Posted on 07/24/2019 2:36:54 PM PDT by Kaslin
TODD: The fact is we are living in this twenty-first century new type of asymmetrical media warfare that we’re in. You have a propaganda machine on the right — that’s what it is, is a full-fledged propaganda machine on the right — that the Democrats haven’t figured out how to combat very well yet.
ANDREA MITCHELL: And they were warned —
TODD: And I think they took the Trump bait, meaning they said, “Oh, yeah? You’re good at TV spectacles? We’re gonna make a TV spectacle!”
RUSH: Let me translate this. F. Chuck Todd thinks this has been a disaster today. He thinks it’s been an absolute disaster. And, by the way, there’s one other sound bite from Chuck that we have that doubles down on that assessment. They’re worried. They really are. This has been a debacle! It’s been a disaster! Mueller was supposed to be fit, full of vigor. He was supposed to be cogent and coherent! He was supposed to be say, “I can’t get the guy, but you have to!” That’s what they were hoping! They’ve been trying to make something real that isn’t!
Trump isn’t guilty! He has not been charged. They want people to think that he would have been if not more Mueller. Mueller hasn’t gone there. So now F. Chuck Todd is blaming this debacle on the right-wing media machine. I don’t know about you, but I’m not there! I’m not answering questions. I’m not in that room. I haven’t been in any room today. Whatever right-wing media machine’s going on is not part of the hearing! This is a Democrat show! The Democrats are running this show.
The Democrats control who gets in there, the Democrats control the questions they ask, the Democrats are trying to control the answers that Mueller gives. And Chuck Todd thinks that the Democrats have blown this because the right wing, we do so well in the media. We do such great PR in the media. Trump does such great rallies that the Democrats think they can do it too. The Democrats think they can put on just as good a media spectacle as Trump and the right wing can, and they can’t! F. Chuck Todd is worried they’re blowing this opportunity.
I love this!
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Grab sound bite number 3. This is NBC at The Morning Break today during the Jerry Nadler committee hearings. When they took a break, it was time for the Drive-Bys to analyze and assess what had happened up to that point. Savannah Guthrie says to F. Chuck Todd, “Democrats were hoping that this would be a compelling movie version of the [Mueller] Report… Have we seen that so far?”
TODD: We haven’t. Because in no movie would the best actor, the lead person here, have the fewest words spoken.
GUTHRIE: Mmm!
TODD: And the problem here is you… Basically, the narrative that Democrats are — were hoping that Bob Mueller would be telling is essentially they’re telling him, and he’s saying, “That’s true. Yes. That’s correct.” The worst ni… I wrote it down. There are two, to me, that just… Narrative nightmares for the Democrats.
GUTHRIE: The Democrats cannot be surprised by this. They had to subpoena his testimony today!
MITCHELL: Exactly.
GUTHRIE: He told them. He said, “I won’t say anything beyond the report,” all but saying, “Please don’t come in and tell me to testify.” They should have been prepared. So Democrats who — who would active this as, you know, the bringing to life of the Mueller report, Robert Mueller does not appear to be on board with that strategy.
MITCHELL: A-and he’s not pushing back against the Republican attacks.
TODD: There is no urgency coming from Mr. Mueller. So therefore, Savannah, I don’t see how this ever leads to Democrats, by the way, going to step two, which is impeachment.
RUSH: They’re distressed. They’re depressed. They can’t believe it. They can’t believe the Democrats didn’t know this before they put Mueller up there! I think they knew it. They’re deluded, folks. They knew it! They were hoping. They put him up there hoping for magic. They are convinced! They don’t need Mueller to really say anything. They just need Mueller sitting there while they speechify when they’re supposedly asking questions, and if Mueller says (muttering), “I concur with that. Uh, that’s mostly accurate.”
