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MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Tries Her Hardest to Defend Debunked Attacks on Romney, Hilarity Ensues

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell and former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu on Tuesday debated the accuracy of Team Obama’s “outsourcer-in-chief” attacks on GOP rival Mitt Romney.

Actually, considering that most of the discussion revolves around Sununu bringing a stammering Mitchell up to speed on the Obama administration’s “green” energy outsourcing, perhaps “debate” is too strong a word.

Anyway, this is what happens when you wade into a political discussion without knowing what you’re talking about [via MSNBC]:

“Isn’t it a winning issue for the White House, fundamentally, granted that the PolitiFact folks and the Washington Post pointing out that the President’s campaign ad on that issue had a lot of questions and a lot of questionable attacks?” Mitchell asked.

Wait, how is a debunked claim a “winning issue” for the White House?

“But they said it was wrong. A lot of questionable tactics is not right, it was wrong,” Sununu responded, grasping the absurdity of her question.

“But the point is, that isn’t Mitt Romney more vulnerable than the President on this issue because there still is — the whole question of private equity of outsourcing,” said Mitchell.

“You could argue about when he left Bain Capital and whether he was still getting money from Bain Capital and what some of the companies in Bain were doing, companies that did end up working overseas and sending jobs overseas. But isn’t it a bigger problem for Republicans than for the White House?” she asked.

Apparently, the fact that Romney was not managing Bain Capital during the outsourcing period is of little importance to Mitchell.

“No. When you’ve sent $500 million to Fisker and it goes to Finland immediately. When you send the solar money and it goes to Mexico. When you send the turbine money and it goes to Denmark. And we can go on all day,” Sununu responded.

“There is $29 billion worth of purchases that came out of this administration, outsourced jobs to foreign countries,” he said, repeating the fact that Romney was not managing Bain when jobs were being outsourced.

“Well, first of all the $29 billion are not all outsourced from the administration because –” Mitchell tried to respond.

“Sure they are.”

“A lot of those jobs still remained here. There are jobs — when you do a grant, governor, there are jobs here as well as overseas.”

“You’re struggling, Andrea. You’re struggling,” Sununu laughed.

(H/T: Mediaite) This story has been updated.

Comments (361)

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  • nappy
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:22pm

    She’s in way over her pin head.

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:59pm

      Interviews like this one are the reason she didn’t get the meet the press job (instead the giant baffoon gregory got it)…the lesser of two idiots, barely any difference really… both are DNC script reading lapdogs.

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    • shasta
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 7:57pm

      Is this our next VP….he would crush Biden in a debate…

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    • wykedraven
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:18pm

      haha – usually, I don’t respond to posts. But, yours was such a good one! “In way over her pin head” good one Nappy. Thanks for the laugh. Sometimes, the truth is a hoot.

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    • kettererbg
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:53pm

      Another, real skanky, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz in progress. Mental midgetry at it’s worst.

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    • leforest
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:09pm

      What about the 11 new Cheveolett factory that he funded in China? Make you wonder why he is patyting his back so. Also how does the United Auto Worker Unions feel about it they could have used the jobs here in America??? http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo

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    • dmerwin
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:50pm

      The Obama campaign should have to claim the free NBC ads.

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    • zman173rd
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:46am

      A title that matched the story. I started laughing before I ran the vid. Struggling, stuttering, stupified and wondering why the hell the newsroom didn’t have a power outage. This is the only time someone like her would pray to the almighty the roof would cave in and save her from looking like a total baffoon. Loved it, need more like it to smile a little more.

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    • Realist4U
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:09pm

      Now I know where the term “bitch-slapped” comes from!

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    • Pat Alexander
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 6:25pm

      Is it just me – or does she look like Jack Nicholson’s “Joker” in Batman?

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    • johnsnare
      Posted on July 15, 2012 at 5:14pm

      John Sununu is a pretty intelligent guy, and Mitchell must have thought she had some laid back conservative. Mitchell was toast,deep fried, and scorched, all in one segment. Good job, John

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    • diamactive
      Posted on July 15, 2012 at 6:38pm

      She is a bitch and a pin head, and it was so much fun to see her getting crushed.

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    • deanied
      Posted on July 15, 2012 at 8:34pm

      I loved watcheing her squirm!! They can’t take the truth! Obama is just a lying fool & Romney has more qualifications than BO will EVER have!! He’s making up horrible lies that some fools will beleive,cause they think BO is their KING!! Sickening!!

