Willie Geist: "Obama's taking over every network...like when you imagined the Soviet invasion" (VID)

[jefferson_dem]

Willie Geist and Courtney Hazlett this morning discussed Obama's half hour of TV tomorrow night.

GEIST: Coming back to the Obama thing. Does it strike anyone else as creepy? Obama's taking over every network? It's sort of like when you imagined the Soviet invasion, it would take over the airwaves. Something weird about it.

HAZLETT: Seriously. Exactly, exactly. I mean, it's even going to be on Telemundo - Spanish television. It's everywhere -- except for ABC. Now, I do want to be fair, ABC said that they offered their air to Obama and for whatever reason, he declined.

GEIST: Ok. It makes me a little uncomfortable.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Sort_of_Soviet.html

[spanone]

1. the only creepy thing is how bad willie wants to be joe scarborough

[ErinBerin84]

2. well

In all fairness, I find Willie Geist and Courtney Hazlett to be creepy and they make me uncomfortable. And wasn't Courtney the one who said that Spike Lee "got a bit uppity" a while ago? Even if she didn't mean to use a racial code word, what a fucking idiot.

[YOY]

3. Obviously he doesn't remember what is was to criticize the chimpenfuhrer for the past 8 years.

n/t

[SoonerPride]

4. They have something against capitalism?

We the donors paid good money to BUY UP THE AIRTIME YOU FRIGGIN MORANS!!1!!1!!

[rurallib]

5. Stunning! Who is Willie Geist and why should I care what he says?

[K Gardner]

6. Way to play up to those "Red Dawn" crazies, Willie. Good lord.

[kwolf68]

7. Here we go

The proof that these people like 'freedom' until someone they don't agree with exercises that freedom.

I am against the current way elections are run, but Obama is playing by the rules and many PEOPLE have given him money. He is FREE to PURCHASE television time in a FREE MARKET economy. Television networks need to MAKE MONEY and Obama is a PAYING CUSTOMER, offering much MONEY to the TV companies for ADVERTISING SPACE.

You got your capitalism, how does it taste tiger?

[DainBramaged]

8. So Obama is pised at ABC? Good. Fuck them. Payback will be a bitch.

[seabeyond]

9. kinda like with debates, or pres makes a speech and cuts into all the networks... get a life. n/.t

[yardwork]

10. OMG it's even being telecast in Spanish!!!!!!!!! Will nobody think of the children???????

Where was dick-head after 9/11, I'd like to know. Did that remind him of the Soviets?

[ErinBerin84]

11. also

CNN and MSNBC always show way more coverage of Palin rallies than Biden rallies, so they need to do this...hell, they could have just bought time to show a Biden rally in full. They are just buying the time instead of complaining about media bias all of the time like McCain/Palin.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. Soviet? Actually, it's capitalism at work.

A transaction wherein money was paid for goods and services.

[kwolf68]

14. Ding...and what I said above

Further proof that those on the right don't want a free market, because the free market could produce outcomes they don't agree with (Obama on TV). Hahahaha Buwahahahaha fukcing hahahahaa you dumbass COnservatives. Assholes

[Left Is Write]

13. He's not "taking over." He bought air time. McCain could have done the same.

[msallied]

15. The pukes are simply jealous that they couldn't afford it.

[Left Is Write]

18. Agreed.

If they'd thought of it first and been able to do it, it would have been seen as genius and and a brilliant strategy.

[City Lights]

16. The Geist kid strikes me as creepy. nt

[Cha]

17. Hey Stupid! Ya can watch Pushing Daises on abc.

Obama Team didn't want abc just for people like you.

[yellowcanine]

19. Why do you hate America, Willie? Obama is paying for the time. Is that not the American way?

[WI_DEM]

20. they are jealous that Obama has the $ to do this and McCain can't.