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MSNBC Guest Spins Obama’s ‘Bulls***ter’ Attack on Romney: It Was a ‘Great Moment’ That Displayed ‘His Humor’ and ‘Affection For Kids’

Oct. 25, 2012 3:52pm Jason Howerton

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President Barack Obama was pelted with criticism on Thursday by those who feel it was unpresidential for him to call his Republican rival Mitt Romney a “bullsh**ter” in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

But as one MSNBC guest proved later on Thursday, Obama’s most loyal supporters can spin anything the president says and turn it into a positive. MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell argued that the magazine merely caught Obama in an “unvarnished” moment while her guest Democratic strategist Catherine “Kiki” McLean said the president’s comments showed his “humor” and “affection for kids.”

To put Obama’s comments into context, here’s what the he said, according to a previous report from Politico:

Rolling Stone cover, “Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview,” by Douglas Brinkley: “We arrived at the Oval Office for our 45-minute interview … on the morning of October 11^th. … As we left the Oval Office, executive editor Eric Bates told Obama that he had asked his six-year-old if there was anything she wanted him to say to the president. … [S]he said, ‘Tell him: You can do it.’ Obama grinned. … ‘You know, kids have good instincts,’ Obama offered. ‘They look at the other guy and say, “Well, that’s a bullsh–ter, I can tell.”’”

“I don’t know how this plays, but it seems that this is the president unvarnished and Rolling Stone had it on the record and put it up,” Mitchell said.

“That’s clearly a moment talking about what happens in the world that isn’t just the high stakes of politics,” McLean said. “I am the mother of an 8 and 10-year-old, and I can tell you that my 10-year-old has asked about the 47 percent.”

She continued: “That is a moment of the president showing his humor and his affection for kids and that’s a great moment.”

Catherine “Kiki” McLean (MSNBC)

Mitchell looped in NBC’s Brian Williams, saying that there may be some “friction” between the candidates during the campaign but said “that doesn’t really obtain to a personal animus.”

Williams said Obama has also used the “barely veiled term” that he considers Romney a “pitch man.”

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Comments (108)

woodyee
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:20pm
You know who I feel for? i feel for all the servicemen, especially the Marines, who have to go home each night and find some way to cleanse their souls and conscious after having to salute the mobilized turd in a suit that passes, only on a legal basis, as their comman…as their…I can’t say it – he’s a lump of feces.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:23pm
  WOODYEE, I felt like that during the Carter and Clinton years. But, this clown puts them to shame any day.
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:45pm
  How can baby killer Obama have affection for kids. I think Obama is the Master Bull shi-ter
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:39pm
  @RICK…..you’re right. Any man who voted for infanticide couldn’t have much love for little children.
  
  VOTE FOR ROMNEY/RYAN…………..true Americans
  
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- DIR
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:56pm
  It’s no wonder Bill hangs around Barry. By comparison, Barry makes Bill look like an honest person. Bill can spin some pretty big woppers, but Barry puts them to shame, on top of it when Barry lies people die, go broke and/or get blamed. I’m surprised Barry didn’s mysteriously end up on the Pope’s short list of people to be cannonized as a saint. Ol Santa DingleBarry. It seems his chestnuts may soon be roasting on an open fire. Most of us can hope.
  
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- Fla.Patriot
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:12pm
  Being refered to as a Bullsh**er by the “Prince of Lies” is a bit of an oximoron don’t cha think? Romney should wear this as a badge of honor. Everything with OblameO is “black is white, wrong is right.” That being said, to be called a Bullsh**er by this piece of human garbage must make Mitt as pure as the driven snow. And even if he is a BSer, there’s a difference between Bullsh**ing and outright lying. I’ll take a Bullsh**er over a Muslim Communist ANY DAY
  
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- Xyskalla
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:52am
  DIR, their approaches to lying are different. Clinton at least tried to look like he was telling the truth, even if it was only true by a technicality. Obama’s approach is “It doesn’t matter who proves me wrong–if I say it forcefully enough, repeat it often enough, and denigrate anyone who disagrees with me, people will believe it.”
  
  Unfortunately, the media is backing him up on this approach.
  
