Ed Asner is one of the great liberals living today.
He was a major Obama supporter in 2008.
He came on Morning Joe to talk his latest role, in a new Broadway (NYC) play and not politics.
Joe Scarborough(Morning Joe host) did his homework, knows how political Ed Asner is, and amubushed him with a one sided question
Something like "You were a big 2008 supporter of Barack Obama...Was Obama everything you expected?"
Ed Asner did not lie and said "Wish he went bolder and did more"
soundbyte-Asner sells Obama down the river, says Obama not good.
Asner was NOT asked, based on the two candidates, which one is the one on your side Mr. Asner.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
He was never asked about Mitt at all. Or the situation or the republicans.
He was ambushed with a trick question and fell for it giving an honest answer.
and shame on the rest of the morning joe people for not quickly adding to it, but normally on entertainment segments, they do not merge the two on the show, and it was not a long segment like the politcal ones were, so no time for rebuttal.
That is how the rightwing does it.
You can bet if Chuck Norris was on and a liberal said a similiar question, Scarborough would have interupted and said the question was biased.
which is why, no matter what one thought of the debate, can anti-Obama comments just be silenced til after the election
because they use any negativity as a positive for them.
And Ed did not know he would be asked about politics, and was completely ambushed.
(I wish though Ed was a regular panelist, because he knows his politics and is as said, one of the great liberals(and far left in fact).And a great union person.
(He led the actors union for many years. I always had wished Ed would have run for office along with Martin Sheen and many others.)
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