Scarborough Scolds Brzezinski: 'She Didn't Cross-examine Ron [Suskind] When He Wrote Books About Bush'
Mika Brzezinski gave quite a cold shoulder to author Ron Suskind Tuesday whose new book "Confidence Men" paints an unflattering picture of the Obama White House.
Doing her best Clarence Darrow, Brzezinski grilled her "Morning Joe" guest leading Joe Scarborough to smartly observe, "She didn't cross-examine Ron when he wrote books about Bush like this" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
MIKA BRZEZINSKI, CO-HOST: I have a couple of questions about the women.
RON SUSKIND: Anything, yeah.
BRZEZINNSKI: Alright, so do you point out in the book that there are more women in high level positions than in any other administration in this presidency?
SUSKIND: I say that he has a murderers' row of women in senior positions throughout which are incredibly accomplished.
BRZEZINSKI: Okay, and did you refer to the Lily Ledbetter Act and the effort toward women in small businesses and lifting them up, things like that?
SUSKIND: No. In this, I thought that would sort of…
JOE SCARBOROUGH, CO-HOST: Hold on a second, Clarence Darrow.
SUSKIND: They can go to Google for that.
BRZEZINSKI: I have a few more questions. Are there any dates, titles or statistics or quotes wrong…
SCARBOROUGH: It’s fascinating she didn't cross-examine Ron when he wrote books about Bush like this.
BRZEZINSKI: Let’s see, let me look. One…
SCARBOROUGH: No, seriously.
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. I just want to ask, are there any dates, quotes or statistics wrong in the book?
A few minutes later as the segment drew to a close:
SCARBOROUGH: Come back tomorrow, we would like to talk more. Mika Darrow has more questions for you on cross-examination.
SUSKIND: Mika, let’s have coffee, you can cross.
BRZEZINSKI: Hey, why don't I get you a cup of coffee? Yeah.
SUSKIND: That’s good.
SCARBOROUGH: What does that mean? I don't even know what that means.
WILLIE GEIST: That's unfair.
SCARBOROUGH: Oh, seriously.
GEIST: That’s a cheap shot.
MIKE BARNICLE: Flag.
SCARBOROUGH: Seriously, you know what?
SUSKIND: That's all I'm getting these days - cheap shots.
UNKNOWN: Mika joined with a cheap shot.
BRZEZINKSKI: Rashida Jones is next.
SCARBOROUGH: She loved you when you were writing about George Bush.
In fairness, conservatives loving Suskind now likely felt the same way about him back then as Mika does today. Funny how that works.
However, she's supposed to be a professional commentator at this point, and as the host of a so-called "news" network program, she should be able to do a far better job of hiding her new-found disdain for her invited guest.
Or would that be too much like journalism?
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I didn't watch the interview
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 7:26pm.
What kind of questions did Mika ask? Were they along the lines of:
"Are there many pictures in your book?"
"Are the words very hard to understand?"
"Does the book have a sequel coming out."
she's to dumb
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 7:32pm.
just plain dumb.
Brzesinski is so weak she read Suskind the WH talking points
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 7:33pm.
How much more obvious can you get?
Missing from the clip is when Brezinski asks him if he interviewed the First Lady's chief of staff, as if that mattered when it came to WH economic meetings.
I'm sure daddy was proud though.
That was in fact the funniest
Submitted by FAR52 on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:36am.
That was in fact the funniest part. Suskind's reaction to her was classic -- a kind of "are you kidding me with that question" look on his face. Why in the world would Suskind interview Michelle's chief of staff?
she should be getting the
Submitted by DWoSD on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 8:02pm.
she should be getting the coffee
It's going to be fun to watch
Submitted by Van Halen on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 8:09pm.
It's going to be fun to watch reruns of these two on the days:
1) Obama drops out of the race.
2) A Republican beats Hillary to the White House in 2012.
I'll take that action, Van!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:43am.
