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rogue emissary

(3,147 posts)
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 08:07 PM Jul 2022

Mehdi Hasan is at it again.

It took me five minutes to find the January tweet. I honestly thought someone faked it to stir up acrimony on the left.

This man has a TV show and is paid to pontificate on American politics. He can't even remember something that happened five months ago. He didn't think to even check his timeline on the issue? He talked a big game about Biden having mental decline and that he was justified in questioning that decline.

With the passing of Eric Boehlert, there is no one in the media that would question Hasan's tweet.





@mehdirhasan
Folks keep saying Dems don’t have the votes in the Senate because Manchinema are blocking filibuster reform. Put it to a vote. I want to see all 48 other Senate Dems publicly commit to removing the filibuster on this & other issues like voting rights. I suspect there won’t be 48.
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@mehdirhasan
Gotta love the craziness of American politics. Just a week after 2 Dems & 50 Republicans refused to do a filibuster carve-out for voting rights - no, no! too radical! - we're discussing who the next Supreme Court justice will be, who'll be confirmed via a... filibuster carve-out.
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Mehdi Hasan is at it again. (Original Post) rogue emissary Jul 2022 OP
I don't like him. madaboutharry Jul 2022 #1
Clearly, I'm not a fan. rogue emissary Jul 2022 #2
You have described ... NanceGreggs Jul 2022 #4
Thanks for finding that tweet. He probably remembers, but figured we'd forget emulatorloo Jul 2022 #3
This is probably the truth. rogue emissary Jul 2022 #5
I'm not so sure he's wrong, though... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #6
He's wrong as what he requested in June, occured in January. rogue emissary Jul 2022 #8
He's one of the reasons I no longer watch MSNBC. comradebillyboy Jul 2022 #7
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jul 2022 #10
I would appreciate an OP on why you no longer watch MSNBC. Duncan Grant Jul 2022 #14
Mental Decline? Me. Jul 2022 #9
He's sometimes right, sometimes wrong, but he's always grating. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #11
Mehdi Hasan initially ropes you in with his outraged tone yorkster Jul 2022 #12
THIS. W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #15
Spot on. n/t yorkster Jul 2022 #16
Stop watching cable news budkin Jul 2022 #13

madaboutharry

(40,150 posts)
1. I don't like him.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 08:12 PM
Jul 2022

He has a condescending unctuous smug demeanor that is off putting. And that’s before he starts talking.

rogue emissary

(3,147 posts)
2. Clearly, I'm not a fan.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 08:16 PM
Jul 2022

his profession is to comment on U.S. politics & he can't remember this basic fact.

What's worst he remembers it but posted the first tweet to jump on the attack Democratic trend. Notice how many likes each tweet received.

emulatorloo

(43,979 posts)
3. Thanks for finding that tweet. He probably remembers, but figured we'd forget
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 08:19 PM
Jul 2022

He thought he had a cute way to trash and bash Democrats and that his older contradictory tweet would be forgotten.

Wounded Bear

(58,437 posts)
6. I'm not so sure he's wrong, though...
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 08:53 PM
Jul 2022

M & S arent't the only Dems soft on fillibuster reform. Perhaps we'd get all 48 on a carve out, but I suspect it would be a shaky bloc.

rogue emissary

(3,147 posts)
8. He's wrong as what he requested in June, occured in January.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 09:00 PM
Jul 2022

How many Democrats would vote for it is supposition?

He sure as hell won't task his staff to call and survey Democratic senators.

PortTack

(32,606 posts)
10. ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:10 PM
Jul 2022

Not going to listen to ANYONE or any teefee network that allows the bashing of President Biden

Duncan Grant

(8,257 posts)
14. I would appreciate an OP on why you no longer watch MSNBC.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 11:38 PM
Jul 2022

If you start it, I promise I’ll chime in. I don’t want to go off topic in this thread. Thanks.

LuckyCharms

(17,287 posts)
11. He's sometimes right, sometimes wrong, but he's always grating.
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:14 PM
Jul 2022

I do my best to not dislike him, but he's hard work.

yorkster

(1,421 posts)
12. Mehdi Hasan initially ropes you in with his outraged tone
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 11:16 PM
Jul 2022

then you realize he is mostly aiming the outrage in the wrong direction.

W_HAMILTON

(7,813 posts)
15. THIS.
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 12:41 AM
Jul 2022

He is a poster child for why we are in the state we are in as a nation right now. Claims to be on the left, sometimes makes some salient points, but inevitably falls back into his default position of shitting on most Democrats.

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