"Technical difficulties" shut down damaging McCain interview
By SilentPatriot Sunday Sep 14, 2008 8:00pm
McCain flack Tucker Bounds was getting grilled about the campaign's pathological lying on MSNBC today when the video feed suddenly died. It's of course impossible to know if there was any foul play involved, but the "technical difficulties" couldn't have come at a more convenient time.
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O'DONNELL: "Let me as you specifically about the comments on 'The View' because John McCain was asked about Sarah Palin and earmarks. He said, 'no, she's not taken any as Governor.' The Wall Street Journal today has a story that in fact Palin's project list totals $453 million dollars. Will we hear John McCain admit that he was wrong?
BOUNDS: "Well, the first part about that Wall Street Journal piece that you should understand is that they don't use the accumulated earmarks that Barack Obama lists on his own...
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Be very suspicious of the MSM, at all times.
when the going gets tough..pull the plug!!
I saw this. It happened right as he was about to bash Obama. I thought the timing seemed pretty good. He was unable to spin the host's negative McCain question back on Obama.
Little bitch Tucker is a lucky F**ker.
Probably a lightning strike. Had to happen sooner or later.
Please notice that EVERY TIME one of McCain's flunkies is asked about his policies, the immediate reply begins "first let's discuss Barrack Obama's . . ." Nancy PFFFFFFFFFFF did this on Hardball too. She was so upset, she was literally screeching.
Breaking News: Palin will not cooperate in TrooperGate. Watch Rachel Maddow for the scoop.
Maybe BillO has finally gained the power to end any interview anywhere anytime!
Like Tucker was just going "oh, man. I got cut off. I was so eager to answer those questions and rebut them." Right. And I'm six feet tall, with good teeth and good eyes. And have 50 more yrs to live.
Hey, Olbermann said and had a clip up from Faux News where the commentator grilled this turd on the lies they are telling.
A Rethug apologist replaced by a few seconds of dead air? Sounds like a win-win...
bounds answer.....the usual reichwingneocon pundit
dodge the question and redirect onto someone/something
else. fuck these lying assholes...sorry i don't have really strong opinions. lol
Goodness gracious Sarah will make an excellent neo con vice pres. She has already stated she will not co-operate with investigators on troopergate. She says the investigation is tainted.
tainted
taint
Did anyone else notice that in the video, right before the part that is transcribed in the post, O'Donnell was starting to followup about Rove and the 100% truth test comment when she stopped and went to the posted question? Is it me, or did she seem to get a message thru the earpiece? She seemed to tilt her head and almost put a hand to her ear.
Ok, got that off my chest, now I'll take off the tinfoil hat and relax...
How come everybody I know named Tucker are assholes?
Of course I only know of two people named Tucker.
Funny she won't speak to reporters for the same reason.
Taint.
Sarah "I don't want your taint" Palin
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26727937/
Here's the link to Sarah's taint
Hmmmmm GE ( a company that makes billions off the war machine) wants John McCain to look good, how surprising?
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds, oh lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that to the poor
Yeah!
Time will tell they are power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgement day comes
Yeah!
... sorry that wasn't aimed at you Sarah Palin (I know you have cornered the market on pig)
curtilingus @ 15:
is that because she soiled her taint input?
Not a conspiracy...unless its one that benefits Obama.... because he was about to try to defend himself.
However, Tucker is getting hosed out there. Must suck to be him. To have to lie like that.
Captain ENOUGH Kangaroo @ 14:
You try and live with weak and pitiful name like Tucker, you'd be an asshole too to compensate for that.
Oh and I bet the Connies cut the feed on their side.
This Tucker is the soft underbelly of McDivots campaign. I'd beat his ass every time he poked his head out.
Has Tucker been seen alive in public since this interview , maybe some tech couldn't take the Republican lies anymore and went postal in the remote studio.
There's another Rethuglican douchebag named Tucker?
WTF?
Looking at it optimistically, maybe someone in the booth was just fed up with the little fuck's lies and had enough, (yank on some important cord).
