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RNC Chair & CNN Anchor Brawl Over Romney Comment — Ends in Accusation of Media Bias

Oct. 11, 2012 12:46pm Becket Adams

Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus on Thursday got into a bit of a testy exchange with CNN’s Soledad “Talking Points Memo” O’Brien, the former accusing the latter of treating left-of-center issues with kid gloves.

The back-and-forth was sparked by O’Brien questioning Priebus over Paul Ryan recently telling reporters that voters would find out more about the Romney campaign’s stance on abortion during the debates.

“I see the flap over this ‘Des Moines Register’ question, but, there’s nothing there there,” Priebus told O’Brien, noting that both Romney and Ryan have expressed their pro-life views on numerous occasions.

“You don’t think so?” asked the perpetually furrow-browed O’Brien. “Well, let’s walk through that because I doubt everybody knows it. So, let’s play a little bit of what Mitt Romney said to the ‘Des Moines Register.’ Because people are talking about it. So, I’m not sure there’s no ‘there there.’ Let’s play that first.”

The CNN anchor then proceeded to show an extremely short and heavily-edited clip of Romney talking about how he wouldn’t “pursue any legislation regarding abortion,” followed up by a seemingly contradictory quote from Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul, and then concluded with a clip of the GOP candidate saying he’d defund Planned Parenthood.

“So, ‘I’m going to remove funding from Planned Parenthood from my budget,’” O’Brien said, quoting Romney. “That would be legislation. The first clip I played, he said there will be no legislation in regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would be part of my agenda. That sounds completely contradictory to me. How’s it not?”

“Well, listen — you spent all this time setting up the question and I appreciate that,” the RNC chairman replied. “But the fact of the matter is that what he’s referring to is whether or not there were piles of legislation in the Congress, what specific bills in the Congress in regards to abortion are you going to be pushing over the next four years –”

“– Reince, that wasn’t the question,” O’Brien interjected.

The conversation then turned into a “who-can-talk-over-the-other?” match, ending with this line from Priebus: “I wish you would be as passionate about taking Barack Obama to task for every one of his promises and for every one of his changes that he didn’t follow through on over the last four years.”

Soledad defended her record.

“Which we do all the time,” she said, “But I gotta’ tell you, we’re going to ask tough questions of everyone. I don’t care what side they’re on, honestly.”

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Comments (120)

RayOne
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:18pm
A lie to the mother of the dead soldier is cause for IMPEACHMENT.

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- Want our country back
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:31pm
  SOLEDAD is a liar just like cutter and debbie wasserman….. all liars. They call themselvesw truth tellers and Mitt is the liar…. LOL …. projection much
  
  california didn’t get it’s data in in time for today’s jobs numbers…. they forgot to mention that on the weekly report…..
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 4:06pm
  No, they are more than Liars, they are Treasonous Communists that are out to destroy America.
  
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- yukon42
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 5:49pm
  SocialistSlayer is absolutely and completely CORRECT and I concur. Must be a vet. :)
  
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Constantine Ivanov
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:11pm
“I know you like me,” this blabbering tongue said.
I hope Priebus not only doesn’t like her, but rather hates her as much as any decent person should when listening to this dishonest creature

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- encinom
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:16pm
  Romney is lying his pretty little head off, in less than 24 hours taking all side of a position. But, I guess the Beckerheads do not care about character or truth.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:25pm
  Wow, E, your an angry person, chill out and you’ll live a little longer. On second thought.
  
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- lemonzest
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:33pm
  @encinom……Romney is pretty,eh? Are you attracted to him? Latent homoerotic fantasies can be easily slipped into everyday conversations and internet postings. They seem innocent, but can reflect on other unfulfilled areas of ones life. Please refrain, way more information about you than I EVER cared to know.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:33pm
  ENCIDIOT…can you tell me where exactly Romney is lying? Romney said he’d cut wasteful government spending as part of his plan to reduce the debt that Obama’s exploded and to balance the budget something Obama was voted down on unanimously TWICE in the Senate. Obama’s budget by the way added $3trillion in new spending.
  
