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Cenk Uygur Drives Economist Nuts Claiming GOP Midterm Victory A Sign America is Liberal

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“I’m going to prove to you that the country is clearly and indisputably liberal,” proclaimed MSNBC evening host Cenk Uygur, citing statistics that showed Americans in favor of funding social programs, raising taxes, and cutting defense spending, Uygur argued that America was a left-of-center country and politicians failing to acknowledge that has done significant harm, but there’s a slight kink in the armor of this claim: Americans voted Republican in November. Needless to say Uygur didn’t take the news so well.

The poor messenger this time was University of Maryland economics professor Peter Morici, who got about four words in before Uygur began to loudly protest his claim. Those words, after “I think you’re missing a lot,” were that Americans elected “90, 95 Republicans last year,” to which Uygur began tut-tutting and say “nope” over. “Just because they elected them,” Uygur argued, “doesn’t mean they have the same priorities.” Morici, frustrated by this bizarre claim, sarcastically noted that he now understood that “you get to talk and I get to listen,” a claim that bought him enough time to lay down the groundwork for his main argument: “Americans are much more moderate than either political party or the networks with their slants will admit.” Questioned about the polls, Morici noted that Americans did believe in the idea of “shared sacrifice,” but even then this wasn’t a partisan idea.

The conversation then degenerated into a fairly contentious back and forth with such quips as Uygur complimenting Morici for his “condescention” and Morici responding that he had “shown quite a bit, you just don’t want to acknowledge it.” Uygur also argued that Obama was “way to the right of the country” and concluded the debate by thanking Morici despite “being completely and utterly wrong.” Civil!

The debate via MSNBC below:

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  • tatboy

    This guy has enough anger/hate to power a starship.

    P.S. As always my friends I remind you to look up what this toolbax named his own kid if you want to know how jacked in the brain he is.

  • Ricia

    I think Uygur is sharing drugs with Charlie Sheen

  • notsofast

    Man, there is no bigger (-) than this lib.

    What a brain-dead POS.

  • Yoda002

    When the Right Wing is not telling their followers how to vote it shows that a lot of Republicans vote very liberally. When the sheep start to stray it gets a little tough to point them in the “Right” direction.

  • ElMoIsEviL

    Actually…

    Cenk has a point. The reason the Republicans won many seats is due to fear. Fear is a powerful tool used by Conservatives. Fear is able to get many independents to vote with Republicans.

    Americans, on the whole, are a pretty Liberal bunch (as the polls suggest). Issue after issue they’re FAR more Liberal than even the Democratic party (which is neoliberal for the most part).

    I just have to lol at folks who will not look at the big picture here and instead will attack Cenk (or myself) for making a valid and factual observation.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Yoda002 said:
    When the Right Wing is not telling their followers how to vote it shows that a lot of Republicans vote very liberally. When the sheep start to stray it gets a little tough to point them in the “Right” direction.

    lol

  • cjd ohio 1

    ElMoIsEviL said:
    Actually… Cenk has a point. The reason the Republicans won many seats is due to fear. Fear is a powerful tool used by Conservatives. Fear is able to get many independents to vote with Republicans. Americans, on the whole, are a pretty Liberal bunch (as the polls suggest). Issue after issue they’re FAR more Liberal than even the Democratic party (which is neoliberal for the most part). I just have to lol at folks who will not look at the big picture here and instead will attack Cenk (or myself) for making a valid and factual observation.

    fear of what?

  • jrd

    “[Most] Americans are much more moderate than either political party or the networks [or news/opinion blogs] with their slants will admit.”

    After editing, I agree.

  • cjd ohio 1

    jrd said:
    “[Most] Americans are much more moderate than either political party or the networks [or news/opinion blogs] with their slants will admit.” After editing, I agree.

    i agree also

  • Obeezy

    =He has to spin it somehow. LIberals are a dying breed. Even Europe can see that.. Oh well maybe Cuba can house them all

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neal-Pierson/1660085287 Neal Pierson

    What’s a Cenk Uygur?

  • Olby Sucks

    Yoda002 said:
    When the Right Wing is not telling their followers how to vote it shows that a lot of Republicans vote very liberally. When the sheep start to stray it gets a little tough to point them in the “Right” direction.

