Tom Brokaw made an appearance on this morning's edition of Morning Joe this morning, plugging his interview with the former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. Brokaw was, of course, reporting from the historic Brandenburg Gate this morning to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Brew Crew were gathered in their studio with national security expert Dr. Richard Haas, discussing such weighty subjects as the American response to the fall of communism, the geopolitical advantages and disadvantages of that event, and so on. And which of these subjects did Brokaw use to segue into the subject of his interview?
None. Instead, Brokaw, the constantly prostrate Gorbachev apologist, chose to highlight Mikhail Gorbachev's approval of President Barack Obama - and his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Tom, you spoke with Mikhail Gorbachev. What did he tell you?This is not so much a jump as it is a veritable pole-vault of the media credibility shark.
TOM BROKAW: I think that he shared that judgment. He thought that we have missed some opportunities to have a common security architecture, as he described it. He also was very eager to say that he agrees with the decision of the Nobel committee to give the Peace Prize to Barack Obama. I think Mikhail Gorbachev sees Barack Obama, as he saw himself, trying to bring change to America and to the world. So let's listen to what Mikhail Gorbachev had to say about the Nobel Peace Prize and President Obama.
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV: When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I thought, well, the people on the Nobel committee, they really see very far because this President needs support. This president needs incentive. And so it's a well-deserved prize.
The media have long tried to paint Mikhail Gorbachev counter to Ronald Reagan as the true statesman responsible for the end of the Cold War. This, however, is a new low in the area of undeserved awards. Here we have Mikhail Gorbachev, falsely hailed by the media as the man who ended the Cold War, offering justification for another undeserved award to another leftist world leader.
And this is to say nothing of this bit:
I think Mikhail Gorbachev sees Barack Obama, as he saw himself, trying to bring change to America and to the world.Perhaps lost on Brokaw is the fact that Gorbachev sought to mend, not end, Communism, and in the process helped to accelerate the demise of the Soviet system. Comparing the president to a leader that brought his government to disintegration and his economy to collapse is a dubious honor at best.



















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So what was President Self
November 9, 2009 - 17:12 ET by Six String SpiffSo what was President Self Discovery Doing that was so much more important than visiting an extremely historic site on it anniversary?
Obama, you're a FOOL.
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November 9, 2009 - 17:15 ET by Cool ArrowJust between you, me, and the fence post, I don't think he was invited.
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..but he will force 'His
November 9, 2009 - 17:22 ET by bigtimer..but he will force 'His Presence' on all of us...whether we or the rest of those in the world want it or not.
He is really clueless... he thinks he is something to BEHOLD...the msm made sure of that.
Fools all.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Via Google, I hear he's at
November 9, 2009 - 17:25 ET by Mike SargentVia Google, I hear he's at Sesame Street.
After all, that's an American landmark that's 40 years old today.
(I'm joking, of course, but it is Sesame Street's birthday...)
→ And the winner is
November 9, 2009 - 17:28 ET by Cool ArrowSnuffleupagus is all butthurt because Obama's ears are bigger.
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Mikhail Gorbachev,
November 9, 2009 - 18:15 ET by MidAmericaMikhail Gorbachev, Russia's version of Jimmie Carter.