Only Fox News and Don Imus Report Schumer's Branches of Government Gaffe
On Monday, NewsBusters asked, "Will Chris Matthews and MSNBC Spend Week Bashing Schumer's Branches of Government Gaffe?"
It turns out that not only didn't Matthews or MSNBC mention Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) blunder on that network's extended prime time programs Monday, but a LexisNexis search identified that out of all America's many mainstream media outlets, only Fox News's Bret Baier and Fox Business Channel's Don Imus thought this was at all newsworthy:
- BRET BAIER, "SPECIAL REPORT HOST," JANUARY 31: New York Senator Chuck Schumer says everyone in Washington needs to compromise to fix the debt crisis. Schumer explained in an interview Sunday, quote, "We have three branches of government. We have a House, we have a Senate, and we have a president. All three of us are going to have to come together and give some." Of course, Schumer forgot entirely about the judicial branch that equally shares power with the executive branch and the legislative branch. Schumer's office said it was a slip of the tongue and that he was referring to the three parties at the table.
- BERNARD MCGUIRK, FEBRUARY 1: And, our esteemed New York Senator, chief -- Senator Chuck Schumer. He was on one of the Sunday shows, this past Sunday. And, he was talking about -- they were talking about the debt ceiling or whatever it was, but listen to what he said.
SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER (D), NEW YORK: I would urge my Republican colleagues, no matter how strongly they feel, you know? We have three branches of government. We have a house, we have a senate, we have a president. And, all three of us are going to have to come together and give some.
(LAUGHTER)
DON IMUS, HOST: Three?
MCGUIRK: Maybe a tree branch knocked him stupid but this know-it-all balloon head who curses at flight attendants -- this genius senator.
And that's that.
CNN, the network Schumer was on when he made the comment, never mentioned or played it again. Not once.
And no American newspaper reported it, including those in Schumer's home state of New York. Not one.
By contrast, although Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) wasn't on any of the Sunday talk shows making a gaffe about our branches of government, CNN did three stories about her Monday.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews attacked Bachmann for the fifth day in a row Monday and the sixth day in a row Tuesday.
I guess we got our answer.
*****Update: Readers have noted that folks like Rush Limbaugh and others did note Schumer's gaffe. As this blunder was all the rage at conservative websites Sunday and talk radio Monday, I assumed people would understand I was referring to mainstream media's omission. Sorry for the confusion.
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Comments
Why does Imus ask "Three?"
Submitted by krendler on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:28pm.
The three part is correct. Schumer simply doesn't know what the 3 are.
Oh, and you can imagine all the smirking and eye-rolling...
Submitted by krendler on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:32pm.
And you can imagine all the smirking and eye-rolling by local anchors around the country replaying this endlessly if a conservative had said it:
The lead-in:
"And finally tonight - smirk, smirk - it seems Republican representative Michelle Bachmann may want to consider repeating a few years of elementary school - smirk, smirk smirk
...oh for crying out loud, my
Submitted by msh1973 on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:12pm.
...oh for crying out loud, my kids know the three branches of Government. If a Senator doesn't know the basics how in the heck can he do his job. Sigh.....
Do his job?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:15pm.
His job is to get elected and immediately go back into campaign mode.
Maybe Congresscritters should
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 11:03am.
Maybe Congresscritters should be required to pass quarterly civics exams. If they score lower than an 80 (on 100 pt. exam) they are placed on Congressional (as opposed to academic) suspension with no voting power, no committee participations...nothing...until they complete a refresher course and pass a followup exam. Fail two times in a row? Dismissed from congress and special election called.msh1973~
Submitted by GG_NB on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 11:09am.
Yeah, it's sad:
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/americans-and-their-politicians-dont-know-much-about-the-constitution/
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
→ I'm Shocked!!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:30pm.
Chris didn't call Chuckie a bubble head?
It's another of his man-crushes.
You
Submitted by Sheddy on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:34pm.
get 'im Imus!
There's a reason why he's
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:38pm.
There's a reason why he's been nicknamed "Chucklehead" and his latest gaffe merely illustrates it.
Schumer
Submitted by batcat on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:43pm.
And you morons in New York keep re-electing a**holes like Scummer, no wonder your state is so f**ked up.
Hey
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:50pm.
It's not everyone in New York's fault. Not everyone has their head where the sun doesn't shine.
Listen, I've been as
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:59pm.
Listen, I've been as astonished at the idiocy and sanctimonious ignorance of Schmuck U. Schumah for many years myself, and I keep wondering how a queebie-ass ambulance chaser with a face that BEGS for a backhand (and the attitude to back it up!!!) can keep getting elected again and again...............BUT - I'm over here in Hawaii, and if you know ANYTHING about the politics that we have here, you'd probably say that I don't have the credentials to make any judgements about anywhere else.
Have you seen our new governor - the union-owned, better-red-than-dead little cretin Neil Uber-Commie??? This guy is almost in the same league as Schumah..........except that he's from a much smaller state. And he brags about knowing Boy Barry's commie parents, and that he 'was here when the boy was born'. But when asked further about it, he says that his first memories of little Boy Barry are when he was playing T-ball, or something.................
And he CAN'T find the birth certificate, either!!! After flapping his bearded hippie jaws about how he was going to put the whole 'birther' problem to rest!! But........you now CAN buy a copy of Boy Blunder's 'certificate of live birth' from the State of Hawaii for only $100!!!! That will surely help our pathetic economy..................
