Shuster Makes a Fool Out of Ben Porritt Over Palin's Remarks

[gombis666]

Thank goodness Shuster was fired. His bias is so disgusting for someone who says their a "journalist." If he were a conservative, he'd be working at Fox

[12salem]

Im not sure Sarah understands much

[LuvIzAhl]

The GOP doesn't work for me

[53dumey]

The Democrats stole the Election for Obama, with Acorns help !!

[davidmartin7777]

@53dumey, seek professional help you are nuts.

ACORN was a bunch of poor black people, like that's a major threat to you nutjobs.

[FURepublicans]

@53dumey I know your comment was 5 months ago but I had to respond. What planet do you spend most of your time on?! All Acorn did was register people to vote. SOme people got lazy and made up names, however there was a system in place to weed out those phoney ones. In any case, REGISTERING to vote isn't the same as ACTUALLY VOTING! You have to show identification before voting and I'm sure no one has an I.D. that says Daffy Duck.

[gwapindust]

No its not unconstutional to attack sarah palin, but it is to attack Obama. That or you are a racist.

[LuvIzAhl]

@gwapindust No, but most who do ARE BIGOTS

[DarkBunnyLord]

@gwapindust The side attacking Palin never said she "couldn't" attack Obama. They called her and her side out on their bullshit about how dishonest it was no one ever conflicted her right to do so. She then, rather hypocritically, said that it was bad to attack her but ok for her to attack others, especially when what she was saying was based off repeatedly proven lies whilst the attacks on her where based of just the hypocrisy of the situation and what she said.

[librophile]

Palin...once you got caught lying by all medias, about your bridge to nowhere ... why did you keep on lying?

Palin...once you were found guilty of abuse of power ... why did you pretend instead to have been exonerated of all charges?

Ziegler...you conservative republican has-been, when will you make a film about how Bush stole the 2000 elections?

What else can we expect for the right wing corrupt idiots ... but lies & more lies!!

[shellsandbells]

aww

I guess it's now unconstitutional to attack sarah palin

[NiggaTubeDotCom]

John Ziegler interviewed by Pro-Obama Left Wing Talking Head

[AmusedChild]

Oh, wah, wah, "Everytime someone asks Obama or Biden a tough question, they get their way!" Boo hoo. Cry me a friggin' river. Since when have the Republicans started whining like a bunch of sissies? They still haven't figured out that this "The media is so mean!" chip on their shoulder, and their incessant sniveling about "I'm scared of an Obama Presidency!" made them look like cowards and weaklings before the American people, and that's why they lost.

[sstinger98]

David Shuster #1

[AriesLudzik]

David Shuster - not very bright. This moron was duped and taken in by an Eisenstadt hoax. Haha. This stooge actually went on the air and reported this ! Unbelievable.

MSNBC is such a bunch of airheads and psychotic mental midgets it's hilarious to see them fall flat on their faces.

[canycme]

1 of 2

Hi Aries, Shuster was given the tip about Eisenstadt to read by his producers. He mentioned during the original segment that he never heard of the person working for the McCain camp and said it may be false.

The fictional Eisenstadt (actually filmakers) claimed to be the "source" of the Africa story. They were not the source, "THAT" was the HOAX.

The story itself was reported to a FOX reporter with the McCain camp from an ACTUAL McCain adviser, thus FOX has not retracted the story.

[canycme]

2 of 2

MSNBC, who was fooled, along with The New Republic — has retracted the story (that Eisenstadt was the McCain camp leak). Fox News won't be retracting Carl Cameron's original report about the Palin/Africa flap, because it did not come from Eisenstadt.

If Fox thought the story itself was a hoax you can be 100% assured they would retract it. No one...NO ONE...loves Sarah Palin more than FOX NEWS.

Recap:

HOAX = Eisenstadt, phony source

AFRICA LEAK = True story told by McCain camp

; D

[GstateBALLER925]

"MSNBC is such a bunch of airheads and psychotic mental midgets it's hilarious to see them fall flat on their faces."

go watch fox news and see a bunch of right wing propaganda feeders fall flat on their asses.

[noelcoward68]

Just another example of Palin's utter lack of understanding of basic government principles. It raises the question, what does she actually KNOW? Seems all she does is shout bilious invective. Got any ideas lady? No? Didn't think so.

[pedro270569]

palin ignorance can't be ignored or defended

[yarddog54]

the only person he made a fool of was himself. porritt is trying to dodge the question but the media idiot won't let him just finish his thought. he'll paint himself into a corner, just let him talk. media castoffs like shuster are the product of ad revenue wars and shock jock mentality. pathetic.

[YawnGod]

Tragedy.

[BonzoGal1980]

McCain should lose based on the stupidity of his staff alone.

[ncwordman]

Pattern-Media asks a question to Republicans. Their answer: Obama is bad. They ask it again. Their answer: Obama is bad and mention "gotcha" journalism...etc.

[egrimnes]

WOW....someone has there head completely lodged up there own ass. Obama didn't dig into Joe's record, the media did so someone can get an exclusive story. McCain was the first to limit only McCain friendlies on his bus and plane which is common practice. You are so delusional it's scary. You bought into the scare tactics so long ago that your fear and ignorance has got the best of you.

[crumbinator]

ROFL

[canolorenzo]

RETARD, RACIST, and soon to be a minority. you suck

[jayraskin]

Besides not understanding the first amendment, Sarah Palin told Brian Williams of NBC that she would release her medical records. Later, campaign aides told Sarah White a reporter for ABC that she would release them. She never released any medical records. All the other candidates did. Why did she not release her medical records.

Why did she not make a statement on why she refused to release them after promising that she would. What is in those medical records that she is hiding?

[faething]

Wow. People are actually voting for this bimbo and the guy that chose her. (Sigh!) Politics Barbie at it again. Is it possible that these McPalin folks are trying to LOSE the election?

[capecod114]

classic

[RedPandaBoy]

"Threw 2 reports off a private plain" .... this is coming fromt he same campaign that BANNED a librarian off of public space for holding up a sign saying "McCain = Bush"?

[six25]

this porritt guy looks like a homo, i'd rather see mumbling idiot tucker bounds. boooo

[ocmozfan]

"She understands perfectly the First Amendment." Really? Did you hear what she said? This woman clearly has no clue about the Constitution. It would be hilarious if this were Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. But this woman is running for Vice President of the United States of America. That's scary.

[boiiinng]

McCain: I'm going to win the election.

Obama: Gotcha!

[musiclawton]

Why does everyone from McCain down start every answer with "I think your premise is stupid"?

[Duder1969]

Did he ever answer the question???

[oaklandj]

Now Ben Porritt doesn't understand what the First Amendment is. LOOK IT UP, REPUBLICANS! Please take the North Korean mentality out of your head and understand what this *short* amendment is about.

[kac56]

did this republican hack ever answer the question?

[awesomerepublican]

Middle-of-the-road republicans are so easily pwned...by themselves; it's amazing.

[LebaneseHusla]

at 1:00 Ben closes his eyes like "here we go....what did Palin say now..."

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OO

[berkeleyoverdrive]

Right! You have to believe the entire McCain/Palin team just hates their jobs right now. What a train wreck their campaign has been...

[zideaz]

I think she's been hanging around Dick Cheney too much.

[realpointz]

yet another mccain tool

wheres Ari Melber

to take care of this wingnut

[u2b408]

and yet again, mclamer = FAIL!

[Fockersnextdoor]

what a bunch of dimwits in the Obama supporting septic tank

[vernymax]

What a bunch of grade-A morons in the Mccain camp

[Mogh]

Palin must be the worst major ticket vice-presidential candidate I've seen in my lifetime.

If anything were to happen to McCain, Palin would become our president. Why would any of you want to take the chance of having her represent our country on the world stage? It's bad enough that we just had Bush for eight years. C'mon America, have some fucking pride.

[jarod4u]

Wow, Please think about voting for Obama please, we just had an idiot in office for the past 8 years.

[mrbronze013]

Are you serious? Mccain and Palin are bigger dumbasses than bush. Only a delusional fucker like yourself would say that Obama would be worse. So you want a president who first says that fundamentals of economy is strong only to renege on those statements 2 hours later to suspend campaign and say that we are in worse economic crisis since depression. You want a VP who has foreign policy experience because she can see russia from alaska? Palin is dumber than brickdust and looks like a reatard.

[jer4703]

She is hott so she can say anything she wants to!She gets special amendments.geez! :P

[vernymax]

you have low standards

[zapponsalvia]

Where does McCain get these douchy douchebags? Every day a new douchebag representing him with some new douchbag thing coming out of their mouths. Is there anyone with half a brain supporting him out there? Who can talk?

