Cokie Roberts on Downgrade: 'The Problem That We Have Here is the Constitution'

Newsbusters ^ | 8/7/11 | Noel Sheppard

[Nachum]

ABC's Cokie Roberts said something on national television Sunday that made her colleague George Will shake his head on camera.

During a "This Week" discussion about the recent credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's Roberts said, 'The problem that we have here is the Constitution of the United States of America which actually does require people to come together from different perspectives" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

[Nachum]

That is the problem Cokie- to save us from people like you.

[R0CK3T]

Sedition!

She should be put on trial as well at the execs from her network.

Openly advocating thoughts that out Constitutional form of Government is the problem?!

[Average Al]

"Cokie Roberts"

It is time to put his old horse out to pasture.

[txroadkill]

Have yet to meet a Liberal who doesn't want to get rid of the Constitution

[Average Al]

his = this

[FlingWingFlyer]

Well Cokie. The Constitution has been around almost as long as you have. The American people decided that the Constitution would lay out the type of government we were going to have here in America. DEAL WITH IT!

[expatguy]

I dont think America realizes what is lost - do they?

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Inwoodian]

What do you expect from the offspring of two Dem operatives.

[ScreamingFist]

Hmmmm, after watching the video I think this is taken out of context, and George looked to be agreeing, not disagreeing. Perhaps I’m not seeing this correctly....

[Patton@Bastogne]

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First .. I'm clearly suspicious about anything from ABC's Cokie Roberts ...


Second ... I have no doubt that "serious" SECRET conversations have occurred between Zero, Harry Reid and Nancy (ad nauseum) ... with Bill "The Terrorist" Ayres in attendance about "functionally scrapping" the U.S. Constitution before 2012 ...


However ... the brief soundbite that I watched (frankly) gave no hint to Cokie Robert's alleged trashing of the Constitution ...


Would she like to see it happen, to further her semi-socialist political agenda ?

Yes ...

Did she say that today ? No ...



Thanks for the post, however ... and thanks again ...


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[americanophile]

I wish George would move to a relevant program, where we could benefit from his analysis.

[Nachum]

Whether she is agreeing or not, the choice of words here is rather strange, and suggestive even if she is being ‘creative’.

[Aria]

Some sites exist to churn news stories - if they have to spin them...well, so what?

I personally want to keep my focus on the actual problems - God knows we have enough of them that we don’t need to be distracted with b.s.

[Chgogal]

I have not watched THAT show since David Brinkley died because of the idiocy of the panel. Cokie, Cookie - whatever your name is, you should be ashamed of having said that. Shame, shame.

[ScreamingFist]

Whether she is agreeing or not, the choice of words here is rather strange, and suggestive even if she is being ‘creative’.

True. Cokie is a commie from way back.....I'm just not sure what she is trying to say.

[The Cajun]

What do you expect from the offspring of two Dem operatives.

Yep, old Hale Boggs was about as crooked a Rat as they come.

[EyeGuy]

A problem for talentless, elitist-oriented Commies like you Croakie, your parasitic Beltway cbal and your RaceMarxist in Chief.

God Bless the Founders in their wisdom and prescience, who knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

[DaxtonBrown]

[I wish George would move to a relevant program, where we could benefit from his analysis.]

The fact that he hasn’t should tell you where his loyalties lie.

[Gene Eric]

If the goal is to uncover the anti-Constitutionalists, it should be done with credible information.

Regardless of Roberts’ past denouncements, here it seems, no thanks to the limited context, that Roberts is ridiculing the parliamentary system, while pointing out the virtue of the Constitution and the “problem” it creates for ‘misrepresentative’ govt.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Don't be too quick to write off George Will.
As a national correspondent, he needs to be able to criticize the GOP and then Donks.