MSNBC’s Bashir Shouts Down Conservative Guest in Heated Argument Over Military General
- Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:48am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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There must have been something in the cable network water on Thursday, because the higher channels produced two stunning interviews that are sure to grab attention. We’ve already brought you Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s battle with Anderson Cooper. And now, we present Martin Bashir’s shoutfest with a conservative commentator.
On his MSNBC show, Bashir hosted GOP strategist Trey Hardin as part of a trio of guests. At one point, the conversation turned to Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey seemingly calling out those former service members who have criticized the president for security leaks. That’s when Hardin pointed out that the comment is somewhat expected since Dempsey serves the president directly. And that’s when Bashir started shouting.
Mediaite has the quotes:
Bashir did not take kindly to that remark: “I’m sorry, I cannot allow you to cast such a contemptuous aspersion against a senior military officer by demeaning his service to this country. Will you please take that comment back?”
“I did not demean his service at all,” Hardin said with a laugh.
“You did by suggesting that the only reason he said that was because he serves the president,” Bashir shouted back in response. Would you please take that comment back?”
“Let me answer,” Hardin insisted, but Bashir kept asking him to take back his original comment.
“Hey, i know that you respect democracy and people’s freedom of speech,” Hardin began to respond before being cut off by an increasingly irate Bashir: “Sir, he serves the United States of America.”
“These retired military have a right to vote and advocate,” Hardin got in before Bashir decided to cut him off once and for all.
“Okay, Trey, you’re not going to take the comment back,” Bashir snapped while Hardin laughed. “Thank you very much.”
And here’s the video. Notice how Bashir poisons the well at the beginning by calling the servicemen “swift boat groups”:
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Comments (161)
contkmi
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:39amTime after time, Bashir has shown himself to be just another socialist. He doesn’t even try to hide it anymore. All he’s doing is trying to score points with his audience of 3 people. It makes them think he supports the military when he actually despises them.
The only people he’s relevant to are his 3 viewers and his taskmasters at the WH.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:48amI think you mean scoring points with the coming oligarchy
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:52amIt’s the commie way, “do as I say, your dumb”
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:01amDoes anybody really watch this moron ???
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:58amNO, I don’t watch this moron. Didn’t like Michael Jackson, but I still seethe when I think of how this Martin befriended him to get an inside story and made Jackson look more like an idiot than he was.
Martin has no business on TV in the United States, but then I can say that about a lot of losers on TV.
Report Post »AND, YOU know who you are by the comments most of us make about you people. I’m wondering if Bashir is kin to Debbie Washerman Schultz? Throw in pelozi, harry reid and all of ‘em.
19RANDY59
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 12:07pmBashir, there is a much better use for your mouth, lol.
Report Post »AProudConservative
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 12:26pm3 people? I think you are grossly overestimating his audience.
Report Post »ccfonten
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 1:44pmBashir is nothing more than a mindless political hack for odumbo.
Report Post »Gonna be real fun to watch his head implode on Nov 6 after all the results are in and odumbo loses by a landslide! Hope they have LOTS of docs and nurses standing by with LOTS of syringes filled with sedatives to control the hysteria coming from these idiots. They’re gonna need a boatload of sedatives!
CLEttinger
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:10pmHow about Bashir demeaning the Seals and ex Special Forces for calling out the president? ******* hypocracy at its best.
Report Post »Pearsontech
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:21pmHmm he handled that much better than I would. I would have said hell no I am not taking that comment back and if you don’t like it you can kiss my big white one and dropped it right there in front of the camera for him
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:39pmMSNBC is part of the Obama Administration Period.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:32pmLOL, here I sit watching Marty for his laugh-ability factor. And, as I expected practically everything mentioned so far has lead into his calling Mitt a birther….LOL! Oh how despicable and cowardly it was for Mitt to mention his birth place today. Had a bit of Limbaugh tossed in as a bit of spice. Nothing substantial, just Rush’s name. Hehehe, now Mitt is trying to become president so that he can end parts of the tax code so that HE can then not just pay a lower tax rate, but absolutely ZERO! That was from one of his guests, and I was at first wondering where they find these characters, but hey, its BSNBC.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:21pmDempsey is someone who considers himself Irish-American. Do Conservatives consider themselves hyphenated Americans? I know most of my heritage, but I just call myself American – nothing else. Who cares where my great-grandparents were born? Where they were from is totally foreign me. I’m 100% American, 0% Liberal. Apparently, Liberals don’t consider themselves entirely American even if they were born here. Liberals have a divisive mentality. I will never allow anyone to label me only half American, that’s what Liberals do.
