RE: the Isikoff segment on Rachel's show...

[polichick]

What is the president NOT leaving up to Holder and DOJ?

Anyone catch it??

[pleah]

1. About calling for prosecutions.

Obama said it would be to distracting. (bullshit)
It isn't even up to Obama. Isikoff said that he wouldn't even consider calling for a special prosecutor, to combine all the separate investigations. Apparently Holder never said a word during the entire meeting.

[polichick]

2. Damn, I was hoping that wasn't it. Thanks for the info! nt

[pleah]

3. Your welcome, but, if someone puts a video

up, you should watch the whole thing. There was a lot more to it.

edit to add: I was very disappointed listening to this.

[Clio the Leo]

4. And we have to be VERY careful treating an off the record conversation as fact.

;)

[JamesA1102]

5. Good Point.

Plus Isikoff lost all credibilty 10 years ago when he pumped every right-wing talking point against Clinton and tried to get people to lie to confirm his stories.

[stillcool]

6. Yup...did he say who his source was?

there is a piece on Huffington that paints a different picture.

[ErinBerin84]

7. Didn't see the segment on Rachel's show

but here's the Huffington piece for those who haven't read it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/20/obama-huddles-with-human_n_206104.html

[firedupdem]

10. Thanks...certainly paints a different picture than what I read upthread. n/t

[pleah]

11. Thanks.

:)

[Clio the Leo]

12. He couldn't and he wouldn't.....

.... which is not a knock at him, but that's a very fundamental tenant among the journalistic faith.

It's very plausible that what he reported is accurate ... and it's very plausible that it's not.

We have no way of knowing. We cant treat it as fact, just file it away for future reference. (lol, and use it to back any pre-conceived notion we have about the situation.)

Now, I'm off to read the HuffPo article you're talking about.....

[Uzybone]

8. Heh...some DUers will believe anything from the MSM

as long as it makes Obama look bad.

[firedupdem]

13. Really? I learn something new here everyday! Seems he has

that in common with Turley.

[MarjorieG]

9. Isikoff never haves as much as he portrays, and Rachel knee-jerk believes every point as extreme

against Obama with human rights. Eagerly. That balanced Huffpo article gave reasons why Obama is treading as he's doing, by what was left by Bush, which can be considered fair by many.

I wrote Rachel yesterday about her blind spot towards with pleasing the ACLU audience on certain things, and searches for truth and reason with other issues.

[polichick]

14. Well, this is one time I hope he's very wrong.

[Cha]

15. Thanks for writing her on

that, Marjorie..several of us have also written.

[JamesA1102]

17. Is it any wonder Rachel's rating are tanking.

She forgot that people watch FAUX, not MSNBC, to see the President bashed.

[polichick]

16. Here's the video - thanks Hissyspit!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=314893&mesg_id=314893