GOP Riled By 2 CNN Hosts

[ruggerson]

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/politics/campaign/10advisers.html

The Bush campaign has questioned CNN's allowing James Carville and Paul Begala to continue as commentators despite their role as informal advisers to the Kerry campaign.

"It seems highly irregular that CNN would tolerate two employees' openly working and advising and appearing on behalf of the John Kerry for President campaign," Steve Schmidt, a Bush spokesman, said Wednesday.

In retooling its message since the Republican National Convention, the Kerry organization has taken increasingly keen interest in advice from Mr. Begala and Mr. Carville, who were political strategists for President Bill Clinton and are now the liberal co-hosts of the CNN program "Crossfire," opposite the conservative co-hosts, Robert Novak and Tucker Carlson

[Randomthought]

1. Dear GOP,

Get over it!

[GaryL]

10. Dear GOP

Fuck off!

[Tight_rope]

39. I agree with you!

[calimary]

58. Dear GOP - what dick cheney said.

Go F--- Yourself.

Love,

calimary

And by the way, do you want us to get rid of Daryn "limbaugh's bimbaugh" Kagan, too? How 'bout Wolf Blitzer? Paula Zahn? Candy Crowley? Bill Schneider? Judy Woodruff? Bill Hemmer? Carol Lin? Bob Novak? Tucker Carlson? Larry King? They're all distressingly biased, too...

[skooooo]

2. omg state interference with the media..

[gulfcoastliberal]

55. Nothing new

Just getting even more brazen about their open control of propaganda.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. And Everyone at Fox works for Bush.

[Bozita]

18. Bush's cousin called the 2000 election for Fox

iirc, the name was Ellis.

[enki23]

4. they're pundits, not reporters, you fucking morons

.

[skooooo]

7. Will CNN cave to Bush??

What do you think? To silence Carville. My god what a bunch of cowards.

[flaminbats]

30. why of course...

no need to be unpatriotic or unseemingly liberal :o

[Born Free]

42. "Will CNN cave to Bush??"

I don't know if that would be a bad thing, getting these guys kicked off will surely stir up more anger. Democrats as a whole are rapidly approaching a point where they truly will get off their lazy asses and get involved, democrats are getting really close to the point where they are willing to walk, lock step just as the republicans do. The bush cowards team has pushed democrats to the point where it will not take much to start seeing them stop drinking coffee and talking about issues and actually doing something. We have the power , we just need to shut up and do something.

[librechik]

53. CNN has already taken up residence inside a convenient Bush

body orifice. It is rather cavelike. It would be hard to tell when and if they cave, they are so far up there.

[reprobate]

54. Maybe. But the real question is:

Will the marching begin before or after the shooting starts?

If it doesn't happen before the election and a bush win thru BBV, etc, there are elements on the left that would love to incite violence, and now there is no longer a ban on assault rifles. And they make noise. I think their goal is to start the revolution, and with the anger out there now it won't take much of a spark.

[Virginian]

32. Amen. They are supposed to take sides.

That is what CNN pays them to do.

CNN can't have a one sided debate. Then it would be FOX.
If Novak can stay on after feloniously outing Plame, then anyone can stay on.

[ruggerson]

5. If I'm Not Mistaken

Carl Cameron's wife worked for the Bush campaign in 2000 (and probably does now, too) and it didn't semm to bother them back then.

Matter of Fox, using this thinking, wouldn't we have to ban Fox News entirely?

[jab105]

23. And Carville's wife works for Bush...

n/t

[markus]

48. Thought she worked for Cheney (same difference)

eom

[Democat]

6. Every employee at Fox is on the Bush payroll!

What a bunch of idiots.

[Eric J in MN]

8. Joe Scarborough recently was on-stage at a Bush rally (nt)

nt

[Just Me]

16. In spite of his book? That's funny. What a "ho" (LOL)!!! n/t

[Cassandra]

9. If we have to put up with traitor Novak and...

whiny, smarmy, baiting bow-tie boy, they can live with Carville and Begala.

[Seabiscuit]

40. Boy-Tie Boy

impresses me as the embodiment of what Ahnold Schawzewhatever was referring to as a "girlie-man".

[glitch]

11. Highly irregular - like Fox hiring Bush's cousin to call election winner

2000? John Ellis. Could these people be any more blatant?

[progressivebydesign]

34. Thanks! I thought I was the only one that remembered that!

AND... if my memory serves me correctly, the Supreme Court ruled for Bush under "equal protection", because he was led to believe he was the actual winner, and it would do him and the country extreme stress if he was not allowed to be president. WOnder where that fucker will be working this time around?

[Arugula Latte]

57. Everyone who saw F9/11

got a reminder about Bush's cousin's role in the coup.

Did you see "Outfoxed"? It's covered there, as well.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. Novak who?

[KC21304]

13. Their job at CNN is to be partisian. They don't pretend to be

anything else.

[fearnobush]

14. Ok fuck heads, what the hell was Chaney doing at FOX news till 1 AM?

WTF, sounds so desperate.

[Just Me]

15. WTF!!!! Novak freakin' outed a CIA operative!!!

And, he did so at the behest of the Busholinis!!

STUFF SCHMIDT!!! Novak should be in camp fed!!!