    2 far left blogs are your “sources from around the world ” ROFL!

  • tatboy

    ElMoIsEviL said:
    Actually… Cenk has a point. The reason the Republicans won many seats is due to fear. Fear is a powerful tool used by Conservatives. Fear is able to get many independents to vote with Republicans. Americans, on the whole, are a pretty Liberal bunch (as the polls suggest). Issue after issue they’re FAR more Liberal than even the Democratic party (which is neoliberal for the most part). I just have to lol at folks who will not look at the big picture here and instead will attack Cenk (or myself) for making a valid and factual observation.

    Yes… the right uses fear. The left never does. The left never uses terms like… racist, teaba@@er, “white”, multinational corperations, Koch, Karl Rove, bigot, etc. to “scare” it’s people in the correct direction they want them to go. Your assertion is abserd on it’s face.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The far left media has told the elderly the there will be cuts in their Social Security and Medicare. There are NO cuts for anyone on either. There are changes in both progams for younger people and not for people on or near entering either program.

    The republicans have to make that clear with a mass advertising campaign. It can be done. As long as they let the stooges and shills for the democrats lie they will have a problem.

    Once the people understand they are being lied to by the unions, the press and the democrats the republicans will sweep all future elections.

  • Olby Sucks

    GOP Midterm Victory A Sign America is Liberal

    Loon logic?

  • notsofast

    Let’s remember everyone: Libs have now made RR a liberal.

    LOL

  • Scott_in_MI

    ElMoIsEviL said:
    Actually… Cenk has a point. The reason the Republicans won many seats is due to fear. Fear is a powerful tool used by Conservatives. Fear is able to get many independents to vote with Republicans. Americans, on the whole, are a pretty Liberal bunch (as the polls suggest). Issue after issue they’re FAR more Liberal than even the Democratic party (which is neoliberal for the most part). I just have to lol at folks who will not look at the big picture here and instead will attack Cenk (or myself) for making a valid and factual observation.

    If you’re gonna jump in the arena with the big boys, can you at least try backing up your arguments?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

    ElMoIsEviL said:
    Actually…

    Cenk has a point. The reason the Republicans won many seats is due to fear. Fear is a powerful tool used by Conservatives. Fear is able to get many independents to vote with Republicans.

    Americans, on the whole, are a pretty Liberal bunch (as the polls suggest). Issue after issue they’re FAR more Liberal than even the Democratic party (which is neoliberal for the most part).

    I just have to lol at folks who will not look at the big picture here and instead will attack Cenk (or myself) for making a valid and factual observation.

    If anyone uses fear, its the left and Democrats. Fear of new age dooms day prophecies, fear of conservatives, fear of self determination, fear of white people…. the list goes on and on.

  • Scott_in_MI

    Olby Sucks said:
    GOP Midterm Victory A Sign America is Liberal Loon logic?

    Can you believe this guy has a TV program? Of course everyone wants Social Security and medicare, BUT WE CANT AFFORD IT. WE’VE BROKE PEOPLE

  • Yoda002

    gordonbloyershow said:
    The far left media has told the elderly the there will be cuts in their Social Security and Medicare. There are NO cuts for anyone on either. There are changes in both progams for younger people and not for people on or near entering either program.

    The republicans have to make that clear with a mass advertising campaign. It can be done. As long as they let the stooges and shills for the democrats lie they will have a problem.

    Once the people understand they are being lied to by the unions, the press and the democrats the republicans will sweep all future elections.

    I think Lenin said the same thing in 1920. Are you sure you are not a secret communist? Control the masses with misinformation and lies.

  • Color Me Badd

    Whoever wrote this piece is pretty stupid.

  • notsofast

    Cenk then announced that the Dims won the 11/02/2010 elections. His next segment was on how the US lost in Iraq.

  • rover37

    WHAT? This is why his show is failing and he will be back doing you tube videos soon. FYI: The USA breakdown is republicans 44% Liberals 19%

  • rover37

    IS HE BAGDAD BOB ?

  • btimsah

    I would have just conceded that the country is progressive, and instead used our current economic situation and debt as proof that socialism doesn’t work and why we need to change it.

