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Brewer ends interview with radio host Ziegler after "insults": "Cut the mic off please"

June 10, 2009 12:36 pm ET

From the 11 a.m. ET hour of MSNBC's MSNBC Live, on June 10:

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    • Author by mk3872 (June 10, 2009 12:45 pm ET)
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      Why does MSNBC embarass itself by inviting on these creeps like Ziegler and Buchanan? Each is just there to push their own agendas.

      BTW, wouldn't it be nice if left-wing pundits treated Fox News with the same disregard and called them out on their biases on the air?
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      • Author by harley (June 10, 2009 2:10 pm ET)
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        Ziegler is the perfect concept of a reich-wing teabagging terrorist. He's obnoxious, desperate, hateful, factually challenged, and actually believes there is a librul media.
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      • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:29 pm ET)
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        Well, let's look at it this way. Perhaps MSNBC has these cretins on so that their audience can see how utterly ridiculous and insane they are. Most people in TV-land do not know who John Ziegler is... now they know that he is another insane Rushbot.
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    • Author by Victor Colorado (June 10, 2009 12:51 pm ET)
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      If the only poor journalism you can come up with against Palin involves insults from Dave Letterman, and the only tough question you've asked her involves Jay Leno, you've got a serious credibility problem. Indeed, cut the mike off please.
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      • Author by mk3872 (June 10, 2009 12:57 pm ET)
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        To think that humorless conservatives have become the joke police is quite a laugh in itself
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        • Author by marco21 (June 10, 2009 1:08 pm ET)
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          The conservative victim complex continues. Now they want comedians and SNL to stop picking on them, as if comedy hasn't been an equal opportunity offender towards political figures. Clinton jokes still hit the late night airwaves on occasion and GWB, to his credit, never whined about being the butt of jokes, to my knowledge.

          Conservatives, you want people to stop making fun of you? Stop being so unintentionally hilarious.
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        • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 2:55 pm ET)
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          To think that humorless liberals objected when I linked to this a few days ago... http://www.obama-jokes.com/Jokes.php?Obama=Barack-Obama-Ear-Jokes

          At least Obama has a sense of humor.. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2008/05/31/barack_obama_my_ears_are_too_big_for_mount_rushmore
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          • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 2:57 pm ET)
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            Do you have a point?
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            • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 3:17 pm ET)
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              Well one point that can be made, is that the Obama jokes are good natured and the Letterman joke (?) was a visious insult more than a joke. Do you have a point?
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              • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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                And you LyingFairlyLiberally have never had a point. And don't worry, three hours from now and 150 posts, you still won't.
                Why these posters even reply to you is beyond me? I do it because I like it. Makes me feel good to let a phony know that they are phony.

                Post #2 go ahead, call me a hater..
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              • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:22 am ET)
                   
                Palin and her group are sure going to a lot of trouble to make sure that joke is staying right out there in the headlines, being repeated over and over. If it were made about my daughter I would want it to disappear as quickly as possible I certainly would not want anyone to ever repeat it. As long as she can make an issue of it SHE stays in the news.
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      • Author by pete592 (June 10, 2009 1:02 pm ET)
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        QFT. After all, every time I watch David Letterman to get my news, I expect much higher journalistic standards.
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 1:05 pm ET)
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        Actually if you listened he cited Olbermann also. And the incident he mentioned is not the lie I would have cited, there was also the blatant lie he told about her funding of the special olympics. And of course you distort the Leno comment , it pertained more to McCain than Leno. Just trying to be precise, don't be offended. But I must ask, do you feel that the media treated Palin with respect during the campaign, were you proud of all of your liberal pals who behaved so admirably?
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        • Author by Victor Colorado (June 10, 2009 1:12 pm ET)
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          But you are a moron and I did not read your post. Sorry that I refuse to move past that fact.
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 2:49 pm ET)
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            Yes another insightful post by the great intellect victor, the man who comments without even reading the post. Although I know with this crowd here that will increase your credibility.
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          • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:26 pm ET)
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            Victor, I applaud you. The Joker is ready to fight all day just to prove to himself he is right. I wonder if his computer screen has a mirroed attached to it.

