Martin Bashir needs to change his name to "Martin FUCKING Bashir," effective NOW. Read this...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

...he has a toady from Koch Brothers on right now.

He asked the guy about the "Stand Your Ground" law and the Koch Bros. endorsement of it.

The guy said "First of all, that was a falsehood from a guest on your show, Karen Finney, a PAID DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST..."

Bashir interrupted him.

"She hasn't been paid by the DNC for THREE YEARS."

Bashir is STILL spanking this guy's ass as I type this.

TUNE IN NOW.

[butterfly77]

1. I guess the koch brother..

lackey thinks he is standing his ground. Get em Martin!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Martin is EVISCERATING this guy. I hope to hell it shows up on YouTube.

This guy has basically become the KING of daytime MSNBC. And he just keeps getting better.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

35. Yep, that's it...THANK YOU for posting.

[happerbolic]

38. Actually, jumped the gun...

...shoulda' raised flags, i suppose, on how fast it was posted up to youtube. This first posted interview had been pre-hacked and am removing the post as we speak.

Hope the entire version comes up soon.
Sorry for the mix up

MSNBC's site has it up (of course - but is blocked from my viewing)
and Bing's Player does.
http://www.bing.com/videos/browse?mkt=en-us&vid=54fa9228-37b2-467f-9679-804b7c879666&from=sharepermalink&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=dest_en-us

just no entire one up, as of yet, on youtube

[happerbolic]

39. haha..... 'Violent hateful protest in Palm Springs...

... on January 2011'

This guy's a crackpot joke! I was at that rally; slim, at best, occurrence of some civil disobedience, but non-existent in the violence category. And happened a good distance from Palm Springs. More like Cathedral City at best, Palm Desert. But not Palm Springs.

[LiberalFighter]

3. He says the verbal attacks are like death threats on him?

Really? Holden is a sleazy attorney.

[annabanana]

4. poor Kochs have been victims of "terrorists" threats..

Someone must have asked them a question or something...

[Initech]

14. Guess it takes one to know one.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Koch Brothers and their buddies are the only people in this world who can accurately be called terrorists - they've done more damage to this country than Al Qaeda could ever dream of!

[SalviaBlue]

5. I'm going to have to start DVRing him..

Go Martin FUCKING Bashir... get em!!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. Here's some incentive.

Bashir: "Myself, and every one of my MSNBC colleagues, have invited Mr, Charles and Mr. David Koch to come on for an interview, on a number of occasions, and they have refused."

Koch Brothers Toady: "That's because they are concerned that they would not be treated fairly by your network."

Bashir: "You mean we would ask them questions?"



Today's show was GOLDEN.

[hifiguy]

16. Gads, talk about a shoe-topping!

That is so simple, vicious, truthful and beautiful.

[SalviaBlue]

17. AWESOME!!

[emulatorloo]

27. YES!

[Bozita]

8. Been DVRing him now for ~2 months now. Best use for a DVR EVER!

[jillan]

6. Martin and Rachel - the 2 shows I will not miss.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. At first he said he didn't know how much the Kochs contributed to Scott Walker

and later he started rattling off specific numbers. I thought that was odd.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. He knows what each of the brothers had for lunch on any given day of teh week

This guy is not in a position to "not know" ANYTHING.

Selective memory?

YES.

Not knowing?

Not bloody likely.

[SalviaBlue]

19. I love that he asks this specific question, which points out

that BILLIONAIRES are buying our democracy... and we don't like it.

Next question: what do they want in return. You can bet it won't benefit anyone but themselves and their fellow 1%ers.

[Spazito]

10. I love his show...

he doesn't take crap from the repubs, their lobbyists, their toadies.

[mwooldri]

22. What do you expect from someone with:

a) Kings College educated.
b) BBC trained, started in 1986.
c) Hired by ITN (Independent Television News) for special features in 1999.
d) Left for USA in 2005.

I think he is at the right station, at least for right now. I know he won't take crap from anyone... he will grill both Repukes and Democrats equally well.

Martin Bashir is a proper journalist. He's had the proper training. He's doing a proper job.

[Spazito]

40. "Martin Bashir is a proper journalist. He's had the proper training. He's doing a proper job."

Exactly! His training and experience are glaring when compared to the infotainment talkers who now populate the mainstream media posing as journalists.

[PCIntern]

11. IMAGINE!!!! Being PAID in America...THE HORRORS!!!!

I know she wasn't, but the way they talk about someone who is paid...OMFG...this lowlife motherfucker is actually PAID for working for the Union, or the Charity, or the City, State, or Federal Government! THE TEMERITY!!!

Of course, these Rethug bastards are paid by everyone from the Koch Family to General Mills to Archer Daniels Midland and that's just dandy. Patriotic, in fact.

[tallahasseedem]

12. I totally agree!

I posted yesterday that Bashir is a must-see! He's amazing!

[PCIntern]

15. He's so literate...it's painful to watch others after him...

Go Phillies, BTW.

[MerryBlooms]

18. +1 One of the few worth watching.

[libinnyandia]

26. I hate it when his show is over and he has to turn it over to Dylan Ratigan.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

29. I find myself highly unispired by Ratigan

There may be 100 reasons why his show should be my favorite show, but I just don't get it, and yeah...the hand-off between the two shows is ALWAYS a let-down.

[MerryBlooms]

33. +1

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. I always flip over to Thom Hartmann on FSTV when Ratigan comes on

[MerryBlooms]

32. I cant go Ratigan, not from the start.

[southernyankeebelle]

20. Martin always makes my day. He sure didn't let that guy get away with anything.

[catbyte]

21. A day without Martin Bashir is a day without sunshine

Thank dog for the DVR!



Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Sophie, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"We ride inside--HISS!”

[wandy]

23. Me thinks the repugs are in for a hard lesson......

For time eternal we democrats have played nice, put up with lies and falsehoods and if you will, generally turned the other cheek.
I'm beginning to feel that all that is over now.
May be an over used quote but...
We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it any more.
I suspect these are just the first steps on the repug's trip to the woodshed.
It's been a long time coming.

[PragmaticLiberal]

24. I'm surprised right wingers even come on his show at this point.

He consistently beats them down.

Kinda embarassing actually.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

25. I think the Koch guy has an agenda...

1). MSNBC as "liberal bias media"

2). Hard-working, honest Koch Brothers receive death threats for being hard-working and honest.

It was like skeet shooting. Martin yelled "PULL" and the Koch agenda went up in the air and he got it in his sights and blew it to POWDER.

[ecstatic]

28. He made me LOL

When the guy was complaining about the unfair treatment they receive on MSNBC, and Bashir said something like, "They ask questions?" I was skeptical about Bashir at first but I really like him now.

[JNelson6563]

30. Martin how-do-you-like-me-now Bashir.

[BootinUp]

31. Suggest a slight variation

FUCKING by itself could have negative connotations. Perhaps one of these optional variations could work:

FUCKIN AYE (This has roots back to the Fonz or earlier.)

FUCKING BAD (The BAD part really means very good of course.)

FUCK YOU (This needs no explanation)

[C_U_L8R]

36. Put the Bashir on primetime !!!

he's that good.

[Myrina]

41. He's hit or miss, IMO.

I've heard him spew some pretty "Wall Street Bankster Approved" memes as starting points for discussions over the past year or so.

We need more 'journalists' who challenge 'the way things are' from the get-go, not just assume that how it is/how it got here is/was ok.