Sam Stein, Political Editor & WH Correspondent of Huffington Post, today set upon vigorously questioning former WH Press Secretary and Sr. Consultant for the Obama re-election bid Robert Gibbs on the appropriateness of the ad "Understands" which casts Romney's work at Bain Capital in a none too flattering light.
For those who haven't seen the ad or understand the context, here is some info from NYDailynews.com:
The super PAC backing President Obama unveiled a brutal new ad against Mitt Romney on Tuesday that blames the Republican candidate for indirectly causing a woman's death from cancer.
The Priorities USA Action ad features an interview with Joe Soptic, who worked at a steel plant acquired in 1993 by Romney's former private equity firm Bain Capital.
GST Steel declared bankruptcy and shuttered its Kansas City, Mo.-based plant in 2001 - two years after Romney says he turned over managerial control of Bain.
"When Mitt Romney and Bain closed the plant, I lost my health care and my family lost their health care. And a short time after that, my wife became ill," he says in the ad.
"I don't know how long she was sick, and I think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew that we couldn't afford the insurance," Soptic continues. "And then one day she became ill and I took her up to the Jackson County Hospital and admitted her for pneumonia, and that's when they found the cancer, and by then it was stage four. It was - there was nothing they could do for her. And she passed away in 22 days."
Here's a link : http://www.nydailynews.com/...
Joining Sam on Morning Joke in the coordinated attack on Gibbs were Joe "dead intern" Scarborough, bimbo Mika, Mark "the dick" Halperin and "Uncle Tom" Michael Steel.
I only watched some snippets but here are some tweets that from those who are indignant at Sam and outraged at his false equivalency.
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E.J. Hussein Obama @theosmelek
Hey @SamSteinHP, instead of Kissin @JoeNBCs balls to b on his Morn show by critricizing the story of a Bain Victim, FIND MITT'S TAX-RETURNS!
Max Bennett @maxwellbennett
The attack by @Morning_Joe, @samsteinhp, @Markhalperin on Robert Gibbs was disappointing. Theyve never applied that standard to @MittRomney.
James B. Flynn @berchmans
Sam Stein @morningjoe a screed for the right wing? What happen Sam.
Jarryd Willis, M.S. @OFA_Jarryd
@DeeinColumbiaMD Maybe @JoeNBC, @Markhalperin, & @samsteinhp are still upset that they lost in the #ObamaCare ruling. #morningjoe
whoisagentzero @whoisagentzero
FYI @Morning_Joe & @samsteinhp You need 2 incomes for out of pocket & cancer co-pays. Life is more complicated than your rigid fact check.
Before we say "You too Brutus", what gives Sam? Sam had to work from the lower rungs before getting a place amongst the WH Press Corps yada yada..but he has to thank President Obama for giving him a lot of recognition by calling on him during the Press Conferences.
We have many examples of seemingly decent folk like Greta and Wallace at Fox & even Soledad O'Brien who have become stenos and their bias & sarcasm towards progressive values is so clearly visible miles away.
Has Sam fallen by the wayside too?
Was it the lure of a fat check from one of the Koch Brother's thinktanks and/or the chance to host his own show like that other clown Chuck Todd? Any ways, if you tweet, please show Sam some love @Samsteinhp
Here's a suggestion for the next WH Correspondent's Dinner. The President (Obama, of course!) should run clips of pictures of the Mainstream Media from CNN, NBC, ABC etc. showcasing the softballs thrown at Repubs and unhittable curveballs at Democrats and then say something on the lines of thanking them, the Liberal MSM for being on his side!