A spine was finally found?

[babylonsister]

[Squinch]

1. One vertebra does not a spine make. Let's see how he proceeds.

[AndyTiedye]

31. One Phone Call Will Make the "Spine" Disappear

[Berlum]

2. Wow

What a freakin surprise...

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. My lord, that is almost as valuable as ...

Oh never mind.

Them are in trouble if the supine media is calling them on it.

[Historic NY]

4. Mr. Speaker.....you lie!!!!!!!!!

[Kalidurga]

5. I wonder if that hurt...

I can't imagine growing a spine at that age is easy.

[L0oniX]

6. Sorry. There is no redeeming quality David Gregory will ever have IMO. n/t

[babylonsister]

7. I hear you, which is why this was so surprising, in a good way. But

it's most likely an anomaly.

[hfojvt]

8. well, so the media is finally gonna stand up and fight

for "entitlement cuts"

Who knew?

[spanone]

9. hell freezes over....i watched it happen...even the media can't cover for these assholes anymore

[malaise]

12. Hah!

[spanone]

17. it's true, gregory needs to keep the tiny, minute shred of integrity he might have

i doubt he has it, but he can't look completely stupid as boehner runs his partisan mouth.

i heard boehner say 'the President DEMANDED the sequester'....he's one lying fuck


rant over...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. What the heck was all that about?

Gregory has been giving the GOP a free pass on every lie they choose to spew on MtP. Now he calls Boehner on one?

Seriously, what gives? Did Gregory have a recent hit to the head? Was he running a fever today, what?

[Hulk Smash]

11. Iam so sick of the spineless press. Just so sick!

[KaryninMiami]

13. I watched him say it- but it was brief

And for the rest of the interview, Boner had free reign to continue with his bullshit without any other confrontations or even any interesting questions. Every once in a while David shows a glimmer of home and acts like the reporter he is supposed to be- but for the most part, he's pretty much a wimp / talking spokesperson / puppet. Would so love for Rachel or Chris Hayes to host that show-- would be a totally different experience.

[SunSeeker]

14. Sounds like he just threw out the statement then did not follow up.

How about then asking "Why does the GOP keep saying there is no Democratic plan, when in fact there is?" Or, "Do you think it is fair to maintain tax loopholes for the rich while cutting food aid to the poor?"

Of course, the fact the he even threw out the statement appears to be an improvement from his normal bootlicking.

[winter is coming]

15. It's a rental. n/t

[jerseyjack]

16. That's twice on one show.

He also challenged the Orange Man on the effects of a tax reduction.

[Snake Plissken]

23. Boehner's fake tan needs to get a twitter feed

or at least it's own facebook page

[nolabear]

18. Maybe they're finally reflecting the public's outrage rather than ginning it.

Self serving, of course, but fine by me.

[zentrum]

19. Gregs is...

...just worried about his rich pals again having to weather a recession, which, though it effects them less, effects them too.

He knows his advertisers will take a big hit if the middle class gets anxious again. So the word has come down from above to push back against the Repugs.

The path of wisdom is to always be utterly cynical about little Davie Greg.

[spedtr90]

20. And the Senate Democrats' plan and their House plan...

The Senate plan that did not pass only because of the filibuster rule - 51 for, 49 against.
A House plan Republicans refused to allow a vote on - 3 times.

[Cha]

21. Un-Freaking-Real! Can you imagine an Incredulous

boner?! "Say What!?" "You're suppose to be letting me get away with LYING Like It's Always Been!!!"

Who told David Gregory to "get a spine, dude!"???!!!

thanks babylonsistah!

[mtasselin]

22. careful

David, please be careful if you are going to start holding these assholes feet to the fire I just might have to start watching again.

[Ken Burch]

24. Of course, David Gregory isn't personally involved in resolving the situation.

And imagine what that exchange might have been like if Soledad O'Brien had been moderating the show.

[chemenger]

25. Just as I thought ...

they didn't find it in Harry Reid.

[valerief]

26. Gregory will fight to the death for Social Security and Medicare cuts. nt

[DJ13]

28. My thinking as well

The PTB probably figure Obama's entitlement cuts are the best they're going to get, and Boehner already blew that deal before.

Not a spine in Gregory, more like a knife in his back from his elite corporate owners trying to prod the GOP into taking a deal thats so bad (for the 99%: the 1% have dreamed of this for decades) its tailor made for the GOP to embrace.

[Zax2me]

27. David Gregory has stood up before.

Nice to see him standing again!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

29. Gregory just signed a new contract.

Maybe it's so lucrative he can afford to give his ethics a nice going away present.

[truedelphi]

30. I could care lsess if David Gregory found a spine.

I never have donated money to David Gregory, never walked the block seeking votes for him, never believed in him, and certainly don't bother watching him on TV..

The person I need to have a spine seems to have just sold me out:


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/03/us-usa-fiscal-idUSBRE91P0W220130303

Reuters) - President Barack Obama raised anew the issue of cutting entitlements such as Medicare and Social Security as a way out of damaging budget cuts, a White House official said on Sunday, as both sides in Washington tried to limit a fiscal crisis that may soon hit millions of Americans.

Signaling he might be ready to explore a compromise to end automatic spending cuts that began late Friday, Obama mentioned reforming these entitlement programs in calls with lawmakers from both parties on Saturday afternoon.

"He's reaching out to Democrats who understand we have to make serious progress on long-term entitlement reform and Republicans who realize that if we had that type of entitlement reform, they'd be willing to have tax reform that raises revenues to lower the deficit," White House senior economic official Gene Sperling said on Sunday on the CNN program "State of the Union."

[Jamaal510]

32. You know what they say about broken clocks...

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