Anyone see McLaughlin Group?

[GOPNotForMe]

It is a COMPLETE hit piece on Obama! Counting off his five "weaknesses" during the entire program: kicking reporters off plane, "most liberal" senator, Democrats' losing record at presidential level, Obama raising "too much" money, Bradley Effect, Reverend Wright, Rezko, etc. This is unbelievable!

[Olney Blue]

1. Strange- McLaughlin is a liberal. WTF?

[Inspired]

2. Is he really? I always thought he was a conservative.

[Raineyb]

11. He most certainly is not a liberal

He's also rude, boorish, and loud. Poor Eleanor never seems to be able to get a word in edgewise. And why is that bitch, Monica Cowly, on anyway? Since when has she ever had a thought that wasn't put into her head by the Republican party and their stupid talking points?

I hadn't watched in awhile and I doubt I'll ever watch again. This morning's show was a total hit piece and he didn't even pretend to try to be "balanced."

(Stupid marathon. I'd have watched Tom Brokaw suck up to the Republicans had the marathon not preempted it.)

Regards

Edited since I'm managed to reply to the wrong post and it looks as though I'm arguing that he's not a conservative which he most certainly is.

[yardwork]

3. Ha ha. Very funny.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Perhaps in Bizarro World

but in this one, he's about as conservative as they come.

[HughMoran]

7. HAHAHA!! They were 3 rignt-wing nuts (+ right-wing McLaughlin) & Clift last time I watched

I'll never watch that show again - the one I watch was a whole show dedicated to slamming Obama.

No thanks!

[scarletwoman]

17. Whoaa! Dead wrong! McLaughlin is a died-in-the-wool paleo-con. (nt)

[jazzjunkysue]

33. Scarlet! How are ya, hon?

Can you believe we're gonna watch Obama win tuesday?

[scarletwoman]

37. Hey Sue! Doing just fine -- hope you are, too!

Yep, Tuesday will be a day (night) to remember! The Forces of Darkness will be beaten back at last! :woohoo:

:hug:
sw

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. McLaughlin was a speechwriter for Nixon. I think your definition of "liberal" and mine are different

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLaughlin_(host)

[Olney Blue]

30. He supported Kerry in 2004.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/John-McLaughlin-(host)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

31. I know that, but that doesn't necessarily define him as a "liberal".

[Olney Blue]

34. Agree.

:hi: I must have been listening to him with blue-colored glasses at times.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

36. No

He's just not as conservative as he used to be and is pretty much against the war.

[Bicoastal]

4. Kicking reporters off plane? That's a weakness?

Anyone who reads the NY Post Editorial Section (Malkin, O'Reilly, Novak et al.) isn't going to vote for Obama anyway.

[Catshrink]

6. I started watching...

and then Monica spewing her incomprehensible bullshit and I flipped to the Colbert Report Thursday repeat. No matter. I'm much better informed now.

[ROh70]

8. Obama won't pay the msm any attention. They feel like rejected lovers.

Seriously. I've seen many articles where the MSM whine and complain about how Obama is "aloof." Translation: Obama doesn't suck up to them like John McCain does, so we're going to say he's aloof rather than admit maybe there is something wrong and annoying about them, the annoying, gotcha, ignorant, MSM media.

[bluedawg12]

9. Yup. It was a bizarro turn around for John

I wondered if he decided to try " hard hitting" journalism, or was just showing his true stripes, or trying for drama to revive ratings.

It was hideous.

[Vinca]

10. I stopped watching this program a few months ago.

For some reason old McLaughlin has had it in for Obama from day one. I don't know what his problem is, but the show is officially unwatchable.

[scarletwoman]

18. "...old McLaughlin has had it in for Obama from day one." So true! It's been really weird to watch.

He's lost all perspective and objectivity when it comes to Obama. He used to have a decent degree of intellectual honesty for a conservative, but he absolutely went off the deep end when Obama won the Dem nomination. He really seems to hold a deep personal animus against Obama -- it's very ugly.

sw

[MichiganVote]

22. He wanted Clinton to take the nomination. Now he's for McSame.

[stillcool]

12. I thought it was Palin..

that had a problem with reporters? Funny how they never talk about 'Abuse of Power' and how Republican rule is bad for the economy, although good for them. Whether we win or lose these people need to fade to black.

[gizmo1979]

13. They're always yelling.

What's up with that?It's unwatchable.

[camera obscura]

14. This is the same guy who freaked out about Obama being an Oreo

and blurted out that "Warren Harding was a NEGRO!!!@!@!@!@##"

I think he's off his rocker.

[moondust]

15. I turned it off.

McLaughlin has revealed himself to be a flaming Republican asshole and I can't stand Monica Crowley. Today I sensed the humiliation is starting to set in as she has to fake a laugh to keep from crying.

[jazzjunkysue]

35. yup. Monica was brittle today- Right on the verge of tears.

I wanna be a fly on her wall tuesday night as virginia falls into the hands of us grubby libruls.

[scarletwoman]

38. I wanna see that plastic smile wiped off her freakin' face.

She's one of those people who make me just itch to reach through the TV screen and slap her.

[jazzjunkysue]

39. I'm sure she's hoping to outlive Elanore so she can get away with any GOP BS

and no one to yell her down.

[scarletwoman]

16. Watching now. Wow, this is the WORST I've ever seen it.

It's become obvious over the past few months that John McLaughlin really hates Obama -- I mean, REALLY hates him. He's been pissed off ever since Hillary Clinton lost the Dem primary -- he was definitely rooting for her throughout the primary months, always had a good word for her.

Ever since Obama got the nomination, McLaughlin has been after him, looking for any way to dis him -- with his chief enabler, the thoroughly odious Monica Crowley, ever at the ready to dial up the negative.

He and Monica simply cannot bring themselves to face the looming probability of Obama winning the presidency, and are flailing around, hoping against hope, that something, ANYTHING will forestall it.

It's the end of "the reign of witches", and all the nastiness of that cohort is just exploding bigtime.

sw

[Peacetrain]

19. I have watched McLaughlin for years... and he is a conservative

he is not someone you will want to watch during the 8 years of Obama..The fact he took on Bush for a while, all conservatives in power hate Bush.. they see him as a destroyer of their "agenda"..

But McLaughlin.. hard rock conservative.

[scarletwoman]

21. Yes, he's always been a conservative, but he still used to be able to make some fairly objective

political observations. During the Dem primaries he was coming off as positively love-struck over Hillary Clinton.

He just seems to absolutely HATE Obama -- it was obvious from the end of the Dem primary that he virulently resented that Obama beat Clinton, and it's just been week after week of dissing Obama ever since.

sw

[Peacetrain]

23. I had to stop watching him exactly because of that.. he just had

such an inappropriately negative reaction to Obama. And the dismissing of the left commentators, really bothers me.. the next thing you know, that Tony Blankley will be back on there..

[scarletwoman]

25. Truth be told, I'd rather have fat Tony back if it would mean no more Monica.

At least Tony would occasionally have the grace to show a little embarrassment when called on a particularly absurd talking point. Monica just keeps that hideous Stepford smile on her lying face and barrels along spewing her crap.

I really loathe her.

I can't stop watching it, though, I still find it fascinating in a ghoulish sort of way.

And I wouldn't miss it for the world next Sunday after Obama wins the election -- maybe for once that ugly leer will be wiped off Monica's mug.

sw

[moondust]

24. Correct.

I suspect he may be a closet racist, or at least a fight-to-the-death defender of good 'ol boy/girl white power networks.

[scarletwoman]

27. I don't think there's much "closet" about John's racism at all.

I think he really does see Obama as an "uppity negro". He refuses to grant even the least bit of respect to Obama for what he's accomplished.

You're also quite correct that John McLaughlin is extremely upset that the natural order of White supremacy is being overturned.

sw

[dansolo]

28. He was only puffing up Clinton only to tear her down in the general election

The conservatives that were cheering on Clinton during the primaries were chomping at the bit to attack her with both barrels during the general election.

[scarletwoman]

29. I'm honestly not so sure about that. I got the feeling that McLaughlin genuinely liked her.

I don't think he likes McCain -- in fact, I can't remember him ever once actully touting the merits of a McCain presidency. McLaughlin hasn't come off at all like a McCain supporter, he just finds Obama so intolerable that he has to hope for a McCain victory by default.

I think that if Clinton had gotten the nomination, McLaughlin would have been downright "mavericky" and continued to root for her. As a genuine paleo-con, he has no love for, or loyalty to, the neo-cons.

But, your guess is as good as mine, of course.

sw

[sad sally]

41. Both him and Lou Dobbs loved H. Clinton and hate Obama

Husband says they're both intimidated by Obama because he's an intellectual - probably smarter than they are and they can't stand that.

[dennis4868]

26. their last hope...

to keep themselves in power...really sad....

[jazzjunkysue]

32. All 30 people who watched it had made up their minds months ago.

Elanore should have just sat there laughing at Monika Whorely.

[Marnieworld]

40. worst episode ever!

My husband and I were marveling at it. He hadn't seen it in a while and when it started I told him that despite criticizing Bush a lot through the years McLaughlin as of late was totally RW. Boy! Was I right today! The entire show was like McCain's unpurchased half-hour. Every point, every prepared video piece was against Obama, how he could lose trying to make it so I believe. It was McLaughlin's Hail Mary. It was pathetic. The prepared video didn't mention that McCain gave $500,000 to that PLO guy and made it sound as if Obama and him were BFF. And then when they weren't railing against Obama they whined about the liberal media. It was absurd.