ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Defending his colleagues in the media with their "hard vet" of Gov. Sarah Palin, Fox News Channel's Mort Kondracke told NewsBusters that Republicans should have expected the intense media scrutiny of Palin, a selection he said was "Dan Quayle all over again."
NEWSBUSTERS: Do you feel that the media are vetting Sarah Palin to an extent that they didn't vet Obama in his 19 months of running for office?
MORT KONDRACKE, co-host "Beltway Boys": Well, I mean, look, they had all those 19 months to go through Jeremiah Wright. They had to discover Jeremiah Wright. This is all very, very scrunched. She's a brand-new figure on the scene, she's getting a hard vet, there's no question about it, but that's what happens if you spring somebody, this is Dan Quayle all over again.
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More pap from the insulated
September 2, 2008 - 21:24 ET by mattmMore pap from the insulated bubble of the DC media elite.
Mort, how is that objective?
September 2, 2008 - 21:31 ET by dodecahedronSo far Governor Palin is proving herself the perfect candidate. The media is attacking in full force and has only been able to come up with personal attacks on her family along with rumors and baseless allegations.
It already appears as though Governor Palin was perfectly vetted by Senator McCain.
What happened, Mort???
September 2, 2008 - 21:37 ET by AZTech2020I actually thought that Mort Kondracke showed quite a few signs of intelligence (at least for a Democrat!) and I thought he was a pretty fair analyst, even when he was of the opposite viewpoint. This segment of his commentary pretty much undoes and disproves those thoughts. Perhaps he'll have second thoughts and come back to reality. Let's hope so anyway.
I think what he was
September 2, 2008 - 21:55 ET by MidAmericaI think what he was saying was that this process is similar to what the media did to Quayle not necessarily that he was equating Palin to Quayle. He seemed mostly to be defensive of the media. His blind spot is that he doesn't want to see that this 'hard vet' wouldn't have happened to a democrat pick.
If Palin had obama's 'issues' she would be out of the race already. For two reasons..... (1) the media would be screaming incessantly (2) the Republicans would never accept someone with obama's background (not his racial background, his life choices)
I'm pretty sure Kondracke was touting Palin a few weeks ago
September 2, 2008 - 21:59 ET by trak65I wonder if "Dan Quayle all over again" means that Mor-ton -- whom I consider a center-right Repub, not a Dem -- now sees Palin as a bad choice, or, alternatively, whether he means that a relatively unknown candidate brings an inevitable initial glut of rumors, speculation and negative (but not deal-breaking) facts. Palin is the first relative unknown since Quayle.
Quayle may not have been a big asset, but he didn't sink the 1988 ticket. Of course there was innuendo about womanizing and draft-avoidance, but his biggest liability was probably his debate performance. The "failure to vet" criticisms will melt away if Palin does well in debating Biden.
Morton Kondrake and Fred Barnes - the Beltway Nerds
September 2, 2008 - 22:05 ET by jefflebowskiThe only thing I can focus on whenever I watch those two on Fox news is, "Man, those dudes are not funky."
Other than that, I never can concentrate on what points they are trying to make.
Jeff Lebowski
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another liberal misunderstanding
September 2, 2008 - 22:08 ET by Lame CherryKondracke is like all 6 figure pundits in not understanding the subject.
Dan Quayle had one problem and it was those James Baker type patricians trying to sink a Reagan Conservative. The same misguided souls who trashed Reagan thinking it would build up Bush 41.
None of that is going on with Sarah Palin and Gov. Palin has such a titanic wave of support which Mr. Quayle never had at this point.
I would hope though Gov. Palin is another just like Dan Quayle as he was right on everything he spoke from Murphy Brown, Queen's English tomatoe and on his field of foreign policy.
Would think Mort owes me at least owes me a steak dinner for doing his job for him here.
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I don't know if he deserves
September 2, 2008 - 22:18 ET by motherbeltI don't know if he deserves it, but I'm giving Mort the benefit of the doubt here. I think what he meant was that Dan Quayle was a late pick and a surprise, like Palin, and therefore the media didn't have a lot of information on him.
