Video: Chris Wallace’s Abject Apology to Fox Viewers and Michele Bachmann

The Fox audience goes nuts, Wallace grovels
Politics • Views: 40,237

This is kind of pathetic. This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Michele Bachmann a surprisingly direct question: “Are you a flake?”

Bachmann was not amused.

“Well, I think that would be insulting, to say something like that, because I’m a serious person,” Bachmann, R-Minn., said in response to the question, “Are you a flake?”

Well, the Fox audience apparently freaked out, and we all know how ugly that can be, so this afternoon we have Chris Wallace with a groveling apology posted at the Fox News Sunday website.

Video

Jump to bottom

121 comments
1 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:24:18pm

I now agree completely that the Emperor's new clothes are fabulous!!!
//

2 Winny Spencer  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:24:47pm

I don't care that he was asking Bachmann. The question was incredible rude.

3 Amory Blaine  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:29:17pm

Dodging the question as usual.

/

4 Randall Gross  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:29:37pm

re: #2 Winny Spencer

Hard hitting interviewers usually are rude at some point during any interview. Compare Bill O'Reilly to Chris Wallace, then get back to me.

5 prairiefire  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:30:41pm

The GOP is stuck with a bunch of crazy. The floors are pretty slippery for any sane member of the Right.

6 Jeff In Ohio  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:30:42pm

"Why no Chris, I'm a committed religious zealot whose whole world and constitutional views are informed by an ongoing talk with God and what ever my husband tells me."

7 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:30:49pm

Hilarious. Fox has been pushing Bachmann's candidacy and I though it was odd that someone there would violate the echo chamber. I'm pretty sure he can withstand the rage of the wingnut viewers but I'm pretty sure this was a forced apology demanded by Fox management.

8 prairiefire  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:31:08pm

re: #4 Thanos

Hard hitting interviewers usually are rude at some point during any interview. Compare Bill O'Reilly to Chris Wallace, then get back to me.

Any one on Fox with President Obama.

9 Charles Johnson  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:31:13pm

Chris Matthews once asked Bachmann if she was hypnotized. Her glassy stare is kind of unnerving.

10 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:31:29pm

re: #4 Thanos

Hard hitting interviewers usually are rude at some point during any interview. Compare Bill O'Reilly to Chris Wallace, then get back to me.

There are degrees in rudeness. The rhetorical question reads like name-calling to me (cannot watch the interview, doesn't load for me).

11 justaminute  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:31:37pm

Wallace said it was all about the answers not the questions. We know. Questions and follow-ups are not your specialty.

12 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:31:41pm

Kiss ass.

13 prairiefire  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:32:00pm

re: #9 Charles

Chris Matthews once asked Bachmann if she was hypnotized. Her glassy stare is kind of unnerving.

I remember that. She also rocks back and forth a bit. That looks looney.

14 ElCapitanAmerica  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:32:55pm

What I want to know is what Mike Wallace thinks of his son as a journalist.

15 Randall Gross  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:35:43pm

re: #10 000G

I've seen long expository about how "some people think you are X, or call you Y" followed by the "Well are you X or yY" question technique so many times during interviews that it's ridiculous, and so have most politicians who have gotten past the city council or school board level. Any Pol who would get overly offended or huffy when the technique gets used demonstrates that they can't handle media or that they are thin skinned or both.

16 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:36:54pm

re: #10 000G

There are degrees in rudeness. The rhetorical question reads like name-calling to me (cannot watch the interview, doesn't load for me).

Nevermind.

Definition of FLAKE
: a person who is flaky : oddball

Definition of FLAKY
: markedly odd or unconventional : offbeat, wacky

[Link: www.merriam-webster.com...]

17 shiplord kirel  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:37:28pm

Poor Chris. It's humiliating enough to be 63 years old and still be known as "Mike Wallace's kid."

18 Charles Johnson  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:37:46pm

re: #12 Slumbering Behemoth

Kiss ass.

Yeah, he probably got chewed out by Ailes.

19 jaunte  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:39:03pm

re: #10 000G

There are degrees in rudeness. The rhetorical question reads like name-calling to me (cannot watch the interview, doesn't load for me).

