Betsy McCaughey is getting her ASS handed to her on Ratigan's show.

[Barack_America]

Wow. This is great television.

Ratigan is refusing to let her dance around the questions and she is getting h-o-s-t-i-l-e.

Pressed to answer how she would bring down costs she said:

1). Tort reform (which Weiner immediately noted would save us a whopping 0.04% of health care costs)

-and- (are you ready for it?)

2). Forcing people to eat better

That's her plan, folks.

And when called out for it she started going nuts Orly Taitz style, calling Ratigan "a bad moderator" and Weiner "ignorant".

Now she just called Ratigan a "partisan" and Ratigan responded by saying, "maybe you're not used to real moderators who make you answer the questions".

It's still going on....

Oh cube rats, how I wish you could be seeing this. I will post the link as soon as it's available. Keyboard cat is definitely going to be playing her off on this one.

[valerief]

1. Ratigan and Weiner make a great team advocating REAL healthcare for Americans.

Betsy is having another Jon Stewart moment. I hope she has many, many more.

[Barack_America]

3. Time to back the DVR up and watch that baby again.

It was priceless.

[Skidmore]

4. Any chance you can post it on the video forum?

[Barack_America]

7. Argh. Can't find my USB cable.

As soon as it gets on youtube though I'll post the link.

[Barack_America]

15. If nobody posts it soon, I'll record my tv on my Flip and put it on youtube that way.

[Ruby the Liberal]

17. Its online here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_meeting#33192386

[OneGrassRoot]

24. What a POS she is.......

Love Weiner...he's great.

Ratigan was great, too!

:)

[AuntPatsy]

9. Truth is finaly gaining exceptance in President Obama's term...for that alone

one can not deny his presidency is a changing things significantly...

:bounce:

should be replayed over and over again...proof the republicans offer nothing but lies and fear tactics...

[redqueen]

2. Thanks for an informative post about this.

:thumbsup:

[bertman]

5. My Dook friends would say that forcing a kitty to play the piano while dressed in Carolina blue

is animal abuse.

Thanks for posting about the ass-whuppin'.

[napi21]

6. WOW! I just watched that! Ratigan handled her wonderfully!

So did Weiner! All she could do call people names and tell Ratinger he was the worst interviewer of all time. I really hope a lot of older people were watching that too. I can just imagine what they were screaming at their TV's when she said pospone medicare eligibility until age 70!!!!!!

[AuntPatsy]

11. she was borderline whining as close to a five year old that bears witness

to how those defending the republicans all have been behaving..attempting a no you no you debate did not work this time since the interviewer and Wiener did not follow suit and allow childish antics to be part of their response in holding her to the fire in exposing her real message which holds little if any thruth..

[GoCubsGo]

25. Yes, he did!

I'm getting more and more impressed by Ratigan. From the few interviews I have seen by him, he doesn't let ANYONE dance around questions. He'll flat out tell them to stop dodging his questions. I like that.

[Lugnut]

35. Ratigan smacked down some right-winger yesterday.

The right-winger attempted to speak about an issue that wasn't the subject for the show's segment at the time. Dylan refused to let him continue. He offered to reschedule the guest on another show during which his conversation would be germaine to the subject. Blam! Other moderators could learn something from Ratigan.

[napi21]

40. Soon no RWers will agree to appear with him! n/t

[AuntPatsy]

8. I have yet to see any interview comparable.....yet she kept on with the same arguments regardless

how false those arguments were proven to be...typical republican doublespeak...simply attempt to talk over everyone which in this case she failed...we have real journalism facing our country once again....

[Lucy Goosey]

10. I wish I wasn't stuck in this cubicle farm...

I would have loved to have seen that - her segment on TDS was one of my favourite moments in that show's history.

She just doesn't know what to do when she's presented with facts - the facts don't support her position.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. Here's a link to the video

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_meeting#33192386

:hi:

[MidwestTransplant]

12. John Stewart was probably the only other real moderator she ever faced.

[rufus dog]

13. He ended the show stating

Twisting facts to meet a political agenda on healthcare appears to be borderline treasonous.

That should get her panties in a wad.

[Barack_America]

14. Fantastic. I'm rewatching the carnage.

Looking forward to seeing the last shot.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. So her plan is tort reform, eat healthier, and raise the Medicare age to 70?

:rofl:

[Barack_America]

20. Yep. That seems to be it.

And :rofl: indeed.

[myrna minx]

42. Yep - that sums up her "argument".

:rofl:

[Barack_America]

44. What? You were not swayed?

I think the "apple a day" approach to health care will be very effective!

:rofl:

[Bobbie Jo]

19. LINK

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#33192386

Damn!

[Barack_America]

21. Thanks!

Even better the second time around.

"no, YOU are the one calling names!"

teehee!

[alittlelark]

22. +1

You should post it on its own!

[berni_mccoy]

23. Thanks.

[myrna minx]

43. Thanks for posting.

:D That's some superfund "logic" there Bets.

[asdjrocky]

26. Oh who the fuck cares?

Neither one of them cares about us. They laugh all the way to the bank while we starve in sickness. Fuck the sideshow.

[Ruby the Liberal]

28. Never thought I would see Rep Weiner dissed here.

:shrug:

[asdjrocky]

33. Good point, I was talking about the other two.

Yeah, I think Weiner is a good guy. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Barack_America]

29. It's not fair to characterize Weiner that way.

No one has advocated for single-payer in Congress like he has.

He won this debate. And he did it on national television.

[asdjrocky]

34. You're right. I was talking about the other two.

I should have made that more clear.

[emulatorloo]

27. She must be a masochist. Or she is being paid realllllllllllllly well n/t

[Nikki Stone1]

30. Please post that link....

I'll watch it at lunchtime.

[Barack_America]

31. See post #19.

Still isn't up on youtube yet.

[blueworld]

32. God, it was beautiful! He's great!

Especially when she started whining that it was the most browbeating interview in history & he said, "good. Maybe you'll start answering my questions instead of casting allegations" or something to that effect. Her tort's been permanently reformed! :rofl:

[spanone]

36. i wish he would have decked her.

[alfredo]

37. I love his "corporate communism" frame.

http://rawstory.com/2009/10/corporate-communism-health-care/

[Vinca]

38. OMFG - that was a thing of beauty! Cue the cat!

[polly7]

39. Hahahahahaaaaa ............. she looked like a vindictive, bullying, ignorant fool n/t

[spanone]

41. tort reform and better eating habits....that's her cure for healthcare