Tucker: David Shuster And Marsha Blackburn

[Nomad559]

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[jillan]

1. I am so glad you posted this.

Best smackdown I have seen yet!

[Mortos]

73. Send MSNBC an email to support David Shuster

The kicker is you send it through to Tucker's email:

[e-mail]

Here's mine:

What an amazingly refreshing interviewer David Shuster is. I was blown away to see a journalist that actually challenged a politician on her, in my opinion, wrongheaded stance on the Moveon.org advertisement and to expose her hypocrisy and pathetic ignorance or who is paying the real price for the right wing war in Iraq.

This kind of journalism is sorely lacking in America today and MSNBC should seriously consider giving Mr. Shuster his own show. He is apparently available during the "Tucker" program so why not give it to him. Tucker Carlson represents everything that is wrong with contemporary media, Mr. Shuster represents a bright shining ray of light that all is not lost.

Sincerely,

Steven J. Vincent
Oklahoma City

[ladywnch]

82. I sent my letter to [e-mail] and it was deleted without being read.

very disappointing.

I sent a letter via the Tucker show praising Shuster but thought sending to the network regarding a show would make more sense.

[emdee]

2. Thank you for posting that!...

I'm from her district and she is definitely a bee in the bonnet to common sense!!
Way to go, Shuster!!

emdee

[Quixote1818]

3. Democrats need to use this ass hole lady to turn things around and get our momentum back!

nt

[Mythsaje]

4. "I stay in contact"

but "I don't know the soldier's name."

Hmmm...

"Constant contact."

So is she in contact with the officers, with the chaplain, or what? The soldiers' families? How about the poor kid who just died? Talked to his family? Guess not. Too busy chasing the info on the Moveon.org ad. Priorities, lady. We don't like your priorities. And the fact you're bullshitting us.

:evilgrin:

[TomInTib]

9. Effing blather. "Everybody knows that the Times...".

Oh, really, *itch?

"Everybody"?

[Cha]

39. marsha blackburn was having

a field day ragging on the nyt like she saved up all her wrath just for tucker only it was David Shuster! Doesn't she know the nyt helped get her and the bushits the oil war on Iraq so she could stay in "CONTACT" with all the Soldiers and their families and email, email, email, email..ad infinitum?

[blayne]

77. You can tell she was surprised because

at the very end of the interview she was just staring blankly at Shuster. Even if she knew Tucker was going to be gone, I am sure she didn't think she was going to get slammed like she did.

Tuckers program is consistently the lowest rating program on MSNBC. They could fix that by replacing him with Shuster.

[Warpy]

41. That's all the little twit was doing, babbling RNC boilerplate

to use up the allotted time. They think if they can keep that stream of meaningless words going, the public will think the stupid twerp will know what she's talking about.

Kudos to Shuster, he kept on point and didn't let her get away with it.

Does anybody think he's got a chance of showing little Tucker how it's done, or is Tucker hopeless?

[Mythsaje]

52. It was ridiculous...

No one with half a brain in their head could have listened to that and not caught the fact she kept repeating the same phrase over and over again while simultaneously admitting revealing that it WAS just a talking point phrase.

We can HOPE Tucker is bye-bye, but I'll believe it when I see it (or don't see him, anyway).

[RoBear]

66. Tucker IS hopeless. He can't breathe, what with

his head so far up his ass.

Or is it *'s?

[brentspeak]

10. She claims to be "in constant contact" with the soldiers and their families

Hopefully, a Tennessee newspaper will ascertain the truthfulness (or lack thereof) of Rep. Perky's claims.

[Mythsaje]

11. If she HAD been in constant contact

she would've known at least the kid's family name.

Or do kids from her district die so often that she can't remember them all?

Not hardly.

[jillan]

5. Let's get this on the greatest -

Not everyone watches Tucker - but they need to see this!

[patrice]

6. Thank You Jeremy Bohannan. We will not forget your name. nt

[Cha]

27. Thank you, I've been trying

to find out the Soldier's name!
RIP~ Jeremy Bohannan

[lateo]

7. She had a "deer in the headlights" moment.

You can tell she was totally caught off guard by that question.

[Deb]

8. k&r, Thanks for posting this!

I hope her constituents forget HER name when it's time to vote.

[burythehatchet]

12. that was uncomfortable for me to watch

[jhrobbins]

31. Me too and I don't know why because clearly she is a conservative

creep water carrier. Oh well,I'll get over it and maybe watch it again to get acclimated. I bet she went to her office and chewed out any aide she could get her talons on.

[Cha]

36. Yeah, I was lookin' for the

mute button but that's hard to do on the net. The most grating robotic voice I've heard but I don't listen to pukes on tv.

