Dee Dee Myers Calls Newt A Political 'Sociopath' on NBC, Gregory Moves On
Dee Dee Myers, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, goes on Meet the Press and calls Newt Gingrich a political "sociopath." Does moderator David Gregory call her out?
Nope. To the contrary, Gregory proceeds to play a clip of convicted felon Jack Abramoff accusing Newt of "corruption." Video after the jump.
Watch the one-two punch of a Dem operative and an MSMer.
DEE DEE MYERS: Newt has a lot of experience in the public eye. And he's tried on almost every ideological position that there is. He's sort of a political sociopath. He constructs arguments to defend whatever he's doing at the moment. If he's working for Fannie or Freddie or, you know, the publicly-financed mortgage companies, then he has an argument for why him doing that is different from President Obama taking money from people who worked there. It's fascinating, and it goes back to when he first ran for the House in Georgia in the '70s, all the way through his career. He constructs these very elaborate arguments that will support whatever he's doing at the moment, and there's absolutely no consistency.
Watch how David Gregory smoothly segues off Myers' comment, playing a clip of Jack Abramoff denouncing Newt. Did David and Dee Dee set up their one-two punch in advance?
DAVID GREGORY: So Mike [Murphy]: he gets a lot of money from Freddie Mac to be a "strategic advisor." None other than Jack Abramoff, the super-lobbyist, told me in our Press Pass interview this week that this is exactly the stuff that people don't like. Watch.
Cut to video clip.
JACK ABRAMOFF: He is doing, he's engaging in the exact kind of corruption that America disdains.
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...He constructs these very
Submitted by Captain Repus on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:35pm.
...He constructs these very elaborate arguments that will support whatever he's doing at the moment...
DeeDee, is this technique sort of like constructing the argument "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" - you certainly have lots of experience in this area, don't you.
I suggest you leave the political analysis up to the experts and go home and check your wardrobe.
Par for the course, Cap'n...
Submitted by C-townGiant on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:25pm.
Dee Dee Myers was a bitch in college (Santa Clara), a bitch when she worked in the WH, and she remains a bitch today.
She happens to be one of the most unpleasant individuals I ever had the displeasure of knowing in my 4 years on the Mission campus.
She has made a career out of being a political opportunist. But since she still sees ol' BJ Clinton as the be all, end all of presidents...well, you can fill in the rest.
You knew her?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 12:17pm.
Damn, my sympathies. I'm really sorry to hear that, she looks like someone very unpleasant to be around.
-Jon
Hmmmmm?
Submitted by gfrrman on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:07pm.
It sure takes one that worked for THE POLITICAL SOCIOPATH, to know what one is, ie. BJ Clinton.....THE poster child of the same. History started today to these idiots. Geez, great humor
g
Dee Dee, who does this remind you of?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:20pm.
Sociopaths usually are self centered and are very shallow. They lie very well and do so often and with ease. Impulsiveness is another characteristic of a sociopath. They lack empathy for others will take advantage of a person at a vulnerable moment. Sociopaths are master manipulators and have little care for who they hurt.
Dee Dee
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 9:26am.
You're a convicted drunk driver. What does that say about you?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
You know, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 10:30am.
... the more people like Tweedle Dee Dee, and Tweedle Dumb (dat would be Mika) crawl Newt's case, the more I like him.
I wonder how many other conservatives are going to begin to feel that way.