John McLaughlin Asks 'Is the Press in Love With Obama?' Eleanor Clift Says 'No'
The host of PBS's McLaughlin Group asked his panelists this weekend, "Is the press in love with Obama?"
Not surprisingly, all in attendance said "Yes" with the exception of Newsweek's Eleanor Clift who predictably protested, "No, they aren't" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, HOST: You think journalists are manufacturing or at least exaggerating the inability of, the alleged inability of Romney to connect with voters on some kind of a transformative way, by the way he looks, or things like that, that he lacks any real full identity? Do you get that from the press? You know, the press is about, what, 85 percent they voted for George McGovern for President of the United States?
ELEANOR CLIFT, NEWSWEEK: That’s been a while, John.
MCLAUGHLIN: Is that true now?
MORT ZUCKERMAN, US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT: Oh, yes. It is.
MCLAUGHLIN: The press can't be against Obama. Is the press in love with Obama?
ZUCKERMAN: Yes.
CLIFT: No, they aren’t. They’re disappointed in Obama.
JAMES PETHOKOUKIS, AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: That relationship is solid.
Despite Clift's protests, I think our friend Ann Coulter said it best last year, "Liberals would drink Obama's bathwater."
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~I read the headline
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:17pm.
and I LOL'd.
Eleanor is finally right,
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:19pm.
It aint love, it's worship!
Wait a second. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Now hold on.
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:55pm.
Wait. Just.... Hey, no just wait a second. No. No. Now stop. Just wait a second.
You guys did not see the picture of him coming out of the surf without the shirt and the sun and the sand and waves and....? Oh my. Oh dear, I am getting the vapors. My. My. My.
~Oh yes
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 6:06pm.
How could I possibly forget the gallon of eye bleach I had to use? Then to help my corneas heal I had to ask hubby to strip, and it wasn't even a Wednesday night.
Journalist-Mob lawyer
Submitted by MrLuigi on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 7:12pm.
A media member denying their love for Obama is like a mob lawyer denying that the mafia exists.
Eleanor has always been...
Submitted by seen the light on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:18pm.
over the top and shrill. She seems absolutely panicked right now, as do many of her MSM co-workers on the Obama campaign.
That was a rhetorical
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:20pm.
That was a rhetorical question, right???
For once Clift is right
Submitted by JohnP in OK on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:20pm.
"Love" is a pale imitation of the fanatical passion the press has for Obama. By the time you've been "in love" with somebody for 3 years, you've started to get annoyed with those little quirks that you were willing to overlook at first.
The press still can't even see Obama's failings, much less get annoyed about them.
If they are disappointed, is the protest a silent one?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:20pm.
None of us have read, heard or seen a negative story about Obama since the day he announced for office. Eleanor is either stupid, deluded or both.
how about dishonest to the
Submitted by seen the light on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:28pm.
how about dishonest to the core.
The MSM was complicit -
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:33pm.
The MSM was complicit - what's the criminal word - 'accomplice'?? - in the selection and election, and subsequent coronation, of Boy Baraka Hussein Obama, so they've got a lot of 'credibility' invested in keeping their OWN image, as well as HIS!!! And any time one of the MSM 'experts' actually makes a 'gaffe' (otherwise known as telling the truth), it gets buried and 'fixed' in short order.
It'll be interesting to see how the MSM reacts to their own involvement in this whole scam, should Boy Baraka lose this year.
Maybe she has a point, if you
Submitted by ant on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:41pm.
Maybe she has a point, if you are an accomplice in a racketeering criminal enterprise or mafia or what-have-you, you're not necessarily in 'love' with your co-conspirators....but then again, there is the 'swooning'....remember how the press corps females slobbered when Obama wore jeans?....gross. I guess some women dig the effeminate 'mom-jeans' type of guy...not many, but some, I guess.
Say what she will, the "I ❤
Submitted by celator on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 5:52pm.
Say what she will, the "I ❤ Barry Forever" tattoo on her arm tells the real story about Clift.
To use a phrase favored by liberals...
Submitted by Clinkin on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 6:06pm.
..."Denial isn't just a river in Egypt". So lame, but it fits for once.
Please check, but Medical Pot Smoking with Liberal Media
Submitted by Less1leg on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 6:08pm.
Please, liberals. Don't take the rest of us as retards. We read papers, listen to radio, watch TV. We know and experience your liberal BS. And when a liberal media head denies a progressively blatant slant putting a more than generous positive spin on Obama or other Democrats. I think we can smell a rotten egg in the box.
Sorry, Eleanor, it's the real deal,
Submitted by fscarn on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 6:10pm.
And they call it puppy love
oh i guess they'll never know
how a young heart really feels
and why i love her so
and they called it puppy love
just because we're in our teens
Tell them all please tell them it isn't fair
to take away my only dream
i cry each night
my tears for you
my tears are all in vain
i hope and i pray that maybe one day
you'll be back in my harms once again
Chorus x2
Someone tell me please
is the answer up above
how can i tell them oh how can i tell them
This is not a puppy love
No, for Eleanor...
Submitted by Fenwick on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 7:09am.
THIS* is the more appropriate song:
I'm not in love
So don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because
I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
I'm not in love, no no, it's because..
I like to see you
But then again
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you
Don't make a fuss
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love, no no, it's because..
I keep your picture
Upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain that's lying there
So don't you ask me
To give it back
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
I'm not in love, no no, it's because..
*CAUTION: Clicking on the above link may cause that song to stick in your head all day long!
loving o-barry
Submitted by cats1cowboy on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 7:45pm.
I'd love to see the sissy-boy voted out of office
IMO
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 8:11pm.
I hope this was a signal of McLaughlin's recognition of his own occasional indulgences with Obama man-boy love.
Clift is one of the Left's See 'n' Says. Pull her string and crap reliably comes out of her mouth.
Most of the press is in love with Obama...
Submitted by KyWriter on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 9:45pm.
...the rest are merely in lust.
~LOL!
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 9:57pm.
.
Clift
Submitted by mmilesll on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:14am.
Eleanor, just STFU ok. Enough with your crap.
If you are tired of being wrong some of the time, here is...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 2:51am.
a tip on how to be right one hundred percent of the time.
Think and say just the opposite of what Eleanor Clift thinks and says.
Unfortunately, that means you must pay attention to what she thinks and says.
I think I'll go back to being wrong some of the time.
Pant pant pant
Submitted by Restless Legs on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 10:48am.
Absolutely not. They're in lust.