From Fox:

The question on "Fox News Sunday" arose in response to Bachmann uttering a couple of remarks that some have suggested are "gaffes," including talking about anti-America members of Congress and suggesting that NATO airstrikes had killed up to 30,000 civilians.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]


Wallace failed to ask any follow-up questions about these statements.

20 Randall Gross  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:39:19pm

That nervous chuckle right at the end is him thinking "I can't believe that I'm being made to apologize for this."

21 JamesWI  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:40:21pm

A rare moment on Fox News when a right-wing politician isn't coddled and made to look fantastic, for about 3 seconds.

We all knew it would end this way. Maybe Palin convinced him to ask that question.

22 Stanghazi  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:40:25pm

They are OWNED by the GOP. OWNED.

23 jaunte  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:41:07pm

Any candidate for President yammering about anti-American members of Congress had better be prepared to defend their claim.

24 Henchman 25  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:41:17pm

re: #22 Stanley Sea

At this point, it's hard to tell whether Fox owns the GOP or the GOP owns Fox.

25 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:41:22pm

Michele, are you a twit?

26 Interesting Times  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:41:59pm

re: #24 SteelPH

At this point, it's hard to tell whether Fox owns the GOP or the GOP owns Fox.

Answer: They're both owned by the Killionaire Koch brothers.

27 shiplord kirel  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:42:19pm

re: #24 SteelPH

At this point, it's hard to tell whether Fox owns the GOP or the GOP owns Fox.

I vote for the former.

28 Henchman 25  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:42:31pm

re: #26 publicityStunted

Good point.

29 thatthatisis  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:43:12pm

I just went through the previous thread on her, and in the video of her describing her career, she said God told her husband that she should go to law school for a post-doc degree in tax law. She said she didn't want to, and didn't like tax, but went for the degree because it's God's will that a wife must submit to her husband.

If she were to be elected President, who would we be electing - her, or her husband? If Bachmann's husband told her God told him we should invade Iran, would she then do it because she had to submit to her husband?

30 Stanghazi  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:44:32pm

re: #29 thatthatisis

God-->Husband--->President of the US.

wow, that's crazy

31 Henchman Ghazi-808  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:44:45pm

Wow, this is more disturbing signs of outright unscrupulous newsmen sucking up to agenda driven editors. Wallace was doing his newsiest best at getting a straight answer (kudos to him) and he got the beat down later, to which he had to suck up and apologize.

32 Linden Arden  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:45:04pm

Bachmann is the only Tea Party approved in the field right now. Wallace just insulted the whole movement - got to give him his due for once.

Like I said earlier, the TP will demand she balances out a Romney type nomination and Bachmann is likely to get redistricted out of the House. I would not want to be in her way for the next six months.

33 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:48:17pm

Michele, I find you to be enormously dim witted, but your supporters finance you and promote your ideals...can you tell us your strategy to rein in the vacuously ignorant voters and explain to us why God would talk to you but not them?...do you see yourself as being divinely exceptional?

34 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:48:53pm

re: #31 BigPapa

Wow, this is more disturbing signs of outright unscrupulous newsmen sucking up to agenda driven editors. Wallace was doing his newsiest best at getting a straight answer (kudos to him) and he got the beat down later, to which he had to suck up and apologize.

he likes his paycheck too

35 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:49:38pm

re: #26 publicityStunted

Answer: They're both owned by the Killionaire Koch brothers.

Speaking of...did you hear one of the brothers bought a Billy the Kid photo for a cool 2.3 million at auction. An auction preview expected the tintype image to sell for between $300,000 and $400,000.

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

36 jaunte  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:50:11pm

Michelle Bachmann, all-American McCarthyist flake.

"What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out if they are pro-America or anti-America."
37 nines09  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:51:06pm

Well now. I guess he was told to not be disrespectful of who they back/support/ hope wins? It can't be some sort of journalistic creed or gentlemanly qualities being called to reason. Fox has none.

38 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:51:36pm

re: #35 blueraven

Speaking of...did you hear one of the brothers bought a Billy the Kid photo for a cool 2.3 million at auction. An auction preview expected the tintype image to sell for between $300,000 and $400,000.

