TUCKER TOTALLY ASHAMED and embarrased by NH dem campaigner!

[LittleApple81]

The woman campaign manager from New Hampshire "Slamming"
Tucker Carlson... called him an embarrassment when he tried to talk about Kerry's money or some such thing (sorry, not paying 100% attention)...She chased him off...Begala intervened because otherwise Tucker would have had to start running.
She said people should be informed about issues and that Tucker should take advantage of his position as a journalist to inform people and not sputter silliness.

[LittleApple81]

1. And now she said that Bush is co-opting Kerry's approach of going

to other countries and trying to get support!

[Sparkly]

2. Kathy Sullivan -- I just saw that too

Man, she cleaned his clock!!!

[mandyky]

38. I think she worked for Dean

She went after ole Tucker when he asked that windsurf question.

"Why do you people do this? Talk about the issues, not this carp"
The above was a paraphrase, but basically when she went after Carlson. LOL It was a sight to behold, and music to my ears!

[Terry_M]

3. Yeah and then..

She avoids answering his other questions and instead goes into Democratic talking points...

[redqueen]

4. SMART!

Learn, Dems! Stop playing their game!

Nice to hear a small bit of good news today.

[Terry_M]

9. Frankly I'm sick of these political games...

I'd much prefer if people just answered the questions they were asked. Both sides do this unfortunately.

[redqueen]

27. Well, the problem is

when their questions are nothing but games and distractions.

Like the Lady said, he was trying to divert people into thinking about ridiculous nonsense. She was trying to get back to issues that matter.

When you consider that that tactic is 99.99999999999% of the Republican playbook, you begin to see the necessity of not even acknowledging their stupid nonsense and instead just continually attacking them on the issues.

[Terry_M]

29. Sorry for the confusion, see Reply #24

[mandyky]

40. What does windsurfing or whatever have to do with issues

It wasn't a game except on wise ass Tucker's side, and he got called on it.

[trumad]

6. Oh really......

:eyes:

[Sparkly]

7. Tucker, is that you?

Because that's exactly what Tucker said as she began answering his second, much more humbly-asked question about the differeces between Kerry and the Chimperor.

She answered his question.

[Terry_M]

11. LOL

I agreed with him, she was avoiding the question.

[Ducks In A Row]

15. She was ignoring the non-issue bullshite

[stopbush]

16. Rethugs refuse to answer *hypotheticals,* Dems should refuse to

answer *rhetoricals.*

Glad to see someone standing up to Tucker and calling his BS what it is...

[Terry_M]

20. I'd feel better if

instead of reciting the same stuff we've all heard 100 times before, they would just say "I don't want to answer the question", and if necessary explain why.

[belladonna]

25. Seemed to me as though she did just that

She explained that she didn't want to talk about kite sailing when there are much more important things, such as the ECONOMY, to discuss.

[devilgrrl]

21. Blaa, blaa, blaa....

[belladonna]

23. Which question would that be?

The kite sailing one? Why should she even bother to answer a bullshit question like that?

[Terry_M]

24. Not that one, the one about the Iraq war

[belladonna]

26. She did answer it

She talked about how important it is to have a plan going FORWARD, and stressed that Kerry has a plan, a much better one than Smirks. What part of that didn't you understand?

[LittleApple81]

30. And she actually said that Bush* has been co-opting parts of Kerry's

plan. So I know she answered the question.

[Terry_M]

31. The quesiton was

What difference will there be between the candidates on Iraq for New Hampshire voters, many of whom have family members in Iraq... She didn't point out any practical differences or say that there were none.
Instead she was talking about how Bush stole Kerry's ideas (maybe true, but we heard that 1 billion times already, and it doesn't really point out the differences to the average voter), and how Kerry won't start anymore wars (again not relevant to Iraq).

[belladonna]

32. Wow, you could work for Bush-Cheney '04 with that attitude

Or hey, maybe you already do :eyes:

[Terry_M]

33. Hey, I just want straight answers

which I rarely see from either side.