  Cutting money to Planned Parenthood is cutting wasteful spending. Romeny said he’d cut wasteful spending. So how is this a lie? The organization does not divulge what funds it uses to cover abortions. If Planned Parenthood’s abortion budget is dented..oh well that’s too bad. It keeps it’s numbers intentionally murky anyway. Time to take Planned Parenthood off the tax payer subsidized list.
  So where’s the lie again?
  
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- marvel
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:46pm
  An executive order is not hardly even called “legislation”. Romney is specifically talking about whether his platform is pursuing any new “act” of the legislative branch of our government. That is what is generally considered legislation. He’s saying no to that at this time. It doesn’tmean he’s not pro-life, and it doesn’t mean he will not support future legislation on abortion. How is he lying?
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 2:00pm
  LEMONZEST…you have to remember…ENCINOM is both male and female. When he’s posting as ENCINOM he’s a male. When he’s posting as MONICNE he’s a 60yr old female. He thought he was being clever by just reversing the spelling of his screenname and giving the new name the opposite sex. He’s not a bright person as either sex.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 2:15pm
  @encinom:
  
  You rarely have a valid point. Better luck next time.
  
  Romney lies a lot less than Obama. Boom!!
  
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- Bigliardi
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 2:43pm
  @MINCEON..There you are you sly dog….So was your friend the Manchurian Candidate lying daily for the three weeks after the embassy bombing and the murder of four of our citizens when he gave hundreds of interviews claiming that the embassy bombing was caused by the video…? And Still cited the video as the cause in front of the United Nations..?
  
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- Constantine Ivanov
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 3:29pm
  @ENCINOM:
  I know NO ONE politician who doesn’t lie: it’s their “nature” since they must satisfy as many as possible completely different people.
  What is really important is how dangerous, deceptive and destructive a lie is.
  From this point of view, the lie constantly emanated by Dems is a lot more dangerous.
  Let alone it stinks more than any kind of feces.
  
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- Azzencinom
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 3:53pm
  Romney is a big phat lying racist rich white old wrinkled impotent Viagra addict goat raping islamaphobe Mormon loving polygamist tax evading outsourcing monkey. My President Obama is a Prince and never lies. People just get confused sometimes when he speaks because he did not present it well enough for Americans to understand.
  
  My President did not lie about Libya. The killings in Libya were the result of a riot that got out of control just like Prince Obama said. It all started in Cairo with a riot and by the time it spilled over into the compound in Benghazi – the rioters had watched this viral video online with their Apple Ipads, and picked up rocket propelled grenades, heavy machine guns, mortars, a tank, and a nuclear submarine. No one could have seen this coming.
  
  Everyone needs to vote for My President in November. Obama just let me trade in my Obama-Phone for a GM Volt at no cost to me. Its easy, all you have to do is be on the welfare to get one. This Obama-Volt Model comes with a extra long extension cord so it can reach over to your neighbors house for a charge. Dot for that Romney – he is the sucks and will take your extension cord away.
  
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- bigtex40
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 4:01pm
  The best response to Encinom is to completely ignore it. There is no honesty in his responses and they only work to distract from the real topic at hand. I suggest laugh and move on. This troll is worthless and brainless.
  
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- 338lapua
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 7:37pm
  AVENGERK……I FORGOT!!!!!!!
  Encinom/monicne also gets into a pink dress in Madison,Wi and pretends to be a protester at the capitol.
  Sometimes……mind……..not……..remember:)
  
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- Deadbang
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:45pm
  Yes we do, that’s why Obammy must go. He is the biggest liar of them all.
  
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RayOne
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:10pm
The MSM has let the WH treat Ms. Pat Smith with disrespect and shabbily.