[wkirby]

17. What's sad is CNN . . .

will probably cave in. They're overly concerned about being straight down the middle that they've played into the hands of the Repubs.

-Will

[yardwork]

49. CNN is NOT straight down the middle!

That's hilarious! If CNN were straight down the middle they wouldn't whore for the Republicans day in and day out.

[Kukesa]

19. Oh goodie,

I'd love to see the Ragin' Cajun and his sidekick, Begala, get really, really angry at CNN.

If that happens, stay tuned for some real "whup ass."

And, of course, Bob Novak is totally fair and impartial to both candidates. <sarcasm off>

[skooooo]

25. How will they get the message out..

..if they can't host shows on CNN????

[UpInArms]

20. huh?

Andrea Mitchell

When not pondering policy, Greenspan spends time with his second wife, NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell, whom he married in April 1997

http://abcnews.go.com/reference/bios/greenspan.html

[hatrack]

21. Oh, but "journalist" Daryn Kagan schtupping Flush Phlegmball . . .

that's OK. Yeah, whatever, you whiny little fucksticks.

[saracat]

28. Flush Plegmball?

What a great name for the crackhead! You rock! And I have always hated Daryn.She always talks down to Democrats.The day she dissed Hillary I almost had an aneurysm!

[Doosh]

22. and I'm riled by Neil Cavuto, John Gibson, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly

etc

[yardwork]

50. Bill O'Reilly was at a recent campaign rally for shrub

and said that he was doing everything he could to get Bush elected.

I saw that story linked here at DU, but I don't have the link anymore. Anyone have it?

[grannylib]

59. Yeah but now that he's thinking of running for office, he's considering

endorsing Kerry to "prove" his "moderate credentials"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF???

[kodi]

24. what? so the dems have 2 paid pundits on cnn, the gop owns faux

.

[Leilani]

26. Britt Hume used to be Bush senior s tennis partner

when he was Prez

And Tony Snow was a speechwriter.

[Sufi Marmot]

27. If CNN also loses Candy Crowley and Bill Schneider...

...then we might call it even...

-SM

[rpannier]

29. Damn It...

So am I. faux news has a bunch of shills and CNN has only 2 Commentators? I want more on CNN.

[Fovea]

31. Uhhhh.

Steve, have you met Bobby (PrinceODarkness) Novak?
Bobby, meet Steve, your new bitch Whitehouse liason...

[Citizen Daryl]

33. Bunch Of Freaking Crybabies.

[Judi Lynn]

41. You've got it!

Fighting back against Republicans isn't fair, as they see it. Pathetic bastards.

They must have all the advantages, ALL the time. Nothing should prevent their total control of everything at all times. That's the way the Supreme Lord Fauntleroy wants it!






Tiny Dubya

[BigBigBear]

35. But Mary Matalin can stay

on as a guest 'commentator' on Meet The Press.

I knew it. The Republicans are sissies after all.

[calimary]

60. They ARE "girlie-men." They only want to play "fair" when they've

slanted the playing field, marked all the cards, loaded all the dice, tarred all the bats, greased all the balls, bought off all the referees, bribed the umpires, taken their steroids when they thought nobody was looking, slipped something into the other team's Gatorade, and made sure the game could be called at any point in which they decided they were ahead - even though the clock hadn't run out yet.

[Dover]

36. LOL! They really are masters of hypocrisy.

I think Bushco must have required that all his loyal subjects take the hypocritic oath.

[truthspeaker]

37. as if Novak and Carlson don't work for the Bush campaign

assholes.

[stickdog]

38. These guys are the masters at doing the exact thing they complain about

worse.

The "I know you are but what am I" noise they broadcast 24/7 is really infuriating.

[GoBlue]

43. Mr. Schmidt is a girlie man

Carville and Begala ought to invite him on the show.

[0007]

44. Since CNN took over for FAUX this shouldn't surprise anyone!

Very few shows are worth watching any more on cable tv.

It is so obvious that all three networks kiss junior's ass. And because James Carville and Paul Begala won't kiss ass, the White House want 'em dismissed?

[Libby2]

45. Well this could get interesting

It might be the best thing to get Carville all riled up.
I don't know how they can stand listening to those 2 jerks they work with anyway.

I think I would have punched one of them out by now.

[RevCheesehead]

46. I've noticed the applause when Crossfire goes live

Too many times, Bow-Tie was ignored, and raucous applause given by the audience at points made by Carville or Begala.

no wonder the pugs are complaining. Poor babies!:cry:

[Libby2]

47. I don't watch much anymore

but this is a significant change from a year ago.
I've noticed it as well.

[Jawja]

51. Yes and didn't

Mary Matalin (sp?) work for Crossfire in 2000 when she was involved with the * campaign?

Hypocricy knows no bounds.

[Jack Rabbit]

52. Yeah, right. And maybe we should take Fox News off the air

Forget about it, Karl.

[SoCalDem]

56. Would Steve Schmidt be married to Susan Schmidt

aka Steno Sue???

Inquiring minds want to know...

[Cocoa]

61. they must have seen Carville destroy their boy yesterday

I'd be scared of him too if I were Rove watching James eviscerate Tucker Eskew. :-)