Pat Buchanan and John McLaughlin Finally Silence Eleanor Clift: 'Hold it' - 'Quiet'
There was a truly delicious moment on this weekend's "McLaughlin Group" that's guaranteed to please conservatives from coast to coast.
During a heated discussion about President Obama's call to end tax breaks for corporate jet purchases, Pat Buchanan and John McLaughlin literally silenced Newsweek's Eleanor Clift much to her dismay (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ELEANOR CLIFT, NEWSWEEK: We should get another view here, when the corporate jet caucus is done convening.
MORT ZUCKERMAN: Oh, that's nonsense.
CLIFT: This is a symbolic issue. Do you remember the $400 toilet seats that the Pentagon had to defend several years ago?
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, HOST: I do.
CLIFT: This is the kind of thing that people understand, and when you look at the tax code, it is riddled with tax breaks for special interests.
JAMES PETHOKOUKIS, REUTERS: Eleanor, do you remember the yacht tax that killed the yacht industry? Put thousands out of work? It's the exact same thing.
CLIFT: The corporate jet…
MCLAUGHLIN: Let Pat in.
PAT BUCHANAN: This is demagoguery. Hold it Eleanor, hold it!
CLIFT: You’re telling me to, quit telling me to hold it. I stopped talking several minutes ago.
MCLAUGHLIN: Quiet.
Now that's must-see TV!
I'm thinking of putting in a loop and watching it over and over and over...
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Yeah, Eleanor!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 7:47pm.
Yeah, Eleanot, that's us! We can't tell the difference between the government overspending on a crapper cover and the purchases of individuals and corporations.
Eleanor, you have no right to pontificate on our stupidity simply because a rag-mag that sold for $1 pays your salary.
Give her a break. She's just
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 7:52pm.
Give her a break. She's just doing her job as Obama's mouthpiece on the show.
What I enjoyed about that moment was the silencing of someone whose voice sounds like that sound of nails scratching along a blackboard.
First Mark Shields and then Eleanor Clift...
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 7:50pm.
...this is a bonus day for conservatives!
One has to ask how many times Eleanor has flown on a corporate jet while she drones on ad nauseam.
Nothing like the smell of sputtering hypocritical liberal to make a good 4th of July!
She is so sad
Submitted by hbest on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 7:51pm.
Sad, so sad. She is a useful idiot, just for who I don't know.
Poor, poor Eleanor.......
Submitted by Herbster on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 7:55pm.
Eleanor. There are idiots and there are PRACTICING idiots, As Goethe famously said, "There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." This is Eleanor.....week in and week out. I'm convinced they keep her around just for laughs.
Hell even the NYT and Wash
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:04pm.
Hell even the NYT and Wash Post have refuted the jet stupidity. good god lady, shut up while you were ahead.
No more proof needed
Submitted by wingnut55 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:04pm.
What more proof do we need that she doesn't know what she is talking about. "...I stopped talking several minutes ago." This clearly shows that her mouth is going when her brain isn't in gear as yet.
LOL!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:46am.
I stopped talking several minutes ago. The sound you hear is just my voice echoing in my empty skull!
Substitute any talkinghead liberal, such as Alan Colmes or
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:04pm.
Juan Williams, for Elinor Clift and you obtain the same result: a loud, unintelligent rant filled with banalities.
America The Beautiful Flash Mob Food Court
Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance
Archie Bunker is not happy with Obama
Awesome
Submitted by owlpellets on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:11pm.
Every time i tend to doubt, I'm shown that there is a God. Also, look at what trial lawyers did to the light aircraft companies.
I'm thinking about saving the
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:12pm.
I'm thinking about saving the video, too, for the benefit of all of those who insist an anti-Obama viewpoint never gets a fair hearing on PBS: Four against poor little Eleanor.
Jer
Did you miss it?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:47pm.
Did you miss the part where Clift said: "You're telling me to, quit telling me to hold it. I stopped talking several minutes ago."
She stopped talking and kept rambling, and had to be told to be quiet. What else are you gonna do, let her run out air time so that the others can't get a word in after she stopped talking several minutes ago?
