VIDEO- Aaron Broussard on MTP

[liveoaktx]

Takes on Timmy

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. MTP is broadcasting now and Broussard is fantastic! Must see this

incredible man.

[jrthin]

29. Thank you.

Russert is a piece of sh#t.

[soleft]

2. Tearing Russert to shreads

I missed the end because I had to take a call, but I thought Broussard, after having been ambused, kicked Timmy's butt

[gademocrat7]

9. he not only kicked Timmy's butt

he chewed him up and spit him out!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Broussard gave Russert an opening. I know you don't want to hear it.

Broussard was 99.9% on target as this thread indicates, however, he conceded one thing to Russert at the end. That there was blame to go around at the local, state and federal level.

The glaring comeback that would have stopped Russert completely was to remind him that local response in an emergency would have been exhausted after the second day. By that time, the local emergency response would have been exhausted and it would have been enough time for the federal government to have stepped in and taken over.

For example, NOLA showed that even local police have families to take care of. They can stock their families up with goods, but after two days, they need to get back to take care of their own families. So someone needs to step in to take over.

[Stinky The Clown]

33. What you say is true

And the response of the locals should be examined.

But it is also about proporationality. As you point out, the locals can do only so much. That's why Jimmy Carter created FEMA. That's why he created FEMA as a coabinet level position. That's why he codified the fact that FEMA should be headed by **professionals**. That's why he stipulated that FEMA should never be politicized.

When one weighs culpability, one needs to recognize the inherent limitations of the locals from **any** city or local jurisdiction. They *need* the help of the feds. And that's what was lacking.

Broussard is spot on in his take on things.

Proportionality.

That's the operative word.

[Kurovski]

64. Exactly. The meme floating around was

"There is PLENTY of blame to go around" The WH apparently faxed that talking point to pols and paid yakkers on an hourly basis in the early days of Katrina.

The reality is that there wasn't "plenty" to go around.

There will almost always be errors made in such large operations, but it appears that the overwhelming amount of responsibility for the failures falls to the feds with the Bush administration leading.

And some of what occurred looks to be negligence. Criminal negligence.

[Trevelyan]

118. Rep. McKinney listed some of the ways FEMA BLOCKED AID to the NOLA

survivors - long list, long speech on bellaciao and rense.com since the left blogosphere ignores the most important speech in history in which Rep. McKinney mentions Impeachment and that word was stricken from the Congressional record which she mentions in the transcripts of this speech on the above from 2 weeks ago but the Left Blogsphere has ignored it.

I thought it took only one Representative to call for impeachment to get the ball rolling but if they censor the Congressional Record... Rep. McKinney should be invited to do article for DU or at least DU should do a story on this speech.


http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=8235

technorati.com/Introducing ... The 'Impeach Bush Coalition'
A United Coalition of Blogs for the Impeachment of George W. Bush
'Impeach Bush' is the #1 searched term on Technocrati today

[jus_the_facts]

67. Local and State officials were made impotent by the federal gov't...

....the resources needed for any substantial preparations to deal with this situation or any other emergency have been taken away by the tax cuts for the rich...PERIOD...the local and state levels of gov't haven't had the funds that are necessary for a state of emergency....and obviously the inept leadership of FEMA as well was pertinent in the travesty that's befallen my state.

[MelissaB]

3. He was amazing.

Thanks!

[SoFlaJet]

4. WOW

wow-chills up and down my arms and shoulders

[awoke_in_2003]

125. know what you mean...

this guy has big brass ones. He is one pissed off individual.

[blogslut]

5. Thank you

I don't get MSNBC and NBC doesn't come in too well here so I've never really had a chance to see what a scum Tim Russert is.

Black Heart indeed.

[wryter2000]

6. Nominated

One more nomination needed. Everyone needs to see this.

[Benhurst]

7. The Pig Man of NBC thought he had Broussard set up for the

slaughter, only to be minced into pork barbeque himself.

How nice it was to see the tables turned on the evil little mediawhore!

[AirmensMom]

8. Thanks for the link!

Just watched -- he was great!

[boston bean]

10. Excellent, thank you for posting! nt

[Redneck Socialist]

11. Jesus Christ

Could Russert be any more of an fucking scumbag? :mad:

[nonconformist]

12. That was INCREDIBLE. Thank you!

Tim Russert and MTP should be ashamed of themselves.

[3trievers]

13. Thanks for the link.Wonderful site. n/t

[Twist_U_Up]

14. Can anyone find out is Pig Man is a paid schill ?

Hes a piece of garbage. Aaron should ask him that

"Mr. Pig Man are you a Guckert Armstrong ?"

[scarletwoman]

31. Are you kidding?

What do you think the corporate media is all about? Their whole mission is to prop up bushco, and Russert is one of their best-rewarded propagandists.

sw

[tblue37]

38. TIMMMMMY!

He used to be a liberal, believe it or not. Jack Welch (super RW CEO of GE) loved to brag about how he had shifted TIMMMMMY! to carrying water for the RW. All it took was money and perks--and the fear of losing them--to persuade TIMMMMMY! to switch his allegiance. Bob Somersby, of The Daily Howler, calls it the dominance of "millionaire pundit values."