When Mueller crosses them up — and it just happened. You know, Eric Swalwell — who is really, really an irritating little punk. This guy starts leading Mueller down a primrose path, and Mueller didn’t go. (impression) “I — I would disagree with that, uh, characterization. I don’t think that’s happened. (muttering) Uhhh, that’s outside the purview! I can’t speak to that. No, I won’t speak to that! I… Nope, nope, nah… (sputtering) I — I — I…” You know what Swalwell did? This is classic of these leftists. “Mr. Mueller, since January 1, 2017, to the present, Donald Trump has called Putin six times!
“He’s met with him 10 times. He’s referred to him in press statements 25 times. How many times have you talked to Donald Trump in the last 2-1/2 years?” (impression) “Uh, I’m not gonna characterize that.” Well, Trump is only the president of the United States. He goes to meetings where Putin is. Putin is not trying to put Trump in jail! It would be irresponsible if Trump refused to talk to Putin when they get together. The idea that Trump is talking to Putin! Eric Swalwell tries to create this picture where Trump is guilty by association — and especially when you add to it that he won’t talk to the revered Robert Mueller.
Losers...and pathetic poltroons. I laugh at their lunacy.
Likely this nitwit is...
It is unfortunate that he got out. What a lightweight loser.
“The Dems will still say that Mueller’s testimony clearly shows that the President obstructed justice and must be impeached.......................Like nothing today even happened, in front of the whole world..............”
I watched one of the network news shows tonight just to see what they would say about it. They spewed the democratic talking points. Basically ignored any Republican questions. Didn’t even mention how disoriented and confused he was, but pointed out Mueller said Trump could be prosecuted when he leaves office etc., etc.
https://twitter.com/RepMarkMeadows/status/1154114112756076544
@RepMarkMeadows
3h3 hours ago
Don’t let the left retroactively downplay the importance of today’s Mueller hearings because it went poorly for Democrats. They held mock hearings, practiced for cameras, and even set up a stand-in Jim Jordan. They went all in.
It didn’t work. It flopped.
“TODD: The fact is we are living in this twenty-first century new type of asymmetrical media warfare that we’re in. You have a propaganda machine on the right — that’s what it is, is a full-fledged propaganda machine on the right — that the Democrats haven’t figured out how to combat very well yet.‘
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LOL
How delusional! Then again, paid leftist shills always reverse the truth. Or accuse the right of exactly what they are in fact doing themselves. This piece of pitiful work is in need of serious help.
So that's what the leftist media and DNC propaganda machine calls Trump's tweets...
And Nancy moves to Trump’s finances....
Once in a while, Chuck Todd would utter some ‘more sane’ words, saner in the sense than any of his colleagues or others in his profession.
Then somebody got hold of him and inject more of the liberal serum, and Chuck goes back to his normal programming....
The Rats put their faith in Chauncy Mulehead and they lost.
Top Dems have known from the start this was a nothingburger; they’ve used it to raise money from, and bolster the morale of, their dispirited base after the 2016 disaster. It is working (even if they are now squandering the momentum with the motley crew running for 2020), and certainly helped them regain the House in 2018.
This is “death by a thousand cuts”, where they just need to slowly peel off Trump supporters from various angles (race, gender, class, sexual orientation, whatever); it can work if they are not resisted on all of those fronts. Trump’s best chance for re-election is the standard, “Are you better off than four years ago?”. I don’t know how that will work out; while people can rightly point to various economic indicators as positive results, the average person needs to see an improvement in their day-to-day lives - and I’m not sure how that plays out. More jobs is good, but if the workers in those jobs don’t see real gains from them I don’t know how they react. Some are good jobs, while others are McJobs - and in the most socialist parts of the country, the wages from McJobs make them hardly worth the effort (this is what drives the $15/hour debate).
Since they had to allow Repubs to comment and ask questions, and the Repubs came through, there was no way the Dems were gonna win anything here...they lost ground and the sprinklers are wetting down the loose dirt on the slopes....
Chuck Todd is smart to grow out his beard - looked like an idiot with the goatee.
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