Even Tucker Carlson, MSNBC's uninhibited house libertarian, was a bit taken aback. But good Dem Bill Press has had the, um, gumption to say what others may have thought about Hillary Clinton: that she has "balls of brass."
Press's comment came on this evening's Tucker in the course of a discussion of Clinton's shameless assertion that the Michigan primary was "fair" despite the fact that the DNC had agreed it wouldn't count and that Obama's name did not even appear on the ballot.
TUCKER CARLSON: You know this term "Orwellian"? Everything's "Orwellian." But rarely do you hear a statement that is in fact Orwellian. That actually reaches the threshold of "war is peace," "hate is love" and it's this right here. Hillary Clinton talking about the Potemkin primaries in Michigan and Florida and saying this: "If you're a voter from Florida or Michigan, you know that we should count your votes. The results of those primaries were fair and should be honored." They were fair in Michigan? Barack Obama was not on the ballot!
View video here.
After a bit of conversation about the politics of the situation with Press and Pat Buchanan, talk returned to Hillary's chutzpah.
CARLSON: Not to play shrink, but just for 30 seconds. Think about what it takes in order to say something like that with a straight face, maybe with a hint of a smile, into a camera, with no irony of any kind. "The election in Michigan was fair." Imagine being able to say that! What kind of person could do that?
BILL PRESS: It takes --
PAT BUCHANAN: I worked for one, Tucker.
CARLSON: Pat, just for the record, Pat was a long-time employee of Richard Nixon.
PRESS: I was just going to say, it takes someone with balls of brass.
CARLSON: OK, well, your characterization, not mine.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
















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Hillary's "balls of brass"
March 13, 2008 - 19:18 ET by the strugglerHillary's "balls of brass" are also probably alot bigger than Bill Press'.
Hillary has b**** of brass?
March 13, 2008 - 19:21 ET by RickTaLifeWell then, I'd like to know if, when she walks, they clang together and sparks fly out of her a**. :-P
On a serious note though...could you imagine what would happen if that was said on Fox?
Limeric
March 13, 2008 - 19:31 ET by ArcherBMs. Clinton can be quite crass
Her balls were made of pure brass
In real stormy weather
They would rub together
And lightening would shoot from her ass.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary." Ernesto "Che" Guevara
LOL -- Hillaryous
March 14, 2008 - 12:10 ET by lotrLOL -- Hillaryous
I thought you couldn't even
March 13, 2008 - 19:59 ET by motherbeltI thought you couldn't even say "b**ls on TV, I thought you had to translate it into Spanish...which, by the way is cojones, not cAjones.
So...now you're an
March 13, 2008 - 20:16 ET by JerSo...now you're an authority on testicular trivia?
Jer
LOL!
March 13, 2008 - 20:18 ET by RickTaLifeLOL!
Spelling is trivia?
March 13, 2008 - 21:08 ET by motherbeltCajones in Spanish means drawers..as in dresser drawers.
I'll leave the testicular "trivia" to you.
Or maybe they mean spelling
March 13, 2008 - 21:17 ET by balboaOr maybe they mean spelling is "trivial." :-)
Don't think so.
March 13, 2008 - 21:57 ET by motherbeltNo, bal, "trivia" and "trivial" are close, but "spelling" and "testicular" don't sound or look anything alike. ;-)
Hmm...into "drawers",
March 13, 2008 - 21:55 ET by JerHmm...into "drawers", too. Figures. <smilely>
Jer
Jer: Turn your head and
March 14, 2008 - 00:32 ET by stratmanJer:
Turn your head and cough or we'll play Yahtzee with your yambag.
(huh?)
RRAM Tough!
Yambag? Is that
March 14, 2008 - 00:38 ET by JerYambag? Is that the medical terminology they use out at the Cleveland Clinic?
Jer
I'll have to make a couple
March 14, 2008 - 01:13 ET by stratmanI'll have to make a couple of calls and get back to you.
On a related note, there is a Urologist who, I kid you not, goes by the name Dick Tapper, MD.
Sometimes the child lives up to the potential of his given name.
You just can't make this stuff up, folks. Well, you could, but I didn't.
I guess we're lucky
March 14, 2008 - 01:26 ET by JerI guess we're lucky ex-Olympics president, Dick Pound, chose a different career.
Jer
But best of all...
