Chuck Todd talking on MSNBC about the unease in the room during the McCain/Palin interview

[eleny]

He was looking hard for words to describe what he felt about the vibes. Said that the two seemed uncomfortable around each other. That they know they're losing and that there was genuine discomfort.

Now saying that he can't emphasize enough how the body language spoke to the unease. (My paraphrase)

[Muttocracy]

1. ooh, just said some of the staff are worried about their own reps and futures... nt

[eleny]

5. Yeah, and said it looked like people wondered why they had them in the room together

I mean - yikes almighty. It reconfirms that McCain had nothing to do with selecting her.

[The Blue Flower]

12. They sure won't be putting this campaign on their resumes

nt

[dennis4868]

2. I too would be uncomfortable...

if I went with my grandfather to parent teachers conferences....

[LSparkle]

3. Sister Sarah is Cinderella ... but she's about to end up in the PUMPKIN PATCH!

Give us back those clothes, honey -- we're going to give
them to charity. You're gonna have to find your own way
back to Alaska; the private jet just turned back into a
pumpkin ...

[City Lights]

6. LOL!

No more Bippity Boppity Boo for you, Sarah!

[sickinohio]

9. HAHAHAHA

They're selling the Jet on Ebay!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[eleny]

10. Or the dustbin of history

:rofl:

[GalleryGod]

19. Rich Lowery of NR online or Jonah Goldberg would gladly buy-up USED Sarah clothes!

:9 :smoke: :P

[MelanieArt]

51. Better hide the shoes and underwear from Lowery.....

:scared:

[Phredicles]

57. Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!

:scared::puke::P

[justiceischeap]

4. He was probably looking for a way to say they hated one another n/t

[eleny]

7. From Chuck's own body language it sure seems like you're spot on

Frankly, I'm surprised Chuck went as far as he did.

[VolcanoJen]

13. Chuckie T just blew me away!!!!

Geez, even he looked tense! I'm so glad he was there to deliver the straight dish about McCain/Palin. Brian Williams sure wasn't gonna serve it up!

[GalleryGod]

22. Brian probably slapped him "Off Camera"-like Moe! "C'mere, Porcupine!" Thwack!

Hardball thru Tweety HAS DECIDED!
Game.Set.Match.
Mr. Obama.

[eleny]

20. No doubt, when the books are written about this campaign, it will come out

[yellerpup]

8. He said, "no chemistry between them"

Wow, wonder how they'll manage to blame Obama for that?!

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Pulling a "Bullworth" that was interesting

I know he was talking about the open honesty of Bullworth, but there was so much
more to that movie.

Bulworth happily accepts a new campaign for the presidency right before he is assassinated before a crowd of reporters and urban supporters by an insurance representative, fearful of Bulworth's push for socialized medicine. The ending scene shows a homeless man (Amiri Baraka) repeating one final time to the camera the maxim he profferred to the Senator near the film's beginning, "Bulworth, don't be a ghost, you got to be a spirit."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulworth

[eleny]

15. Maybe Tweety needs to dream up his own movie analogies

I remember when he and Keith got into dueling analogies. Now Tweety thinks he has to keep going.

Depending on staff to do it for you can get him into a sticky mess with this latest.

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. That came from Chucky Toddy ...

I thought it was an odd analogy especially coming from Toddy.
Its like he and I saw two different movies. Chucky was I think a little unhinged
at what he had observed with Palin and McCain and even spoke over his boss,
Brian, the 'I love Rush Limbaugh", Williams. I wonder how Brian and Chucky get along?
I think that those two both like Rush.

[rvablue]

14. McCain must go to sleep every night crying that he didn't pick Huckabee

I know I'm not supposed to say anything nice here about Repubs, but even though I disagree with most of what Huckabee stands for, he definitely emits a nice, friendly image and I can't help but think that if McCain was able to swallow a little of his pride (IMPOSSIBLE, we all now know...), the polls would be much tighter right now.

Too bad......not really!

[eleny]

16. I agree, even if Huck's image is softer than his inner self, IMO

[sampsonblk]

38. Yep, he shoulda picked Huckabee - nt

[GalleryGod]

17. Chuck T just busted a cap in to BOTH of them !

Waiting for that "Bullworth" moment !? :wow: :nuke: :wow:

[Overseas]

18. It was creepy tense when they did the Couric Part Deux too.

I thought it was really dumb at that time to have McPanic sitting by McBubbles for the Couric re-do.

So I am glad that the Republicans are doing it again. Looks really bad. McPanic ready to clip any maverick comments in the bud.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

21. I was so surprised he actually voiced it. You bet they have no chemistry.

They did not know one another, and she has been a huge disgrace to him.

[GalleryGod]

24. The Wicked Witch of the West (Cindy) Loathes her!

There's a "NeoCon Catfight-on-Pay-Per-View" :bounce:

:crazy: Sarah v. Cindy:crazy:

[kekekekekeke]

23. speaking of msnbc, I've been watching too much of it--a weird dream I had last night

was about how David Gregory was infatuated with me while i was working for him. He didn't say so but you could tell he really liked me. I had an infatuation with him too for some reason in my dream. We had good chemistry together (mind you, this is A DREAM). Later, I'm running through the studio with my friends and find him making out with a rather large African American woman in a closet. I become let down, and the woman becomes extremely rude to me for interrupting. David Gregory rushes after me due to the woman's rudeness and tells me he's sorry. I later find her again and apologize, and she says that I should be sorry but we cannot look back, and just starts talking to me.

