Gregory Tells Reid 'Democrats Haven't Put Together a Budget in a Year' - It's Been Almost Three
By Noel Sheppard | January 15, 2012 | 17:59
The lack of current events knowledge demonstrated by today's anchors and political commentators is often breathtaking.
On Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory actually told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), "Democrats haven't put together a budget in a year." Actually, it's been almost three years (video follows with transcript and commentary):
DAVID GREGORY, HOST: Talk about who should have the most influence in this new year and Gallup has a poll that was very interesting. I'll put it up on the screen. Forty-six percent said President Obama, but 42 percent said Republicans in Congress and this is after you and President Obama had been out there campaigning saying it's all the Republicans' fault. They're standing in the way. They won't get anything done, yet it's pretty tight between who should have most influence, whether it should be the president or Republicans.
SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NEVADA): We know that we have a unique form of government, a Constitution which I think has been the most defining document in the history of the world for having good government. We have three separate equal branches of government. And the only way you get things done is not having one dictate what happens, not, not the legislative branch, not the executive branch or the judiciary. It's all a balance and that's what I think that we have to look forward this coming year. We haven't had that balance because we've had one arm of our bicameral legislature that has said we're going to do nothing except go after Obama. That's not the way we get things done.
MR. GREGORY: But you know what they're saying. I mean, look, you run the Senate. Democrats haven't put together a budget in a year. The Republicans in the House are doing that. So you can say that they're, you know, holding the process hostage, but they're actually getting things done. That's the argument they've made. Are they wrong?
The last time Senate Democrats created a budget was when they passed their version of President Obama's in April 2009.
As such, it's approaching three years since the Senate Majority Leader and his Party proposed a budget and brought it to the floor for a vote.
If this immutable fact was raised by a member of the press every time a Democrat like Reid had the nerve to complain about Republican obstructionism, maybe there'd be less gridlock the media find so offensive.
Of course, that would also prevent Obama and his Party from blaming all that ails the nation on the GOP, so don't count on it happening.
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I hope you have more posts coming
Submitted by zenman1661 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:09pm.
dealing with that interview. This was just one of many outrageous questions and answers I heard this morning. I basically spent the whole time cursing at the TV. And the entire time that senile fool had a smug look on his face.
As delusional as Reid is...
Submitted by KyWriter on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:44pm.
...he probably thought he was being succinct and witty. Reid doesn't know the difference between a bon mot and a bon bon. He is going to be so disappointed this fall.
So when Baboonface told this
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:14pm.
So when Baboonface told this lie the the Weasel, did the Weasel correct him??? Somehow I doubt it..............
Of course not..
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:17pm.
It was the perfect scenario. David Gregory lowballs the negative truth, and the responsible party is the only person in the room, and surely isn't going to correct the negativity with the real, more damning negativity.
And heck, since he didn't correct him, I guess 1 year is the correct number.........say any liberal sheeple watching.
I guarantee you somewhere in America tomorrow, a discussion will occur where a liberal, who knows nothing else, uses that 1 year number to correct someone who says 3.
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
Do-nothing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Submitted by Phryj1 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:25pm.
He blocks 30 jobs bills and multiple attempts to cut spending and balance the budget, and then blames the GOP for obstructing and not working with him. Everything he has done is just to make sure the Tea Party fails to get any part of it's agenda, but claims the Tea Party is only trying to make sure Obama fails. During his tenure as majority leader, unemployment and debt have doubled, but he blames Bush for the unemployment and the debt. He decries divisiveness, political games, and gridlock while he marginalizes conservatives and ensures nothing gets done, unless he can gain political points from it.
Reid is a lying, opportunistic, knee-jerk hyper-partisan hypocrite. If the RNC had any sense at all, they would be running against HIM as much as possible throughout the 2012 campaign season.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
He told the GOP to ditch the
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:21pm.
He told the GOP to ditch the Tea party and he could work with them. Is he going to ditch the Soros' funded organizations, unions, occupiers, commie bastards, etc?
Dingy Harry said the Tea Party is dying out. He just crapped in his mess gear. They will be stronger than ever now.
And they do this crap......
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:19pm.
......because know they have 99% of the media on their side to parrot all the charges.
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
do you realize....
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:21pm.
do you realize the _alls that gregory took asking that question. That sounds like a MIKA question....
It is a target rich environment. And the GOP lobs duds.
Submitted by acaiguana on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:22pm.
I mean it is so easy.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
So true Aca. I cannot
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:46pm.
So true Aca.
I cannot believe NO ONE in the GOP is countering anything that Dingy Harry, Bella Pelosi or Debbie Wheresmybrain Schultz spew.
How hard is it for them (the GOP) to mention the TRUTH? C'mon, it is not that hard to show how the Dims lie. I would like to see Allen West or Marco Rubio to respond to this BS that Dingy Harry is saying today.
The Tea Party is one of the best things that has happened to this country. Lord knows how much worse we would be if they did not have an effect on the 2010 elections. If Boehner, Cantor and McConnel had a freakin spine this country just might have been on a quicker road to recovery.
And what was Dingy Harry's
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:56pm.
And what was Dingy Harry's response to Gregory? Did he say, "Actually, David, it's been three years."?
<Chris Matthews imitation> HA!
Gregory, like the other MSM
Submitted by celator on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:27pm.
Gregory, like the other MSM on-air big shots, just makes stuff up. Everyone has figured that out by now. Reid, on the other hand, can't figure out what time of day it is. Thst show would get better ratings using two dancing figure puppets than these two characters.
Time for Boehner to Man Up
Submitted by kch50428 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:54pm.
And tell Dingy Harry there will be no joint session scheduled for the state of the union until the Senate acts on the most recent House budget.
Yeah, right
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:57pm.
I'm sure that'll happen. /sarc
-Jon
Yeah, maybe ol' Spineless
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:00pm.
Yeah, maybe ol' Spineless Boneless will tell Boy Barry to tell that to Harry the Weasel the next time he is caddying for the Messiah............if he doesn't start crying first. And since when did Boy Barry need a budget??? He's got an UNLIMITED budget!!
Thought
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:44pm.
Gregory was the smartest thing since he took over MTP. One would think he should know about a no budget pres. He probably threw it out there to be a tough appearing interviewer not realizing he came across dumber the dirty harry and that takes talent!!
Ah, Media Bias is Alive and Well
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:55pm.
First of all, I can't believe that David Gregory doesn't know how long it's been since the Senate proposed and passed a budget. The problem is, had he actually told the truth, a lot of the people, watching his show, would be aghast. A year really doesn't quite sound as bad, it sounds more like an oversight, 3 years begins to sound purposeful, and I'm sure it is.
Gregory, had he wanted to treat Reid like a Republican, would have also mentioned that the Senate hasn't passed a budget from the President. He would have also noted that one of the president's budgets was defeated 97-0. That might wake some people up and, of course, NBC wouldn't want to really do their job and inform the public.
And the House sent its budget over in April
Submitted by merly1 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 9:18pm.
and Reid let it die in the Senate................
At Least NBC's "Grand Wizard" (Gregory) ...
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 12:12pm.
... is dimly aware budgeting is an issue for the DemoHacks. He's coming along nicely in his professional growth.
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David and Harry
Submitted by nolefan2 on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 2:43pm.
were counting on the morons who voted for BHO not questioning the true amount of time elapsed since Democrats had a budget. They actually believe the US consists of 57 states and that Hawaii is in Asia. BHO said it so it must be true.