[Link: www.reuters.com...]

it's one of a kind, worth whatever is paid for it

39 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:54:41pm

re: #38 albusteve

it's one of a kind, worth whatever is paid for it

I have no doubt about that. It is a very cool item indeed. My problem is with the buyer being such an ass, that he is trying to make the poor and middle class pay for his excesses.

40 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:56:41pm

re: #39 blueraven

I have no doubt about that. It is a very cool item indeed. My problem is with the buyer being such an ass, that he is trying to make the poor and middle class pay for his excesses.

don't know the Koch brothers myself...they can do whatever they want as far as I'm concerned

41 Turkey Jihad  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:57:48pm

Whenever someone prefaces something with "I didn't mean to insult," or "I didn't mean to offend," someone just got insulted and/or offended.

42 Henchman Ghazi-808  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 1:59:21pm

re: #34 albusteve

he likes his paycheck too

So do I, but I don't need to be dishonest to get one.

43 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:01:13pm

re: #40 albusteve

don't know the Koch brothers myself...they can do whatever they want as far as I'm concerned

You are correct sir. They can at that.

44 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:02:14pm

re: #42 BigPapa

So do I, but I don't need to be dishonest to get one.

I have no clue about any dishonesty...I assume most of what he regurgitates is bunk

45 dragonfire1981  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:11:10pm

re: #42 BigPapa

So do I, but I don't need to be dishonest to get one.

Me neither, that's why I am never getting into politics or banking

46 stpaulbear  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:12:04pm
did you hear one of the brothers bought a Billy the Kid photo for a cool 2.3 million at auction.

They'll probably gift it to Clarence Thomas.

47 shutdown  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:12:11pm

Hello again, all
I had asked this morning, but nobody answered... What happened to Bob Levin? He used to post pages with reasonable regularity and make comments, but seems to have dropped off the face of the earth since mid-May.

48 Henchman Ghazi-808  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:12:33pm

re: #45 dragonfire1981

Me neither, that's why I am never getting into politics or banking

You forgot to add right wing blogging. FYI, just for your records, just sayin.... LOL.

49 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:14:29pm

re: #47 imp_62

Hello again, all
I had asked this morning, but nobody answered... What happened to Bob Levin? He used to post pages with reasonable regularity and make comments, but seems to have dropped off the face of the earth since mid-May.

I don't know. He seemed more active in the pages and the comments. I don't recall him saying anything. Maybe a new girlfriend or job is taking up his lgf time.

50 shutdown  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:16:22pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Thanks, KT

51 Turkey Jihad  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:19:15pm

And a happy Pride weekend to those of the "gay persuasion." (I overheard that this past week, lol.) Anyway, there was quite a celebration yesterday in Houston. Estimated up to 150,000 showed up. About 149,500 more than the average Teabag rally. Suck on that, Bachmann.

52 shutdown  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:19:41pm

re: #51 Kid A

And a happy Pride weekend to those of the "gay persuasion." (I overheard that this past week, lol.) Anyway, there was quite a celebration yesterday in Houston. Estimated up to 150,000 showed up. About 149,500 more than the average Teabag rally. Suck on that, Bachmann.

But will they vote?

53 A Man for all Seasons  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:20:10pm

re: #44 albusteve

I have no clue about any dishonesty...I assume most of what he regurgitates is bunk

Winston and I are back home in Oklahoma safe and sound...
I don't think we have neutral interviewers any more.. It's all about gotcha journalism on the left and right. From O'Reilly kicking you in the nuts or Chris Matthews leg keeps tingling.. I really like MTP.. But since Gregory took over not so much..( I'd pay big bucks to a Charity just to slap that smirk off his face, Think about David..You'd make a damn fortune!) I wish the media would stay in the center and be neutral in it's questioning...

54 Turkey Jihad  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:20:36pm

re: #52 imp_62

Who's "they?"

55 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:22:03pm

Oh poor Chris Wallace, slapped stupid by John Stewart, spun around like a top, redfaced and reeling, and then slapped stupid AGAIN by the braying subhuman rabble of Fox News diehards

56 shutdown  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:22:04pm

re: #54 Kid A

Who's "they?"

The folks who come out for gay pride events. You can be sure that 99.9% of the TP attendees will vote in primaries and general elections. Turnout amongst non-radicalized voters is not so hot.