[Mr_Spock]

15. That guy's pretty well spoken - good for him

Timmy tried to sucker punch him. No such luck Timmy - Broussard hits back :D

[jjmalonejr]

16. Let Russert and NBC know what you think

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/

[rumpel]

26. I did. I will not watch MTP again.

[sallyseven]

57. You should watch every week.

Then e-mail the network about his failures. They will respond very slowly but they will respond eventually. Maybe they will fire him if they get too many complaints.

[hlthe2b]

37. done

Re: Meet the Press
Tim Russert literally had his ass handed to him by Mr. Broussard--as well he should have. Russert, do you have no shame for the amount of water- bearing you do for your beloved Bush administration, who keeps you and GE so well funded in arms contracts for their imperial wars? Oh, I guess I just answered that question.

Others developed some conscience during this Katrina Disaster--the Anderson Coopers, Brian Williams, even Faux New's Shepherd Smith. Yet, you go on oblivious to the debaucle and suffering your Bush Cronies have heaped on these people, through their negligence, felonious cronyism, and apathy towards the poor. Well, you are certainly a well paid mouthpiece. I can't quite recall how that meshes with the word of Christ, that you, as a "proud Catholic" proclaim at every convenient juncture.

If you truly have a conscience, may the dead of NOLA-- who will never be accurately counted nor even recovered-- haunt you for abandoning the TRUTH.

[goclark]

45. Perfect!

I told him to RETIRE!

I also told him that I was sending an email to his boss to hire Aaron in his place!

[Vinnie From Indy]

94. By FAR the best MTP show of the year,

Watching Broussard take away Timmy's club and beat him over the head with it was laugh out loud funny. Timmy has become a pathetic and obvious shill for BushCo. and today just highlighted it in spades. I hope other Dems learn to go straight at Timmy's credibility and motivation like Broussard.

One of his best lines was "we didn't bury a box of cheerios".

[BobMorr]

40. done

Told them I would not watch them again and I would not support their sponsors.

[Trevelyan]

119. The Feedback form for Meet the Press and Russert doesn't work for me

tried earlier to send feedback to MSNBC about Cindy and form did not go through though have used it in the past.

Did manage to send an email to MSNBC on this page:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3303518/

Kick, Nominated

I got a comment from my blogsite repeating the smear against Broussard about the timing of the death of the 92 year old woman who drowned and someone wrote in an article that it was like the attack on Dan Rather about Bush's AWOL, the truth about Bush's AWOL was lost in the brouhaha about one forged document fed to CBS by Rove.

http://presidentkerrydeceptions.blogspot.com/

[OneGrassRoot]

17. Wow......how can we contact this man?

What a hero he is.....sticking to his guns, to the TRUTH.....with such integrity, too.

Aaron Broussard makes me proud to be an American.

[Birthmark]

18. Broussard has a simple, but elegant power.

It is the power of honesty. Russert was completely baffled by such honesty and directness, sheletered as he is within the cocoon of DC. His $2,000 suit, cynical replay of the first interview, and Washington wiles were completely incapacitated by an honest man in a t-shirt.

Broussard for President!

[AlCzervik]

19. "that wasn't a box of Cherrios they buried Sir"

[Dogfolks]

79. Broussard can TALK!

He almost reminds me of Bill Clinton. It was a positively eloquent response from the beginning to the end. And he wrapped it up by bringing the "burning at the stake" image back around. Sheesh. After 5 years of Der Monkey, it was like a fresh cool breeze!

[Trevelyan]

120. Possible can contact Broussard at the Louisiana State Site

He is the President of Jefferson Parrish. I think I sent him an email but don't remember if I found his name. Have sent so many emails. O8)

don't forget to keep emailing Congress at http://www.Congress.org your email will be published for a while on main site and Congressperson's site if you click yes second box under their email form.

My letters keep being the last ones that my Congressman receives, please get active people. I understand Congress is investigating the $1 Billion donated to Red Cross for Katrina victims and how it has disappeared.:think:

[zara]

21. Weird Clip. Russert the Bush Toady plain. Broussard the quack.

[nonconformist]

22. the "quack"?

:wtf:

[XanaDUer]

23. What do you mean, 'quack'?

As in doctor?

[zara]

25. Quack here means, this guy wants to string up people in a

form of Western justice. Give me a break. Let's just take em out behind the shed and shoot em.
ANd the stuff about burning witches.
Nuts.

[scarletwoman]

30. I think he was exactly right. He called them blackhearted -- which is

exactly what they are.

And hanging is definitely a proper way to get rid of fascists. Let them be reminded of Mussolini's fate.

sw

[Spazito]

32. LOL, nice try!

Broussard came off totally sane, one might read the history of the Salem witch burning and how it certainly is what the media and black hearts like Russert excel at doing.

It's too bad bush doesn't have one tenth of the sanity of Broussard, the United States would be much better for it if he did.

[nonconformist]

35. He was speaking of the people that abandoned his friend's mom

to DIE. He's emotional, he's angry - jesus, give the guy a break. How would you feel if it was someone close to you?

