Nancy Pelosi explains things to Andrea Mitchell

[underpants]

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[JohnSJ]

1. What an idiot Mitchell is. There are TWO DEMOCRATIC Senators who refuse to remove the

filibuster.

In a 50-50 Senate, which part of that does MITCHELL NOT UNDERSTAND!!!

Speaker Pelosi was kind, "with all due respect"

[calimary]

16. She's just there to pick at the scabs on our body politick.

Just trying to stir shit up so maybe she'll get more ratings.

I wish SOMEBODY would compel dear Andrea to RETIRE!!! She's WAAAAAAAAY past her sell-by date.

We used to call her Andrea "Oh but her EMAILS" Mitchell.

[Samrob]

27. They have quite a few scab pickers at CNN too. nt

[calimary]

44. True, but there are degrees of scab pickers.

They always go easy on Republicans when their asses are on the hot seat.

They're A LOT rougher on Democrats of any and all stripe and level of achievement or electability.

And I cannot quite figure out why.

[Trueblue1968]

23. My hang-nail is amarter than Andrea Mitchell. MSNBC NEEDS TO FIRE ANDREA NOW.

[SalamanderSleeps]

2. How come Andrea Mitchell seems so old, tired, bitter, and irrelevant ....

.... when Nancy is not?

It's all in how you frame the question.


Mitchell does not care about truth, or news, as much as she cares about anyone but herself.

[Warpy]

22. Mitchell has stayed in the susiness long enough to see the fantasy exposed

as a sham, a scam, a rich man's grift. Oh, she always knew that, I don't think you can live with Alan Greenspan and not know that, it's more that the rest of us know that.

I don't think she looks that rough, but the stress lines are starting to show. I'll agree that she's irrelevant and likely just a little bitter as she clings to her party line and talking points and tries to push buttons that have been largely disconnected.

I also liked Speaker Pelosi's "with all due respect..." You know she meant ZERO.

[Meadowoak]

24. It's time for Andrea Mitchell to retire.

[calimary]

47. From your keyboard to God's screen!

[LiberalFighter]

3. If something terrible happened to Andrea....

[Nictuku]

9. Seriously? We are better than that.

That kind of thing doesn't belong here, in my humble opinion.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Seriously yes. We need to fight back. Enough of coddling her.

[Paladin]

20. "We Are Better Than That" could serve as American liberalism's epitaph.

For decades, the radical right has depended upon, and profited outlandishly from, this goody-two-shoes behavior by the left. Enough, already. And to bloody hell with Andrea Mitchell.

[Nictuku]

45. We should not become what we hate

Wishing ill-will against her is kind of sickening to me. She will retire and go on her way. But not soon enough for you.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Hmm...

... it looks like Mitchell did not answer the question. No, they did not have the Republican votes. It doesn't matter how hard you push... when the votes are not going to move. Why does the questioner ask this question? To make Biden and/or Pelosi look weak and ineffective?

[TheRealNorth]

14. I don't think there are enough Republican moderates to get to 60 votes.....

To protect birth control pills from being outlawed. They would all cry "States Rights", while letting gerrymandered legislatures do their dirty work.

[LiberalLovinLug]

21. For some in the MSM, that seems to be what they think is their job

They use Republican talking points against them. "Some people are saying....."

hmmm...who else uses that expression.....?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Oh sure, "push harder". Why in hell didn't anyone else think of that? It's fuckin' magic!

This is why I don't watch the millionaire talking heads on the tee vee machine. Their purpose is to push the agenda of their owners.

[Cha]

6. Freaking Andrea But her emails Mitchell.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. I think she and ponderously pontificating Judy Woodruff sprang from the same elephant turd.

Endless repetition of 'buttery males' in 2016 drove me from tv "news".

[Cha]

13. Yeah, I bet.. I dropped out 14 years earlier..

I haven't watched tv screws since Nov 2002 but I remember Woodruff not especially with fondness.. I really couldn't say what she was like back then.

Sounds like she's toeing the push the Maggats and denigrate the Dems line?

[wnylib]

29. I watched the J6 committee hearings on PBS

with Judy Woodruff and her guests. She did a good job leading in and wrapping up. Accurate, zeroed in on significant points, and no both siderism.

[Cha]

36. Well Good to know!

TY.. bc there is No "Bothsidersims".

[wnylib]

38. Of course there aren't. But too many journalists do not seem to know that.

[Cha]

43. I know.. gotcha! I treasure

those who don't.. just the facts.. the reality.. not some manufactured Media Bullshit to cower to the Fascist Scourge. .

