New MSNBC Host: ‘I Don’t Really Think’ Fast and Furious Is a Scandal
- Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:02am by
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Salon’s Steve Kornacki, who will soon co-host a new show on MSNBC with The Blaze and GBTV’s S.E. Cupp, appeared on Chris Matthews’ Hardball Thursday to bash conservatives and regurgitate some routine accusations against House Republicans, that they are a bunch of racists for daring to question Attorney General Eric Holder’s level of involvement in operation “Fast and Furious.”
(Related: Exclusive: S.E. Cupp to Co-Host New MSNBC Show ‘The Cycle’)
Obviously, none of that is surprising or out of the ordinary for an MSNBC broadcast. However, some viewers may have been surprised to hear Kornacki tell fill-in host Michael Smerconish that he didn’t consider Fast and Furious, the failed federal gunrunning operation that has killed hundreds of Mexican citizens and U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry, to be a “scandal.” He started by saying if it’s a scandal, it belongs to the “right,” blaming – who else – former President George W. Bush.
“I think the origins of this one are really important to kind of keep in mind here. And that is, this is a scandal that really began on the right, to the extent it’s a scandal at all, which I don’t really think it is,” he said of Fast and Furious.
And just to rule out the chance that he misspoke, Kornacki a few moments later said Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) don’t mind debating Republicans over Fast and Furious because “they can just look at the Republicans and say ‘there is no scandal here,‘ let’s talk about jobs.”
Regardless of whether or not Kornacki believes Holder or senior officials were involved in the execution Fast and Furious, it’s still hard to fathom that a political writer would not consider a gun-walking program that resulting in hundreds of deaths, including a U.S. border agent, to be a “scandal.”
In addition to downgrading Fast and Furious from scandal status, Kornacki made some bizarre connections between Fast and Furious, Obama and racism.
And because conservatives‘ resentment towards Holder couldn’t possibly be due to the fact that he has given false testimony, refused to provide subpoenaed documents and been generally uncooperative in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into Fast and Furious, Kornacki went on to say that the attorney general has become a “lightening rod” for the ire of Republicans.
Why? Because conservatives have manufactured a “caricature” of Obama as a “secret black radical” who is trying to take money away from “white people.” And because Obama, the “secret black radical,” appointed Holder, who Kornacki points out is also black, somehow that proves racism is fueling Republican criticism, at least according to him.
“Yeah. And, you know, look, I mean, you know, it can be uncomfortable to talk about this stuff, but I think you have to consider the possibility that there might be, sort of, you know, there might be an aspect of race and of culture to that. Because you have the Justice Department – Well, first of all, you have sort of, you know, the caricature of Obama that sort of gets sold on the right a lot is that he’s this, sort of, secret black radical and he’s looking to, sort of, um, you know, he’s looking to sort of, maybe, take away rights or take away, you know, take away this, sort of, you know, money from, you know, from white people and redistribute it and that sort of thing,” said Kornacki.
“So, you take, you know, prominent, you know, black lawyer and you put him in charge of the Obama Justice Department and I think that’s, you know, to people who sort of traffic in that sort of thing, you know, it really is kind of a lightening rod.”
Kornacki is set to co-host MSNBC‘s newest show ’The Cycle’ with Cupp and two others starting Monday at 3 p.m. ET. It is practically assured that sparks will fly on the regular between him and Cupp if he brings that type of unfounded rhetoric to the show.
You can watch Kornacki’s entire segment on Hardball here:
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Comments (151)
DontTread
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:06amObama could napalm an orphanage and these people would find a way to justify and support it.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:11amLooks like this guy is a typical liberal, can’t think very well.
Report Post »HowardSternIsABigot
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:12amIn gact people in afghan and iraq think he has dfone just that with his drone program. MSM missed all those somehow.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:12amthe key word in the article is ( think) unfortunately this guy doesn’t.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:26amWhat a great reason to never ever elect another Black president, you are never allowed to question or criticize him………thanks MSDNC
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:28amThe use and sometimes over use of the phrase “you know” has been known to project intelligence…….
