Andrea Mitchell to Obama Interior Secretary: 'I Appreciate' You 'Correctly Fact-Checking' GOP Claims
"I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking the Republican claims."
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell actually said this to Obama Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday in a discussion about oil and gas prices (video follows with transcript and commentary):
KEN SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR: People who are running for office mislead the American people by saying that there’s a three-point plan or a bumper sticker kind of way of bringing down gasoline prices. The fact of the matter is that nobody can do that. The price of oil is set on the global economy. People who have looked at this closely and hard know that’s the case.
And so what the President is doing is being truthful to the American people. The political opponents are not. But the President's point of view is that we need to keep on the sustained program that we have been pursuing with an all of the above energy strategy to make sure that we get to energy independence and energy security for the United States. And that way the American people won't have to go through the kind of pain that they're experiencing right now or that they've experienced a number of times in the last 20, 30 years.
ANDREA MITCHELL, HOST: I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking the Republican claims.
That really deserves repeating a third time: I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking the Republican claims.
Now, in fairness to Mitchell, this comment came in the middle of a segment where she did question her guest about Politifact finding fault with comments President Obama has made about the number of oil rigs currently in operation.
At the end of the interview, Mitchell also noted that Presidents Clinton and Bush deserve some of the credit for how much oil is currently being drilled on American soil.
But "I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking the Republican claims?"
C'monnnnn.
(H/T RCP)
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Is there a way of
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:18pm.
Is there a way of "incorrectly" fact-checking?
Sure there is, MB
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:24pm.
MSM idiots do it all the time.
Good evening NOLA
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:44pm.
I've been meaning to tell you hello for some time. Your posts usually say what I would. Your name warms an old mans heart. It brings up good memories of my Aunt Nola, my mommas sister.
Thank you and God bless,
Alton
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Evening, cocodrie:)
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:50pm.
With a name like yours I'm assuming you are a Louisiana native too?
If Cajun is around y'all can have a reunion
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:57pm.
And I can listen in and pretend to be a a southerner.
We'll make you an honorary
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:01pm.
cajun if you like :)
NOLAgirl
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:04pm.
Thank you!! I told Cajun I was always disappointed not to have been born a Southern girl! There's no mystique about mid-Atlantic girls. I mean, who would ever forget Scarlett O'Hara or cease to wonder how Scout turned out?
Ok, back to the thread.
Bon jour*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:16pm.
Ms Rad, being a southern girl is more than birth and geography. It's a mindset and attitude and thats why you are a friend.
And hello NOLA! There are a number of NBers from La and more the merrier. And dont forget to vote Samedi!
NOLA
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:14pm.
I live in metairie now but I was born in Bayou Goula, momma was from Pierre Part and daddy was from White Castle.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Wow Cocodrie*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:25pm.
Talk about being born in the heart of cajunland. You should be proud. My mom was from Pecannaire, my dad from Palmetto and my husband from Chaitaignier. I was born right on the Atchafalaya.
We will welcome though even someone from The City...LOL
Five tornadoes hit yesterday, hope all your family is well.
I can't claim that lineage, caj
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:29pm.
I am a city girl.... Born and raised in NOLA. Sister is in Old Metairie now and my mama is on the westbank.
It's ok NOLA*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:36pm.
My son in law was born and raised in the city but now married to my daughter and lives on the northshore. But I like him anyway...LOL
cajun...Do you know any of the swamp people
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:35pm.
on the History Channel series? Why aren't there more women swamp people? Do you eat alligators?
Thanks...
Jer
Hi Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:38pm.
Never met those 'swamp people" but most of the ones I know would never go on tv...LOL
And yes, we eat aligator...yum
East Baton Rouge Parish
Submitted by Bliggie on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 9:09pm.
Here! Mama from BR AND Pops from New Roads, Louisiana is a special place.
Hey,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 9:17pm.
You guys get wet today, soaked to the bone here on the North Shore
Bienvenue Cher Rad
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:09pm.
It's the wet season right now but when you're a cajun (coon-ass) the sun's always shining if you don't run out of coffee - real coffee not that stump water.
You're in if you can spell Tchoupitoulas, atchafalaya, and Thibodaux.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Coco
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:25pm.
I can't spell!! I was the victim of a public school experiment called ITA which was a bizarre method of phonetics using a made up alphabet. So I need a new test.
Now excuse me while I file a lawsuit to become a protected class.
Waste of money Ms Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:34pm.
The judge will tell you phonetics was designed for English. Too bad if you cant spell or pronounce words that are native american, or cajun, or german, or spanish, or polish.......;)
The only way to become a protected class is to become a liberal...sputtershputttzzgh
2 cajun2
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 12:54pm.
As you probably know, "Cajun" is a spoken dialect not a written one ... despite attempts to make it one.
As someone born on the bayou myself, I learned this at an early age hearing scary night-time stories of the "Rougarou" from my relatives.
When I once asked my dad how to spell it, he informed me you don't write in "Cajun" you just speak it. And it depends on whether you are from "up the bayou" or "down the bayou" anyway.
Incidentally, I later learned that Tthe Rougarou was almost certainly a corrupted form of the French "Loup Garou".
metamphors*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 1:13pm.
