MSNBC's David Shuster knows how to treat a lady right. Unless that lady is Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Last year we noted how he played a gotcha game with the Tennessee Republican over the death of a soldier he mistakenly thought was from her district. He subsequently apologized.
Today the MSNBC anchor put Blackburn on the spot by calling on her to defend the McCain campaign in light of inappropriate remarks made by random people attending their rallies:
DAVID SHUSTER: Congresswoman, as the tone gets nastier on both sides, I want to ask you about some things that were shouted to John McCain and Sarah Palin yesterday during their rallies. First, here's John McCain raising questions about Barack Obama yesterday in New Mexico.
Sen. JOHN McCAIN (R-Ariz.): In short, who is the real Barack Obama?
[Audience shouts back, one man among them yelling Terrorist!]
SHUSTER: The audience member shouted terrorist. And now here's Sarah Palin talking about Obama's links to a 1960s radical leftie.
Gov. SARAH PALIN (R-Alaska): According to the New York Times, Bill Ayers is an unrepentant domestic terrorist. And part of a group, he had been part of a group that had launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our United States Capitol.
[Audience boos]
SHUSTER: An audience member there was heard shouting, "Kill him." Um, clarify: Does the McCain campaign condone in anyway the idea that Bill Ayers should be killed or that Barack Obama is a terrorist?
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Um, no David
October 7, 2008 - 17:09 ET by c5thenAnd if you had any comprehension skills you would realize that there was the campaign and then the audience yelling stuff neither of which have anything to do with each other. Not to mention that it is Ayers who is the domestic terrorist, not Obama. Barrack Obama is just the Chicago politician who though that it was politically expedient to have a close relationship with a radical terrorist, before it became a liability.
Are you clear now?
I've heard all this
October 7, 2008 - 17:36 ET by bigtimerI've heard all this twisting of the press today regarding all of this...everywhere...
It would be a huge mistake for Shuster to ever think he could get the best of Marsha Blackburn, anytime, anywhere.
This is all going to back-fire on them....they just don't realize it...they never do, actually, they are just bringing more attention of the immense anger of people out here in the real world.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
SHUSTER...
October 7, 2008 - 22:55 ET by danybhoyI don't think that Obama is a terrorist, but the couple who launched his career with a fundraiser IN THEIR HOUSE, were terrorists. They don't reret it to this day. Let's cut the crap, the "I was 8 when the Weatherman were doing those things" line does'nt fly. Obama was not an 8 year old when he had his 1st fundraiser at Ayers/Dorn's home, he was not in the 2nd grade when he was working with him at the Wood's Foundation or the Annenberg Challenge. It does not wash, same goes for all of the Marxists he has hooked with wherever he has been, birds of a feather...
Here is something Shuster could report on if his head is still up his @$$ election day & during the world's reaction to whoever wins the election...I'm not holding my breath. But watch the reaction of nations that HAAAAAATE us, Iran, Syria, Russia, as well as terrorist groups like Al-Quada, Abu Siaf, Hamas, Hezbolah, FARC(Armed Revolutionary Forces of Columbia) & others. IfObama wins, its' party time for enemies of the state. So for Shuster, that IS the truth.
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GLOVES OFF
October 7, 2008 - 17:44 ET by Redrowan2000YEAH.
WHATS WRONG WITH THAT? THE MAN WAS BOMBING FEDERAL BUILDINGS AND HIS WIFE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF A POLICEMAN AND A SECURITY GUARD.. IF THEY DIE SO WHAT? THEY HATE AND DESPISE THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE AS LAID OUT BY OUR FOUNDERS. THEY WOULD BE MUCH HAPPIER IN CUBA OR RUSSIA OR VENEZUELA OR PERHAPS IRAN OR NORTH KOREA. THEY ARE SCUMBAGS WHO WILL UNDERMINE THE USA AT EVERY POINT. ENOUGH TALKING NICE ABOUT THEM LIKE THEY WANT TO BE HEARD AS PROTESTERS AGAINST A WAR THAT WAS NOT FOUGHT TO BE WON. ON THAT I AGREE WITH THEM . THEY HATE AND DESPISE EVERYTHING DECENT ABOUT AMERICA AND THEIR TRAITOROUS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE VOTED FOR.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Red
Soooo,, Red, uh... you got
October 7, 2008 - 18:54 ET by ThisnThatSoooo,, Red, uh... you got any lower-case letters on that there typing machine you own? It's awfully hard to HOLD YOUR EARS WHILE YOU READ A POST.
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MSNBC
October 7, 2008 - 17:45 ET by ConLosRepublicanosNoWhy do Republicans or Conservative ever go to MSNBC? Don't
they know what’s coming?
I apologize if this has been
October 7, 2008 - 17:59 ET by NonanonI apologize if this has been brought up before, but do the Democrats/liberals realize how weak of a candidate they have nominated in that if he can't even handle words spoken by fellow citizens, how in God's name will he be able to deal with actions of the enemies of the country? They are running around trying to destroy anyone who even speaks the truth about Obama as if he will break at the slightest opposition! Can you imagine how the world sees America (their large concern) and its potential president? You have to think the terrorists are just waiting for him to win. That would make us at best the laughing stock of the planet. The amount of liberalism we allow now can't make us look good.
Shuster: A Threat to Future of the Media?
October 7, 2008 - 18:04 ET by ConservativeMissourianI think David Shuster's game might be fun in a sadistic sort of way, don't you? Let's listen in on some Obama rallies and see what kinds of things his supporters say! Now that would be interesting.
Although that would be a fun-to-explore counter argument, let's get to a more serious note here: Are anchors, such as David Shuster, contributing to a future of media irrelevance? Are viewers so cautious about what they hear on the news and read in newspapers that they'll soon resort entirely to sites like NewsBusters to get their news fix? Is this bias going to continue to get worse and worse and work its way into traditional media extinction? You know, with stories such as this one, I sometimes wonder. Hmm. What do you think?
ConserveMo
October 7, 2008 - 19:22 ET by TN MomI used to read 5 newspapers daily and watched nbc,cnn, abc,msnbc for my news fix. I got rid of all of 'em about 5-6 weeks ago. Thank goodness for NB (and all the educated posters like yourself!).
Welcome here, TN Mom
October 7, 2008 - 19:31 ET by BlondeYou won't miss the MsM at all....and you'll be at least several hours, if not days, ahead of the news by hanging here.
Not to mention saving some $$.
Win/win all the way around.
Again, welcome.
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Thank you Blonde
October 7, 2008 - 19:49 ET by TN MomI am so happy to be here!
I second Blonde's
October 7, 2008 - 19:52 ET by ThisnThatI second Blonde's welcome.
You going to the debate tonight? (I know, TN's fairly large, but all the same, we'd like to be able to spot you asking a zinger to Obama).
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Just more proof that David
October 7, 2008 - 18:10 ET by Clear thinkerJust more proof that David Shuster is a moron! Or, he's found himself a new gig as a Jerry Springer stand-in.
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Ken...Has LIVE CHAT been fixed??
October 7, 2008 - 18:17 ET by TheSterI hope we can all be on the chat without it blowing up like it has been the past few debates. It LAGS BIG TIME and boots people off when too many people get on.
What type of chat hosting program does this site use?? I don't know anything about hosting a web site...yet. Chatzy easily handles the traffic...and it is full page...which helps us slow typers!!
Just wondering...this is not a slam...just a technical question.
Ster.