    Under this guy Cenk’s logic, we can tax the rich 100% if the majority demand it. If that does not illustrate why our founders wanted a democratic REPUBLIC without an income tax than nothing will.

    The fact that we’re on the ropes right now is because we’ve gone so far off the constitutional cliff and have embraced socialism.

    It’s the people, stupid.

  • illusive man

    “Cenk Uygur drives economist nuts claiming GOP midterm victory a sign america is liberal”

    Ha, And the left stayes up at night wondering why they are a minority and the rational majority don’t listen them. When it comes to crazy sure the right has Limbaugh and Beck, But the left takes the government approved suger free cake with Cenk Uygur,Keith Olbermann.Larry O’donnell,Rachel Maddow,Ed Schulz,stephanie Miller,Bill Maher, Markos moulitsas, Bill press, Mike malloy, David pack, Randi Rhodes, Janeane Garofalo, Alec Baldwin, Berni Sanders, Arianna Huffington, Nancy Pelosi, Rosie O’donnell, David Schuster, and the man child Eric Boehlert just to name a few.

  • ImNotBlue

    Up is down! Hot is cold! The sky is blue, but only as a tribute to Democrats! Heavy is light! Loud is quiet! And Cenk is tollerant and respectful of all people, even the ones who disagree with him.

    Riiight.

  • rover37

    The left has one tune… tax the rich. That will solve everything. IF you take EVERY DOLLAR the top 1% make it still wouldnt pay for half of the yearly debt. The US has the 2nd higest corporate tax rate as it is… and you are seeing waht is happening to the States that tax teh most…. people move and companies move to states that wont take their money. Reagan proved if you lower taxes it brings in more revenue beacause companies expand and dont use the loopholes. The left never learns… its like they say we need to throw massive amounts aof money in the schools that will solve the problem we have with kids education scores. Doesnt work.. DC averages 20k per student per year and has teh worst scores int eh united states…

  • Patrick

    Now that Olbermann’s gone, the insufferable douchebag quotient at MSNBC has fallen to alarming levels. Cenk Uygur is bravely stepping up to fill the void.

  • BadGenome

    Color Me Badd said:
    Whoever wrote this piece is pretty stupid.

    Whoever wrote your post is pretty stupid.

  • OxyCon

    They must have a coach at MessNBC that teaches their on air “talent” how to act like insufferable jackasses.
    Or is that just a Leftist trait?

  • Paul G

    Wow! And the libs call Beck crazy….

  • Yoda002

    ImNotBlue said:
    Up is down! Hot is cold! The sky is blue, but only as a tribute to Democrats! Heavy is light! Loud is quiet! And Cenk is tollerant and respectful of all people, even the ones who disagree with him.

    Riiight.

    Sounds like you been watching too much Fox news. Same rally cloudy and clear, leaves on the trees no leaves on the trees. 2008 rally has 2000 signs. Corrupt Republicans have (D) next to their names.

  • ImNotBlue

    @ Yoda

    Yup, and no black people are at Tea Party Protests… especially when they’re edited out of the video.

    Wait… that wasn’t FOX. My mistake.

  • Moderate

    Obama was “way to the right of the country”

    MSNBC is a delusional network for delusional viewers.

  • scoobydoobydoo

    The recent election was less about ideology and more about a bad economy and the inability of the Obama administration to rebut misinformation about the healthcare reform act. Americans are warming up to Obama’s healthcare reform as they begin to see it’s not all the doom and gloom Republicans told them it would be. If the economy continues to improve expect smooth sailing for Obama and the Dems come 2012.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Yoda002 said:
    I think Lenin said the same thing in 1920. Are you sure you are not a secret communist? Control the masses with misinformation and lies.

    You need to read what you write before you post it. In fact you should read 3 or 4 times and then you might post something that makes sense.
    Some how you were talking about yourself in this post. It might be the drugs confused you.

  • Color Me Badd

    rover37 said:
    IS HE BAGDAD BOB ?

    Why do you have to be a filthy racist POS?

  • ImNotBlue

    @ Badd

    Exactly why was that racist?

    And really, when you so proudly call for the death of entertainers who disagree with you politically, are you really in any position to criticize anyone else?

