Posted on 02/26/2008 4:57:01 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Now that David Shuster has returned from MSNBC exile after the Clinton campaign complained about his comments on Chelsea, will Tucker Carlson's be the next head Camp Hillary hunts?
Senior Clinton advisor Kiki McClean comprehensively rapped Carlson's knuckles this evening over comments Tucker made about Clinton campaign spokesman Phil Singer.
View video here.
Will Camp Hillary go head-hunting again? Ping to Today show list.
“View video here.”
Where?
Kiki McClean? Do I need new glasses?
This would be more informative with a transcript of the relevant exchange, or at least a working link.
You forgot something.
Please go to NewsBusters link, provided above.
Mark, there is no link. None.
Whoops, I didn’t. Sorry.
There is no newsbuster link above...
Sorry, see #9.
:-)
Here’s the thread discussing the WaPo article that Tucker quoted.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976319/posts
(They’re ALL angry nuts at Camp Clinton...)
I’m just going to have to follow you around :)
Kiki’s gonna be peddling her resume by next Wednesday. They don’t have time left to go after Tucker. Besides, Singer ain’t Chelsea.
Agreed all around.
I hate to say I agree with one of Hillary’s people, but “angry” and “emotionally disturbed” are far from the same.
< /s >
Hillary has a lot bigger problems than Tucker being a asshat
“Kiki McClean?”
Sounds like a bad “Bond Girl” name.
Is that the “Fat Lady” that I keep hearing people talk about?>
A steady parade of scolding chunky chicks with double chins?
No thanks...
One of the words on my pet-peeves list is “inapproriate”.
It’s lost the little meaning it ever had and is used by the PC crowd for everything under the sun.
I am deeply offended my your comments ;-)
I suspect you're thinking of my highly successful sister...
Pussy McClure.
I wonder if KiKi McLean would use these "soft and kind" words to describe John McCain when he has his first flash of temper on the campaign trail.
I wonder if KiKi McLean would use these "soft and kind" words to describe John McCain when he has his first flash of anger or temper on the campaign trail.
“Is that the “Fat Lady” that I keep hearing people talk about?”
Yeah, that’s her and she’s about to break into song.
TUCKER CARLSON: Phil Singer, who is the Clinton spokesman, was also quoted by Dana Milbank in this piece in the Washington Post today, and he described his own mindset as this, and I'm quoting: "Sixteen months into this, I'm just angry."
That one quote doesn't do justice to just how beside himself Singer appeared to be, per the Milbank column.
KIKI MCLEAN: You know what? Phil Singer's a great guy. He's been working really hard --
CARLSONL: He's an angry guy.
MCLEAN: He's a guy who's been working really hard for something and somebody he believes in.
CARLSON: Right.
MCLEAN: And you know what? Let's be honest: you said it in your own coverage. Senator Clinton and her campaign have taken a pounding, sometimes not always fairly. And you had a moment, you had a very human moment there, and I think we can all appreciate that.
CARLSON: Should the Hillary Clinton campaign continue to employ an emotionally troubled spokesman? Is that wise?
That set McLean off. lol
MCLEAN: I think you're totally out of line to make a comment like that.
CARLSON: He said he's angry. He said "I am angry."
MCLEAN: Tucker, Tucker.
CARLSON: You want a spokesman who is angry? Come on.
MCLEAN: You and I have always had a good relationship, but I think for you to use a phrase like that about a member of our staff is totally inappropriate.
CARLSON: He's describing himself this way.
MCLEAN: You used the phrase "emotionally troubled." And what I'm telling you is that this is a staff person who believes in what he's been fighting for, believes in the senator's plans for the country and the vision for the future, and he had a very human moment yesterday, and I think you probably have human moments too. I think the way you're characterizing that is really inappropriate.
CARLSON: I think it's exactly what the guy just said, and moreover I think it's counter-productive to have people who are out who are enraged and whose dealings with the press reflect that rage.
MCLEAN: You know what, I think we're talking about what's been a long race. Both teams are tired.
The conversation moved on, but a bit later Tucker had one of those classic message-in-the-earpiece moments.
CARLSON: I just heard that Phil Singer has just called apparently MSNBC, he's upset about what I said . . . oh, I'm sorry, I totally misunderstood [MSNBC source informs me it was internal, not from Singer]. I did not mean in any way to imply that Phil Singer was crazy, I'm just saying, he described himself as distraught, and that's the point I was hoping to make.
MCLEAN: You used a phrase that was inappropriate and that's what I challenged.
CARLSON: I don't believe it was inappropriate. I did not mean to say the guy was crazy. I just mean to say he described himself as distraught and is that an effective spokesman? That's the point I'm making.
MCLEAN: And what I'm telling you is that, that's a very human person yesterday in one moment.
CARLSON: OK, OK.
Will the forces of Hillary call for the head of Carlson as they did in Shuster's case, and if so, will MSNBC again cave?
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