            What a waste.
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        • Author by mk3872 (June 10, 2009 1:13 pm ET)
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          IMO, she was treated as she is: a joke.

          BTW, FL, do you think Fox News & Boss Limbaugh treat Barack Obama fairly and are you proud of your conservative pals and how admirably they are behaving?
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          • Author by Victor Colorado (June 10, 2009 1:20 pm ET)
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            He just gave a 'thumbs up' to his own post. Cut his mike.
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            • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:19 pm ET)
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              MM really should disable that. Posters should not be shilling their own posts.
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            • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (June 10, 2009 2:46 pm ET)
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              He just gave a 'thumbs up' to his own post. Cut his mike.
              When FL gives a "thumbs up," you really have to wonder where that thumb has been.
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            • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 3:52 pm ET)
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              Actually if I was giving the thumbs, you would have a few more thumbs down.
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          • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:31 am ET)
               
            During the campaign the only time I heard negative remarks about Palin was when Rush or Hannity would find something somewhere and run with it over and over. They did the BEST job of keeping negative remarks about her circulating. It was always first from these idiots that I heard it.
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        • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:20 pm ET)
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          And do you think Palin treated the electorate with respect, aside from the far-right loonies?
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 2:52 pm ET)
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            Show me an example of Palin disrespecting the electorate. The biggest example I can think of if Hillary's made up story of ducking sniper fire in Bosnia, that is disrespecting the electorate. And Obama rewarded her with an important position in his administration.
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            • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 3:00 pm ET)
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              Um....let's see....declaring that there are "pro-America" parts of the country and parts that are not "pro-America". That's a good starter.
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              • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 3:30 pm ET)
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                Well I actually have to agree with you on that, it was a stupid statement. But I would rate Hillary's lie as a bigger offense.
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                • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 8:08 pm ET)
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                  You asked me for an example and I provided one (there are many). PWNED.
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            • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 3:15 pm ET)
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              I knew you would bring up the sniper fire crap since you are a card-carrying Rushbot. That's the best you can do? No originality?

              Here's some advice: If you know you're gonna fail, at least put some effort into it, all right? The sniper fire story is staler than last year's bread. You can do better... then again, maybe not.
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              • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
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                Well the sniper fire crap as you call it is a perfect example. Do you think a candidate who invents a blatant lie like that should be rewarded with the position of secretary of state.

                And BTW, I have never once listened to limbaugh, so consequently I rarely comment on him, I have on occasion but not too often.
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                • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 8:07 pm ET)
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                  Do you think a Vice Presidential candidate that uses dangerous rhetoric to try an paint her opponent as a wild, dangerous radical deserves to be VP?

                  America dodged a very big bullet when it wisely chose Obama in this election.
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            • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
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              Sooo what...Hillary paid for her stupidity. And Palin should get what for hers..the VEEP...you are getting dumber.
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              • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 4:48 pm ET)
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                So Hillary paid for her stupidity, she is the SOS. Wow what a steep price to pay ! read your post again, you will realize that it is you who are getting dumber.
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                • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 5:02 pm ET)
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                  Beats having Palin as veep and possibly as POTUS if McCain were to die while in office.
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            • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:35 am ET)
                 
              For one she constantly repeated the lie that he palled around with terrorists. Oh and she thought she was so clever every time she said it. I do not think you want a list of the lies Palin has told.
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        • Author by nerzog (June 10, 2009 2:48 pm ET)
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          Simple Sarah was treated with much more deference than she deserved.
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        • Author by overmars jr. (June 10, 2009 3:01 pm ET)
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          And, if I may ask, what precisely is your exact complaint about how Sarah Palin was treated?
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 11:13 pm ET)
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            Well how about the attacks on her family that persist to this day . What would all of you think if someone made jokes about Obama's kids, jokes about grown men knocking them up. Do you think you would object to that?
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            • Author by overmars jr. (June 11, 2009 6:56 am ET)
                 
              First of all, David Letterman is not the news media and that Top 10 List happened just last week, not during the campaign. So that is all irrelevant.