Glad I got to hear what David Shuster had to ask, though..perfect gentleman hard hitting reporter with the facts at hand.

[BeliQueen]

13. That was just hilarious...

Loved it!

[NanceGreggs]

14. What a dumb-ass bimbo! n/t (because what else needs sayin'?)

[DS1]

15. pwnt

[Raster]

78. pwnt?

[ljm2002]

92. I'm guessing it's shorthand for "owned" n/t

[eleny]

16. K&R

It's a lesson to us all about what's really important and what this is really all about.

[ClayZ]

17. Bravo David Shuster! K and R

[Maggie_May]

18. He should of ask the last military family she visted

she probably wouldn't know there names.

[cosmicdot]

19. scripts become more challenging with a challening press

here's a revised acript, Marsha: this isn't suppose to happen ... I'm suppose go on and deliver the Bu$h speaking points ... get basic agreement and questions which will support those points ... what happened? The gall of questioning me and our script.


MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN)
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http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00003105&cycle=2006


Top Industries

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Marsha Blackburn (R)*

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http://www.opensecrets.org/races/indus.asp?ID=TN07&cycle=2004&special=N

[Oilwellian]

46. I used to think...

Blackburn always looked as though she just came out from under a fellow repuke's desk. On second thought, after seeing all of her donors, it's quite obvious whose desks she's been under. :evilgrin:

I happened to catch the Shuster smackdown live and my husband and I just busted out laughing. I wish the end of this video wasn't cut so short. There was a long pause at the end and Blackburn was pissed! LOLOL

[LibDemAlways]

20. Jeremy Bohannon bio/obit

http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/obituaries/local_story_255083904.html

Born on the base at Gitmo. Brother serving in Iraq. Tell me more about your close ties to military families, Rep. Blackburn. What a lowlife POS liar she is.

[petersjo02]

28. I clicked the link to Jeremy's obituary

He was just a baby-faced little boy who should have had his whole like ahead of him. The trouble is with the areas Jeremy comes from is that there aren't any jobs, so for many the service is their only option.

[Cha]

37. I'm glad David Shuster asked her..

"When was the last time an ad killed somebody?"

Robot didn't have an answer for that one.

[momster]

21. Republican Stupid On The Hoof!

She heard his intro re: Republican Hypocrisy and wasn't bright enough/fast enough/good enough to alter her talking points to show why IOKIYAR. Did she really think he'd let her get away with rote indignation over the NYT advert? After that intro? And her stuttering, bumbling "I don't know why I don't know" craptastic answer was priceless, almost Gonzo-worthy.

Betcha she's not going back there again -- not if David Schuster's in the driver's seat and mercy, I wish he could be all the time. Tucker's days are numbered.

[Rick Myers]

22. This congresscritter is a sack o' shit!!!

:grr:

[patrice]

45. Oh, but you can be absolutely guaran-freaking-teed that she's a

Pro-Life sack o'shit!

The sacrilege that they have perpetrated on all of those dead fetuses they're so crazy about is spreading to our young adults.

[graywarrior]

23. That was beautiful!

I had to watch it twice. I'll watch it again, too.

[valerief]

24. I just saw this clip on Crooks 'n Liars and had to shoot off an email to [e-mail].

Said I was impressed with Shuster's interview with the waste of oxygen Blackburn. Also said I'd actually watch the show if Shuster replaced the other waste of oxygen Tucker.

I'm gonna have to check out the show tomorrow night if Shuster will be on.

[Klaxon]

54. Hey...

I did and said the exact same thing...

I hope they listen...

Tucker is an Anti-christ...

[valerief]

90. Absolutely. And he can't dance for $hit either! nt

[troubleinwinter]

65. Funny...

I wrote both the Fucker Show and MSNBC and said Shuster is "a breath of fresh air"!

[valerief]

89. What a hoot! You're breath of fresh air and I'm waste of oxygen.

Some see the glass half full (you), some see it half-empty (me), and and some see half glass full (idiot-in-chief).

[orleans]

25. holy shit!!! DAVID SHUSTER IS HERO OF THE DAY!!!

this was fucking wonderful!

(all on tucker's show? i bet the little twerp peed his pants when he saw what shuster did! "now everyone will want me to grow some balls too--but i can't! i just can't!" :cry:

dear msnbc: NOW DO YOU SEE WHO DESERVES THEIR OWN SHOW? hint: his name does NOT rhyme with FUCKER.

[DuckBurp]

26. I like the way the screen said

"GOP Hypocrisy over MoveOn" almost the entire time she was speaking.