Obama is so self-absorbed and self-deluded he's already planning his second term. He'll never bow.....except to foreign leaders, of course.
I'll take that action, Van!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:44am.
Obama is so self-absorbed and self-deluded he's already planning his second term. He'll never bow.....except to foreign leaders, of course.
Suskind's book
Submitted by Gary Hall on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 8:29pm.
I'm just going to go out on a limb here (LOL) and guess that just about any national MSM outlet that dares to venture out here and mention Suskind's book about this Obama WH, will treat him, and his book, the way that Mika and Ann Curry did (see other posts on NB).
Then, it will suddenly go away. Never to be mentioned again, and certainly never to be brought up in future discussions by this MSM.
I wonder if Wolf Blittzer, CNN, will wear the other shoe as well. Here, he interviews Suskind in 2008, going straight after Bush asking Suskind to share information with Congress so that they can get to the bottom of the Bush administration, and talking impeachment.
This would really make for a good study. Not only the obvious bias - but, I'd bet the MSM interviews with Suskind this time around will be in the 30 second to a minute range. Blitzer's interview with Suskind was almost 11 minutes in length.
(;~./ gary
Like any other rabid Obamaphile...
Submitted by KyWriter on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 8:48pm.
...Mika takes umbrage when her hero's warts are revealed. She is certainly a daddy's girl.
It doesn't matter how many women BO has in high positions
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:10pm.
Because he doesn't actually meet with his official cabinet. How often was Hilary bypassed by Obama?
Obama doesn't like women. I don't know if it's the muslim thing, having a mom who didn't seem to care much for his welfare, or it's from being married to Michele.
"Obama doesn't like
Submitted by celator on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:16pm.
"Obama doesn't like women."...that's the sense I get from him also. Don't know if it's really the case, but that's the vibe I get. Probably more of a sense of he's not sure how to relate to them.
I'm not sure if it's that he
Submitted by gajim on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 1:22pm.
I'm not sure if it's that he just doesn't like women. I'm convinced that his narcissism quotient is off the grid, leaving no room to "like" anyone but himself.
Or, Rad---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:23pm.
there might well be another reason.
Maybe Obama just dislikes women half of the time.
There have been rumors.
Being married to the Glare Bear, though, undoubtedly contributes amply to a sense of disharmony in Paradise.
MD
Matthew
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:28pm.
Someone posted this the other day, http://moonbattery.com/?p=2301 I think it relates to what you refer to. :)
Rad---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:35pm.
I shall take the high road here; and say that with DADT having being repealed - Obama as CIC makes a bit more sense. :o)
MD
1 st. photo, is that the blue man group BOWING to the bower iC
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:58pm.
How's does it feel to have a clown bow before you? Eww I see your faces.
Let's praise the fly slap heard around the room Que @ 0:07....
Now where were we, ahh 44 th. President. Another year to crumble America.
You Didn't Build That.
Mika's Brain
Submitted by greydawg on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:21pm.
There's more depth to the makeup around Mika's mouth than there is to her thoughts. TV may not have a more transparent Obama syrup-sipper. You can turn off the sound on Morning Joe and know what's being said. If she's perky, conservatives are being bashed. If she's pouting, somebody must have had the audacity to say something unpleasant about her Chosen One. Can you imagine being married to a dumb shrew like that?
Mika's Brain
Submitted by greydawg on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:21pm.
There's more depth to the makeup around Mika's mouth than there is to her thoughts. TV may not have a more transparent Obama syrup-sipper. You can turn off the sound on Morning Joe and know what's being said. If she's perky, conservatives are being bashed. If she's pouting, somebody must have had the audacity to say something unpleasant about her Chosen One. Can you imagine being married to a dumb shrew like that?
Meeeka had her angry face on
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:46am.
