Craig Ferguson Asks MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe If “Journalist” And “Democrat” Are The “Same Thing”

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by Mark Joyella | 1:53 pm, December 9th, 2010

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MSNBC commentator and author Richard Wolffe, on CBS’ Late Late Show Wednesday, admitted to the label “journalist,” but not “Democrat”–leading host Craig Ferguson to ask if those weren’t two words for the same thing.

Wolffe described President Obama’s tax cut deal with Republicans as “embarrassing,” but suggested the broken campaign promise would actually insulate the president from GOP criticism since Republicans were now “in bed with him.”

That prompted this exchange:

FERGUSON: You’re a Democrat, aren’t you?

WOLFFE: I am a journalist.

FERGUSON: A journalist? Much the same thing, isn’t it?

Watch the exchange–and Wolffe’s full comments on the Obama tax cut deal here, from CBS:

Wolffe, who was notably evicted from his regular post as a guest on Countdown, came under fire for serving simultaneously as a ~~Democrat~~ journalist and a senior strategist for Public Strategies, a lobbying and PR firm in Washington.

He’s recently been on a book tour for his latest Obama book, Revival.

(h/t NewsBusters)

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Magister

Purely a housekeeping suggestion, but because clips from Craig have become more frequent, y’all should know that they’re pretty good at uploading to his YouTube channel and while the highlights are a nice illustration for the posts, the full segments could be placed in the wrapper.

For example, here’s the full Richard Wolfe interview for anyone who may be interested.
Probably NOT wrong

Another Left Wing Pencil Neck Geek that authored a couple
books he couldn’t give away!
MSNBC nearly daily whiner is Wollfe
Just4thefax

Fact: Craig Ferguson Asks MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe If “Journalist” And “Democrat” Are The “Same Thing”. Of course they are the four hundred plus of them got leaked at the very end right before the election that was lost to the Messiah but they did stay secret a lot longer than any military leak that came their way. That’s the fact!
flagringo

>>>> TRUTH to POWER <<<<
BatBoy

This is very interesting to watch…these Democrats who think they are not, who put this president into office and now HE…THE ONE….has the Audacity to TURN ON THEM????

HOW DARE HE !

In reality, he hasn’t ….Obama to date has only talked about the tax cut legislation…during the next two years he will do everything in his power to make sure it does not work. You can take that one to the bank!
bealzebubba

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Craig Ferguson Asks MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe If “Journalist” And “Democrat” Are The “Same Thing”. Of course they are the four hundred plus of them got leaked at the very end right before the election that was lost to the Messiah but they did stay secret a lot longer than any military leak that came their way. That’s the fact!

Punctuation can be like a warm blanket.
CAconservative

Obimbo broke his campaign promise to raise taxes? And that’s a good thing? Just as the adage says, “a bad law is no law at all”. That adage also applies to bad promises!
lane

funny and true. transparency is a good thing!
felixw

At MSNBC, Democrat and Journalist do mean the same thing.
ChiliPeppersFan

bealzebubba said:
Punctuation can be like a warm blanket.

punctuation can save lives also…
let’s eat, grandma
let’s eat grandma
notsofast

So true!

Bitch slap that lib, Craig!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
SarahP

Actually, they are the same.
Cecelia

Best line I’ve heard all month!
George C

SarahP said:
Actually, they are the same.

I appreciate your BFD like honesty .
Nacho

My only question: Is he implying that a conservative or republican are morally incapable of being a journalist?
J Baustian

Nacho said:
My only question: Is he implying that a conservative or republican are morally incapable of being a journalist?

The descriptive title one should aim for is “reporter”. You know, one who reports what happened? “Journalist” has a negative aroma because journalism schools have become training camps for left-wing propagandists.
Nahu Tuk

Of course “journalist” and “democrat” are not the same thing. <1% are Republican, 12% are socialists, 11% are communist, 15% are so-called "progressives" and 2% don't know what the heck they are but will bend to the highest bidder.
http://none pyrope

And so many media outlets can’t understand why they no longer have any credibility. Heck, as intelligent as they’re supposed to be, you’d think they could eventually figure out their littany of lies are transparent and their former customers are a lot smarter than they’d calculated.

The one redeeming virtue of the Boston Glob is that it’s still good for wrapping fish. The New York Slimes, however, is better for starting fires.
http://none pyrope

Probably NOT wrong said:
Another Left Wing Pencil Neck Geek that authored a couple
books he couldn’t give away!

Correct. They’re in the bargain bin at Books-A-Million, and selling for fifty cents each.