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:34amIt is obvious that this sort of, ya know, human sort of human stuff, is msnbc, sort of stuff ya know.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:45amI maintain that John Bryson, if he was black, would not have stepped down and any investigation into his actions would have been deemed racist!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:04amNew MSNBC Host: ‘I Don’t Really Think’ Fast
perfect description in just 8 words
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:11am@ 000degrees
I know what you mean by the “you know” phrase is way over used.
Report Post »The radio talk show “Walton and Jonhson” they have a 4 you know limit when you call in.
If you go over they let you go.
You can steam these guys on bayou 95.7
yougottabekidding
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:41amHow can you get so many”educated idiots??” in one place?
Report Post »SE don’t do it
suttonea76
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:53amNo scandal??? This idiot was probably first in line to denounce Karl Rove even though he held no power in the White House in contrast to our chief law officer. I think MSNBC goes out and finds anyone who would be willing to say the stupidest crap on TV as long as it supported the liberal narrative. Now they are trying to grab any semblance of credibility by having Cupp host a show on their network. Cupp will read those libs the riot act daily which will increase ratings but backfire in the attempt to discredit conservatives. MSNBC has gotten its butt kicked for their entire existence and now they will use this ratings boost as a measure of how much their “message” is getting out. Total spin all the time….the new MSNBC slogan!
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:55amYou‘re right that’s the difference between Republicans and democrats. REPUBLICANS IN THE END WANT THE TRUTH. DEMOCRATS ONLY WANT THE TRUTH ABOUT REPUBLICANS AND EXCUSE THE ACTIONS OF THIER POLITICIANS
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 8:58amHe opines. Mathews Jr. Work on the lisp, wanker and say you know way more.
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 10:04amThe people writing Republican talking points should be fired! The WH is hidng the fact that the purpose of FF was to change gun laws. As usual, dems control the conversation and the silly repubs react. Like, ya know, watching a Roadrunner cartoon. beep beep
Romney/Gowdy – 2012
Report Post »SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 10:27amAnd I just don’t think MSNBC is real news. More like a political comdey skit with a little 3 ring circus action thrown in to entertain the spoon fed crazies….
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 11:23amWell, you know, Kornacki is a liberal, you know, who, you know, only sticks to the, you know, talking, you know, points. Since, you know, know, you know, this, well, you know, I don’t, you know, need to you know, tell you.
You know, I will just, you know, leave it at, you know, that.
Did this fool even graduate from junior high?
Report Post »johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 1:02pmWhere in America do these people grow-up?
Is there a hidden lab deep in a basement within bombed-out Detroit that is cloning these idiots?
Report Post »Obamammy
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 2:39pmMore proof that MSNBC goes entirely out of it’s way to hire child molesting limp wristed salad tossers.
AKA: Liberals.
Report Post »Thors Hammer
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 3:02pmI‘m tired of the left’s racist statements. Any time they refer to a normal-thinking they call us racist, and that is being racist. The only reason they said that is because we’re white!
Report Post »taxwarrior
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 3:07pmThe question should be “what did the president know and when did he know it?”
Just like Watergate what will probably be needed is a whistleblower.
The press needs to go out there and find a source. Will they find someone to turn over the “smoking gun” evidence (or with this crowd it would be the “stained blue dress”).
If people started researching the President’s involvement we might get to the truth but we need the whistleblower.
Will
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 3:29pmAnd – I really don’t believe MSNBC is a real News Agency! – So there -
Report Post »scudster
Posted on June 23, 2012 at 9:42amOr blame it on Bush.
Report Post »db321
Posted on June 23, 2012 at 11:18amDontTread – Obama could napalm an orphanage and these people would find a way to justify and support it.
Your correct and anyone that would protest Obama napalming an orphanage would be a racist.
The Liberal News rating are in the gutter. Warning, if you have cable and tune to MSNBC, CNN or any other Liberal Obama News Agencies you are counted in the overnight ratings – even if it is for a few seconds.
