Andrea Mitchell-"Did Sen. Obama misspeak?"

[jenmito]

She was talking to Tim Roemer and said to him that Saturday during his town hall in PA, Obama said, in response to a question about abortion, "They (young women) shouldn't be punished with a baby." When Roemer responded that Obama cares deeply about women who are forced to make the difficult choice of having an abortion or not, etc., she asked him if that means Obama "misspoke." Roemer said no, that he knows Obama's position on abortion and he knows it's a difficult decision. I can't believe she pulled that one sentence out of his long, complete, thoughtful answer to that woman who was obviously "pro-life." And Roemer didn't see the town hall. It's like she was trying to "catch" Obama "misspeaking." I saw him answer that question. Talk about misprepresenting someone's position :eyes:

[Barack_America]

1. They all have their orders to find the next bit of dirt...

To maintain their ratings.

MSNBC's ratings have increased dramatically this primary season, now they've become greedy about it.

[jenmito]

5. Yeah. But listening to her/watching her is painful! She's so choppy and out of synch

when asking people questions, getting their answers, etc.

[jenmito]

2. kick-she just REPEATED it in discussion with Ann Kornblut and Al Hunt!

Talking about how "liberal" he was. :wtf:

[Devlzown]

3. Doesn't sound like he misspoke to me.

Sounds like some surprisingly straight talk coming from a politician.

[jenmito]

11. That's right. He gave a long and complete answer which got applause.

But it seems like Mitchell is going to keep running with this one line.

[samdogmom]

4. You pull people in with your title...but Obama didn't "mis-speck"

so...if readers give your thread a chance...they'll get it.

But, trust me, the vast majority of readers are looking for a "misspeak" moment so they'll move on in disgust. Just an FYI!

[jenmito]

8. I didn't WRITE "mis-speck." I wrote "misspeak."

:shrug:

[samdogmom]

24. Sorry...meant "mis-speAck"!

Oh well... as an Obama supporter my point which is long gone now was that the "misspeak" in your title would get the Hillary forces out en-mass.

Maybe this didn't happen.

So I was wrong. Sorry.

Peace.

[jenmito]

26. Sorry, but I spelled it correctly-"misspeak."

No problem, though. I got your point. :)

[samdogmom]

45. I am the big idiot here! Sorry! Move on.

What's that Saturday Night Line? "Talk amongst yourselves...."

I truly apologize for posting--I'm not at all relevant!

[msallied]

6. It is pointless to talk reason and nuance to a pro-lifer anyway.

[stratomagi]

10. Yeah because in their mind Jesus wants live babies to grow

up to be Christian soldiers in the US Army to kill the dreaded mooslems.

[msallied]

41. Pretty much.

[stratomagi]

7. Yeah you can predict the MSM

so since Hillary had a bad week last week they're going to find something to throw at Obama to balance it out and make this a "tight" race again.

[jenmito]

12. Yup. Also, she was the person who tried to revive the Wright thing with the "garlic noses"

thing. And she kept saying he had to do more to "get right" with the Jewish community.

[stratomagi]

14. I thought the Jewish community was an even split.

Is she asking him to take part of her half?

[jenmito]

17. I think it's personal for her via her husband.

All I know is she was the first to bring up the story and pushed it HARD.

[Cha]

25. Wonder if andrea mitchell's intense

interest in finding something wrong with Obama has anything to do with hilary's statement about inviting alan greenspan to do something in her admin?

There is no way to compare hilary's Bosnia's lies on four different occasions, from a prepared statement, to anything Obama is saying on the campaign trail and it's driving them nuts.

[jenmito]

27. Good question...

I didn't realize Hillary said that about Greenspan! :hi:

[Cha]

46. Oh yeah! There was a whole paul krugman statement

about hilary 'cause of it..let's see if I can find it.

Voila! :hi:

"OK, this is pretty dumb. Hillary Clinton wants a high-level commission to analyze ways to resolve the mortgage crisis -- including Alan Greenspan.

Yes, I know people still listen when Greenspan speaks -- and John McCain once joked about taking Greenspan's advice even if he's dead. But for those in the know, AG is a key villain in the whole affair."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/26/paul-krugman-slamshill_n_93522.html

[jenmito]

50. Thanks for finding that for me!

Now that explains it! :hi:

[DJ13]

9. DC elites are desperate to keep Clinton in the race

And no one is more of a DC elite than Mrs. Greenspan.

[jenmito]

13. I agree.

:hi:

[ampad]

15. You know there is a cure for your frustration

Don't give them the ratings simple as that. I'm a news junkie so I can understand tuning in to see what is going on. I watch Keith and PBS news hour with Jim Lehr. The rest of them can kiss my ass trying to prolong the Dem race at the demise of this country. Someone said that MSNBC's ratings have gone up well help them out and bring them back to earth, don't watch. Andrea Mitchell is pretty hard to watch anyways.

[jenmito]

31. Yeah...

she IS hard to watch. Very choppy, poor timing, stepping on people's answers, etc. I should turn the channel. I guess I couldn't turn away. :)

[high density]

16. Not just the woman is being punished

But the unwanted baby is punished as well. Then the rest of society gets to pay for the unwanted child.