57 Decatur Deb  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:23:08pm

re: #51 Kid A

"Gay Persuasion": Technicolor 1959. Gary Cooper plays a construction worker who refuses to wear stripes with plaids.

58 Turkey Jihad  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:24:00pm

And one thing I noticed yesterday in Houston was the huge amount of straights like me that just wanted to participate in something wholly American. It was one big party with everyone having a great time and getting along. Not one single incident or breakout of violence. Things in my lifetime (I'm almost 40) have dramatically changed, and all for the better.

59 SpaceJesus  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:24:26pm

The woman is some kind of robot sent from a planet where everything is completely stupid and evil.

60 Killgore Trout  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:24:30pm

re: #53 HoosierHoops

I wish the media would stay in the center and be neutral in it's questioning...


Generally I agree. However, I think it's a mistake to take these candidates seriously. Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnel are one thing but we're talking about the Presidency here and wingnuts are dying to run joke candidates like Palin, Bachmann or Donald Trump. The press has been overly kind in treating these idiot loons and serious people. They really should be publicly mocked.

61 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:24:44pm

re: #31 BigPapa

Wow, this is more disturbing signs of outright unscrupulous newsmen sucking up to agenda driven editors. Wallace was doing his newsiest best at getting a straight answer (kudos to him) and he got the beat down later, to which he had to suck up and apologize.

Wallace isn't a newsman, he's an infomercial pitchman

There is nothing "news" about that guy, at all, in any fashion, he's at best a propagandist

62 RadicalModerate  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:24:44pm

So, Chris Wallace - how soon will we see that apology from you and FoxNews to Jon Stewart for your incredibly disingenuous edits and rather rude conduct toward him on your recent interview?

Didn't think so.

63 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:25:06pm

re: #53 HoosierHoops

I wish the media would stay in the center and be neutral in it's questioning...

Never has, never will.

64 Renaissance_Man  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:26:06pm

re: #53 HoosierHoops

I wish the media would stay in the center and be neutral in it's questioning...

I wish the US media would report events and investigate into facts, rather than creating stories and angles.

65 Turkey Jihad  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:26:09pm

re: #56 imp_62

The folks who come out for gay pride events. You can be sure that 99.9% of the TP attendees will vote in primaries and general elections. Turnout amongst non-radicalized voters is not so hot.

Agreed, though I should have made the point like I did in #58 about the incredible "crossover" appeal that was there yesterday. TPs? As white bread and monolithic as it gets.

66 Turkey Jihad  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:26:45pm

re: #62 RadicalModerate

So, Chris Wallace - how soon will we see that apology from you and FoxNews to Jon Stewart for your incredibly disingenuous edits and rather rude conduct toward him on your recent interview?

Didn't think so.

*crickets* *crickets*

67 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:27:09pm

re: #64 Renaissance_Man

I wish the US media would report events and investigate into facts, rather than creating stories and angles.

We in the States are not alone. Just look at any old british tabloid.

68 shutdown  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:28:00pm

Ok, Lizards - I am going out to meet my wife and youngest daughter for dinner. Amazing how small a family can become once one goes off to work for the summer and the other goes to wrestling camp. Yikes!

69 Renaissance_Man  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:29:15pm

re: #67 Slumbering Behemoth

We in the States are not alone. Just look at any old british tabloid.

No, of course, but tabloids are one thing, and the old British style, pioneered by Murdoch, was rather direct about how it titillated readers. The US version of total media immersion and creation of virtual worlds is quite something else.

70 Petero1818  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:29:18pm

Well I think it is pretty sad that he was forced to do this. I did think it was a decent interview, and the flake thing was not the best part of it. I think that the focus on this flake question is subterfuge to avoid having to adress the more substantial problems in the interview particularly her absurd contradictory position on Gay Marriage, and more importantly her inability to coherently explain the contradiction in criticizing Obamcare for removing 500 Billion from Medicare, but voting for the Ryan plan which does the very same thing.

71 shiplord kirel  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:29:21pm

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
226 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

TXZ035-262230-
LUBBOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH
226 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...TEMPERATURE AT LUBBOCK/S PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO
APPROACH THE CITY/S ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH THIS AFTERNOON...