Report Post »ProudCheesehead
Posted on June 23, 2012 at 1:18pmOr blame it on Bush.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 23, 2012 at 8:25pmHere’s the test. If it is NOT a scandal, why is the admin jumping out their butts to cover it up?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:01amThese people have become nothing more than DNC operatives, don’t they wonder why NOBODY IS WATCHING ???? Idiots………and blaze, you give msDNC more exposure ,than they have actual viewers, please stop, we all know they are a laughing stock…….
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:08amLet the Blaze keep the record forward and visible with MSNBC; these testimonies of their idiocy and criminal mentality shows clearly for all to hear with their own ears; it is as with the records of the death camps of Germany being filmed and testimonies taken, for there will come a day again in which they can be confronted with the truth if we fail on our duty to protect freedom and our liberties.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:17amI agree..! They get more play here than on their own network
MSNBC.’S motto …“The truth died here…along with our ratings“
Report Post »IraHayesFlagRaiser
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:21amLet’s remember what the source is. A new mouth piece will only continue to show their stupidity. I know it is an old and so what over used statement …. but you can’t fix stupid.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:24amI WANT to have all the DEMOCRAT so-called journalists outed. While it torks me off , they have to be exposed for the liars they are.
Report Post »nostromo
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:54amThe bigger the lie the easier it is to believe. Who could have thought this is happening in the United States? I hesitate to use the word evil in this context, but when you make stuff up and push it as truth over the dead bodies of hundreds of people I just dont know what other word to use.
Report Post »js1964
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:05amagree
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:53amOh yes, Kornacki…..there definitely is an aspect of race to all of this.
It’s the race of Holder, the CBC, 1/2 of Obama, and all the other blacks who push racism against Whites.
They are the racists here. We saw it in Holder not charging Black Panthers in Philly, we saw it when blacks wanted to enact vigilantism on George Zimmerman, and both times, racist’s Holder and Obama kept their mouths shut.
Who the h#ll is Steve Kornacki other than a white twit who has obviously been trained at a socialist institution of “higher” learning. This little butthe*d needs my foot up his arse. BTW, I did not listen to the video. I’ve heard this crap before. As well, I used to turn on Philly talk radio before Beck came on ans Smerconish preceded Glenn. I walked over to the radio the day Michael announced he was supporting Barry for prez. Haven’t listened to him since.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:51amBut you sure thought that Valerie plame thing was a scandal…….but your right this is not a scandal , it’s MURDER….IT’S SUPPLYING DRUG CARTELS WITH HIGH GRADE WEAPONS, IT’S FOMENTING A CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO…….actually much much more than a scandal……….MSDNC .
Report Post »Rolandd
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:50amNo time to lose, we’ve got to spin, spin, spin. Man, these people are so lost in a world of make believe.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:57amTheir illusions are, sadly, becoming our reality. The harder they spin, the more drawn the battle lines become. Illusion becomes reality, reality becomes legend, legend becomes dismissed, and we end up at each other’s throats because they tried burying something we wanted known.
I believe we are at a state of undeclared war with neocommunists, at this point.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:41am@OHIO…
We War… because We are of a Predator Species… that tends to allow Schisms to break us into Tribes of Commonality & Opposition… where We are Unique Individuals given to Disagree… and where we need Government to keep us from Killing each other… but where some always attempt to Grab Power, in order to Control All Others.
War is Perpetual and Natural… yet We think that We are something more than We are!
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:48amNeithner does NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, or major newspapes or local radio stations like nj1015.
Report Post »Holly Woods
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:47amThis borders on yellow journalism. This so-called debate is a hollow attempt to make it just about personality, politics, agenda-based issues and race-baiting
Are they even going to the facts of this case? I didn’t hear a single one. What about and ignore the federal, state and international laws that have been broken? What about the purposeful and willful hiding of the evidence? What does Timothy Geithner have to do with this case? Absolutely nothing.
The only thing worse than the total lack of integrity is that they insult their audience by stating that anyone one who sends them an email with actual facts or perhaps a differing opinion writes with crayons.
It is beyond me why anyone would watch this show, invest in or advertise with this organization.
Report Post »mersey
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:46amOne dead border security agent, scores of dead Mexicans…..nope, nothing to see here Kornacki and MSNBC. Cover it up. You will be just as complicit as Holder and the Obama regime.
