MARTIN BASHIR IS SPANKING LUKE RUSSERT'S ASS LIKE A SANTANA CONGA SOLO

[Amerigo Vespucci]

BASHIR: "Are John Boehner and Mitch McConnell fighting for the top 3 percent?" (Their assertion that not extending the Bush Tax Cuts would stifle "job creation&quot .

Russert wouldn;t answer and started giggling. He said "I'm not John Boehner or Mitch McConnell! Yoi have to have them on your show!"

Bashir said "We've asked, they won't come on."

The closest Russert would come to answering the question is to say that it's a "talking point."

At the end of the segment Russert called it a "tough interview."

[tallahasseedem]

1. LOL!

Luke was really shitty at the end...he knew he just got worked!

[spanone]

2. little luke russert is the face and voice of the republican party...he proved it in that interview.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. It was if he was genuinely afraid to answer the question

Must-see TV, once again. Martin Bashir ROCKS.

[spanone]

7. his face turned beet red and he REFUSED to answer the question...he KNEW the fucking answer.

[vaberella]

30. He cried when John McCain lost.

He's a devotee and disciple.

[panader0]

3. I just saw that

Luke Russert is an empty sack.

[Laurian]

5. I loved it. That little twerp gets on my last nerve.

Why won't he just give the facts and stop trying to cover for the obstinate R's?

[Spazito]

6. I loved it!

Bashir refused to let the smarmy repub-loving shithead off the hook, kept asking him the same question which Russert danced around each time, looking more and more like the repub talking head he is.


That's what happens when one gets their job due to their father's legacy instead of getting it based on talent/merit.

Russert really is loathesome, imo.

[Joanie Baloney]

8. Nice dig by Luke at the end

When Martin Bashir explained that since Boehner won't come on his show, he had to take it instead. Russert shot back "Tougher interview than Michael Jackson!", a reference to Bashir's much-publicized one-on-one interviews with the King of Pop in 2003.

Oooh, snap! Got in a good one, huh Luke?? (Petty jackass)

[Spazito]

9. Shows he's 'not ready for prime time' for sure...

Talk about a lame response, pathetic really.

[Joanie Baloney]

16. I was waiting for something even more juvenile

such as "Oh yeah??!!" or "Your mama!" but lame is lame.

[malaise]

10. How do I love your Subjects

Let me count the ways - the entitled lil prick was schooled.

[Life Long Dem]

11. Smile when your ass is being spanked.

[tularetom]

12. Martin Bashir is gonna get a talking to from Tom Brokaw

I don't ol drunk boy brokaw is happy with hippies like Maddow, Schultz and Bashir being employed by his network. He was good buddies with lil russert's daddy.

Wish I'd seen that. Lil Russert is a pretty sad excuse for a reporter and I'm sure everyone knows why he's working there.

[kentuck]

17. Probably right.

But why would Luke Russert have such a difficult time answering such a simple question?

Or he could have said, "It appears so, Martin." But he tried to dodge the question as if he were protecting the Republicans.

[DevonRex]

32. Is that what's wrong with Tom? Gee,

I thought I could spot one better than that. Or at least I thought a network'd know better than to put a drunk on prime time. Kind of an unpredictable sort, you know, and hard to understand. Plus they never understand anybody else either.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. What, exactly, is Young Master Luke's purpose?

Isn't he just supposed to report, not carry water?

[hifiguy]

14. If the Tater Tot's last name weren't Russert

he'd be the fill-in weekend sports guy on a 5000-watt radio station in East Jesus, North Dakota.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. Or just unable to even find a job in this shitty economy his daddy's friends

left us.

[Skittles]

33. STOP IT HIFIGUY

[sharp_stick]

15. I love your subject lines n/t

[babylonsister]

18. Rec'd for title alone!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

19. Some hosts on msnbc call Luke the "Sage of Capitol Hill" !

[Rowdyboy]

24. "The Sap of Capitol Hill" would be more appropriate....

[Swede Atlanta]

21. Dang it..I thought spanking him was my job :)

Just kidding.....

[Zoeisright]

22. Talk about nepotism.

Luke Russert is qualified to clean coffee mugs at a news station. That's about it.

[veganlush]

23. but isn't that

what he should have done, being that he is a reporter and not wishing, for that reason, to show any bias? I didn't see the piece, and I like much of what I've heard/seen of Bashir, but I'm not sure that russert really did anything he shouldn't have done here.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

25. Not really, no...

...because Bashir's question was based in cold, hard facts & figures. And as you acknowledge, you didn't see the piece. Bashir wasn;t asking Russert to "bash" Boehner and McConnell. The fact is that the segment of society they are "worried" about...the "job creators" who won;t get a Bush-sized tax cut...comes out to about 3% of the over-$250K crowd. It was completely reasonable for Bashir to ask the question, and Russert simply tucked his tail between his legs and acted like a giggling coward. Please don't give him credit he does not deserve for being a "reporter."

[spanone]

26. he was asked for his observation of the situation. he showed his bias by not answering.

[SCVDem]

27. No habla Russert!

What would Tim say?

Giggling like a little girl? Your ass is reprimanded!

[Lugnut]

28. Rec for the topic title!

For East Jesus, North Dakota.

[TheKentuckian]

29. Tater has developed into quite the Reich Wing deflector shield.

[Raster]

31. Timmeh would be proud.

[progressoid]

34. Slap!

[demwing]

35. Video Link

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/martin-bashir-exposes-luke-russert-water-c