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 22:
Somehow I think that if a techie went postal on a NeoCon in a studio that it'd be on every news organ 24/7 with lists of his "subversive ultra left-wing marxist propaganda" and had a copy of both Karl Marx's and Chairman Mao's little red books in his back pocket.
Or maybe I just overestimate our "liberal" media...
COMPANION VIDEO
regardless of the cause of the feed loss, it was funny to see Tucker attempt to defend the indefensible. I mean if Karl Rove is saying it is too much, that's like Goebbels saying don't be so mean to the Jews.
did mccain not say he didnt care if we stayed in iraq for 100, 200, 1000 years?
oh sure, he added a caveat in regards to as long as our guys werent getting shot at...but that is disengenuous...they are getting shot at right now
it also shows naivite about the region
maybe it would be better if obama just ran a commercial with him singing bomb iran....
oh, and as for the asshats assertion that he can give a laundry list of the lies in obamas ads...go to factcheck.org....they disprove that assertion
The Bavarian Illuminati at work again....Rascals.
CMINCA @ 6:
so did the failed ex ceo of hp and the failed ex governor of mass
seems mccain likes to surround himself with LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSERS
curtilingus @ 12:
If the McCain-Plain ticket is elected, Palin will be just a figurehead VP, and a figurehead president if it comes down to it. She'll have a staff populated with Cheney allies who will tell her what to say and when to say it. America--a country that I love--will continue to be the laughingstock of the civilized world.
Thanks, rightwingers, for dragging us all down!
ANSWER THE F*CKING QUESTION INSTEAD OF DOING THE 3RD GRADER THING AND SAYING SOMEOME ELSE DID IT TOO.
Your attacks on Tucker are sexist.
All this guy ever does when asked questions about the McCain/Palin lies is to say Barack Obama's name within the first four seconds. He is a tool of the first water.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 26:
either hell has officially frozen over, or kelly will be looking for a new job tomorrow
VYVX on the slate says that's not the network, that's the 3rd party service that gets the remote feed from A to B. 99.999% probability that fiber link just went down.
Maybe there is a God. Oh wait. No. If there were, Tucker would have had his tongue ripped out instead.
here4tehbeer @ 36:
Or some old guy started raving, throwing things around, yanked the cord, then played the name game with, "Tucker".
The mainstream media is owned by the same corporations who control K-street lobbying and who back John McCain. The job of the mainstream media is to see John McCain elected president.
I think this guys is like an inside joke among talking heads now. It's a competion to see who can slap him down the hardest. How many times is McCain going to send him out to be filleted?
Must be channeling Pee Wee Herman shouting into the phone "I can't hear you!"
CMINCA @ 6:
Mr Straight Talk Express and then Mrs " open and transparent investigation" are slipping:
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/government_emails_and_credible_responses
curtilingus @ 16:
wasnt that roves excuse, he wasnt into taint?
I watched this interview live. Tucker said something early in the interview (and I'm paraphrasing here) that he knew he was "going a little too long" but had to expound on a particular answer. My guess was that Tucker bloviated to run out the clock (since satellite time is bought in segments).
I'm amazed McCain is still letting this guy out in public. He's embarrassing. On the other hand, so is his VP pick, so obviously there's a pattern here.
I thought I'd seen Tuckers face somewhere:
http://www.virginmedia.com/microsites/movies/slideshow/stupid-characters...
Poor Garth; to be associated with this right wing nut.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 30:
The Republican party is comprised of losers, along with a small core of neocon thieves of which some jumped ship in 2005.
The 'A' list is too busy with planning their safe exit to oversea, the 'B' team are playing it cool and waiting for 2012.
So all WcCain has left is the 'C' team and Nixon Raygun retreads, and fringe wannabes.
Mr Straight Talk Express and then Mrs ” open and transparent investigation” are slipping:
What could she possibly have to hide? She is an "honest republican." Aren't they all?