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doomytram
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:18pm
10,000 empty chairs in Airport and Hospital waiting room saw this. Only the great big empty chair Obozo watches MSNBC

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- NHwinter
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:30pm
  He doesn’t like kids, he uses everyone. He is crude and nasty like all progressives. Shame on him for saying that in front of a child. Shame on a president that has a dirty mouth. Way beneath the dignity of a US President.
  
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- seeker9
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:46pm
  “Humor and affection for kids”? Only on the BS network aka msnbc and the demomarxist party.
  
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- dwilco77
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:14pm
  Her poor children. They don’t have a chance. I suppose she thinks that Sandusky was just showing his humor, and affection for kids. I find the Presidents behavior far from what I would want my children to see as an example of what is to be expected from a world leader.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:20pm
  Yes only a morally bankrupt, “any means justifies the end” liberal dork would say that a stranger using coarse language around someone’s child “shows affection for children”, let a sitting president who is seen as an example for the entire nation. Perhaps “Kiki” should have topped off that vacuous remark by saying that Obama should have also asked the child to pull his finger. Now THAT’s Presidential.
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:43pm
  @NHWINTER: Everything he does is beneath the Dignity of any President of America. Shameful.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:17pm
Obama wouldn’t want his Children punished with a foul mouth…. or was that a baby?

It’s so hard to keep up with the progressive agenda for Children. Sex classes in 1th grade, free condoms in 6th grade or earlier and foul language is OK when referring to a Presidential candidate or is it OK at the dinner table also?

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:24pm
  Hi MONK, yeah that was a baby. I guess that for his kids a potty mouth ranks high.
  
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crusaderx9
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:16pm
obama hiding behind a child – cowardly and disgraceful.

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woodyee
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:16pm
I wonder what it is that keeps Andrea Mitchell animated? For all intents and purposes, she looks like she should be in a crate at a morgue…

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Zurich
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:15pm
Kiki, Candy, Hillary, Gutter, Pelosi, Wasserman, Allred, Moochelle, Valerie, Fauxcahontas, Behar, Goldberg, Maddow, Fluke = all the same breed. I know that I am missing a few…….

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:26pm
  ZURICH, Gutter! Bwahahahahahahaha, love that.
  
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- DZ-015
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:53am
  There’s no breed or breeding in that bunch, just mutts.
  
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floridareader
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:14pm
Had it been Romney or Romney’s campaign there would be hell on earth!!!
But what else can anyone expect from people whose language are plagued with profanities, and were born with a dirty mouth.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:51pm
  had it been Christy you’d all be applauding.
  
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- DIR
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:18pm
  @EXREPUB…
  
  I’m not sure who you are referring to with your “You’d all …” I know I’d be applauding Christi if he said “Barry is full of BS” becasue it happens to be true. However, Glenn Beck has said it, maybe in not so grand a way, but I’ll say something similar: “Barry is full of Catschit!” You all (left wing Barry sympathizers) apparently didn’t get the memo: “Barry is a big time lier!” You might want to read Beck’s lastest fact based broadcast/report concerning Barry. It’s not only Beck, but it’s the MSM, oh and not to mention the facts that call out Barry for what he is, “Lier and Chief.” If Barry makes Bill Clinton look like he’s kinda honest, Barry makes Romney look like a saint.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:13pm
I am so sick of observing the ‘spin’ generated by the MSM I could vomit if I allowed myself. They are nothing but communist propaganda agents and obamanites. The mainstream news media has no business calling itself ‘News’. They are all in the tank for the marxist Kenyan and they are shameless in their promotion of him and their Anti-Americanism. Boycott watching the news on NBC, MSNBC. ABC, and CBS.

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Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:13pm
The face of a devil disguised as a fat, moronic, classless liberal woman.

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AllAmericanGirl22
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:08pm
Seriously? Seriously!? These people are so desperate they will spin a mean, immature comment into something good. Wow, I would say they’ve reached a new low, but I don’t think that’s possible.

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- angelcat
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:16pm
  In their world, you have to use bad language to show affection for kids? I call using bad language a lack of respect for them and providing a bad example for them. These people are truly pathetic. If Obama committed cold blooded murder of a child on network TV at high noon, they would find a way to make it the child’s fault and Obama a hero.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:24pm
  I call Obama an ***-**** (“DonkeyPit”) just so my food goes down easier… maybe she thinks its related to that somehow?
  
  May if we can find the right words, we can get Obama out of office and the liberals will all move to Kenya?
  
