Hackett on Daily show now n/t

Really funny

I'm thinking never.

but thank goodness for the Daily show for calling them on it. I hope they're all squirming.

:-(

EVERY DLCer needs to see this Hackett segment. EVERY ONE!

nt

who was beating Ed Helms over the head with a bottle was FREAKIN BRILLIANT! LMFAO!!!!

TDS really hit the mark on that one

Sorry for shouting, but that was pure genius and oh so true!

I'll have to watch the re-run!

"...and are scared shitless to make decisions."

Oh, god, my sides hurt!

:rofl:

:rofl:

Amazing what you can point out with comedy...

Hackett looked like he was enjoying himself! :)

It was amazing!!!!!

As soon as I saw this, I knew there'd be a thread. The Daily Show wins again. I can't believe how on the money this was.

It makes so much sense.

I'll admit it...I was wrong to not like Hackett!!!!:blush::blush:

Why is it that the only place on TV to hear anything sensible is on a FAKE news show?

Hackett played along beautifully.

and, dump them!"

:rofl:

"I care about the environment. That's why I'm standing in front of a river."

"I care about agriculture and adorable children."

lol

that was truly great!

:)

right now in a nutshell. Absolutely beautiful!

That consultant on the show

He spoke for himself and the Daily show didn't need to say anything except getting beaten up and winning, or think that he won.
a must see.

He was on a panel Lou Dobbs tonight too-and just as horrible, though he talked less.Lou asked why no one was standing with Feingold and Schweinkopf said the republicans are doing so bad the best thing for Democrats to do is just stand aside, watch and smile, let them destroy themselves.

Lou got irritated and said "What about those of us who aren't smiling. These are real problems..." and went on to name many.

But it made me wonder if our policy is to sit back and let republicans self destruct, if this guy had any real say.

Then there he is with Helms! Helms story about the bottle and waiting for the guy to hit himself joke fit Schweinkopf's just stand aside and smile advice on Dobbs perfectly! QUIT listening to consultants. Good God, watch republicans and bush screw America and smile? Way to show leadership.

This was hilarious but sad because it is so true.

...I also support the environment. That's why I'm standing in front of a river."

And Hackett's poll #'s vis-a-vis Brown were pretty poor.

That being said, the way they forced Hackett out was pretty terrible, and the points they raise in this segment are pretty applicable across the board for the Democratic Party.

We'd much rather have a viable candidate who can raise money and win.

If he's smart, Hackett will learn from his experience and become a better campaigner.

This Ohio Dem is not grateful that we were denied a primary and stuck with a longshot Senate candidate.

Nobody on these boards should ever presume to "speak" for all.

I want a Dem in the Senate, too. But I am not "grateful" that we were denied a primary.

who hate Paul Hackett......

I want all to know that as a southwestern Ohio voter and activist, I am devastated by the shut-out tactic and treatment of Paul Hackett...many, many Democrats are disenchanted.

Ozark is not a voice for Ohio on this issue, just an exception to the norm.

No wonder the party hacks didn't want him to run. That segment really said it all about what's wrong with the party right now.

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That bit with Paul Hackett would have provoked raging flame wars against TDS for not supporting democrats. Now it's come to this...and we're applauding and saying "it's about time!"

My, how times have changed!

willing to do silly things. It wasn't only a poke at the DLC or whatEVER. And, that's why it was cool. He was poking fun at himself first. :)

And could honestly use a little constructive criticism if we actually expect to win in November. We can't just squeak by. We need a landslide.

Perfect antidote to the screaming uglies on Fox.

though, given his history, I doubt you could rely on him to be a good counterpoint to FAUX.

He does have the big ego and the mouth for a talk show, he's much better suited for the media than for running for office.

it was a DOUBLE Great Night!!!!

It's a good thing Shrub goes to bed early! If he saw those two shows, he'd be freaking again!

The National party really blew it on this one! No surprise there.

I'm sure Brown's a great guy but he won't pull strongly with the lapsed Dems in Ohio's rural counties, like Hackett would have. And, anyway, primaries are the way for local Dems to decide who speaks for them and/or who they'd like to support in the general elections.

Washington-based Dems have never understood Ohio. Nothing changes.

Hilarious segment! I think I'm in (political) love with that man. :)

Hackett/Stewart???
ha

:kick:

you're freakin brilliant!

(we could save the country and the world.)

Just trying to find that perfect "fit" for the 2008 ticket..

good job!