AS OF 215 PM CDT...THE TEMPERATURE AT LUBBOCK/S PRESTON SMITH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD REACHED 110 DEGREES. A NEW DAILY RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE IS IMMINENT...WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 111
DEGREES SET IN 1994.

CLIMBING TEMPERATURES ARE ON PACE TO APPROACH A MORE NOTABLE MARK
LATER TODAY. WITH 3 HOURS OF DAYTIME HEATING REMAINING...IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT LUBBOCK/S ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 114
DEGREES COULD BE THREATENED BY THE END OF TODAY. THAT RECORD WAS
SET ON JUNE 27TH 1994.

LUBBOCK...AND ALL SOUTH PLAINS RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION TODAY DURING THESE RECORD HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS. DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER AND LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. CHECK ON THE ELDERLY
AND DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

72 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:31:38pm

re: #69 Renaissance_Man

How 'bout this as an alternative?

73 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:32:59pm

Drive by post...

I was out in the yard with Bluesville on my XM radio blasting from my shed and my 9 year old daughter said she loved this song. It made her dance. I have wonderful faith in her future love of real music.

:)

Youtube Video
74 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:34:13pm

re: #52 imp_62

But will they vote?

Well they have the only lesbian mayor in a major US city, so I would guess yes, they will vote.

75 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:35:30pm

re: #73 NJDhockeyfan

Drive by post...

I was out in the yard with Bluesville on my XM radio blasting from my shed and my 9 year old daughter said she loved this song. It made her dance. I have wonderful faith in her future love of real music.

:)

[Video]

good stuff...I suggest she pound down some Southern Comfort while she mixes her vocals

76 austin_blue  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:36:23pm

re: #71 shiplord kirel

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Gaa!

And it's insult to injury given that the drought looks like this:

[Link: www.drought.unl.edu...]

And yes, both the Shiplord and I are in that 70% of the state in "Exceptional Drought".

77 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:38:19pm

re: #76 austin_blue

Gaa!

And it's insult to injury given that the drought looks like this:

[Link: www.drought.unl.edu...]

And yes, both the Shiplord and I are in that 70% of the state in "Exceptional Drought".

Me too. Thank goodness for that bit of rain last Tuesday!

78 FreedomMoon  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:39:37pm

When I posted the original comment this morning, I thought to myself, wow, good for Chris. I'll always jump on board with rational and logical comments, statements, or questions, regardless of whoever makes it. And recently (aside from the stupid interview he gave to Stewart) Wallace has been doing a great job challenging the tea-party movement's ideology. However, now he just threw it all out the window. Although he had done so little, at Fox it was leaps and bounds. Alas, it is no more.

79 NJDhockeyfan  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:39:45pm

re: #76 austin_blue

Gaa!

And it's insult to injury given that the drought looks like this:

[Link: www.drought.unl.edu...]

And yes, both the Shiplord and I are in that 70% of the state in "Exceptional Drought".

Prayers sent your way. We went through that a few years back. It sucked big time.

80 austin_blue  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:40:31pm

re: #77 blueraven

Me too. Thank goodness for that bit of rain last Tuesday!

I got 1.9" out of that. Too bad it has been the only rain this month. All it did was close the cracks in may yard!

81 Political Atheist  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:40:31pm

Oh crap. My cat has just gotten herself stung by a bee. That is one unhappy cat right now. At least D_L got the stinger out while I held the cat. Next up-Witch hazel on the paw.

82 Decatur Deb  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:42:13pm

re: #81 Rightwingconspirator

Oh crap. My cat has just gotten herself stung by a bee. That is one unhappy cat right now. At least D_L got the stinger out while I held the cat. Next up-Witch hazel on the paw.

Try a baking soda paste--can't hurt.

83 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:44:07pm

re: #80 austin_blue

I got 1.9" out of that. Too bad it has been the only rain this month. All it did was close the cracks in may yard!

Cooled things off for a couple of days, which was a nice respite. Hot out there today though.
Husband and daughter are out on Lake Travis right now. The lake is low so a lot of people cant get boats in due to ramps being out of the water. We still have a couple nearby that are doable.

84 Petero1818  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:45:04pm

My guess is between the interview, the apology and later in his program the further attack on Stewart, the Daily show is going to savage him this week (assuming Stewart is also not on holiday).