March 14, 2008 - 03:12 ET by sarcasmoA politician named Dick Armey once actually made fun of another politician's name...
JMR
A corruption-story the TV media will-not cover.
I dont know...
March 14, 2008 - 15:04 ET by misterbee241Didnt I hear during a Yankee's game the announcer say "the batter has three balls on him"?
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
Only in Leftist La-La-Land
March 13, 2008 - 19:30 ET by bigtimerOnly in Leftist La-La-Land is black white, day night, wrong right.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Hillary makes her own rules always has and everybody else had better play by them, well the repubs have done so in many cases with their fear of the msm aiding her...along with the threats of the trial lawyers at the ready, this time though she is fighting her own side, fighting with a candidate the msm is in love with, destruction of her own party matters not for her own agenda driven power.
Balls of brass...I don't know, but her a$$ is grass at the end of all of this hullabaloo IMO...no matter how you look at it, she is making so many enemies that used to stand by her and her machine, that friends are going to be far and few between... I heard today Bill's approval numbers are in the minus since he has been campaigning, just what does she thinks hers are going to be when all is said and done.
You were close in that
March 13, 2008 - 19:42 ET by RickTaLifeYou were close in that first statement....in Leftist La-La-Land black is black*, white is racist, and the right is wrong. :-P
*unless the black specified takes to opposing the leftist-la-la-land doctrine, in which case black is uncle tom.
I am sure she does
March 13, 2008 - 19:40 ET by Wesenand I believe these hang from her Arkansas Ford:
http://www.bullsballs.com/brass/truck/balls.html
:-o Is it wrong that I
March 13, 2008 - 19:44 ET by RickTaLife:-o Is it wrong that I want a pair of these for my car?
Rick,
March 13, 2008 - 19:48 ET by R D HelmProbably, as long as it isn't a Prius.
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
Yes, and staining my great
March 13, 2008 - 20:27 ET by GregEYes, and staining my great state of Virginia is a Democrat delegate who, several weeks ago, brought forth a bill that would have outlawed these in Virginia. I guess some politicians continue to not have anything to do. The bill never made it to a vote. Too bad he continues to make it past the voters each election cycle.
Pink balls?
March 14, 2008 - 07:51 ET by Scout FinchI clicked onto that website for brass bull b***s, and saw a picture of a truck that had shocking pink bull b***s hanging off the back end. Is that really a look someone wants to wear on the road? Weird.
I actually think those
March 14, 2008 - 09:44 ET by ConservativeRexI actually think those hanging bull balls are an Oklahoma thing, I first saw them there, and they are starting to show up in Texas now. I am not sure they need to be outlawed, but the owners of said vehicles do.
Tucker's Show
March 13, 2008 - 19:49 ET by CellaI don't know how I am going to make it without Tucker's show to watch everyday.
For the brass at MSNBC to let this mostly conservative gabfest slip out of sight shows that they have no balls at all.
Good thing Bill is not conservative and said brass monkey b*lls.
March 13, 2008 - 19:57 ET by R D HelmImagine the controversey that would have arisen from that?
And I'm sorry, but Tucker is a wimp.
Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!
Must have been a camera at
March 13, 2008 - 20:29 ET by GregEMust have been a camera at an angle other than this one to identify the brass...LOL
http://www.passionateamerica.com/pictures/The_Real_Hillary.jpg
GregE... ....LMAO!
March 13, 2008 - 20:31 ET by bigtimerGregE...
....LMAO!
Balls of Steel is where
March 13, 2008 - 21:04 ET by wiwfBalls of Steel is where it's at! http://www.youtube.c...
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Yeah, I guess having steel
March 13, 2008 - 21:21 ET by RickTaLifeYeah, I guess having steel balls would go over well with her friends in the manufacturing unions. :-P
Well, I'm glad to hear that
March 14, 2008 - 01:12 ET by fitzfongWell, I'm glad to hear that Bill Press has finally found his b***s. Hillary ain't giving 'em back, though.
This is what you get with
March 14, 2008 - 11:18 ET by goldbarThis is what you get with Hillary. It's "fair" because Obama wasn't on the ticket. She's as delusional as the lemmings that follow her.
Hillary Clinton: that she has "balls of brass."
March 14, 2008 - 15:03 ET by misterbee241Well I'm not surprised. Somebody in the Clinton family has to have 'em.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
mbee... LMAO!
March 14, 2008 - 15:08 ET by bigtimermbee...
LMAO!