Hunt Calls Santelli Comments ‘Sophomoric’ But Gregory Surprisingly Sympathetic

FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

On today’s Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory seemed surprisingly sympathetic to Rick Santelli’s epic, on-air denunciation of Pres. Obama’s plan that would force responsible homeowners to bail out the others. In contrast, Al Hunt played the part of the predictable liberal to perfection, dismissing Santelli’s soliloquy as “sophomoric.” Gregory aired a clip of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ contemptuous comments about Santelli, including the bit in which Gibbs holds up a copy of the president’s plan and sneeringly suggests Santelli print it off and read it.

Gregory indicated he had indeed read the plan–then explained why Santelli and so many others feel the way they do . . .

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[cubreporter]

Al Hunt played the part of the predictable liberal?????????

:) LOL over and over and over again!

[Steely Tom]

Uh...it's DAVID Gregory.

What? Who?

Never mind.

[cubreporter]

Hey Al...speaking of Dupes! :)

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hunt is still alive? I thought he croaked a long time ago. Geesh. Old liberals never die, they just smell that way.

[vaudine]

I didn't even know Al was still around, much less his brain.

Isn't he married to an equally dense female talking head? I can't remember which one.

vaudine

[y6162]

Al Hunt = Bill Press

morons.

[Finny]

The only way to solve this is for the borrower and lender to rewrite their contract.

Then, what happened to: A CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT. ??

You want your cake and eat it too.

[Larry381]

I’ll take your word for Gregory being f&b but I AM an elephant with a long memory of how smarmy he was to President Bush. But he is in a totally different role now, so with your imprimatur, will give him the benefit of the doubt. Still, I ain’t watchin no Sunday morning talking heads for a long time to come ... so need you now more than ever ;)

Gregory is an unctuous self-promoter whose world revolves around himself. If I'm not mistaken he's the same coward who abandoned Don Imus during the "knappy-haired ho" flap and this was after Imus had made this virtual nobody into a psuedo-star by having him almost continuously on his show.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Well, it was sophmoric, but so what?

Huh...how do you figure that?

[LeavingNewYork]

I’m with you about Hunt. Is his wife still around, and Maxi Shields, and what about Eleanor(throw her off the)Clift?
I haven’t seen or heard about those people for years.
I hope to say the same about McCain, Snow, Spector etc, etc.

[marlon]

Yeah but it’s not the kind of tea bags that you make tea with. Come to think of it, Al will probably enjoy it all the more.

[dead]

Al Hunt played the part of the predictable liberal to perfection, dismissing Santelli’s soliloquy as “sophomoric.”

Calling somebody's argument "sophomoric" is a lame "Emperor's New Clothes" response.

He can't be bothered to tell you what's wrong with the argument, he'll just imply that you're a child if you don't know.

[Seven Minute Maniac]

To these liberals, ALL of America is “sophomoric.” That right there is the motivating factor behind their desire to lord over everybody.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Function: adjective Date: 1813

1 : conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature

2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore

[BufordP]

I agree. I also think, thus far, he’s doing a better job than Russert.

[mad_as_he$$]

Saw an interview with Granholm (Michigan Gov) this morning. she blamed the whole thing on the war in Iraq. CNN’s King the younger one - let her get away with it.

[GOPJ]

On today’s Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory seemed surprisingly sympathetic to Rick Santelli’s epic, on-air denunciation of Pres. Obama’s plan...

Ummmm, 93% of us are paying our mortages on time - even David Gregory's smart enough to know that standing with the 7% rather than the 93% might hurt his ratings....

[VRWC For Truth]

Douche bag says what.

[spiderfern]

Yes, I agree!! Watched Meet the Press this morning (rarely do) and was surprised at the left’s agreeing to most of the right’s statement that the housing bailout was unfair. The only statement they could make was that what else is there to do but to bail them out?

[italianquaker]

Maybe he finally took his meds for the BDS he was suffering from