009 - 14:50 ET by NorthCoasterCaroline is probably a very nice person with some personal issues. She certainly wasn't ready to go to the Senate as evidenced by her interviews. Anyone castigate Sarah Oalin needs to watch Caroline to see what totally unprepared sounds like.
Though I don't think the
January 28, 2009 - 00:22 ET by RR GOPThough I don't think the word 'qualified' belongs anywhere near mention of Caroline Kennedy's name, but some of the personal comments out there on the 'net (by both sides of the political spectrum) were uncalled for.
However, after the raking over that Palin and Joe got as well as all the agism jokes about John McCain and even questioning his personal honor, and now stuff about Rush's weight and drug use, it is no wonder that we have this current environment.
I hesitate to insult anyone's physical features, but I refuse to be nice and civil after all I've dealt with from the Left on the internet as well as the constant trashing of President Bush, Conservatives in general and even our military.
But, I've found that with most of them, attempting to argue issues civilly just leads to insults.
So, to me it's enough to say that a more qualified person was picked, and that's a good thing for our country.
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.