              In what way was the news media's treatment of candidate Sarah Palin offensive to you?
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            • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:39 am ET)
                 
              It is the right that works the hardest at keeping those jokes circulating.
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        • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 3:19 pm ET)
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          Wow, such disapproval, I point out the truth, and ask a simple question. But I am not surprised.
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          • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:30 pm ET)
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            You are too dumb to be surprised.
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            • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 4:49 pm ET)
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              What an great example of the enlightened progressive movement you are.
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              • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 4:56 pm ET)
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                And guys like von Brunn are... what?

                Since he 'heils' from YOUR side let's have your input.
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              • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 8:39 pm ET)
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                So I guess you aren't surprised by my comments..like I said, you are too dumb to be surprised
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          • Author by overmars jr. (June 11, 2009 12:34 pm ET)
               
            No, I asked the question and you have dodged it. What was offensive about the news media coverage of Sarah Palin?
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        • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:26 am ET)
             
          Were you proud of how your talk radio and Fox News treated Obama during the campaign? Were you proud of all their lies, comments & their offensive jingles? Did you consider that respect?
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    • Author by seeryer (June 10, 2009 1:03 pm ET)
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      Right wingers have no chance. They have dorks for leaders, they have dorks that fawn all over these dorky leader and they are finished. Ziegler has to be an embarassment for Palin. Although her interview with Hannity was pretty laughable. These folks are unhinged. Brewer was professional but it will be chopped and spun by the right wingers to show as another example of the "Obama Network" silencing views they do not agree with.
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      • Author by marco21 (June 10, 2009 1:09 pm ET)
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        I also find it hilarious for friends of Fox News to whine about any coverage being biased, rel or imagined.

        Physician heal thyself.
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    • Author by snoopy (June 10, 2009 1:11 pm ET)
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      And these are the same apologists who have no problem whatsoever comparing Obama to Hitler or Stalin. Ziegler clearly has a huge fascist chip on his shoulders too. What a condescending christian...
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 1:15 pm ET)
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        I seem to recall a thread just last night where YOU were comparing someone to Hitler too, I guess you have no problem with that either. And of course one of your dear friends here defended you.
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        • Author by snoopy (June 10, 2009 1:24 pm ET)
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          Oh, I'm sorry, are you upset that I'm treating rightwingers with the same utter disregard that they daily throw at liberals? If you don't like having it thrown back at you then tell your little fascist reichwing buddies to knock it off. Until then every time your little fascist friends tosses it out I'm gonna pass it reich back at ya, mr. brownshirt.
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          • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:23 pm ET)
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            Remember, snoop, the reichwing is the Daddy Party. Daddy is always RIGHT. You NEVER cross Daddy. Ever.
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 2:46 pm ET)
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            What I do know is that when you use the same tactics that you speak out against, then you are nothing more than a hypocrite.
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            • Author by snoopy (June 10, 2009 2:50 pm ET)
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              You admit your a hypocrite? Will wonders never cease...
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              • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:55 pm ET)
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                No, what he is saying is that he doesn't speak out against those tactics, especially if reichwingers use them.

                It's all about being loyal to the 'tribe'.
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            • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 3:05 pm ET)
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              Comparing someone to Hilter is appropriate if the allusion is apt. For instance, a lot of the neo-con policies and stances are very similar to Nazi Fascism. Observing that, we could compare Bush to Hilter without straining credulity. Obama, on he other hand, has done nothing to earn the comparison and its use in that context is only partisan hyperbole. If Obama creates a policy that resembles Nazi Fascism, then I say go then he's fair game.
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            • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:31 pm ET)
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              Now you are being childlike..How old are you anyway 12?
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          • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 3:03 pm ET)
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            pass it reich back at ya, mr. brownshirt.

            He seems more like a blackshirt to me (SS). The brownshirts were liquidated by Hilter shortly after taking power so as to not offend the standing army. The SS however, got to act out their sadism unhindered with rather tragic results.
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      • Author by harley (June 10, 2009 2:14 pm ET)
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        Brewer was polite and composed throughout the entire interview. Zielger acted like a typical reich-wing obnoxious jack arse. Ziegler was handled appropriately at the end. He had his opportunity to have an interview, and he acted like a complete. In fact, he acts just like our pathetic resident troll, faillibrul....obnoxious, desperate, hateful, factually challenged, and worship O'Racist and Faux.
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        • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
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          This Ziegler guy just oozes with filth. And that look on his face throughout the interview... disgusting.

