Psst DU Tweeps; Luke Russert just pantsed himself.

[Gold Metal Flake]

https://twitter.com/LukeRussert/status/398884555941101568

[hatrack]

1. Christ, does he even watch TV news?

Unbelievable. Fraternity legacy journalism at its reeking worst.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. You'd think MSNBC would be embarrassed by him.

I think if I was going to give the kid a job, it would be something out of public view. Maybe he could do the lights or makeup or be a cameraman. Don't they have stuff to type around there?

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. Yup. Maybe they could teach him to, you know, look shit up.

I think research skills might be important to someone that works in a reporting environment. Unless it's not.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I think that would be the perfect job for him.

Maybe he'd learn that facts don't come from his ass.

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Unless ass-sourced fact-like nonfacts is the requirement.

I wonder if it is a % per hour sort of quota. I mean, this guys dad may be a ghost, but Li'l Russert is quite corporeal and could be located (I see him!) and mentored into a fact-seeker if it were required by management.

[doc03]

6. Wait a f----g minute now, I see comments there about the trillion dollar Stimulus

remember only like 15% or so was actually spent on infrastructure. The biggest part of that went to extend tax cuts
and other stuff the Republicans demanded. If it was all spent on infrastructure there would still be people working on the projects and
we wouldn't have the unemployment we have now.

[spanone]

7. he doesn't make the news, he just makes it up. what a dumbass

[JHB]

8. Why was a "filibuster proof Congress" even needed, Luke?

Why was it so important to filibuster? Who though everything had to be filibustered? Exactly how long did that "filibuster proof" majority last for?

The Founders reserved supermajority votes for the biggest of big-ticket items: constitutional amendments, impeachment, etc.


I continue to maintain that Luke's prime qualification for his job is that all Washington agreed he looked just adorable in his footie pajamas when he slipped into cocktail parties to kiss Daddy goodnight.

[Tx4obama]

11. 72 days or 24 working days, depending on what is counted

This post says 72 days...
http://www.winningprogressive.org/democrats-had-a-filibuster-proof-senate-majority-for-72-days-during-president-obamas-first-term

But the detailed comment at the bottom of that link says... Total Time of the Democratic Super Majority: 24 Working days

[SolutionisSolidarity]

9. High healthcare costs are a major financial crisis that needed addressing.

Medical costs can't keep going up 10% a year when wages don't. While there are insufficient cost containment measures in ACA, there are some and it should patch the current system well enough to bring the uninsured from >10% of the population to <5%. I actually agree with Luke that we desperately need more infrastructure spending, but I don't understand how he can marry this desire for massive government spending with his man-love for Boehner's merry band of renegades.

[JHB]

12. I don't think it's a desire, seems more like an "ineffective Democrats" snipe

That's my take anyway, which I admit is offhand.

[WilliamPitt]

10. Bills fan

[Gold Metal Flake]

13. That poor badger. Badger. Badger. Badgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgerbadgermushroommushroom

[NuclearDem]

15. I don't know if I'm just slap happy but...

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. And exactly how is this surprising?