Watching MSNBC (this morning) and Thomas Roberts ROCKS!!!!

[calimary]

Oh MAN!!!!!

He's being FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!!!

And he's making mincemeat out of that little prick rinsed penis!!!!!! OMG!!!!

I think I'm in LOVE!!!! Where has he been all our lives??? THIS is what I want to see from news anchors/interviewers - PARTICULARLY on MSNBC.

He would NOT let that arrogant little punk just blather away. He was NO stovepipe or stenographer or chuck todd type. He jumped in, IMMEDIATELY, on the crap priebus was trying to push, and talked over him. And he wouldn't let go! And there were actually times when that little pipsqueak actually had to stop talking, and chuckle uncomfortably and shake his head and momentarily give up. Thomas Roberts just kept hammering him! Hammering him with facts. Hammering him with accuracy. Hammering him with rebuttals that he clearly had at his fingertips because I guess, all this time, that Thomas Roberts has been paying attention or something.

I was literally up on my feet CHEERING!!!!

I called MSNBC (212) 664 - 6605 and let 'em know! They transferred me to a listener message line and I left a message there, too. I posted on Facebook, and emailed 'em ( [e-mail] ) to tell them so. That journalistic disgrace chuck todd could take a lesson. Hell, as good as she is, even Rachel Maddow could take a lesson! You do NOT concede the point to these bastards. You do NOT let them get the last word. You do NOT let them get a word in edgewise or talk over you or try to steamroll you or interrupt you to win the point. And Thomas Roberts did not concede one millimeter!!! He treated that pipsqueak the way he deserved to be treated - and it was a THING of BEAUTY!!!!!

[Dalai_1]

1. Thomas was just great!

He does his homework and holds the line! Doesn't get any better than he did this morning!

[Whisp]

2. I like your writing style.

I'm only 5 or 6 lines down and am laughing out loud.

okay, I'll get back to reading more now.

[calimary]

17. }:D

[Snotcicles]

3. Maybe Chris Hayes can do sleepovers at his house and learn something. nt

[90-percent]

21. Chris

His good manners are too deeply engraved in his being to be rude and interrupt and shout over guests. But I think he's getting assertiveness training.

-90% Jimmy

[TheDebbieDee]

32. I agree. And I feel the same way about Rachel Maddow......

They are both almost too polite to be taken seriously!

But I still love them all.......

Also, Thomas Roberts may be auditioning for a spot that may open soon on MSNBC (total speculation on my part).

[alfredo]

34. Maddow's strong suit is clearly explaining complex issues

[TheDebbieDee]

40. But those of us with short attention spans cannot wait for her

to get to the point. I have fallen asleep waiting for her to get to the bottom line on one of her screeds! Sometimes, she teases a subject through 3 commercial breaks.

[alfredo]

41. But whose fault is that?

[TheDebbieDee]

44. It's not entirely my fault. A good speaker should also have the ability

to cut to the chase!

[alfredo]

47. But cutting to the chase can omit important details.

[90-percent]

46. A point

I have not studied this hypothesis, but it's my contention that political news shows with guests and panels used to have manners. Every person was kind of given equal time for their POV. I would guess that change took place some time in the early eighties, probably coincident with the repeal of the fairness doctrine, perhaps?

The civility has now disappeared and like the rest of our society, the most aggressive one wins!

-90% Jimmy

[alfredo]

48. I noticed when Falwell rose to power, the dialog went south. He was exceedingly rude.

He would shout over those who dared disagree. He would filibuster the segment, knowing time was at a premium. Others in the Christian right followed suit. The networks saw such arguing was good for ratings so they encouraged boorish behavior.

[gopiscrap]

4. I agree, he totally pawned Rinse Penis! I loved it!!!

[bunnies]

5. Hes my favorite anchor by far.

Roberts rocks!

[freshwest]

6. Thanks for you reported here. I'd love to see the youtube video or a transcript but don't expect it.

[calimary]

7. Maybe Mediaite or Buzzfeed or somebody will have it?

It was TEXTBOOK!

Sheer fabulous TEXTBOOK! Thomas Roberts hit one so far out of the park it went directly into Earth-orbit! REALLY put that little turd in his place - where he belongs!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Mediate has it up -

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/reince-priebus-to-msnbcs-thomas-roberts-sounds-like-im-debating-the-chairman-of-the-dnc/

[freshwest]

12. I can only see video with youtube codecs. But youtube is making medialite videos available, too. TY.

[calimary]

15. OH YEAH!!!!!

I love it - "GOP rep: 'We have to get something out of this'."

HAH! MY ASS!!!!

That's what it's all about with these assholes. They have to get something. Greedy bastards!!! I say shove it back in their smug fucking lying faces! They're terrorists and hostage-takers and extortionists and they're full of shit! They shouldn't be allowed even to finish a sentence, much less dominate the narrative!!!

Thomas Roberts showed 'em who's boss, who's really "right," and in the process showed every other journalist everywhere, on MXNBC and elsewhere, how to handle these bastards!!! DAYUM!!! What GREAT television!!! At LONG LAST!!!!

(Yeah, I'm shouting... can't help it! Sorry to be insufferable, but man, when I see my point proven and run all the way to the goal-line, I just kinda go nuts!!! I've been waiting for something like this for SO DAMN LONG!!!!!)

[JDPriestly]

43. "a president who is not willing to negotiate"?