And he nailed it on the "burning witches"... that is EXACTLY what the media does.

[goclark]

46. Maybe you should work for Tim

Aaron is not a quack, Tim is a quack!

[johnfunk]

52. I wouldn't mind seing professional liars like John Hinderaker...

... strung up. Not hung, mind you, just strung up so that we could fling tomatoes at their fat, lying faces -- before they're disbarred for disgracing the legal profession (which, when you think about most lawyers, is a pretty tough thing to do -- but Hindrocket sure has with his POWERLIE blog).

[Land Shark]

61. Burning witches is consistent with all of his comments that the media

show is fake and not based on truth. Western style justice is consistent with the lack of a governmental response (the cavalry didn't come) together with the crying need for justice. Still, it's clear through his acceptance of the concept of the 34 charges filed regarding St. Rita's that he still accepts that there's the court system and he's not *in fact* advocating vigilantism. It's figurative, in other words.

What's also interesting is the process by which one maintains SUCH DISTANCE from Broussard given his undisputed ongoing role in recovery that he's seen as a "quack". Are you sure all compassion cylinders are firing here?

[pretzel4gore]

69. Mr Broussard speaks for the silent majority

how anyone can criticise Mr Broussard perplexes me.....he himself says he hasn't had a good night's sleep since katrina happened; and in counterpose to him? tim russert, a ugly fat grotesque traiter who sells his ass for trinkets (a chip off the old nazi guy block who fathered him, i guess)!
and msnbc highlighting 'boggers' who question the details of Mr Broussard's story about the lady in the home.....russert was sure to get the denials into the public consciousness: russert is too smart for his own good.... as an enemy, he is relentless....he attacks america in broad daylight, and acts like a disinterested newsman while doing so....you americans should be ashamed of yourself for allowing a pos like that to wage open war on your society, and get his pigfat doing it

[markus]

124. If you don't understand the anger, don't belittle it

And at least stay out of the fucking way while people with a real, ugly greivance against this government begin to do what DU could never do in a decade of pathetic whinning: bring it down.

There are hundreds of thousands of people scattered all cross this country who would bring the rope and the gasoline to Mr. Broussard barbecue, among them my 82 year old mother.

I suspect many will settle for seeing them all out of office and in jail, but won't settle for much less. Oh, that, and the $200 million-1 trillion dollars it will take to rebuild the gulf coast and the coastal wetlands.

We prefer cash.

[democrank]

27. At least you got the "toady" part right, but

calling Broussard a "quack" was a bit low. I find Broussard to be refreshingly honest and open.

[zara]

42. No mea culpa. Broussard is not totally sane, even if I agree

with 75% of what he said. OK maybe unkind to say quack. Let's say instead, heartfelt, occassionally lucid, one in a while nutty, and not having a judicial temperament.
Further, I blame Bush admin apparently more than Mr. B, who Timmy the neocon got to spread the blame around equally when it failed to let the feds off the hook.

final comment: Broussard was an average guy doing his best. But at times, his "averageness" played no better to me, than, well. Bush's.

Were you DU friends really that impressed?

[scarletwoman]

53. Your backpedalling is just digging you in deeper.

Maybe you're so inured to a constant diet of lies that when a good man speaks the stark the truth it looks "nutty" to you. Very sad.

[xiamiam]

55. i am impressed with truth more than politics

i am so tired of rhetoric and politicians and I think the rest of America is as well...thats why Cindy Sheehan is effective and that is why Broussard is effective...the political double talk makes me gag...I tune it out regardless of who says it..thats the change in America..so if you want more of the same, Broussard is not your man..i think most of us want simple truth rather then the eloquence of polished politicians...

[Land Shark]

62. Zara, there are times when "objectivity" and "judicial temperament"q

in a pure form are totally inappropriate. The first Broussard episode with Tim Russert was tim's "Dukakis moment" when Tim should have had something of an emotional reaction and yet he was totally committed to the professional posture of "objectivity" that he could be nothing but cool and distant. (Recalling Dukakis being asked a hypothetical involving the rape of his own wife, his cool dispassionate reaction was widely panned...)

The really great reporters let some humanity seep through in times of great disaster. not russert.

The "judicial temperament" in an emergency means everyone dies while the judge calmly seeks more facts and contemplates their balance. You are quite wrong to suggest that judicial temperament is something to insist upon here.

[ArkySue]

65. Not totally sane?

After what Broussard has gone through in the last month, he's entitled to be a little "nutty." Cripes, who wouldn't be???

[WatchWhatISay]

84. Zara, are you sure

that you are not just uncomfortable with a man showing that much emotion?

[zara]

112. Certainly uncomfortable with Jeb Bush's tear displays

!!!
I liked the "truthful emotions".
Its just that, well, that can be an oxymoron.

[Laurab]

91. I was impressed

Very much so, as a matter of fact. Of course I didn't take the "stringing them up" part literally - I GOT what he meant, and I couldn't agree more. I would guess he's got a higher than average intelligence - he didn't really strike me as "average", and he was quite right about the agenda. I would love to see the guy after he did get a full night's sleep because I thought he was quite powerful answering Timmy's questions - the spoken ones, and the ones he was REALLY asking. I'd put him up against bushit in a heartbeat, and I have no doubt about who would win THAT debate.

