MTP transcript - Condi filibusters and Gregory counters with hardhitting "mmms" and "ok".

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28337897/

'Meet the Press' transcript for Dec. 21, 2008
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

You have to read it to believe it. I'm not sure why she didn't ice skate or play the piano, must have run out of time.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Sneer. smirk, sneer." - Condi (R)

[annabanana]

2. MTP is now completely irrelevant.

It started out really good. There was an independent press organization who had no beltway constituency and it has gone downhill ever since..

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. I agree. Gregory has no gravitas and no guts either.

If this is the caliber of interview he does, I'm out.

I got the transcript just to see if it was actually as horrible as it seemed when I was watching. Yep. Actually even worse.

[rainbow4321]

4. He is still defending Mclame, also, I saw...

They were all talking about The Madoff money deal and how the SEC missed the red flags and Gregory goes "looks like John McCain was right during the election but he was lampooned over his" SEC comments. Ok, um....am I remembering correctly that what Mclame took heat for was that he said as Pres he would FIRE the SEC head and then what he got "lampooned" for was not knowing that the **Prez cannot just fire** the SEC head??

Then, Andrea Mitchell (who looks more like The Joker everytime I see her on TV--I think it's the shape of her mouth, I don't know) joins in and also said "yup, McCain was right, yup, yup".

Nice way to try and re-write history, guys.

[ErinBerin84]

5. I noticed that too....they should really just give up the ghost.