Eagleburger Tries To Make Up For His Criticisms Of Palin By Hurling Insults At Obama
Eagleburger Tries To Make Up For His Criticisms Of Palin By Hurling Insults At Obama
Asked whether Sarah Palin is ready to assume the reins in a time of national crisis, former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger — a McCain supporter — candidly told NPR on Thursday “of course not.” “I devoutly hope that [she] would never be tested,” he added.
The next day, after realizing the damage he had done to the McCain campaign, Eagleburger tried to step back from his comments. Appearing on Fox News, he explained, “I made a serious mistake yesterday,” he said. “I wasn’t thinking when I said it. … I was just plain stupid, and if I have given the flim flam artist Barack Obama some success with this, I am deeply apologetic. I did not intend it.”
Appearing again on Fox News this morning, Eagleburger tried desperately to make up for the problems he has caused for the McCain campaign by lobbing hyperbolic accusations at Obama:
“He came up out of the Chicago mob.” [...]
“If he wins, there’s even a little bit of an indication of Senator McCarthy in the sense that, the media he doesn’t like or that have not endorsed him, he kicks off the plane.”
Watch it:
The New York Times reports this morning that Fox News has tried hard to bury Eagleburger’s criticisms of Palin:
After NPR reported late last week that a McCain supporter, former Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, questioned whether Ms. Palin was “prepared to take the reins of the presidency,” MSNBC repeated it roughly 20 times over the course of the day, CNN mentioned it four times, a review of programming on the monitoring service ShadowTV found. And Fox News Channel did one segment, in which it interviewed Mr. Eagleburger, who apologized and said Ms. Palin was “a quick study.”
True to form, the “fair and balanced” Fox and Friends did not make reference to Eagleburger’s previous comments about Palin, nor did they ask a single question about her.
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This putz reminds me of the evil banker Mr. Potter from it’s a wonderful life.
-GSD
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 amThis election is doing something I thought impossible.
It is making me religious. ‘Cause once this is over, if Obama wins, I will be THANKING GOD that Faux Snooze is no longer the Official Proganda Arm of the Federal Govt and more specifically the WH.
Now, if we could only strip Murdoch of his citizenship and toss his smarmy arse outta the country… my conversion would be absolute and complete.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 amDr Hussein Matt:
Do you mean like this…
“Real wrath of God type stuff! Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness, earthquakes, and volcanos!
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifices, dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!”
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 am“If he wins, there’s even a little bit of an indication of Senator McCarthy in the sense that, the media he doesn’t like or that have not endorsed him, he kicks off the plane.”
Funny, I don’t recall Larry Eagleburger decrying the McCarthyism of John McCain kicking Joe Klein and MoDo off the Pander Express, nor expressing alarm when McCain abruptly cancelled an appearance on Larry King in response to what his campaign considered “lack of deference” to the Disasta from Alaska.
IOKIYAR, I guess.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 amdbadass Says:
“Real wrath of God type stuff! Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness, earthquakes, and volcanos!
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifices, dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!”
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Psshaw… me’thinks you’ve been to a Halloween Night in SF’s Castro District in the past…
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 ama day late and a dollar short.
look for his retraction in the paper on page 8h under the going out of business sales.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 amThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
Psshaw… me’thinks you’ve been to a Halloween Night in SF’s Castro District in the past…
Truly one of the most astonishing experiences one can have.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 amTrue to form, the “fair and balanced” Fox and Friends did not make reference to Eagleburger’s previous comments about Palin, nor did they ask a single question about her.
Fox and Friends don’t have time for such things. They are busy with their non-stop coverage of breaking rumors about ACORN stealing the election.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 amEagleburger has helped screw things up before, just like bush, he’s usually on the wrong side:
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
gummitch Says:
Truly one of the most astonishing experiences one can have.
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We’re talking “Old Testament/Wrath of God” type of debauchery here…
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:42 amPalin Prank Call: Canadian Comedy Duo Convinces Palin She’s Talking To Sarkozy (AUDIO)
The AP reports that a Quebec comedy duo, posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have successfully prank called Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told him she may make a good president in eight years.