About time they started saying something.
-Jon
I watched the entire telecast last night, jon...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 9:14pm.
So I didn't miss anything. How about you?
Jer
Nice try
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 9:47pm.
Nice try on the provoke.
-Jon
Thanks...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:00pm.
I'll take that as an "I watched every single second of the 45-second excerpt Noel posted."
Jer
Getting rowdy?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:44pm.
Seems like you get a bit rowdy now and then and I just checked, we're getting close to a New Moon which affects tidal forces as much as a Full Moon does, and you're getting rowdy now.
Coincidence? Hmm.
-Jon
Getting an early start on the 4th
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:16am.
with a fifth makes me a little ornery, too.
;-)
Have a nice holiday.
Jer
Well, I DVR and watch it
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:05pm.
Well, I DVR and watch it every week, and she does tend to talk over others, gets snippy when they return the favor, and is just generally nasty to others. I watch the show to see if they have any insights I haven't already heard/thought of myself, and what comes out of her mouth I hear on MJ and see in the msm.
Ronald Reagan
Definitely save it, Jer.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:56pm.
Add it to your Poor, Dumb, Bewitch file of things ugly, liberal women say.
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Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:26pm.
of NPR's annual output actually demonstrated an anti-Obama atmosphere in a miniscule segment of one program?
Proof at last that liberals are fair.
I'm really sorry I missed that.
MD
Jer
Submitted by well99 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 11:49pm.
That is a good idea.It will be consider a rare item and worth a fortune.
$400 toilets?
Submitted by Fredy on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:19pm.
I wonder if they realize the local big box store sells toilets for $400? Sorry, but this anecedote of government spending excess is way out of date!
The budget is short by trillions and some of these commenters just do not understand the scope of the problem.
You missed the point
Submitted by falcon on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:26am.
The comment was in regards to toilet seats that the Pentagon was paying upwards of $400 for (that were being installed on military airlift aircraft and tankers - charges by the contractor). This was NOT in regards to toilets that we buy on a daily basis for our homes (I paid $500 for a toilet seven years ago). And it wasn't an "anecdote," it was proven fact in Congressional testimony.
Don't equate Government overspending with the fact that the stuff we buy for ourselves is expensive. We understand the scope of the problem perfectly well - in fact, there are plenty of other anecdotes of Government overspending; just look up F-35 and you'll see a big one. (And that's just one example.)
Perhaps you should do a little more study on the "scope of the problem."
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.” – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
Don't equate Government overspending with soaking
Submitted by ThisnThat on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:31am.
the taxpayers, until you can prove that the Government never changed the requirements, schedule, or number of units for things like the F-35, or can show that all the technology requested was off-the-shelf and readily available/known about/fully understood when the contract was awarded. The end result -- expensive -- doesn't always equate to the verbalized cause -- corruption by the Contractor.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
That photo...
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:32pm.
perfectly captures the typical liberal woman...angry, nasty and homely, and it
also explains why they hate Michelle's and Sarah's guts...
To be fair......
Submitted by owlpellets on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 8:27pm.
I am dating myself a bit but the $400 was for a toilet lid. OTOH the dem congress at the time needed their beaks whettened.
Leftist Media Hacks self-immolating
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 9:04pm.
It is delicious to see Leftist media hacks everywhere bursting into enraged flame as everything they believe and want is collapsing around them. From the enraged Paul Krugman to the can't-stop-screeching 'Ms.' Clift, I love what's happening!!
Whoa, and I missed it!
Submitted by ironhead4099 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 9:49pm.
Finally, it's about time! I've waited for years for someone to tell Elenor Clift-Notes to SHUT THE HELL UP!, and I missed it! This woman spends all her time on that show talking out of her nasty ASS!
Out Of Control Eleanor
Submitted by OldNavyChief on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 9:50pm.
It's high time some told Clift to zip it.
Somebody get a stopwatch...
Submitted by Tom1969ca on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 9:54pm.
CLIFT: The corporate jet…
MCLAUGHLIN: Let Pat in.
