ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN will air the GOP response to Obama's speech

[jeffbr]

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/political-media/abc-news-to-air-republican-response-to-obamas-big-health-care-address/

ABC News To Air Republican Response To Obama’s Big Health Care Address
Updated below: CNN, CBS, and NBC will air the GOP response, too.

ABC News has decided to air a Republican response to Obama’s big health care address to a joint session of Congress next week, a network spokesperson confirms to us, all but ensuring that the other major networks will follow suit.

The decision will alter the politics of what promises to be a major political event with potentially dramatic consequences for the White House and for reform, and could set off a scramble among Republicans to be selected for the role of delivering that response.

ABC News’ decision comes after House GOP leader John Boehner sent a formal request asking networks to make time to air a GOP answer to Obama’s address. Boehner pointed out that Governor Carroll Campbell of South Carolina was granted airtime to answer Bill Clinton’s 1993 health care speech.

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Gotta be bipartisan, folks. What the GOP wants, the GOP gets.

[valerief]

1. But will they also carry the President's speech? That's the big question. nt

[rfranklin]

2. No, that would be too partisan!

We have to be even-handed after all.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Will they want a televised response to the speech to the schoolchildren, too?

:eyes:

[create.peace]

6. 'xactly what i was thinking! nt

[orpupilofnature57]

4. MSM ,have served as a confusing ,divisive tool for New World Order

[woo me with science]

5. Oh, I thought you meant the speech to the kids.

I was trying to think of what the GOP counter-argument to "study hard and work toward your goals" would be.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. "Stay home and try not to learn anything about science,

cuz it's against the word of Gawd. Plus, we especially don't want you to be educated if you aren't white."

[bobbolink]

14. "Quit school so you, too, can be a corporate wage-slave the rest of your life."

:shrug:

[ddeclue]

7. Oh PLEASE LET IT BE GOVENAH BOBBY!!!

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. I don't think they will ask him again...

But we can always hope it's a supertool like Timmy Pawlenty, who could put rocks to sleep.

[valerief]

17. They'll probably get the whitest man they have--Newt Gingrich. nt

[rurallib]

21. +1

[Common Sense Party]

Is this unusual?

I thought the opposition party usually gives a rebuttal to presidential speeches. Are they usually not televised?

[WillowTree]

16. Of course it's not unusual.

It's just that some people around here are so addicted to outrage that they absolutely must have their hourly fix, even if they have to invent one.

[The Wielding Truth]

8. Oh yea, in this case they want the Fairness Doctrine.

:wow: Sooprise! Sooprise!

[alfredo]

10. I was hoping it would be a Michelle Bachman, sleep deprived, crashing from

too many energy drinks, and a little drunk.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. How would you be able to tell?

[alfredo]

29. The demented gleam in her eyes is bloodshot.

[rwheeler31]

12. Sarah Sarah Sarah

[DearAbby]

15. Are they opposed to children

staying in school and getting good grades?

GOP Response to the President's speech to school children.

Don't listen to the propaganda of the Commie Socialists. Only Commie Socialists want to make sure children have a good education. DON'T FALL FOR IT.

(note: Commie or Socialist, together or separate is 21st Century " CAN'T YOU SEE HE IS BLACK!!??1')


...or will they to say

"DITTO, we absolutely agree with the President, Stay in school, be the best you can be. It all starts with a good education, that is your job, boys and girls."

[high density]

18. I doubt the WH is afraid of the Repuke response

They are obviously out of touch with what America needs/wants. It will be another nonsensical rant about taxes, government bureaucracy, and free markets. Give the private companies more time and they'll fix it on their own. I recall Jindal's response was incredibly detached from Obama's speech that led to it.

I am completely fine with this as long as it's a one time thing for such a large issue like this. If they expect to get time after every Obama appearance then I think it will be time to remind them what party controls the White House.

[DearAbby]

19. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPOSING

VIEW ON CHILDREN GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION....Tell me honesty, this is a nightmare right? We are all having a collective nightmare...please let me wake up.

THIS ISN'T JUST DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, We've taken the turn into THE SQUIRREL'S NEST, nothing but nuts.. NUTS everywhere....please let me wake up?

[Common Sense Party]

23. Cue Emily Litella

This is referring to the speech on health care reform to a joint session next week

[DearAbby]

28. Oh...nevermind

:->

[rurallib]

24. No, no - this is the health care speech

Obviously they have opposition to education, but seldom express it openly.

[stevedeshazer]

20. I'm rooting for Glenn Beck to deliver the response and then shoot himself in the head on national TV

"I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it? No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?"

-Glenn Beck, referring to filmmaker Michael Moore. http://mediamatters.org/research/200505180008

But maybe it will be one of their other powerful leaders, like Eric Cantor or Bobby Jindal or The Queen of the Iquitarod.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. The GOP haven't got a plan so it will be a joke!

[Rex]

25. The GOP is dying, let them look like buffoons. Fuck them, they hurt

themselves - only a fringe loony group even believe the shit Repukes say. Corporations helping corporations, who is surprised?

[emdee]

26. I did NOT mean to recommend this! Sorry. nt

nt

[Stinky The Clown]

27. I seem to recall Dems had similar opportunities when Idiot Son was squatting there.