Mark Levin vs. Morning Joe: Arianna Allowed to Slash Petraeus

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By Tim Graham | September 13, 2007 - 23:19 ET

On his Thursday night radio show, Mark Levin laid into MSNBC's Joe Scarborough over a Thursday morning interview with Arianna Huffington. (He calls the host "the Morning Schmo.") Scarborough had no answer for Huffington when she stoutly defended the MoveOn.org ad bashing Gen. David Petraeus. She added: "And again and again, despite the administration's best efforts to present him as this figure beyond reproach, we see that he's playing politics. He's playing politics with soldiers' lives in Iraq."

Levin found it disgusting that Huffington can sit in her luxury home and sip Chardonnay while Gen. Petraeus and his troops have their boots on the ground on the front lines every day sacrificing for the country. Here's the exchange from MSNBC:

Joe Scarborough: “Finally, talk about this General Betray Us ad. Republicans are talking about it an awful lot. Do you think MoveOn.org made a mistake by putting that ad in the New York Times and going after a general who is not an unpopular figure?”

Arianna Huffington: “No, I don't think so at all, because it's completely backed up by facts. I mean, this is a general who, in 2004, told us things were going well. This is a general who keeps going around now giving a glass-half-full version of what's happening in Iraq. And this is not an objective view of what is happening. And again and again, despite the administration's best efforts to present him as this figure beyond reproach, we see that he's playing politics. He's playing politics with soldiers' lives in Iraq. And that doesn't mean that he hasn't had, also, a distinguished military record but right now he's playing politics. And when he's playing politics, MoveOn or anyone else has the right to say, as Hillary Clinton said, that his version of events is straining credulity.”

Scarborough: “All right. Arianna Huffington. Thank you so much. The first online-only candidate mash-up going on on your website, a great website, Huffington Post. If you want to see what Democrats are thinking and, also, some Republicans, once in a while, get on there and write.”

Huffington: “Like you, Joe. We need you back.”

Scarborough: “Like me. Your favorite Republican."

PS: Mark also had the definite takedown on George Will's snotty Thursday column suggesting Fred Thompson's presidential campaign should be retired early like "New Coke." See it on The Corner.

—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center

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"Arianna Huffington: “No,

"Arianna Huffington: “No, I don't think so at all, because it's
completely backed up by facts. I mean, this is a general who, in 2004,
told us things were going well."

I love these characters on the left who make claims like "it's completely backed up by facts", and then follow up with a nonfactual statement, or lie, if you prefer. I don't think Petraeus ever said things were going well in 2004. I think what he said was progress was being made, BUT, we still have tough times ahead. He was right. He never painted a rosy picture of what was happening in Iraq, not then, and not earlier this week either. But why let "facts" get in the way of a good smear campaign, ehh, Hufftard?

It was going well

Then the AQ and Zaraqawi hatched their bomb the blue dome mosque plot. The tide turned. Now it's been turned back.

If libs are allowed to paint it as one long slide downhill, they win.

Unless a lot was left out

Unless a lot was left out in this piece.... Joe Scarborough was not prepared for the Huffington interview.

Agreed. This was not an

Agreed. This was not an "interview". This was an "appearance" by Huffington to make a speech and give her opinion.

She walked out of there with a big, smug, self-satisfied smile on her face, I'm sure!

Arianna

I'm a huge Levin fan and love it when he exposes liberal nonsense and hypocrisy. 

Zsa Zsa Huffington needs to go back to her penthouse suite.  The most absurd part is when she says that Petraeus is "playing politics with soldiers' lives in Iraq."  She's kidding right?  How can she keep a straight face? It must be the botox. 

Why is it when one reads a

Why is it when one reads a PuffHo Piece one always hears the accompanying ZsaZsa accent.

New York is where I'd rather

New York is where I'd rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.

fairlight -- Because she's

fairlight --

Wild guess.

Because she's also a wealth obsessed, foreign born slut who pursued millionaires till she bagged one?

Check out my latest YouTube...but only if you support the troops and their mission: Better Men Than Me/The Battle For Fallujah

Mark Levin knows no fear. I

Mark Levin knows no fear. I love it when he lets it rip!

Mark vs Joe

Mark Levin is 'the great one'. Joe is a gutless punk.

Say it ain't so.... Joe.

I think Joe has spent too much time swimming in the polluted waters of MSNBC.

He seems to be more interested in appeasing the Leftist ideologues who sign his paycheck than standing up for principles.

(Gone Hollywood)

Scarborough has lost his

Scarborough has lost his seat at the table and should no longer be invited to GOP functions. The man has no shame and no self-respect.

Joe the coward

He should be excommunicated from the GOP along with every other RINO that can be identified.

Petraeus then and now

Wasn't Petraeus one of the ground leaders in the "Wag The Dog" Kosovo deal?  Apparently, the Clintons trusted him then.  Why not now?  Hmmmmm?

 

"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

-- Fred Thompson as Admiral Josh Painter (The Hunt for Red October)

Arianna, Arianna, Arianna...

"...[The 'Betray Us ad] is completely backed up by facts. I mean, this is a general who, in 2004, told us things were going well. This is a general who keeps going around now giving a glass-half-full version of what's happening in Iraq. And this is not an objective view of what is happening. ... his version of events is straining credulity.”

Um ... do you have a good view from your mansion in California, Arianna?

Can someone please explain to me how these liberal bloggers and network commentators can be so presumptuous as to think that they have a better handle on what is happening in Iraq than the man whose boots are on the ground over there leading the men?

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If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them!

And the liberals have said

And the liberals have said that they support the troops.......Oh, really?

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana