And…..we’re supposed to be surprised at that?

The only jackass here would be the one who labeled Kayne West a “celebrity musician”.you go Barack.

No Mr. Brown, Obama is an expert at jackasses, starting with the one he looks at in the mirror every morning to the ones he’s surrounded himself with, criminal jackasses.

I agree that it’s silly for ABC News to apologize.  But allow me to propose an alternate point of view on Obama’s comment: the White House is pleased that this leaked out.

Terry Moran is hardly shy in sharing liberal views in his Twitter stream, so I wonder if he didn’t tweet this to benefit Obama.  There aren’t many Americans who disagree with Obama’s blunt assessment of Kanye West, and Moran’s tweeting/untweeting provides the perfect avenue for Obama’s opinion to filter out.  No?

The only reason the President called Kanye West a name is because Mr. West is a black musician.

Our president is a RACIST for calling a black man an a-hole.  How dare he.

Obviously any critizism of Kanye West has a racial tone to it, and is based soley on his race.  I think that President Jimmy Carter would agree.

/sarcasm

Give me a break.
ABC can appologize all they want, but it does not change the fact that ABC is dead to me.

It demands appology, but we’ll never get one.  It just goes to show you what a dirtbag he really is.  Letting his own party crucify Joe Wilson and by not denouncing it, which gives them his unspoken blessing.
Dirtbag la

In 1995 CBS and Connie Chung ambushed Kathleen Gingrich the mother of Newt Gingrich with an ” off the record comment ” RE: Hillary Clinton – She’s a bitch. No apologies there !

Jeff,
My comment was sarcasm.  It was not meant to upset you or even to attack you in anyway.  I am not sure where you are going with your rant toward me, but whatever.  This issue is so minor in the big scheme of things that I refuse to engage in some huge debate with you.

We have much bigger fish to fry, and I refuse to waste time here trying to make sense out of your comments.

btw, when I said ‘we’ would not get an appology, I meant from our president.  Our president is acting shamefully while letting Joe Wilson hang for the same thing, except Joe Wilson was a man and he Appologized.  Our president has no honor and would never stoop so low to gain it.

Do the MSM and the Democratic party even matter anymore? I think not, and 2010 and 2012 will tell.

RE: Post # 11

Mr. Ostroth :

I am old as dirt – 1995 was yesterday. As was 1962 when Barry Goldwater was ambushed by CBS over links to the John Birch society.  These are memories – not research.  Please review the history for yourself as I would not ask you to assume truth on the unfiltered internet.

I am in complete agreement with you: many wrongs do not make a right. I would just like to see consistent behavior form the left leaning media.

I also agree It was critical thinking on the part of President Obama when he labeled Kanye West a Jackass.  Did I Write that out loud – I am sorry.

I don’t know if this situation has as many political parallels as some of you make it seem. Whether or not you think Obama is a jackass is irrelevant in this situation. Kanye West definitely is one. Terry Moran violated a gentleman’s understanding about being off the record and for that violation ABC apologized. It wasn’t necessarily wrong, just ungentlemanly. Kanye also apologized on his blog.

If you’re going to draw a parallel to Joe Wilson, yes it is somewhat (though not really) similar. Wilson had a verbal outburst, apologized for it, and Obama accepted the apology.

If you’re holding Obama responsible for what others subsequently say about Wilson in the aftermath, it would then make sense that you’d hold Taylor Swift responsible for what people say about Kanye in the aftermath. If you’re really drawing a parallel between the two situations.

True saying:  IT TAKES ONE TO REGOGNIZE ONE.

I rather believe that Obama sees HIMSELF in those
with whom he has as “inner-sanctum, “Czars,”
“associates,”  “appointees,”  etc ad naseum.

Yeah,  it’s almost like his “inner man” is part
of them.  WHAT DOES   THAT SAY?

Carolyn, does that mean you are one too?

Poor Jeffie – Doesn’t like to admit the so-called MSM treated Bush much worse than their slobbering admiration for the Obamadonna Incarnate.

He’s probably not well-read enough to remember the Adam Clymer off the record comment by Bush that was trumpeted endlessly by the left-wing grackles.

