No... really... there's just no getting around it:
"I want to say one thing about the budget that didn't get passed, the omnibus bill. You know, we talk a lot about - we just passed this huge tax cut in part because business said, you know, we have to plan, we have to know what kind of tax cuts we have. Well, these agencies, including the Defense Department, don't know how much money they've got and for what. And I was at - forgive the expression - a Christmas party at the Department of Justice and people actually were really worried about this," NPR's Totenberg said on PBS this weekend.
H/T to Tom Elia who adds with wisdom:
Taking people like Totenberg seriously is becoming increasing hard to do....
And to think that our tax dollars in some way subsidizes this kind of nonsense...
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Comments (41)
Nina, "forgive the expressi... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | December 20, 2010 1:59 PM | Score: 30 (36 votes cast)
Nina, "forgive the expression", but you're a fucking idiot.
1. Posted by GarandFan | December 20, 2010 1:59 PM |
Score: 30 (36 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 13:59
2. Posted by epador | December 20, 2010 2:01 PM | Score: 10 (14 votes cast)
# 1 Thread Ender.
2. Posted by epador | December 20, 2010 2:01 PM |
Score: 10 (14 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 14:01
3. Posted by davidt | December 20, 2010 2:03 PM | Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Does Totenberg claim to be - forgive the expression - an objective news journalist?
3. Posted by davidt | December 20, 2010 2:03 PM |
Score: 15 (15 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 14:03
4. Posted by Edward Sisson | December 20, 2010 2:24 PM | Score: 4 (10 votes cast)
I think she is just picking-up on the criticism that Obama got for leaving the press conference for a Christmas party and that Manchin got for missing a Senate vote in order to attend a Christmas party.
4. Posted by Edward Sisson | December 20, 2010 2:24 PM |
Score: 4 (10 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 14:24
5. Posted by GarandFan | December 20, 2010 2:24 PM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
No, but she once stayed at a Holiday Inn, thus qualifying herself as one of the 'elite east coast intelligentsia'.
5. Posted by GarandFan | December 20, 2010 2:24 PM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 14:24
6. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 2:44 PM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
I dont know about forgiving an expression, but her face is unforgivable.
6. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 2:44 PM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 14:44
7. Posted by jim m | December 20, 2010 2:44 PM | Score: 17 (17 votes cast)
#4 is probably correct and she was just trying to be witty in making an obscure reference to those issues.
Unfortunately, she has already confirmed her credentials as a far left hater wishing conservatives to die from AIDS so there is no point in cutting the B***h any slack.
7. Posted by jim m | December 20, 2010 2:44 PM |
Score: 17 (17 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 14:44
8. Posted by Upset Old Guy | December 20, 2010 3:26 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
"I think she is just picking-up on the criticism..." Edward Sisson
That's a thoughtful response, one that didn't occur to me (as these days I don't give any thought to Totenberg or what she means when she says something).
On the other hand, she's a long-time professional journalist. She's supposed to be able to express herself clearly and make herself understood. #1 nailed it, thread ender.
8. Posted by Upset Old Guy | December 20, 2010 3:26 PM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 15:26
9. Posted by DaveD | December 20, 2010 3:38 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
That's weird. I usually apologize for using the terms NPR or PBS.
9. Posted by DaveD | December 20, 2010 3:38 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 15:38
10. Posted by Jim Addison | December 20, 2010 5:25 PM | Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
This ridiculous subsidy needs to be ended. Period.
10. Posted by Jim Addison | December 20, 2010 5:25 PM |
Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 17:25
11. Posted by davidt | December 20, 2010 5:38 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
National Progressive Radio.
11. Posted by davidt | December 20, 2010 5:38 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 17:38
12. Posted by Bruce Henry | December 20, 2010 6:19 PM | Score: -29 (33 votes cast)
Mr Sisson is almost undoubtedly correct. And it's not that obscure a reference, and not that unfunny a joke. In other words, it's pretty obvious that Ms Totenberg was NOT "apologising for saying 'Christmas.'"
