Halperin On Obama Presser: 'I Think He Was Kind Of a D--k'
When Mark Halperin asked if the seven-second delay was working prior to offering his observation on President Obama's performance at his press conference of yesterday, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski seemed to assume he was joking, and invited the normally mild-mannered pundit to proceed.
But it immediately became obvious that the joke was on the Morning Joe hosts, because when he spoke, Halperin said of Obama "I think he was kind of a d--k yesterday." As evidenced in the screengrab, Mika and Joe reacted with shocked amusement.
View video after the jump.
Watch Halperin beat the director, finger hovering over the delay, to the punch!
MARK HALPERIN: Do we have the seven-second delay today? I want to characterize how I thought the President behaved.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: We have it. We can use it--right [Executive Producer] Alex?
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, sure, come on, take a chance. Have faith.
BRZEZINSKI: Let's see what happens.
SCARBOROUGH: I'm behind you. You fall down, I'm gonna catch you.
BRZEZINSKI: And the precedent has been set on the show, so you're good [a reference to Joe dropping an f-bomb back in 2008, leading to the installation of the seven-second delay].
HALPERIN: I thought he was kind of a d--k yesterday.
SCARBOROUGH: Oh my God. Delay that! Delay that! What are you doing? I can't believe you--I was joking! Don't do that! Did we delay that?
Halperin went on to explain that in his tough talk about Republicans, he thought PBO was "posturing" for the benefit of his base, while damaging any lingering trust and mutual confidence with the Republican leaders necessary to reach agreement on a deal preventing a government debt default.
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Hilarious!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:34am.
Joe: I thought you were kidding!!! LOL
Halperin's right though: it was one of Obama's typically insolent performances.
Oh, wait, that's his "swagga." Sorry.
He was spot on!
Submitted by notinstl on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:31am.
Anyone who thought obama exhibited behavior, style, knowledge or leadership beyond the level of community organizer yesterday just had it confirmed by Halperin....that's the most honest assessment he's ever made.
I say: BINGO!
Submitted by merly1 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:29am.
That's Owebomba's demeanor most days. Ask Israel or going back to saying the police acted stupidly..............
Check that comment Politifact = absolutely true!
Not too mention, what a blooper festival for the Prez this month--> gets his kid's age wrong twice yesterday, after a month of Libya war ignorance, the laughable ATM comment, and the horrible error on the dead MOH winner.
"Stupid" d#ck would be a better comment. It is odd how the media loves Palin and Bachmann misspeaks but cant ask what is going on when our Prez keeps making gaffe after gaffe!
Excellent merly
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:13am.
I think we could coin a new phrase here, based on your post.
Obamademeanor.
I like it....must change my comment on the adjective thread, further defining "Obamademeanor".
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Yeah Blonde and
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:27am.
Yeah Blonde and merly...............with Boy Barry's snotty and surly attitude, you could say 'demeanor de better'!!!
WOW
Submitted by rockyracoon on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:33am.
Is this the first time a member of the State run 0bama loving media, calls it as he sees it?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
President a D--K, that's Putting it Mildly
Submitted by merr4402 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:34am.
Candidate Obama called for higher taxes and more spending; doing a Walter Mondale on his candidacy. Mondale said "I will raise your taxes" and lost almost every state in the union. Obama has said over and over, in word and in deed that he will raise taxes.
Quoting Michele Bachmann - "I take him at his word" on his pledge to raise taxes too. In my book, being a spendaholic and an unrepentant tax raiser (think Obamacare) makes him more than a D--k, it makes him Dangerous.
How 'bout
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:12am.
Presidick Obama?
Close.....
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:54pm.
Try "Present-D!ck Soetoro?" I put the ! in place of the I for those sensitive to it. ;-) (not that I really care, I speak my mind anyway) SOB is aligning himself with the Bro'Hood, might as well call him by his other Muslim name.
-Jon
Now do you see why
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:01pm.
