April 15th Tea Party

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

why should the guy care how the CNN reporter goes about her job. she sought him out, asked a question, he was less than 10 seconds into his answer and she started to debate him, she didn't ask him to speed it up for time. perhap he would have had time to get his answer out if she wasn't so antagonistic. perhaps if CNN was really interested in covering the story and understanding why people were there they would have spent more than a couple minutes interviewing two people from the crowd.

here's another idea if they wanted sound-bite style quotes, how about interviewing some of the speakers/organizers?

in my view, you can sum up the general theme of these rallies as people concerned that government is out of control, spending too much, acting in many cases outside of constitutional authority, that we won't be able to pay off these debts so in the future we will see a lower standard of living and higher taxes on everyone. i don't get why this concern is viewed as idiotic.

Which goes straight to my point about how he obviously doesn't understand how a TV interview works. 10 seconds into an answer, you should already be into your point, onto something captivating...outside of having said "Lincoln" and "Liberty" six times apiece. Based on TV interviews, she gave him MORE than enough time to "get his answer out." Sorry to break it to you, Jim, that his Lincoln and Liberty answer was a meandering dead-end from the start. It doesn't take a partisan to see that. He had nothing at all to say that was remotely relevant....confrontational reporter or not. So you can blame the reporter for cutting him off, or you can blame him for being an idiot with nothing to say that could be summed up within five minutes....I'll take her side. You can be upset that she cut him off, but she has a job to do, and that's to get answers....which he was obviously not interested in giving unless she had a good seven minutes to spend with him. Blame him for not having a single answer that was remotely important....not her.

Originally Posted by GBBob

It would be hypocritical to call them any more idiotic than other "demonstrators"...whether I agree with them or no...There is a lot I don't like about this country, but the ability to demonstrate without fear of reprisal ( other than on a message board) is not one of them.

But if that facist sound bite Spencer replayed was true, yeah..that was kind of idiotic, IMO I guess

Yep. It wasn't a soundbite. It was a whole interview...and I transcribed it while listening to it. And I, as much as you, love that even idiots can protest without fear of reprisal. I just think some protesters are less with-it than others. At least Anti-war protesters know what they're against...WAR. These folks seem to be a sick melange of anti-tax, anti-gay, anti-black protestors that have no idea how to do much of anything but point you to michellemalkin.com and say the word fascist while hoping you won't know any better than to take their word for it.

Democratic WIN. Sorry teabaggers.