CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose on Wednesday gushed over “one of my favorite people,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Of course, Rose never mentioned the Supreme Court Justice’s extreme liberal ideology. Instead, he peppered her on just how much sexism Hillary Clinton faced in 2016.
Playing footage from a pre-taped interview, Rose whined, “When do you think we’ll see a woman as president?” Regarding Clinton, he prompted, “Do you think sexism played a part in that campaign?”
The journalist clearly wasn’t getting the right answer, so he followed-up:
Do you think that it was decisive?... Decisive. In other words, if Hillary Clinton had been a man, she would have won the election going away?
Rose never once called Ginsburg a liberal. As for his description of her as “one of my favorite people,” that’s similar to a 2014 label the journalist used on Hillary Clinton. There, he hailed, “I consider Hillary Clinton a friend.”
During a 2016 interview with another liberal, Rose described Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as a “pragmatist.” (In this same interview, Breyer denied that the Second Amendment is an individual right. Hardly a pragmatic moderate.)
As for the late Antonin Scalia, Rose on October 10, 2016, warned viewers that the jurist was very “conservative.”
What's the constant thread here? Liberals are reasonable “friends.” Conservatives must be watched and worried about.
[The bias on the CBS segment was sponsored by Nissan, Mercedes and Subaru.]
A transcript of the segment is below:
CBS This Morning
9/27/17
8:32am ETCHARLIE ROSE: Turning now to one of my favorite people, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is speaking out about the country's challenges and its strengths. I spoke to Justice Ginsburg last night in a wide ranging conversation at the 92nd Street Y here in New York. She reflected on the reasons for Hillary Clinton’s loss in the presidential election. When do you think we’ll see a woman as president?
RUTH BADER GINSBURG: When do I think?
ROSE: Mmmhmm.
GINSBURG: Well, we came pretty close.
ROSE: Yes. Do you think sexism played a part in that campaign?
GINSBURG: Do I think so?
ROSE: Yes.
GINSBURG: I have no doubt that it did.
ROSE: Do you think that it was decisive?
GINSBURG: That it was -- ?
ROSE: Decisive. In other words, if Hillary Clinton had been a man, she would have won the election going away?
GINSBURG: There's so many things that might have been decisive, but that was a major, major factor.
ROSE: Ginsburg also said she's worrying the country's putting basic values like liberty at risk because of security concerns. She pointed to diversity as a great strength. Let me make one quick point. She is now has a great trainer who's writing a book, Brian Johnson. So she's into her training regime as she's 84 and going strong.
NORAH O’DONNELL: This is like physical working out.
ROSE: Yes indeed.
O’DONNELL: I love it.
GAYLE KING: I love it too, Norah.
O’DONNELL: I love that her husband making all her meals for her and packs them up for the week ahead. He is just great.
ROSE: He cooked for her. He died in 2010. But a great man who cooked everything. She hasn’t cooked in 18 years.
O’DONNELL: Yeah.
KING: Wow.
