Recruited By Mika, HuffPo's Stein Tries But Fails To Debunk Devastating Obama-Celebrity Ad
If you haven't seen the hilariously effective ad by Karl Rove's American Crossroads group that portrays Barack Obama as a celebrity president with a failed economic record, check it out in the video clip.
Mika Brzezinksi was clearly peeved at how well the ad was playing even with her liberal-dominated panel. After Obama fan Donny Deutsch, and no-conservative-he John Heilemann praised the ad, a Mika at wit's end sought to recruit HuffPo's Sam Stein to help her out. "Can you debunk some of the things in the ad?", she entreated. Stumbled Stein: "ah-h-h-h-h, sure, I guess." After offering a paltry defense that Joe Scarborough demolished, Stein was reduced to saying that Mika had invited him to try to debunk the ad, and that "I'm trying my best!" View the amusing video after the break.
Watch the entertaining proceedings as Stein chivalrously tries but fails to ride to Mika's rescue!
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Very compelling: let's roll it.
After ad plays . . .
DONNY DEUTSCH: That is a strong advertisement.
MIKA BRZEZINKSI: Even though the pieces of data have a lot to do with what happened before he became president?
DEUTSCH: Doesn't matter. And like I said: boring is the new black. Vanilla is the new black, and I think that's the tone going forward.
New York magazine's John Heilemann proceeded to praise the ad as well, finishing thusly:
JOHN HEILEMANN: It's an ad that has, that makes you sort of smile, even if you're a fan of the president's. It's pretty well executed. It's done with a nice tongue firmly planted in the cheek. Those are good qualities!
BRZEZINSKI [trying to stop him before he heaps any more praise on ad]: Thank you, John. It's a well-executed ad; it's pretty. Sam Stein, can you debunk some of the things put out in the ad?
SAM STEIN: Well, ah-h-h-h-h, sure, I guess. I mean, the whole point of the ad is to blame all of the economic malaise on Obama without touching on the Bush years. But I think the ad, I don't know what Donny says that boring is the new black --
SCARBOROUGH: Sam, we're three-and-a-half years into the Obama administration -- '
STEIN: Yeah, yeah: I'm saying --
SCARBOROUGH: This is how elections are run.
STEIN: Yeah, no, I'm saying. Well, Mika invited me to try to debunk some of this stuff: so I'm trying my best!
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THAT was the BEST AD I HAVE
Submitted by ParalegalGoddess on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 8:38am.
THAT was the BEST AD I HAVE EVER SEEN. Dear Mitt - Please run this at least 4 times an hour on EVERY CHANNEL IN AMERICA.
How soon we forget
Submitted by ArcherB on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 8:42am.
Does any remember the first six out of eight years of the Bush administration when he had a Republican congress? At the end of those six years, 3/4 into his term, unemployment was at 4.7% and deficit was at about $250 billion.
What happened after SIX years of Bush's "destructive economic policies" that had things so good? Democrats took over congress and in less than two years, trashed the whole country. If this mess were Bush's fault, wouldn't we have seen the damage before six years into his presidency?
Just once, I'd like to see someone remind people like Mika who writes policy, who writes the budgets, who writes the regulations, and who spends the money. Here's a hint: It's Congress!
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Bush is so evil.....
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 8:50am.
How evil is he? Bush is so evil, that he planned on having the Republicans lose the congress in 2006, because his plan on blowing up the economy was set to take place in 2007. It was all done on purpose, because Bush knew that the first black President was coming in after him, and this would make the first black President look terrible. Bush:= Evil Genius.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
The sad thing is
Submitted by Ars21689 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:52am.
that sounds like something you might read on the crazy kos or the DU.
brilliant
Submitted by ozarkian on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:12pm.
We can now say about Bush (if we wanted to), like the left always says about obama "He's not messing up; he was really playing 11-dimensionnal chess.":
How soon we forget
Submitted by BarnicleBill on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:44am.
But, I thought the Democrats were going to be different? Thanks for pointing out the new boss is the same as the old boss. I agree it's time for a change
Scarborough later said in the
Submitted by the struggler on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 8:54am.
Scarborough later said in the segment that the whole show was a 3 hour Obama ad...Or something of the sorts.
