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center rising

(971 posts)
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:15 PM May 2012

Chuck Todd was a total asshole today

Anyone who saw his show this morning knows what I'm talking about. Hyping the NBC/Marist poll is one thing, but then trying his damnedest to figure out how in the hell Romney can win in the fall with his fudging the electoral college map like he did is something else. He is trying so hard to make Romney look good and Obama look bad, it was incredible.

Add to that, talking with former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold about the Scott Walker recall race. Hyping one poll that has Walker up 52-44, while completely ignoring another poll that has the race tied at 49. When Feingold brought up the other poll, Todd shrugged it off, like he couldn't actually believe those numbers.

Todd, like the rest of the MSM, wants a close race, but today, he went completely Republican. He looked like he was working for FauxNews today. How about a little objectivity Chuck?? Obviously you blew it today!!

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Chuck Todd was a total asshole today (Original Post) center rising May 2012 OP
Why is today different from any other day? GoneOffShore May 2012 #1
I call him Putz Todd. Lugnut Jun 2012 #7
Then it was a normal day for Chuck Todd, who has never NOT been an asshole. (nt) scarletwoman May 2012 #2
Talk about the real assholes like CNN and Fox Life Long Dem May 2012 #3
He's an asshole EVERYDAY!! n/t :) Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2012 #4
I like that commercial where he is pondering The Magnitude of Chuck BeyondGeography May 2012 #5
Wait a minute. hrmjustin May 2012 #6
I/m not a fan of Chuckies abolugi Jun 2012 #8
yes but he worked for a dem senator and was the... hrmjustin Jun 2012 #9
He acts like a republican proud2BlibKansan Jun 2012 #10
how? n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #11
Same way Sen. Joe Lieberman does. Ikonoklast Jun 2012 #12
Rarely, if ever, have I hard Todd defend the President or defend or explain a leftist action..n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #13
That is not his job! hrmjustin Jun 2012 #14
It IS his job if he's going to defend and push republican issues. Are you sure you're monmouth Jun 2012 #15
Yes i am my friend. All I am saying is that I don't see him as a bad... hrmjustin Jun 2012 #22
Bull-fucking-shit. Iggo Jun 2012 #25
Schmuck Todd BumRushDaShow Jun 2012 #27
He's a number cruncher Capt. Obvious Jun 2012 #18
yes that right n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #23
You can always recognize Chuck. He's the one bent so far backwards librechik Jun 2012 #16
I can't stand that man... cynatnite Jun 2012 #17
That would be David Gregory who got ... GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #19
My bad. Thanks for the correction... cynatnite Jun 2012 #20
Nothin new. L0oniX Jun 2012 #21
Today? Iggo Jun 2012 #24
Ok maybe I am at fault and not paying enough attention to... hrmjustin Jun 2012 #26
Just today? I thought it was a chronic condition. nt tsuki Jun 2012 #28
I've always thought of him as Rush's anal cyst. lunatica Jun 2012 #29

BeyondGeography

(39,399 posts)
5. I like that commercial where he is pondering The Magnitude of Chuck
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:27 PM
May 2012

He's doing it all for the little guy, you know.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
6. Wait a minute.
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:29 PM
May 2012

Todd is no republican. Todd worked for Tom Harkin before going to hotline. Now the poll that had them at 49% was a democratic poll, so he is not going to give it much weight. As for going through electoral college possibilities for Romney, well that's his job. You are being unfair to the man. This is a close race not because he or the media want one, but because it is close. The economy stinks and the President will suffer for Bush's mistakes.

abolugi

(417 posts)
8. I/m not a fan of Chuckies
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 01:12 AM
Jun 2012

but to respond to your post and say "Chuckie is a hard core republican here's the proof" I looked at his wikipedia page and it says his wife Kristian is a "Democratic operative"....

Color me shocked!!!

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
9. yes but he worked for a dem senator and was the...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 01:16 AM
Jun 2012

...liberal editor of Hotline. Hotline hired 2 editors one lib and one con. Todd is no goper

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
10. He acts like a republican
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 01:16 AM
Jun 2012

That's all that matters. I don't care what his voter registration card says. I don't care what his former job was. I don't care what his wife does for a living.

He acts like a fucking republican.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
12. Same way Sen. Joe Lieberman does.
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 01:43 AM
Jun 2012

Doesn't walk the walk.

"By their works shall you know them."

Chuck Todd can call himself a Fruit Salad, but that doesn't mean he is one.

Or maybe...

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
14. That is not his job!
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:29 AM
Jun 2012

He is not there to defend anyone. He is an analyst. Things are not going well for Obama now so he it id not going to sound good now. OK maybe you guys are seeing something I am not. I will look harder next time.

monmouth

(21,078 posts)
15. It IS his job if he's going to defend and push republican issues. Are you sure you're
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 12:28 PM
Jun 2012

in the right place????

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
22. Yes i am my friend. All I am saying is that I don't see him as a bad...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:50 PM
Jun 2012

...guy like you do. He is not there to take sides and he does not take sides.

BumRushDaShow

(130,139 posts)
27. Schmuck Todd
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:03 PM
Jun 2012

is no Walter Cronkite. And as long as he refuses to "analyze" GOP talking points with as much verve as he does dissecting and combing through Democratic talking points, then he loses all credibility.

librechik

(30,678 posts)
16. You can always recognize Chuck. He's the one bent so far backwards
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 12:30 PM
Jun 2012

to appear unbiased that he is literally attached to Mitch McConnell's turtle toes.

Maybe he is liberal. Who would ever know given the output of his on-screen utterances?

Good thing he's got such a great resume. Without that, no one would ever know he was anything but a paid shill for the Republicans and their militaristic donors.

If he were a liberal in his heart, he would not be able to do the sterling job he does for GE, IMO.
He's just a weak kneed self censoring phony.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
17. I can't stand that man...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 12:47 PM
Jun 2012

I've seen him spout talking points, not challenge flat out lies, and more or less show how lazy he is on the job.

I caught some grief here on DU because I always liked Tim Russert. The worst thing MSNBC ever did was give Chuck Todd Tim Russert's job. In no way did he ever deserve it.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
26. Ok maybe I am at fault and not paying enough attention to...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:53 PM
Jun 2012

...Chuck Todd. You guys may have a point I will pay more attention.

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