[swismyid]

This mccain/plain ticket is a FRIGGIN JOKE!! HAHAHAH...I can't wait to add mccain's concession speech as a youtube favorite.

[believeinyerself]

Oh yeah that's definitely a gotcha moment their bubba. How can the media ask questions related to the Constitution? How in the tank are they?

[rbrindlet]

Oh yeah. She's ready to step into the highest office in the country.

There's no way to spin this.

She's a governor of a state of this union, and she doesn't have a basic grasp of the VERY FIRST AMENDMENT? When this is over, they should toss her out of Alaska's highest seat. She's not fit to govern anything.

[XioNilrem]

When asked a question about their campaign, they direct their answer to attacking Obama and avoid the question in its entirety. I mean really, what is with their campaign. It seems like every interview with campaign leaders or the top players in their campaign, they always find a way to screw it up. I have seen better campaigns from for student council then McCain's campaign.

[goodbyegoodhair]

Shuster owned Porritt. The truth hurts. :)

[KingBaeksu]

Why do these GOP media flacks alway have to avoid the question and start blaming Obama/Biden instead?

ANSWER the question and stop whining like little girls!

GOBAMA!

[marshallbrooks]

pwned

[TheWayISeeIt1982]

She said it because she's an idiot.

[Maklaka]

Anyone who understands factual reporting, presentation, and debating will see that Shuster is the one making a fool of himself via disgusting English fallacies.

[flang]

He's making a fool of himself by challening the McCain campaign for Palin being an idiot?

[nokiafan4life]

was sarah palin even in the primaries?

[goodbyegoodhair]

No- they would have laughed her off the stage. The ONLY reason she is there is because she was rushed through the nomination process before anyone could realize that she is an empty vessel. Typical GOP maneuver. There are no grassroots in the GOP anymore.

[Bain6969]

McCain is going to lose on the 4th and its all Palin's fault. Serves him right for selling his soul and sucking up to the Bible thumper base of the republican party. Does McCain not know that Bible thumpers are a dying breed?

[LeoKinoske]

They're a self-destructive breed.

[Bain6969]

The only thing Palin understands is how to be a fucking moron.

[LeoKinoske]

I'd thumbs up this comment, but I don't know if my vote counts (HAH), YouTube doesn't count my thumbs up/down or ratings.

But I will continue on with my original apply:

Lmfao so true.

[GIVEMESOMEMONEYguy]

GIVE ME SOME MONEY!!!

[Maklaka]

...additionally... anyone who understands factual reporting, presentation, and debating will see that Shuster is the one making a fool of himself via disgusting English fallacies.

[Maklaka]

Palin was clearly talking about her first amendment right to talk about Obama's associations... this is nothing more than a pitiful skew of words.

and the reporter is wrong when he says:

"Ben, As you know, the founders created the 1st amendment precisely so that the media COULD attack, verbally, candidates, politicians, and anyone in power"

This is called begging the question...

listen to what your new tells you, it is not their job to convince you of anything; it is their job to report.

[technicschic]

Nobody is saying that Palin doesn't have the right to talk about Obama's "associations" - but the press also has the right to report the truth - to call it negative campaigning. Freedom of the press is in the 1st Amendment, and if she is doing negative campaigning, then she should take the shots she gets for campaigning negatively.

[PolitikalJunkie]

Wow, his entire defense is "what about Obama?"...

[Tuthill99]

I fucking hate Republicans, and some people wonder why.

[OhShuShu]

Ahhh ... I don't think she does understand the First amendment, or any amendment for that matter. Pretty sad, and really scary !

[bloodybeetroot]

AHAHAH LOOK AT HIS FACE 0:59 LOL

[Euranell]

I'm guessing McCain supporters are as dumb as Palin and don't care about the first amendment.

[smartsexyguy2008]

Should've picked Romney!

[latentsun]

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VOTE: OBAMA & Biden 2008!!!

[Scaredycrat]

I don't know why they even bother talking to these idiots, they have their heads stuffed so far up Obama's butt that can probably lick his tonsels. It is pathetic. MSNBC sucks as do all the mainstream media.

[ROOKTABULA]

Palin, and I can't believe I'm typing this:

Palin makes Bush II look like a constitutional scholar.

Whatta

Stupid

cow.

and PS: Saraahh: I think they're calling you out on being a fear mongering, lying, douche nozzle.