Well, Mika invited [pleaded
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 8:57am.
Well, Mika invited [pleaded with] me to try and debunk them.....
Yeah, and the best he could do was Well, the ad doesn't do nuance.
Take THAT, Republicans!!
Poor Mika
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:21am.
She's not even PowerPoint deep on important matters, so when she sees something effective like this ad, she instinctively falls back on "It must be lies." But lacking the knowledge to prove it, so she has to call in a hack who isn't much more knowledgeable than she. And his take on the ad: "Uh, it lacks nuance."
It reminds me of the bombshell Romney dropped last week when he cited Bureau of Labor Statistics data that indicates that of all the American jobs lost since January 2009, over 92% belonged to women. all the
We can and should expect much more of this sort of thing
Submitted by needle on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:09am.
MSNBC lives so completely in a Kool-aid bubble, every time reality intrudes into their whacked world they likely to be blindsided.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
And at the end, she's
Submitted by ex buff e-dub on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 4:22pm.
And at the end, she's pleading "don't interrupt"
Please, he's trying to debunk it.. let him please.
That one's gonna leave a mark.
Poor Clueless Z-big's Kid
Submitted by WarEagle01 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:01am.
She's like the Paris Hilton of low rated morning shows. Except instead of being famous for being famous, she's just famous for being the offspring of someone famous.
Well, if you mean
Submitted by retrocon on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:08am.
Paris is famous for being a wealthy heiress (offspring of someone famous) and doing a sex tape, then yes, she has slightly better creds than Mika to be famous ;-)
Once again
Submitted by KornKing on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:01am.
Bubbles is an utter failure at her attempt at relevance
Puleease
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:10am.
Obama is only "cool" to liberals. As I've said before, the mom jeans, the girls bike, the pitching skills...This guy is far from cool, but they keep pushing it and the idiots keep buying into it.
Rad, you're forgetting that
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:19am.
Rad, you're forgetting that being black is inherently "cool."
He's got that "swagga' you know.
That's what counts.
Oh, you betcha!
Submitted by needle on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:15am.
Cool way trumps competence, genuine leadership, ... junk like that.
Let's throw in honesty, transparency, steadfastness, trustworthiness, etc.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Not Cool
Submitted by Optionyout on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:47am.
Do you remember when he bowled? They said over the course of a game he would have scored something around a 50.
More bemused than amused
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:17am.
I am not at all 'amused' at Obama.
If I remember, the 'cool' kids in High School are the ones who wound up in trouble.
Mika shows she is
Submitted by ohio granny on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:28am.
Mika cannot help but show that she is a willing idiot completely in the tank for Obama. Just call her an Obama slut.
People want two sides to
Submitted by Shreve on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:46am.
People want two sides to every story, and it seems Mika was trying to get that other side.
Though, it wasn't all that well thought out.
Because
Submitted by KornKing on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:02am.
For something to be "well thought out" someone would actually have to think, which doing coherently for Bubbles, is pretty tough to do.
Mika needs to learn.......
Submitted by Herbster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:54am.
Free advice to the Mika peron...........
1. Dumb is, unfortunately, for forever.
2. it's better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
This woman is as dense as a brick wall.......
He's a dufuss. No way in hell
Submitted by Barabbus on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:54am.
He's a dufuss. No way in hell can the word "cool" be associated with a man who throws a baseball like it weighs 40 pounds.
Any liberals out there?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:54am.
Mika Brzinski, Chelsea Clinton, Caroline Kennedy . . . All trying to make it on the coattails of famous parents. . . All failing miserably.
Just do what Luke Russert did, Mika!
Submitted by Texndoc on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:10am.
Luke Russert took over UpChuck Todd's show and played the ad and CUT IT OFF before the "Romney facts" like "Over 50 percent of college graduates have no job one year after graduation". You know, the facts at the end. So Luke Russert's argument was the Republicans don't like Obama because he does late-night TV.
Lessons from sports
Submitted by CO2Maker on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:10am.
Sometimes the other guy makes a great play or fakes you out of your strap. You just look at him and say, "Good shot." Even if you're in the stands rooting for your team, Mika, you look at the guy you dragged with you and say, "Whew, that was nice."