Report Post »SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on August 25, 2012 at 8:44am@ SHIROI…..I completely agree with you. Liberal thinking is usually divisive in nature for several reasons. First of all, they see the world as grossly unfair not because of personal shortcomings or irresponsibility, but because of oppression & “racism”. They believe that the “playing field” needs to be made fair by govenrment force or compulsion through taxes, penalties, and social programs. Although they deny it they believe that successful rich people only became that way by taking advantage of the lower class of people. Of course, I post in generalities, but I believe that this is a fair assertion in a general sense. What they fail to understand, usually because liberal thinking does not have any room for God and his standards of morality, is that many people find themselves in poverty because of their own actions or lack thereof. Even though the US has directed more money toward poverty and social programs for the “poor” than any civilization in the history of mankind both governmentally and privately, the problem has changed very very little in the last 50 years, perhaps even becoming worse. It is the breakdown of our families that is the number one predictor of poverty. It is the erosion of our moral foundations that made us great to begin with that have been constatntly attacked by liberal/social thinking even though socialism has proved a failure over and over around the world. In short, their “god” is this world and salvation comes via the gov’t
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on August 25, 2012 at 1:44pmHe should go back to his third world sh#t hole since he doesn’t like it here or real Americans.
Report Post »Lordcsmith
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:31amI’ll be away from my computer for a few minutes, I have to go take a Bashir.
Report Post »irishjarhead
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:45amBe sure to wipe your Piers Morgan well.
Report Post »Wildblue3
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:01am~laughing so hard I can’t breathe!!!~ Thanks guys, I needed that.
Report Post »twistin
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:08amand don’t forget to shake off your Maddow.
Report Post »ccfonten
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 1:46pmGood ones, folks!!!!
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 2:52pmThis is the great grandma laughing!!!!!!!
Report Post »CLEttinger
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:15pmIt hurts to sit, can someone pass the pPreparation H, I have a Mica Brzezinski.
Report Post »smittunia
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:25pmWell, the toilet is the best place to be when suffering from diarrhea of the mouth.
Report Post »Deckle
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:30amPeople remember this host is an Islam. Ask an Islam what “takia” means. Basically, they can lie for the better good of Islam. Especially to the infidels. Infidels are us!
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 1:04pmJonathon M. Seidl, were you not the one who wrote the article poking fun at Obama for misspelling Ohio with a group of students?
“Hey, i know that you respect democracy and people’s freedom of speech, . . .”
What is wrong with the above sentence?
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:28amMSNBC host’s Bashir, Tourre’, Maddow, Hayes, Schultz etc. = Militant Leftist’s
This batch of losers is the dream team of ridiculous pathetic disinformation. Nobody watches these shill’s.. What a hapless, worthless, helpless, sack of doosh bags.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:07amHow could you possible leave O’Donnell out of that list of miscreants? LOL
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:27amBrashir is nothing more than an Obama Operative. And that is why his show and network are failing.
Report Post »palerider54
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:26amI had to quit watching Bashir and Rachel Madcow, I just can’t afford to keep replacing my TV because of a 40 cal bullet hole.
Report Post »ddajs
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:50amI know how you feel. I finally programed out BSNBC on all of my tv’s. It is a lot cheaper than replacing the TV.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:06amNothing But Crap tv…P-hole socialist out fit..he!! I don’t watch Weather channel or Golf channel anymore…the dem-wits at NBC own and operate…and IT’S OBVIOUS…trying to weed out EVERYTHING Com(mie) Cast…
Report Post »RIGS
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:21amBASHIR is another liberal punk hiding behind a microphone trying to show he’s a bad ass, LIBERALS ARE ALL GAS and NO ASS.
Report Post »Kinnison
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:21amServing military personnel have many of their rights constrained by their active service. They are not allowed to publicly criticize the Commander-in-Chief, for example; it is prohibited by the military services’ legal rule book, the UCMJ. Retired military people, on the other hand, have the same rights as any other American citizen, and if they want to be publicly involved in politics it is their constitutional right. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dempsey is simply wrong to say that retired members of the SpecOps community cannot and should not hold the President responsible for the security leaks on the bin Ladin raid currently being investigated in Washington. He IS still on active duty and should be prohibited from making political statements in support of his President and the Obama White House and criticizing his detractors.
