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ABC News Treats Bi-Partisan Seating as Prom Dance
- Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:11am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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ABC News’s Jake Tapper is a known as a fair, and tough, questioner. He’s also, apparently, trying to secure the comedian tag.
During a segment Monday morning about the president’s State of the Union speech, Tapper took a lighthearted approach regarding plans for Democrats and Republicans to use mixed seating. Treating it more like a prom dance, Tapper gave names to “couples” such as “Southwest Soulmates,“ ”The Partisan Pals,“ and even ”Cutest Couple.” See who got those titles at about 2:oo below:
While ABC News called it a prom dance, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) over the weekend called it a anti-GOP “trap.”
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (80)
rightwingheroes
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:33amI just have this gut feeling that King Obama will somehow figure out a way to slander the GOP, Tea Party or even the Supreme Court(again). If it happens they should collectively stand and walk out on him and swear to not do business again until the Democrat Party is abolished. Just sayin
Report Post »jerryod1627
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:18pmI agree! But no one in Washington has the guts to do this. Joe Wilson told him last year that he was a liar, (which was the truth) and then backed down! All the politicans are worried about is protocall, and what their buddies in Washington think about them!
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:31amWill the republicans grab Victory from the jaws of Victory as usual? The democrats understand what winning means. We put all this effort to get them elected for this? You guys are on thin ice.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:38amVery DAMN THIN ice!
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:31amI can’t believe any Republican is even considering this. Republicans have to be united, or they fail. It’s that simple. This is a divide and conquer ploy by Dems, set out for the nation to see. Those who seat with Dems are RINO’s and need to be held accountable.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:28amAny Republican who sits with a Democrat is a DAMN FOOOOOOL !
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:38pmYou mean you wouldn’t sit with me? and here I was going to be buying.
Report Post »benrumsley
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:21amThe big part of the night won’t be Obama reading from a teleprompter. It’ll be who drew the short straws and will be chained to the seats next to the likes of Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and Harry Reid.
Report Post »kens
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:17amWhy not treat it that way. It is nothing more than ‘showtime’ for the pols. The political equivalent of the academy awards. Maybe we can have interviews with Murky Murkowski about her lovely gown, and interviews with the politicos about the legislation they are sponsoring?
Report Post »DevotedDad
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:15amDoes anyone realize what a dumb and stupid idea this is besides me. You are going to have the Democrats stand up and clap every 15 seconds and they are going to highlight the Republican that is still sitting right next to them.
Is this supposed to get me to believe that they are uniting in anything?
Idiots…Both of em
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:12amOhhhhhh so dreamy……so cute…….maybe they can share a soda with each other.
Report Post »hearditall
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:09amJust when it appeared that maybe there are some R’s with a pair, they go and submit to this!
Report Post »Joseff
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:53amI know, let’s put the Republicans in front and the Democrats in back.
Joe
Report Post »constitutionaldirective
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:47amTHE ONLY reason Dems came up with the idea is they were tired of half the house sitting throughout Oblabba’s speechifying.. now it’s going to look like folks all over the floor are applauding him.. truly sad the Republicans fell for it!
Report Post »BacktotheFounders
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:47amHey, ABC, it ain’t cute, and it ain’t funny. We’re on to you. Don’t think you can sway us from our path of restoring this once-great country to its former glory. Stay the course, Patriots. Don’t give an inch.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:46amThis is sooo lame, ridiculous; smacks of junior high clique garbage. Downright shameful to treat even consider such foolishness. Udall, our senator from Colorado, is the one responsible for this bad joke. Can’t wait to vote him out.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:42amYou’re right, I voted Udall out last Nov. but the other dem-dummies in Colorado didn’t get the message. The other one, Mike Bennet needs to go. He did more damage to Co. schools while Super of schools. Ugh! Ran up a huge amount of money for us to pay back, and we turn him loose in Washington D.C. to do it to the Nation?