Could you imagine a show with the 2 Tuckers? Yikes, that'd be one to stay away from!
more breaking palin news...she did indeed attempt to have specific books removed from the shelves of the wasilla library
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/palins-revelations-repent-the-e...
specifically...a book written by a baptist minister entitled "Pastor, I am Gay"
yo...the bitch hates baptists
You realize there’s probably a 3 or 4 minute delay, so Tucker probably blew up and said the “N” word and became unplugged.
Next person who tells me we aren't in the fight of our lives gets this clip in their e-mail along with the trailer to "V For Vendetta." Got to watch that one again, too.
you guys are aware that if mccain becomes prez, tucker will be his press sec
4 years of listening to this guy spin i can do without
It's nice to see the "librul" media hammering the shit out of these Republicans. What? No more free pass?
JimboSlice @ 17:
There were also technical difficulties on my local progressive radio station all day. What are the odds? I firmly believe that KKKarl Rove and company know how to do this and will do it at will. There are certainly ways to find out who is screwing with the media and with web sites. Perhaps if the truly liberal media (that would be Air America, NovaM, this blog, Think Progress, TPM, and a few others, would pool their resources and hire a really smart web guy, then we could find out who is attacking you, who wants to control the world (his name if KKKarl Rove).
You know it's a lie when it's OUT OF BOUNDS!
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 47:
And the scary thing is just how many of those there are.
curtilingus @ 12:
Trooper Wooten was on Rachel Maddow tonight. He seems like a real stand-up guy that got sideswiped by the Palin administration and didn't really see it coming. She is a consumate Right Wing Extremist Dominionist Republican.
Jgrant @ 57:
Clever! :)
enough @ 56:
If you ask me ( and I know you didn't ) Comcast may have a hand in it. I can surf the bejesus at lightning speed anywhere except on liberal sites. Just saying.
Jimmi the Grey @ 13:
You know, I normally HATE, (yes, HATE) Lawrence O'Donnell, but he actually had a "Follow Up" which is rare in the MSM.
"Technical Difficulties". Yes of course! Sure this wasn't FuxNews?
Captain ENOUGH Kangaroo @ 14:
Three words: red bow tie
I noticed the same type of technical problem the other night when Rachael Maddow was attempting to do her MSNBC show from Ithaca NY. Coincidence?
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 30:
Exactly my point. I saw Ms. Carly Fiorino. You know, I used to feel sorry for her that a very, very, very wealthy man campaigned to get her fired. Now I see why.
Remember the blacked-out Siegelman broadcast on 60 Minutes? Stuff like this makes me very suspicious.
castanea @ 31:
On Rachel Maddow tonite, there was a discussion that McCain and Palin were both empty vessels that could be convinced of just about anything from "smart talkers. Maybe the lobbyists that work for McCain?
Abraham Jackemoff @ 33:
Hey Jackme,
Which Tucker? LMFAO ...
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 50:
Whoa. (*slap*) Some good links in there too leading to some more good links. Been reading.... Thanks!
CMINCA @ 59:
wooten is the typical redneck dumbfuck sheriff type, who got married to the wrong gal
she tried to circumvent union rules to get him terminated....and when she didnt get her way, she began a campaign
she was admonished by the judge in the case to keep her yap shut...that it was tantamount to child abuse
remove her kids from her home and kick her off the ticket
Joseph @ 34:
Please notice they all do this. I was vacuuming and the first thing I heard was "Barrack Obama by Nancy Pfffffffffffffffff. Then I paused and hear Barrack Obama. Then I stopped and hard Barrack Obama. Jesus Christos. Do the Dems not realize that the name Barrack Obama has become a talking point?
Albatross @ 39:
Step back and look up corporate media stocks today. They took a nosedive.
You'd think with Tucker Bounds and Tucker Carlson both being named with the same stupid name "Tucker", that at least one of them would strive to not be such a major asshole, but no. If I ever meet anyone named Tucker in real life, I'm going to be very apprehensive.
jimmieg @ 42:
SNL actually put things into perspective. Is this idiot a peer of Clinton's. Hell no.