Conservative values (the slings and arrows)
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 3:58pm.
Hey killa37 - I sympathize with you. Back in ’96, my ship pulled into Pearl Harbor and a friend and I went over to the Commissary (a military subsidized grocery store for you landlubbers) to check out the prices… milk was going for around $4.75 per gallon and we wondered how the junior enlisted with a couple of kids could even afford to buy it – I have no idea how much milk cost on the local economy.
The bottom line is we conservatives who happen to live in states (I used to live in California) controlled by Democrats often get a lot of heat from our fellow conservatives. This is somewhat understandable, although still unfair. The real tragedy is that a lot of non-conservative people keep electing the same politicians singing the same tired tune over and over as if to think their representative is actually looking out for them. This is utter nonsense and so plainly obvious to anyone who has the desire to spend just a few minutes realistically considering possible alternatives.
Good luck! - You're going to need it under Neil "the weasel" Amercrombie.
The Blaze
Submitted by ebayer on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:48pm.
Yeah
You won't see this story OR ANY story critical of Obama,his administration,Democrats or ANY Progressive Liberal on The Blaze anymore.
Ever since the beginning of the year,Glenn Becks so called "News site" has bowed before the progressive alter and quit doing ANY of revealing stories on activism that they had been doing in the months before.
So sad and disturbing.
If Sarah Palin had said this
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 9:53pm.
If Sarah Palin had said this the MSM would have been playing the quote nonstop. The MSM would launch new cable channels for the sole purpose of getting more journalists on the air to make fun of her. But this piece of socialist **** says something clearly stupid and no one cares.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Moaning Joe wouldn't touch this.
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:14pm.
Nope. Not at all. Cowards.
As previous history proves, if Sarah Palin had said it Mika would laugh and laugh and list the two, not three, branches.
Informal poll...
Submitted by JPR1 on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:14pm.
Are we better off with Joe Biden as VP or would Chuck-the Schumck have been a better choice?
Waste of time? No real difference?
Which leads me to...has Dick Cheny ever made such an illconcieved, ridiculously incorrect, statement?
Not likely. He has a functioning mind; Joe or Chuck, mmmmmm...not so much.
Bullfrog Franken as well, every two weeks or so I hear that addel-brained nincompoop on the local AM (7:30 in the morning no less), croaking off his liberal-progressive talking points. Bleccch!
These guys are/were Senators ? We've got problems here.
→ JPR
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:19pm.
It's hard to top "Mubarak isn't a dictator" -- Joe Bite-me
End of poll I guess...
Submitted by JPR1 on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:04pm.
On the utterly stupid remarks scale...Joe pegs the needle again.
Makes Schumer an also-ran. Someone let him know, maybe he'll go away.
Schumer's Demtarded
Submitted by Crash on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:19pm.
But ... he'd still smoke Wolf Blitzer on jeopardy!
That's what is wrong with
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:08pm.
That's what is wrong with Schumer! He has been SMOKING something for the last 40 years.
Wow, this guy really believes
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 10:56pm.
Wow, this guy really believes what he said too. I can't even imagine how dumb Obama is without a teleprompter. Both went to Harvard.
Schumer
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:11pm.
There's a reason the media were quiet about the Schumer gaffe.
I heard Schumer was unavailable for comment because he's been calling people at the Department of the Interior to find someone responsible for changing the carpets in his office.
Birds of A Feather...
Submitted by GeneralAl on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:29pm.
The reason the lamestream won't call out these dumb a's about their gaffes is because they're just as dumb!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
Schumer the schmuck!
Submitted by Armymom on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:43pm.
This guy proves he is a socialist draft-dodging schmuck! He is a disgrace to our country and to those who keep electing idiots like this, they are a disgrace to our country.
It's the new strategy
Submitted by pbthinker on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 12:33am.
The Demcrats, since they're not getting their message out, are trying a new strategy, brainwashing the American Public to forget about the Judiciary Branch because of the Health Care legislation that's being attacked in the courts. I guess if they can get their minions to believe that branch is not REALLY a co-equal branch, it will make it easier to circumvent their decisions.
It's sort of a play on the strategy to say that Fox News wasn't really a news organization, that way news that conflicted with their favorite news sources, wouldn't be considered "real news" just Fox News.
I KID YOU NOT
Submitted by politicalpaw on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 1:21am.
TRMS Hayes warned us about Schumer 2 Fridays ago: http://tinyurl.com/4pyq3yc
The Good News
Submitted by scottyusmc on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 7:12am.
The Good News is that the American people can see this "uncut" and "unfiltered" by the bias filled so-called MSM. Not only does this make Schumer look foolish, but also all those too afraid to mention or acknowledge it on their "news" shows.
Hold on - What the esteemed Senator from New York said
Submitted by FastEd on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 9:58am.
is CORRECT!!!
(if your a liberal or a so called journalist)
Why is everyone surprised? This is the liberal mindset - them versus the electorate, as we're not smart enough to do anything by ourselves.
"We the People . . " Hey, congress - I'm one of the people - start listening!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Who is the Premier of Uzbekastan?
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 7:16pm.
When these clowns have an election debate, it would be interesting if they took the first fifteen minutes and asked them some simple questions regarding how the Constitution works. Not the typical "gotcha" questions, but questions that would have been required of any sixth grader back in the 1950s.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama