Lanny Davis is a DICK

[matcom]

watching CSPAN

ANYTIME a caller brings up Lieberman and Israel (Legitimate IMHO) and his policies/motives/voting record/statements, Davis calls them a Bigot and just compared one caller (who made a very legitimate point) to Ann Coulter.

:eyes:

[thepurpose]

1. Its very hard to watch Davis keep repeating the facts don't lie even when

the caller may have been making a entirely different point. He himself says he disagrees with Joe on certain issues, but if some one else does they are a bigot if they still don't vote for him.

[Skidmore]

2. That facts and lies line is straight out of the Republican play book, as

are many of Lieberman's stock phrases these days. And these people want to know why they are not trusted by the rank and file Dem. People like this deserve to be voted against and shut out of the process for a while until the system can correct course a bit. We, as a nation, cannot afford to move any further to the right than we are now without destroying the idea of a free America at all.

[Mist]

3. Yep, if you don't like Joe you're a bigot, plus your opinion isn't based

on the facts. How's this for a fact: Connectitcut's ready for a change.

[chimpymustgo]

4. That was stunning. Completely out of touch with reality.

Something's happening here...

[Skidmore]

5. Yes, it is. We saw a full frontal revelation of the ugly face of the

"conservative" wing of the party and how much it hates liberal concepts. This, folks, is what we are expected to replace the Bush adminstration and this disaster of a Congress with.

[Mist]

6. I don't think there's been a single follow-up call that had anything

good to say about Davis. The Dem power pod totally misjudged how effective Davis would be, apparently. NEVER a good tactic to tell a caller they're lying! God, this guy (Davis) is repulsive.

[susu369]

7. I figured Lanny Davis out on December 16, 2000

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/16/opinion/16DAVI.html?ex=1152590400&en=c8033f6934d020e0&ei=5070

December 16, 2000

The George Bush I Knew
By LANNY J. DAVIS

WASHINGTON -- I remember the moment well: About 33 years ago, George Bush (we never used the "W" back then) was sitting among a group of us in a college common room at Yale, engaged in one of our late-night comment-on-everyone sessions. Someone made an acerbic comment about a fellow student who was considered one of the biggest nerds on campus. There was laughter. Then George said: "Hey, it's not so easy for him. He's a good guy — leave him alone." We all quieted down.
--snip--

I have often been asked whether I consider President-elect Bush smart, and my answer is yes, without any doubt. But I mean street-smart, quick-witted, savvy, common-sense smart and, especially, smart about judging and understanding people. What I don't mean is academically ambitious or anxious to analyze deeply any subject or substantive issue. George seemed to be a coaster — perfectly happy to get through his courses with a passing grade while the rest of us grinds were worrying about the consequences for our futures if we did not get at least a B- plus average.
--snip--

The question on many people's minds about Mr. Bush is: Is he up to the job? Being likable, comfortable, decent and empathetic — all the things I remember about George during college and still consider true today — may not be enough. He will also have to demonstrate the intellectual discipline needed to dig deeply into matters like Social Security reform, Medicare and the continuing crises of our inner cities and the poor.

Mr. Bush is certainly smart enough to surround himself with wise advisers and cabinet secretaries. But he can't make wise judgments unless he comes to substantive understanding of policy issues on his own.

Based on my memories, I think President-elect Bush is more than capable of doing this. We will see soon enough whether he has the desire to do it.

Lanny J. Davis, a lawyer, served as special counsel to President Clinton from 1996 to 1998.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. wow...what a sycophantic scumbag. keeping all the lines open, were

we, Lanny?

as if it isn't common knowledge that the chimp in charge isn't anything else but a classic BULLY

Lanny must've laughed HARD with that blind reporter as Bush joshed with him about his problems SEEING!

what a great guy

[DemonFighterLives]

10. :Lanny sounded infatuated with the skull and boner

I bet he wished he could crawl in the casket with the "nerd".

[cantstandbush]

9. Lanny is not a DICK. He is just a simple NEOCON doing his job. nt

[blm]

11. Another Dem pundit schooled in defending Clinton for years and knowing

little about real Democratic issues and other Democratic lawmakers. Why has the Dem party been inundated with such useless spokespeople?

[buff2]

12. He's always been a dick

Even during the Clinton years he was a very WEAK defender of Clinton. He's Fox News "pundit lite". He is a CON-servative "Democrat" ((cough,cough)) (wink,wink) pretending to be "progressive". Too many out there just like him. :puke:

[herbbrown]

14. Lanny would say

That you're just another bigot who was opposed at the Jews in the Clinton Admin. To try to frame this thing as an anti semite thing is ludicrous. I hope this is the end of Lanny and the whole Clinton crowd!

[kentuck]

13. I was hoping someone would remind him of Lieberman's vote to censure...

Bill Clinton, but his refusal to go along with censuring George W Bush. How would Lanny have handled that one??

[HamdenRice]

15. WTF? Now, even if you're Jewish and criticize Israel, you're anti-Semite?

This is so over the top, it's insane. I caller identified himself as Jewish and said that he think's Lieberman's over committed to Israel.

Davis's batshit crazy response was something like, even Jewish people can be anti-Semitic.