Bob Sheaffer aaaaalllllllmost got there. But as usual, he choked.

[Stinky The Clown]

He asked Michelle ImNotSarah about her many false statements. He cited one, wherein she said Obama had approved only one drilling lease when in fact he had, at that point, approved 270 of them.

She stuttered a little and then off on a tangent of obfuscation and avoidance. Her let her go and then went to his original question. This time he asked it a little more forcefully. Same response from her. Then his eyes shifted, literally, to the left as he looked from her to someone off camera.

And he dropped the question.

Shame on you, you putz. Shame on your producer, too. And double shame if, instead of your producer, you were taking direction from her handlers.







The US news media is so fucking broken it is now a national hazard.

[spanone]

1. he also let her skate right by his 'farm subsidy' question....

[Aviation Pro]

2. And that fucking non-answer about God green lighting her...

...for political office. C'mon, moron, embrace your crazy.

[Doctor_J]

3. He's a long time BFEE member, and a highly paid

republican campaign operative.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I hate admit it, but Katie Couric was "tougher" as a journalist when she

interviewed Sarah Palin on the newspapers than Schieffer was with Bachmann.

[Inspired]

5. Yes, she was and I'll always be grateful to Couric for that. n/t

[underpants]

7. She was tough at all- Couric asked no brainer questions to someone with no brains

Palin flat out froze repeatedly on camera. Her "in what respect" on ABC made her a laughingstock to start with.

[underpants]

6. No mention of hiding in the bushes at a gay rights rally?

BTW- after reading Taibbi's great article in Rolling Stone about her I think she will be on the ticket. She has the Tea Party mostly to herself, Iowa Republican party is still dominated by FAR right bible thumpers, New Hampshire tends to vote for "independent" types like Bachmann, and South Carolina is going to be a festival of not-too-well-hidden race baiting.

[KharmaTrain]

8. Bachmann's Game...

When she's confronted with a question she knows she'll look bad on she'll run to a talking point or try to divert to another topic. You can ask her the same question a dozen times and she's on auto-pilot...you only get what she wants to say and never a straight answer. The only time that changes is when she's on friendly turf and a Shannity lobs her softballs she can ramble on about.

Her shtick in these interviews is to build sympathy from the wingnuts. She wants to look like she's being picked on by Schieffer or others and play it for votes in Iowa and campaign contributions. Thus if Schieffer tries to hammer her too hard he does her a favor. Yes, it's conveluted, but we're looking at a parallel universe here...

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[NYC_SKP]

16. I saw that with the very RW "Limousines!!11!!!" talking point.

At which all I could do was shake my head.

:eyes:

[ellenfl]

18. all repubs do that. you'll never get a straight answer or even

an answer to the question you ask. dems are beginning to do it too.

ellen fl

[madinmaryland]

9. Why do you bother, Stinky. I gave up on the Sunday morning crap years ago.

It's normally four repubs and two DINO's on. Not much of anything worthwhile listening to.

[Doctor_J]

10. Amen to that

I don't understand Dems' addiction to the fascist propaganda. Even the downtrodden soviet proletariat knew enough to not pay attention to Pravda.

[CTyankee]

12. Me, too. It's worthless...

[elleng]

13. Hey yank, guess what's on TCM!!!

2:00 PM A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (1949)
A blow to the head sends an auto mechanic back to the days of Camelot.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
C-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

p.s. haven't watched sunday morning shows in MANY years!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

14. boy that IS old!

How are you? How are your court issues going?

[elleng]

15. I'm OK, in spite of fact 'court issues' not improved.

S.O.B. sent a p.o.s missive, containing 'blackmail' and threats!!! Working on how to deal w it all. FUNNY that IRS ends up being 'in my corner,' kind of, as he's using them for what I consider to be blackmail, 'do this soon or else.' P.O.S!

Otherwise, OK. In touch w Amy, and a look-alike to this one is with me now!



Thanks for asking.



:hi:

[CTyankee]

17. What a cutie! He looks a little like a kaola bear...

well, there's nothing like a deranged ex....

[elleng]

19. She's SO TINY, yank, can't imagine smaller!

Thanks for that 'deranged' bit; HELPS!

[voteearlyvoteoften]

20. She also said the Pres had released all the oil reserves

It was actually more on the order of 5%. She also said the oil release was a threat to national security and was not called out on that statement. She is like Faux News.. she talks so much shit you cant even counter all of her outrageous statements. Calling Politifact....

[4_TN_TITANS]

21. I had to turn it off...

When he lets someone like Bachmann come across as remotely sane - WTF? He's lost it, when he can't even hit that one out of the park.