Now do you see why interventionism doesn't make sense? We send millions (perhaps billions) in "aid" to support Mubarek, now we're going to spend "aid" in supporting his opposition, and we're doing the same thing in Libya. We have spent taxpayer dollars fighting al qaeda and spent thousands of lives fighting them but now we're going to support a group sympathetic to them. This is Orwellian: We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Rantings of a history flop
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:05pm.
Isolationism makes sense to you because you are a failed student of history.
Well, I shouldn't say "failed": that implies you bothered with history to begin with.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Wow
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:35am.
When even the Obots admit their Dear Leader is a jerk, it's not looking good for Ears & Errs in 2012.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Ears and Errs !! Best ever !!!
Submitted by creekrat on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:07am.
Love your nickname for PBHO !!
Obama proved in his press conference
Submitted by scottyusmc on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:50am.
that 'to the extent' he considers himself a leader - he is only a leader to a very small percentage of America. To the rest of us, he is the Blamer-in-Chief.
Also, does anyone else see any comparison with the movie 50-First Dates, about a girl who wakes up every morning with no recollection of the past? Seems to be a requirement at the White House to start each day with a clean slate - yesterday didn't happen -- what, we're at war or how can we have a deficit when I have not spent any money today?
Small percentage is correct
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:08am.
Anyone notice how he said "his base of voters"? Maybe a candidate would say that -- but a President?
I guess that's not what he meant when he lied in 2008: "bringing everyone together".
And I wonder which country his "base" lives in? Certainly not in the America I know.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Obama doesn't understand leadership
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:06am.
Leadership is more than weighing facts and options and making a decision. There is no such animal as "leading from behind" as one of his anonymous staffers reportedly described the Libya debacle.
Because he has never actually led anything of significance prior to his election in 2008, Obama appears lost in the job. The golden words and Hope and Change and yadda-yadda-yadda that got him to the Oval Office aren't enough to run a country.
Bush-43 was not a great President, but he had a sense of his role and his responsibilities and did his best to perform them.
Obama, not unlike Clinton, is a poll-driven politician who is focused more on his legacy than on his job. He defers important decisions that he prefers not to be associated with, and he injects himself into issues (like the Cambridge police episode) that he has no business engaging.
I think the public is now aware that while many themselves are unsure of the actual role and responsibilities of the POTUS, Obama ain't hackin' it.
I think 50 first dates is an
Submitted by Reaver on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:57am.
I think 50 first dates is an apt comparison, what got me was when he said we needed more spending for “infrastructure projects”. Hello, I thought that’s what stimulus was supposed to be. More and more when he makes these speeches he acts like it’s his first day on the job and the last two and a half years never happened.
Saw It!!! Loved It!!!
Submitted by cobokat on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:57am.
Mark Halperin was only speaking the truth! I actually think he was being kind and could have added a few more choice words. After that the Morning Joe crew tried to cover it with praise for BO and all the new poll numbers. I hope Mark's quote gets plastered on every website today!
Halperin just apologised. 8:04 AM
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:08am.
.It was a joke.
Actually No it wasn't
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:54am.
If you watch all of it Halpern goes on to talk about how Obama was "Posturing" to "His" base so yes he actually was telling us what his REAL OPINION was. The fact that he asked for the 7 second delay so it wouldn't be seen by everyone else tells us that was his real opinion.
IS THIS SUPPOSED TO ESTABLISH SOME STREET CRED WITH REPUBS?
Submitted by Sgthulka on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:07am.
Because it didn't and it won't.
He's still Time magazine and they still are bird-cage liner quality.
MSNBC folds under pressure from the White House.....
Submitted by Aubrey on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:18am.
The White House must have called Morning Joe and demanded they, as an extension of the re-elect Barry Campaign, apologize. Halprin and the entire network bared and threw themselves at the mercy of Barry for forgiveness...LOL!
The White House and the press
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:18am.
"My God, we've lost Cronkite." -- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
"My God, we've lost Halperin." -- Barack Obama, 2011
Halprin speaks the truth and ....
Submitted by Aubrey on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:20am.
Barry is not only a DICK, he is an incompetent deceptive one.
Yup. He's a two-incher
Submitted by MikeB on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:15am.
Yup. He's a two-incher claiming to be eight inches.