[Cha]

34. I know...imagine cnn doing that!

msnbc is finding their little niche..they're tired of being number 3..I don't usually make predictions cause they're useless.. but, I hope this one comes true!

[DuckBurp]

35. But it probably ticked off Tucker to see that.

[Cha]

38. Yeah, but I don't think tucker has

any whining cred at msnbc. }(

[The Wizard]

61. Little niche?

They're doing the news the vast majority wants: hard hitting questions aimed at lying scumbags and war profiteers. Why the other corporate media is fighting over the Pox (deliberate typo) News, knuckle dragging Neanderthals, who for the most part are not out spending money they don't have, is beyond reason and logic. Then again, the corporate masters only see tomorrow's bottom line and don't concern themselves with next year, figuring that with enough money in their respective pockets, they'll survive and the weak will die off.
How long do they expect this propaganda dressed as a news charade to continue?

[Rose Siding]

29. Hmmm...Mr. Olberman must be sharing his breakfast cereal

:bounce: :patriot: :yourock:

[stanwyck]

30. I wish he had asked her

exactly what in the content of the ad was not the truth. Tell her to get past the headline pun and discuss the facts of the ad. The next time a rightwinger starts in on the MoveOn ad, just ask" what in the ad's content was incorrect"" They won't know. They haven't actually read the ad, and if they have, they won't be able to rebut the content.

[Cha]

32. WOW!~ Thank you!

I was in AWE..I haven't ever seen a rethug interviewed like that!

Cause I don't have newscable and they didn't use to do it when I had it before 2002.

"When's the last time an ad killed somebody?" marsha talks like a fucking robot ..her voice is grating and I sat through it just to hear what David could get in edgewise.

[PatSeg]

33. I've seen her on Hardball

and it is excruciating to listen to her, but I force myself because Matthews almost always puts her down, (not hard to do). Shuster definitely needs his own show. His segments on Hardball are the best part of the show. This guy is a real pro and he knows his stuff. I'm quite sure MSNBC is considering some changes now that Countdown has become a ratings success. I hope Shuster is on their short list.

[niceypoo]

40. They need to ask the repukes, "Where is outrage over blackwater," ...

...and pin their asses to the floor with it.

[AX10]

42. Marsha Blackburn is the stuff that comes out of a horse's ass!

Mint Julep!

[TheMadMonk]

86. Really. I always wondered about the flavour, since I like mint. nt

[wildbilln864]

43. Awesome interview!

Shuster deserves his own show IMO! You could tell she was very pissed at the end! way to go DS! I hope this is a sign of things to come in our media!

[Hulk]

44. This bitch got slapped good...but it didn't wake her up a bit!!

These chicken hawk repugs are so thick skulled, they just don't get it. They parrot the talking points, beat the drum about meaningless bullshit like MoveOn's ad, and they are the ONLY reason this country is stuck neck deep in bush-shit. This country has suffered enormously, and it's repugs like this lock stepper, dense baboon type that this country is where it is today.

I'd be ashamed to have this bitch represent me.

[JackORoses]

47. That Kid is a Rising Star!

[go west young man]

48. Damn awesome smack down!

The look on her face was priceless. Shuster deserves much praise for this. Finally a reporter with guts.

[bjobotts]

49. Says "everyone" condemns the moveon ad...WRONG. But we proved

that a huge majority of us condemn the senate and Bush for their actions to condemn move on rather than support the Webb-Hagel amendment. For the hypocrisy of condemning an ad for not being supportive of the military while not approving an amendment that gives soldiers time off between deployments which is really supporting the troops.
We proved our condemnation of the senates actions by donating over a half million to moveon. Also the polls show that public opinion remains unchanged and unaffected by Petraeus' pony show.
OOOOOhhhh! a double blow...We proved we don't believe or support your Irag policy and that we approve of what moveon is saying. When will democrats in the senate get a clue as to real public opinion and quit listening to the beltway worthless Dems like Diane Feinstein whose husband is profiteering greatly from this war as a defense contractor.
Wished Tucker would have brought up the moveon donations and the unchanged polls and smeared it in miss Tennessee's face in the way of a clear demonstration that she doesn't know what she's talking about and her NYT attack is extremely petty and a waste of time when she should have focused her attention on doing something useful besides emailing families of those victims she supports getting killed.

[Pachamama]

50. Give Shuster a program and call it "Hardball"!!!!

Damn, was that a smackdown and what should be called REAL JOURNALISM!!!!

PS: What a bitch that woman is....and how phony...she didn't even know the name of a dead soldier from her district and was so damn righteous and playing the White House talking points....