          These people really are emotionally and intellectually retarded. They are no different from psychopaths, hell they ARE psychopaths!
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          • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:46 am ET)
               
            In fact he could not answer one simple question. Just shout down and throw insults or change the subject. Yes I guess in that respect he was better than Brewer
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      • Author by shaggles (June 10, 2009 7:01 pm ET)
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        The interview was over. It wasn't like a Bill O'Reilly 'cut the mic' moment. He got to say what he wanted. They were fools to even have him on.
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    • Author by twseattle (June 10, 2009 1:24 pm ET)
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      With Ziegler as her big promoter, Palin will skyrocket to the place in national politics she belongs.
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    • Author by vysotsky (June 10, 2009 1:25 pm ET)
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      John Zeigler... John Zeigler... now why is that name familiar? Oh yes, that's right, he's the guy who appeared on this dating show and said:

      Zeigler: "See, I've never been married, and one of the many reasons is, I think if we're going to live in the real world then the marriage contract should be like any other contract. It should have a certain duration and then be renewable. And the only reason women will never go for it is because as you get older you lose power in the relationship because we become more distinguished and you guys get older and, you know, by the time you're in your 40s the power has completely shifted."

      Question: "What kind of person would you like to date?"
      Zeigler: "Someone who's informed and is rational. Which I recognize is an oxymoron with women."
      Response: "Oh that's hostile."
      Zeighle: "It's true."


      How interesting that Palin has made a documentary and gone on the radio with this misogynist to defend herself against what she asserts are sexist attacks.
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      • Author by Victor Colorado (June 10, 2009 3:20 pm ET)
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        So Palin is being defended by a man who thinks "informed women" is an oxymoron. Great.
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        • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 5:15 pm ET)
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          Actually, it makes sense. If he thinks all women are not informed, then Palin wouldn't stand out to him as the outrageously ill-informed woman that she is. To him, she'd look like Hillary Clinton only with the correct ideology.
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    • Author by Leftym0m79 (June 10, 2009 1:27 pm ET)
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      This guy is a d-bag. He was invited on to talk about his interview and he just started off hostile. It sounds like his whole agenda was to bash NBC and that's just sad. Contessa seemed really earnest in the fact that she wanted to do a fair interview. Now he'll crawl back to his hidey-hole and play the martyred victim to his listeners.
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    • Author by DAWUSS (June 10, 2009 1:32 pm ET)
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      She doesn't do it quite like O'Reilly...
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    • Author by Dem02020 (June 10, 2009 1:35 pm ET)
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      Testy, shrill, catty, defensive, hypersensitive, and unprofessional...

      OK, this is like a quiz show : who did I just describe there?

      [insert here a graphic like the one shown on the video clip, of a mysterious anonymous black silhouette with a question mark superimposed on it]

      A. David Letterman

      B. Gov. Sarah Palin

      C. The woman in the clip named Brewer

      D. The guy in the clip with the strained plastic smile

      E. All of the above

      I'll post the answer on a bulletin board in the Student Union, so check there to see if you passed and get your degree in Media Arts...

      In the meantime, please listen again to the clip, for the part where Sarah Palin was speaking : didn't she sound Presidential?
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      • Author by robyn20094113 (June 13, 2009 1:51 am ET)
           
        LOL..I think one would have to have stronger shoulders to be president.
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    • Author by latanza (June 10, 2009 1:45 pm ET)
         
      I assume that all of his illegal business practices have been affected by this new agenda and policy implementation strategy by the White House. He doesn't know how he is going to rob the citizens anymore with predatory practices and he is upset. WOOSAH! Always helps!
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    • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 2:16 pm ET)
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      IOKIYAR, re the mic cutting.
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    • Author by goesto11 (June 10, 2009 2:19 pm ET)
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      God knows the Right Wing never makes any comments about Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance, right?