My friend then woke me up by calling me on my cell.

It was very strange.

[Shakespeare]

27. Perhaps the strangest first post EVER.

:wtf:

[kekekekekeke]

30. sorry, just thought I'd share.

[eleny]

45. Welcome to DU, btw

:hi:

[kekekekekeke]

48. thanx!

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. ????? welcome to DU ... You have strange dreams and a strange way

of introducing yourself to DU.

[kekekekekeke]

34. I'll never be able to look at David Gregory the same way :-/

thank you for the welcome.

I'm a strange person.

I normally don't find david gregory attractive, but I was distraught to see him with that woman in my dream. I don't know what to feel now.

[eleny]

47. Let it go...just let it go

:D

[RollWithIt]

33. Here's my dream analysis of your REM imagination....

You are secretly infatuated with complete asshole men. In addition, you wish you were black.

:-)

[kekekekekeke]

35. thank you...you may not be far off.

[eleny]

44. Jeez, all I dreamed about last night was about fixing my coffee maker

Not nearly as interesting - even if yours was about Gregory.

[kekekekekeke]

55. I never liked David Gregory but looking at him right now makes me feel funny now LOL

[nomaco-10]

26. You know, it's a thing of beauty to watch the ....

repukes implode. Not just mcsame and failin' palin, but the entire party is in a state of chaos.

It warms the cockles of my heart to see them fall by the wayside. It's been a long time coming and I'm gonna savor every minute of it.

[Mz Pip]

29. McCain is probably

not just annoyed with Palin for being such a twit but for himself for not going with who he really wanted - Lieberman or Pawlenty. The GOP certainly got this one wrong. Shore up the base and keep the middle. The really underestimated the intelligence of the American people. They were counting on the middle being stupid.

[Ichingcarpenter]

31. Tweety sure is on a roar today. Now the clothing story

I hope he brings Mika in to talk about it!!! LOL

I know he won't but it would be fun the way he's on a roll today.

[TEXASYANKEE]

32. They have never looked comfortable together.

I watched them at the RNC and thought that Palin looked *very* uncomfortable when McCain was near her. Like she didn't want him in her space at all.

[Ichingcarpenter]

37. I have about 5 photos of McCain rubbing his ring finger before she speaks

He does that when he gets nervous, its one of his psychological ticks.

I'm curious to see the interview to watch what McCain does.

[Ichingcarpenter]

40. I just watched it again on 'race to the whitehouse'

McCain rubbed his ring finger right before she started to answer.

[eleny]

50. I thought it was creepy when she'd hug him and close her eyes sort of dreamy like

It was when he introduced her as his running mate.

That was in the "ick" category as if she was trying to telegraph warmth for the man.

[rvablue]

36. Did Todd give a reason/explanation of why he was in the room

It just sounds kind of unusual that he would be there if it was Williams conducting the interview.

I'm very curious to hear if he talked about sitting in on it.

[eleny]

53. I didn't catch the reason if one was given

My husband was also here and talking with me about something. so I didn't catch the first few seconds of the segment.

[H2O Man]

39. It'll get much worse

in the week after the election.

[eleny]

59. Books are going to be written about this historic campaign season

I believe that insiders are already keeping notes so they can cash in on the soap opera aspects.

[spanone]

41. he & brian williams both seemed kinda creeped out

[Ichingcarpenter]

43. Yeah, they did, Didn't they..... but now we have to wait a week to

see the whole interview as they drag a portion of it out every night.

[Stagecoach]

49. Williams really seemed surprised

That Palin said she'd release her medical records, and the reaction from the campaign staffers.

[Stinky The Clown]

42. He also said "It was as if we took two people off the street and asked them to sit next to .........

......... each other and talk.

This shit is clearly discernable to teevee audiences.

[Doremus]

46. They haven't looked comfortable together since Day 1. Remember

when she kept turning away from him?

There is no love lost between those two.

[justiceischeap]

52. I've said it from the beginning & I still believe that she wants to bump him off. n/t

[CrispyQ]

54. They're both just dying to blame the other for their low numbers.

After the election, it will be interesting to watch them turn on each other. Palin will win. She's a hateful, nasty piece of work.

[4lbs]

56. This explains a lot why she seems to have branched out in the last week.

She's contradicting McCain on some issues as well.

It appears we have two separate campaigns in the Republican ticket, John McCain's, and Sarah Palin's.

[polichick]

58. Maybe it was sexual tension. :)

[eleny]

60. Nothing like a little comic relief

:rofl:

But somebody posted earlier that he kept glancing at her crotch. Oh ick - I gotta go wash my hands now after typing that.

[polichick]

62. LOL - he definitely has a wandering jaundiced eye!

[Libby2]

61. Awe, man, didja have to go there??

:P

[polichick]

63. Just wanted to make sure this thread was sufficiently unsettling. :)

[JI7]

64. John McCain is horrible at hiding his feelings

as we saw in the debates, hahhaha.

[ErinBerin84]

65. yeah, didn't see the interview yet, but Todd was going on and on about that

Said he thinks that they might blame each other for being behind, haha....heard Brian Williams let them ramble though.