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    • bdsconserv
      Posted on July 15, 2012 at 8:57pm

      and these people call themselves reporters? really?!!! why don’t they just admit they work for the obama campaign? failing that, at least don an obama cheerleading outfit. shameful!

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:21pm

    Implode, left, implode.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:47pm

      The leftist Andrea. Gets an A for effort….. From the DNC,,,,,, good thing the state media leftist monopoly has been broken……….. By you and I…. And the internet !!!!! They are so pissed….

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    • cosette
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:57pm

      For someone who has been in the news business for close to 40 years this vapid Ovomit bootlicker sounds like a blithering idiot. I highly doubt Sununu will be invited back anytime soon. That clip tasted like dessert.

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    • b.mclane
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:05am

      Proves once Lib Reporters are confronted by capable Republican spokespeople their prefabbed talking points are useless. Michael Steele is on MSNBC cause he is HORRIBLE at his job then as RNC Chairman and now as a spokesperson.

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    • TexasKnight
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:35am

      Great stuff, but do you really think anyone who watches MSNBC listens?

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:58am

      Had to watch that video twice. It was such a pleasure to watch Sununu laughing at Mitchell. She also was such an unprepared blithering idiot, that even a change of topic did not help her. No wonder she looked so relieved as she as she brought the interview to a close.

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:07am

      Texasknight, you forgot one thing: since that video hit the internet, 30 times more people have watched it than the entire audience of MSNBC.

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    • HowardSternIsABigot
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:45am

      lieing for a liar, how else can it end up?

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:54am

      Bain outsourced with private capital from private investors who made a profit in the end because of bain overall money management programs. Obama has outsource billions with tax dollars that neither the government nor the tax payers will ever see again.

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    • zorro
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:16am

      I‘ve seen this so many times and I can’t stop laughing. But if you want to laugh even more, Google the video and go watch it at liberal sites and see how they defend Mitchell. They’re just as pathetic as she is. Implode indeed!

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    • Thomas_Jefferson
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:29am

      The reason why MSNBC & Andrea Mitchell is Irrelevant is because the majority of left wing voters get their news from Jon Stewart. Serious journalism is too boring for the left.

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    • the_system_disconnect
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:35am

      Wow, that guy should be the one running for president. I haven‘t heard a republican clearly stand up and refute the left’s BS like that with such a firm understanding of what’s really going on.

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:43am

      Ha, the woman with no common sense gets hammered. That did taste like dessert.

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    • little big man
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:14am

      Clearly Mrs Greenspan does not understand the busness community.

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    • PAlibertybelle
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:18am

      Don’t you just love it when the liberal tools of Obama are caught off their talking points. It’s like they get off rhythm and they totally fall to pieces. Same thing happened to Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz over the weekend. She got taken off a point and struggled to get back into her cadence. It’s fun to watch.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:30am

      Poor little Andrea isn’t very bright to begin with…I liked the “we’ll run the numbers” expression of frustration while Sununu laughs.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:48am

      If the rest of us tried to do what MSNBC does, the FEC and IRS would be all over us.

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    • johndoesoetoro
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:24am

      Just imagine being able to go back and keep a detailed, chronological list of all of the failures of this administration and the Left.

      What would such a list look like now?

      Google —>   Legacy of the American Trojan Horse

      Over 8,000 facts to send to your liberal friends and family. Ask them to name one thing on the list that isn’t true and then walk away.

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    • ccfonten
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:03pm

      This interview was hilarious! Andrea just showed her ignorance once again.

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:21pm

      I don’t suppose she gets paid for being a no nothing lackey for the Liberal? Nah, she well paid to be a blithering idiot. How can MSNBC stay in business. The only time I watch MSNBC is like this story. I don’t have it programed on my satellite dish. Remember she’s married to Allen Greenspan former head of the Federal Reserve.

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    • CobraBill
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:29pm

      Would the four people that watch PMSNBC, even care what the truth is?

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    • midwesthippie
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:48pm

      …SHAME on john sununu for picking on a woman like that…especially one that is waking up to a full blown obama hangover, like many people who voted for oblameless, feeling like the party is over and wooooooh…what happened last night?…hit the shower, have a cup of joe, try to see thru the blackout hours, try to remember…maybe feel better about yourself later…

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    • Maji
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:07pm

      I bet she went and rolled in “gause bandages ”
      after that beating!