      Still, I'm not a fan of these kinds of attacks at all. I think it was a cheap shot by Letterman.
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    • Author by nerzog (June 10, 2009 2:55 pm ET)
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      Ziegler and the countless douchebags like him are the legacy of Rush Limbaugh and the Republican buy-out of Talk Radio. Would cretins like this be able to get a job in radio if market forces actually worked in that industry? Really?
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    • Author by kydem09 (June 10, 2009 2:58 pm ET)
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      I agree that Zeigler was unnecessarily hostile from the beginning. He was obviously picking a fight. But I don't understand what seems to be a common response of hatred at this web site for people with whom you disagree. Why the filthy name calling? If you can't put an intelligent response out there that isn't filled with vulgar insults, why respond at all?
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 9:40 pm ET)
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        This is the new civility that Obama promised. They are his disciples. Notice how not one person objected to the nasty comments by letterman and in addition letterman made offensive comments about her family . This something that Obama has spoken out about..."Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president.

        But these refined progressives apparently approve of behavior like that.
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        • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 11, 2009 6:57 pm ET)
             
          First off, Letterman is a comedian not the press. Secondly, he's not even a Democrat. He's been more of an independent in the past. Lastly, Palin's daughter is now an adult and thus in longer a "child. If Palin doesn't like her family talked about, she should keep them from getting knocked up and stop parading them around a prop.
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      • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 11, 2009 6:55 pm ET)
           
        There haven't been any vulgar insults. The filter won't even let you. If you have examples, please provide them.
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    • Author by nerzog (June 10, 2009 3:17 pm ET)
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      By the way... I don't blame her for cutting the mike... he was being an a$$hole.
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 3:23 pm ET)
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        So was Jeremy Glick, but I'll bet you objected then.
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        • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
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          Do you ever have anything to say? Been seeing your posts and nothing but childish nonsense.
          I dare you to write something with meaning and without an attack.
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (June 10, 2009 3:58 pm ET)
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          So was Jeremy Glick, but I'll bet you objected then.
          Actually, he wasn't, but you're entitled to your own opinion as long as you back it up, something you have yet to do with a reliable source.
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 5:16 pm ET)
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            The premise of Glick's argument was dead wrong, period. He had the facts wrong.
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            • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 8:04 pm ET)
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              No he didn't. We now know more about how Buch & Co ignored the warning signs of 9/11 and passed up every opportunity to thwart the attack. I'll chalk it up to pure incompetence. Time has strengthened Glick's argument, not weakened.
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              • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 9:58 pm ET)
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                Show what opportunity Bush passed on. They had nothing but vague warnings with no actionable intelligence. And scrool down a little further, I have backed up what I said about Glick, look for yourself and see what you think.
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                • Author by overmars jr. (June 11, 2009 7:05 am ET)
                     
                  Oh sweet Moses. How have yo managed to stay alive this long?

                  1- Name one thing about Jeremy Glick that deserves that name call. ONE. Absolute and utter piffle nonsense.

                  2- What did Bushco. pass on? Erm... how about a report called "Bin Laden seeks to hhijcal planes and fly them into buildings" from September 4th?

                  How about common sense on how to deal with everything that came after? But noooooo, you and Cheney can sing the "I guess Dick Clarke missed it" song for us all.

                  And please, by all means, give a little choreography. The tap dancing is just lovely.
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        • Author by nerzog (June 10, 2009 4:28 pm ET)
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          So was Jeremy Glick



          I'm sure you think so, but we have to look at the behavior of both parties. O'Reilly was rude to Glick almost from the start. At what point did Brewer point her finger in Ziegler's face and tell him to shut up, or raise her voice?

          That's what I thought.
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          • Author by RABBITLUVR (June 10, 2009 4:59 pm ET)
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            Oh yes, and Orally threatened to beat Glick up if he wasn't hustled out of the studio after that joke of an interview.