PAT BUCHANAN: This is demagoguery. Hold it Eleanor, hold it!
CLIFT: You’re telling me to, quit telling me to hold it. I stopped talking several minutes ago.
Several minutes, Eleanor?
She started to say something about corporate jets, McLaughlin says, "Let Pat in" (three sylables), followed by, "This is demagoguery. Hold it, Eleanor, hold it!" (14 sylables.)
Just how slowly were McLaughlin and Buchanan speaking that it took them "several minutes" to get 17 sylables out?
(Besides which, there are elipsis after the word "jet" in Clift's truncated sentence - meaning she was cut off by McLaughlin. She makes it sound like she voluntarily stopped talking. Like that would ever happen...)
She's such a know-nothing know-it-all, I'm going to start calling her Clift Clavin...
You didn't get the memo on the left's
Submitted by ThisnThat on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:18pm.
redefinition of "minutes"? Then you probably also missed the left's memos redefining
and all the other instant gratification feel-good-let's-do-it words that have no meaning left in them.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
So..... the governments
Submitted by ant on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:18pm.
So..... the governments limousine fleet has supposedly grown by 73% since mr. Hope and Change took office, think Eleanor might want to talk over everyone about that too?
For a second there . . . .
Submitted by Clemenza on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:25pm.
I thought Pat was going to tell Eleanor to "Stifle".
YEA!
Submitted by Keith Phillips on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:41pm.
I stopped watching the McLaughlin Group many years ago because of her. I think she invented the continous talking over everyone and getting upset if anyone tries to get a word in edgewise. Not saying that the forehead or his friend Mr. cowbell are not good at it, I just think she was first and is still the best at yelling, getting mad, and just plain talking over anyone.
A question-
Submitted by Ashrak on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:46pm.
Has anyone ever asked this lady if "tax breaks" for "the poor" are among the "special interest group" exemptions that she describes? Additionally, how much additional revenue" government would gain by "eliminating" them?
Talking 'heads' on McLaughlin Group
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 11:39pm.
It’s time to put that “toilet seat” issue down for good.
To begin, it was no toilet seat but a molded fiberglass shroud used to cover the entire unit.
The shrouds were replacements for P-3C Orion antisubmarine aircraft that had been flown for 25 years. The shrouds had been discontinued and required the manufacturer to completely redesign, retool, and manufacture them from scratch - requiring the creation of molds that had not been used in decades.
The initial cost for the 54 shrouds, including the cost of the equipment to manufacture them, was $34,560.
However, after complaints of overcharging by the Pentagon, the cost was REDUCED by $29,165 and refunded leaving a per unit cost of around $100.
Of course FACTS never stand in the way of liberals who, even when presented with them over and over, simply repeat their bogus accusations again and again.
It’s all they have.
Excellent
Submitted by falcon on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:31am.
Thanks for re-exposing those facts to light. I had forgotten that they weren't really "seats." I do recall some Congressional testimony about that issue, though, so it's not really an "anecdote," but the Left wants to turn it into the poster child for defense spending (and its rationale for cutting same).
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.” – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
And of course
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:35am.
back then we only had the MSM's take on things. Now we have blogs and conservative news sites for evening things out.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Here's a classic
Submitted by OxyCon on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 11:56pm.
Monica Crowley laughing in Clift's face:
http://tinyurl.com/3k32sxp
SHUT THE HELL UP! Is that
Submitted by fatboy on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 1:14am.
SHUT THE HELL UP! Is that any more clear?
A Beautiful Thought by Chris Norman
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 1:52am.
I just wish that McLaughlin had thug "security guards" like Jerry Springer who would "escort" Clift off the set, screeching....
Loopholes for special
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 2:03am.
Loopholes for special interests... I think Eleanor Clift just figured out one of the vices of big government... nah, that's giving her way too much credit.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonClift is merely another one
Submitted by Andrew H. on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 2:40am.
Clift is merely another one of the many reasons we do not buy Newspeak and haven't for years.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
Newsweak
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 9:54am.
The Brits sure are up in arms over the cover on Newsweak of Princess Di and Kate. Inside they developed a Facebook page for her. They should be . Let her RIP.