  • Heywood Jablowme

    Try this one with the likes of Cenk Uygur, aka Stink Sewer:

    Obama winning in 2008 is proof that the country is conservative. That’s why they voted for Obama instead of McCain.

    Now if anyone had tried to make such a preposterous argument, they would be laughed at by the dimwitted American left. But let Stink Sewer say that the GOP winning the House and nearly taking the US Senate means that the country wanted to be more liberal, and the Left is fine with that.

    And that is why MSNBC gets lower ratings than informercials for the Toe Klipper or the Barbell-Q (exercise while you Bar-B-Que).

  • Olby Sucks

    Color Me Badd said:
    Why do you have to be a filthy racist POS?

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • Olby Sucks

    If the economy continues to improve

    by socky

    It’s improving?

  • Jelperman

    Here’s a great article on why “civility” is bullshit: LINK

    Money quote:

    Let’s get this straight, folks: the problem with American political discourse before January 8, 2011 was not a lack of civility: it was a lack of rationality. Do people say that the problem with the shooter himself was a lack of civility? Of course not; they say it was a lack of rationality: the man was deranged. Why do they not look similarly at the inflammatory statements being made by their politicians and pundits? Why do we assume the problem with these statements is their lack of civility rather than their lack of logic? Here’s the problem: if the accusations were actually true, then they absolutely should be stated in inflammatory language. People complain about the style when they should be complaining about the substance.

    When politicians accuse their opponents of “trying to destroy the country”, the problem is not “a lack of civility”; it is a lack of reason. Put simply, these wild accusations are not a logical or reasonable conclusion to draw from their opponents’ actions or statements. If you get people to express the same sentiments in more cautious language, that does not improve the situation. In fact, it only hastens the return of the wild-eyed rhetoric, because people will (correctly) see sooner or later that you’re just obsessing with appearances, and ask “why should we cover up our truths in cloying language”? The problem is that they think totally irrational conclusions are “truths”, and no one calls them out on what is really wrong with them, because that would be “uncivil”.

    When someone seriously thinks that millions of his countrymen actually want to destroy their own country, the problem is not that he’s “uncivil”; the problem is that he’s either stupid or insane. There have to be dozens of different explanations for their motivations other than “trying to destroy the country”, all of which are going to make more sense. But you can’t accuse him of being an idiot or a lunatic, can you? Oh no, you can’t say that because it would be uncivil! So instead, he gets to say utterly deranged or idiotic things, and you can only admonish him if he’s rude about it. Otherwise, you’re supposed to restrict yourself to politely disagreeing while respecting his earnestness.

  • Dem4Ever

    Clearly, everyone sees through this Uygur guy’s over-the-top and obvious lies.  He is just trying to get a rise out of decent people.  Even he doesn’t believe what he is saying.  I’ll bet the moment the camera stopped rolling he threw up; any normal person would have. 

  • mediadoubt

    I think it’s probably true that America is more moderate than either political party pretends. The poll Cenk cited represents a pretty solidly centrist view of what’s important to the people (versus what’s important to political consultants and their clients). The problem is that Republicans and right wingers don’t actually care what the people want (they have other bosses) and the Democrats are so afraid of upsetting the mythical center-right core of the electorate that they have trimmed and tacked until they’re actually to the right of the people.

    Where Mr. Big Time Economist gets it wrong is when he tosses in the silly canard that Obama is a radical leftist and this has disgusted people. Fact-free opinioneering, a particular sin of academia that drives just about everybody nuts. As Cenk points out, Obama and the Washington-based media are both substantially to the right of the people and the people’s will is not being acknowledged or heeded.

    This way bad government lies.

  • grafxmail7

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You need to read what you write before you post it. In fact you should read 3 or 4 times and then you might post something that makes sense.
    Some how you were talking about yourself in this post. It might be the drugs confused you.

    gordonbloyershow

    You’ve been exposed to as the fraud copy you want to be!!!!!!:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_n3hg-Gbg

  • chicgoods10
  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    grafxmail7 said:
    gordonbloyershow You’ve been exposed to as the fraud copy you want to be!!!!!!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_n3hg-Gbg

    LOL, if I have been “exposed” why am I still here using my real name and you are still here using a phony name to keep your self unexposed?

