John Sununu Laughs at Andrea Mitchell Defending Obama's Use of Bogus Romney Outsourcing Claims
It really has been hysterical watching the Obama-loving media the past few weeks defend the President using bogus information reported by the Washington Post falsely accusing Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs while at Bain Capital.
This has become so comical that former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu (R) couldn't hold back the laughs as Andrea Mitchell did exactly that Tuesday on the MSNBC program bearing her name (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ANDREA MITCHELL, HOST: Isn't it a winning issue for the White House fundamentally, granted that the Politifact folks and the Washington Post pointed out that the President's campaign ad on that issue had a lot, a lot of questions and a lot of questionable attack lines...
JOHN SUNUNU: No, they said it was wrong. A lot of questions is not right. It was wrong.
MITCHELL: Okay, if, but the point is that doesn’t, isn't Mitt Romney more vulnerable than the President on this issue because there still is, the whole question of private equity of outsourcing? You could argue about when he left Bain Capital, and, you know, whether he was still getting money from Bain Capital and what some of the companies in Bain were doing, companies that did end up working overseas and sending jobs overseas.
SUNUNU: [Laughs]
MITCHELL But isn't it a bigger problem for Republicans than for the White House?
SUNUNU: No. When you've sent $500 million to Fisker and it goes to Finland immediately. When you send the solar money and it goes to Mexico. When you send the turbine money and it goes to Denmark. And we can go on all day. There is $29 billion worth of purchases that came out of this administration, outsourced jobs to foreign countries. Mitt Romney outsourced zero. Obama outsourced 29…
MITCHELL: Zero?
SUNUNU: Zero. He wasn't there when those issues came up.
MITCHELL: Well, first of all…
SUNUNU: [Laughs]
MITCHELL: …the $29 billion are not all outsourced from the administration because...
SUNUNU: Sure they are.
MITCHELL: A lot of those jobs still remained here. There are jobs, when you do a grant, Governor, there are jobs here as well as overseas.
SUNUNU: [Laughs] You're struggling, Andrea. You're struggling. [Laughs]
MITCHELL: Well, first of all…
SUNUNU: [Still laughing]
MITCHELL: …these are competing claims and we will get back to you with all of the numbers.
SUNUNU: Sure.
I'd say that Mitchell ought to be ashamed, but any self-respect she had went out the window last month when she not only aired a selectively-edited video of Romney to make him look like an out of touch moron, she chose not to apologize when she got caught.
One has to hope reelecting one president is worth the diminishment in credibility Mitchell is suffering from her astonishingly unprofessional behavior.
(HT NB reader Tim Gargana)
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Andrea Mitchell
Submitted by keckkw on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:11pm.
That is how they should all be handled. Mock them! I also think every conservative guest should ask the reporter their political ideology, then watch them all lie. And they should do it in the beginning of the interview to set the tone.
you're right
Submitted by Barabbus on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:43pm.
this is the absolute correct way to deal with them! Good for you John Sununu! That is exactly how Frank Rizzo handled her way...way...back when. Laughed at her in the exact same way. Like; "Andrea! Stop with the game already! I'm just not gonna play!" She would then just make up whatever the hell she wanted. Totally fabricated facts, quotes. The Networks noticed how viper-like she was to one of their top-target conservatives of the time, and they rewarded her with a real sweet Washington gig. What? You didn't think she got that plum job with her looks? Did you? Woman's a prolific liar. That's it.
Exactly!
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:46pm.
Most folks would've learned that when the WH gives you talking points with no data to back it up, you're going to be left out on a limb, as dear Andrea found herself here (once again).
But Andrea never learns, and this time Sununu had the counter-argument to back it up. She was obviously unprepared to defend this Administration's outsourcing of green jobs to Europe, and quicky tripped over her own shoelaces.
This is why the MSM generally avoids getting Gingrich on the programs -- he destroys their arguments.
"...when you do a grant.."
Submitted by ant on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:18pm.
"...when you do a grant.." dang, girl, youse talks as good a English as your pal Al Sharpton. And lie just as bad....I'm surprised she didn't don a Viking helmet and spear, she was trying so hard to defend her king.
Laughing at Angrier Michell, is the best medicine ever.lolz.haha
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:23pm.
That is a video that needs to go to the next Gala event.....
SUNUNU: [Laughs] You're struggling, Andrea. You're struggling. [Laughs]
MITCHELL: Well, first of all…
SUNUNU: [Still laughing]
MITCHELL: …these are competing claims and we will get back to you with all of the numbers.
SUNUNU: Sure.
You Didn't Build That.
This was Sununu's sublte way of saying . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:53pm.
"Do your homework, Andrea."
Android Mitchell
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
Android Mitchell was preprogrammed and John didn't get with the program.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
That Little Voice in Your Ear
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:56pm.