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woodyee
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:10pm
Soledad O’Brien set up Preibus for an “I gotcha” moment, and he didn’t stand for it – good for him! If Soledad were a ‘man’, she’d be getting tingles running up her leg for Gaybama, too! She’s trying to make Preibus sound like Debbie Wasserman Schultz…

Preibus – “I wish you would be as passionate about taking Barack Obama to task for every one of his promises and for every one of his changes that he didn’t follow through on over the last four years.”
Soledad defended her record.
“Which we do all the time,” she said, “But I gotta’ tell you, we’re going to ask tough questions of everyone. I don’t care what side they’re on, honestly.”

Preibus – “Right…”

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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:27pm
  “I don’t care what side they’re on, honestly.”
  
  Sounds as if she’s jockeying for the job of press secretary if Obama’s re-elected.
  
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- stablepar
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:33am
  the only honest things that obama has ever said in his entire life are his comments about his policies making our energy cost skyrocket and about bankrupting coal companies. other than that his entire life has been an utter lie
  
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bullcrapbuster
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:09pm
Only the dumbest of the dumb would be confused by what Romney said. That would be Obama’s base.

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- encinom
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:17pm
  Romney lied, only the blind can’t see him flipping and flopping like a fish out of water.
  
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- lemonzest
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:35pm
  Ambassador dies Obama lies
  Ambassador dies Obama lies
  Ambassador dies Obama lies!!!!!!!!
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:37pm
  ENCIDIOT…your “liar liar pants on fire” routine that you were issued with soon after Obama’s dismal display at the debate is quite hysterical.
  
  Romeny said he’d cut wasteful spending. Planned Parenthood is seen as wasteful spending, especially since they intentionally muddy their books to hide what portion of their tax payer funding goes to abortions. Perhaps if they were more responsible with their book keeping they might save themselves?
  
  It’s time to let Planned Parenthood stand or fall on it’s own.
  So where has Romney lied again little fella?
  
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- Think_4_yourself
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:53pm
  @Encinom………it boggles my mind how you can justify bashing Romney over what may or may not have been a gaff. I don’t see you bashing your precious anointed one over losing lives in Benghazi, whereas Amb. Stevens was asking for help, and was denied. Does that not bother you, to have an American in a foreign country asking for help because he was in fear of his life? Does it not bother you that Obama stated, there never was, is nor will there be a war or terror or islam?
  
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- berlich
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:57pm
  Its hard to even want to respond to the childlike rhetoric coming from these fools. If you want to call Romney a liar then put your proof in your post. Just remember that Obama changes his mind also. Deciding to be for gay marriage wasn’t Obama lying just like stopping wastful spending isn’t Romney lying.
  
  If you want to see what a lie looks like look at the administrations propaganda about what happened in libya. Well placed and often repeated garbage about a movie that went on for over a week before the heat got to be too much and the truth started to be told.
  
  Thats what lost Obama the debate. he wasn’t able to lie and get away with it and the media wasn’t there to help him.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 2:02pm
  THINK-4….until such time as Media Matters tells ENCINOM/MONICNE what to think about the debacle in Benghazi he’s going with the “it’s the movie’s fault” line just like Hillary, Jay and Barry told him to go with.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:08pm
Hey lady, this election is about Obama’s abysmal record. Trumped up controversies about Big Bird or abortion aren’t going to help your loser POTUS.

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DMD
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:07pm
Angry lady wants to kill babies bad?

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TNT75
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:06pm
Legislation means that he doesn’t plan on changing any existing laws. Pulling funding for abortion isn’t changing any laws. If she isn’t biased, then how come this is even being discussed because Obama was going to withdraw funding for abortions via executive order after he conned Stupak and the rest of morons into voting for Obamacare.

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- turkey13
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:18pm
  If a woman wants to party and chance a pregancy I want them to do it own their own dime. What ticks me off is that CNN is so worried about abortion but can’t even notice that 20 million folks don’t have a job or have to work part time because of Obama Care. If Obama had spent as much time on producing jobs as they did on healthcare, Obama could win re-election in a flash. This registered Democrat voted on Hope & Change! My sons, their wives amd my wife don’t like the change and have given up hope. We all have or know someone thats has been affected by Obama and will vote off party lines. You have to go for the lessior of the two evils.
  