CMINCA @ 66:
what...did you fall for the crap she put in her book?
talk about a whiner...its all about the good ole boys network that she had to fight so hard against
im a techie, and i remember exactly what happened
her brilliant idea of buying out compaq and then merging the companies was doofy...because to cut costs, hp began to use compaq parts (which was why compaq was not number 1 in the market)
almost overnight, dell and gateway took over their market share, do to putting out a better product and having much better customer service
bang...she is out of a job
no conspiracy....no, "we hate you cuz you are smart and have a vagina" she was just totally incompetent
and it has taken hp 5 years to climb out of the mess she got them into
Holeee crap, this Tucker Bounds guy is pathetic! The least McFailin could do is send out a hack who's comfortable lying his ass off. This guy continually stammers and stumbles all over himself! Please, McFailin, keep putting him out there on all the networks. Everyone needs to see more of this creep!
(Republican) Party Gone Out of Bounds!
Who's to blame when parties really get out of hand?
Who's to blame when they get poorly planned?
Crashers get bombed, slobs make a mess.
Ya know sometimes they'll even ruin your wife's dress.
Crashers getttin' bombed. (Who's to blame?)
Can you pull it back in line?
Can you salvage it in time?
What can you do to save a party?
Parcheesi? Charades? A spur-of-the-moment
Scavenger hunt, or Queen of the Nile?
Who turned out the lights!
Bombed, crashers gettin' bombed
crashers gettin' bombed, bombed, bombed, bombed, well who's to blame?
Who's to blame when situations degenerate?
Disgusting things you'd never anticipate?
People get sick, they play the wrong games.
Ya know, it can ruin your name!
Crashers gettin' bombed. (Who's to blame?)
Can you pull it back in line?
Can you salvage it in time?
Good thing for Tucker. He would have started crying again.
McPale's Navy @ 37:
If there was a God, then Bush, Cheney, Condi & Powell would have melted like the last scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when lying us into two illegal wars.
McPale's Navy @ 70:
mudflats is the best progressive blog in alaska
go back and read his stuff pre palin...its good
and those who are speaking out are really brave
cuz palin runs that state like a mini mafia
Tucka Outta Bounds is having a tough rehearsal for his future stint as press secretary.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 76:
Have you SEEN the guy who got her fired. Where do I begin? Sexist. Bigger Dick Syndrome. Asshol#. He's got the most expensive boat in thw WORLD. He's the most arrogant Pric# I've ever seen. The fact that she was actually deserving of his arrogant, egotistical and impotent-ridden wrath is very troubling to me.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 71:
Dude, you're referring to Alaska here. You need to put this into perspective. Unless you are a marine biologist, most of the population isnt' very informed or educated. Relax.
I know a little black dog named Tucker. She's a sweetie and even has a neck. Not pathetic like the Tuckers we are discussing.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 80:
I second that. mudflats is teriffic. I got caught up reading there for 2 hours today.
DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! JOHN MCCAIN, MUST PULL PLUG NOW! MUST PULL PLUG NOW!
JohnnyThief @ 79:
I don't believe in an interventionist God.
John McCain's Health Records Must Be Released!
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/98752/john_mccain%27s_health_records...
Hey Obama Campaign, Have You Seen This?
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/98581/hey_obama_campaign%2C_have_you...
Please watch the second video. Please.
Every night before I sleep, I pray that a large rat enters Palin's bedroom, slips between her sheets, finds it way deep inside and eats her uterus while she sleeps.
CMINCA @ 73:
Whose didn't?
Besides, selling a bad product is nothing new: Detroit has been selling 19th-century technology for decades, and the SUV was just a way to repurpose pickup-truck plants.
So I don't say electing McCain is a good idea - even for big business. But it's what they've decided to do, and the media is one of their tools.
Notice how the video went to a clean pattern at about 7 seconds after the words McCain and Lied were used? I think someone switched to an alternate feed, as oposed to an accidental loss that usually goes to white noise..