Bullseye!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:14am.
.
Obama is the worst
Submitted by dennyf51 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:31am.
In all of my years (way too many) I have never seen a president attack personally against the other party or the congress like this guy. Most president's have an attack dog to go out and do the dirty work so they can be above the fray, but good lord, he just puts himself in the middle of it His EGO is so out of control and he thinks he is bullet proof. And as always, "I've been at work, I have been in Afghanistan, Bin Laden", bullshit is beyond the pale. He's been campaigning since he announced two months ago, I don't know where he gets time to actually be a president. Please don't let him get reelected, it's an embarrassment for our country. And now Halperin drops to his knees and feigns humor, give me a break (that based on comments here that he apologized).
Dennyf51, this is what
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:41am.
Dennyf51, this is what happens when a "community organizer" gets elected. They do not know how to lead. They just know how to attack and agitate.
2012 cannot come soon enough to have this trash thrown out of the White House.
I think you nailed it dude
Submitted by Reaver on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:50am.
I think you nailed it dude that was not a speech from a president looking to take a leadership position on an important national issue, it was a community agitator looking to incite a mob.
Wake up, Dick
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:27am.
I suspect that for most of his life, Obama was surrounded by people who praised him for whatever he did or didn't do. He was always told that he was intelligent and articulate and the rest.
Now, he's chafing under criticism from people who only two years ago thought he walked on water. Being intelligent and articulate isn't enough -- we're grading his work.
So, he reacts as a boy reacts when criticized: "It's not my fault, I inherited this mess. Hey, I killed bin Laden, you know. And I saved the country from another Great Depression by creating two (three, five -- pick any number) million jobs. I . . . ." He doesn't understand that people aren't going to praise him for merely doing his job, but they will criticize him for doing it poorly.
And more and more Americans are getting tired of the whining. They want a grown up in the Oval Office.
I agree with everything that
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:39am.
I agree with everything that you said, Gal........except that I have thought all along that Boy Barry's 'intelligence'and 'articulation' are some kind of hyped-up urgan legend,and I'm still totally convinced of it. But even with average 'intelligence' and very below average 'articulation' skills -when you take away the teleprompter - the guy is still very very dangerous...........
And, yeah............we don't call him Boy Barry because of his upstanding, responsible, mature, manly personality either. My grandson has more manliness and sense of right and wrong than this pretender will EVER have in his whole pathetic life!!!
Denny, Ear Leader has never
Submitted by MikeB on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:21am.
Denny, Ear Leader has never stopped campaining. But you're right about his not having time to actually be President. If he took time to be President, it would not allow him enough time to play golf or basketball, or take vacations to India or Spain or Ireland or (fill in the blank).
Halperin was being kind
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:55am.
The remark of his yesterday that was the most galling was "They are here one week and gone the next, I've been here".
Really, so the golf outings and fundraisers all around the country, you were "here" though"?
My bad, the lying, gutless d*ck was "here" just long enough to make two campaign ads on our dime.
Politifact check out his speech yesterday YET, to point out the LIES?
"Mark Halperin apologizes for Obama gaffe"
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:58am.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/58098.html
Waaa,waaaa
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:12am.
What with all of these spinless "reporters" who can dish it out, but then crawfish like cowards. He knew he was going to say it, he asked about the time delay. He knew there would be heat, but he melted like a slug anyway.
Fact is, far more folks appreciated his comment, then those who were offended by it, but how would he know, being on mslsd.
Before anyone makes a parellel between Wallace and Halperin, forget it!
Boudin, I am sure what
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:56am.
Boudin, I am sure what happened was after Halperin made his remark the White House texted or emailed Mika's BlackBerry with the marching orders to apologize for what he said. Mika then dutifully passed them on to Halperin.
Apologize to the viewers, not to the president.
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:33am.
I think Halperin should have apologized for using the word, but not for being "disrespectful" of the president. He was clearly talking about Obama the person, and not disrespecting the office.
No one in the media EVER apologized for any of the truly hateful and insulting things they said about George W. Bush, the person, or thought it "disrespectful" of the president.
