Mika Hails 'Tough' Obama for Insulting Paul Ryan to His Face
As NB's Mark Finkelstein reported earlier, Time's Mark Halperin and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough expressed their bewilderment on Thursday's "Morning Joe" that President Obama would invite Rep. Paul Ryan to the unveiling of the president's budget, sit him in the front row, and then essential call him un-American on national television.
Co-host Mika Brzezinski, on the other hand, far from being displeased by the move, touted it as evidence of the president's political courage. Obama isn't cowardly like congressional Republicans, she intimated, since he will call you un-American to your face.
"I don't think it was insulting" for the president to slime Ryan as he did, Mika claimed. "He was tough and clear." Check out the video below the break.
Okay, I don't get it because I think the Republicans have said some really critical things about the president on camera without him there, and that seems, actually, cowardly. Having Having him in the room, looking him straight in the eye, talking to him before, that to me seems like, 'we have differences, and I'm going to tell you exactly where I stand [unintelligible].
Scarborough, for his part, couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Are you serious?" he repeatedly asked as Brzezinski was talking. Only "a left wing ideologue who is detached from reality," he added, would put down Ryan's budget plan as somehow unserious.
As a bonus, head over to the Right Scoop for audio of Ryan on Mark Levin's radio show Wednesday expressing his bewilderment at being blindsided by the president's attacks.
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Obama now shows he is
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:31pm.
Obama now shows he is classless and tactless as well. Good job, Barry! Must be taking pointers from your MSNBC buddies.
Ryan should have walked out
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:35pm.
Screw Obama. Paul Ryan was elected by his constituents, and given a position of leadership by his peers in the House.
He doesn't have to sit still and be insulted by a talking head like Obama.
And what a lovely negotiating tactic Obama employed....that's going to engender some real good feelings going into the next round. Idiot. (And of course Mika the Twit thinks it's wonderful.....go figure).
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J......took the words right out of my mouth.........
Submitted by BEGRUNT on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:32pm.
I would have got up and walked out right in the middle of Zero's diatribe, in front of cameras and for all to see. THAT would have had a huge impact, and show the GOP isn't taking his crap anymore!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
Exactly!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:24pm.
Obama is only the head of a third of the government. He obviously doesn't want the title of Most Powerful Man in the Free World.
As far as I'm concerned, the time for respecting Obama are over. He is trying his best to bring America to the bottom of the heap. I want him fought at every turn. Let's make lame ducks feel superior to him.
so....??
Submitted by wizardjr on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:39pm.
any how many dozen people actually saw her do this...?? other than family I mean
2.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:44pm.
2.
3 - And I watched it over &
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 7:37pm.
3 - And I watched it over & over - the faces they all made were hilarious!!!
Ronald Reagan
Reminiscent of when Obama
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:46pm.
Reminiscent of when Obama chastised the Supreme Court at his SOTU. He knows that those he attacks in this manner can't talk back. And Mika calls that courage? It's cowardice, straight up.
Exactly right...
Submitted by PJRyan on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:07pm.
Tactless, gutless, and anything but presidential. Just like at the SOTU. And it won't stick with anybody that isn't already in the hopelessly delusional bag. Now, Ryan referring to Obama as "campaigner-in-chief"...that resonates.
"Tactless, gutless, and
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 9:48am.
"Tactless, gutless, and anything but presidential."
And that describes B.H. Obama perfectly.
Tough?
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:57pm.
(kareling -- your post slipped in while I was typing mine...pardon the repetition...)
Gee, Mika, you mean as in slamming the Supreme Court Justices in a public forum where polite (as opposed to Democrat) decorum would dictate that they not rise up, turn around, lift up their robes and collectively moon our Moonbat-in-Chief?
You mean as in when one person dares to answer back "You lie" in the face of direct and clear lies being spewed forth -- again in a forum that requires that one listens quietly and politely (there's that word again!) without the feisty cat-calls that characterize Britain's Parliament -- that said person is vilified and verbally drawn and quartered?
