Alex Castellanos (?) CNN - "Our first indication of a one termer here"

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

Or words pretty close to that - due to the "testy" exchange with Ed Henry who asked, why did it take so long to voice your outrage and Obama responded "Because I like to know what I'm talking about."

Alex asshole elaborated with - "It's a fine line between confidence and arrogance"

These people are sick and twisted and are obviously pushing agendas of their own with NO regard for the country. They are devisive, pathetic, f**ks!

[ErinBerin84]

1. lol

and it wasn't just some reporter. It was CNN's Ed Henry, and Obama made him look like a jack ass. THAT'S why CNN is playing up that moment so much, they are trying to revive the moment for Ed Henry.

[marshall]

18. Play with the bull, get the horns

Take your pick.

[mwb970]

42. Henry *is* a jackass.

His question rivals Chuckie's for stupidity. The race for the bottom continues.

[jenmito]

2. The guy who asked the question was Ed Henry from CNN...

they seemed a little perturbed at Obama's zinger of a response to him.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. noted, I changed and added name. Thanks. nt

[jenmito]

8. No problem! n/t

[cliffordu]

3. Apparently they still don't get it...

The President of the United States don't need them.

Except as set dressing.

[Jennicut]

31. Bingo! And they are jealous of the fact that he does not need "their" kind of media

[Skittles]

4. Obama's response was perfectly valid

a wise person does think before they speak, especially if they're the freaking PRESIDENT

[Uzybone]

5. That was the worst babble I've heard on TV

how that idiot is still a commentator is beyond me. Well no it isn't, its because he is a dumb Republican.

[Thrill]

7. CNN ratings will continue to plunge

[depakid]

14. Yep- they really are pathetic and more and more people know it

Can't be Fox- and too ossified to be MSNBC. Like AOL, the only way they're going is down.

[Puzzler]

9. And of course, Alex was just fine with...

... Bush's inane babblings.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

10. And note how they're back to "arrogance"?!

as a talking point. They make me so mad!!! I haven't watched CNN for quite awhile and now I remember why. I think Alex whomever is a Republican shill, but I just hate to see them treated like what they are saying ISN'T self-serving and insane.

[bluethruandthru]

16. Where were their cries of "arrogance" when

Bush declared himself "the decider"? :rofl:

[marshall]

21. I prefer to think of it as going "balls out"

An old farming term, particularly applicable since we now have a veggie garden at the White House!

[eleny]

11. After 8 years of arrogance we recognize this refreshing confidence, Alex

[NoodleyAppendage]

12. Alex Costellanos apparently subscribes to the "Uppity N....r" myth.

God forbid that Obama actually hold his own and come back at a verbal attack. Doesn't he know his place? <sigh> WTF???!!!!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

13. I completely agree that is the subtext of his remarks.

Or, at least, that is how it reads to me.

[annabanana]

20. That's how I heard it too....n/t

[burning rain]

15. Perhaps Castellanos is trying to reestablish cred with fellow Republicans?

Before the election he was admitting that McCain and the GOP were done in 08. At that time he was actually one of the few Republican talking heads who were pretty realistic and candid.

[Trocadero]

17. Well, Alex should know!

[Ikonoklast]

19. Barack Obama will still be President long after CNN drops off the map.

They're fighting to hold onto LAST PLACE.

And LOSING.

[Cass]

22. Castellanos is real a**hole.

Take GOP consultant Alex Castellanos - the man best known for creating "Hands," an overtly race-baiting advertisement that Jesse Helms deployed to great effect in defeating his African-American opponent, Harvey Gantt.

Tonight, as a part of CNN's primary night panel, Castellanos took issue with Jeffery Toobin, who decried a recent newspaper column that referred to Clinton as a "white bitch." The thoroughly refined and scintillatingly relevant counterpoint that Castellanos interrupted Toobin to make - attached to an assertion that Toobin was "dead wrong" by the way - was that, "Some women, by the way, are named that, and it's accurate." Clinton was apparently one such woman, because she is "abrasive, aggressive irritating."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/20/cnn-panelist-defends-use_n_102781.html

I find it amazing how all these so-called reporters are suddenly finding their voices. They sure kissed ass the last 8 years and kept silent in the lead up to the war. Same with these republican talking heads, all of a sudden they care about deficits and spending. What a bunch of phonies.

[MarjorieG]

23. After Ed twice insinuating, confronting with two days to answer and Cuomo got action.

Please, how impertinent.

[ecstatic]

24. Yeah, because GWB was the most humble, non-arrogant servant, right?

:eyes: :puke:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

25. OMG! Bush was the MOST arrogant sack of shit ever!

WTF?

[City Lights]

26. CNN employs a bunch of overpaid assholes and then wonders why their ratings suck.

D'oh.

Keep it up, CNN and you'll soon be completely irrelevant.

[dusmcj]

27. he's CNN's token market conswervative, who gives a * ? /nt

[NorthernSpy]

28. Alex Castellanos was the creator of an infamous race-baiting campaign ad for Jesse Helms...

The so-called "White Hands" ad from back in the 90s: the one in which a pair of white hands crumple a piece of paper while the narrator says that "they" gave the job you wanted to "a less-qualified minority". Helms used this ad in an attempt to whip up fear and racial animosity against a black Democratic challenger who had seemed to have a good shot at unseating Helms.


I am personally committed to reminding people of this whenever the name "Alex Castellanos" comes up in my hearing, because people should know who he really is, and what his bias is.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

29. Thanks! That is valuable info. He established a baseline with that for sure.

Did he do any ads for McCain? I thought the "Disrespect" ad re Sarah Palin was beyond the pale

[empyreanisles]

33. Thanks. I live in NC and remember that race.

His opponent was Harvey Gant, former Architect and currently was the mayor of Charlotte.

[Raine]

36. THANKS for that info

I wondered about him and didn't know this.

[NYC Liberal]

30. Wonder what he thought of Raygun's "I'M PAYING FOR THIS MICROPHONE!!!"

outburst?

[and-justice-for-all]

32. Fuck You, Alex Castellanos.nt

[MadBadger]

34. Gergen's face was priceless

Small smile, shaking his head in disbelief the entire time.

[Raine]

37. Begala sure zinged Alex

it was priceless! :thumbsup:

[Raine]

35. He's an IDIOT

plain and simple. :silly:

[dcindian]

38. All CNN channels along with fox are locked out on my tv

I am not sure why anyone watches corporate propaganda anymore when with a little work you can get many views of actual news on the net.

[OneGrassRoot]

39. geesh, morning news is running with that clip....

and I don't see Obama being testy or anything.

:shrug:

They really have to dig for their talking point of the day.

[Vinca]

40. Right . . . as if Palin wouldn't give Obama the largest victory in U.S. history.

[BlooInBloo]

41. Concern noted, Alex.