MEDIA WORDS OF THE DAY IN DESCRIBING 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW: "FAWNING," AND "GUSHING"

1. 'Lovefest!' ABC Gushes Over 'Best of Friends' Clinton and Obama

The journalists at Good Morning America on Monday could barely restrain the hype as they gushed over the "lovefest" joint interview between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. An ABC graphic even used an exclamation point, as in "lovefest!" Recounting the 60 Minutes segment, a credulous Martha Raddatz lauded, "From the moment they sat down to talk with CBS' News 60 Minutes, President Obama and Secretary Clinton seemed like they've been the best of friends for decades." Guest co-host Elizabeth Vargas insisted that the "revealing and rare joint interview has everyone reading the tea leaves." The terrorist attack in Libya never came up in the ABC piece.



2. CNN Fawns Over 'Love Fest' Between 'Political Superstars' Obama and Clinton

CNN joined the networks in giving outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a cushy send-off after Clinton's syrupy 60 Minutes interview alongside President Obama. The network gushed over the "chummy" affection between the "political superstars" on Monday morning. "Well, it's the exit interview everybody is talking about," hyped anchor Soledad O'Brien. "Hillary Clinton, the President, sitting down together, laughing, chummy, chummy," she added. "They really seem to really like each other," said correspondent Brianna Keilar, who twice more affirmed their behavior as "genuine affection" and added "It looked like a love fest to me as well."



3. NBC's 'Today' Praises Obama and Clinton's 'Very Warm Friendship'; A 'Team of Rivals'

After gushing coverage on Monday's NBC Today over Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "finishing one another's sentences" in a joint interview, a four-minute panel discussion at the top of the morning show's 9 a.m. et hour was devoted to the topic as well, with co-host Tamron Hall declaring: "I was looking at the body language a lot, other than the words, and they leaned in together...both leaning in like, 'I got your back and I'll be voting for you.'" News reader Natalie Morales chimed in, "as they said, they have a very warm friendship now," and later added: "it's great when rivals can then go to mending their fences being good friends." Weatherman Al Roker proclaimed: "Well, goes to Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals." The rest of the cast agreed with the comparison to Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, with Morales concluding: "And if it raises the discourse up higher, to a higher level, even better."



4. NBC Gushes Over Obama and Clinton 'Chuckling Together' and 'Finishing One Another's Sentences' in Softball Interview

Following the friendly chat President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had with CBS's Steve Kroft on Sunday's 60 Minutes, NBC's reporters could barely contain their glee over the duo getting along so well, with correspondent Peter Alexander proclaiming on Monday's Today: "There they were, side-by-side, at times chuckling together, it seemed even finishing one another's sentences."  Alexander fawned over Obama and Clinton repeatedly patting each other on the back during the self-promotional interview: "The President said he simply wanted to thank Hillary Clinton for being what he called one of the finest secretaries of state we have ever had. But the mutual gushing did not end there....the bitter rivals turned partners showed just how far their relationship's evolved. The President lavishing Clinton with praise for her discipline, stamina, and thoughtfulness."



5. CBS: 60 Minutes Interview 'Much Better Image' for Hillary Than 'Bruising' Hearing; Hypes Hillary and Obama's 'Warmness'

On Monday's CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell gushed over Steve Kroft's interview of President Obama and Hillary Clinton, twice emphasizing the supposed "warmness" between the two Democrats. O'Donnell asserted that the interview was "a long way from where they were in 2008 in that bitter primary battle....This time, they were leaning into each other. There was clearly a warmness between them." John Dickerson later hyped how the Kroft segment on Sunday's 60 Minutes came at an opportune time for Mrs. Clinton, after her contentious appearances before a Senate committee about the Islamist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: "Hillary Clinton just came out of that bruising hearing. This is a much better image for her to be leaving her tenure with."



6. NBC Hypes Sarah Palin's 'Breakup' with 'Conservative Home at Fox News'

Monday's NBC Today was quick to seize on Sarah Palin ending her tenure as a contributor for Fox News, with correspondent Kelly O'Donnell announcing: "Sarah Palin has people guessing again this morning...After a breakup that seemed unlikely between the former governor and her conservative home at Fox News." O'Donnell remarked that Palin had "carved out an unusual space, at the intersection of politics, celebrity, and pop culture," followed by a clip of comedian Tina Fey mocking the former Republican vice presidential candidate. O'Donnell then observed that "Palin's main gig is over."