  Abra-Cadabra!…
  no no…
  Hocus Pocus…
  oh wait!
  
  “FREE STUFF ALL THE TIME! No EBT’s required here! Just people giving away houses and smiles and everyone is EQUAL and gee golly gosh! Kenya, its good enough for Obama… come one to a new taste of “freedom”*
  
  *Disclaimer in nano-microscopic lettering: “Any word or series of words can be changed or altered without any further notification or warning.”
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:42pm
  Correction: Actually it helps me go to the bathroom, have idea why I thought that anything with Obama will help me swallow anything…
  
  …well maybe if I said if I swallow:
  my pride
  my patriotism
  my sense of being
  my common sense
  my ability to think of my own
  Then I could actually handle stuff from Obama
  
  but ya, it just helps me get rid of the **** in my life.
  
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HKS
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:08pm
Is Andrea Mitchell NBCs donation to the Obama campaign.

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- Triple7
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:15pm
  One of many donations.
  
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JeffJ1985
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:08pm
Barack and Michelle must be terrible parents. I would have gotten my mouth washed out with soap if I called someone that at age 12.

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vtxphantom
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:07pm
Barry, a pervert, should not be allowed near children. His abusive language, bias, and racism is not healthy for the children.

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- HKS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:10pm
  And he’s a drug dealer that got away with it, not a good example at all for kids.
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:06pm
Don’t even get me started….

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:27pm
  Looking back I can’t think of a single presidential moment from Obama it’s always been embarrassing, Snide, immature or morally deficient.
  
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blackyb
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:05pm
This Bs(er) comment coming from a man? who is the biggest bull shi**er ever to be in America. This man, Obama, is not even eligible to be in Office.

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Sharon Rose
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:05pm
who is the real bullsh*****? Sure is NOT Romney.

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right
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:05pm
WHAT!? A great moment?
“That is a moment of the president showing his humor and his affection for kids and that’s a great moment.”
These people are just plain crazy.
They would make finding him in bed with a ‘boy toy’ a good thing..

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biohazard23
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:03pm
Who’s worse, Candy Crowley or this Kiki whatever-her-pig-face-name? Man, that female has a strange idea of what it means to show affection for children. I pity her own kids. They’re going to have some serious issues to work though in therapy.

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- WillG
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:24pm
  That is the first thing I thought as well.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:29pm
  Hi BIOHAZARD23, I say that none are better than each other. They are all alike as far as I am concerned and lower than whale sh/t.
  Otherwise, how are you today?
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:46pm
  Good afternoon, RJ! I’m doing well, thank you. Work was busy busy busy, but that’s a good thing. How are you today?
  
  And, @WillG, I think they’ll be working through those issues using a doll in that therapist’s office. Sad, isn’t it?
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:53pm
  She is the daughter of Alex Crowley, the most fameous satan worshipers known to America is what I have seen written.
  
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coyote1hell
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:00pm
A Mitchell looks like a ad for Ritalin…that’s all…

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coyote1hell
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:57pm
The fools in the Obama Circus Tent, have reached the conclusion, that nothing can save Buh’rack from himself…though they still try to prop up this Fools, fool…….

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marine249
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:56pm
Kiki is a pig in more ways than one.

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- marine249
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:00pm
  I forgot, you can put lipstick on a pig,
  but it is still a pig.
  
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Jenasus
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:55pm
Obama and the Demoncrats are GOD Haters, Women Haters and Child Haters.

The War on Women, Children and GOD continue.

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SREGN
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:54pm
Takes one to know one.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:54pm
The propagandist pigs in the so called media will have their day of reckoning soon,they’re almost dead so they’ll be needing a bailout I bet.

‘You know, kids have good instincts,’ Obama offered. ‘They look at the other guy and say, “Well, that’s a bullsh–ter, I can tell.”’” That’s rich coming from a lying bastard like BHO or BS or whatever his real name is. You brain dead Obamazombies be sure to get out and vote on November 7th for your Marxist POS fraud,he’s going to need all the help he can get.

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- rcourt50
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:32pm
  Remember zombies, if you can’t get to the polls on the 7th, you can always vote on the 8th.
  PGS – love your posts. Thank you.
  
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DebbieB
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:51pm
You can polish a turd but it is still a turd!!!

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