[illuminaughty]

102. Apparently, you haven't spent much time in Broussard's

part of the country. It is beyond refreshing to hear a population that speaks with a combo of intelligence, wit and local flavor.

This guy is brilliant and he's right. Don't take him on. He's so well respected by his constituents and runs unopposed.

Louisiana is a world of its own. Don't take things so literally.
For example, if someone asks you, "are you going to get down?", what do they mean? They're asking you if you're getting out of the car.

[zara]

111. Interesting insights.

[Vinnie From Indy]

106. Yes, I was impressed by Broussard

You, on the other hand, make me sick. Even in your brief post, you display much of the idiocy, insensitivity and callousness that are the hallmarks of Der Smirkenfuhrer's regime.

Your attacking Broussard is disgusting.

[zara]

113. Nice argument Vinnie from Indy!!!! 'Specially the Smirkenfuhrer part

Disagree with me any you are worse than Smirkenfuhrer! Ooh hoo! Hurts, Hurts bad!!!!

[Bridget Burke]

115. May I say without using any invented words....

That I am not impressed by your posts, either.

[zara]

127. Thanks for being civil.

[Vinnie From Indy]

116. I have more neologics relating to BushCo. if you want some.

Also, I would probably be offended by your response if I knew WTF you were trying to say.

As Mr. Broussard said to Lil Tim, "What kind of black hearted people want to nitpick about the death of a 90 year old woman? ...We didn't bury a box of cheerios".

Maybe someday your family or people you care deeply about will be dead because of C+ Augustus (how do ya like that one) and we can berate, belittle and insult you for not getting the details exactly right a few days after you bury them.

[blue neen]

122. Please tell us. Are you displaying your "truthful emotions" now

or your untruthful ones?

[zara]

128. I enjoy your use of irony.

Clever post.

[blue neen]

129. Remember: Irony is bitter humor.

Bitter humor is the ONLY humor we can presently console ourselves with.

The Bush cabal self-implodes; we find no joy in that because we mourn for all the horrible damage his administration has wrought.

Bush is not a man. He's a liar and a coward and a criminal. The only music he ever faces is "My Sharona" on his I-Pod.

Aaron Broussard is a brave, intelligent, and honest MAN. He does not hide from responsiblity. We at DU would not call him a quack...

We'd call him a hero.

[zara]

130. Since when did Democrats engage in group think?

I'll stick with Will Rodgers: I'm not a member of an organized political party. I'm a democrat. The DU I've been reading for several years is definitely not lockstep; unlock the party in power. Though without a doubt this is an emotional issue. By the way, can a person be a brave, intelligent, and honest man, and yet, go overboard? The one comment that I found particularly intelligent was the person who pointed out regional differences in rhetoric, and placed Broussard within the regional mainstream. I thought that was interesting retort. Then there were freeper-like comments from others. Eye opening.

[The Time is Now]

56. Remember too - Russert has been interviewed by the Plame Grand Jury

With any luck, we'll get to see with crystal clarity the way the water boy has been doing the administration's bidding when Fitzgerald's investigation wraps up next month.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. Reality Teevee at its essence. Aaron Broussard speaks truth.

Man, I was struck by that for the second time. That man has both feet firmly planted in Realityville. Fat Timmy looked like a bully and a shrill-shill screech monkey.

Broussard's challenge to debate anyone anywhere should be taken up. He's articulate in an everyman way and comes across as honest, passionate, pained, and angry. I would donate to his relection just for the chnace to see him go toe to toe with some administration apologist.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

58. "Man, I was struck by that for the second time..."

Me too.

And the idea of ambushing him with that in his ear piece is...well...shameful!

MTP Plays Gotcha Journalism???

[marions ghost]

28. WOW

"Bureaucracy committed murder..."

Aaron Broussard is burning with the truth of this crime against humanity that occurred in New Orleans and he's got the guts and intelligence and ability to put it in plain terms for all to hear.

Am giving positive feedback to MSNBC for airing this!

:applause:

[kaneko]

34. This was the last time

I ever watch Tim Russert and I will inform him and his network.
What a shame!

[DemReadingDU]

36. Broussard was excellent!

thanks for the video!

[dooner]

39. Mr. Broussard reminds me of Cindy Sheehan

Average American speaking the truth to power. What a concept, common sense before political agenda. EVERYONE recognizes it when we see it, no matter who tries to spin it later.

[Julius Civitatus]

41. Timmy Taterhead loves to rely on wingnut bloggers

Why is he always quoting thugs and wingnuts? Why he trashes lefty bloggers, yet uses rightwing crap and venomous propaganda to drive his points?

And why does Timmy look like a scary pervert?



Unsettling eyes...

[WatchWhatISay]

86. That is what weenies look like when they grit their teeth and try to look

tough. Laughable if not scary in a twisted kind of way.

[lala_rawraw]

43. And who are these "bloggers" that Timmy

Is talking about? What a fucking ass cleaner for the administration. I have never seen such partisan hackery.