Report Post »quiltgal
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:40amWell said!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:17amSorry if I offend anyone, but General Dempsey based on his carrier path and background is just the kind of General Obama wants.
A weak bureaucratic yes man!
Report Post »joel beemer
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 1:31pmPerhaps the general should also be critical of obama for trying to suppress the votes of our soldiers.
Report Post »Sgt_Rock
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:15pm@Quiltgal, RLTW, Joel Beemer…all great comments. The Generals job is to support the policies of the commander-in-cheif. The fact that this presidents policies are contrary to the well being of the services as a whole would lead me to believe that the General couldn’t care less about the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coasties, he ultimately leads, but instead, cares more about his career. The fact that he had said nothing about the Ohio law suit or any other attempt to marginalize the voting rights of service personnel speaks volumes about his priorities. “Yes man” indeed. He should be respected for his service, but as with many officers who get to Colonel and above, he has lost sight of his real responsibilities, the mission and the personnel and sold out both for the position he holds.
Report Post »Joe
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:19amDoes anyone really care what happens on MSNBC? There’s a reason why Neil Cavuto owns this time slot in the ratings. Only morons would watch Bashir.
Report Post »Geo_Kat
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:19amOur soldiers pledge to uphold and defend the Constitution not the President.
Report Post »mrunner
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:20pmGreat post! I and sincerely believe that MOST of our military take that oath seriously.
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:43pmHow long has it been that the military have been muzzled in speaking out against tyranny? But I would say we have never ever been at this critical point in our history when a president disavows the Constitution as much as this one does…what would Washington do?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:17amDid Bashir scream that moveon.org take it back when they called General Petraeus General Betrayus? I think not, and he never would have. Bashir is a stuffed suit, and we all know with what he is stuffed!
Report Post »jas0707
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:12amWhat is a “Bashir”?
Report Post »sandy21957
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:18amNeed to rename belly-button lint “Bashir”. Just as obnoxious and useless.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:37amThat‘s what my dog pinches out twice a day if he’s eating good….
Report Post »smittunia
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:29pmdouche bag
Report Post »noun
• a small syringe for douching the ******, esp. as a contraceptive measure.
— (informal) a loathsome or contemptible person (used as a term of abuse).
Damn_Lucky
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 6:22pmThat‘s what’s on that piece of paper before you push the handle.
Report Post »alrunner58
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:06amIf it wasn‘t for the Blaze I wouldn’t even know who this moron is.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:19amI do occasionally flip through the news channels and even watch CNN and BXNBC in short spurts. Bashir does have some comedy value.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:03amI have never watched the Bashir Comedy Hour, maybe I’ll have to give it a try. Laughter is so good for the soul.
Report Post »DIR
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 4:34pm@MOM
Some words of caution: Do yourself a favor don’t bother. Bashir is the kind of comedian that makes most normal thinking people want to thow up, not laught. He’s the joke, and a not so funny one. See, Joe is a looser who so wants to be relevant. He tries to be cool. but he’s not. He‘s the person who photoshops himself in with famous people who don’t even know who he is. Martin is the kind of guy you‘d find lurking around the little boy’s gym at a middle school near where he lives. I’m to understand he has used bicycle seats strewn all over his house (he openly brags of his collection). You know when he’s near, you can smell his breath from a mile away. There‘s a famous study that shows nine of ten wanabe newscasters tried ’camels’ and went back to their wives. Martin is the one who didn’t.
Just a friendly warning, proceed at you own risk!
Report Post »DIR
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 5:25pm@ MOM Your probably wondering who ‘Joe’ is, that‘s Martin’s pet name bestowed upon him by a couple of guys, who know him (or at least met him) professionally and said his breath smelt like rancid coffee. They call him ‘rancid joe.‘ ’Joe’ sometimes is a reference to coffee. Your right though, they think he’s funny (not as in humorous, but as a nerd).
Report Post »jackact
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:03amThe Obama regime touts the value of ‘news sources’ like People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight.
Report Post »Bashir fits right in.
With a resume boasting a heralded Michael Jackson interview, what exactly are the journalistic credentials of Bashir.
……..none.
Therefore what is the relevance of MSNBC?
…..nothing.
Empty suits and empty minds.
Same ole.
OhSuzieQ
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:15amSho Nuff!