"Loup Garou" had meaning generations ago for those living "on the bayou". Today, loup garou has an entirely new but evolved meaning. I hear tell loup garou still exists in the basin and that James Carville may be a reincarnation.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hoax-creepy-pic-claims-to-show-strange-c...
Actually, I think
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:00pm.
Actually, I think "incorrectly" fact-checking means coming up with an answer liberals don't like.
Sure.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 10:45pm.
You get the facts and then chuck the ones that don't line up with your beliefs.
Salazar once in "deep water" ...
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:29pm.
Whatever happened to that?
I wonder if Mitchel ever fact-checked reports that Salazar's safety report to Obama on Outer Continental Shelf drilling after the BP oil spill was "altered" (forged signatures) leading up to the president's deepwater moratorium ... or if anyone ever followed up on that at NBC?
She's creepy. She's got that
Submitted by Barabbus on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:30pm.
She's creepy. She's got that bloodless stare into the camera. My dogs pick up on the spookiness of it all and start to howl. So I can't watch her for too long.
PEtA would be after you if you didn't change the channel.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:35pm.
;)
Yeah, it's a cruel thing to
Submitted by Barabbus on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:45pm.
Yeah, it's a cruel thing to do to them. But man, you should see what she does to the cats! I need a spatula to get em off the ceiling. She's a Romulan.
You watch that channel? I have programmed my TV to...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:03pm.
skip it so I don't accidentally glimpse it even for a few split seconds while channel surfing. BTW, by allowing your dog to watch her on TV is a form of animal cruelty.
It's a trick
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:30pm.
Obama wants us to label the southern link of Keystone as the "Pipeline from Nowhere" thus driving a wedge between Oklahoma and Texas.
Oh, never mind! President Opology is an idiot.
Andrea Mitchell says,
Submitted by bobsmom on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:32pm.
"I appreciate you on a split screen with me Mr Salazar, since you being so goony looking makes me look at least a little animated and human."
Sorry bobsmom
Submitted by Seashell on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:08pm.
but tell Andrea it's gonna take more than Salazar to make her look "a little animated and human"! :)
BTW: I hate the way he talks! Kind of creepy.
Oh and for the record, I had a black lab myself in the past. I miss her so!
Looks like Mrs. Greenspan has
Submitted by celator on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:41pm.
Looks like Mrs. Greenspan has learned a new concept: fact-checking. Wait until her bosses at NBC find out. Oh, oh. Big trouble for Andrea.
Do they have any kids? Can you imagine what...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:55pm.
they look like with her as the mother and him as the father. Lena the Hyena, move over. You have competition!
Thanks a lot jawebster
Submitted by Seashell on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:24pm.
I shudder to think! Unfortunately, that thought will be with me the rest of the night. Very scary.
Somebody should fact check her. I would say she is the...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:53pm.
most partisan person on TV but I can't because everyone on MSNBC is tied for first.
Is there even one honest person on MSNBC?
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:07pm.
The question that has to be asked is. Is there one honest person at MSNBC? That answer is NO. Are they all Obama pimps and wh*res? The answer to that must be YES.
oil
Submitted by stan25 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:57pm.
I have a question for Salazar. Why is it that when the rumor of Obama's pending release of some of SPR, the prices on the market started to drop? When the administration said that was horse hockey, the prices shot back up and they say that the Republicans are lying. Seems to me that Salazar and Mrs Alan Greenspan are the ones that are feeding the American a line of crap.
The only thing missing...
Submitted by gxa99 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:02pm.
...From Andrea's screenshot is POM-POMS and a big letter O on her cheerleader uniform. Spare me Mrs. Greenspan, your a shill...
Sure is nice to know that I am not the only one...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:07pm.
who can't stand Andrea Mitchell. She isn't that bad looking though as long as she doesn't turn around. Her best feature is her hair...must be a wig!
Bayer
Submitted by sngnsgt on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:58pm.
How does she do all this excellent reporting with that aspirin between her knees? It's simply remarkable!!!!!
Chu or Ken
Submitted by mmilesll on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 7:27pm.
Ok, the latest contest. Who is the biggest dreamer, liar and totally unprepared for the job-Chu or Ken. First prize is NOT having to listen to either one of these idiots for a month, second prize is not having to listen to either one of them AND Andrea M for a week. Not a fair contest is it.
Since when is "fact-checking" a euphemism for...
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 9:14pm.
...mindlessly repeating the same tired and false talking points we've already heard dozens of times from the admin/DNC and their MSMinions?
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
"you are correctly fact-checking the Republican claims."
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 9:36pm.
"I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking the Republican Claims". Totally laughable on the part of Lizard Lady when Politifact was actually fact-checking Obama's statements TO A DEMOCRAT about HOW MANY oil rigs are drilling.
And what is this "I appreciate that you are correctly fact-checking" from Lizard Lady? Are the People at M.S.S.R. (M-BS-NBC) TELLING government officials who to use when fact-checking and give them the instructions in how to do so?
Andrea's Ignorance
Submitted by kiwikit on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 5:45am.
Even her grammar is incorrect. Does she not know what a gerund is? And that it's treated as a noun? Correctly it should be said 'I appreciate YOUR correcting. . . '
kiwikit..with all due respect [and it IS rather gratifying
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 2:38am.
to encounter a word such as "gerund" at a political website], it might be helpful to actually read something other than the headline of a blogged article prior to your commenting about someone's purported ignorance.
Jer