[guruoo]

51. I live in her district...

I know her well, and this woman's full of shit as a Christmas turkey.
Only time she's in contact with the troops is when there's a camera
around for her to hog.

[BootinUp]

53. Shuster really exposed her for the political hack

that she is. I wouldn't be surprised if she was crying later from that experience.

[chelsea0011]

55. "when was the last time an ad ever killed someone"? Honest journalism.

It's late but I'm glad someone is stepping to the plate.

[chelsea0011]

56. "when was the last time an ad ever killed someone"? Honest journalism.

It's late but I'm glad someone is stepping to the plate.

[peaches2003]

57. This year's KBH

Marsha Blackburn is this year's newer and younger Kay Bailey Hutchinson. KBH used to be out there telling us her every thought 24/7 and repeating every Repug talking point with that phony smile and southern accent. She was a joke and evidently now is getting too old to fit the Repug blonde mold. MB is on the air constantly spewing her crap.

This was great. Get Tucker off and give David Schuster his own show.

[Vinca]

58. Thanks for posting this. I only caught the tail end yesterday.

It was a great smack down, but old Marsha's got ice water running through her veins and it barely knocked her off message. Schuster is the best - he needs his own show.

[wrenny]

59. Wasn't she just so smug at the beginning?

And she repeated at least two times how MoveOn got a reduced rate from the NYT. Umm... is that a bad thing? Oh, I guess that proves to her that the NYT is just as naughty as MoveOn. I'm surprised the Senate hasn't slapped the NYT on it's wrist as well. How dare they.

[krkaufman]

60. Ok, now THAT was some "hardball." Nicely done, David Schuster.

Chris Matthews could definitely learn from this segment -- actual "hardball."

[Pacifist Patriot]

62. That was so painful I couldn't even finish watching it.

He was fantastic and I loved the CNN captioning.

[Sanity Claws]

63. It's worse for Limbaugh to use the public air waves to air his crap

Why did Shuster accept the idea that it was worse for the Times to publish the ad? That ad was paid for. Nothing prohibits someone else from buying a competing ad.
Radio stations broadcast on public air waves - OUR air waves - how dare Limbaugh and the other RW nuts misuse the public trust in this way.
Also, why do they accept Limbaugh's assertion that the phrase came from a caller? He's a drug-addled gasbag and not credible by any means.

[peaches2003]

68. Typical Limbaugh lie

I haven't listened to Rush in yrs, but this is typical of what he always does when he has something to say that could be controversial. Blames it on someone else and says he was just repeating... The day he said Hilary had murdered Vince Foster in her secret apartment, his excuse was that he had 'heard' that and was just repeating it. He had used the 'caller' crap before, too.

Typical Repug- personal responsibility is for everyone but them. And they get away with it like they do everything else.

[lazyriver]

64. I tip my hat to David Shuster.

I also realize it's a sad fact that I am surprised when I witness real journalism in the MSM anymore. He asked pressing questions that obviously weren't scripted for her ahead of time. This interview, unlike so many others in the MSM, was not an open microphone for her to regurgitate her repuke talking points. That one question, "Do you know the name...?" made all the other bullshit she spouted stand out even more as bullshit.

He did a great job and MSNBC will get an email from me saying so.

[JHB]

67. Not to detract from the soldier, but...

(yeah, I know, some jerk has to find fault with Shuster. Today it's me)

...I do wish Shuster had brought up some more examples of Republican hypocricy on this, like the Swifties, the Purple Heart band-aids, etc. (Congresswoman, obviously you would be equally outraged at denigrating members of the armed forces who have recieved wounds in the line of duty, especially for political purposes. Can you direct me as to where you're on the record condenming delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention who wore band-aids with purple hearts on them?)

[npincus]

69. Hooray for journalism! DS, you ROCK.

Thanks for posting- I saw this yesterday and couldn't quite believe my ears!

[npincus]

70. "..an ad never killed anyone"

My G-d, I've waited so long for someone in the MSM to make one of these pigs eat their own bullshit.

[Virginian]

71. I wonder how many who criticize it actually know what it said.

She seems to know the circulation rates of the paper, the price of the ad and the headline title. I wonder if she actually read the ad -- if she has any idea of what it said.

In the Limbaugh vs Times discussion, it wasn't the words, it was the price of the ad. That struck me as odd, but wing nuts always seem to have a chunk of logic missing when debating these things.

Added on edit:
Shuster is on all the (MS)NBC news shows. He reports the political news and is very valuable in the reporting he already does. If he gets his own show, there needs to be a reporter who can fill his shoes -- someone who can tell it to us straight. David Gregory can't do it all alone.