[WatchWhatISay]

85. Both of you make a very good point.

We should notify NBC en masse and demand that Timmy reveal who the bloggers are and where they get their proof. And why bloggers who lean even one degree left of the currently twisted-to-the-right center are extremist or Left Wingers, but the bloggers he quotes are probably so right wing he doesn't even have the nerve to identify them.

[JNelson6563]

44. Russert is a horrible person

makes me wish there was a hell. I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire.

Julie

[Catherine Vincent]

47. What was Broussard's party affiliation?

Because if he is a republican this would speak volumes.

[Janice325]

50. I "googled"

Mr. Broussard is a Democrat.

[Janice325]

48. Oh My God!

I am so fucking furious and speechless.
Shame, shame, shame on Timmy.
Aaron ripped him a new one and so showed Timmy Boy up, the slippery,slimey piece of shit that he is.
Timmy just set himself up with this "interview."
I hope this entire clip makes other media outlets.
I think the USA has just found it's equivalent of George Galloway.
Aaron Broussand for President.
Nominated.

[Trevelyan]

126. Nominated, I am so glad to have proof of the Rovian smear on Mr. Broussard

because so many people are posting that Mr. Broussard's mistaken timeline erases the Bush Regime's crimes in allowing this 92 year old woman and so many others to drown while bush was using the dying people of NOLA to try to blackmail Gov. Blanco into giving up her rightful authority to make decisions about how to handle this disaster which is unprecedented.

Bush went ahead and declared Martial Law anyway as witnessed by the Blackwater Mercenaries and the overwhelming presence of the military including the 82nd Airborne which pointed guns at Brian Williams and his newteam.

Bush needs Martial Law to escape Fitzgerald and others indictments of bush's thugs and himself. With Martial Law all laws are suspended and bush/fema said they were sending 10,000 evacuees to a number of states but only sent a few hundred but the governors who accepted responsibility for the evacuees had to declare a state of emergency when they tried to help the evacuees which is one step from Martial Law and bush today and earlier this week has been pressing for even more authority in disasters to start the cattle cars of US citizens to the Concentration Camps prepared in California. See Above Top Secrets camps and Infowars. Washington Post's new online articles EARLY WARNINGS. At least they are trying to forwarn and forearm the American people a little. Operation Granite Shadow and Geyser are mentioned in detail and the comments are incredible.

The article says: "Counter-Terrorism Special Operations Support to Civil Agencies in the event of a domestic incident" Please note that Constitutionalists are now "terrorists" according to the FBI: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=2126

The reason this is being kept totally secret is because this isn't about Islamic Terrorists, this is about AMERICANS:

http://northcaucus.com/enemy.html
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/09/rita_shows_new_.html
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/09/today_in_dc_com.html
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/23/102830/522

[Autonomy]

49. An artistic rendition of that interview:

Timmy-->:spank:<--Aaron Broussard

Me at home
:wow:

[RandomKoolzip]

51. My e-mail to Russert:

Mr. Russert,

You and your show are partisan. If there was any doubt, that doubt was erased today by your interview with Aaron Broussard.

You cherry picked comments Broussard had made while undergoing an emotional breakdown, then took the side of some obscure conservative think tank-funded blog (Powerline.com) in order to try and refute Broussard's credibility. This after the man has gone through HELL trying to get food and shelter for the constituents of his parish. Only the most partisan, most craven of conservative pundits would do that. It was slime move, and you ought to be ashamed. What's more, you did it under the cover of OBJECTIVITY.

How dare you, sir? At long last, have you no sense of decency? How much longer can the corporate media continue to push one-party rule on the American people until they start DEMANDING a push in the other direction?

Enjoy all that money Jack Welch has given you....your credibility as a journalist has been irrevocably stripped. You're not a journalist, you're a paid shill of the GOP. Own up to it, realize it, then do the decent thing: retire.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

60. Great Letter...You can add my name to the bottom, KoolZip

Donahue/Broussard '08

[kittykitty]

75. You said it all--perfectly!! Thanks for writing that.

[blue neen]

114. Fantastic letter.

What a whore he is, and it really showed yesterday.

[New Earth]

54. haha

the look on Russert's face at the very end is priceless. he was pissed!

PWNED

[graywarrior]

59. The truth hurts, don't it.

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

63. Russert quiet back in January

From my post January 9 -- 259 days later people are fighting back ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=272606


Rather than go to church, I watched the Sunday morning News Discussion shows. They included xNBC's "The Chris Matthews Show" (starring "That Guy From Hardball" as "a less shouty, more sunday-go-to-meeting man"), CBS' "Moon Face The Nation", and "Meet the Press", with Tim "Bills vs. Bush? Bill's get the mandate!" Russert.

"Meet the Press", currently in their 58th year, is the longest running program on network television, which I presume means ALL television, cable, satellite, telegraph, etc., perhaps even in the whole world.

From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3403008 /
Every Sunday morning for 57 years strong, in times of peace or war, "Meet the Press" is welcomed into the homes of Americans to analyze, discuss and review the news of the week -- and to look ahead to the week to come -- with world-renowned guests.

We are proud to be the highest rated, most watched and most quoted Sunday morning public affairs program. An average audience of 5 million viewers join us each week to share in a national dialogue about the important issues of our time.

In my recollection, since November 2, 2004, there has been no mention on MTP about the election irregularities, the Ohio recount, or anything. If there was, I missed it.

But today's MTP (transcript here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6805000 /) did not mention that little thing that happened on Thursday at all.

The pressure to keep Tim from this actual real story about "America" must be OVERWHELMING. The historic aspect of this alone could tug Tim away from the a Bill's game (well, maybe pre-season ), and yet the ramifications of all this had Tim and his guests almost "talking around" the congressional objection.

It's one thing for MTP/Russert to cave in to the arugment that there was no "real news stories" about events during the previous two months, but today makes me think there really-really-really _is_ some kind of serious pressure on any MSM to "not bring it up at all"

I would hazard a guess that of all MSMers Tim Russert must really be secretly ashamed of himself for the forced complicity he is adhering to.

The only thing WORSE I can imagine is if we'd be hearing the same silence today if, on Thursday, somehow the challenge PASSED!

So is this confirmation that the MSM is beyond the pale in an obvious absence of any notification (might as well call it as it actually is, considering all they really do is notify us of a new WH press-release) and can we finally call their coverage an "Election Vacuum" or maybe even an "Election Blackhole"?

It's one thing for pinko-commie-internets-loving-nigbloggers and hepped-out-frothing-at-the-mount-partisan-soreloser-lawyers to get ignored... but the freaking CONGRESS being ignored??

I Believe!! -- that I am very scared...

I shudda gone to church,
FULL_METAL_HAT

[Tatiana]

73. That's the thing.... Timmy is a 'mediawhore' in every sense of the word.

If you watch some of the anchors of shows on Faux, you can tell... those people are truly ignorant believers of the bile they espouse.

But Timmy, he just carries the water for these people. I don't think he seriously believes FEMA and Bush's government weren't responsible for the devastation in LA. He knows it wasn't primarily the local and state government that contributed to all those deaths. Yet he paints a different picture on MTP because they pay him millions of dollars to do so.

He's a true mediawhore.

[uncertainty1999]

66. my letter to MTP:

I am very distrurbed by the interview by Russert of Aaron Broussard. Russert-NBC-GE wanted to use this guy and a dead 92 year old woman to make a cheap political point for the Republican party, namely to deflect responsibiliy from the federal government. To even try to propagate this propaganda after the whole world saw tens of thousands of starving and thirsty evacuees stranded in New Orleans, barred from leaving the city by law enforcement personnel, etc etc is totally pathetic and desperate. Tim's performance on today's show was just as outrageous as Sen. Saxby Chambliss' (GA) campaign ad showing Osama bin Laden's photo superimposed on war hero Sen Max Cleland. What great company y'all keep! If Tim Russert is really a shill for GE as 'some bloggers' claim (if you cannot tell, I am now using similar sources to what you now find suitable to use on the air...) then GE better find a new guy because Tim was not too slick today.

[mzmolly]

68. Tim Russert kicked Bush's ass on FEMA/NOLA. He plays devils

advocate, but he went for Bush's jugular over this issue. He gave Brousarrd a chance to clear the record.

Thanks for posting

[tjdee]

70. "Some bloggers"?? What the fuck?

So now "some bloggers" are credible? Gee, every time it's "liberal" bloggers, no one wants to believe them, they're just nuts on the internet, right?

:grr:

Could Tim Russert be up the federal government's ass any more? Disgusting.

Does he want to see the pic of Bush eating cake and playing guitar again?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

71. Tim Russert as waterboy for the administration

Karl Rove told him he would give him a nickel for every time he used the phrase "state, local and federal". That is the talking point and umbrella the administration has been using to try to deflect the shitstorm away from their horrific, pathetic, criminally negligent response to Katrina.

Broussard seems more than willing to take on anyone and defend his local responders. His point about the Peter Principle squared could not be more on target and also reflects back on his original "Death by Bureaucracy" statement.

Russerts attempt to discredit Broussard only discredited himself.

[Z_I_Peevey]

72. Tim Russert is a cur dog in a fancy suit.

He knows what he's doing is beneath contempt, but he keeps doing the bidding of the master who feeds him.

Straighten up in your chair, Timmy, and look directly into the camera as you spew your talking point bullshit. Own it, you cowardly piece of crap.

[goclark]

81. Remember Tim when he interviewed Colon Bowel?

Remember when Colon was telling "Emily" to not cut him off?

Huum, now I need to try to rethink that interview.

Maybe Colon was being set up by "Emily " alias Rove and Timmy was in on it from the beginning.
What do you think?

[Neshanic]

74. Fire Russert, hire Aaron to do his show. Russert is a court jester.

[WatchWhatISay]

88. I thought you meant Aaron Brown

who I think will never advance from his current position due to a lack of spine.

[ClintonTyree]

76. "Someone's black hearted agenda".......

that just about says it all. The Black Hearts in the bush administration are in full spin mode trying desperately to shift blame anywhere but where it actually belongs.