Report Post »Country
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:42amAny Repubs who mixes it up with Dems are considered RINOs to me. This is a bunch of bull and this is just a way of making Repubs look silly.
The 800 Pound Gorilla
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Snowleopard-the artist {cat folk artist}
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:37am@Grandmaof5 and Untamabke Kate
Have to agree with the both of you; the news heads are like teenagers talking with teenagers who still have no clue what is going on in the world.
Off to volunteer for a time, have a great day both of you.
Report Post »Salmad
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:35amAre the Dems that scared that someone will see the chamber filled with Repubs. This is a trap. If this was Bush as president and the Dems shellacked the Repubs, do you really thnk they would take away their advantage with a overriding House majority for a televised event?
Report Post »Don’t do it!!
Helldogger
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:33amMore proof our worst enemies aren’t liberal democRATS, they’re liberal Republicans. And the most dangerous of these RINOs are the ones in leadership. We accomplished nothing by getting good conservatives elected & then leave them at the mercy of the limp weenie RINO capitulators. Get ready to spend the next 2 yrs appologizing for liberal dumbness from our side & then Obama gets 4 more yrs. Or join me, & some others, & flood congress with vote of NO CONFIDENCE for the 2 cry babies.
Report Post »2gether
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:28pm2 years of down the throat, 2 days after the Nov election let’s be friends. No, sorry we cannot seem to find our way out from the back of the bus. Can’t trust the swamp creatures who were never drained from the swamp. Can’t trust the GOP who hijacked the the tea party activist movement after they realized that the CITIZENS were for REAL; NOT THEIR PARTY! Check out goooh.com the BEST answer for replacing representatives in 2012. Then we can focus on the presidential candidate.
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:33amGod, I would hate to be the one paired with Pelosi….I hope they supply the Barf Bags as part of the event. Since she likes to stand and applaud for Oblamabush so much…slip in that whoopie cushion…
Report Post »Snowleopard-the artist {cat folk artist}
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:09pmand have a mirophone set up next to it as well…for posterity sake when the noise is made…on live tv with an open channel to all the news crews.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:32amIt really is rather pathetic what the news media has become. They are like listening to teenagers, what a disappointment the next generation of adults is turning out to be.
Report Post »PatriotsCause
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:31amWonder who has been voted to “Most Likely Go Down In Flames”?
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:29amI went to Colorado Senator Mark Udalls website and it is plastered with his efforts to get the seating arrangements changed for the big Obama ongoing lie speech to America. It’s like the White House making the doctors wear white smocks for his heathcare propoganda speach last year. All smoke and mirrors. This guys don’t know how to solve problems, they only know how to put on a dog and pony act.
Call your senators and congressmen and demand that they sit apart during the speech. Demand that they bring the Obamacare repeal and replace act to the senate floor for debate and a up or down vote. Remember, they work for US!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:27amNo, that is the extent of their intellect. Their heads would probably explode if they had to deal with real issues and give intelligent commentary, it’s much easier to mock and, in the end, just look irrelevant and stupid.
Good morning, Snowleopard, hope you are well today. Beautiful wea69+ther (that’s what happens when you have to type thru a cat) here but back to yucky tomorrow, then cold again. Have a great cup of tea!
Report Post »figanodie
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:25amI can’t remember off the top of my head if Rush said it or somebody else, but all this seating arrangement does…for the democrats…is hide how bad the shellacking was in November. If the dems want to “play nice” as Untameable Kate put it, I wonder how long Pres. Obama can pretent to play in the center — it’s not his natural habitat.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:34pmLong enough to win in 2012 hopefully.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 4:48pmNo one but the Obamabots think Barry has a snowballs chance in 2012. What we have now is just Jimmy Carters second term. The Supreme Court Justices worth a hill of beans aren’t showing up this year (Alito will be out of town and Scalia said in an interview at the Federalist Society dinner last fall not to expect him. “It is a juvenile spectacle, and I resent being called upon to give it dignity,” he said. “It’s really not appropriate for the justices to be there.” So that sounds to me like a big N-O. And Thomas doesn’t go for similar reasons). Of course the brain dead Liberal Justices will probably be in the Obama Cheerleader squad.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:17amThis is so irritating. NOW the dems want to play nice after spending the last two years flipping off the republicans. This is so glaringly obvious a child can see what the D’s are doing.