“….Obama as a “secret black radical” who is trying to take money away from “white people.” That’s rich. No dolt, Obama is trying to take money away from anyone he can, no matter what race. His Marxist Socialism supercedes his racism.
S.E., you’re a smart woman…..but MSNBC? I’m pretty sure none of your Real News watchers will tune in, but good luck.
Report Post »HPC172ERTAV
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:46amAre you – ya know – JOKING? – ya know
Report Post »Square Dancer
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:37amHey goof-ball…you just might want to read about OPN Gunrunner before opening your pie-hole. Or do you personally have marching orders from PMSNBC and the WH to blame Bush?
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:53amIt is an unstated conspiracy to do as a party apparatchik. Yes, they have marching orders, but you will never hear of any real conspiracy, you will only see its effects.
Report Post »PingPongPing
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:34amHE is “in LOVE” with the president
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:31amComrades, it is futile to resist, you WILL do as the state tells you, you will BELIEVE what the state tells you, OBEY!!
MSNBC was the first state propaganda network in the United States. They are vile, and I now am ready to say, nothing but evil
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:31amIt is not a Scandal! It is a TREASONOUS Conspriatorial Plot against The CONSTITUTION!
Death to Tyrants!!!
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:31amOnly really uninformed people who do not do the research and do not READ listen to MSNBC or COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK or ABC liars. I’ve seen them caught in their lies and then they lie to cover up their lies and the stupid and uninformed fall for it every time. DUH.
Report Post »AmericanBorn
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:30amIs MSNBC cloning these idiots? I would love to hear what Kornaki WOULD consider to be a scandal. Sheesh, clueless.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:46amI know what they would consider to be a scandal. Some union paid idiot holding a stuffed monkey at a tea party rally.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:26amYeah, because nothing says “Nothing to see here!” like a dead border patrol agent…..
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:57amStarted by the bush admin.
Report Post »Ended by Obama admin.
No evidence that hundreds of people have been killed with the guns that the bush admin allowed to cross the boarder.
No evidence that agent Terry was killed with one of the guns the bush admin allowed to cross the boarder.
biohazard23
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 7:37amBless your little heart. Keep drinking the Kool Aid, sweetie. If Daddy Odumber says it, then it must be true, right? You poor dear… If that makes you feel better about Dear Leader and your shared delusions, then you may wish to try a little something else- – like Haldol, perhaps…..
Report Post »wakewiseone
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:26am“New MSNBC Host: ‘I Don’t Really Think’ Fast and Furious Is a Scandal”
then you are one stupid MF !!!!
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:26amSatan is the father of lies. Satan’s children always imitate him in every way. Satan comes to LIE, steal, kill and destroy. Do you really think they want restoration of USA with all they are doing and saying? They side with our enemies……….Marxists, Communists, Terrorists along with the hatred of many nations who hate USA. THEY ARE SIDING with them. It’s not about this opinion or that opinion or topic of discussion……..it’s REAL FOLKS and they are actually SIDING with any person, nation or religion who hates OUR FREEDOMS and OUR COUNTRY.
Report Post »reconmarine
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:25amIf you want to convert someone to become a GOP voter. Have them watch MSNBC,
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:36amAmen to that.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 10:42amI check in on BSNBC every so often during commercial breaks for two reasons. One, to check in on our nation’s enemies, and two, for a good laugh. Lawrence O’Donnell, BSNBC’s Niles Crane can be down right hilarious at times.
Report Post »GLENNONALL
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:25amThe kettles on the boil
Report Post »Impenitent
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:23am…and he loved big brother…
Report Post »Rip Curly
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:22amKeep up the great work, MSNBC! You’re one of the best recruitment tools of the freedom movement!
These people are truly delusional.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:19amSorry bud, the problem is O is a radical, wouldn’t matter what color he is.
Once again, leftists prove they think only in terms of race or sex
And by the way,,, like, you know, sort of like you know, like you know….learn to speak junior
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 6:18amThis guy Kornacki is living in a fantasy world. He is fabricating a story line that is nothing more than wishful thinking and a figment of his twisted imagination.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on June 22, 2012 at 10:38amyup
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