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    • Jesus.H.Christ
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:41pm

      http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/04/26/472061/fact-check-americans-for-prosperity-announces-61-million-ad-buy-to-push-totally-false-green-jobs-claims/?mobile=nc

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:15pm

      Can’t stand the nasaly woman, so can’t watch the video. I’ve always considered her a hore/hound with little to no integrity. If her words weren’t written out, she‘d be just like obama who can’t carry a single thought without his teleprompter.

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:02pm

      Yeah, I just smiled my way through this interview. She truly was struggling. This was an argument she couldn’t win. Why can’t these people who work for the media admit truth when it slaps then in the face?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:05pm

      @Jesus.H.Christ

      I was wondering just the other day if you left The Blaze forever. Where’s your nemesis Jesus.HChrist? He left about the same time.

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    • mattmo79
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:59pm

      Don’t you just hate it when the facts come out!! Darn it!

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    • Jesus.H.Christ
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:14am

      Hi Monk,

      Thanks for sparing a thought for me. I don’t have a lot of time, and When I do get free time, I like to spend it doing constructive things, but I’ve had a bit of time over the last couple of days, so I’ve contributed to a few articles.

      I’m still flabbergasted at the racism, hatred, and lies on these boards, and the ways in which evidence is unable to permeate the dogma of these boards. I’ll only ever be a part-time poster on here (it’s too depressing mostly), so I’ll come and go as time allows.

      No idea where my guy is who was upset that I’d stole his name, even though I had the correct version of it before him!!

      Hope you and yours are well.

      JHC

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  • Beckaj
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:17pm

    That was good stuff right there.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:16pm

    That was even funnier the second time. I hope the idiots at MSNBC take this verbal flogging as a personal challenge to best Sununu and keep having him back in an effort to get the best of him…..

    over and over and over again. : )

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:15am

      Hi MONK, If they have him back any time soon, they will probably not let Andrea do the next interview. More likely it will be with someone like O’Donnell, Schultz, or Madcow who will shout him down before letting him get a strangle hold like that again. Maybe even Miss Chrissy.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:36am

      Thanks to Comcast we are missing the volume on two channels. Fox News and Speed. We are about to call the local office when it opens, but just for the fun of it watching BSNBC. A moment ago a female announcer gave a brief bit about the actress chosen to play the part Janis Joplin, the ’60s singer. Then added that she had never before heard of her. Maybe they are playing Pearl for her now.

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  • Fuddy_Duddy
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:15pm

    How Sad, this woman knew she got schooled. She’s not after the facts, she’s just after political points.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:02pm

      That was funny. The Gov. sure made a jack-donkey out of her. She was sputtering.
      “scuse me” but that woman is nothing but a rubber stamp for what she’s told to say and hope you all believe her.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:15pm

    the media seems to like Romney now.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:27pm

      Indiv….

      You and the media have more in common than you are aware of knowing…..

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:07am

      What media are you refering to? Talk Radio?

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  • RLTW
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:11pm

    What a Freak-in shill this guttersnipe is, nbc has no credibility.

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  • DenisWTexas
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:10pm

    I’m going to put on my hef-style bathrobe, lower the lights, light the fireplace, put on some sultry music and watch this again and again and again. This is the sexiest thing I’ve seen in a long time.

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    • battles
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:01am

      GREAT idea, Denis! Always glad when someone suggest something exciting to do here in barren West Texas.

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    • Jesus.H.Christ
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:17am

      Whatever gets you through those lonely nights, I guess.

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  • mrprof
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:09pm

    Sununu…you magnificent bastard!

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  • SHOWMESTATEGUY
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:06pm

    Andrea, like all dem libs, has no idea does she?

    She has lived in DC too long. But most of the people who govern us have too.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:01pm

    She calls the Governor a “surrogate for the Mitt Romney campaign.”

    Why won’t she be honest and call herself a media whore for Leftwing politicians?

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  • Hickory
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:00pm

    Another ignorant MSM bimbo. Slap her on top of the head and her mouth flies open. Grab her hands and her legs fly apart.

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    • chips1
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:14pm

      He stayed on for the full 8 seconds.

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    • jlbs
      Posted on July 15, 2012 at 8:27pm

      Now that I have picked myself up off the floor as I rolled in laughter: That was a great comment!