Durbin is bringing a Coke with two straws?? EWWW
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:32amI won’t watch this. The liberal media will say the republicans are finally reaching across the isle and are going to work with Barry.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:15amtalk about disgusting. there are DIFFERENT parties for a reason and should stay seated SEPARATED. nothing obama would have to say at thsi point should have any Repuiblicans cheering for that fuhrer wannabe.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:21amI agree .. too bad the R‘s don’t have many BACKBONES between them … WAKE UP AND KEEP YOUR “TRADITIONAL” SEATS!
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:31amNow it will look like more people are applauding Obama rather than doing nothing in protest.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:34amIt seems as if junior high schoolers have taken over the media.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:02amHmmm…forget the “prom dance” analogy. I’d prefer it to be more like musical chairs. Everytime the democratic sheep applaud Obama, another chair gets taken out. I’d put my money on the Republicans elbowing a weenie Democrat out of the way any day of the week. Anyone left standing when the applause dies out gets tossed into the unemployment line.
Report Post »richauthor
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:07amAnything to make the narcissist president look good… by mixing up the seating, the majority, who’ll be sitting on their hands throughout most of the speech, won’t be as visible to the world. However, the Pelosi jack-in-the-box will still be popping up every 30 seconds or so in a standing ovation, and the lame-stream media will still be focused on her.
Report Post »sawman
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:21amI think the Repubs should eat a lot of garlic all day Monday, and also eat a lot of beans. Then we would see the Dems on board for separate seating also.
Report Post »REDPILLREADY
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:35amIs this pathetic or what?
“Don’t worry, be happy, go back to sleep, your Walmarts, your sitcoms because no crisis here. All will be well because look, we’re all making nice nice”.
Report Post »101
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:36amDog & Pony Show
Report Post »Eagle07
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:38amThis is just a Dimwitocrat ploy to show Obozo as a uniter. The republicans shouldn’t do it.Why didn’t they want to do it last yr? This is just to help him for the reelection.
Report Post »scoter
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:44amYou are right.
Report Post »rubintheartist
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:12pmThe democrat progressives are playing games again. Nice people have to know when to say NO to them, They just want to look like their still the majority by watering down the republicans. the prom game is just that – a game. Have you seen the animated web movie that comically exposes the progressive left and shows them going off to jail?
Report Post »Watch it here and have an enlightened laugh: http://www.marcrubin.com/Hairmerica.ivnu
quiet little lamb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:17pmok this is making me sick! please! no more stories about them dating each other for the SOTU. if they want to sit together great, it doesnt mean a damn thing other than political points with God only knows who. trust me i’m checking to see if my rep and senators are doing this and will be sending a letter NOT to bring a coke with two straws
Report Post »ilovethiscountry
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:05pmApplause is fine. This jumping up and down is unseemly for any of them. They should be adult enough by this time to control themselves properly.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:17pmLet’s hope Republicans violate the traditional decorum of the event and try to shout the President down and use other TP tactics.
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:02pm@BURNTHILLS People on this site need to E-MAIL their Reps and Senators and tell them that they will be watching and taking note of the REPUBLICANS that sit with the DEMOCRAPS..AND assure them that you will be working to remove them from office next election if they do sit with them..I am a TeaParty member and that is exactly what I e-mailed to my reps..We put a TeaParty Senitor in here in our state this last election and the others know that we mean business..I treat my reps just like I used to my kids, I never say anything to them that I don’t intend to back up with actions…
Report Post »darkloch
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 5:17pmthis is just a trick, this way in the 2012 election the dems can say see the repulican are just like us. it is a trick…
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