Is anyone watching Meet the Press : Tom Delay is on the attack

[BootinUp]

This is a good preview of the General Election in my opinion. He smearing democrats as the party of rage, that cannot lead the country in National Security. Its disgusting, but we need to be realistic about how this debate is going to be framed.

[BootinUp]

1. Delay is licking his chops

ready to eat Dean and spit him out...saying "he has a long way to go to get 51% of the electorate"

[Gman]

7. He forgets Gore got 51% of the electorate

actually, he knows full well and it tears him up that it happened.

[liberalnurse]

11. Dear ......you are

going to have to buck-up and suck up to Dean soon......He is going to be the democratic candidate. Lets be united.

[jumptheshadow]

28. No, it's not a certainty at all

eom

[MoonRiver]

31. But posts like yours alienate.

I don't get why you Dean people think that by bashing others' candidates you will get them to enthusiastically support Dean, IF he gets the nomination. Yes, most of us will vote for him, but we may not work for the campaign. That can hurt. Please watch your words. They can be weapons both positive and negative.

[maddezmom]

2. I'll have to listen @12pm EST on CSPAN radio

thanks for letting me know...who else is on today?

[BootinUp]

3. The Carvilles-James and Mary Mattalin

coming next.

[BootinUp]

13. James Carville had some comments on Dean

Carville was asked if Dean would be a strong nominee. He answered that attacking Bill Clinton wasn't the way to get the nomination. Also that saying that getting Sadaam doesn't make us safer wasn't the most politically astute thing he could have said.

[Patriot_Spear]

15. I like James, but he's a fanatical Clinton Supporter...

...and that's coming FROM a fanatical Clinton Supporter. He's too close to Hillary to be an honest broker.

Hurts me to say that.

[Gman]

4. My cable went out about 15 minutes into MTP

and their lines are busy which tells me the whole city is out of service! They coulda waited 45 minutes!

[Kahuna]

14. Replay tonight on CNBC. 10:00 est.

I hope your cable is back on by then. :hi:

[Ilsa]

5. ...and what the Pukes are going to be able to get away with.

Tom DeLay obviously has no fear of being struck by lightening for the lies he is propagating:

Saying Clark was relieved of duty for "character reasons", yet Russert won't press him, knowing that Clark will simply call out the sore-loser general who is spreading this maliciousness;

Calling Dean an extremist when he balanced his own state's budget;

Saying Bush's budget deficit isn't the largest in history.

Apparently, truth isn't a requirement for speaking on MTP.

I despise DeLay. I wish the cockroaches would come back and consume him.

[Gman]

8. I believe that comment fully qualifies as slander

Clark should sue. It would give great publicity to Clark and show Delay for what he is.

[Blue_Roses]

24. what the hell

is wrong with Tim Russert? He won't press Delay on any of the lies he's spewing. I hate DeLay. He's the biggest liar and most Texans know it they just don't call him on it cause they are on his side.

Guess that explains why Russert sat this one out.

My blood pressure is rising too high for a Sunday morning.

[Ilsa]

29. I just emailed MTP

My email:

Several months ago, Tim Russert interviewed retired Gen. Wesley Clark on MTP. Russert asked Clark about a comment made by another retired general that Clark had been relieved as Supreme Commander of NATO’s allied forces due to character issues. The general who said that has never explained himself or offered any proof of such a thing. Clark, at that time, invited him to specify what he meant, since Clark had been awarded the Medal of Freedom (as well as many other international awards) for his work at NATO.

Today, Tom DeLay smeared Clark with this unfounded insult. Time Russert would only say that he would ask Clark about it next time he was on, instead of asking DeLay to explain himself for saying such a vicius thing.

I keep thinking Russert has to be smart enough not to have forgotten this conversation with Clark only a few months ago. Russert knew the appropriate response to this nasty accusation, yet he let it stand.

How is the public supposed to have any faith in the objectivity of the “free” media when such bias is apparent?

Thank you for reading my email
xxx

[Blue_Roses]

30. what's the email address?

I want to send timmie an email too.

[Ilsa]

32. [e-mail]

should do the trick. It doesn't say who reads the emails.

[maddezmom]

6. Did Timmy ask about Tom's "party boat" in NYC? n/t

[BootinUp]

10. No but questioned him on lavish

parties for raising money for neglected and abused children. It was brought up by some independent organization but I didn't catch the name. Timmy wasn't too hard on Delay in my opinion, very few follow up questions really.

[flpoljunkie]

12. Timmy Russert only asks followup questions of Democrats, treats Rethugs

with kid gloves...another whimpy pundit afraid to question Rethugs, but revels in pressing Democrats with repeated followups of usually inane, gotcha questions.

[jumptheshadow]

19. After watching Delay today I hope he stays on a boat

That lying, darkhearted ***** should not sully the streets of my beloved city.

[Rose Siding]

9. Mockery and ridicule are standard repub tactics

THE dem nominee will be mocked and ridiculed. ANY dem nominee. Count on it.

The irony is that as they charge Too Shrill or Too Angry, they become increasingly shrill and angry.

[suegeo]

16. I think...

I think Tom DeLay is a dangerous nut.

[jumptheshadow]

17. The budget deficit is Bill Clinton's fault!

Delay mentions Clinton's name multiple times when answering a question about the deficit. Says Clinton should get no credit for the balanced budget.

Dean is "an extreme extremist".

The ground war has begun, folks.

[pansypoo53219]

18. when

isn't he attacking?

[BootinUp]

20. True, but today was particularly revolting because

it wasn't just a press story, his mug was on tv for a full half hour.

:puke:

[jumptheshadow]

21. Good point

But this has the feel of an opening salvo in the Republican campaign.

Russert reads Clark's quote where he stated he would have had Bin Laden by now. Delay responds: "He was fired because of character issues." (Russert, to his credit, tries to add some context to this slam.)

Dean is "an extreme extremist" (for heaven's sake, where were these people educated), and the Repubs come out against "quackery" from Democrats.

[BootinUp]

22. And to be fair in reporting He took his shots at Clark

Basically ridiculing him as fired for integrity, and he has no foreign policy?????

[jumptheshadow]

23. Delay's experience in international policy

"I want white rice with my moo goo gai pan."

[maddezmom]

25. given the time, he would take pot shots against all the candidates

all the dems in Congress and all the dems in the US.

[jumptheshadow]

27. Yes, and their mothers, too

:evilfrown:

[Blue_Roses]

26. Watching Tim Russert smooze

all over Tom DeLay was almost unbearable. Tom Delay is known for spreading his propoganda and lies. He hates the Clintons and he looks for every opportunity to slam them.

Bush is his buddy and he is gonna prop him up as the king who walks on water.

I didn't hear Delay take responsibility for anything that has gone wrong with this country in the past 3 years, but he sure does knock down the good that the Clinton administration. What a total prick.