Much to our surprise, the McLaughlin Group is still on the air. We really thought it had ended its run sometime back in the 90s. But, no, it grinds on, irrelevant as ever.
This week the panel consisted of Pat Buchanan, Monica Crowley, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post and Eleanor Clift, who uttered one of the more remarkable lines EVER about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
Buchanan: You’ve got to stop the, they call it collective bargaining. It is collusive bargaining. What you’ve got is a union puts enormous amounts of money in, they get their buddy in the governor’s chair, then they get together, they cut a deal, give them a sweetheart contract and give it to the taxpayers. What this Governor Walker is saying, “Those days are over. We’ve got somebody representing the people now, and this is going to be an adversary proceeding between you folks and us.”
Capehart: None of these deals are over unless you’re police or firefighters
Clift: Since when does Scott Walker represent the people? He’s representing…
Buchanan and Crowley: (Together) He got elected!
Clift: …the money interests that helped him get elected including…
McLaughlin: Let her finish.
Clift: …including lots of money from the Koch brothers.
Eleanor Clift puts the red in red herring. She demonstrates that Newsweek wasn’t even worth the $1 Sidney Harmon paid for it.
H/T: NewsBusters.org