[ZanderC42]

George Bush Jr. went to Harvard and Yale, so I guess that shows his stupidity. And his test scores were higher than the liberals intelligent candidate, John Kerry. Sarah Palin is a very intelligent person. BARRACK OBAMA HATES WHITE PEOPLE!

[nokiafan4life]

oh please, in obama rallies, i see hispanics, whites, asians, blacks, etc etc

in mccain rallies, all i see are whites, some i even saw waving the confederate flag

go ahead and support your john mclame, a man who doesnt know how to use a computer, who cant remember how many houses he has, and who voted against the martin luther king holiday

who's the racist now? you and mccain's supporters

[CarTech2007]

Palin doesn't know what it is that the V.P. does and now she doesn't even understand the first amendment... No friggin' wonder she has been such a drag on McCain's campaign (not that it would have been much better without her). Even the spokespeople for the McCain campaign are now coming across as completely retarded.

[TheTempleofObama]

we have won we own the news we own the poll workers we own the newspapers see what happens when dont follow the b man.see what we done to joe you know what we will do when b takes the oath. so vote obama we can by bus load.b man gonna take all the white devils money and spread it our way ha ha ha and you aint getin it back

[integral]

Please stop being so clever, my silly little McCain supporter. It's scaring the children.

[TheTempleofObama]

im gonna own yo too yo make a good ho  i bet yo good seed eater huh?

[crgcja]

Palin is so backwards that its a shame. the rist amendment is to protect the media, not the ones in power. They already get to do whatever they want.

[lorezapocalypse]

These people when ever they are called on their conduct immediately start talking about how other people are behaving. I was taught that just because somebody else is behaving badly that doesn't give you the right to behave badly too. Why is personal conduct not an issue with Republicans?

[friendofthefunk]

I like how Republicans will dismiss an an entire interview that truly exposes Palin's ignorance as a "gotcha" moment, yet they use out-of-context phrases like "spread the wealth around" to disingenuously portray Obama as a Marxist who hates America and wants to teach sex to kindergarteners. These Republican spokesmen are dripping with sleazy hypocrisy.

[dynamitemike65]

Obviously she doesn't understand the 1st ammendment. We should get someone from the Obama camp to explain. I don't think she knows you can pull interviews at a TV stations after being asked a tough question. How can the main stream media blame Palin not understanding the 1st ammendment and totaly disreguard that reporters and TV stations are being banned by Obama and Biden. There are Obama "Truth Squads" that attack people for making dissenting remarks about Obama. Search "Obama Truth Squads"

[g12er]

1 star for Ben Porritt's stonewalling.

Speaking of people being kicked off campaign's Ben Porritt should have been asked about McCain's treatment of the NY Times...

[Dacktyl]

Palin sucks like the rest of Republicans. The Repug mouthpieces cry "gotcha game" when their ignorance is challenged or "blame game" when their policies are revealed by their devastating effects. They wrap themselves in the flag, divide us from each other & hope we are as ignorant & will simply comply as they rob us blind. Now that they have picked our pockets thoroughly, the "Mavericks" are promising to help us look for our missing wallets/freedoms/dignity/respe­ct/constitution.. . etc.

[zzzxxyy]

You all know what? This election is over. Sarah Palin does not know the world, and knows nothing about life, and politics. How in the hell did she get to where she is now? Her looks? Her smile? Sucking up? HOW?

[JamaicanKingFL]

or maybe just SUCKING!!!

[dougzilla]

Boy this Ben Porritt guy is a complete stooge. It is sad that he has to go around saying "Yeah that's what she said, but that's not what she meant.".

This Republican "straight talk" isn't straight at all. Or maybe it is. It is straight but it reveals their inner stupidity and hacks like this have to go around adjusting the message to make it seem less stupid.

[integral]

I actually kinda feel for the guy. It's gotta be the toughest gig in the world, going on national tv and trying to support the unsupportable and explain the inexplicable.

Hope he gets paid well.

[dougzilla]

Yeah, I guess you are right. Reminds me of Scot McClelland when he was working for the shrub. He always looked like his head was going to explode.

He did see the light though.

[DRV275]

Such a common republican tactic this election; whenever one of their stooges gets caught doing or saying something stupid, their spokes-people come on TV and try to spread the blame onto Obama. Obama the wealth spreader and McCain the blame spreader.