[belladonna]

34. And let me guess

You'd get them from Nader, if only we all would see the error of our ways and vote for him? Am I getting warm?

[kodi]

41. no, i'm afraid you don't

.

[Toby109]

12. Uh, no.

That was Tucker trying to get even by asking her not to. She embarassed his ass on national television because what she said was absolutely spot on. And Tucker knew it. So he made that snide little comment about talking points.

[LittleApple81]

5. Begala: isn't it hypocritical when you OWE YOUR PRESIDENCY

to trial lawyers to criticize Edwards because he is a trial lawyer.

The repug campaign manager from NH could not really reply very well to that.... he came with something totally unrelated to this question!

[Catfight]

17. she should have answered, this will come in very handy WHEN

the repugs try to steal another election! Kerry and Edwards are fighters not elistist who just get handed things throughout life! The difference is, spoiled vs. toiled.

[SW FL Dem]

8. She was awesome

totally refused to take Tucker's bait about Kite-surfing. Told him she wanted to talk about the issues people actually care about.

[sadiesworld]

10. Rethugs HATE Crossfire b/c

Given a level playing field...Dems KICK ASS!

[Ducks In A Row]

13. I thought it was so cool

Tucker was hanging his head. Not sure shame ever really entered his mind before. She would not back down. And I loved how Begala had to so obviously rescue him. The Repuge guest was in total shock and didn't have any chance to interrupt.

We need more Dems like her.


Hey Tuck. Just a taste of what the Kerry/Edwards women are going to do to the Reps.

[Hubert Flottz]

35. Tucker went into the whipped pup mode about halfway through!

I thought he was going to cry! I'm talking, "Gurley Man" Tucker here! That lady spanked the whining whelp, but good and made him do that insane desperate plastic laugh he goes into, when he knows he's been HAD! Sometimes I thik Tucker has a screw loose like the other drooling guy on the right, on Crossfire!

Tucker even makes Bad Bob Novakula look better sometimes, and longing for Bob Nosack's bullshit, is something that's damned HARD for me to do! My guess, is the rain wilted Tucker's "Gurley Man" hair do and caused a large wad in his panties!

Anyway, that's what I call entertainment, she came on like gangbusters! Cheered me right up! Both GOPers looked like they'd been hit by lightning, buy the time that gal was through!

[jimshoes]

14. That was the best smackdown

I have ever witnessed on TV. She shot a verbal knockout punch straight to Carlson's jaw. He went down like he'd been poleaxed.

[Rowdyboy]

18. She was brilliant!

She totally refused to play his "Trash Kerry" game. He kept trying, and she kept embarrassing him. I wish more Democrats would refuse to fall for this silly bullshit of cheap questions.

[eaprez]

28. Wonder if they...

...repeat Crossfire in the middle of the night....I'd sure like to see Tucker get slapped down. He talks a lot but never really says anything - when he's getting beat on points he tends to just get louder instead of smarter.

[lumberingbear]

19. Some our Dem guys (males)..

should take a lesson!!!

[Lin]

22. Hope her phone rings off the hook!! Sign that lady UP! Book her for every

talk show, bow tie was minced meat LOL she WON'T_ back_ down_ yea!

[Feanorcurufinwe]

36. That was one of the best segments ever on Crossfire.

She was great!

[Blue_Roses]

37. It was awesome

Tucker looked like he was gonna cry and then he made that snide comeback because he was so humiliated...lol...good to see him squirm. He is so cocky...

[buycitgo]

39. this is EXACTLY what every dem op needs to do

cause it's exactly what the pugs have done for years

they NEVER answer a hostile question. they've been TRAINED not to.

they immediately ignore it, then go on the offensive

unfortunately, most of the interviewers let them get away with it

hope they made a training tape for dems of this show

they absolutely need to adopt this tack, and use it all the time

[Tsiyu]

42. You Know...

it was tradition among the Iroquois to let the women vote for the war chief. Men voted for only the tribal chief. That's because they believed women instinctively knew who would send their children to battle for good cause, and who would do the opposite.

Don't mess with the Democratic Women, now. We are fired up....