Busted: MSNBC Butchers Bill Clinton Mid-Quote to Make Him ‘Slam’ Obama

[DonCoquixote]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/busted-msnbc-butchers-bill-clinton-mid-quote-to-make-him-slam-obama/

OK, I hope this is a genuine myth busted, because if Bill said this, he is an idiot. After all, that "firewall" that is talked about so much is done only because Hillary casts herself as the one that will continue Obama's legacy.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. That would make a lot more sense.

From what was reported earlier, I know I wasn't the only one wondering if Bill was deliberately trying to scuttle Hillary's run.

[DonCoquixote]

3. he sure as hell did last time

and if this is a slip up, frankly, Hillary might need to send big Dawg off on vacation for a bit. I might not be one of Hillary's biggest fans, but I sure as hell do not want Bill's big mouth to help put Trump or Cruz in office.

[wyldwolf]

2. remember when it was only conservatives that did shit like this?

Right wingers and puritopians - opposite sides of the same coin.

[noretreatnosurrender]

6. Puritopians

This kind of stuff reminds me of grade school.

[wyldwolf]

8. yeah? They remind me of grade schoolers.

[dchill]

4. Well, she sure didn't continue his legacy...

In keeping corporate money out of the DLC. The rollback of the Obama rule was announced the day after the debate when she wrapped herself in his legacy.

[dsc]

7. by the chair he appointed it should be noted

Wasserman Schultz has that job for one reason and one reason only. Obama chose her.

[dchill]

14. And of course DWS and DLC ...

have no interest in helping any particular candidate. You blame Obama because he appointed her? Seriously?

[dsc]

19. the fact is yes

she has that job at his pleasure period.

[dchill]

11. However, that is the most egregious edit...

I've ever seen out of MSNBC.

[itsrobert]

5. Sad the way Bernie's allies are stooping

Using the tactics of the GOP righties.

[bettyellen]

9. MSNBS sent a reporter down who "could not find single Hillary supporter" in South Carolina. LOL.

And people here fell for it. They are fucking with us.

[DonCoquixote]

12. I may lock horns with you at times, but

Just like I will join you in November trying to keep the GOP out of office, I will gladly join you in throwing Rotten Tomatoes at MSNBC. They are a classic 5th Column.

[bettyellen]

16. Thank you. The media manipulation is pernicious. What a waste of time on those pics this weekend...

I almost think it was designed to take away from the excellent job BOTH candidates did the other night.
The more I watch, the more I believe every bit of it is scripted. Still like Maddow, but that is about it.

[Dawson Leery]

20. Joy Reid. She is quite putrid.

She was on this morning hocking the same nonsense.

Hillary is +30 in these polls yet she knows no one who wants Hillary.

She is as bad as Mark Levin.

[bettyellen]

21. This stories are prewritten, and they find what they want to show on TV.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Here, via the Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/14/bill-clinton-we-are-all-mixed-race-tennessee-rally

“Unless your ancestors, every one of you, are 100%, 100% from sub-Saharan Africa, we are all mixed-race people,”

“A lot of people say you don’t understand – it’s rigged now,” Clinton said. “Yeah, it’s rigged now because you don’t have a president that’s a change-maker.”

And here is the choice comment

Clinton’s comments on race left open to question whether the former president, who has often been referred to as America’s first black president and who refers to himself as a “stand-in for the first black president”, is coming uncomfortably close to comments he made in 2008, in which he described Obama’s image in the media as a “fairytale”. That generated outrage among African Americans.

He did say something that will not play well in some circles. Period, full stop, end of discussion.

[DonCoquixote]

15. it seems thr guardian and msnbc have way different quotes

The source I quoted could easily be interpreted as him MAKING FUN OF what some people say, a classic device. The guardian seems to say something else.

However, if the reality is more like the Guardian, then Bill needs to be taken to the woodshed, period.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. The video is out there too

and the guardian quote is worst, IMO of course.

[CentralMass]

13. Is he wrong ?

[DonCoquixote]

17. if he is saying Obama is not a game changer

yet hillary will be, yes he is..

[riversedge]

22. Read the OP please

[DonCoquixote]

23. er, I made the OP

indeed, I did the op to expose the bad editing that was done to make your candidate look bad, and condemned it. So, if you have a point it is not clear. I even highlighted that fact that Bill was talking about what OTHERS said, and that it was therefor unlikely HE said it. I even called for Rotten tomatoes to be thrown at MSNBC

unless of course your objection is to the fact that if he really did mean Obama was not a game changer, it would be a dumb thing. And it WOULD, which is why thankfully Bill did not make that error. Whatever games Hillary may change, will be built on the ways HE changed the game, and from HER speeches, Hillary would be the first to say that herself.

I cannot even make a post defending Hillary without getting static? Wow.