The Republican vice presidential nominee discussed politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy’s “beautiful wife,” in the telephone call released Saturday.
When the caller told Palin she would make a good president, she laughed and replied: “Maybe in eight years.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/01/masked-avengers-prank-cal_n_140023.html
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 amI liken him to that lady in Kalamazoo, MI that would not give candy to little, LITTLE kids if they said they supported Obama. Made them cry and said Obama was “scary”, “a liar”, and “a traitor”. No sh*t, on Channel #3. She made them tell her first. Then when she did give candy out it had a M/P flier attached. My comment then was “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING.” But they’re not. These people are whacko without the straight-jacket.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:54 am.
Q U E S T I O N:
What’s Governor Palin’s favorite lunch item…
… An Eagle Burger!
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November 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 amWe’re talking “Old Testament/Wrath of God” type of debauchery here…
Or as they call it, Saturday night.
I once went to a bar in the Castro with some lesbian friends, and when we walked in, I thought there was going to be a brawl.
I’m standing there, the lone hetero in the room (judging by the stares), wondering, “what the hell did I get myself into?”
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:59 amEagleburger said:
But not like Michell Bachman’s calls for investigation into Congressional members’ loyalty to America, NO? No red scare there, NO?
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 amI have nothing but contempt for Eagleburger now. He had NO basis whatever to tie Obama to “the Chicago Mob” and I do believe that sort of mendacity rises to the malice needed to prevail in a slander suit where the victim is a public figure.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 am“If he wins, there’s even a little bit of an indication of Senator McCarthy in the sense that, the media he doesn’t like or that have not endorsed him, he kicks off the plane.”
Yo, Larry, you punk. If Barry’d REALLY been with the Chi-town mob, he’d have waited til the plane was in the air before he kicked the no-good SCUM-suckers off…
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:12 amPoor Larry. His nuts are black and blue because they’ve been squeezed so hard by the guys who really run his world. Squeeeaallll Larry! Squeeeaaaaaalllllllllll like a little piggy. The truth hurts Larry. So you should never go there.
Lies bring personal peace and unmolested nuts. How long you been playing the game Larry? You should know that by now.
It’s the bullshit stupid.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:14 ambarfly:
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 amFor a really zany time try David’s (I think, anyway it is a male first name) in Springfield MA. One of the craziest gay bars I have been to. My experiences as a hetero in these clubs has always been positive, fun, and welcoming.
“Truly one of the most astonishing experiences one can have.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 am”
The French Quarter, especially the east end, near the Esplanade, would give it run for the money, imho…
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 amApparently, Lawrence is fearing for his life. Once the helicopter hovers over him, Eagleburger is what’s for dinner.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:21 amImagine the look on the Republicans’ faces as the Democrats spring their trap, and a million Mickey Mouses show up to vote.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 amGawd, talk about making a fool out of yourself. This one takes the cake. Obama has never been near the Chicago mob and he is not the first presidential candidate to kick someone off his plane. That is even an exaggeration. He had so many people who want to be on his plane, he was doing some rotation to give new people a seat on the plane. There is no god-given right that those particular newspapers were to have a seat on Obama’s plane forever.
Knowing that they are going to lose, you would think that the Republicans would rather go out with some dignity left. But, sadly, they are going kicking and screaming and making fools of themselves.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 amWhy isn’t anyone talking about Eaglebugger’s ties to Serbia during the war? He is a traitor to our country and a war criminal for aiding the genocide.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 amyet the turd is still allowed to walk around free?
Justice doesn’t seem to be.
He is a McChicken.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 amunbelievable Says:
Palin Prank Call: Canadian Comedy Duo Convinces Palin She’s Talking To Sarkozy (AUDIO)
I bet there is no mention of this story on the “fair and balanced” Faux Noise! If you haven’t listened to this yet, you have to. It is hilarious. I would have known within a minute it was a prank call by the fake accents. Palin is so star struck and full of herself she doesn’t put her brain in gear when she thinks she is being treated like a star.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 amIt has clearly morphed into ‘gover-tainment’
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 amdbadass Says:
My experiences as a hetero in these clubs has always been positive, fun, and welcoming.
