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Brokaw: 'Obama Is Going to Have to Answer For’ Exploding Budget Defi
October 14th, 2012 1:00 PM
Criticism of Barack Obama came from a surprising source Sunday.
Appearing on Meet the Press, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw said the President “is going to have to answer for” the explosion in the federal budget deficit that “happened on his watch” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
The Thrill is Gone: NBC Touts Jon Stewart Mocking Obama and Chris Matt
October 5th, 2012 2:25 PM
In a display of just how badly President Obama performed in Wednesday's presidential debate, Friday's NBC Today played a clip of Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripping into Obama: "There is no red America. There is no blue America. There is only the America that can't believe how bad this guy did in the debate. Romney won with the sound up....Romney won with the sound off." [Listen to the audio or…
NBC's Gregory Declares 'Math Simply Doesn't Add Up' in Romney Tax Plan
October 4th, 2012 4:54 PM
On Thursday's NBC Today, in an attempt to deflect from Mitt Romney's strong debate performance, fill-in co-host David Gregory grilled Romney advisor Ed Gillespie on the Governor's tax plan: "...he wants to extend the Bush tax cuts, he wants to have further tax cuts beyond that, he wants to increase military spending and he rejected a 10 to 1 ratio when it came to cutting spending and raising…
Exasperated NBC Reporters Whine: Why Didn't Obama Bring Up 47 Percent
October 4th, 2012 1:19 AM
On NBC News’ live Wednesday night debate coverage a clearly upset David Gregory was shocked that Barack Obama didn’t hit Mitt Romney with the liberal media’s favorite talking point, as he whined: “He didn’t bring up the 47 percent!” Obama not mentioning the hidden camera video of Romney talking about the 47 percent also stunned NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams who asked Savannah Guthrie…
NBC's Gregory: With Romney's 'Back Now Against the Wall,' 'Is the Race
October 1st, 2012 11:18 AM
At the top of Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory announced Mitt Romney was backed "against the wall" in the presidential race and proceeded to ask both New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Obama advisor David Plouffe: "Is the race over?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
After Christie rejected the notion and suggested Romney's performance in the…
Bay Buchanan Challenges Joe Scarborough's Conservatism Right To His Fa
September 23rd, 2012 5:03 PM
Bay Buchanan, one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's senior advisers, got into quite a heated exchange with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday.
After Scarborough took issue with Buchanan implying that she was the only conservative present on a panel filled with liberals, Buchanan replied, "You know, Joe, on this set, you appear to be one of the four" (video…
David Gregory Calls Benjamin Netanyahu 'The Leader of the Jewish Peopl
September 16th, 2012 5:03 PM
NBC's David Gregory on Sunday actually referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "the leader of the Jewish people."
This happened during a Meet the Press interview that included the host vociferously grilling Netanyahu about whether Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was correct when he said, “President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus” (video follows…
David Gregory: Bush Told Me 'I Never Watch You
September 13th, 2012 10:21 AM
Former President George W. Bush recently told Meet the Press host David Gregory, "I never watch you."
So humorously said Gregory on NBC's Late Night Wednesday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
David Gregory: 'Corporate America Is Waiting for Romney to Get Elected
September 13th, 2012 9:48 AM
Meet the Press host David Gregory said Wednesday, "A lot of corporate America is waiting for Romney to get elected rather than another term of Obama."
Speaking with Jimmy Fallon on NBC's Late Night, Gregory added, "That may unleash a little bit more progress" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NBC's Gregory: Romney Knows He'll Have to 'Infuriate Conservatives' if
September 10th, 2012 2:53 PM
Responding to co-host Savannah Guthrie observing that Mitt Romney looked like he "was moving toward the center" on Monday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory asserted: "...he knows he's going to have to make tough choices if he becomes president. That he would indeed have to infuriate conservatives on some of these budget deals..." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the…
Gregory Pushes Romney to ‘Cut a Deal with Democrats that Would Cause
September 9th, 2012 2:48 PM
David Gregory teased Sunday's Meet the Press by highlighting a clip of himself pushing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to upset conservatives in getting a budget deal, presumably by agreeing to raise taxes. “We go behind the scenes and on the record with Governor Romney less than two months before the election to press him on how he will turn around the economy and solve the nation’…
David Gregory Asks Mitt Romney 'Do You Think Bill Clinton Could Get El
September 8th, 2012 7:02 PM
The media's gushing and fawning over Bill Clinton knows no bounds.
In an interview to be aired on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, David Gregory asked Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney if he thought Clinton could get elected president today (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NBC on DNC: 'Life of the Party' Bill Clinton 'Owned the Room,' Speech
September 6th, 2012 12:42 PM
On Thursday, the hosts of NBC's Today could barely contain their glee over former President Bill Clinton addressing the Democratic National Convention, with Savannah Guthrie proclaiming: "Life of the party. Former President Bill Clinton delivers a powerful and partisan speech....blasting Republicans, and in the throes of a bad economy, making the case for four more years." [Listen to the audio…
NBC on Isaac: Obama Being Presidential; 'Difficult' for GOP Convention
August 28th, 2012 4:47 PM
In a Tuesday 10 a.m. et NBC News special report on President Obama declaring a state of emergency for Gulf Coast states in the path of Hurricane Isaac, Today co-host Matt Lauer gushed: "Politics 101, you've got your opponents in Tampa and Mitt Romney's about to tell Americans why he should be elected president, if you're the president, you go out and act like the president." [Listen to the…