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:02amMaybe he’s a bit cranky since he got caught plagiarizing, like, everything he’s ever written about in the MSM rags.
Report Post »smittunia
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:32pmThat’s Fareed Zakaria. Same difference though…
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:02amRemember, with the Left , “ freedom of speech” has been replaced with ” freedom to agree with me.” A version of the new Harry Reid take on American justice : you are guilty until you prove that you are innocent. ( Big Brother does not like opposition. )
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:01amWhat a piece of of dog crap this Bashir has turned out to be! Hehehehehe! Poor pissy punk doesn’t want to hear the truth!
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:01amall bunch of idjits, they cannot hold a conversation, they get mad as soon as they don’t have a pre written down answer they can use…. but, at least this guy didn’t pull an Obama, and say “uh… well the thing is… uh….. take….uh….. that comment…. uh, back, uh….”
Report Post »AU Patriot
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:00amAre all the liberal networks now having to go get American hating British “journalists” to do their shows? I don’t watch these shows but in reading some of the statements I have noticed this trend.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:01amThe Pakistani perspective… always relevant
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:52amThey are “incorporating” alot of British speaking as well as other foreign nationals to MSM to remind us we are a “Global Society”.
Report Post »Mike Benton
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:00amSince when does an interviewer have the right to force a person to take back his statement?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:14amSince when does a devout, foreign liberal get indignant over a perceived slight of a military leader’s honor? I guess the left has forgotten calling Gen. Petraeus “Gen. Betray Us”?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 12:28pmMarty didn’t like the curtain being pulled aside to reveal the cronyism that exists in the upper command structure of the military.
Report Post »You’ll recall how McCrystal was handled by Obama after the Rolling Stone article? And bear in mind..McCrystal was an Obama supporter.
And in typical lefty style..Marty shouts down dissent rather than ask for more information. “Take that back”. Never mind that a supposed journalist is asking an interviewee to take back a statement and the unprofessionalism of that action…Marty is acting out of frustration…he doesn’t like the puppeteer to be revealed to the public.
grimmster
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:59amNeed to send this limey muslim back to where he came from.He represents one reason this nation is in the shape that its in,once the media were bought off by obamas handlers, this is what we end up with, and people call reporters.And who actually watchs this crap anyway, beside folks at the Blaze?………
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:26amI did some reading about Bashir quite some time ago. Actually, he is not a Muslim and never was. He was born in London to a Pakistani immigrant family of Christian faith. Apparently, he has turned on that faith now. But, I think that he and Piers Morgan should charter a flight to return to England, and stay there this time.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:29amYou must have been really bored R.J. :-)
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:10amGONZO, LOL, it must sound that way. Actually, after hearing one of his rants where he looked like he was about to pull a Michael Ironside from Screamers, I was wondering about his background and if was a Muslim also.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:13amGONZO, Hmmm, if he did pull a Michael Ironside from Screamers, that would make for a good pay per view episode. I’d certainly pay to see it.
Report Post »Listen_then_think
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:57amI think Martin Bashir is a muslim jihadist in our country illegally. Besides being a total douche bag the guy is a total douche bag. Stop watching his channel and maybe it will get cancelled like Joy behag.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:02amAll of them make me sick. Even Fox is going that direction. Shameful.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:14am@KentuckyPatriot….I have noticed that as well. I was watching Bill O’Reily and Luara Ingram was filling in for him….I noticed that all she had on were Democratic/Liberal people and she would let them throw out their talking points and did nothing to argue those points. I’m tired of the media, however, the majority of people still follow them and believes everything they say as the truth.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:20am@ Listen_Then_Think
I thought the same thing.
Report Post »Wildblue3
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 11:16amHannity and Huckabee are the only ones on Fox worth watching
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:56amDid you expect anything different from MSNBC or the main stream media? People wake up and see what is going on….MSNBC has thrown their support behind Obama and the Democrats and main stream media has done the same…..however, I thought the main stream media was suppose to be non-bias….but apparently they have decided to drop to their knees and pledge alliance to the Democrats.
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:02amthey might have dropped to their knees for the dems, but i dont think they’re pleding alligence, i think they’re doing something else
Report Post »Amy
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:56amBashir betrayed Michael Jackson’s trust – MJs spirit was accosted because of this creep. Why do liberals cling to him – have they forgotten?
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 9:13amI well remember that, Amy.
He is a disgustingly deceitful man.
And a plagiarist, but I guess I’m repeating myself.
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