            So Fairlib... who's the a-hole again? What sort of grown 'man' threatens to beat up a kid?
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          • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 6:15 pm ET)
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            That is a crock, Glick spoke for almost a minute without interruption. And he was wrong about his facts. It wasn't until Glick insulted him that things got testy , you should watch again. And you should check all of the bogus info Glick was presenting. The whole premise of his argument was wrong.
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            • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 10, 2009 8:05 pm ET)
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              Please provide examples of where he was wrong. For some odd reason, we don't take your word for it.
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              • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 9:55 pm ET)
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                Glick claimed "GLICK: ... is that in -- six months before the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, starting in the Carter administration and continuing and escalating while Bush's father was head of the CIA, we recruited a hundred thousand radical mujahadeens to combat a democratic government in Afghanistan, the Turaki government.

                Earlier in the conversation he had said this....Our current president now inherited a legacy from his father and inherited a political legacy that's responsible for training militarily, economically, and situating geopolitically the parties involved in the alleged assassination and the murder of my father and countless of thousands of others.

                He had been talking about the mujahadeen, which he claimed was done by Bush the elder . But he contradicts himself. He says correctly that it began in the Carter administration.
                Carter's national security advisor admits this. ...http://www.foil.org/resources/9-11/Brzezinski-980115-interview.htm

                So the problem with Glick's argument is that Bush the elder served in the CIA for less than a year under Ford, he left when Carter took office. He had absolutely nothing to do with the mujahadeen. So the basis for Glick's argument goes right down the drain, the Bush's had nothing to do with it.
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                • Author by OnceYouGoBarack (June 11, 2009 1:23 pm ET)
                     
                  Bush was Vice President for 8 years under Reagan. He definitely had something to do with it.

                  Glick's point stands. When you lie with dogs, you wake up with fleas. We were so fixated on "getting" the Soviet Union (including Carter) at all cost, that we trained and armed our future enemey. This is a pattern that America has fallen into over and over again.

                  So did O'Reilly say, "Hey kid, you're wrong about the time line surrounding Bush I's tenure as CIA director. For that, I'm going to cut your mic."
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                  • Author by tman418 (June 12, 2009 9:24 pm ET)
                       
                    I beg to differ on that argument.

                    I think our problem with Afghanistan was that after we helped the Mujahadeen fight the Soviets, who were basically committing genocide against Muslims, we said to them "Great job! Okay, bye". A civil war broke out, and our government pretty much did nothing in terms of helping to rebuild the country. Have the population, after the event, was aged 14 or younger. It created the perfect environment for an unstable government and radicals to take over (the Taliban).

                    If certain members of the Mujahadeen were Islamic extremists, I don't think there was much we could do about it. I supported what we did, but it was shameful that we didn't do anything afterward. If we helped rebuild the country, we could have weeded them out in the power grab.
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                • Author by latanza (June 11, 2009 1:34 pm ET)
                     
                  John Poindexter!
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    • Author by paul8616 (June 10, 2009 3:20 pm ET)
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      This clip demonstrates three things to me:

      1) Zeigler is a douche who is, as others have said, playing up the right-wing drama queen victimhood angle for fun and profit.

      2) Brewer is not a journalist, because if she were she would not be in the position of having to ask the AM radio douchebag about a non-news non-controversy.

      3) Whoever produced this segment wins the Tool Of The Month award, and should be fired. It's a total train wreck, and it just so happens that this kind of train wreck serves the needs of the figure being covered (that is: Sarah Palin). The producer turned Brewer into a tool of Zeigler simply by arranging this.
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      • Author by princeofwheels (June 10, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
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        No, Ziegler was an arsetool..plain and simple. She thought she was talking to a grown-up.
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    • Author by pasteve (June 10, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
         
      I was curious and I went to the website and listened to the entire 16 minute interview Ziegler had with Sarah Palin. It was mostly about how she dealt with being featured on Letterman and how the media was against her during the campaign and a bit about her political views as well. They threw in some family stuff and it was pretty benign overall.

