Hardball Goes After Giuliani
If you take a look at the right sidebar, you see a feature of MSNBC with videos. Click on the video of MSNBC’s Hardball (about Giuliani). What’s-his-name found it, seemingly, funny to see that Giuliani laughed off most of Russert’s difficult, hard-hitting, questions.
That’s great.
Personally, I didn’t find it funny at all and I got the impression that Giuliani himself wasn’t having such a good time either. Russert asked the difficult questions which need to be answered. Giuliani’s reactions proved to me that he can’t answer some questions (in a satisfying manner). That’s not hilarious. That’s a major problem for the mayor.
What can I say, the guy undeniably have some things going for him as well as against him, but I just see a mixture of good and bad wrapped around a core of opportunism and self-centeredness that makes Nixon and Johnson look like an open-minded, straight-shooting and humble pair of guys.
Hate to keep harping on you for going easier on Hillary than other candidates, Michael, but this laugh tactic was exactly what she did a few weeks back when she did the Sunday talk show circuit. Another blog did a montage then of HC and now has Giuliani, and had both film clips up today- it was the Clinton Cackle and now the Giuliani Giggle or something like that (and while I agree with you, it really isn’t funny- I have to admit that seeing the spliced tapes was pretty humorous- it was so obvious and ludicrous, hard to believe anyone would think that was a legitimate way to answer tough questions by laughing them off as though the criticism shouldn’t be taken seriously.)
Clinton and Guliani - in it for their own self-realization. That is okay.
In it for their own self-realization, and damn what corners are cut. That is not okay.
I just see a lot of gray inside these people, and with Obama stating bravely and clearly that "Don’t ask don’t tell" is a discredit to the US Army I can see what is wrong with the GOP and the DNC, simultaneously. Only one candidate so far has offered me that realization with one single statement.
I’m a bit confused about the Hardball-Russert reference. Hardball is Chris Matthews. Russert hosts Meet the Press. Is there a Hardball reference to MTP? It’s Russert who is the self-appointed arbiter of candidate attacks. After all, it was Russert’s aggressive debate moderation (not much moderate about it) that single-handedly slowed the Hillary train.
kreiz: yes, Matthews referenced the Giuliani MTP show.
cool. thanks for clearing that up.
In his arrogance, Guiliani thinks he is so 9/11 invincible that he can laugh off any probing question and the followers will blindly waddle along.
Matthews devoted a few minutes to Giuliani’s Meet the Press interview, but obsessed for weeks over Hillary’s confusing answer about giving licenses to illegal immigrants in NY. I find Giuliani’s uncomfortable laughter a lot more troubling, because a lot of it was to avoid answering questions he should be able to answer about his own conduct or judgement. I don’t get why there was so little coverage in the media about that interview.