[jenmito]

29. Good point.

Very true. :hi:

[EmilyAnne]

18. "I can't believe she pulled that one sentence out of his long, complete, thoughtful answer to that

woman who was obviously "pro-life."

Oh, but I can. Have you seen the mess about whether or not the Kennedy family funded the airlift from Kenya that brought Obama's father to the US? These are the same people, salivating over, OMG, the Kennedy's didn't fund it in 1958! They started their funding in, OMG, 1959!!!

Pitiful, sick, and a sign of truly disturbed thinking. Its scary.

[jenmito]

28. Yeah, I saw that...

There is no comparison and I think the voters feel the same way.

[Alter Ego]

19. Christ, not this shit.

[City Lights]

20. You mean Andrea Mitchell is trying to even out the "misspeak" playing

field by making up a "misspeak" for Obama? Gawd, she's a sorry excuse for a journalist. I can't believe she was on the trip to Bosnia with Clinton and knew Clinton was lying from the get go, but didn't bother saying anything. Wow, she's credible. :eyes:

Andrea Mitchell = GE hack.

[MadBadger]

21. It would be ironic if he got more attacks from Pro-Hillary pro-choice groups.

[kmsarvis]

22. I LIKE ANDREA MITCHELL BUT.........

SHE IS OBVIOUSLY PRO CLINTON . I REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN THE NEW CONTROVERSIAL WRIGHT SHIT WAS FOUND SHE WAS ANCHORING MSNBC AND DEVOTED THE VAST MAJORITY OF TIME TO IT. IT WAS WAY OVER THE TOP. I HOPE SOMEONE CALLS HER OUT.

[MarjorieG]

37. Andrea and Hill are gal pals, and as reporter in Bosnia, a shoddy enabler of the lie.

[niyad]

23. what was the context a few weeks ago, when he said something

along the lines of supporting a woman's choice, so long as she made the decision "prayerfully"? seemed to rule out women who are not religious, and any woman who didn't feel the need to agonize over the decision. sorry, I don't have a link.

[kmsarvis]

32. IM SURE HE OPPOSES..........

THE RIGHT FOR NON RELIGIOUS WOMEN TO CHOOSE. GET FUCKING REAL!!!! I DO BELIEVE WOMEN SHOULD SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT IT, DONT YOU AGREE?? STOP TRYING TO PERVERT EVERYTHING HE SAYS!!!

[niyad]

48. is there some reason you are screaming (all caps is screaming, in

case you didn't know)

I understood exactly what he said. and, for him to have phrased it that way makes me wonder. once again, believe it or not, one is actually allowed to wonder and question ANY candidate and their statements. try again, I am getting sick and tired of his supporters, at least as demonstrated in gd:p, whining every time someone challenges their hero, as though he were untouchable and above any sort of questioning.

I have been involved in reproductive choice issues for a very long time, and I pay attention to EVERYTHING that is said.

[jenmito]

33. For those who believe in god, he says that, among other things going into

the decision-making process. He's the only candidate I see always mentioning those who don't believe in ANY god.

[kmsarvis]

40. GOOD POINT!!!

[jenmito]

44. THANKS!

[Catherine Vincent]

30. Yeah, but you'd love it if Mitchell was misrepresenting any other candidate's position.

She does it with all of them. Obama gets it too.

[jenmito]

35. Where do you get THAT from?

[Vinca]

34. Obama was addressing the use of contraception, not so much abortion.

He said in the response that he had 2 daughters and would teach them ethics and morals, but if they happened to make a mistake, he wouldn't want then to be punished by having a baby or contracting an STD. I think the original question was about abstinence education and Obama indicated the teaching of ethics and morals PLUS contraception. Makes sense to me.

[jenmito]

36. Yeah, I saw his town hall. Mitchell just took that one line totally out of context.

:hi:

[DrFunkenstein]

38. Intrepid Journalism at Its Finest

Truly a credit to her alleged profession.

[Justitia]

39. She's been flogging him w/stupid shit like this for weeks. I get the distinct impression she's not

a fan.

Oh well, her husband made the economy FUBAR for all of us, so I'd bet she's short of fans herself.

[endarkenment]

42. From now 'till November the media will be relentless

parsing every word the Democratic candidate utters, analysing body language, haircuts, non-verbal utterances (sighs) for something to distract us from the obvious fact that McCain is more of the same, and that the same is corruption, incompetence, war, and failure.

[kmsarvis]

43. GOOD THING WE HAVE TWO VERY SMART CANDIDATES!!!

EITHER ONE IS WAY SHARPER THAN MCCAIN.

[newportdadde]

47. Did her husband misspeak telling everyone to get ARMs when rates were historically low?

Andrea has a real issue with context, she did the same thing to Bill Clinton and his 'fairy tale' comment. Now we will get to see this one bite sentence from Obama over and over again on NBC nightly news.

Andrea is a perfect example of whats wrong today with our Washington press, she is entrenched right in the middle of the glamorous parties and shoulder rubbing.. ugh get her off the air already and get some real reporters.

[anonymous171]

49. Man, I can't wait for pro-life Casey to endorse Hillary b/c of this.

Oh wait...