Remember the Luxury Tax on Yachts
Submitted by ahusser on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 7:52am.
How well did that go. Closed businesses and laid off employees. That is how raising/and or high taxation (and Obama care) really work. Couple taxes with bureaucratic over regulation of any and all industry and you get recession and stagnation. Just use Greece as an example of Socialism gone wild (and God forbid that you try to take any of those percs away). Pols are afraid of such things as a flat tax or any innovative (read fair) tax system as they would lose the power to use taxes as weapons (as the dems do) or as instruments of policy (as all pols do).
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
i had a bunch of friend that
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:00am.
i had a bunch of friend that lost their jobs at Hatteras Yachts. They are starting to recover. Hatteras is also building Cabo Yachts here. Many have been called back to work. Others have taken other jobs. They are afraid to give up the job they have because they don't trust the economy under Obummer. Hatteras paid farily well for this area.
Ocassionaly I get to see the new yatchs going down the river to the ocean for their sea trials. Haven't seen that much in recent years.
"I stopped talking several minutes ago"
Submitted by krendler on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 9:43am.
LOL. Shades of Ty Webb from Caddy Shack:
"OK. I'm not talking. I've stopped talking. Be the ball, Danny..."
What About General Electric's Tax Break? They pay $0 in Taxes!
Submitted by Nightfly on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:34am.
Obama's favorite company enjoys one of the biggest tax breaks and we're talking about corporate jet tax breaks and $400 toilet seats??? Someone ask Eleanor about GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and his cozy relationship with Obama. Apparently that's not one of the tax breaks Obama wants to eliminate.
Obama says Eliminating Tax Breaks when it really raising taxes!
Submitted by Nightfly on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:39am.
Obama is not talking about eliminating elusive tax loopholes used by ultra-wealthy individuals and corporations. He really means raising taxes on couples making over $250,000 annually and individuals that make over $200,000 annually. Those are the very people who own the small businesses in this country and are responsible for creating most of the jobs. Obama doesn't want to drive our economy into the ditch, he wants to drive it off a cliff.
Hey, Eleanor:
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:37am.
the toilet seat thing wasn't a "few years ago", it was three DECADES ago. Try to get your brain to catch up with your mouth and get the two coordinated.
Memory Lane
Submitted by IrateNate on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 12:13pm.
I don't suppose it would be a good time to bring up the $700 hammer...
Only under one condition
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 7:26pm.
That we can use it to play Whack-A-Troll or Whack-A-Liberal.
Remember the yacht tax?
Submitted by Mike009 on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:43pm.
I remember the $400 toilet seats. I also remember when Congress passed a tax on luxury yachts. It didn't raise much money or punish rich people. It only caused a lot of ordinary workers who built/maintained those yachts to lose their jobs. You'd think they'd have learned, but no.
Liberals can't learn
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 10:38pm.
Liberals can't learn anything when the facts/outcome flies in the face of what they "believe" to be true. Liberal beliefs trump facts and reality every time (in their world of Skittle-s#itting unicorns and milk-chocolate rivers where no-one ever dies and everyone is good but only if they think exactly like them...)
Amen
Submitted by IrateNate on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 12:12pm.
I completely agree. Facts seem to be silly things that stand in the way of liberal ideology, whereas reality is where said ideology goes to die.
Great Picture...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 7:08pm.
...That one shot looks like The Emperor in Star Wars using "The Force" to stop Luke...
Yessssssss...
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 7:42pm.
Feeeeeel the haaaaaaate.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Stopped Talking
Submitted by bknownst on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 8:13am.
This bimbo is your typical Democommunist. Idiot says "I stopped talking several minutes ago". Notice the entire clip is less than a minute? Joe Bite me thinks j-o-b-s is a 3 letter word and Comrade President Obayme had been to 57 states so far back in 2008. The libtards want voters to think Republican candidates are stupid? The Obamasiah doesn't even know the age of his children but, "He's the smartest President we've ever had" according to the Propaganda wing (media) of his party. Darn we've must have had complete morons for past Presidents!