Maybe it's just a guy thing, giving the other player credit.
No, it's not a guy thing.
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:18am.
Mika's a bad sport, just like most liberals. Don't get their way? Recall! Protest! etc.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Ah, right
Submitted by CO2Maker on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:51am.
The famous Wisconsin cheese: "No faaaaaair. Recaaaaaaaaal him!"
That is a FABULOUS ad
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:27am.
and there really is no way to debunk it; Mika was stupid to try. The libs worship the cult of personality and thats why to them having a "cool" president is more important than having a qualified leader. Pathetic...
I am not surprised by any
Submitted by inquiringmind on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:31am.
I am not surprised by any politican pandering to a demographic for votes. They all do it to one degree or another. But this President has no track record to stand on so he has to go the "cool" route with the younger voters.
The ad is great and hits the target. Well done!
Obama wouldn't know cool even if...
Submitted by Order270 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:46am.
...Fonzie slapped him in the face and said, "Aaayyy-y-y-y".
Glamour President
Submitted by NVRAT on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:06am.
Well, we can say anything we want but, Obama will ring a bell for the College students and those that have a weak mind and that are uninformed will fall for every lie Obama tells. While the Republican`s set in DC and complain. They also need to do the same thing.
Glamour Prez
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 12:32pm.
Your title made me think of The Won, all dolled up (with his make-up perfectly done), sashaying down the runway (fashion) in a pair of stilettos with his Mom Jeans & Bike Helmet on.
Very very cool dude, that Mom-Jean/Bike Helmet wearing guy. Right?
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
That is because so many
Submitted by John21 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 12:54pm.
That is because so many college kids have no education only indoctrination from liberal academia.
I am a hiring manager and the kids I interview have degrees from impressive universities and colleges but nothing like knowledge between their ears. They spout liberal jargon without the capability to understand or defend it because at the school it never needs to be defended. They are educated in a vacuum and are normally taught only the liberal doctrine. Logic, problem solving and reality are almost non-existent except for the few who entered school with at least a fairly mature background.
Be nicer my friend
Submitted by IdahoJim on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 3:02pm.
I am a college student. After 40 years as a self taught computer engineer, I thought it might be interesting to finally get a degree! So I am one of those with a hefty student loan debt.
I managed to get my two cents in when taking those mush brain entry courses, philosophy, social studies, and the rest of the left wing academic garbage that you have to put up with to get to the technical parts of the major. I'm happy to say there was not one leftist instructor that was not glad to see me finish the class and go away.
Unlike liberals, I questioned everything they said, challenged every alleged truth, and wrote my papers from the conservative view.
Even if Obabbo forgives my student loan, I will not vote for him. He stated that he was outraged that the average student loan balance was $25k. Well, what about the share of the national debt? Its $58k per citizen and he's not outraged? $137k per taxpayer and he's not outraged? Is he outraged that he and his Dembos have added $5 trillion to the debt our great grandchildren have to pay? Not a bit. After all it was Bush that forced Dimbulbba to spend all that borrowed money.
I digress. Not all college students are in the thrall of this madman President.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
mika
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:55am.
she looks de-bunked all the time.....there must be a foot race goin on in her head.
You can only do so much
Submitted by BuffNBone on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 3:37pm.
Anyone trying to put a good spin of the facts regarding the POTUS' term in office is like watching a cat attempting to cover its poop on a sidewalk.
Ouch. That's gonna leave a
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 3:58pm.
Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark!
All-in-all, I'm glad the current crop of recent graduates are struggling to make it because they voted in droves to put this economy killer in office. It's about time people see the consequences of their shortsightedness.
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Nobody mentions that Soul
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Sat, 04/28/2012 - 2:40pm.
Nobody mentions that Soul Glow Obama was singing the beginning of the freaking awesome Al Green song INCORRECTLY!!!!
He sang......I.....IIIIIII......So in love with you.
THAT is wrong. He's so cool he can't even sing the words to a great song correctly. Remember the report that said he practiced for three days or so...just to get it correct...and failed.
The AD is spot on! Empty Suit. Emperor has no clothes....Take your pick.