Post-Romney Interview, David Gergen Congratulates Soledad O'Brien for 'Driving the Conversation'
The victory lap for Soledad O'Brien's interview with Mitt Romney wherein the Republican presidential candidate uttered the now infamous words "I'm not concerned about the very poor" continued on CNN Saturday.
During the network's coverage of the Nevada caucuses, contributor David Gergen practically blushed when seeing O'Brien - "Love having you on the set here tonight" - as he told her, "You’ve been really much in the news. You’ve been sort of driving the conversation" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
DAVID GERGEN: Soledad, it’s good to see you. Love having you on the set here tonight.
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN: Thank you. My pleasure.
GERGEN: And you’ve been really much in the news. You’ve been sort of driving the conversation.
O’BRIEN: Not me, sir, just my interviews.
GERGEN: I understand, I understand. Ha, ha.
This followed O'Brien accepting a high five from CNN contributor Roland Martin Thursday.
Is this the way the supposedly "most trusted name in news" should behave?
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Gergen
Submitted by mmilesll on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:04pm.
It is amazing how a buffoon can spend his adult life still acting like a buffoon and the MSM thinks he is the smartest man alive.
I'll bet he had a thrill up
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:30pm.
I'll bet he had a thrill up his leg too.
Soledad has almost a pregnancy like glow
Submitted by OffTheLows on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:35pm.
the bias is oozing out of her after the high five, which was the gold standard, the exhibit A if you will, of liberal media bias. The audio, the visual, the reflexive action, the smile, the touch. Counter that if Obama were to make a gaffe, which were they unsuccessful in ignoring or covering up, would be similar to North Koreans at the funeral of Kim Jong-il.
⇒ Off The Lows
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:50pm.
And it looks like Roland Martin (background) is just getting the news.
High-fives is right. This
Submitted by American Delight on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:45pm.
High-fives is right. This working out perfectly for the MSM. They get the moderate Republican as the nominee that they could theoretically tolerate for four years in the worst-case scenario (for them) that Obama loses. And as an added bonus, they get to start the real two-man race (Romney-Obama) with a gaffe by the Republican made on one of their own media outlets. And Soledad gets a rare moment in the spotlight when she's not covering some derivative special interest lifestyle story.
What cheeses me off is this jackass in a RINO suit shares...
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:58pm.
...my first name.
And that is where the sole similarity ends.
I have heard Rush Limbaugh refer to him as David Rodham Gergen many times.
I refer to him as David Rotten Goober.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
They can smile and high five
Submitted by Van Halen on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 9:50pm.
They can smile and high five each other all they want but November is coming and Romney may yet win.
How appropriate
Submitted by LinTaylor on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 12:03am.
"Gergen" was the noise I made when these pathetic boot-lickers' display of self-aggrandizement made me throw up.
Soledad........riddle me these! (Are you still angry?)
Submitted by gailannr on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 1:05am.
Obama calls the British Embassy, the “English Embassy”
Obama calls Navy Corpsman (pr. core-man) “corpse-man”
Obama says there are “57 States”
Obama claimed that “America built the Intercontinental Railroad”
Obama says that he bowled a 129 and compared it to the Special Olympics
Obama said, “John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith”
On Memorial Day Obama said, “I see many of the fallen heroes in the audience here today as we celebrate Memorial Day”
In a speech in Kansas Obama that said, “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died—an entire town destroyed,” –referring to a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people. Oops, a bit overstated?
Major Blunder: Obama toasts the Queen of England while the Orchestra plays the UK’s national Anthem, “God Save The Queen
Obama Signs wrong year the London’s Westminster Abbey quest book. Off by 3 years.
Obama joked, “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian” for “wheeling and dealing.” There is no Austrian language!
Obama said his “Obamacare reforms we seek would bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system.” YIKES! A major Freudian slip in all its glory!
Obama bows to world leaders
Michelle Obama hugs the queen! YIKES!
Somebody get BLONDE on the horn,
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 3:21pm.
She has an up to date and concise list of Baracko Boo Boos.
Hey Big Daddy!
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 3:26pm.
Here you go.....
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
New word here
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 7:11am.
Our journo-activists hard at work.
Poor David
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 12:30pm.
Gergen is trying so hard to stay relevant. An interviewer is not supposed to DRIVE the CONVERSATION, Dave---that is like interviewing themselves.