talking head reaction thread

[LSK]

What are the fools saying about the speech?

[Drunken Irishman]

1. CNN: "A powerful speech by Barack Obama."

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. It was filled with a bunch of rhetoric - Andrea Mitchell

[Colobo]

5. She really said that?

[Bright Eyes]

12. I heard that.

She sounded like her best friend just got run over.

But I guess in a way, her best friend did just get run over.

[TwilightGardener]

15. Um--that's what a speech is. It's full of, you know, words and stuff--

:wtf:

[Marrah_G]

31. She is an idiot

[Barack_America]

33. Yet if it had been full of specifics, she would have called it "cocky and presumptuous".

Piss off, hag.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Halperin: "The strongest thing he is doing is blurring foreign policy differences w/ McGolfCart."

Halperin: This speech was a good one to bridge the divide between him and McCain. It worked.

Kristin Powers: He looked presidential and it was a very well-received speech. Great optics. A good overall presentation that he will benefit from.

I just flicked over to FauxNews so you don't have to. And the response from Halperin was surprisingly sane.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Andrea Mitchell - "this is a speech McCain could have given"

[SeattleGirl]

6. Shut up, Andrea.

You ARE a clown!

[thewiseguy]

7. Ok I have ran out of patience with her.

Fuck you Andrea.

[Diane R]

8. Christine Armapour (sp?) live from Berlin was very positive (CNN).

[tishaLA]

18. I love Christianne. She is always reasonable. And smart,

[Beetwasher]

9. LOL!

She really said that???? Love that pic, so funny!

[TheDonkey]

10. actuall Chuck Todd said that. Mitchell has been surprisingly gracious. Todd is acting the devil's

advocate.

[writes3000]

16. His point being that there was nothing controversial in the speech.

McCain would agree with all of the sentiments in the speech.

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. Well still, it doesn't surprise me if either of them would have said it.

John Kerry is talking now on the speech on MSNBC

[TheDonkey]

24. yea

they always look for ways to poke him to come across as "fair" :puke: I just wish they would just report what was happening and leave the goofy editorializing to the dinner table.

[CTyankee]

29. Andrea said it and Chuck agreed with it. n/t

[LSK]

11. wow she has really gone off the deep end

[Kber]

13. Oh Honey

In your dreams could McCain have delivered this speech.

[Yavin4]

19. And I Could Be Jessica Alba's Baby's Daddy

But I'm not.

[uponit7771]

20. WTF!!!! Andrea, get off your knees....you do NOT look good down there.!!

[Median Democrat]

21. Really? McCain's Dad Was A Goat Herder?

It would be interesting hearing McCain talking about dad herding goats in Kenya, though I would not put it past McCain to say it, then claim he had a senior moment.

[Ganja Ninja]

23. She's a very bitter person.

I peeked in over at Freeperville. They're very bitter too.

[Mass]

25. Is she crazy or does she think it is a compliment to Obama?

[AwakeAtLast]

28. Yeah, about fell of my couch about that one

What a jealous (insert not nice word here).

[Midlodemocrat]

34. But he didn't. So, STFU, Andrea.

You clueless moran.

[Whisp]

35. are you kidding, she said That? what a clown. nt

[TheDonkey]

14. Kerry on MSNBC NOW

[SemiCharmedQuark]

26. I ran out to the common to put MSNBC on, but it's about a missing toddler.

:shrug:

[TheDonkey]

27. it was very quick and then they went back to their normal programming

which of course is just disasters and missing kids.

[TheDonkey]

22. Why the hell is Candy Crowley allowed to be on TV?

[Hamlette]

30. talking heads didn't trash us, did us a favor by saying McCain could have said these things

it puts Obama in the hunt and prevents McCain from trashing him over what he said.

They didn't say McCain could have given the speech as well, they said there was nothing controversial in it.

They said he looked good, that it was his campaign speech (which is better than them saying he was cocky and acting like he was already the prez).

They didn't piss me off...but they moved too quickly to the lost white girl...IMHO.

[mikiturner]

32. Frankly, I don't mind if they move on

Better to have small amounts of good coverage than to overblow it and risk a backlash.