I guess Halperin is just afraid of being called racist.
Shortly after they went to
Submitted by Ed Gregory on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:03am.
Shortly after they went to break, Joe was seen explaining to the humorless Mika what the term meant.
Obama to Halperin
Submitted by NVRAT on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:20am.
Sleep my Darling, don`t fear my Darling, the Lion Sleeps Tonight. After you grovel at my feet of course.
Maybe Halperin meant that
Submitted by marpel on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:26am.
Maybe Halperin meant that Obama was like a Private Investigator....a Dick...Dick isn't a curse word! (lol)
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
Now we know
Submitted by Zepppo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:32am.
This is more proof that what they normally say on TV is simply political and not what they really feel. I wonder what the others say when the camera is off. Beside of course wanting to cut is stuff off which was also said before the person knew the mike was on.
MSNBC the media arm of the Re-elect Barry Campaign...
Submitted by Aubrey on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:36am.
Is MSNBC providing free advertising for President Obama? DUH!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=316961
Barry deserves....
Submitted by Aubrey on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:09am.
.....NO respect. He lies, deceives, demagogs and divides this Nation. He is at a very minimum an arrogant DICK.
Why bother blocking out the
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:12am.
Why bother blocking out the middle of a word instead of the whole thing? Obviously you think readers are smart enough to fill in the blank (which their brains do automatically), so why not just be mature, accept that your audience is mature, and print the word?
Because it's their website
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:28am.
and they can write whatever they want
I didn't say they couldn't.
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:39am.
I didn't say they couldn't.
this is why people call you a troll
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:48am.
You're not adding anything to the actual discussion, you're complaining about something stupid. If you don't want NBers to make fun of everything you say, then stop giving them so much ammo.
I couldn't care less what
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:57am.
I couldn't care less what people call me or why. I asked a question, and you responded with a silly answer that didn't address the question and didn't promote discussion. Instead, you've now chosen to make it about me rather than the point.
responded with a silly answer that didn't address the question?
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:04am.
You mean like how a pundit calls the president a bad word on national TV, and all you care about is NB bleeping out the middle of it? What precisely did your comment have to do with the topic?
Oh come on now HC. I'm not aware of other...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:32pm.
comments this guy Satchmo has made, but I don't believe what he said here warrants your attack on him. I thought it was silly that NB didn't spell out the word in the story. As Rush said on his show this morning Nixon was called "Dick" all the time. Now, if you want to call Jer a "troll", please go right ahead. I'll hold your jacket.
Sooo
Submitted by Djinn1975 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:07am.
don't be a dumb ass and toss out dumb ass questions to create a very thin topic of discussion. Rather, address the question to the one person could answer it, Mark Finkelstein.
Just sayin'.
I did.
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:08am.
I did.
Beukeboom is officially requesting this troll be banned.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:35pm.
And I agree.
Satchmo, the troll
It is time this troll be sent to troll hell, posting on pampers.com, where he belongs.
Sure, Incestmo,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:48pm.
ALL your posts are meant to "promote discussion."
It's obvious to your legion of fans.
Wheel of Fortune -- Winner, Weiner, Whiner or Whimper
Submitted by BuffNBone on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:17pm.
Given the letters that were masked, I wasn't sure if the hidden word was going to be Dork or Dick. Either fits.
How about this, Incestmo?
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 6:08pm.
Because the nice people at NB and the MRC are concerned with polite society?
Unlike the cretins and hate mongers who run sites like Media Matters, DKos, and others?
Yet here you are, once again attacking the bloggers (I understand Blumer is considering a restraining order).
Why don't you do us all a favor, Incestmo...and seek life elsewhere?
You are roundly despised here, for your pervy posts (don't kid yourself about THAT). Go Away!
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Halperin = racist
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:29am.
Isn't that the standard for racism?
Suspended? Seriously?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:17am.
I'm sure the President wasn't offended by the portrayal of himself as ruthless.
MSNBC, in suspending Halperin, is taking it's Obama anti-blasphemy rules to Sharia levels.
Well at least he didn't call
Submitted by jdhawk on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:12pm.