Even Mindreader Jim was able to recognize that fact. Even Old Guy could see it.
Not so our friend Rick, who insists on being offended and victimized despite the fact that no offense was intended or given and there is no victim here.
And for added giggles, Rick quotes a guy who should have said "increasingLY hard to do," not "increasing hard to do."
12. Posted by Bruce Henry | December 20, 2010 6:19 PM |
Score: -29 (33 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 18:19
13. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 6:21 PM | Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
Get a life Henry..
13. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 6:21 PM |
Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 18:21
14. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 6:45 PM | Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
^ 12
Always pissin' and moaning about posts on here. Get your own damn blog and write stuff the way you want it to be, instead of continually making a fool of yourself on here.
14. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 6:45 PM |
Score: 13 (15 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 18:45
15. Posted by Michael | December 20, 2010 6:54 PM | Score: 8 (10 votes cast)
Brucie is unable to control himself as he is a congentital idiot.
15. Posted by Michael | December 20, 2010 6:54 PM |
Score: 8 (10 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 18:54
16. Posted by iwogisdead | December 20, 2010 6:57 PM | Score: 14 (16 votes cast)
Bruce Henry wrote:
Son, you need to hear some new jokes.
By the way, "Christmas Party" is not an "expression." I would think a journalist, like Totenberg, would understand that.
Oh wait . . . sorry.
16. Posted by iwogisdead | December 20, 2010 6:57 PM |
Score: 14 (16 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 18:57
17. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | December 20, 2010 7:05 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Saying that a liberal is an idiot is quite redundant, n'est-ce pas?
17. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | December 20, 2010 7:05 PM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 19:05
18. Posted by Woop dere It Is | December 20, 2010 7:32 PM | Score: -24 (28 votes cast)
"Not so our friend Rick, who insists on being offended and victimized despite the fact that no offense was intended or given and there is no victim here."
"And for added giggles, Rick quotes a guy who should have said "increasingLY hard to do," not "increasing hard to do."
What do you expect from a moron who thinks "dumb-ass" is spelled "dumbass."
Why? Because he is one.
18. Posted by Woop dere It Is | December 20, 2010 7:32 PM |
Score: -24 (28 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 19:32
19. Posted by Sky Captain | December 20, 2010 7:44 PM | Score: 13 (17 votes cast)
Stating the "Woop" is a dumbass is quite accurate, however.
Along with Bruce, who goes in "personal attack mode" when he can't debate effectively.
Apparently, Nina believes the expression "Christmas party" is offensive.
And I'm NOT taking it out of context, it's right there in the video. Only a dumbass couldn't see it.
19. Posted by Sky Captain | December 20, 2010 7:44 PM |
Score: 13 (17 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 19:44
20. Posted by Woop dere It is | December 20, 2010 7:53 PM | Score: -25 (29 votes cast)
"Apparently, Nina believes the expression "Christmas party" is offensive. "
No, dumb-ass, she never said that, or implied that either. You Fox News watching clowns are just too stupid to understand that.
That's what so funny about Rick's post. An idiot calling someone intelligent "an idiot." The along comes Sky Captain who doubles down on stupid, proces the ha too can mispell words, and demonstrates that he is also a moron.
20. Posted by Woop dere It is | December 20, 2010 7:53 PM |
Score: -25 (29 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 19:53
21. Posted by Michael | December 20, 2010 7:56 PM | Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
Is Woop dere it Brucie?... or do we have another idiot here sliming here?
21. Posted by Michael | December 20, 2010 7:56 PM |
Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 19:56
22. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 7:57 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Someone took a humongous galoob in aisle 18 & 20. Maybe the troll hammer can clean it up?
22. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 7:57 PM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 19:57
23. Posted by Harmon | December 20, 2010 8:05 PM | Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
#18
Really? Spelling and grammar criticism coming from someone who cannot spell "there" correctly"? Or perhaps you are the only one who is allowed to use creative spelling when using vernacular. Sometimes one spells words as they actually say them, or are you too ignorant to understand that?
Dumbass...
