Liberal Panel on 'Today': Romney's 'Arrogance Without Empathy' Guarantees 'He Will Not Win'
A panel packed with liberal pundits on Tuesday's NBC Today concluded that Mitt Romney "cannot relate to average people" because he is "just an awkward human being" and "robot" who is "not likable" due to his wealth "mixed with arrogance without empathy" that gives him "the image of a robber baron." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
As if that DNC-approved analysis wasn't biased enough, advertising executive Donny Deutsch declared Romney's candidacy to be dead on arrival: "He's not likable and he's not real. We vote for humans, we don't vote for issues. He will not win because of this, I guarantee it."
Starting off the questionably-named "Today's Professionals" panel segment early in the 8 a.m. et hour, co-host Matt Lauer announced: "I want to talk about Mitt Romney and some of the gaffes he's made." To helpfully remind viewers, a montage of sound bites played of Romney supposedly being out of touch with voters.
Following Deutsch's declaration that Romney was an awkward robot, NBC chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman chimed in: "He's an elitist." That label would certainly fit Snyderman, who's friendship with Clintons earned her a stay in the Lincoln bedroom.
Attorney Star Jones pleaded: "When people tell you who they are, actually believe them." She then proceeded to condemn Romney's "arrogance without empathy."
Snyderman concluded that Romney is "just not cool and he's trying to be cool....I think he's working so hard to try to be something he's not."
Here is a full transcript of the February 28 exchange:
8:11AM ET
MATT LAUER: We're back now at 8:10 with Today's Professionals. As always, Star Jones, Donny Deutsch and Dr. Nancy Snyderman are here to break down the hottest headlines of the day. Good morning, folks, nice to see you.
PANEL: Good morning, Matt.
LAUER: I'm going to start out by saying you run for president and you get followed around by cameras every day of your life for a year, two years, three years, you're going to say some things and be caught on camera you're going to wish hadn't been caught on camera. I want to talk about Mitt Romney and some of the gaffes he's made. Here's an example:
MITT ROMNEY: I'll tell you what, 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet?...I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives – a couple of Cadillacs actually...Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans but I have some great friends that are NASCAR team owners.
LAUER: There's a – there's a recurring theme here...
NANCY SNYDERMAN: You think?
LAUER: ...And it seems to be that Mitt Romney cannot relate to average people. You're an image guy [to Deutsch]. How do you handle this?
DONNY DEUTSCH: First of all, it has nothing to do with his wealth. JFK was wealthy. Mike Bloomberg, the incredibly popular mayor of New York, is worth $20 billion. He's just an awkward human being. All you need to know about him, somebody asked him about, you know, his wife said he's very funny, he likes comedy. He goes, "Yes, I like Laurel & Hardy." He's just not – he's a robot. And we never elect a guy that is not likable.
LAUER: So you're saying – are these not slips of the tongue? Is this who the guy is?
SNYDERMAN: Yes, he's an elitist.
STAR JONES: Yes. When people tell you who they are, actually believe them. He has – he's got wealth and success, which is not a problem. But when it's mixed with arrogance without empathy that's where people get the image of a robber baron.
SNYDERMAN: Well, he's just not cool and he's trying to be cool.
JONES: Yes.
SNYDERMAN: He's the guy who shows up in jeans and you go, "Really? You – I've never seen you in jeans before."
LAUER: But of course we want a president to be able to relate to average citizens. But do we want someone to go out of his or her way to pretend to relate? He's being who he is.
SNYDERMAN: No, he's not.
DEUTSCH: But once again, it's not the – guys, it's not the issue that he's wealthy, it's the issue...
SNYDERMAN: I agree.
JONES: I agree.
DEUTSCH: ...that he's not likable and he's not real. We vote for humans, we don't vote for issues. He will not win because of this, I guarantee it.
SNYDERMAN: I think he's working so hard to try to be something he's not. That that's his stumbling block.
JONES: Yes. It's okay to be the rich guy. You have to figure out whether or not your group of constituents want that guy. That's the problem. He's not embracing who he really is.
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Just looking
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:22pm.
at the accompanying picture, my take on the conversation amongst these folks must be something like, "Good Morning kettle!", 'Well hello pot, thanks for joining us today."
How ludicrous for these millionaire talking heads to be espousing on Romney being out of touch. Boggles the mind.
Three words to discribe this panel..................
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:26pm.
