I wonder when George Steph decided to be harder on Democrats than on Rethugs? [View All]

Does he even pretend to be a Democrat?

Does he even pretend he treats both sides the same?

Geez, Russert did a lot better at putting on a facade of treating both sides the same than Georgie does.

The above is a general comment that seems to me to apply every single Sunday that Steph hosts This Week.

My specific reason for logging in to make this post:

He was a total jerk to the WH spokesperson (Jack Lew) who was on this morning about Obama's having insisted the mandate was not a tax, about Obama having voting against Robert's confirmation and about whether--wait for it--Obama was going to thank Roberts.

:wtf:

Georgie would show clips of Obama, smirk, and ask the WH Rep. The Rep would give some non commital answer, then George would ask the question again and again and again.

Even on the clip of then Sen. Obama saying he did not believe Roberts would protect the vulnerable in our society, Obama added several times, "I hope I am wrong." So even that was a paper club Georgie was trying to beat down Lew with.

And Since when do Presidents thank any Justice for a SCOTTUS vote anyway? That would be inappropriate, IMO. George really had to stretch for that one. Question is, why did Georgie stretch to be a jerk?



Next the *!@*% Paul Ryan is up. Not ONE gotcha question from George. To the contrary, when Ryan pulls out of his ear that ACA never would have passed if the mandate had been presented to the public as a tax, Georgie grins ear to ear says, "I think you're right."

:wtf:

Does either of them actually think healthy 27 year olds were thrilled to have to buy health insurance to avoid a penalty, but would have rioted if the exact same dollar amount had been called a tax?

And even if Georgie believed that people would have drawn the line at calling the penalty a tax, it's pure speculation. Is it really the position of a moderator to voice agreement with pure speculation?

Georgie also consistently allows Rethugs to say things like "this DemocRAT legislation" without correcting them or even shaking his head.

Things like those I have detailed are even more damaging to Democrats because Georgie is allegedly a Democrat. If a Rethug were doing the same thing, people would discount it some on the ground of partisanship.

As far as I am concerned, Georgie porgie is now officially classified as a turd.