Bay Buchanan on Obama: "We're gonna work with him" (but ONLY if he "governs from the center right")

[Amerigo Vespucci]

VIDEO CLIP @ the link below:

Huh? Right wingers proclaim they will work with Obama if he only governs from the "center right"
By John Amato Monday Nov 10, 2008 3:30pm

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/right-wing-proclaims-they-will-work-oba

I saw this last week and didn't get a chance to make the clip, but Bay Buchanan was on CNN and told us how the right wing will bring bipartisanship to the table as Obama takes office.

BUCHANAN: Well, it all depends on which direction the country -- Obama wants to take the country. If he is really going to govern from the center and recognizes that the nation is center to right, then we're gonna work with him, just as we worked with Bill Clinton to get welfare reform...

Obama won a clear mandate to lead this country the way he sees fit and America wants to get things done. So this statement by Buchanan, and dozens of other conservative talking heads like her in the days since the election, is very dangerous for the Right. If they are perceived as obstructionists during this time of heavy economic crisis then their brand of politics will be damaged all the more.

Personally, I hope they do it. They helped make the case for Obama with their constant personal attacks as well as calling him a "Socialist" and a "Marxist." Keep up the good work, guys and gals. You are making my job so much easier. As for the talking point that America is a center-right country, Media Matters has more: http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070013

...a poll conducted November 4-5 showed strong support for the progressive positions that Obama has articulated on the issues, rebutting the claim that the United States is a conservative country.
Several in the media have claimed that President-elect Barack Obama won the election because he ran as a conservative and that notwithstanding Obama's victory, the United States is a conservative country.

In claiming that Obama ran as a conservative, these media figures ignore the central components of his platform, including repeal of tax cuts for the wealthy, near-universal health-care coverage, and redeployment of troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.

Read about all the results here: http://mediamatters.org/items/200811070013

[gaiilonfong]

1. hey Bay you retHUG low-life hagg

kiss my gritts

LOSER

[ej510]

2. Bay Buchanan needs quiet time in a padded room.

[stray cat]

3. How will Bay work with anyone - isn't she just a partisan media hack with no real job

[still_one]

4. excuse me but what was bay elected to?

I am sick and tired of these pseudo "christians" that believe they control the show

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Bay? We? How exactly does that work?

Who is the sea hag to tell anyone who will work with Obama?

[mitchum]

6. Who the fuck are you, Bay Buchanan?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

14. That was my question....

I don't think the President of the United States is obligated to "work with" rightwing blowhards who don't even have a regular gig on cable anymore.

Blow it out yer ass, sister.

[LynnTheDem]

7. If America is center-right, how come the "most liberal US Senator" won???

Take your "center-right", and go fuck yourself with it, Pat. :hi:

[libertad]

9. I second that! n/t

[Arkana]

8. Bay Buchanan can go shove it.

Obama will govern how he wants. He will attempt to work with Republicans but if she thinks he'll be a doormat she's in for a rude awakening.

[zulchzulu]

10. So as long as Obama acts like a Repug, you're cool with it, Bay?

Well, gee whiz, Bay. Don't you have another Pat for President campaign to run into the ditch...again?

[Not a robought]

11. Why is she still around?

And why does she think anyone wants to work with her?

[City Lights]

12. Suit yourself, Bay.

Enjoy your time in the wilderness.

[ddeclue]

13. Hey Bay! 1995 called... they want their right wing crazies back!

Sorry Bay but Obama don't need you (or Bill Graham for that matter either) and this ain't 1995 and Obama ain't Bill Clinton.

Get a clue, it's 2008 and you're irrelevant!

Doug D.

[AlCzervik]

15. Blow it out your ass Bay.

[Medusa]

16. So kind of them to set their terms isn't it?

As if they had any right to make demands when the House, the Senate & the WH are ours? Ours. Ours. All Ours. Eat it Republicans!

[Riddler]

17. So according to Bay, Obama HAS to govern from center right, but it was perfectly ok for the repukes

to govern from the extreme far right for 8 years?

[Coexist]

18. OT- but does anyone else even recognize that woman's face anymore?

she's as creepy looking as Michael Jackson to me.

[Avalux]

19. Note to PUKES: You're not in charge anymore.

You don't get to tell Obama how to govern. If you choose to work with him, great, if not, too fucking bad.

[yellowcanine]

20. What is this "we" business Kemo Sabe? When did Bay Buchanan get elected to Congress?

[TheDonkey]

21. Good thing we (or anyone) has no use for that shill.