The Black Hearts; the bush cabal, their Corporate overlords, and the Corporate Media all whirling like Dervishes in order to get the boy king's approval numbers high enough so they can continue the rape and torture of our country and the world. There's not a sympathetic or empathetic bone in their collective bodies, the Black Hearts. Money and power are their life-blood, the only thing that means anything to them and they see it slipping away. The Black Hearts, who will falsely trash anyone's credibility and character in order to cement their hold on power and the purse-strings of America. The Black Hearts, who profess to be The Righteous Stewards of our country's moral essence, while behind the scenes they do anything within their power to rob the poor and are guilty of just as many or more moral indiscretions as their counterparts.

The Black Hearts. We cannot wait any longer to remove these hideous demons from the halls of power in our country. America will never regain it's collective soul until the Black Hearts are removed. The Black Hearts must go, now.

[Toasted_Halo]

77. Broussard was awesome!

He made Timmy look like the ass he is!

[Dogfolks]

78. This is why I TiVo Timmy!

Oh. My. God! Viva Broussard! I'm going to watch it again, and again ... and again!

[fooj]

80. My e-mail to Russert...

Mr. Russert,
Instead of protecting the American people from government propaganda, you've sold us out! Pure and Simple. Shame on you, Mr. Russert. You have failed miserably.
"It is the duty of the Patriot to protect his country from his government."-T. Paine

Your willful compliance is pathetic. You have aided and abetted these maniacal monsters and I don't believe that your participation in all of this madness should bear no consequence. Actions have consequences. Every spineless shill in this country owns this bullshit! That's right, Mr. Russert! Ownership. You OWN this evil. Mr. Broussard is a man of integrity and courage. He is a true American Patriot. Pretty difficult to spin TRUTH, isn't it? How much is the going rate these days for selling your soul?


He disgusts me.

[colorado thinker]

83. Beyond disgust . . .

Also disdain. The shade has been removed from my eyes, I will no longer assume that Russert and his ilk have anything truthful or valuable to impart to this nation on ANY subject.

If they have nothing to tell us, why are they there? Now that we know who the media talking heads really are, they are impotent. And we need to tell them they are impotent. Send letters, call, show them they can no longer fool the people of this country with their manufactured news, pretended sympathy, etc. etc.

"Timmmmmy, why are you still talking? We aren't listening . . ."

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

82. Russert's last

Russerts last interview with Chertoff was an in-your-face grilling of the administrations blunders. Did anybody see that one?
Sorry, credit where credit is due.

[itzamirakul]

104. Chertoff is like Mike Brown...

useless and expendable and can be gotten rid of very easily. BTW, did you know that Mike Brown is still on the FEMA payroll? Grilling Chertoff takes the heat off the WH.

I wrote to MTP and Russert re Broussard's masterful appearances and his success in making Russert look like a pig-faced fool. Both times.

Russert's wife works for some big Republican or the WH or something, doesn't she? I mean with them, it's a right-wing family affair, isn't it?

Well, when Broussard finished with Russert today, I bet they had to bring toilet paper to clean Russert's chair.

The powers-that-be won't let this go. They are going to go after Broussard with everything they can, including the Swift-Boat liars because he called a spade a spade. "Murder" is exactly what it was.

[Clark2008]

87. Posted in the wrong place!

Ooops! :blush:

[kanrok]

89. Timmy! A Real Douchebag.

What an asswipe. He tried to blind-side Broussard, and got kicked in the nuts instead. Bravo.

[tularetom]

90. What would big russ think

I saw russerts pos book marked down 50% in barnes & noble the other day and when I saw the last part of this interview today it made me think. Mr. Broussard apparently represents a lot of working people, people just like "big russ". I think big russ, if he actually exists, would be ashamed of the way his fat bug eyed son has sold out to the rich and powerful and how he has forgotten where he came from.

Unless of course its all bullshit like bill oreilly's "working class" childhood.

[spanone]

92. It makes you realize what a shit Russert is when confronted with a real

human being.

[SeattleGirl]

93. Bravo, Mr. Broussard, Bravo!!

And shame on Timmy for ambushing Mr. Broussard like that, with audio from his first interview. What was the point of THAT? Not saying he shouldn't have played it, but he should have given a heads up -- oh wait, then that would mean there was a human being inside Timmy's suit!

I was incredibly impressed with Mr. Broussard's response to Timmy and "some bloggers". He didn't mince words, he told it like it is. Just wow!

[Roland99]

95. Linky no worky?

[high density]

98. C&L has it

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/25.html#a5096

[Roland99]

100. Thanks!

[Byrnt]

96. Aaron Broussard has worked long and hard to save his community

Check out this site: He is president of this association. He doesn't just talk, he walks the walk...

Press Releases
Parishes Against Coastal Erosion (PACE) Response to the Bush Administration's June 14, 2005 Policy Statement on the Proposed Energy Act of 2005
By Parishes Against Coastal Erosion

http://www.americaswetland.com/article.cfm?id=241&cateid=2&pageid=3&cid=16

Sorry I don't know html stuff.
Byrnt

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

97. Russert thought...

...he'd have an easy time carving up Broussard and maybe force some kind of "I stand corrected" defensive posture. Instead Broussard ripped out the corporate media whore's black heart.