[Sky Jewels]

7. Note to Andrea: Just fucking RETIRE already!!!

Go away!!! You suck!!!

[durablend]

10. Wasn't she leaving?

What happened to that?

[Sky Jewels]

11. I don't know.

Maybe the oligarchy overlords pressured her to stay to keep carrying their water.

[W_HAMILTON]

15. I thought the same.

I thought there was news a couple months ago that she was, let's say, "being retired," and yet I still see her stupid ass is on TV doing her usual stupid ass things. Get her off our televisions already.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

17. Nancy Pelosi offered the perfect response.

[BlueIdaho]

18. Andrea was somebody way back when.

But she overstayed her welcome and should have been put out to pasture about a decade ago. MSNBC really needs to look hard at its legacy lineup. Many are well past their sell by date.

[Rebl2]

26. Correct

Andrea knows good and well that Senate needs sixty votes. I like how Nancy basically says to Mitchell, really Andrea, you don’t know we need sixty votes! Why does Andrea act dumb as a rock at times-no offense to rocks.

[WinstonSmith4740]

19. Damn straight.

We need way more Democrats to follow her lead in their dealings with the press. Mitchell's an idiot, always has been, and has been allowed to get away with this kind of drivel for way too long.

We have some GREAT young guns in our party...O'Rourke, Lieu, AOC, & Swalwell just to name a few. These guys are NOT afraid of a fight, and don't care if they're called a "liberal". Reagan made that an invective during the 80's and the Democrats spent the next couple of decades being afraid of the title. These guys embrace it. Pelosi can help them focus that energy. Follow the leader, guys. Follow the leader.

[ToxMarz]

25. "Oh come on.."

If I had a nickel for every time I said that watching Mrs. Greenspan, though I never added a "With all due respect" since I don't need to be invited back.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. Here's the interview for those who missed it:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'Our Democracy Is At Stake' In The 2022 Midterms - MSNBC (2 videos)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017776253

[underpants]

40. Thank you

[Rhiannon12866]

41. I usually skip Andrea Mitchell, but this was Nancy Pelosi in quite a long interview

[bringthePaine]

30. Mitchell's a fake from the jump, and her old man is essentially a feudalist fuckwad

[JHB]

31. Thank you Nancy for low-key slapping your interviewer upside the head

We need more of that, and with some people, much less low-key.

Make them look bad, make them look stupid on camera. Make them fear that as much as they fear showing "liberal bias."

[ShazzieB]

32. Sometimes an interviewer will ask questions that they think their audience is wondering about.

This is often done to give the interviewee a chance to address those questions directly in their own words. I see instances of this all the time, where Rachel or Lawrence or whoever will ask a question they likely know the answer to as a way of setting things up for a guest expert to pontificate on the area of their expertise. When done properly, it can be very effective and so subtle one barely notices them doing it.

This was NOT an instance of that! Mitchell asked that question out of massive ignorance, and she then seemed to have a hard time understanding what Nancy was trying to tell her. It was clear from Nancy's reaction that she was taken aback by both the question and Mitchell's difficulty understanding why the Democrats in the Senate can't just pass whatever they want with that razor thin margin.

I agree that Mitchell needs to retire.

[underpants]

42. I saw Andrea on Morning Joe a few weeks ago. She could barely string a sentence together.

Meandering commentary with side notes that just stopped. Maybe the producers were in her ear telling her to get back to whatever the hell point she was trying to make. She didn’t have copy or a TelePrompTer and it showed

[karin_sj]

33. Nancy is five years older than Andrea

But she runs circles around her. I'm sick and tired of Andrea's constant sniping about Biden and the democrats.

[Golden Raisin]

34. Mitchell should retire. It's basically already too late to do so gracefully.

The minute I see her face on the screen I cannot change the channel fast enough.

[betsuni]

35. What is it about not having enough votes is so hard to understand.

When it's called an "excuse" for Democrats not being able to do things I want to scream. Belief in the Magic Bully Pulpit, that a good president can push/fight/take on with fiery speeches and everybody will do what he wants. Oh, come on. In some cases, the more push, the more stubborn.

[Evolve Dammit]

37. Andrea is so lost at times. Not quite sure why. Painful to watch most times. nt

[pnwmom]

39. Andrea plays the part of the dumb Rethug voter, giving Nancy a chance to set her straight. nt

[Wild blueberry]

46. Pelosi's "with all due respect" is her version of "bless your heart"

Made me laugh and admire Madam Speaker even more (if that is possible).
Thank you.

[Ladythatvotesblue]

48. Andrea is on

I change the channel!