7. NBC Gushes Over Kennedy Aide's Memorabilia, Ignores He and JFK Shared Intern for Sex

During fawning reports on Thursday's NBC Nightly News and Friday's Today, the network's news personalities expressed thrill over the discovery of a collection of JFK memorabilia once owned by Kennedy aide Dave Powers, with anchor Brian Williams raving: "It's an intimate collection of time spent with the President of the United states and his family. It's the kind of memorabilia only a close friend would have. And it shows a man, our president, up close."  What the coverage failed to mention was the recent shocking revelation by former White House intern and Kennedy mistress Mimi Alford that the late President once pressured her to perform oral sex on Powers during one their trysts. The omission was particularly surprising since Alford recalled the incident in an exclusive interview with Meredith Vieira aired on NBC's Rock Center in February of 2012.
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Disgustingly Lame 60 minutes Interview with Hillary and Bozo

Did anyone else watch the lame interview on 60 Minutes with Steve Kroft interviewing The BS'er-in-Chief and Hillary together? I wanted to puke my guts out. The first half was a love fest of softball questions on how these two got past their differences in the primaries to the love-fest they enjoy now. Gag me!

The second part was to be on Benghazi. First question out of Kroft's mouth to Hillary: How's your health? 45 seconds wasted on her explaining her concussion, her falling down and her illnesses. Next they went on about how dangerous the world is, and how brave the people are in the State Dept. Finally, Obumshit praised Hillary on the great job she has done. THIS IS BENGHAZI??????

Steve Kroft proved himself to be another Obama ass-kisser...and 60 minutes was just another media puppet praising the outstanding work of this corrupt administration.

Hey Steve: Did you ever think to ask Obama where he was during the attacks that killed 4 Americans? Did you ever think to ask Hillary why she repeatedly failed to provide adequate security to our people? WTF! This was such a pathetic interview that only the dumb masses supporting Obama would swallow it.

 But what difference does it make at this point?

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MORE "GAG ME WITH A SPOON" MOMENTS COURTESY OF THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER

1. ABC's Martha Raddatz Extols 'Combative, Charming, Disarming' Hillary Clinton
ABC's Martha Raddatz on Thursday swooned over Hillary Clinton's Senate testimony on Benghazi, lauding the outgoing Secretary of State as "combative, charming, disarming and clearly ready for a fight." The Good Morning America correspondent seemed to enjoy the day as theater, hyping, "It was truly a riveting day on Capitol Hill...with Secretary Clinton as some have never seen her before." Raddatz allowed that Clinton didn't convince "some Republicans," but returned to a style discussion. She continued, "But this was certainly a memorable way to close out her tenure." Focusing on the emotion of the Senate appearance, the journalist empathized that "when Clinton spoke of her four fallen colleagues, the pain, the memories were still raw."


2. NBC Applauds Clinton's 'Vigorous Defense' Against 'Hostile Interrogation' By GOP
At the top of Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie hyped Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's performance during congressional testimony on Wednesday: "Vigorous defense. A fired up Hillary Clinton takes on her critics during her testimony about the terror attacks in Benghazi." Introducing a later report, Guthrie described it as "an emotional and at times heated appearance before Congress."  Chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell decried "the hostile interrogation that Republican committee members gave Clinton over Benghazi." The headline on screen throughout the segment declared: "'It's Personal'; Clinton Gets Emotional During Benghazi Hearings."


3. CNN's O'Brien Accuses Senator Johnson of 'Playing Politics' in Daring to Question Hillary
Starting Point anchor Soledad O'Brien deflected scrutiny away from Clinton in her Thursday interview with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.). O'Brien focused instead on remarks Johnson made on Clinton after Wednesday's Senate hearing. When Johnson accused the Obama administration of "playing election politics" after the Benghazi attacks, O'Brien fired back, "And someone could argue, Senator, that you're playing politics too," before quoting him from a BuzzFeed interview saying Clinton used her emotions to sidestep answering his question. Johnson soon returned to the Benghazi issue, but O'Brien forced him back to his BuzzFeed comments: "Let's go back to the question though." The rest of the interview went the same way; O'Brien hammering Johnson for accusing Clinton of faking her emotions, and Johnson wanting to hit the Obama administration for not coming out fully on Benghazi.