TRUE STORY Greydawg, my wife is usually drying her hair at some point in the morning when I have this on before work and I CAN ALWAYS tell by the smile and 13 year old cheerleader clapping by MEEEEEEEKA that a Republican is being bashed or Obambi is being praised.
Your post is SPOT ON and scientifically proven.
Proven a lot more than her qualifications to be a jowhorenalist (two reasons maybe???????) or of Obambi being Presendent.
Pavlov's Dog
Submitted by djwolf12 on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 9:31pm.
Everyime I see Bubbles Brzezinski on TV, whenever she gets this confused look on her face, The WH talking points always comes out whenever she doesn't understand something. It is like someone from the WH that infiltrated the MSLSD studios is ringing Pavlov's bell from behind the camera and she just starts yammering away with pro- Marxist nonsense.
Hey Bubbles, do they give you carrots and make you do twirls for being a good little commie?
Journalism at MESSNBC?
Submitted by Rush Fan on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 11:11pm.
Now that is VERY FUNNY.
Gee. You'd think - as a woman and a liberal - she'd be outraged
Submitted by krendler on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 11:23pm.
at the revelations and quotes - backed up with Suskind's audio recording of the interviews - concerning the treatment of women in the Obama white house. But somehow, that is not where her concern lies. Her concern is damage control and protecting The One. Attack the messenger.
Isn't this the dip$$hit that said something along the lines of "How could I possibly be considered liberal. My brother is a conservative."
Along with Ann Curry, one of the stupidest people on network/cable news.
HEY JOE
Submitted by BobAnthony on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 6:38am.
Don't ya know who your co-host's daddy is?! THE FOUNDER OF THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION AND THE MAN WHO FOUNDED AL-QAEDA OR AL-CIA-DA! BUT THEN AGAIN THIS IS MOCKINGBIRD S NBCIA WE ARE POSTING ABOUT HERE!
The reason the media is corrupt? Two words...OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD!
MOCKINGBIRD - The Subversion Of The Free Press By The CIA
Mika BRZEZINSKI
Submitted by totsotvaitn on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:45am.
has one talent. Making faces. She must practice in front of her mirror for hours to fine tune the facial contortions she displays for three hours on the Morning Joe Show. Whatever MSNBC pays Mika it is way too much.
She is Morning Joe's Human Emoticon
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:53am.
Her principal function appears to be to accentuate others' statements with appropriate winces, smirks, grins, frowns, et al.
Morning Joe
Submitted by Hawgdrvr on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:00pm.
I never watch this show because I prefer Fox and Friends. However, as I was surfing through yesterday I paused on MSNBC. How long did it take to confirm what a shallow airhead Mika is? About a nanosecond!
Rude comment
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 12:02pm.
That is one dumb blonde bitch.
Go to any
Submitted by Bob K on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 1:13pm.
leftist website with a search function and type in Suskind's name. When you read the comments you will laugh........they really DID love him for his writings way back when. Now? Not so much.
Mika
Submitted by malefecent928 on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 3:50pm.
Mika: mommy i told them everthing daddy wrote on my smart cards and they just laughed.
Momma: Don"t vorry kichie baba they just don"t see your special talents. next time don"t listen to your father, the old fart still thinks Carter is president. He is sitting in back room with da moron twins Keith and tingle legs.
Mika: Don"t they ever go home?
Momma: They don"t think I know but they"re back there watching that Alaska show with that Palin woman. They like her big boobies. I vood vote for her over mister big ears.
(snickering and giggles from the other room)
Momma: Papa tell the moron twins to shut up.
Papa: It was keith, he just saw some nice mountain peaks.
Interview With Poor, Poor Meek-UGGGGGGGGGGHH
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 3:57pm.
Meek-Uggggggh, can you tell me something meaningful today?
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. Head Bob, Eye Roll. Repeat."
Meek-Uggggggh, can you tell me why you are dressed like a homeless tramp?
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. Head Bob, Eye Roll. Repeat. I don't make enough money. Boo-hoo"
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