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brezzeone
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:04pm
CNN sucks and most of their reporter do to. I don’t understand why the RNC goes on NBC CBS ABC or msnbc. Nothing goods from any of the interviews that I have watched.

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80mesh
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:03pm
hey solidud obriensky ….. its kinda like nonsensey pugloser said you gotta vote for it so you can see whats in it. if you hadnt been throwin marsh mallow questions at the treasonous bastage in thief he probably woulda done better in the debate …. or not

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BuddyBaker
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:03pm
Right, she asks just as tuff questions to libs as she does conservatives, in what universe? Give me a break. How many question has she ever asked about Fast and Furious or the Libyan Attacks. Answer: 0

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ONLY4UANDME
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:03pm
Wait I thought Planned Parent Hood was for Women’s health in general. Now its ok to come out and say they want to save their abortion provider! Make up your frinken minds you idiots.

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shammo
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:03pm
O’Brien, another drunk, mixing vodka with the Kool-Aid.

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TNT75
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:02pm
This coming from a network that just got outed for taking bribe money to report favorably of a country that commits human atrocities.

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DMD
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:01pm
Remember the US Riots of 11/7/2012?

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rickinpa
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:01pm
Maybe he should explain to her that the Presidential budget is NOT LEGISLATION! It’s a suggestion from the President ala Obama’s budgets which didn’t get a single vote Democrat or Republican. Yeah she’s real tough can hardly wait for the questions on four dead Americans and the piss poor cover up.

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338lapua
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:00pm
GO REINCE !!!!!!!!!!
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marine249
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:59pm
talking to a brick wall in a red dress.

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AvengerK
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:59pm
ummm yeah Soledad…you’ve convinced everyone that you’re totally unbiased and not in the tank with Obama.
Romney’s defunding Planned Parenthood that’s a good thing.

It’s useless spending on an organization that’s partisan and duplicitous with how it spends the tax payer dollars it receives. There’s no contradiction with Romney’s platform of reducing government spending and taking tax money away from Planned Parenthood in fact it’s an affirmation of it. If their abortion budget suffers for it..TOO FREAKIN BAD. Why don’t you start up a Planned Parenthood charity Soledad?

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Cavallo
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:58pm
If you are going to be interviewed by the Obama 2012 Campaign (AKA CNN, ABC, NBC CBS or most print), be prepared to load for bear, because they are going to use every unethical practice they can to make your guy look bad.

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CatB
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:58pm
“I wish you would be as passionate about taking Barack Obama to task for every one of his promises and for every one of his changes that he didn’t follow through on over the last four years.”

AMEN Mr. Priebus!

I am sick of the MSM campaigning for Obama and demonizng anyone who dares to question “the ONE” F the MSM. I would however, like to know why the RNC always agrees to only LIBERAL moderators in the debates!

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- Rillobymorning
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 4:58pm
  I wondered the same thing. I’d love to see Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly up there as commentators.
  
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larman
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:56pm
Obrien makes me sick to my stomach, she is smug liberal who never goes after Obama. Look how she has not pursued Obama on this Libya tragedy and coverup!

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- djeffcoat
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:08pm
  She needs a good b*tch slap!
  
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- PeachyinGA
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:10pm
  I think her nose just grew a little longer.
  
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G man
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:55pm
Bam!

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:54pm
This matter is going to get very ugly by the time the elections are done.

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- CatB
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:59pm
  Hi Snow …
  
  The MSM has been ugly for a long time now … happy to see someone fighting back.
  
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:52pm
Media bias? Get out of town, really? Are you going to next tell me the sky is blue?

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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:09pm
  where I am the sky is overcast gray and dark. Like a liberal’s soul.
  
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