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'Regret' Not Enough: Brokaw Calls Lieberman On Lack Of 'Apology'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/23/2008 10:22:30 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Tom Brokaw: talk show host or DNC enforcer? Barack Obama and Harry Reid were willing to let bygones be bygones, letting Joe Lieberman keep his Homeland Security Committee chairmanship.

But Lieberman's professed "regret" for statements he made in the course of supporting John McCain for president wasn't good enough for Brokaw. Interviewing Lieberman on Meet The Press today, Brokaw pointedly observed that he hadn't heard the word "apology" for the senator's lèse majesté. Brokaw broached the subject by asserting Lieberman needed to be held "accountable."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008; apology; barackobama; demsformccain; joelieberman; johnmccain; mtp; obamatransitionfile; tombrokaw
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1 posted on 11/23/2008 10:22:30 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

Ve haf vays of making you apologize ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 11/23/2008 10:23:07 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

You’re nothing in DC until you’ve had the press force you into at least one apology.


3 posted on 11/23/2008 10:24:09 AM PST by nufsed
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Tom, how’s about you apologize to us for representing yourself as an “unbiased journalist” for so many years?


4 posted on 11/23/2008 10:25:30 AM PST by Reaganesque
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Tom Brokaw: talk show host or DNC enforcer?

New game show. Biggest Bambi Rectal Kisser.

That propoganda dispenser in the corner wants to educate you. Don't let it!!!!

5 posted on 11/23/2008 10:26:03 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (I will stand with the Muslims ~B Hussein Obomunist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verito Possumus~Verified Sleeper!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I don’t get it. What is he supposed to apologize for?


6 posted on 11/23/2008 10:26:06 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Oy


7 posted on 11/23/2008 10:26:12 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Does Brokaw or NBC regret not honestly disclosing the
financial and close relationships between his/its
reporters, their spouses, and the Agencies upon which
they purportedly ‘report’? I think not.


8 posted on 11/23/2008 10:26:49 AM PST by Diogenesis
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Geeze...is Lockjaw still alive?
9 posted on 11/23/2008 10:27:06 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama:"Ich bin ein beginner")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hey, Tom: Did you ever apologize for calling Florida for Gore before the polls closed in 2000?


10 posted on 11/23/2008 10:28:14 AM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly, nothing to apologize for. Except his lib views on almost everything except the war.


11 posted on 11/23/2008 10:28:50 AM PST by BlueStateBlues (Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Why is Lieberman not allowed his own opinion without Dems trying to derail him? I mean isn’t that part of what the rats have said for years, everyone is entitled to their own opinions?


12 posted on 11/23/2008 10:28:53 AM PST by blueyon (Every one will have their 15 mins under the bus)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It’s no secret anymore.

Barackaw is just another DNC enforcer.

Old media has-beens trying to look important.

He might think about Rather and what happens to goofballs that go down that road.


13 posted on 11/23/2008 10:30:00 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Reaganesque
Tom, how’s about you apologize to us for representing yourself as an “unbiased journalist” for so many years?

How long will it be before we see Lockjaw yachting off of the Vineyard some July afternoon with Cronkite and the Clintons?

14 posted on 11/23/2008 10:30:00 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama:"Ich bin ein beginner")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Lieberman is a pretty liberal Senator. The only mistake he made was being pro war in Iraq before being for the war was fashionable amongst liberals.

So now watching the left crucify him, I can’t help but wonder what these talking heads telling me that the new government is going to “rule from the center” are talking about...


15 posted on 11/23/2008 10:30:01 AM PST by Tzimisce (http://groups.myspace.com/nailthemessiah)
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To: BenLurkin

I heard the interview.

Brokaw referred to vague statements said during the campaign, to which Liberman said he regretted.

Brokaw wanted Liberman to give an apology — but Liberman stuck to his statement that he had regrets, as do most people for some of the things they say during a campaign.

There was never any exact thing — just “some statements”.


16 posted on 11/23/2008 10:30:33 AM PST by i_dont_chat
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Brokaw was also calling for the overthrow of the government this morning, saying that Bush must step down now instead of January, because we can’t wait for Barry to take total control. Tom also took his marching orders from Rahm and kept demanding that Lieberman apologize to Barry and the DNC for saying things during the campaign that weren’t politically correct. The feeble Brokaw should retire before he embarrass himself any further. Even listening to him read from a teleprompter with that Elmer Fudd speech impediment is a chore.


17 posted on 11/23/2008 10:30:55 AM PST by purplelobster
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
What is this Middle School Bullying?? I Will Take Your Milk Money Pictures, Images and Photos
18 posted on 11/23/2008 10:32:01 AM PST by Lilpug15 (I'm Moving to Alaska...You can Keep THE CHANGE!)
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To: i_dont_chat
There was never any exact thing — just “some statements”.

I was watching K-K-K-Katie the other night (please don't ask...it wasn't my TV) and she said that Lieberman had suggested that Hussein was a Marxist.Perhaps that's one of them.

19 posted on 11/23/2008 10:34:17 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama:"Ich bin ein beginner")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
pl. lese maj·es·ties or lèse ma·jes·tés
1. An offense or crime committed against the ruler or supreme power of a state.
2. An affront to another's dignity.

Tom Brokejaw has empowered himself since the leg tingler got elected.

As Lieberman, I would have told hime, "No, I'm NOT going to apologize for supporting my long time friend John McCain. Last time I checked, America was a free country and even though those of you in the press think you run it, you don't.

"crime against the ruler"....pullllleeeezzzeee.

Er...Brokejaw...there's a reason you no longer have an anchor desk.
20 posted on 11/23/2008 10:40:54 AM PST by FrankR (Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
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