"This was always hard to see how this was a 'Watergate Moment'-It was more like a Casablanca Moment-

[jenmito]

'Shocked-shocked that politics is being practiced by a White House."-Chuck Todd on MSNBC to Andrea Mitchell regarding Rahm's offer through Clinton for the offer of an unpaid advisory position to Sestak to not run for Senate.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. If it was always hard, why did they flog it so?

At whose behest?

[WCGreen]

2. Wow, the Toddster finally gets one right...

[jenmito]

4. Yup. He was TRYING to say something similar to Joe and Mika yesterday but they

weren't havin' it. They swore it could be illegal and VERY serious.

[Cha]

16. Now in their ignorance and blowhardness they

have runny egg all over their collective face.

[phleshdef]

3. Chuck Todd is slimey, but he is far from being a political idiot.

He can act like an idiot when he wants to push a certain meme, but he knows the difference between starters and non-starters.

[jenmito]

5. I don't think Todd is slimy...

just that he seems to push certain memes probably under pressure from his higher-ups.

[phleshdef]

8. MSNBC pushes every meme, even ours. They are all over the place.

I guess in a way, they practice their own fairness doctrine. I think Chuck Todd pushes whatever he wants to push. Don't get me wrong, I'm always interested to see what he has to say because he has a keen political mind when he isn't interested in carrying water.

[jenmito]

9. That's true...

and he WAS very good when talking about the elections-poll #s, etc.

[Arkana]

7. He was better when he stuck strictly to numbers.

[OregonBlue]

11. I was saying exactly the same thing yesterday.

[Arkana]

6. Hey, the proverbial blind squirrel finally found himself a nut.

[lamp_shade]

10. I agree with something Chuck said a week ago... that Sestak "heard something he wanted to hear".

[PopSixSquish]

12. And Used it to Get a Leg Up in the Primary Against Arlen Spector

:silly:

[jenmito]

13. Me, too. I remember when he said that. But I have a feeling that he KNEW what he was

saying wasn't really true but he wanted to make himself look more important and "mavericky." I say that because when Joe Scarborough asked him if he was offered the job of Sec. of Navy, he didn't deny it and said yes in his rambling answer, leading Joe to believe he WAS offered that job. Then after that interview, he refused to come out and say yes to the direct question if he was offered the Sec. of Navy job.

[Robeson]

14. This shit has been blown up beyond all proportions.

[jenmito]

18. That's because the media just repeats the Repub. line and loves the excitement of the possibility

of impeachment, even though it's NOT possible under the circumstances.

[tledford]

15. Even George Will said this was a non-issue last Sunday morning. eom

[jenmito]

17. Yup. I saw him say that and I posted about it. n/t