But I could be wrong.
That was the context in
September 2, 2008 - 22:32 ET by Ken ShepherdThat was the context in which he said it and I included that in the excerpt I transcribed. It's also in the video as embedded.
Kondracke
September 3, 2008 - 05:59 ET by Cool ArrowAfter his hoof-inmouth outbreak the other day with an exquisite smackdown by Bill Kristol, I'm surprised he allowed an interview.
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Oop, Ken! I guess I was
September 3, 2008 - 06:57 ET by motherbeltOop, Ken! I guess I was having an episode of seeing what I expected to see, not what was.
Sorry for implying that you imputed bias to Mort when you didn't.
mb -- I was shocked at the
September 3, 2008 - 06:12 ET by Jack Bauermb -- I was shocked at the snarky snarly bile that poured out of Kondrake. I've seen him twice now, he's deranged on |Palin. Truly deranged.
I've never seen the mild-mannered Bill Kristol so animated. He's was seething at Kondrake's attitude.
No kidding Jack.
September 3, 2008 - 06:21 ET by Cool ArrowMaureen Dowd was a pig today also.
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Just today?
September 3, 2008 - 15:55 ET by Tim the EnchanterJust today?
Poor old Mort
September 2, 2008 - 22:44 ET by afuelseems just get nastier and crankier day by day. How many years has he been in D.C. ??
He just whines and cries.
Last I heard, Dan Quayle was VP
September 3, 2008 - 00:51 ET by ToddonCapeCodShove it up your ass, Mort
Kristol
September 3, 2008 - 07:14 ET by DingbatBill Kristol almost did Mon night. It was beautiful.
Well, if it's Quayle again,
September 3, 2008 - 01:11 ET by Carl KolchakWell, if it's Quayle again, then the MSM will probably be attributing false quotes to people. Checkout the below link to see how the MSM applied false quotes to Quayle, and didn't seem to want to correct their errors.
http://www.snopes.co...
"Well I got nothing against the press, they wouldn't print it if it wasn't true" 'Sunday Papers'
I saw Mort's original reaction live...
September 3, 2008 - 05:51 ET by AmericanEnergistI thought his hair just caught on fire!
Mort doesn't get it...Dan Quayle was a lightweight unknown MALE. Bush Sr. could have chosen a handful of any men who were guys. The fact that Gov. Palin's resume is not deep isn't the beauty of the choice, but the great amount of experience by a female, Washington outsider was able to amass in her 44 years is! Mort is just p!ssed that it WASN'T an insider.
Who knows - this may spin off a new Fox show: The Outside-the-Beltway Girls?!?
Fred & Mort - you have been served!
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N.O.W. defining moment
September 3, 2008 - 06:33 ET by Cool ArrowTo what extent will NOW and the Feminist movement participate in this chauvinistic endeavor?
In this age of "I Kissed A Girl" riding the charts, maybe I'm just not understanding the groundswell of silence at the notion that maybe women really do belong in the kitchen.
Clayton Williams is rolling over in his grave. He may as well lay back and enjoy it.
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Idiot
September 3, 2008 - 07:12 ET by DingbatThis week I have written Fox everyday re Mort. I suggested that they replace Mort with someone balanced, like Lanny Davis, Carville, etc. Maybe iof Britt gets enough emails, they'll pull this fool and he can get a gig with Olberman. Juan is a perfect example of someone that is balanced.
Clarence Thomas all over again
September 3, 2008 - 07:17 ET by genethemachineThis is Justice Thomas all over again. Anytime someone's story or philosophy doesn't fit the liberal meme, it's war. They can't argue the policy and don't like the visual so they just trash personnally. Disgusting.
Ah yes - the faux newsies still think....
September 3, 2008 - 10:44 ET by cest moi...they're relevant, influential, and able to persuade the country their way. They wouldn't recognize the truth if it bit them on the a$$. Twice.
and Mort is...
September 3, 2008 - 14:50 ET by wizardjrMort is Forest Gump all over again. They shouldn't put retards out there to be made fun of. Poor Morty.