Richard Wolffe
In Front of Sharpton, MSNBC's Wolffe Says 'There Are People Who Enjoy
January 22nd, 2014 7:09 PM
A big irony occurred on Tuesday's PoliticsNation when MSNBC's race-obsessed host, Al Sharpton, devoted a segment to fretting over right-leaning talk radio hosts and FNC hosts who have complained about a recent comment by President Barack Obama about there being "some" who harbor racist sentiments toward him.
But it was MSNBC political analyst and MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe who…
MRC's Brent Bozell Reviews Our Worst Media Quotes of 2013 on FNC's 'Ha
January 3rd, 2014 9:29 AM
When he revealed to Fox News Channel viewers the winner of the Media Research Center's liberal media Quote of the Year, substitute host Eric Bolling couldn't "run the actual footage" of the description of the disgusting scatalogical treatment that former MSNBC Martin Bashir wished on Sarah Palin "because it's too obscene" for television, MRC founder and president Brent Bozell noted on the…
MSNBC Mocks NRA, Suggests It's Better to Confront a School Shooter Una
January 2nd, 2014 4:59 PM
On Monday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe mocked NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre for asserting a year ago that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," by using the example of Antoinette Tuff, who last August heroically talked a gunman in a school into surrendering.
Wolffe treated one exceptional and unlikely case…
MSNBC's Wolffe Mocks 'ObamaCare Haters' as 'Biggest Losers of the Year
December 31st, 2013 5:44 PM
On the Monday, December 30, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC, Richard Wolffe -- executive editor of MSNBC.com -- mocked "ObamaCare haters," tagging them as the "biggest losers of the year," as he appeared as a panel member to select awards in various news categories for the year 2013.
As he suggested that the reduction in glitches at Healthcare.Gov solves ObamaCare's problems,…
Year-End Awards: Damn Those Conservatives
December 24th, 2013 9:08 AM
Today’s installment of the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2013,” as selected by our 42 expert judges: The “Damn Those Conservatives Award,” recounting journalists’ nastiest attacks on conservatives.
Past winners of this venerable award include: Nina Totenberg in 1991, for verbally accosting then-Senator Alan Simpson after a Nightline appearance on October 9 of that year…
MSNBC's Wolffe Finds Paul Ryan Budget 'Harsh' with 'Absolutely No Comp
November 27th, 2013 5:20 PM
On Tuesday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe described Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan as having put together a budget that was "harsh" and "showing absolutely no compassion" as he appeared as a guest on the MSNBC show. Wolffe:
MSNBC's Wolffe Lauds Hillary's 'Monumental Effort' to Fix Bush's 'Mess
November 21st, 2013 3:17 PM
On Wednesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe credited Hillary Clinton with a "monumental effort" in "recovering from" the Bush administration's alleged mistakes as he responded to conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer's assertion that the former Secretary of State had no significant accomplishments she could point to in a presidential run…
MSNBC's Wolffe: Ted Cruz 'Inflaming' 'Fringe' Who Are 'Racist
November 20th, 2013 2:55 PM
On Tuesday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe accused Texas Senator Ted Cruz of "encouraging, inflaming and yes, flirting" with "fringe elements" who are "very ugly" and "racist" as he responded to a clip of the Texas Republican suggesting that the House could have grounds to impeach President Obama.
Host Al Sharpton set up the segment by recounting birther conspiracy…
Brent Bozell Cracks Up Hannity: CNN, MSNBC Obamacare Spin 'Would Make
November 15th, 2013 8:09 AM
On Thursday night’s Media Mash on the Hannity show on Fox News Channel, Sean Hannity and MRC president Brent Bozell laughed about MSNBC’s Michael Smerconish, Ed Schultz, and Chris Matthews being the Three Stooges of Obamacare for attacking anyone (including the "so-called independent media") who’s admitting there was a rollout fiasco.
When they turned to how MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe and CNN’s…
MSNBC's Wolffe Finds GOP 'Excluding' People As It Gets 'More Male and
November 14th, 2013 3:04 PM
On MSNBC's PoliticsNation show, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe -- formerly of Newsweek -- recounted that the Republican base is getting "more male and older and whiter," and asserted that they are "excluding more than half the population" as he asserted that Republicans are "not ready for power yet."
After host Al Sharpton recalled that Republicans are talking about trying to catch…
MSNBC's Wolffe Mocks Republican Concerns Over Deficit
November 3rd, 2013 10:54 PM
On the Thursday, October 31, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, after host O'Donnell raised new numbers showing that the federal budget deficit has shrunk, MSNBC.com executive editor Richard Wolffe -- formerly of Newsweek -- dismissed Republican concerns over the deficit. O'Donnell began by posing:
MSNBC's Wolffe Derides 'Cheap' Insurance, 'What Is It Really Worth
October 31st, 2013 4:09 PM
On Wednesday's The Last Word on MSNBC, MSNBC.com executive editor Richard Wolffe joined host Lawrence O'Donnell in exonerating President Obama from blame for the recent wave of health insurance policy cancellations, with Wolffe going so far as to dismiss inexpensive insurance policies which presumably are focused on covering expensive, catastrophic health care as being "bad policies" not worthy…
MSNBC's Wolffe: GOPers 'Have Not Tried to Find Any Compassion
October 23rd, 2013 1:31 PM
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe asserted that Republicans "have not tried to find any compassion" since last year's election as he reacted to comments from Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage on the number of his state's residents who are not working. Wolffe:
MSNBC's Wolffe Chides Texas Voters, Some GOPers 'Should Never Have Bee
October 17th, 2013 11:50 PM
On Wednesday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe asserted that Republicans like Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert "should never have been elected [to] office in the first place," as he joined host Al Sharpton in lambasting several Republicans who have talked about impeaching President Obama.
Wolffe, who was a regular on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and other MSNBC shows during…