Joe Scarborough used to be the unreasonable conservative on MSNBC, but I think Katrina opened his eyes and he no longer drinks the Kool Aide.
Chris Matthews, who is from a Republican background even though he did work for Democrats, has seemed to favor Bush in the past, but has not been so enthusiastic since the White House went to Russert to get him fired over the Valerie Plame affair.
Pat Buchanan used to have a show with Bill Press, but he was not a neo-con, did not march in lock step and was against starting Bush's Iraq war. It's hard to have a Point/Counterpoint show when both hosts agree on the main topic of the decade.
When CNN's Crossfire imploded, Tucker needed a show, MSNBC picked him up. He no longer wears those bow ties for his own image. I wonder how much longer he can carry water for the Bushies without logic distroying his image of them.
Does anyone remember Jon Stewert on Crossfire lecturing Tucker on how bad Crossfire was for the unity of the nation?

[immoderate]

75. That's what he should have asked...

He should have asked a question about the content of the ad. If she knows, the content gets discussed, if she doesn't she looks stupid, even to them!

Now she can say she was blind-sided.

--IMM

[qanda]

72. When David Shuster gets done at MSNBC he can go work on The Daily Show

He seems to have his finger on the pulse of irony and hypocrisy. Her answer reminded me of that poor girl on the Miss Teen USA pageant recently.

[MCMetal]

74. I really need to know ........

What the hell type of cretins live in this douchebag's district in Tennessee , that they would actually vote for this empty-headed bimbo ?


Her voice alone should diqualify her as a candidate ; she sounds like a terrible actress forced into doing porn and pretending she's Minnie Mouse.....

[blondeatlast]

76. Regardless of the party label,I wish they'd all ask questions like Shuster did.

And to think he started at FOX.

:patriot:

[UnclassifiedProducer]

79. God Bless Mr. Shuster.

Is the MSM finally getting a little back-bone? Lord knows we aren't getting any from Dems in Congress.

Nice to see a politician squirm like that. Her stuttering when Shuster asks why she's so concerned about a newspaper ad and not about the young man killed from her district.

Thanks for posting this.

[KansDem]

80. GOP tactic: The "loooooooooong explanation."

Blackburn starts off with short quips criticizing MoveOn and defending Rush, then when her gross hypocrisy is made public, she launches into the "long explanation." I noticed the GOPers use this tactic to run out the clock and to avoid more embarrassing questions from the interviewer. If you're a Republican and you are exposed, ramble on and on about nothing...

[Mojambo]

85. Filibustering.

That's all it is.

[KansDem]

94. Well, I'm glad it's alive and kicking *somewhere*

Too bad it was nowhere to be found during Alito and Roberts' confirmation hearings...:(

[MiniMe]

81. I bet she calls Tucker and chews him out for not being there

But, but, but I was supposed to be interviewed by Tucker, not somebody that would ask me hard questions.

[TheCowsCameHome]

83. OxyBoy said she was "ambushed" - Wrong - she was "GeorgeBushed"

That is, totally brain dead.

The fat addict said on his show today that she was "ambushed" by Shuster.

[Mojambo]

84. Dude. She got shredded

Those talking points were getting pretty thin.

We reach out... We work with them...

We... don't know their names.

[Historic NY]

87. she stays in touch......................

unbelievable, he should have asked her what was the last soldiers funeral she attended. Dumb blonde bimbo....:argh:

[cadaverdog]

88. Is MSNBC testing the waters? Is their a buck to be made from the left wing?

Carlson's show suffers from low ratings, so what's to lose sending Shuster in there with instructions to let her have it with both barrels and see what the public's reaction is. If they hate Shuster, so what? Can't damage that show anymore than it is already. But, if they reaction is "You go, Shuster!" then maybe it's time for the corporate heads to get behind this "progressive thing," and see if it has legs, ala keith O. It's happening on K Street, and in big corporations across the land. Time to jettison the Repugs and go with the winners.

[bluescribbler]

91. kick

[SeattleGirl]

93. Hai! Mah name is Suzy Sunshiine.

And Ah'm here to say that, um, uh, well, um, what was the question again?

Oy! :eyes:

[meowomon]

95. I called Rep.Blackburn's office to complain

Someone in her Clarksville, Tennessee office said the young man was not from her district. Well hello Rep. Blackburn, there is this little thing that we like to call "the Google" and it lets us know exactly where your district is and this young beautiful child was from Bon Aqua,Tennessee. Right smack dab in the highly gerry-mandered middle of Rep. Blackburn's district!

It's bad enough that she didn't even know the young man's name, but to lie about it is disgraceful.