23. Posted by Harmon | December 20, 2010 8:05 PM |
Score: 12 (12 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 20:05
24. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 8:17 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
"#18
Really? Spelling and grammar criticism coming from someone who cannot spell "there" correctly"?"
Yes, but smart liberals look beyond the obvious to the nuance. Like 57 states for instance. We all know that the Indonesian in cheif is smart beyond reproach. If he says he is creating jobs in all 57 states, who are we to second guess?
So it is with 'Poop oh dear it smells' too.
24. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 8:17 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 20:17
25. Posted by Woop dere It is | December 20, 2010 8:30 PM | Score: -18 (20 votes cast)
"Really? Spelling and grammar criticism coming from someone who cannot spell "there" correctly"?"
No, I can spell it correctly, I just choose to use the slang.
That's the difference. Rick doesn't know it's misspelled. That's obvious from his misread of what Totenberg said, and the mountain of evidence (aka his Wizbang posts) which demonstrate on a daily basis that he really hasn't a friggin' clue.
914 is a perfect example of this phenomena. He really believes that President Obama thinks there are 57 states in the union.
Can't get any stupider than that. Oh, wait... let's cut him some slack. Let's call it a tie with Rick.
25. Posted by Woop dere It is | December 20, 2010 8:30 PM |
Score: -18 (20 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 20:30
26. Posted by iwogisdead | December 20, 2010 8:39 PM | Score: 7 (11 votes cast)
Woop dere It is wrote:
Really, she never implied that it was offensive? Then why did she ask forgiveness for using that "expression"? Because she doesn't understand what "forgive" means?
You are a dumb--ass. But, don't despair. You can still get a job at NPR. You dumb---ass.
26. Posted by iwogisdead | December 20, 2010 8:39 PM |
Score: 7 (11 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 20:39
27. Posted by Ken D. | December 20, 2010 8:53 PM | Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
I choose to ignore the comment and not read anything into it. Let's move on to more important matters.
27. Posted by Ken D. | December 20, 2010 8:53 PM |
Score: -4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 20:53
28. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 8:59 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
"No, I can spell it correctly, I just choose to use the slang."
No, I can spell it correctly, I just chose to use the slang.
Dont mention it.
28. Posted by 914 | December 20, 2010 8:59 PM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 20:59
29. Posted by JayRenn | December 20, 2010 10:38 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Does anybody know Nina's email address? I want to send her a Christmas card.
29. Posted by JayRenn | December 20, 2010 10:38 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 22:38
30. Posted by jim m | December 20, 2010 11:40 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Does anybody know Nina's email address? I want to send her a Christmas card.
I suppose she would consider it hate mail and report you to the FBI.
30. Posted by jim m | December 20, 2010 11:40 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 20, 2010 23:40
31. Posted by Sir Toby Belch | December 21, 2010 12:48 AM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Nina...smug, elitist with an upper West Side
bent. She's a maven in the lox-schmear-on
bialy crowd and has enjoyed a half-century
of adoration by a like-minded press. I wouldn't
help her across 5th Avenue if her legs were
broken.
31. Posted by Sir Toby Belch | December 21, 2010 12:48 AM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 00:48
32. Posted by Rodney G., Graves | December 21, 2010 1:08 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Pardon the expression, but Nina, "you're a bellybutton gazing schmuck and a perfect example of someone educated beyond their native intellect."
32. Posted by Rodney G., Graves | December 21, 2010 1:08 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 01:08
33. Posted by Opinionated Vogon | December 21, 2010 6:16 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Another nugget of wisdom from Nina.. she thinks not raising taxes is a "huge cut".
Orwell would be proud.
In the mind of the left all money is first property of the Government and then yours only after they take what they want.
33. Posted by Opinionated Vogon | December 21, 2010 6:16 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 06:16
34. Posted by Bruce Henry | December 21, 2010 6:41 AM | Score: -12 (16 votes cast)
Seriously, after Mr Sisson pointed out what she probably meant, does anyone here still believe that Ms Totenberg was "apologising" for saying "Christmas?" Really?