That kind of tough and brave on the speaker's part?
These forums are not conversational, but more lecture format. The speaker speaks and the audience sits quietly and listens. There is NO dialog involved. A cowardly speaker will take advantage of the audience's expected passive listening, instead of standing face to face and verbally going mano-a-mano in a truly "tough" and "courageous" give and take.
The Obamster doesn't want dialog, but monolog (and lots of it!), as in sit-down-shut-up-and-listen-to-me. That's not "tough" -- that's just bullying.
Captain Zero excels in that.
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...
No pardon necessary,
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:49pm.
No pardon necessary, Pilgrim--GMTA, and you said it all very well!
Consider the source...Obama
Submitted by marpel on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 4:55pm.
Consider the source...Obama is still her god.
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
She acts "stupidly" and totally "typical"
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:01pm.
Meeeeeeeeka "honey" I bet my house if there was a debate TODAY with Ryan and Obambi on their competing plans, a spatula would be needed to clean Obambi off the floor "honey".
Real simple, Ryan wrote his plan and knows it cold, Sotero had his written for him and he only knows what was fed into the uh, uh, uh, uh, uh binkyprompter.
If Sotero is so courageous "honey" why send out a mouthpiece to semi-announce that the liar in chief NOW...................... regrets his 2006 NO VOTE on the Debt ceiling?
Meeeeka, hello "honey", hello...............
Why So Serious
Submitted by Utherpend on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:14pm.
What is wrong with the Republican Party?
How stupid do they have to be to KEEP playing around with the Pretender in Chief? He is a known liar and has shown he has no respect for anyone that doesn't kiss his robe. Stop trying to be nice and shut them down. Refuse to go along with them and DO NOT attend anymore meetings or events where you have no say.
How would that help?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:21pm.
How would totally ignoring the President be beneficial in any way whatsoever? That's a foolish tactic, never mind being extremely childish. You need to engage the opposition, especially with cross-dialog, so that you can expose them to the public. What you're suggesting is to act like a spoiled child, similar holding one's breath in attempt to garner acquiescence, or, worse yet, sticking your fingers in your ears and chanting "na-na-na-na, I can't hear you." When has that ever worked?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Hmm, sounds like the advice
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 7:39pm.
Hmm, sounds like the advice the fleebaggers got. Thanks but NO!!!
Ronald Reagan
Here's the mistake, Mr. Snake.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 11:53pm.
What was stated is that BO only speaks where there is no forum for debate. Remember the "you lie" deal. Why go to a meeting where your hands are tied and get beat up? That's not dialog.
The was definetly uncomfortable for Ryan . . . .
Submitted by Clemenza on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:58pm.
. . . . . . . but still not as bad as this was for Morning Rino. . .
On May 29, 2003, Scarborough appeared on Don Imus's radio show. While complimenting Scarborough on his sense of humor, Imus said, "Don't be afraid to be funny, because you are funny. I asked you why you aren't in Congress. You said that you had sex with the intern, and then you had to kill her." Scarborough laughed and replied, "Yeah, well, what are you gonna do?"
We need the boys at the Media Research Center to dig that gem out of the video vault.
Congressmean Wilson
Submitted by Caringwhiteguy on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:13pm.
Mika-"Okay, I don't get it because I think the Republicans have said some really critical things about the president on camera without him there, and that seems, actually, cowardly. Having Having him in the room, looking him straight in the eye, talking to him before, that to me seems like, 'we have differences, and I'm going to tell you exactly where I stand [unintelligible]."
You mean like Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina when he shouted out "YOU LIE"?
Credit To Joe
Submitted by Boil It Down on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:15pm.
Pointing out that Mika said something stupid again gives Joe a score in his column, which he really needs. I think I would have said "Mika, you've got your head screwed on backwards if you thinks Obama's insult was a positive thing for him in any way." I think I would have also said, "Who's the adult in the room now Mika?" -bidn-
Playing to his base
Submitted by sam12663 on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:33pm.
