MSNBC Slams Cain Announcement With Derisive Laughter: 'Bizarre Charade, Freak Show'
Check out the screengrab after the jump. Before Chris Hayes uttered word one of commentary about Hermain Cain's speech suspending his campaign, he reacted with derisive laughter. Hayes, host of a weekend MSNBC show, was serving as analyst on Alex Witt's show as they broke down the Cain announcement.
Hayes went on to mock Cain and his speech as a "bizarre charade" and a "freak show," along the way laughing once more, this time at the notion Cain might have a career as a motivational speaker. Video after the jump.
Watch the utter contempt with which MSNBC treats a man who, if he had a (D) rather than an (R) after his name, might have been hailed by the network as an inspirational hero.
ALEX WITT: As you heard, Herman Cain is now pursuing 'Plan B.' He is suspending his presidential campaign. I'm joined here in the studio by Chris Hayes, host of 'Up With Chris Hayes' on weekend mornings. OK --
CHRIS HAYES: [reacts with laughter].
WITT: If you all knew the way Chris and I were relating during this whole thing. [So apparently they were sharing some hearty derision off the air.] There's some level of incredulous behavior here.
HAYES: Well, first of all, what is the fundamental strategic goal to the entire bizarre charade? . . . Fundamentally, this entire bizarre song-and-dance was about making sure he could keep getting donations and for making an exit from this campaign that preserves his status as a highly-paid [more derisive laughter] motivational speaker . . . Herman Cain is really sort of the perfect example of what, I think it was Mark Halperin, called the freak show.
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Liberals...
Submitted by Aubrey on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 10:35am.
really are the Racists in this Nation. To them, Cain is an Uncle Tom.
The irony is delicious when
Submitted by Free Thinker on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 10:51am.
The irony is delicious when fringe leftists start referring to someone else as a freak show. Yes Chris, we are laughing at you not with you.
Chis Hayes
Submitted by Upland_Patriot on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 11:41am.
I don't like her. By the way, why does she look so much like Rachel Maddow? Can't MSNBC hire anyone good looking or sane?
LOL
Submitted by Molecule on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 1:34pm.
I'm confused... Alex is a she and Chris is a he.... and you wouldn't know Rachel is a she if her name was "Pat"....
Is that sort of a 'mission
Submitted by ant on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 11:55am.
Is that sort of a 'mission accomplished' laugh? We'll see who has the last laugh.
Screw you MSM
Submitted by optimist on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 12:19pm.
This is why I wanted him to stay in, to deny them their newest scalp. One day we'll claim their scalps.
Will he call it freak show
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 12:52pm.
Will he call it freak show this week when Obama makes a campaign speech on jobs and it is the same old BS he has been throwing around for 3 years?
What can you expect from a Katrina vanden Heuvel stooge?
Submitted by Conservator on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 2:13pm.
Normally, the leftists at MSNBC don't get under my skin - if and when I watch them, it's because I'm angry and just want to yell at the TV to blow off some steam. However Chris Hayes, Editor-At-Large of The Nation, is a lightweight twerp who lacks any civility and thus, I would love to meet him and pound the stupid grin off his face.
He attempts to prove his worth by surrounding himself with other leftist elites that sit and nod their heads in agreement regardless of the nonsensical point that the Obama stooge uttered. BTW, Hayes is married to Kate A. Shaw who's the Associate Counsel for President Barack Obama. - I guess that makes him a reliable political source for MSNBC who's actively campaigning for Obama.
Chris Hayes is a racist, communist puke
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 2:20pm.
And that was the kind version.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Whoa Raaaaaciiissssmmmm
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 2:28pm.
Did they laugh at the serial adulterer Bill Clinton this way? Nooo, because Clinton was white.
I rest my case.
While you can seem the
Submitted by ThePickle on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 2:53pm.
While you can seem the contempt and derision literally dripping from these slimy pukes I would still contend that it has more to do with the only true 'requirement for civility' that the libs have and it is NOT skin color.
It is was and always will be 'ideology'. As I posted yesterday, the one and only determining factor when it come to libs is NOT 'what did you do' but is rooted in solely 'what do you believe'.
You could be caught on film molesting puppies while driving drunk and screaming racial epitaphs from your gas guzzling SUV....and if you were a lib other libs, from around the world and especially in the media, will gather round to defend, obfuscate or simple excuse your behavior whereas if you were not a lib they would be screeching for your head on a pike to be publicly displayed as a warning to others of your kind.
I however do firmly believe that libs are guilty of a type of soft racism/sexism. That their ideology and policies reinforce the idea that certain groups of people, mostly minorities and women, our so unable to 'make it on their own', that Government HAS to step in to 'level the playing field'.
The Real Questions...
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 12/04/2011 - 3:16pm.
Will this leftist smackdown of a conservative black candidate have any lasting effect on the black community?
Should the population any longer heed claims of criticizing Obama as racism?
Will white race baiters survive in the media?
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
I want to see
Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 10:30am.
I want to see Madcow and Hayes together to convince me they aren't the same person. If they aren't the same person I want to hear them sing "Somebody Bad Stole the Wedding Bell".
Who's got the ding dong, who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong, who's got the bell
Somebody knows but nobody tell
Somebody bad stole the wedding bell
We got soloed by the island singing band
We got lots of sun and lots of sand
We got lover's moon we got a wishing well
And how I wish we had a wedding bell
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you