POT....... KETTLE............... BLACK!
What's wrong with Laurel and Hardy?
Submitted by wingnut55 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:34pm.
What is wrong with Laurel and Hardy? I guess I will never be liked by a liberal because I think they are funny. Donny Deutsch summed up liberals in the statement. We vote for humans, we don't vote for issues." Most Conservatives that I know do just the opposite, they vote for issues.
DEUTSCH: ...that he's not
Submitted by GregE on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:37pm.
DEUTSCH: ...that he's not likable and he's not real. We vote for humans, we don't vote for issues.
We know, it's the way we got the current American Idol el Presidente.
Everyone knows the oath.......
Submitted by GregE on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:41pm.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States while empathizing and handing out as much of other people's money as I can."
NBC - MSNBC - What's the difference any more?
Submitted by OxyCon on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:47pm.
That segment is something you'd expect to see on MSNBC.
And did Lauer go to a girl's finishing school to learn how to sit like that?
How on earth do these idiots
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:56pm.
How on earth do these idiots think that they have any credability when they have an all liberal panel? Only idiots and the willfully gullable will believe this panel.
The Panel
Submitted by mmilesll on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:00pm.
I am still confused, was it arrogance or ignorance that summed up the panel's comments.
Compositional character analysis of the panel.
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:04pm.
Nancy Snyderman - honey, you are a physician and do have the freedom of speech, but you do NOT represent the opinions of the profession at large and stop acting like you do. Do the right thing and disclose your opinion is only yours and not that of medicine in general. Nobody elected you to represent us, so knock it off.
Donny Deutsch - does anyone really take a whacked-out fringie lunatic trust fund brat seriously? You are the Paris Hilton of TV news, albeit she has more credibility.
Matt Lauer - they don't call you "Matt Liar" for nothing, chuckles. You are Ann Curry in pants, and just as dimwitted and truth-averse as she is.
Star Jones - your 15 minutes of fame was up years ago, so it's time to retire and either practice law again or do something useful like volunteering. The whole "Oprah Jr." thing just is not working for you, hon.
Yeah, what the good Dr. just
Submitted by inquiringmind on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:20pm.
Yeah, what the good Dr. just said.
And where did they find Star Jones to give political commentary? Her PR gal must be working overtmie to book her on anything.
Today's Professionals?
Submitted by Sefton on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:21pm.
We're kidding, right?
Elitist snobs sitting around judging who else might be an elitist?
Perhaps "Today's Projectionists" would be a more apt title for this b.s. segment.
Why does NBC feel the need to keep repurposing Snyderman?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:44pm.
It's bad enough this fear mongering moonbat is their medical editor. If there's a scare out there, she'll be on the next day with her usual unprofessional sky-is-falling hype. The plastic water bottles thing a couple years ago was a true classic... if I recall, it was three-parter.
She's utterly unwatchable, and full of crap on virtually every single issue.
I'll give him credit; he was ALMOST right...
Submitted by Kaleidoscopic God on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:57pm.
Namely, the "arrogance without empathy" and the "he will not win" parts. He just messed up on the name being associated with it. *cough* Barry O' Blunder *cough*
Just another example of liberals...
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:44pm.
... having no sense of irony. You could apply every criticism they make to Obama, and it fits even better than on Romney. What a dopey segment. Even for NBC.
How this segment could have been shorter.
Submitted by tomchris on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 6:57pm.
Matt Lauer: "Okay panel, whoever is voting for Obama, raise your hands! Everybody? That's great!. Back to you Ann and Al."
Preach
Submitted by feisty on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:48am.
Wow...Matt meet your choir. Singing loudly in an echo chamber. Who listens to Donny Douche's opinion about ANYTHING outside of advertising?! This guy is easily one of the biggest hack clowns on television and he bounces between NBC and MSNBC because nobody else would ever take him seriously. He's a very wealthy water carrier. Three total drones talking about how likeable someone is. Star Jones. Yes, VERY likeable. Yes, we need to elect someone who would look great on a box of Cheerios. We need a likeable guy, Donnie. That EXACTLY what's lacking in the White House. Someone LIKEABLE. Let's completely avoid ACTUAL ISSUES DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY and discuss what kind of car Mitt drives, or pick our collective jaws up off the floor because he said he knows NASCAR owners. Oh no!!! I swear I could run a smarter TV network than these total idiots at NBC.