chuck todd says huckabee was 'baited' into saying Obama was born in kenya

[spanone]

bullshit, chuck

huckabee is a liar

[hobbit709]

1. If he's that easily tricked, then it doesn't say much for him.

[LaurenG]

2. Who baited him? And if he's that easily led he shouldn't be trying to

speak to those smarter than he is.

[spanone]

3. he claimed the radio show host baited huckabee...presented NO facts

[LaurenG]

6. Heh , do they ever back up anything they say with facts!?

He's a dork to start with - now he's a factless, spineless, ingnorant dork.

[Buzz Clik]

4. Huh? Did someone double dog dare him to say it?

[mmonk]

5. Poor Huckabee.

At least he has Chuck up his ass.

[madmax]

7. If he can be baited by a talk show host

is he qualified to interact with world leaders and deal with MAJOR world problems.

He's too stupid for interviews, he's too stupid for everything else.

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Didn't he say that if he knows ONE thing, it's that Obama "grew up in Kenya" ?

That doesn't seem like being baited.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

10. He said it twice, far enough apart to get it right the second time. Pretty indefensible, Chuck

[gkhouston]

24. Yes. Did Obama ever even *go* to Kenya as a child? I know he visited as an adult.

I don't know which is most pathetic--Huckabee spouting birther talking points, Huckabee trying to pretend he hasn't spouted birther talking points, or Todd trying to fish Huckabee out of the bottom of that deep, deep privy vault. Don't look down, Chuckie, it's full of spiders.

[Pirate Smile]

29. No, he never even set foot in Kenya until he was an adult.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

9. Chuck should go back to managing mediocre bands

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. He tried to get the interviewer to let him, um... finish...

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...and the interviewer wouldn't leave him alone.
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Huckabee: "Go 'way. 'BATIN'!!!!
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Interviewer: "But, wouldn't that..."
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Huckabee: "OMG-OMG-OMG-0BAMAS-A-KENYAN-OMG-OMG-OMG!!!"
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He was remarkable calm and clear-eyed for the rest of the interview.
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I think they're confused about who was doing the baiting.
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[liberal N proud]

12. Huckleberry works for FAUX, he was paid to say it.

[yellowcanine]

13. If he took the bait, I guess that makes Huckabee a sucker fish.

I used to fish for suckers when I was a kid but I never caught any as ugly as Chuckles.

[highplainsdem]

14. No, he wasn't "baited." Here's the transcript, from Media Matters:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103010018

MALZBERG: Don't you think it's fair also to ask him, I know your stance on this. How come we don't have a health record, we don't have a college record, we don't have a birth cer - why Mr. Obama did you spend millions of dollars in courts all over this country to defend against having to present a birth certificate. It's one thing to say, I've -- you've seen it, goodbye. But why go to court and send lawyers to defend against having to show it? Don't you think we deserve to know more about this man?

HUCKABEE: I would love to know more. What I know is troubling enough. And one thing that I do know is his having grown up in Kenya, his view of the Brits, for example, very different than the average American. When he gave the bust back to the Brits --

MALZBERG: Of Winston Churchill.

HUCKABEE: The bust of Winston Churchill, a great insult to the British. But then if you think about it, his perspective as growing up in Kenya with a Kenyan father and grandfather, their view of the Mau Mau Revolution in Kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing that the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather.

[stevedeshazer]

15. +1 thanks

[spanone]

16. doesn't sound like baititng to me....

[Johonny]

26. that's some master baiting right there

Of the totally mental kind.

[VoteProgressive]

28. Thanks!

[LeftinOH]

17. Baiting a fish with the kind of bait it's attracted to.. really isn't an unfair tactic. n/t

[ReggieVeggie]

18. So, the question is, why is Todd defending Huckabee?

other than the fact that he seems to work for the right wing

[somone]

19. Well, Gee Golly Gomer is so gullible

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Meet+The+Press+VflpiCCSB3Pl.jpg

[otohara]

20. And He Ran With It

diarrhea of the mouth lead Huck to go on and on and on about baby Obama being born in the jungle.

[Dappleganger]

21. What, someone was throwing fried chicken?

Huckleberry stepped into that pile of shit all by his lonesome.

[OHdem10]

22. He did not have to take the bait. C'on Chuck, Hucabee was appealing

to the ignorant wing of the republican party. As a Minister
he has a double responsibility not to so diision and hatred.w

[truebrit71]

23. Chuck is a sorry excuse for a journalist...careful Chuckie, your bias is showing...

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[C_U_L8R]

25. So Chucklenuts admits he's easily baited.

Or he's lying.

Neither one are very admirable qualities.

[Gold Metal Flake]

27. Cuck Todd: Liberal Media Tool.