[anilantony1234]

bullshit! she is DUMB...dont you get it...!

[levicro]

Palin is shockingly ignorant and out too far on the right wing... this is a terrible combination.. if she was a talk radio host.. fine... but VP? scary

[rjwest97]

the last thing we need is another yahoo in the whitehouse who thinks the constitution is just a scrap of paper. i don't want a president who is just like me, i want a president that is better than me.  i want to be encouraged and motivated by my president, not embarrassed.

VOTE!!!!!

[sushifool]

3:43 says it all, this guy would defend anything he is paid to do.

[TheRedPriestofVenice]

Wow, she said that????

She gets more horrible every day.

[nothankyoumam]

You can't defend the indefensible. Sarah Palin is ignorant of basic constitutional rights.

[kargenlewis]

what the fuck is wrong with people!

[47f0]

Sarah Palin actually does perfectly understand the First Amendment - and hates it.

[gabriel2099]

i don't know which one is more embarrassing... this one or the other guy that couldn't name the other "anti-semite" that Obama "palled around with".

best of all, when they're stupid enough to not be able to answer a question, it's a "gotcha game"... you gotta love it.

[retox]

LOL, I'm sorry the American election extravaganza is coming to an end. Great entertainment - it's like going to the zoo and watching the chimps.

[Zappafan5150]

This guy should quit complaining about Obama and his plane. Playing the media for good press with access is a classic Republican trick. Quit being a wanker

[driubi]

indeed - why hasn't mccain done an interview on olbermann - obama did one on oreilly

[FiyahMuzik]

welp another mccain spokesman to be fired lol

[DRStarks]

How in the hell did Sarah Palin ever get elected?!? She's good eye-candy, but once she opens her mouth I'd think she had the IQ of a door knob.

[anner442]

she wasn't elected by anyone but by the Republicans. That is why I am so pissd. what the hell? Where did she come from and whey did the Republicans pick her? Are they retarded? I think they are!

[anner442]

Wow, listening to this, I wonder what the hell the Palin ticket is talking about...and I still wonder about this guy...is he working for the California prop. for gay couples? I think he is but I don't believe that Palin understands the first or any of our constitutional issues. So yeah, vote for rights for homosexuals couples' because some of them...like this guy need to come out and be free!!!!

[anner442]

Is this guy on the gay rights ballot for California? Just wondering.

[eljefereal]

As a side note (for accuracy's sake), Couric's question was (paraphrasing) 'Other than Roe v. Wade, name a case you disagree with?'

[rmielnick]

this poor guy was sent to defend an absurd comment by palin. he did the best that he could. one what is negative campaigning if it is not saying someone pals with terrorists? two how does the first amendment apply to the press complaining about a politician. if anything the first amendment was designed for people to criticize politicians.

[PUGS1688]

Truth > Lies

Why is it so hard to admit that your wrong? I will never understand.

[Anisha618]

Arrogance and Ignorance

[hippieCy08]

why are they sending kids 2 be their spokesperson and be slaughtered for their stupidity?

[zamehere11]

completely no sense of Irony.

[FUCKYOURGODINTHEASS]

The first amendment pertains to the government,not the people.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[gifoimir]

sarah palin - noun; someone who makes your head explode..

an article pointed out the she lacks intellectual curiosity..she is f*cking ignorant.. she's all over the place.. and she's considering 2012??now how stupid can you be??

[heromadness]

Palin is an embarrassment and insult to the American electorates intelligence. I hope she and McCain lose by a landslide as a message to stop the backwards and divisive agenda of the social conservatives aka the religious right.

[cjlikesmango]

you know what you're talking about

[tuft112]

better would be shuster makes a fool out of shuster.  what an obnoxious newsperson.

[Plutonwolf]

Only to an OReilly fan.  Go back to the "No Brains Zone" it's a way of life.

[HotLeper]

Great, here we go with the gotcha comment again. One gotcha moment I can understand but the candidate has to be seriously stupid to give the press that many moments. There should be this rule where after three gotchas you're disqualified. Plain would be history by now.

[xdir]

Its not even gotcha, Palin is simply shallow she has no untellectual depth. At leaat Bush knew his limits and kept to script to hide his ignorance. Palin actually believes she knows stuff.

[smitmick]

agree

[baddmanaz]

what the hell?

[rell127]

I notice he didn't say Va