Hackett is a big mouthed, ego-maniac. He's not in the same league as Feingold. And he's definitely NOT a liberal.

Meow. :9

what you mean!

Wish the Dems hadn't done that to him...

couldn't believe hackett and/or daily show did it!

(okay--i can believe daily show did)

was this paul hackett's message to the DLC?????

good for him! it was great.

I was laughing so hard I had rewind it twice to hear what they were saying.

It made me look at my party in a different light.
We DO need a LEADER who isn't afraid to say what they mean!!!
I wish Hackett would have stayed in in some way, snubbed his nose at everyone.
That piece was brilliant!

makes.

"...Ari Berman, The Nation: One thing that hasn’t come up so far is Paul
Hackett, who obviously you’ve helped in the past. Hackett says he will campaign for you but at the same time he’s leaking an opposition memo about you to the press; he’s bashed you on right-wing radio, and he, generally speaking, seems more concerned with becoming a martyr than in helping Democrats get elected. Do you think that he will campaign for you in places like southern Ohio and how important a role do you think he can play in helping you win?

Brown: I hear what Paul says, that he will support me. I hope that he does. I hope that he campaigns extensively around the state. I have no idea what he’s actually going to do. He’s made a major contribution, especially in the special election last year, helping, with a lot of others, to make Iraq…helping people to understand more about the Iraq war. I hope he continues that kind of education for Ohioans.

Terence Samuel, AOL.com: Can you comment on how that scenario’s played out and what it says about the party generally -- the Paul Hackett situation?

Brown: It says little about the party. It says that one candidate was thirty points behind in the polls and barely had enough money in the bank to meet his payroll, and had no endorsements, only had union and only about three elected officials that I know of and party leaders endorsements, and wasn’t able to put together a big Senate race. A Senate race in a big state is a very extraordinarily complicated machinery to put together, and Paul had never been in a big race before. He’d been in a congressional race, which is a sprint, where he got huge help from outside his district, outside the state, including from me. I sent an organizer down there to put his get-out-the-vote operation together and raise money for him, and so did others. In the Senate race, he was way more on his own and he had to go from a city council seat, or a village council, in a town of four or five or six thousand to city council, I guess, to run for the Senate is a step that is very, very difficult and I think that he came up against reality. But it says nothing about the party. The party was not involved. I had my allies. Henry Waxman called some of his Los Angeles contributors for me and said “Sherrod Brown is the real progressive in this race; I hope you help him.” I had people around the country whom I knew doing that, who were progressives, but there was no party leader involvement…Dean or Reid. So, the reality was just politics... "


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And frankly Democrats have been getting our asses kicked by the GOP machine since 1968 and that is mostly what the Daily Show was pointing out. The segment did not criticize Sherrod Brown in any way at all, it criticized the Democrats for continuing to use the same strategies that have been making them lose elections for so many years.

If the insiders had thought that they could have picked up a senate seat in Minnesota in 1990, they would have forced Wellstone out of the race because he didn't have a lot of money or insitutional support. Thank god they didn't think that the seat could be one.

Hackett's no Wellstone.

One of the best segments ever.

I know there are video links (or I assume there will be at some point), but I'm at work with no speakers and I'd like to see if I heard something correctly when I saw it last night.

If not, no big deal. I'll just hunt around for the video when I get home later.

The Beltway "leadership" and strategists need to see this.
Hackett was terrific.
It's sad, though, when the Party establishment is reduced to little more than a joke for late night comedians.

I'm sure they'll get a better idea about why he's better suited for the race.

or are you trying to scare them away? Did you ever hear of the line "You can win more friends with honey than with vinegar"?

I'm a good Democrat. I live in Pennsylvania but am an Ohio native. I am willing to go to the Cincinnati area to work for Sherrod Brown in the November election (provided that Santorum doesn't have a sudden burst of popularity in PA).

The Daily Show is a satire. :) Paul Hackett's appearance on it was all tongue-in-cheek. It was funny, and it was SUPPOSED to be funny! This thread was conveying that until certain posters had to start saying degrading things about Hackett. It wasn't necessary.

Take a good look at what you are doing. You wouldn't want to drive help away from Brown's campaign, would you?

It doesn't matter to the rest of us how this feud got started. All I can say is, at this point these arguments are doing nothing to win the day for Sherrod Brown.

JMHO,

blue neen

up to lately,or don't care.

You'd be an excellent PR person.

Good luck in the campaign.

:dem:

I'm not from Ohio..but I'd vote for Hackett!!

He will make a great politician, I hope he sticks with it....