Sounds like a good atmosphere. Although, I find it sometimes takes a few rejections of others’ advances, before they get the message. A better vibe than some of the cowboy/biker bars I currently have to choose from, here in El Cajon.
They also have floor-shows, that occasionally end up on the table right in front of you. And getting a table by the door is always a good idea…
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 amEagleberger FAILS
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 amIt’s actually refreshing to see that conservatives can be honest. You just have to listen for the first thing that comes out of their mouths before they realize what they’re saying and try to change it. But that first unfiltered sentence is pure gold. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 amI don’t understand reichwingers.
Not long ago, Coulter (that conservative icon) was spouting that McCarthy was an example of an outstanding citizen and patriot, who has been demonised by the liberal media, and the left-wing radicals.
But now being a McCarthyite is akin to being a bad, bad person.
Didn’t McCain kick Dowd off his plane?
Eagleburger is one hypocritical old fool.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 amYou would think that even Fox watchers would have seen his comments on the Internets. Wonder if they did, and what they could have thought…
The net has changed the way news works — although it seems many pundits still haven’t gotten the message.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 amAnd Fox News Channel did one segment, in which it interviewed Mr. Eagleburger, who apologized and said Ms. Palin was “a quick study.”
Translation: Eagleburger still doesn’t believe Palin is anywhere near ready to be the next VP, and can only hope she will learn the ropes before she sinks the ship.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 amstraighttalkonmccain Says:
It’s actually refreshing to see that conservatives can be honest. You just have to listen for the first thing that comes out of their mouths before they realize what they’re saying and try to change it. But that first unfiltered sentence is pure gold.
Occasionally, one of them will forget that Dick Cheney still has his man-sized safe.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 amRWeSafer Says:
You would think that even Fox watchers would have seen his comments on the Internets.
No, they stick their old tube socks in all of the internet tubes which might carry any information not approved by the Republican National Committee.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
I can’t wait for the cumulative hissy fit from Faux/shillary supporters after Obama wins on Nov 4th.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:15
It would not surprise me one bit if, afer it’s clear that Obama has won, Fox News Channel starts raising the specter of a fraudulent election, one filled with fake voters, as “evidenced” by the illegal registrations ACORN, and ACORN alone, collected. (Never mind the guys who have already been arrested for filing fake republican registrations.) It won’t be a direct accusation, just one of those things they slip in at the end of conversations, like, “Assuming there hasn’t been massive voter fraud in this election because, frankly, we just don’t know.” In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if they keep bringing it up as a hypothetical question, and then they’ll start openly questioning the legitimacy of Obama’s election with the basis being, “So many people are asking questions.” Of course, it’s them and the people they encourage to bring it up, who will be doing the asking. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:51 amMethinks the IRS and Justice Department (a misnomer if I ever heard one) should look into Eaglerburner’s recent financial statements and transactions. Perhaps some redistribution of wealth has taken place?
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pmSo is ya betcha a new gooper phrase?
These people can find nothing to legitimately criticize Obama on and look like old fools dragging out ACORN, Obama’s fund raising and fabricated images of Obama appearing to b e a terrorist.
ACORN has been explained and cleared, Obama’s fund raising came from the masses We the People and the terrorist image is a racist tactic.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pmWell, I’m proud of the education in medieval German I received from the Chicago Mob.
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 pmThat Chicago Mob that Milton Friedman, Saul Bellow, Martin Marty, and Richard McKeon belonged to.
Men of respect, you knowunsayin’?
And Fox News Channel did one segment, in which it interviewed Mr. Eagleburger, who apologized and said Ms. Palin was “a quick study.”
My last (in ALL respects) wife said one time I was a quick study….
but a slow learner….
yes, it WAS about the time she left me…
why?
November 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm“ya betcha” is the new gooper phrase in the same vein pregnant, unwed teenage girls are a new “conservative” value.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:25 pmLarry, smoke a few more packs of cigarettes, then call back on Wednesday.
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm