There’s the intellectual equivalent of an arms race going on in the land of liberal television. Except the competitors seem to be racing to see who can say the dumbest thing possible.
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz got out to a big early lead, but Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift is coming on strong and liberal radio host Bill Press is keeping pace.
On Friday, for example, Clift and Press actually claimed on PBS’ McLaughlin Group that the United States auto industry has never been stronger.
No. Seriously. That’s what they said. We realize you doubt that anyone could be that delusional and still maintain a regular gig on network television, but we herewith submit the following transcript and video clip as proof.
Good lord, what morons.
Press: Then there was the auto bailout. Our auto industry is stronger than it ever was today. It was a George Bush program continued by Barack Obama. If he had not continued those two programs, we’d be in the toilet still today.
McLaughlin: (dumbfounded) You say the auto industry is stronger than it ever has been?
Press: Yes, it is.
Clift: Yes, it is.
Buchanan: No, it is not.
Crowley: No.
Press: GM reported its first profits, John.
McLaughlin: I know that. I know that.
Clift: Well, General Motors now has a nice fat share of the market in China. They have recovered, excuse me, and millions of jobs have been saved.
Why stop with millions, Eleanor. As long as your fantasizing, why not make it billions of jobs? Maybe even trillions of jobs.
The only question is, how do you keep yours?
H/T: NewsBusters.org