4. Piers Morgan Accuses GOP of 'Misogyny,' 'Political Grandstanding' at Clinton Hearing
After Republicans grilled Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the Benghazi attacks on Wednesday, CNN's Piers Morgan Morgan unloaded on their criticism as "political grandstanding" showing "a whisper of misogyny." He huffed that "I've been listening to the Republicans getting on their high horse about this for a long time. Now I've thought a lot of today's criticism was political grandstanding in many ways." Of course, Morgan himself has done plenty of grandstanding on gun control from his "high horse."


5. 'Today' Show Crew Fawns Over 'Strong Leader' Hillary Showing 'True Emotion'
At the top of the 9 a.m. et hour on Thursday's NBC Today, the morning show cast devoted a four-minute panel discussion to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton getting emotional during her congressional testimony on Wednesday. News reader Natalie Morales gushed: "She was speaking passionately about, you know, that heat of the moment. And also, you know, I think she just loved those people [who died in Benghazi]. So that was true emotion."  Co-host Savannah Guthrie observed: "I don't know if there's as much a stigma anymore from public figures crying from time-to-time. I mean, this is not somebody who is crying all the time. We've seen her well up in the past. I think this is probably the most emotional we've ever seen her." Morales proclaimed: "Right, she's a strong leader."
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EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO AND VOMIT!

Networks Swoon for Hillary’s ‘Indignation’ and ‘Tears,’ Champion ‘Riveting’ Testimony from ‘Political Pro’

Mark January 23rd as the launch date for the news media’s fresh campaign to have Hillary Clinton replace Barack Obama in the Oval Office in 2017. ABC and NBC, and CBS to a lesser extent, on Wednesday night treated Secretary of State Clinton’s appearances before Senate and House committees not as an chance to explore Obama administration dissembling on Benghazi, but as an opportunity to boost Clinton’s supposed brilliant performance.

“The indignation. And then, the tears in her eyes,” ABC anchor Diane Sawyer announced before trumpeting: “It was a valedictory that showed her indignation and emotion as she ends this tenure on the public stage. ABC’s chief global affairs correspondent, Martha Raddatz, brings us the riveting encounter today.” 

An impressed Raddatz exclaimed: “What a way to end her four-year tenure as Secretary of State,” recalling how “a  month ago, she was flat on her back with a nasty concussion,” but “today, this woman who has traveled the world as America’s top diplomat, came to the Hill ready for a fight.”

Raddatz touted: “It was a riveting drama. Secretary of State Clinton seen in rare public form, at times angry, aggressively on the defense. At another point, choking up over her four lost colleagues.”

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams opened his newscasts by reciting Hillary Clinton’s achievements and popularity:

    After four years in office, roughly a million miles flown, 112 nations visited, in the past few weeks alone, she has fought illness and injury, including hospitalization. She leaves her post as the most admired woman in the world in the Gallup poll, for the 11th year in a row. Well today, Hillary Clinton was under fire, and at times fired back.

Reporter Andrea Mitchell soon celebrated Clinton’s success: “Parrying hostile questions all day, Clinton was also the political pro. Massaging big egos, sidestepping attacks when she could. When she couldn’t, giving as good as she got.”
With “Last Stand” on screen, here’s how Sawyer framed the day in her World News tease:

    SAWYER: Last stand. Secretary Hillary Clinton, filled with fiery emotion in her last appearance before Congress.

    HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make?

    SAWYER: The indignation. And then, the tears in her eyes.

    CLINTON: I put my arms around the mothers and fathers and the wives left alone to raise their children.

Partial transcript of the January 23 World News coverage:

    DIANE SAWYER: And now, we turn to the fiery appearance for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, testifying before Congress on the tragedy in Benghazi. It was a valedictory that showed her indignation and emotion as she ends this tenure on the public stage. ABC’s chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz brings us the riveting encounter today. Martha?