      However, one thing she did claim was that Keith Olberman edited her speech where she used some Newt Gingrich lines so that it did not include her attributing the quotes to Newt, so that Keith could make his "plagiarism" case against her. (She complained about journalistic integrity, I guess FNC doesn't count.) I'm going to have to research it. I'd be really disappointed if KO is taking a page from the Sean Hannity playbook. Just like it's kind of sad to see Ms. Brewer having to resort to using a Bill O'Reilly tactic here.
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      • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 9:42 pm ET)
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        Olberman also lied about her cutting the special olympics budget, so I surely wouldn't put it past him.
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    • Author by wahmdiary (June 10, 2009 4:17 pm ET)
         
      I thought this site was about keeping the media honest. Reading some of the comments in this thread, I don't see references to how Ms. Brewer framed her questions. I'm guessing this site isn't about keeping the media honest? Is it more about bashing the people they interview? My mistake. What a strange site. Nothing personal. I just find it ...odd ...considering the name of the website.
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    • Author by mjh (June 10, 2009 4:44 pm ET)
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      "For him to pick up on such a thing -- a distortion that again is based on a slow news day, evidently, not having anything else to talk aobut." - Sarah Palin

      Funny -- I didn't know Letterman's show was a news program . . .

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      • Author by fairliberal (June 10, 2009 9:45 pm ET)
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        No it is not but doesn't he get most of his material from current events or the news of the day? What do you think of letterman's comments, particularly the ones about the 14 year old daughter?
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        • Author by jonjstrine5208 (June 11, 2009 12:39 am ET)
             
          I admit Letterman's comments were quite tasteless, but I believe he was referring to Palin's 18-year-old daughter, not the 14-year-old. Granted, neither one was mentioned specifically, but considering the 18-year-old has a child out of wedlock, it's a good bet this is the daughter he was referring to.
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        • Author by pearlene_scott1602 (June 11, 2009 3:38 am ET)
             
          What do you think of letterman's comments, particularly the ones about the 14 year old daughter?


          Do you really think Letterman's joke was about Palin's 14 year old daughter and not 18 year old Bristol? And do you honestly think Letterman knew that Bristol wasn't in New York with her mother, 14 year old Willow was?

          Letterman made a mistake, and he apologized.

          And now you and your fellow Republicans can stuff your outrage back in your bag until the next time someone hurts your feeling.

          And before you start whinning. YOU and I both know that IF Obama had a teenage daughter, that had a child out of wedlock AND was a high school student, Letterman's joke would pale compared to what right wing talk radio would say about her.
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    • Author by shaggles (June 10, 2009 6:59 pm ET)
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      Zeigler was about as obnoxious as a guest could be. Reminded me a bit of Palin in the VP debate when she refused to answer the questions and just spewed her talking points. That being said I think Letterman was a little out of line with some of those jokes and Brewer is being disingenuous to pretend like they are no big deal. On the other hand Sarah Palin needs to have a thicker skin if she's going to be in the public eye and Zeigler is absolutely full of it to claim that she has been treated poorly by the media.
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      • Author by PurpleState (June 11, 2009 1:49 pm ET)
           
        It is quite rare that Ziegler acts his age in these sorts of interviews. Then again, being interviewed by the side you loathe the most hardly brings the best out in anyone.
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    • Author by lee16 (June 12, 2009 9:12 am ET)
         
      He's rude & biased, she's biased and way, way out of her league, and both sides of these brain-wasting shows just talk to hear themselves talk. Get real, people.
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    • Author by tman418 (June 12, 2009 9:32 pm ET)
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      Ziegler clearly came in disrespectful. I don't even think liberal guests go into Fox saying, "I'm glad to be here on the official GOP network". If there have been, then I'll graciously stand corrected and say "What a dick".

      When Palin was introduced, it brought McCain's poll numbers to a tie and even ahead of Obama in some polls. After she showed how inept she was in the Katie Couric interview, and...just about every interview after that, calling Obama a terrorist sympathizer, and harping again and again and again on the irrelevant Ayers, polls went down for her and McCain.

      She sucked Ziegler, and so did McCain. Deal with it.
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      • Author by tman418 (June 12, 2009 9:33 pm ET)
           
        To avoid confusion as to what my second to last sentence meant, there should have been a comma after "Ziegler". Just in case you weren't sure what verb tense of "suck" I meant.
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