Obama was playing to his base, and clearly the bubbleheaded Mika is a card carrying member of the far left loop job patrol.
Shameless
Submitted by sam12663 on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:32pm.
Mika is an idiot, pure and simple. She couldn't find her asshole with a funnel. Nothing else needs to be said.
Well, now I guess I don't
Submitted by DaChew on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:42pm.
Well, now I guess I don't mind so much if Republicans yell "You Lie" during his State of the Union Speech. If the gloves are off, they're off, right? Call me unAmerican and you're going to get an earfull, I don't care who you are and where you're standing.
Speaking out of both faces, Mika?
Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:55pm.
She calls "courageous" what everyone else calls rudeness.
Remember, Mika - elections do have consequences according to the spineless Ear Leader. You are now getting a whole boatload of them.
The difference is Ryan is
Submitted by Dan Diego on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:56pm.
The difference is Ryan is competent and confident, he won't go around whining that duh-one is picking on him... "They talk about me like a dog"
As an Independent, I used to
Submitted by AngryInOhio on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 6:58pm.
As an Independent, I used to watch Morning Joe but stopped due to the fact that Mika opens her mouth and talks.
LOL - that's partly why I
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 7:41pm.
LOL - that's partly why I watch - when Joe calls her on her bs, it's always worth it!!!
Ronald Reagan
She's right.
Submitted by russedav on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 8:18pm.
This is Obama's typically narcissistic, arrogant, asinine bullying as a fascist-commie "community organizer" laughing at those hurting from $4 gas, forgetting that the voter who laughs last laughs best. For those who know history, the effeminate "civility" crap "respecting" the political opposition is just infantile nonsense, undeserved "cover" for the GOP to be their usual spineless selves so they don't have to get in the 0s face and forcibly pin him to the wall until he screams; they've been in the minority for so many decades they simply have no idea how to function as a majority, and deranged, thus deluded Dims have been in the alleged majority for so many decades (propped up by their drugged sycophants who didn't them a true majority of responsible voters the Founders intended when they required voters be responsible property owners later rejected by treasonous fascist judges) they think they're entitled to govern, their minority notwithstanding. Ryan's proven he's a big boy and is quite capable of besting the deranged commie-fascist 0 (he's no mere socialist), so people need to stop making excuses for the GOP and instead demand they get their act together.
Mika wouldn't have a job if she lacked a father.
Submitted by acaiguana on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 8:59pm.
And her father should never have had the job he held.
Remember the Sec State during Carter?
That's the ticket.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
In a way it's good
Submitted by Marsh on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 10:04pm.
this happned. Ryan seems like a nice guy who was unaware of the low class element he's dealing with,
He's been enlightened.
the begining clip
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 11:07pm.
Our contstiutional scholor of a President should know wwe live in a republic not a democracy.
I caught Ryan on "Charlie Rose"
Submitted by panzerakc on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 12:37am.
which was pretty entertaining. Rose was getting visibly irritated at Ryan for calmly refuting everything he said. Rose even asked Ryan why he and Obama didn't come on the show together.
I almost fell off my chair laughing. Because Ryan would wipe the floor with him, and I suspect Obama knows that.
Dumb ass bimbo!!
Submitted by Patriot II on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 11:36am.
"Rude" does not represent "tough" you ignorant piece of excement!!!!
POOR MIKA THE DULL..........................
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 4:30pm.
Poor Mika! Once again, her fellow broadcasters on the show were using words of more than one syllable and she was lost. Run the video and watch her facial expressions. She looks like the fourth grader who got hit with a surprise test and had not been studying. At first I thought it was the usual Mika problem.......too many martinis the night before, or maybe a few for breakfast. Then I realized what it was.....an attack of the stupids. Then, of course, she started to speak....big mistake. Mika, here's some free advice. "Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are ignorant than to open it and remove all doubt."
Ms. News Actress...
Submitted by luvsgreen on Sun, 04/17/2011 - 11:11am.
Ms. News Actress....at it again!!!