85 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:45:13pm

Inara George covers her dad Lowell
Trouble

Youtube Video
86 austin_blue  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:46:25pm

re: #79 NJDhockeyfan

Prayers sent your way. We went through that a few years back. It sucked big time.

Thanks, NJD. We have been in a drought/flood cycle here for pretty much the last decade. It's all heavily influenced by the ENSO, which has been shuttling faster and faster lately.

87 makeitstop  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:48:41pm

re: #85 albusteve

Inara George covers her dad Lowell
Trouble

[Video]

I installed a set of outdoor speakers on our porch yesterday.

The first album used to test them? Waiting For Colmbus, of course.

88 austin_blue  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:52:30pm

re: #83 blueraven

Good for them!

Poor Shiplord..

Current Conditions - °F | °C
As of 3:53 PM on Sunday 26 Jun 2011 (Local Time) from KLBB Reporting Station
Few Clouds Few Clouds
111°
Feels Like: 111°
Wind Chill: 111° Ceiling: Unl
Heat Index: 111° Visibility: 10mi
Dew Point: 26° Wind: 17mph
Humidity: 5% Direction: 240° (WSW)
Pressure: 29.8" Gusts: 26mph
Report Text: KLBB 262053Z 24015G23KT 10SM FEW130 44/M03 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP020 T04391033 58017

Today's Forecast
5 PM
Sunny Sunny 110°
6 PM
Sunny Sunny 110°
7 PM
Sunny Sunny 108°

89 blueraven  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:54:41pm

re: #88 austin_blue


That is almost unbearable. Ugh!

90 austin_blue  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:56:31pm

re: #85 albusteve

Inara George covers her dad Lowell
Trouble

[Video]

What a great song..

91 A Man for all Seasons  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:56:38pm

re: #88 austin_blue

It's really hot here.. The wind feels like a furnace..
Just got back home 2 hrs ago.. Today's favorite song
I'm going home

Youtube Video
92 Interesting Times  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:57:04pm

re: #89 blueraven

That is almost unbearable. Ugh!

Obviously God's punishment for New York's approval of gay marriage.

93 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:57:49pm

re: #87 makeitstop

I installed a set of outdoor speakers on our porch yesterday.

The first album used to test them? Waiting For Colmbus, of course.

the greatest live sax solo ever...Tower of Power's Emillio Castillos...Mercenary Territory
heard that song many times through the years with different sax players, including Lenny Pickett, but none were as white hot as the WFC gig...legendary

94 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 2:59:57pm

re: #29 thatthatisis

I just went through the previous thread on her, and in the video of her describing her career, she said God told her husband that she should go to law school for a post-doc degree in tax law.

She graduated from Oral Roberts University Law School. When I informed my conservative mom and stepdad of this last weekend they literally face-palmed.

95 makeitstop  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:03:51pm

re: #93 albusteve

the greatest live sax solo ever...Tower of Power's Emillio Castillos...Mercenary Territory
heard that song many times through the years with different sax players, including Lenny Pickett, but none were as white hot as the WFC gig...legendary

I'm listening to it again now as I type. Everybody was completely on it that night, to a man.

My wife asked about my recent infatuation with listening to Little Feat. I told her that if by 'recent' she meant for about the last 45 years, then yeah, it's recent. :)

96 A Man for all Seasons  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:05:26pm

re: #93 albusteve

the greatest live sax solo ever...Tower of Power's Emillio Castillos...Mercenary Territory
heard that song many times through the years with different sax players, including Lenny Pickett, but none were as white hot as the WFC gig...legendary

Until mourning is over The Big Man is the greatest Sax player ever..
I saw him only once live...Him and Bruce did a silly little skit on stage like a play for a few minutes.. They were laughing like little kids...You could tell they were close friends...And what band in the world could pull that off?
I saw Alice Cooper try it once and got boo'd big time..Even Tommy couldn't stop and act out a little play...It was silly but cute..And everybody laughed along

97 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:06:24pm

re: #95 makeitstop

I'm listening to it again now as I type. Everybody was completely on it that night, to a man.