Anyone besides Rick, that is? Anyone who's not looking for an excuse to feel victimized and persecuted?
Another attempt to stir up a tempest in a teapot.
Oh, and # 23? Please point out where "there" is spelled incorrectly in anyone's comment. I don't see it.
34. Posted by Bruce Henry | December 21, 2010 6:41 AM |
Score: -12 (16 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 06:41
35. Posted by mag | December 21, 2010 6:58 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Not only is she an idiot, but as my grandmother would say "She no so cute".
35. Posted by mag | December 21, 2010 6:58 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 06:58
36. Posted by WildWillie | December 21, 2010 9:45 AM | Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Brucy The Speller, is that all you got guy. Criticizing spelling and grammar? I, as is most commenters here, work at a job. (for the liberals, that is where people go for 8+ hours a day to make money and pay taxes for you to take) so we don't have the time to read, re-read and correct comments. We know what their intention was. So, clam up buddy and grow up.
To quote Rush: "Words mean things". I take Nina's words as spoken. She never struck me as nuanced. ww
36. Posted by WildWillie | December 21, 2010 9:45 AM |
Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 09:45
37. Posted by GarandFan | December 21, 2010 10:00 AM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Ever notice that when a liberal "really steps in it", the defense is that they "were joking"?
I seriously doubt Nina was "joking". Perhaps she can get some pointers on comedic timing from Chevy Chase.
37. Posted by GarandFan | December 21, 2010 10:00 AM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 10:00
38. Posted by Jim | December 21, 2010 1:14 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Witless Nimrod "woop dere it is" opined thusly:
"No, dumb-ass, she never said that, or implied that either. You Fox News watching clowns are just too stupid to understand that.
That's what so funny about Rick's post. An idiot calling someone intelligent "an idiot." The along comes Sky Captain who doubles down on stupid, proces the ha too can mispell words, and demonstrates that he is also a moron."
If that ISN'T what it means, explain it. How exactly did she not very blatantly intimate that the terms "Christmas party" was offensive?
If you are going to jump in and start a fight you might think about actually picking something you can win with, you simply made yourself look like a fool with reading comprehension issues here.
38. Posted by Jim | December 21, 2010 1:14 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 13:14
39. Posted by Constitution First | December 21, 2010 2:12 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Man it's near impossible to expound on a thread once Garandfan comments:-)
Then Jim Addison comes along and steals what little thunder remains...
Merry Christmas everybody!
39. Posted by Constitution First | December 21, 2010 2:12 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 14:12
40. Posted by studakota | December 21, 2010 4:39 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
What man would ask, seriously, "Why don't they build a bridge to Hawaii"? Yet I've heard that question asked by a woman. "Illogical confusion" is how I'd describe the normal state of a woman's mind. Now combine this state of mind with a leftist doctrine, usually taught them by effeminate males, and what emerges are these examples: Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi, Ariana Huffington, Maureen Dowd, Nina Tottenberg, Elanor Clift, Rachel Maddow, Maxine Waters, to name a few. We all know that a Woman's plumbing is more complicated than a male's. Could it be that the inane actions of these mixed-up broads could be caused by something as mundane as a clogged pipe, or two?
40. Posted by studakota | December 21, 2010 4:39 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 16:39
41. Posted by studakota | December 21, 2010 4:57 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
What man would ask, seriously, "Why don't they build a bridge to Hawaii"? Yet I've heard that question asked by a woman. "Illogical confusion" is how I'd describe the normal state of a woman's mind. Now combine this state of mind with a leftist doctrine, usually taught them by effeminate males, and what emerges are these examples: Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi, Ariana Huffington, Maureen Dowd, Nina Tottenberg, Elanor Clift, Rachel Maddow, Maxine Waters, to name a few. We all know that a Woman's plumbing is more complicated than a male's. Could it be that the inane actions of these mixed-up broads could be caused by something as mundane as a clogged pipe, or two?
41. Posted by studakota | December 21, 2010 4:57 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on December 21, 2010 16:57