As far as gentlemen’s agreements by “MSM” journalists – first you have to find a gentleman or two – good luck on that.

Imagine that…Jeffie calling US hate-warped!

Go back and read your own sweet, loving messages.
If sanctimonious self-rightousness were money, the entire Loony Left, From “BO”, Dingey Harry, and “Nazi” Nancy on down would be able to pay off the national debt they’re so quickly expanding.

As for repulsive pigs, check out your own poster boy, Michael Moore.

RE: Post # 21

Mr. Ostroth:

In 2000 when then Gov. Bush made his remarks about Mr. Clymer he did so in a whisper to now Former Vice President Cheney.  Mr. Bush was wearing a microphone. However – This microphone was not playing through the public address system.

Mr. Bush was at a Labor Day rally:  He was there to give a campaign speech.  The microphone he was wearing was connected to a mixing board.  The Bush/Cheney conversation was recorded prior to the speech.  The pre-speech conversation was disseminated to the the press by the actions of the mixing board operator without the knowledge or consent of the former President.

I submit that that this was private conversation and it was more sacred than President Obama and his “gentleman’s agreement”.

END

RE: Post # 25

Dear Jeff,

I was at the 04 SEP 2000 Naperville, IL Campaign Rally.  I did not here the Clymer comment over the P. A. .  When I returned home to all the media buzz – I telephoned a well-informed friend and I got the ” mixing board story “.  For whatever that statement may be worth to you – I do trust the source information.  I do not offer it as proof – only a contemporaneous account of the day.  Additionally I did a quick internet search and found a link that somewhat supports my memory – but better supports your view.  Take a look for yourself.
By Jake Tapper
http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/04/cuss_word/
You should like it. – it is from a Salon Archive.

I will concede that people tend to put the best spin they can on any event – reflecting the position they hold.  Keep in mind leaving information out of a news story is one way to accomplish that task.  This would be true from the right or the left.  Bad Behavior is bad behavior.  Fox News can make me very mad at times.

I grew-up in a small town in East Central IL for approximately 30 years beginning around 1954 my household received just one TV station.  It was a CBS affiliate.  It was all I knew aside from radio and news papers which in retrospect were left leaning as well.  I really enjoy alternate media (” right slanted media “)  for the fresh perspective it provides.

Thanks for your time.

Mr. Downstate – JPD – Downstate, IL

Also…
RE: Your P.S.
The Journal of Mass Media Ethics had very a very similar response to yours about the 05 JAN 1995 broadcast of CBS’s Eye to Eye with Connie Chung.

RE: Post # 26

To Whom it may concern:

I did not hear the Clymer comment over the P. A. …

I thought I would share the results of a Metasearch I did for G. W. Bush and Mixing Board.  The vast majority of the returns were with regard to the Dixie Chick(s).

Any comment on that would be off focus.

” Rest assured that ABC would not have apologized for exposing any off-the-record comments by President Bush. “

This was the basically the lead – although it was the conclusion.  And I so Agree !

I have flogged this story beyond death.
So I apologize to the horse/house.

Jeffie keeps harping on all the hate he sees from the right. How about:

1. Nancy Pelosi calls half of America “Nazis” – you call that love?

2. Harry Reid calls Bush a “loser” in front of some high schoolers. Pretty classy, huh?

3. Dave Letterman makes a disgusting comment about Sarah Palin’s young daughter. Just your style, Jeffie.

4. The democrats boo Bush during his state of the Union speech. More left-wing class.

5. Obama says the cops acted “stupidly” admittedly without knowing the facts. Does this show an attitude of love???

6.  How about the t-shirts at the Obama rallies saying “Sarah Palin is a c**t?

You talk about hate, Jeffie…you guys are masters at it!

Jeffie probably works for ACORN!
He might even abduct your 14 or 15 year old daughter if given the chance.

Quote:

“An ABC spokesperson said, “In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview,” Politico reported. “This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.”

Moran’s tweet has since been deleted.”

In our current transition from immediacy to real time news. At least ABC took the right step and apologized for this.