Posted on 02/20/2020 12:48:32 PM PST by Conserv
All three network morning shows on Thursday ripped into Michael Bloomberg’s Democratic debate debut, hammering the “universally bad” night as possibly a “knockout punch” for the former New York Mayor. ABC even suggested it would have been better if Bloomberg never qualified for the debate.
On CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King ripped, “Listen, the reviews are in for Mike Bloomberg, as you know. And they are universally bad with words like ‘disastrous,’ ‘pummeled,’ ‘stumbled.’” She then held up the mocking front covers of the New York Post and Daily News. King opened the show by declaring, “Mike Bloomberg stumbles in his first Democratic debate.”
Talking to Major Garrett, King marveled, “My question to you, how does this happen to him last night? He knew the all the questions were coming. How does he recover?” Garrett offered his scathing critique: “The consensus was Bloomberg was unprepared, unfocused and uninspiring.... The consensus among these Democrats was Bloomberg blew it.”
Over on Good Morning America, reporter Jon Karl said it would have been better for Bloomberg to have never made the debate: “Bloomberg qualified for the debate at the last minute and only after the DNC changed the rules but there's no question that he would have been better off if he didn't qualify. But there’s only so long you can hide behind a $400 million ad splurge.”
On NBC’s Today, the show opened with a graphic that speculated, “Knockout punch?” Co-host Savannah Guthrie insisted, “I don't think there is any dispute from the Bloomberg folks that this was not a good debate for him.”
Why all the doom and gloom from the liberal media? Aside from accepting the reality — this just wasn’t a good performance — journalists have been struggling over how to deal with a possibly disastrous Bernie Sanders nomination. One reaction is for media outlets to disingenuously pretend that candidates like Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg are “moderates.”
Bloomberg was meant to be a possible alternative to journalists terrified of Sanders. Wednesday’s debate performance is worrisome that they might have to look elsewhere.
Judge Judy needs to hang her head in shame.
Garrett followed up with some ridiculously stupid comment, so stupid I forgot what it was.
They are going to change their tune soon enough. Once it becomes clear he’s buying votes, the leftist media will hop on board.
I’m certainly not writing him off despite his abysmal performance.
yup
Given that the average journo thinks Bernie is too right-wing ...
Mike should have stood up more often. Oh, my bad.
It’s best for Mike that he learns to deal with the punches that can be thrown at him as soon as possible.
Spot on. The journos have no problem with Bernie. Their problem is finding a way to present him to the voters in an unthreatening manner. The reason they are saying Bloomie is done is he openly called Sanders a Commie. He cannot be allowed a platform to repeat that.
“Once it becomes clear he’s buying votes, the leftist media will hop on board.”
He’s buying ad time.
Don’t kick a $400 million gift horse in hindquarters.
Don’t kick a $400 million gift horse in hindquarters.
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He has 60 billion.
He could easily part with 10% on a roll of the dice.
Win or lose, he’ll have enough for retirement.
My husband just suggested that the next time Bloomberg mentions Sanders’ 3 homes, he offers him a 4th...
I looked at some of the footage on YouTube, wanting to see the Bernie’s reaction to Bloomberg’s remark about his three houses. That segment was buried in the search responses, and before I got to it I had to watch other bits of the debate.
It was ridiculous and humiliating for the contestants. Nevertheless, I think Bloomberg came out on top; he held up well to the beating he got. That will be well remembered by dems and never-Trumpers.
Bernie looked feeble, petulant, humorless and single-minded. Warren,the “smartest girl in the class,” hand continually waving, gets my vote as the most annoying. The rest were marginal.
Trump is the only issue that will unite them. Bloomers self-control and refusal to back down impressed.
He’s the toughest and the one that worries me the most. The fact that he’s repugnant won’t dissuade the dems.
Once it becomes clear he’s buying the leftist media they will hop on board. I think that’s a better fit.
True............repugnancy is just another pillar of the dems "strength in diversity."
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