  • got a grip

    Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier than O’Donnell claiming the use of the term “union bosses” was ALSO a sign of racism, along comes this guy with his conclusion that Obama is to the right of the majority of the voters…… the more you pay attention, the more you realize so-called extremist Rush’s assertion that liberalism is a form of mental disorder has some merit. Amazing.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    got a grip said:
    Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier than O’Donnell claiming the use of the term “union bosses” was ALSO a sign of racism, along comes this guy with his conclusion that Obama is to the right of the majority of the voters…… the more you pay attention, the more you realize so-called extremist Rush’s assertion that liberalism is a form of mental disorder has some merit. Amazing.

    More an indoctrinated fixation that retards their ability to assimmilate information not comporting to their petrified world-views.

  • Cancon2

    He is a Turd, I mean Turk..

  • got a grip

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    More an indoctrinated fixation that retards their ability to assimmilate information not comporting to their petrified world-views.

    Exactly…leads to some world class hypocrisy and contortions. Love how Sink tries to deal with the Republican landslide last fall- see people didnt really agree with what they stood for, they were simply all “tricked” into voting for Republicans by evil commercials Republicans paid for. “Yeah (self-satisfied grin), that’s the ticket.”

  • http://Mediaite.com uggugg

    Liberals and Conservatives should learn the facts and quit guessing and believing its true
    I believe, in all fairness to the citizens of America, we should list the gross income amount reported to the IRS each year by every tax payer in America and place it on a special register or chart allowing it to be viewed on the internet. This way, no one can sway another with miss-information or rhetoric trying to obtain special advantages while in negotiations or communication in the Senate or House of Representatives. This would also be very accurate information for State, County and Cities to deal fairly with one another and people hired to work for these Government agencies. Anyone who is against this idea could possibly feel it would prevent him from using miss-information or rhetoric to gain unfair advantage for him and/or his colleagues. This would be transparencies at its best.
    The best non-personal way of handling the above suggestion would be to list, on a register or chart to be posted on the internet all incomes between 0 to $50,000.00 annually, how many incomes are between $50,000.00 and $100,000.00, how many incomes are between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00, how many incomes are between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00, how many incomes are between $500,000.00 and $2,000.000.00, how many incomes are between 2,000,000.00 and $1,000,000,000.00. Plus how many are above $1,000,000,000.00 annually. This information could be beneficial for many small businesses since many of them are catering to various clienteles in need of merchandise that they may offer. Governments are a business and would benefit also, College students could set their sights on where they want to be in the future. Many benefits are here but may scare those set in their ways.
    Besides posting the annual amounts, we could post the trade or position held in each category.
    People are more reasonable on all sides when true facts are presented

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Inboca/1829370356 Dave Inboca

    Color Me Badd said:
    Whoever wrote this piece is pretty stupid.

    Yes, doucherina, and I think that Frances Martel has proved that she’s a right-winger in previous posts—NOT!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Inboca/1829370356 Dave Inboca

    Color Me Badd said:
    Why do you have to be a filthy racist POS?

    Yes, doucherina, because Baghdad Bob was an Arab and Cenk Uygur is a Turk, two entirely different races. Not that a pathetic turd, er, turk-lover like yourself would know the difference.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Inboca/1829370356 Dave Inboca

    got a grip said:
    Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier than O’Donnell claiming the use of the term “union bosses” was ALSO a sign of racism, along comes this guy with his conclusion that Obama is to the right of the majority of the voters…… the more you pay attention, the more you realize so-called extremist Rush’s assertion that liberalism is a form of mental disorder has some merit. Amazing.

    Yes, Rush is right 90+% of the time, and with the mental health, or lack of same, in the liberal “mind”—-Rush is 100% bullseye on target. Just check out some of the posters here and Cenk-Stink, and you’ve got a quorum for a medium-size asylum.

  • my dogs gone

    The term conservative is very mainstream for now. However, Americans do like the social policies that have enabled many folks to prosper and suceed, even survive in America. Overall, we will support generous causes for civil rights and the needy. Neither party will cut the social programs which are a major portion of the budget.
    This is neither conservative or liberal; it is humane.

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