My wife asked about my recent infatuation with listening to Little Feat. I told her that if by 'recent' she meant for about the last 45 years, then yeah, it's recent. :)

in the 90-s to 2005-6 Little Feat was so good live it was flat out scary...I was there...I have a ton of boots and sometimes I pull one out and they just blow me out of my socks

98 TedStriker  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:09:46pm

re: #17 shiplord kirel

Poor Chris. It's humiliating enough to be 63 years old and still be known as "Mike Wallace's kid."

And I have a hell of a lot more respect for old-school Mike than his son Chris...

99 albusteve  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:14:09pm

re: #98 talon_262

And I have a hell of a lot more respect for old-school Mike than his son Chris...

millionaire, pin headed, tongue wagging, tripe spewing talking skull....utterly worthless

100 A Man for all Seasons  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 3:15:49pm

re: #97 albusteve

in the 90-s to 2005-6 Little Feat was so good live it was flat out scary...I was there...I have a ton of boots and sometimes I pull one out and they just blow me out of my socks

Listened to a blues show this morning in the Ozarks...
People I have never heard of.. It was awesome.. But there was a song from the 30's by some Gal called I'm a two dollar woman...
Nasty..swinging music...Can't find it at youtube...

101 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:14:15pm

re: #23 jaunte

Any candidate for President yammering about anti-American members of Congress had better be prepared to defend their claim.

Actually, they are owned by the House of Saud.

/ ;)

102 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:16:55pm

re: #94 goddamnedfrank

She graduated from Oral Roberts University Law School. When I informed my conservative mom and stepdad of this last weekend they literally face-palmed.

Do they like Beck? His chief so-called historian is also an ORU grad. [Link: bit.ly...]

Same for Ted Haggard.

103 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:49:20pm

re: #94 goddamnedfrank

She graduated from Oral Roberts University Law School. When I informed my conservative mom and stepdad of this last weekend they literally face-palmed.

Is Oral Roberts really accredited?

Really?

104 jvic  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:53:56pm

re: #2 Winny Spencer

I don't care that he was asking Bachmann. The question was incredible rude.

Representative Bachmann, some observers denounce you as a frivolous extremist. What is your response? And more in that vein.

What's so hard about that?

105 jvic  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:56:09pm

re: #94 goddamnedfrank

She graduated from Oral Roberts University Law School. When I informed my conservative mom and stepdad of this last weekend they literally face-palmed.

Afaik gather she took a postgraduate tax program at William & Mary.

I'd like to know if she passed a bar exam.

106 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:56:57pm

re: #2 Winny Spencer

I don't care that he was asking Bachmann. The question was incredible rude.

Sometimes rude gets the most honest responses.

107 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:57:53pm

re: #4 Thanos

Hard hitting interviewers usually are rude at some point during any interview. Compare Bill O'Reilly to Chris Wallace, then get back to me.

O'Reilly is rude and uninformed. That's a bad combination.

108 Petero1818  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 5:17:40pm

re: #2 Winny Spencer

I don't care that he was asking Bachmann. The question was incredible rude.

The question was not that rude. He made clear that he was asking her to comment on the fact that some people have charged that she was a flake. After making clear that is what he was saying he said " so are you a flake?" He gave her a chance to respond. Perhaps he should have said " so how do you respond to those that say you are a flake?"

109 Peter Kaufman  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 5:30:34pm

But asking Obama if he really is a Christian, or if he was really born in this country.. that's cool.

Peter
inklake

110 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 5:44:05pm

re: #94 goddamnedfrank

She graduated from Oral Roberts University Law School. When I informed my conservative mom and stepdad of this last weekend they literally face-palmed.

ahahahahahahahaha of course

111 Lady_Love  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 7:38:58pm

re: #108 Petero1818

Wouldn't that be like asking someone if they still beat their wife? What is the problem with interviewers and powerful women? (of all stripes)

Don't care about politics, but damn shouldn't decency count for some people?

And yea, hit and run; but gotta get up early and don't want to bother the private thread with nothing to say :)

112 Eclectic Infidel  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 7:39:42pm

I am sure he did learn something that day: TOW THE LINE!

113 Petero1818  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 9:02:27pm

re: #111 Lady_Love

Wouldn't that be like asking someone if they still beat their wife? What is the problem with interviewers and powerful women? (of all stripes)

Don't care about politics, but damn shouldn't decency count for some people?