      (As an aside to those who set up this comment section: When I want to comment and have to sign in to reply, it would be nice if you could take me back to where I was so I don’t have to search for the place where I want to comment. This is the only site where this happens to me.)

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  • woodyee
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:58pm

    Andrea Mitchel – “A lot of questions; a lot of questionable attacks…”

    Gov .Sununu – “No! They said it was WRONG! They said it was wrong.”

    Andrea Mitchel – “Alright…”

    LMAO! She’s going to wake up in the morning, preen herself, and go to work as if nothing happened…No couth…

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  • Magyar
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:56pm

    Well, well….

    I just watched Bill O’Reilly back Dennis Kucunich into a logic corner from which he could not escape…

    Then followed it up with idiot Alan Colmes trying to claw his way out of the same corner…..

    …And now John Sununu has Andrea stuttering and stammering and squirming in her seat looking like a fool!

    It can’t get much better than this!!! IT’S THE TRIFECTA!

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    • DenisWTexas
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:12pm

      It‘s like being trapped in a candy store in a universe where cavities and calories don’t exist. I’m loving this.

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  • drattastic
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:54pm

    I had to go to msnbc to watch on my phone so I saw the whole interview and thats what people in the south call getting your azz handed to you. Sununu is a vicious attack dog & sharp as a tack. I always enjoy watching him dismantle socialist with superior intellect and truth.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:04pm

      unfortunately liberals cannot even see reality enough to realize they have had their bums handed to them. this is the sad truth reality and those pesky facts are lost on the liberal mind. think arguing with 2 year olds about taking a nap or not eating a cookie before dinner.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:29am

      When Sununu was the White House Chief of Staff under Bush 41, the media literally hated him. You could almost see heads exploding during interviews. They finally switched tactics and just ran video of him while they vocally dragged him through the mud.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:28am

      RJ:
      Yes, I recall those days. It‘s what happens when you can’t compete intellectually.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:18am

      INLIGHTOFTHINGS, Then you must also remember my favorite WH Press Secretary, Marlin Fitzwater. He held that position for a total of six years under both Reagan and Bush 41. He used to rip up the WH Press Corps when they got stupid. I just loved the way he cut some of these idiots off at the knees. He and Sununu tore these idiots up back in the day.

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  • JJBlazeReader
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:53pm

    ..

    Hilarious!

    It was Mrs. Greenspan who misquoted Mitt Romney out of context to make him look bad. When caught, she never apologized.

    Yep, she is a real uber left progressive.
    ..

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  • mayihelpyou
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:53pm

    Another stupid liberal hack whose opinion is only important to the staff theblaze.com. She has an audience of fourteen, and 7 of those are relatives.

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    • Wool-Free Vision
      Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:01pm

      I love when Rush quotes her using her own annoying voice. I laugh every time.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:41am

      WOOL-FREE VISION, That cracks me up too.

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    • Cavy2see
      Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:44pm

      I want to say her relatives must be hiding in a closet…I cannot see video it was taken down??? I tried but will try later one more time…never liked her…even way way back…life is hard these days…what a mess we are in…thank you Glenn for trying to put some sanity into life…Restore Love…can’t be there physically but will pray for you all…

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  • LibertyGoddess
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:52pm

    He ripped her to shreds with the TRUTH.

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  • ktmrider1
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:51pm

    have you read the book – A slobering love affair – explains it all

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  • GeorgieJo
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:49pm

    Andrea Greenspan?
    RETIRE
    You have LOST any credibility
    You and Alan need some more rainbow koolaid
    OMG 2012

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  • Wool-Free Vision
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:49pm

    “You’re struggling, Andrea. You’re struggling,” Sununu laughed. <– Comedy Au

    John Sununu = Class
    Andrea Bitshell = Dechlorinated Class

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  • Chromo200
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:47pm

    It is OK for the left to lie and provide false facts. But if a republican does it, it will talked about for months. If Andrea was a true jounalist she would have investigated Sylondra … just that would have showed her who is lying.

    She is just a mouth piece for team obama. They pull her strings.

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  • Laus Deo
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:44pm

    Bizzy ditch. I’m sure you can decode.

    Report Post » Laus Deo  
  • CanteenBoy
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:36pm

    “Andrea, you’re struggling.”

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  • CanteenBoy
    Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:35pm

    That is the very definition of spanked! She looked like an amateur!

    Sad but sweet!

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