[nomatrix]

99. Buzzflash had a link to a Blog

http://karenas.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/09/disgusting_tim_.html

"However, the most telling part of the interview was what Tim Russert DID NOT do. He did not replay the portion of Aaron Broussard's statement from Katrina where Aaron said that FEMA came in and cut off his emergency communication lines. He did not replay the part of the tape where Aaron Broussard said Sheriff Harry Lee restored the communications lines and posted armed guards on them to prevent FEMA from cutting the lines again.

Russert did not replay the portion of Broussard's previous interview where Broussard tells the nation that FEMA turned away three Wal-Mart trucks full of water en route to Jefferson Parish. He also does not replay Broussard telling the story of the Coast Guard offering fuel, but when people from Jefferson Parrish showed up to get the fuel the Coast Guard told them that FEMA had instructed them not to give them the fuel. You can read the transcript from the September 4th interview here by scrolling down.

Why did Tim Russert leave out the most damning part of Broussard's case against the Federal government, and focus on how Broussard got the date of the death of his employee's mother wrong?

This was a blatant attempt by Russert, who appeared to be nothing more than a propaganda arm of the Federal government, to discredit their biggest detractor, Aaron Broussard. Tim Russert should wallow in shame and admit his entire story was designed to prop up Bush at the expense of Aaron Broussard and a dead woman."

A Must Read Blog Tim!

[Arkansas Granny]

109. You're right. The only part of the previous interview that was

played was the part where he got his facts skewed. I think that this attempt to discredit him was to somehow show that everything he had said during the first interview was false. I think their tactics backfired on them.

[I Have A Dream]

117. Really good point, nomatrix. n/t

[Carolab]

101. That whole show had me blinking my eyes in disbelief.

First, Aaron Broussard refused to allow Tim to browbeat him into submission.

Then, Maureen Dowd was on, doing her thing, and the new tamed-down version of David Brooks. They talked about the march and how many people were there!

That was, to me, absolutely incredible.

[spuddonna]

103. My reply to MTP/Russert

My letter to MTP...

"Meet The Press: 9/25/05 Aaron Broussard

To the Producers of Meet The Press and Mr. Tim Russert:

Today was the last time I will watch Meet The Press as long as Mr. Tim Russert hosts.

I am utterly disgusted.

Mr. Russert's 'interview' of Mr. Broussard was nothing but an attempt to ambush him on national TV. Unfortunately for Mr. Russert, it backfired in his face.

Mr. Russert, do you have a heart? Or did you sell that along with your soul when you decided to become FEMA's apologist mouthpiece?

The entire guts of Russert's 'interview' was to try to discredit Mr. Broussard because he got the date wrong on the death of the poor woman that drowned in the nursing home.

This is what Meet The Press decided to concentrate on after the first interview with Mr. Broussard? That a woman died, but it wasn't on the exact day that Mr. Broussard described as he broke down in tears? And then Mr. Russert had the nerve to try to use this discrepancy to attack Mr. Broussard about his criticism of FEMA!

Gee, I wonder, Mr. Russert, why you didn't ask about the other outrages Mr. Broussard mentioned in his first interview, such as:

*When FEMA came in and cut off Mr. Broussard's emergency communication lines.

*When FEMA turned away three Wal-Mart trucks full of water en route to Jefferson Parish.

*How the Coast Guard offered Jefferson Parish fuel, but when people from the parish showed up to get the fuel, the Coast Guard told them that FEMA had instructed them not to give the parish the fuel.

Those nasty questions about FEMA don't help this administration, so I guess Mr. Russert didn't think they were newsworthy.

Mr. Broussard was absolutely right when he said FEMA is guilt of murder. And as Mr. Broussard also said, there will be plenty of blame to go around to all levels of the govt.

However, Mr. Russert, your attempt to discredit a true hero of the aftermath of Katrina may indeed be the biggest blunder in your career.

Mr. Russert, if you smell something burning, it is the last tattered shreds of your journalist integrity. They just went up in smoke...

You, and Meet The Press, should be ashamed of yourselves."

[Tesla]

105. "Black-hearted Agenda"

I like it, it has a nice ring to it!!!!

Russert, King of the Blackhearts!!

[babywatson]

107. Jesus, give it up, Tim!

You're never going to convince those of us who were watching that the federal government did all it could and that the local governments were the villians! Stop trying to rewrite history!

What a Republican shill.

[SunDrop23]

108. Russert = jagoff

[mom cat]

110. Thanks for the link. and that site is a treasure trove.

[justgamma]

121. I not only wrote what I thought, I added a PS

I told him that he practically accused him of lying. If that man was acting, then he deserves an academy award, unlike the president who can't even be bothered to "act" like he cares.

[Stinky The Clown]

123. My e-mail to Fat Timmy ... hopefully this will get to him

Mr. Russert, concerning your interview this past Sunday with President Broussard, I was struck dumb by the underlying meanspiritedness of your line of questioning.

I wonder if Big Russ is proud of you for that?