Andrea Mitchell needs to retire.

[OliverQ]

Holy crap. She literally can't finish sentences right now. She's just stuttering and trying to get out words, and nothing comes out so she just shakes her head until one of the guests decides to jump in.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. You mean Andrea Mitchell?

[OliverQ]

5. Yeah sorry, typo. Edited it.

[librechik]

11. heh--ironic. n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

2. The Comcast Media Queen needs to go to the Home.

[vrguy]

3. I said it a year ago!

[demmiblue]

4. Who is Andrew Mitchell? n/t

[Submariner]

21. Wife of Alan Greenspan of "derivatives" fame that helped wipe out 40% of 2008 401(k)s

Also known for saying the words "Hillary's emails" in every other sentence for 2 freaking years.

[Wounded Bear]

6. She's been floundering like that for a while, now...

I can't stand to listen to her for long.

[jayfish]

7. The constant giggling...

drives me to distraction.

[comradebillyboy]

8. She needed to retire ten years ago...

[pnwest]

9. I was JUST saying that! When she

couldn’t get Peter Strozk’s (sp?) name out! We all have those brain hiccups but hers happen too often.

[Celerity]

19. Strzok

[maxsolomon]

10. OMG AGEISM

Next you'll be saying 78 year old men who've recently had heart attacks shouldn't be running for President!

( )

[Mike Nelson]

12. I don't get it...

... not so much her hesitating speech, but how someone with so much money goes on working... I would travel, visit family and friends, buy stuff on eBay and Amazon, waste time on Facebook... I even might clean the closets!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. Even without buckets of money,

retirement is wonderful. Well okay, I understand that some people truly cannot afford to retire, but even with a modest income not working is vastly better than working.

[Polly Hennessey]

15. Amen to that.

It is wonderful. It is freedom from overbearing bosses and annoying co-workers. Now it is just family, dogs, and cats - heaven.

[qazplm135]

16. I'm retiring from the military in a few months

and at this stage, you are burning leave days where you aren't working somewhere else and still getting your full paycheck.

And boy is it sweet!

[Meadowoak]

17. If you were Andrea Mitchell, would you want to be at home, spending more time

With dear hubby (Alan Greenspan)?

[renate]

14. I was really concerned for her yesterday

I honestly wondered whether she was having a stroke on air, but she came back after the commercial.

But I don't normally watch her show, so I didn't know whether that was par for the course. Perhaps it is. I know she gets criticized here sometimes, and I know Alan Greenspan is her husband (but a lot of spouses wouldn't want to be associated with their partners' actions, so I make no assumptions), but I have no opinions about her; I just know that Rachel admires her, and she must have been a trailblazer for women in journalism. I wish her well.

[Polly Hennessey]

18. She was a trailblazer

and had many memorable interviews with world leaders. I think she has always had a halting speech pattern. Suspect her words need to catch up with her brain. She thinks too far ahead and spoken words cannot catch up.

[albacore]

20. Not denying that she stutters and flounders..

... but a logical explanation might be that she's NEVER seen anything like this, and she...like me...is gobsmacked. Speechless. Fumbling for words.
Luckily, the Marine Corps provided me with a broad vocabulary, so when I'm gobsmacked, I just let loose.
I feel better then, and I think Andrea would feel - and do - better, too.