And yea, hit and run; but gotta get up early and don't want to bother the private thread with nothing to say :)

I'd like to say I get your point, but I don't. If a number of people in Washington were saying that Romney beat his wife, I would expect that when Romney showed up at an interview someone might say, " you know the rap on you going around is that you beat your wife. So Mitt, did you beat your wife?"

People want to make this about gender. It may or may not be that people calling her a flake is about gender, but wallace's question was not. He was in my opinion giving her an opportunity to answer to her critics. I have no problem with it.

114 Flavia  Sun, Jun 26, 2011 10:13:43pm

re: #4 Thanos

Hard hitting interviewers usually are rude at some point during any interview. Compare Bill O'Reilly to Chris Wallace, then get back to me.

So, because Bill O'Reilly is rude, Chris Wallace should also be rude?

Wallace should have curbed his impulse. I sympathize with him - I'm not sure I could have resisted, either. Then again, I am not a professional interviewer, as he is supposed to be.

OTOH, he could have couched his apology in terms of "In light of [list acts/statements here, it was hard to not ask the question..." In nicer words, of course - that whole professional thing, ya know...

115 kirkspencer  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 5:35:39am

re: #26 publicityStunted

Answer: They're both owned by the Killionaire Koch brothers.

Very late to this but want to get my two cents in.

No, they're not, though the concept works.

Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who sits at the table with the Koch brothers. There are some others - Walton (of Walmart), Forbes, Coors, just to name three.

116 Eventual Carrion  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 7:30:43am

re: #67 Slumbering Behemoth

We in the States are not alone. Just look at any old british tabloid.

Like The Sun? Oddly enough owned by the Rupert Murdock media conglomerate. Funny how that POS is always floating to the top.

117 Rocktheboat  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 7:57:18am

Only a flake would apologize for ''upsetting'' the likes of Michele Bachmann.

118 gdalpert  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 8:19:05am

What a strange controversy. It wasn't an attack on Bachmann. It was a softball opportunity to define herself, instead of letting others define her.

Think about it this way. What would the president do if Rachael Maddow asked him, "Are you a socialist Muslim?"

I see him grinning, and using the opportunity to explain why his policies aren't any more socialist than GWB and to point out how crazy the "secret Muslim" theories are.

119 simoom  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 9:17:22am

re: #62 RadicalModerate

So, Chris Wallace - how soon will we see that apology from you and FoxNews to Jon Stewart for your incredibly disingenuous edits and rather rude conduct toward him on your recent interview?

Didn't think so.

He actually spent the last segment of yesterday's Fox News Sunday doing an O'Reilly-esque propaganda monologue in defense of the editing of the interview, "fact checking" Stewarts statements, criticizing polls that found Fox News viewers misinformed ("if you question whether climate change was occurring ... you were also mistaken" [shocking! ///]), and doing general Fox News apologetics. He basically shed the last shreds of his journalistic detachment / objectivity, becoming fully a creature of Fox News.

120 martinsmithy  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 9:32:30am

Chris Wallace's question to Michele Bachmann shows a lack of journalistic competence.

By phrasing a question as an ad hominem attack, he personalized the discussion and allowed Bachmann to cop out.

The questions should have been about her specific political and personal viewpoints that qualify her to be characterized as a flake.

121 martinsmithy  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 9:35:16am

Also, I wouldn't characterize Wallace's response as a "groveling" apology. He rightfully admitted he asked Michele Bachmann the wrong question. But he didn't abase himself.


This article has been archived.
Comments are closed.

Jump to top

Create a PageThis is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet. To use it, drag this button to your browser's bookmark bar, and title it 'LGF Pages' (or whatever you like). Then browse to a site you want to post, select some text on the page to use for a quote, click the bookmarklet, and the Pages posting window will appear with the title, text, and any embedded video or audio files already filled in, ready to go.
Or... you can just click this button to open the Pages posting window right away.
Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT LGF User's Guide RSS Feeds

Help support Little Green Footballs!

Subscribe now for ad-free access!Register and sign in to a free LGF account before subscribing, and your ad-free access will be automatically enabled.

Donate with
PayPal Cash.app
Recent PagesClick to refresh
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ...
Cheechako
2 days ago
Views: 105 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
Cheechako
2 weeks ago
Views: 270 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1