    MARTHA RADDATZ: Diane, what a way to end her four-year tenure as Secretary of State. A month ago, she was flat on her back with a nasty concussion, prompting accusations she was trying to avoid testifying about Benghazi. But today, this woman who has traveled the world as America's top diplomat, came to the Hill ready for a fight. It was a riveting drama. Secretary of State Clinton seen in rare public form, at times angry, aggressively on the defense. At another point, choking up over her four lost colleagues.

    HILLARY CLINTON: For me, this is not just a matter of policy, it’s personal. I stood next to President Obama as the Marines carries those flag-draped caskets off the plane at Andrews. I put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children.

    SENATOR JOHN McCAIN: The American people and the families of these four brave Americans still have not gotten the answers that they deserve. I hope that they will get them.

    RADDATZ: And the Secretary did not hesitate to shoulder the blame. The buck, she said, stopped with her.

    CLINTON: As I have said many times, I take responsibility and nobody is more committed to getting this right.

    RADDATZ: But she insisted she never saw any of the requests for more security in the run-up to the attack.

    CLINTON: They didn’t come to me, I didn’t approve them, I didn’t deny them.

    RADDATZ: That made Republican Senators pounce.

    SENATOR RAND PAUL: Had I been President at the time and I found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relived you of your post.

    RADDATZ: Clinton fired back in anger when Senator Ron Johnson pushed her about statements by UN Ambassador Susan Rice, made on TV, in the days after the attacks...

NBC Nightly News:

    BRIAN WILLIAMS: Good evening. Over one long epic day with a camera aimed at her at all times, she sat for hours before not one, but two, congressional committees answering questions, some of them heated, about what happened and why in Benghazi, Libya on September 11th of last year that resulted in the death of our U.S. Ambassador and three other Americans. Today’s testimony will likely be the last for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. After four years in office, roughly a million miles flown, 112 nations visited, in the past few weeks alone, she has fought illness and injury, including hospitalization. She leaves her post as the most admired woman in the world in the Gallup poll, for the 11th year in a row. Well today, Hillary Clinton was under fire, and at times fired back. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell in our Washington newsroom with the story tonight. Andrea, good evening.

    ANDREA MITCHELL: Good evening, Brian. This was Hillary Clinton’s final testimony to Congress. First in the Senate, then in the House. It was not the way she wanted to end this chapter of her career. Four months after the Benghazi attack, committees in both chambers wanted to know what did she know and when did she know it? After a fall, a concussion and a blood clot, Hillary Clinton showed rare public emotion, reflecting the toll Benghazi has taken on her....
    Parrying hostile questions all day, Clinton was also the political pro. Massaging big egos, sidestepping attacks when she could. When she couldn’t, giving as good as she got.

    SENATOR JOHNSON: We were misled there were supposedly protests and then something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that. And that was easily ascertained that was not the fact. the American people could have known that within days and they didn't know that.

    CLINTON: With all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest, or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some Americans? What difference -- at this point -- does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator.
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BARRY THE DESTROYER

Neal Boortz posted an interesting comment on his blog this morning, and I have to say I'm in total agreement.

"I love this country more than I can say, and I absolutely feel that Obama is on a mission to destroy. 

He was raised to despise America.  His mother was so intent on instilling anti-American feelings in her young Barry Obama that she sent him off to live with her parents when her then-husband started spouting pro-American comments around the house.  Obama feels that America’s wealth and strength is the result of a over a century of oppression.  His aim is to weaken America to the point that it no longer presents an economic or military threat to the world.

My feeling is that pretty much every Obama voter will, if they live long enough, come to understand the damage they have done to the cause of liberty by sending this destructive force to Washington."
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SHOVING GUN CONTROL DOWN OUR THROATS

As tragic as the Sandy Hook shooting was, the measures that Obama wants to impose on the American people would not prevent a similar Sandy Hook shooting from happening.  The “answers” Obama and the Democrats are forcing down our throats have nothing to do with Sandy Hook and everything to do with their long-time goal of moving against the private ownership and sale of guns in America.
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