The ACA was negotiated in the Senate, hashed out in the House, fried by the Supreme Court, gradually implemented over the past four years.

What can't the Republicans understand about that? It is a done deal.

If they want to make a change here or there, let them offer a bill on the floor.

Using the budget as a bludgeon to get rid of a law they don't like when they know they don't have the votes in the Senate or the signature of the president is just bullying.

But then, isn't that what Republicans are about? Bullying?

[freshwest]

13. If there was enough of this, I'd be tempted to renew cable!

Will await your next report!

[uponit7771]

8. Sounds like we need more of him, anyone got a vid?

[calimary]

16. Here:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/reince-priebus-to-msnbcs-thomas-roberts-sounds-like-im-debating-the-chairman-of-the-dnc/

Savor the magnificence!

[Enrique]

36. my favorite part

is how the RNC chairman is complaining about people not being able to sign up for Obamacare.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Roberts kicked ass

Left Rancid gurgling this this guy -

[monmouth3]

10. I would love to see him on Morning Joe. Thanks for the heads up on this..n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. It was amazing to watch.

When Reince told him to join the administration it was ko.

One thing I wish he challenged him on was the big lie about none signing for it, and not being able to. We had people here tell us they did.

[Lugnut]

18. Thomas clobbered the little prick and I was cheering.

It was a beautiful thing to see.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Priebus to Roberts - "Does the Constitution allow a bill to become a law?"

The jerk doesn't even know how a bill becomes a law!

[SaveAmerica]

26. Or that Congress passes the budget, "holds the purse"

If the Republicans were in the White House,” Priebus said, “we wouldn’t have a president that didn’t pass the budget.”

He's a prince alright.

[Liberalynn]

33. He must not have ever watched that cute little "School House Rock" piece

Someone should find it and send it to him.

[Left Coast2020]

49. Rancid Penis has got to be ignorant, or poorly educated.

When Roberts was making a point, Rancid Penis kept on talking. Now how disrespectful is that? Truly a group of people who have to be louder and ruder to get their way. Anywhere else, Rancid Penis would have been decked for not shutting his trap.

[Neurotica]

20. Roberts was not only brilliant, but also respectful

while still standing firm and not letting Priebus get away with all that BS.

Calm, cool, collected...and right.

[kydo]

22. TR is one of me favs

I always try to watch his show and especially when fills in on morning blow

[calimary]

23. "Morning Blow" !!!! Love it, kydo!!!

Because joe definitely blows - the vast majority of the time!

[shireen]

24. love Roberts but

i wish he was on prime time so i can watch him!

[Blue Owl]

25. Rinse and Repeat

[abq e streeter]

27. Watched part of it before I started feeling too many IQ points slipping away whenever Preibus spoke

I hope Roberts doesn't meet the same fate at CNN as Soledad O'Brien. But maybe even Fox -lite is sensing the wind shifting and will start allowing their people to challenge republican lies. Not holding my breath but maybe , just maybe.

[cilla4progress]

28. Glad you are so stoked!

I've seen him before and didn't have much of a reaction. Just middle of the road MSNBC type. I hope I can get this online.

Only problem is: the people who need to see this, are over on FAUX!

[judesedit]

29. Bravo Thomas for telling it like it is. We definitely need more of you & less of the way too-polite

Thank you MSNBC for putting someone on there that is not afraid to talk to the majority of this country in plain language.

[calimary]

30. Wow! I never had a post make it into the "Trending Now" column before!

Thanks guys!

I'm so glad people are seeing this! What they really NEED to see, though, is the video of Thomas Roberts NOT ALLOWING that little NRC prick to have his say, unchecked and without challenge! chuck todd (also known as "Todd-Blossom" among other things) could take a lesson. He certainly needs to be schooled as to how hosts and moderators MUST set the record straight when one side is spewing bullshit! Failing to do so (or in todd's case, REFUSING to do so) just lets the bullshit stand as though it were somehow fact-based as well. It HAS TO be talked down!!!! Even SHOUTED down if necessary!

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/reince-priebus-to-msnbcs-thomas-roberts-sounds-like-im-debating-the-chairman-of-the-dnc/

[handmade34]

31. he merely stated the FACTS!!

but Mr. Priebus just wanted to talk nonsense

[blackspade]

35. Never mind!

Saw it! Thanks!

[Raffi Ella]

38. here's the link that was posted upthread-

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/reince-priebus-to-msnbcs-thomas-roberts-sounds-like-im-debating-the-chairman-of-the-dnc/



Oh MAN! I just watched -YES. that is how you do it. Thank You Mr. Roberts! Gonna go write/tweet/call because THAT deserves recognition. Thanks for the post.

[grahamhgreen]

37. I've worked with Thomas, he's a great guy, nice to see him being supported!

[AAO]

39. And he is a hunk of a man! Maybe the fact that he's openly gay makes him more enlightened

than those still in the closet, eh, Todd?

[dgibby]

42. It was an encore performance!

One of the best I've ever seen, as a matter of fact. Thanks for posting.

[Roland99]

45. The BEST part ......

When Thomas responds to Rince's question (after the schoolhouse rock banter of how a bill becomes law) of "are we just supposed to capitulate?"

Thomas' reply: "No. You're supposed to govern."


Oh....SNAP!!

[Cha]

50. KIck.. thanks calimary!