Maxine Waters on Meet the Press Two Weeks After Saying 'The Tea Party Can Go Straight to Hell'
David Gregory began Sunday's "Meet the Press" with a roundtable discussion about the future of our nation asking, "Are we having the right conversation about the best way forward?"
Given the subject, it seemed utterly preposterous that one of his panelists was a Congresswoman who just two weeks ago said, "As far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
DAVID GREGORY, HOST: Republicans and Democrats are having the debate. The question is: as a nation, are we having the right conversation about the best way forward? That’s what we’re going to attempt right here this morning. Joining me now…Democratic Congresswoman from Los Angeles Maxine Waters.
Is this the best person to be involved in “the right conversation about the best way forward" for our country?
Consider what she said at a high school gymnasium in Inglewood, California, on August 20:
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS (D-CALIFORNIA): I’m not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. As far as I’m concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.
Should this woman be rewarded for such divisiveness with an appearance on the nation's top Sunday political talk show two weeks later?
Didn't anyone at NBC get the slightest whiff of hypocrisy, especially given the subject matter?
They can't plead ignorance to what she said, for Gregory played it to his audience in the second half of the program and then asked Waters, "It's an applause line, but obviously, Congresswoman, is that really how you win the debate?"
When Waters gave an answer that had absolutely nothing to do with the question, Gregory responded:
GREGORY: Alright, but this is a little bit like fighting the last war. I mean, you know, times have changed. There's populism on the Left, Paul Gigot, and there's populism on the Right. That's what's fueling Rick Perry, that’s what’s fueling the Tea Party. But that's not necessarily what’s getting us to a place of some solutions.
And that's obviously what's fueling folks like Waters. If the host of "Meet the Press" finds it offensive, and doesn't think that's "getting us to a place of some solutions," why have her on?
Unless, of course, she was there specifically so that she could assist him in bashing the Tea Party thereby making the entire Kumbaya premise of this discussion totally hypocritical.
Sadly, it won't be the last time it happens on "Meet the Press" as long as Gregory is the host.
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Maxine Waters
Submitted by Curly on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:35pm.
She along with BHO, Sheila Jackson Lee, Dick Durbin and many others is why STUPID people should not be able to vote!
David Gregory is a shameless, left wing hack!
that bears repeating
Submitted by Rackie on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:19pm.
David Gregory is a shameless, left wing hack!
Just one question
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:40pm.
Did Tim Russert ever invite Ms. Ethical Waters on his show for anything? My guess is no; not a chance. Over these past few years, David Gregory answered the question everyone had when Mr. Russert passed. Was there anyone at NBC News that could fill his shoes? I don't think anyone asks that question any more; and the reason is shows like today.
She was a guest so NBC could again pound the Tea Party
Submitted by cbeyer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:49pm.
The fact that these people are given any credibility is rather amazing but on NBC and MSNBC, anything loony and left is encouraged and supported.
I'll pardon your language, wolf...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:24pm.
but not your staggering and embarrassing idiocy. I have posted absolutely nothing which justified that childish ad hominem. Congratulations on your blatant abuse of NB rules for posting.
Jer
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:33pm.
Pfffft.
Not everyone here sees you as the fine, upstanding, fair minded, altruistic, beat up on ALL the bad guys persona that you apparently see looking back at you from the mirror.
Your quip about 'blatant abuse' of NB rules for posting, is what, an attempt to get another poster banned who said something that you don't agree with or that hurt your feelings?
Now that's childish.
MD
You just have to jump into the middle of everything, don't
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:42pm.
you Matthew--defending a poster who was out of line and you know it. I'm not trying to get anyone banned. If I were, I would be PMing the staff and requesting it.
Go ahead. Defend the indefensible, just because wolf votes the same way you do. Is that what you consider a principled stance? If so, then you lack the principles even a child possesses. And that's infantile.
Jer
Grow up, Jer.---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:10pm.
Odd how you "jumped into" the middle of a lib troll giving me shit, and added to it; then when I jumped back, you came off with the "Lighten up, Matthew, I was just kidding around."
Despite your Herculean efforts, Jer, you can't have it both ways.
I will call you on said attempts.
I like what the wolf has to say; you don't.
I defend what I choose to defend; not what it pleases you to have me defend.
I consider my stances principled enough for what I want out of life, despite the fact that you not only have different principles, but a way of both condemning and attempting to belittle any who choose to disagree with you by labeling their differences as 'embarrassingly idiotic'.
And the wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round.
MD
Are you actually typing that with a straight face, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:22pm.
I assure you that for every occasion I may have jumped into the middle of one of your "dialogues" [more accurately, your customary lib harassment and ridicule], there have been at least twenty such incidents where you have been the "jumper"--just like you were in this instance and hundreds of others. And it's never to add anything of substance, but rather to carp and harangue and belittle and judge with a parade of 50-cent words.
Jer
Whining again, eh Jer?---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:10pm.
Why waste the space?
Long suffering readers here at NB's who have endured the BS back and forth between us two knuckleheads KNOW that I out jump you twenty times to one with my customary lib harassment and ridicule; and that I just carp, harangue, belittle and judge whilst using 50-cent words.
I do take issue, however, with your statement "And it's never to add anything of substance--".
Must be something substantive in there somewhere that causes your panties to be continually riding so high up your --- anatomy.
For the measly sum of five dollars, I will send you a list of ten 50-cent words so that you, too, may become a 50-cent word chucker.
MD
Geez, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:36pm.
...playing the "whining" card for the millionth time. You're the vocabulary wizard. How about coming up with a new and more imaginative insult.
As far as substantive comments, I know you are capable of composing and posting them. I've read some. They're outstanding. They're just too few and far between. I guess it's more fun slinging indiscriminate sh!t at lib posters.
Jer
I know, Jer, that you are capable of substantive comments---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:05pm.
as well.
I've read some.
However, I find that when you are in whining mode, it is much more time efficient to say just that, rather than:
'Jer, are you at all aware that your repertoire of replies, retorts, recriminations, rebuffs, and retaliatory ripostes are eerily reminiscent of remembrances I have of ridiculously repetitive, regurgitative responses that are seemingly made as a result of the user desperately trying to disguise any traces of having reached maturity''?
MD
Only 20 to 1?
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:40pm.
You are getting slow in your young age.
:-)
Hey Matt, I gotta question for you.
How many words could a wordchucker chuck if a wordchucker could chuck words?
We Are The 53%
Depends of who's chucking them
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:57pm.
Dennis Miller is probably the record holder,,,,,, well at least, the understandable record holder
Denny---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:12pm.
Gotta go with Boudin on Dennis Miller; though I ain't sure of the number of words involved when he be chuckin' 'em.
William F. Buckley was a champeen word chucker; he had me continually scrambling for my Funk and Wagnall's.
"Hey you word chuckers, quit chuckin my words!"
What a great line for a plagiarism suit.
MD
How much for a collection of the the 25 cent words?
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:54pm.
I cant spell the 50 cent ones anyway?
Only $2.50, Boudin---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:17pm.
for a list of ten 25-cent words.
Buyer beware - the 25-cent words only have half the impact of the 50-cent words. ;o)
MD
Guess I could
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:34pm.
Double them up?
Stop getting cheaper.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:39pm.
We have enough of the 2 cent words around here to pay down the debt!
We Are The 53%
I would be PMing the staff
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:33pm.
I would be PMing the staff and requesting it
LOL, yeah like you did me and treated me. Jer, get real.
Not really Dan*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:42pm.
PM's are not necessary to point out vulgarity. For some of us, there are boundaries and Denny Crane was kind enough to openly point out those posters in a forum
So what's your point, Dan...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:42pm.
I never denied it. And I did so because you stalked me for months constantly calling me a shyster despite my repeated requests that you stop.
Does that jog your memory?
Jer
Thats your story and I did
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 3:49am.
Thats your story and I did not stalk you shyster
And my story happens to be the truth as those members who
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 8:00pm.
were around at the time are well aware. But, for heaven's sake, things have been okay between us for a long time now. Let's keep it that way.
Jer
I see nothing in this
Submitted by BD on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:12pm.
I see nothing in this post...
"The fact that these people are given any credibility is rather amazing but on NBC and MSNBC, anything loony and left is encouraged and supported. Chris H. Beyer Right of Way Pundit"
...that references you.
So why the outrage?
Because BD...the post that did reference me was
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 7:57pm.
posted by djwolf and it was deleted by the mods [on their own volition--not at my request]. Hope that clarifies the matter for you.
Jer
Understood.
Submitted by BD on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 12:32am.
Understood.
I am stating my opinion,
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:00pm.
and if you don't like it, too bad. Who made you pope of this website's censorship board? The way you talk sure makes you look like the guy that pleaded with the teacher to give out a massive homework assignment during your formative days in school to which led to many schoolyard confrontations. I guess for a liberal self-righteous troll, you appointed yourself to police everyone who says something you may disagree with. I added that little nudge on you because I knew it would surely get a rise on you. You'd probably accuse me of not watching Meet the Depressed and have no right at telling Maxine "Send in the Gangsters" Waters to, indeed go to hell. Whether YOU think it is childish, I couldn't care less.
I'll state my opinions, too, wolf...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:09pm.
But I don't diminish their value by initiating gratuitous personal attacks along with them. If you think your doing so makes you an impressive and much-admired "tough guy", be my guest. I'll let others decide for themselves how intelligent and mature it makes you appear. However, I'm not censoring you or anyone else. You can say whatever you wish and I'll respond as I see fit. Fair enough?
Jer
I have to ask.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:17pm.
Jer, did you get your ass kicked a lot when you were growing up?
Never, bubba....
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:27pm.
Except by my mom who would make me go outside and bring back the appropriate instrument for my "switchin". It's the internet bullies like wolf who generally are still trying to settle old scores from their childhood.
How about you?
Jer
Still trying to set up the MSNBC bar fight.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:31pm.
Not having much luck giving them a chance to kick my old ass.
Well maybe you and I could put on a pretty good show
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:36pm.
in the "senior" league. :-)
Jer
Bad etiquette
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:37pm.
Childish language aside, what djwolf12 did was very bad form.
It's bad posting etiquette to call out another poster on a thread that they haven't posted on. Kinda like talkin smack about then behind their back.
We Are The 53%
Thanks, Denny....
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:48pm.
I notice that wolf's original post has been removed, which, for the record, I had nothing to do with.
Jer
NBC
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:11pm.
Never Been Credible
She's terrified...
Submitted by wizardjr on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:14pm.
that the nation will cut off her Cargo Cult constituency from their freebies. She's nothing more than a kleptocrat representing one of the nation's crappiest districts.
Here's my take on Waters et. al. doing the Tea Party Bash
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:21pm.
I blogged it the other day.
I have an internet pal, motherbelt, aka the Duchess of Duct Tape, from whom I occasionally swipe a catchword or phrase. For example, she will often post “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ~ Inigo Montoya”. And another phrase she is known for in certain circles, is “The Money Quote”, which immediately popped to mind when I read the following:
It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence.
Now in it’s larger context:
And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles. Bush did it; it was bad luck; I inherited this mess. It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?
Here is the entire article, at American Thinker.com, by Matt Patterson. Obama: The Affirmative Action President
Go read the whole article, then ponder for a moment the recent actions of members of the Congressional Black Caucus in light of Patterson’s article. Maxine Waters, saying the Tea Party can go straight to Hell. Frederica Wilson, the Mad Hatter, who called the Tea Party “the real enemy”, and lastly Andre Carson, who literally accused the Tea Party of being a lynch mob, wishing to hang black Americans from trees.
Connecting the dots, the liberal members of the CBC (and the complicit liberal media who condone their comments) are lashing out at the Tea Party because they, too, are as embarrassingly inept as Obama.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Maxine Waters makes the
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:25pm.
Maxine Waters makes the strongest case for why Americans want to cut spending to social programs.
Maxine (Mama Ramona) Waters?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:53pm.
I was having a difficult time trying to understand why Gigot and Goodwin would even appear on the same stage with the fool, but I guess that sometimes you just have to do things you hate.
Besides, after I thought about it, I figured that Goodwin's shoe size and Water's IQ are about the same number. That seems fair.
That wig...
Submitted by bkeyser on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 6:55pm.
whatever holds that thing on is not doin' it.
Cute picture, bk.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:29pm.
I figure the way she babbles, she may be using a nail gun to hold dat thang on.
Bubba, I think you nailed it.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:57pm.
.
Awwwwwwwwwww.c'mon
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:52pm.
Awwwwwwwwwww.c'mon BK..............that thang be called a 'wighat'!!! An that beeeeeyatch be wearin' it cockeyed!!!! Ain't nutthin' but a G-thang, yo???
uhhh...
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:51pm.
She makes me hot.
Do I have issues?
I'm not sure if 'issues' is
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:53pm.
I'm not sure if 'issues' is the right word............I'm not even sure if Freud could come up with one for you, if what you say is true!!
Careful, Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:08pm.
I'm not sure it's safe to reply to his guy if Maxine makes him hot!
We need an intervention, fast!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:59pm.
Nah--I'm OK. Just little comic relief, as if Maxine wasn't funny enough already.
Why she said it
Submitted by Robersire on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 7:58pm.
She just wants company in hell
Did chimp boy Gregory mention
Submitted by Dan Diego on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:15pm.
Did chimp boy Gregory mention the status on that House ethics committee investigation?
It was a ____ cloud hangi, uh shado, ah... dogging her that seems to have disappeared.
low
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:19pm.
NBC couldn't get lower. Right now when they look up, the gutter is all they see. Gregory is pathetic and can imagine what will be said on the 911 special nbc is producing with that jerk plus williams and brokaw. How many side-ways remarks will be made about Pres. Bush??
This is fantastic! Just stand
Submitted by Van Halen on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:17am.
This is fantastic! Just stand back and let the JournOList media shoot themselves in the foot. Maxine Waters? Brought out for the average person to see? She's absolute gold for material Republicans can use to smash over the heads of Democrats. If I were in charge, I'd make sure she spoke for fifteen uninterrupted minutes.
A dispicable woman. She
Submitted by buddyc on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 8:28am.
A dispicable woman. She accused Reagan of having the CIA distribute crack in the black ghettos to ruin the lives of young blacks. She, like Jackson and Sharpton and others has become a millionare off the business of "racism". She is morally and personally corrupt. She has done NOTHING to better the lives of the people in her district.
In simple terms she is PERFECT for NBC. She reflects their values.
Maxine Waters
Submitted by Scott Trent on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 8:56am.
Visualize the Waco, Texas Davidian compound massacre by Government as you listen to this witch scream her Tea Party uglyness... Think about Joe Biden calling American citizens 'terrorists' as visualize the Waco massacre. Some think the US Government should tread lightly when calling American citizens "terrorists".
This Maxine Waters character
Submitted by celator on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 9:17am.
This Maxine Waters character exemplifies a statement I heard someone make the other day: the gap between the US government and its citizens today is equivalent to the gap between the colonists and King George III. Pretty startling statement, but food for thought.
Thats 'food stamps' for
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:54pm.
Thats 'food stamps' for thought, celator...........
The minute I saw this bitch
Submitted by jessieH on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 11:37am.
The minute I saw this bitch was on the show, I changed the channel. She is one of the problems in Washington. She, like most every liberal in office, think they are royalty, that they should get special treatment. Meanwhile, her district in LA is a slum. Yet, she calls American citizens slanderous names, thells them to go to hell. Just who the hell does she think she is, Pelosi? Where is the investigation into her ethics violations?
Hey, Maxine.
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 11:50am.
Go straight to hell, don't pass go, don't collect two hundred dollars. How's that, racist?
Embarrassment
Submitted by Gat New York on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 11:59am.
I am friends with a number of African Americans - none grew up privileged and all are educated and have achieved some degree of success. All are embarrassed with kooks like Maxine Waters and Al Sharpton and view them as the old characterization of African Americans.
Waters has always been a bigot as well as having highly questionable ethics.
Her comments on the Tea Party only show her fear of her days in power being numbered. Her appearance on Meet The Press was astounding stupid on the part of Gregory who was simply looking to achieve ratings knowing that Wallace would have Cheney. Giving a platform for Waters to call for a trillion dollar jobs program is exactly what Obama does not need now - dumb demogoguery.
But I'm sure they confronted her on her defense of Fannie/Fred
Submitted by krendler on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:38pm.
back in 2005, when she insisted "there is no crisis at Freddie / Fannie" under "outstanding leadership of Franklin Raines" etc etc
Amazing to watch the msm treat this woman as if she had a shred of intelligence or credibility. Why not have Margot Kidder or Joan Rivers on to discuss the economy? Would be every bit as credible/persuasive/informative.
Before I had a clue who
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 6:33am.
Before I had a clue who Waters was, back when I still watched Bill Maher, she said the people in underwater houses were tricked by the eeeevil bankers into buying more house than they could afford - must have been right after the crash? Anyway, I remember how offensive I thought that was - that she thought those buyers were *that* stupid and that the bankers would knowingly put people into houses they'd default on - where is the upside???
Ronald Reagan
I take a different tack on the MSM appearances
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 10:17am.
I want the MSM to stick Waters, Carson, Trumka, Wasserman-Schultz, Krugman, and all the rest on the screen as often as they can. While they may appeal to many on the Left, they are their own worst enemies when it comes to persuading independents. Let them rant on the screen for all to see and judge.