Tucker Bounds: Campbell Brown The "Consummate Professional," "We Had A Good Time," "CNN Is Top Notch"

Just one day after the McCain campaign canceled John McCain's scheduled appearance on "Larry King Live" in retaliation for Campbell Brown's tough interview of a spokesman regarding Sarah Palin, that spokesman praised Brown and the network at the CNN Grill, the network's base in St. Paul.

Tucker Bounds told CNN that Brown is "the consummate professional" and said, "I thought it was a great interview, it just went a little long, but we had a good time and all these guys at CNN are my friends."

He continued, "I'm an enormous fan of Campbell, I have a great time every time I come on with you guys. John Roberts, and John King, everyone's great. CNN is top-notch."

Tuesday, the McCain campaign said Brown's interview of Bounds was "over the line" and canceled McCain's scheduled appearance on "Larry King Live" as a result.

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Comments

[dimplesmile7]

Campbell was just doing her job. More journalist need to take her lead. What was she suppose to do? Ask Tucker for the moose stew recipe? Brace yourself, because the questions will get tougher in the weeks to come. Get the box of tissues McCain, you big cry baby. Waaaaaah I am going to cancel Larry King, I hate CNN and Campbell Brown. Bad lady, bad lady!!!! LOL

[jnratliff]

republicans caoont let real question be ask. It shows how stupid republicans really are!

[JiminNC]

That is the correct response to getting owned by Campbell, not to McWaaaah's response - too late Tucker, you done broke the bed ...

[LeeCalif]

Ya, she's my friend. WAAAAAAAAAAAA. Stop hurting me. Stop! You bully bully.

[EBennett]

Campbell Brown lives in a glass house and should be a little more careful with the arguments she makes. If it were solely about experience and ability to do the job she wouldn't work at CNN...Aaro­n Brown would still be there.

[Bulbul]

I felt sorry for Tucker, Cambell continued to harp on the story last night...
I think Cambell is the best they got but enough is enough.

[luvienne]

We need more responsible journalists with this kind of approach to get at the truth.

[Agent420]

I'm waiting for some tough reporter to ask McChicken what "POW Songbird" means to him. Google it.

[JohnnyRivers]

Is this true?

1 - Student pilot McCain III lost jet number one in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay while practicing landings.

2 - Pilot McCain III lost another plane two years later while he was deployed in the Mediterranean. ”Flying too low over the Iberian Peninsula, he took out some power lines which led to a spate of newspaper stories in which he was predictably identified as the son of an admiral.

3 - Pilot McCain III lost number three in 1965 when he was returning from flying a Navy trainer solo to Philadelphia for an Army-Navy football game. McCain III radioed, ”I’ve got a flameout” and ejected at one thousand feet. The plane crashed to the ground and McCain III floated to a deserted beach.

4 - Combat pilot McCain III lost his fourth on July 29, 1967, soon after he was assigned to the USS Forrestal as an A-4 Skyhawk combat pilot. While waiting his turn for takeoff, an accidently fired rocket slammed into McCain Jr’s. plane. He escaped from the burning aircraft, but the explosions that followed killed 134 sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the ship.

5 - Combat pilot McCain III lost a fifth plane three months later (Oct. 26, 1967) during his 23rd mission over North Vietnam when he failed to avoid a surface-to-air missile

[cougarrr15]

So he can't take tough questions from a reporter? How will he deal with dictators and hostile world leaders?

[Daly]

he's already told us:

"there will be more wars",
Bomb Bomb Bom Iran
called out Putin even before Georgia dust up
stay in araq against both Iraq & American people's wishes

[jollyelle]

I truly can't believe this topic is still around, you mean to tell me this one little question has completely bamboozled the McCain Camp. Wow, he did have it good. About time the love affair between mr. bbq and the press burns up. Don't cha think????

[Glooscap]

It was a tiresome exchange but absolutely necessary. It was a simple question in response to Tucker's outrageous claim and everybody watching wanted to hear the answer.

[NamelessGenXer]

Hmmmmm... what's that? McCain Campaign Flip-Flop number 666?

[LeeCalif]

Amen!

[flymic]

If its going to be war of media CNN + MSNBC will CRUSH F0X noise.


McBush's campaign knows it and thats why they're backtracking like the clowns they are.

[desertbreeze]

Typically I am not a fan of Campbell Brown but I watched this interview and was surprised at her tenacity. She tried over and over again to get a straight answer on a very simple question..­...give one example of a decision Palin made as head of the Alaskan National Guard. Tucker could not muster up one single example and as usual tried to change the subject, over talk Campbell and finally just spin it. McCain and the republicans are acting like a bunch of spoiled children..­.....since their surregate couldn't answer the question and humiliated the rest of them they are going to take their marbles and go home. Good riddance!

[layman]

Tucker is also a consummate professional, spinning for the McBoosh camp, exhausting all his top spins, under spins, side spins, slice and chops. It's like a gold metal Olympic Ping Pong match.
I hope he didn't get fired by the McBoosh. Or he work for CNN. They are all friends.