The old hag got her wrinkly saggy butt handed to her in that interview. Her producers were scrambling to feed her comebacks in her earpiece but she's not fast enough on her feet to pull that off. Just a plain old whuppin'. Wayta to John Sununu! The commie libs can't argue when you fight them with the truth.
Major fail, Andrea, major
Submitted by ant on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 6:03pm.
Major fail, Andrea, major fail.
My impersonation of Andrea, "You could argue about what is true and what is a lie, but my point is, I have my 'talking points' and I'm not going to let the flimsy facade of so-called 'objective journalistic integrity' interfere with my defense of the worst President in American history...even if it makes me look like the complete fool that everyone knows me to be."
Now that's funny there! Well
Submitted by pilgrim4jc on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 6:04pm.
Now that's funny there! Well when one shills for 0, then one only has 0 to report!
your're struggling andrea!
Submitted by right of way on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 6:11pm.
one person that deserved to be mocked was andrea! I don't think she was expecting sununu to bring up the fact that obama has sent jobs overseas, although he forgot to mention the billions of dollars obama sent to brazil to steal oil that we could have drilled for.
Poor
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 6:31pm.
Andrea. Both she and Gregory are having a very hard time lately, spewing their talking points for the libs. She looked completely shocked at the remarks made by a Conservative who defended Romney and also appeared very un-prepared. Her arrogance got in her way.............again.
Confront a lie.
Submitted by richflanj on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 7:53pm.
Do not mince words with the liberal media anymore, Conservatives.
In an interview, when they spout false information, say "THAT IS A LIE" (Not "You're mistaken", "your facts are incorrect", or any other half-assed reply).
When they give the classic "Some say", followed by some liberal talking point, respond with "WHO SAYS? Which DNC operative did you get that from?"
And never, NEVER, let them move on without the lie being revealed.
If they don't respond, bcome evasive, or lie again (you know, act like liberals), get up and walk out. And always laugh in their faces.
Good job, Mr. Sununu.
Exactly!
Submitted by seen the light on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 9:54pm.
Im big on that too. Just openly challenge them to back it up. Also, I HATE when they use "some would say" to say what they want to say and push their talking points. Ask them to back up the claims of those that would say. If they can't, then ask them why they would use their interview time to give credence to unsubstantiated claims.
Go hard, all the time.
The new GOP ad that should run..
Submitted by BookinWeasel on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 7:57pm.
...in an endless loop until November is that Obama outsourced 29 Billion dollars for jobs to other countries. It doesn't matter if it is half, a third, or 4/5th accurate, it is a GREAT sound bite and would absolutely have the lemmings on MSNBC spitting nails....
Her Producer
Submitted by spallatial on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 8:15pm.
proabably went to hit the head and she had no one in her ear piece to tell he what to say. Yeah, she was struggling. Too funny. What a nitwit.
Poor Andrea
Submitted by Netstatter on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 9:36pm.
Sometimes the people who convey the "news" to us act like the most uninformed people ever. When the Obama campaign started saying that Mitt Romney was a huge outsourcer of jobs, I instantly thought of Obama's moratorium on oil wells in the Gulf and the many failed "green" companies that moved jobs out of the country. Now Andrea Mitchell tries valiantly to hold the flag for Obama and try to make like Mitt Romney actually was a huge outsourcer. Sorry, Andrea, the gig's up.
HOW FLUSTERED!
Submitted by seen the light on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 9:56pm.
That was AMAZING to watch! She was flustered to the point it was almost shock. The stutter starts and insecure delivery on her part was priceless.
Can we implement a "Victory of the Day" ? If so, can we start with this?
One more thing...
Submitted by seen the light on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 10:05pm.
is the pleading, desperate tone of her voice.
Andrea, your hurt pride might have lead you here to this site, tonight, to survey the damage. Hi, Andrea!
daddy needs a ciggie after that one....
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 11:40pm.
...when it comes to politi-porn, that was rated triple-X...
A couple thoughts on this...
Submitted by Nonanon on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 7:39am.
That was great!
Don't liberals demand we see everyone as a 'global citizen'? So how could outsourcing jobs overseas be a bad thing from their viewpoint?
Doesn't this also show that liberals believe building on lies is better than on the truth? She kept trying to claim it is was a better thing that Obama lied.
Sununu is not only ...
Submitted by tadchem on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 8:43am.
...far more intelligent than Andrea Mitchell, he is more intelligent that she can *imagine*.
He has the facts and uses them.
If you look at the final disposition of the "Green Energy" funds, you will find far more of the money left the country than ever got used here, and that the jobs were created in China, Mexico, Denmark, Finland, and other places where Americans *don't* live and work
I feel bad for her
Submitted by I hate marxists on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 12:10pm.
Not really,the only way she's still on TV is because of Alan. Poor soul
The only thing missing from
Submitted by Cooper on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 3:27pm.
The only thing missing from this exchange was "Andrea you ignorant slut".