Well at least he didn't call him a, fascists, a nazi, stupid, an idiot, constantly made fun of his speech, or make a movie about him in which he is assisinated.
Just a dick . . . .
I can think of a whole lot more adjectives to call him. After nearly three years with this guy, so apparently can the American people.
Let's make him a one term president. Then, we can just call him unemployed!
MSNBC finally has someone who tells the truth on that...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:43pm.
Channel and what does MSNBC do? They suspend the poor guy! He even asked if the seven second delay was working! Wouldn't it be interesting to hear what these MSNBC guys say to each other when the cameras are off? It would make a better show, I'm sure.
Mark makes a good point - and
Submitted by amyshulk on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 12:33pm.
Mark makes a good point - and looks like he already paid for it
Ronald Reagan
Did Any Media Lib Got Suspended by Calling GWB...
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:08pm.
I see a double standard here. George Bush was called many names by the Liberal media, Hugo Chavez, Alec Baldwin, the NPR idiots and the list goes on, but did the Liberal media made a big fuss about it? Of course not, because bush was Evil and Obama is the Messiah. Obama's speech was truly, truly a joke. Is Obama so full of himself that he does not realize what comes out of his mouth and how unrealistic his ideology is?
Awesome
Submitted by well99 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:49pm.
For the first time I agree with Mark.Take a bow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAKFlpdcfc&feature=related
Halperin
Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:54pm.
just honestly described the way The Big 0 acts everyday.
Obama bin Lyin needs to be removed from office.
NOT because he's an illegal alien who's overstayed his student visa.
NOT because he attended several of our universities as a foreign student.
NOT because he has no US passport.
NOT because he doesn't have a legitimate SS#.
But, because he has done so much to try to destroy our country since taking office as an operative on behalf of our enemies, i.e. Soros and Muslims.
But That's Just Me
Obama is not an illegal
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 3:41pm.
Obama is not an illegal alien.
Satchmo
Submitted by well99 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 4:54pm.
delete
No, he is just an alien
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:51pm.
Like you
It could have been worse
Submitted by ckc1227 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 3:34pm.
Mark could have called him a Dick Durbin. That would have been a really low blow.
Well, speaking of
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 4:35pm.
Well, speaking of which..................I think Dick 'Turban' Durbin just celebrated some illegal aliens in Congress, and said that we could have a possible future President as an illegal alien!!! Personally, I think we allready have one...............
Illegal or not, he's not a
Submitted by Satchmo on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 4:40pm.
He's not a natural-born citizen, so he certainly doesn't meet that Constitutional requirement.
→ Dick Turban
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:24pm.
In ribbed or sheer
The 7-second delay
Submitted by Model850 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 4:31pm.
Is the delay alluded to in the article actually still in place? Seven seconds actually is an awfully long time for a booth producer to just sit on his hands and not hit the "kill" switch.
So the question is, if the delay is still operative, will anyone else's head roll for allowing the (supposed)* slur to go out over the air?
Of is management at MSNBC interested only in the public face of the "controversy?"
* "Supposed" because I do not think this rises to the level of horror MSNBC and the White House are making it out to be. It's not like Halperin called Obama a war criminal or a Nazi or a fascist or something, right?
I'm not a dick!!!
Submitted by PJMan on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:14pm.
Glad that msnbc finally told the truth, and so happy that he didn't call him a peter! Pete.
For the record
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:28pm.
I think Halperin's comment was wrong and action should be taken.
It's not the sentiment I object to, it's the wording. I believe Obama has "acted stupidly".
Mark Levin is
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 8:48pm.
Ramming all of these jokers noses in this nonsense.
He also agrees with me, that Scarecrow is responsible here. Because he said "if you fall, we will catch you" listen to the audio. But the stupidity, and knee jerk punitive penalty, all in this one episode, is exactly why libtards suck!
Well, we all know that Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 10:31pm.
Well, we all know that Boy Barry is a prick and a dick.............amoung other adjectives..............and I think he's proven himself to be quite a pu**y with his cowardice and timidness towards anything that requires some balls..................so actually,maybe he's also are first hermaphrodite President!!!