PBS's Gwen Ifill Suggests With Straight Face That Obama Might Steal 'Deficit Slasher' Mantle from Paul Ryan
PBS fans love how the show Washington Week is such a peaceful regurgitation of the conventional liberal media wisdom. But there are times in the calm that you wonder what world these liberals are living in. For example, the show's host, Gwen Ifill, seems to think it's plausible that President Obama -- the man who's made trillion-dollar-plus deficits a routine -- could take the "deficit slasher" label away from a conservative. New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny suggested that seniors might be willing to consider seriously Medicare reforms if they'll help lower the debt.
Ifill replied: "Is that why when we see the president come out this week and make speeches like this, it seems like he was snatching the mantle of deficit slasher from Paul Ryan's hands and saying 'No, no, no -- me'?"
This was too much even for Zeleny, the Channeler of Enchantment: "Um, he was doing that on one hand, but we'll see how much he does and go[es] through with it." Translation: Obama's budget game in no way reflects a "deficit slasher" mentality.
The other strange moment in the journalistic chatter was Ifill asserting that Obama hasn't talked about the poor for two years. They discussed his big speech at George Washington University:
ZELENY: He completely brought any skeptical Democrats around to his side when he mentioned Medicare. He said he was going to protect it. He mentioned things we haven't really heard him talk about that much since perhaps 2008.
IFILL: Like the poor.
ZELENY: Like the poor.
Wasn't the entire Obamacare debate about how Republicans didn't want the poor to have health insurance? Do these people watch television before they go on television?
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"He mentioned things we
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 10:17pm.
"He mentioned things we haven't really heard him talk about that much since perhaps 2008."
That's because it's campaign time again you ignorant liberal.
New Name
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 10:18pm.
From hence forth or for the rest of the day: Change Obama's handle from plain ol Messiah to "The Budget Slashing Messiah". What a great bumper sticker it would make.
Devil of an Imitator
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sat, 04/16/2011 - 12:48am.
The Devil is also a darn good imitator, but he always puts his own evil twist on things. Like 180 degrees off but otherwise "great." Like Christ vs. Mohamed. To the Lame Stream Media the latter version is way better. Like Ryan vs. Obama. Cut vs. tax. Christian vs. Muslim. They identify based on who their real father is.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Budget slasher?
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 04/16/2011 - 8:03am.
Not with programs like this adding to the deficit.
Not sure
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 04/16/2011 - 11:53am.
of the actual definitions. Is Ms Ifill more technically a moron or an idiot?