David Shuster Labors To Trump Up A Clinton Gaffe

Plumbing the depths of his knowledge of auto-racing, MSNBC's David Shuster really went out of his way to stick Senator Hillary Clinton with some sort of late-primary campaign gaffe. Not sure that this attempt successfully convinced anyone other than the self-satisfied Shuster:

[WATCH.]

SHUSTER: Chris, I want you to define whether or not something that happened today was a success or failure. Hillary Clinton went to the Indianapolis raceway, the motor speedway, it's the most famous - I suppose - landmark in the Hoosier state. She was there with Sarah Fisher, who is one of the drivers who endorsed Hillary Clinton. And Senator Clinton gave this sort of sound bite where she talked about how the country needs to go forward. There's a "D" on the car, there's a "R". Everybody knows the difference between driving forward and driving in reverse. The problem is, the people who watch the Indianapolis 500 know that those race cars...they do not have a reverse on them. Futhermore there's no "D", there's no "R", you just shift it into gear. So will that then be considered a failure when people notice that sort of thing?

Uhm...I have the feeling that Indianans are sophisticated enough to understand what Clinton is trying to say. But I do think they'll "notice" that you are kind of being a Poindexter here, and they'll consider that a failure.

And David, really: "...the most famous - I suppose - landmark in the Hoosier state." You suppose? Aren't you from Bloomington?

Comments

[LaFilleEnRose]

I'm wondering why this post is taking up space on HuffP at all. It's got 90 some responses in a week or so. Great stuff disappears in a few hours sometimes and nonsense like this stays up. For what??

[northeast73]

David Shuster is perhaps the BIGGEST a-hole on TV.


Labors to call her out on a gaffe is an UNDERSTATEMENT. He labors to smear her constantly.

Here is another example of a David "anything to smear Hillary" Shusters brilliant work....

When the Clintons realsed their tax returns, that night, shuster came on with "breaking news".

It appeared the Clintons made money with investments in Dubai. Not so unusual, but of couse, Shuster said that Hillary was a "HYPOCRIT" because in spite of this, she said she was agains the Dubai Port deal.

HUH? So, in spite of making money off of Dubai companies, Senator Clinton did NOT want them in charge of our ports. Uh, David, that sounds to me like I N T E G R I T Y.

And he wrapped up the segment by saying "That appears to be the big headling coming out of these tax returns"......and it was never mentioned again.

L O S E R who used to work for Fox News (smearing the clintons) now works for MSNBC (smearing the clintons)

I truly H A T E the man.

[monique]

Was he pathetic or what?! I couldn't even believe what he was saying, because it was so stupid.

Schuster is an embarassment.

[michelv]

Shuster is just a milder example of a terrible epidemic among T.V. "journalists." They all act like they are chatting it up half-drunken in a pub.

[Myshkin57]

Shuster needs to stay to reporting. Not everyone has to be a pundit, in spite of what we see on the news.

[jah2008]

There's no story here Mr. Linkins. After all, Shuster reported that Obama's choice of beverage was "weird." Since when is orange juice a weird beverage? He made it sound as if Obama asked for a glass of pomegranate smoothy.

"On Hardball, Matthews and Shuster critiqued Obama's "weird" beverage selection at Indiana diner"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110004

[Daisy1111]

Shuster is jut pimping himself out for Obama.

[gbht12]

Finally!! She can't even pour frea**ing Coffee!! OBama has been picked on continuously for weeks, if she can't take the heat. GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN

[mawied]

His suspension after the "Pimping Chelsea" debacle ended on my birthday.

What a terrible gift.

[GravitonX]

Hilliary is out of touch with the NASCAR crowd. She was always a phoney.

Why is she STILL campaigning?

[monique]

Oh yes, knowing about the racecar gears is SO important in order to be President -- isn't it?

Gee, I mean I could never vote for her now, knowing that she does not know this most necessary information!

Sure am glad Mr. Schuster filled me in on that! Would have hated to support Clinton, not knowing that she was in the dark about this most urgent of issues!

Thanks again Schuster, for your brilliant insight! What a mind!

[useyourbrain]

Obama still can't bowl for shit, which is my criteria for a President.

[jrterrier]

if she is sooo bad, why can't obama beat her in his backyard?

[jdmac9152]

I just want to make the point that this isn't his backyard. Indiana is filled with a bunch of stupid racist hicks. I should know I grew up and live near Indianapolis and have extended family in Southern Indiana. They voted for her because they are scared of the big black man. This isn't just a generalization. I have family members on both sides of the aisle this way.

Jason

[flyguy14222]

Oh brother.....Shuster is going the way of Kieth. I used to like them both.

[snowhusseincat]

LEAVE SHUSTER ALONE! He's one of the only people I can stand on cable anymore!

[MRb1000]

HE IS RIGHT SHE IS SIMPLY PANDERING!!!

[jcorrington]

Just curious, Frank, who did you vote for the last 2 elections?

I deplore what this administration has done to this country and esp the military and I bet there are many out there who wish they had those 2 votes back.

[presto]

Who's Frank?

[Illinoissuburbanvoter]

Yeah right, who the he_ _ is Frank?

[DSully]

That is some sharp shooting, but the media goes both ways. They have been hammering Obama lately too.

[hwebb54]

This is typical of MSNBC. They play up everything Hillary does and down play everything that Obama does. Hell Obama can attend a racist anti American church and hang out with flag stomping terrorist and thats not a big deal but Hillary's "reverse gaffe" is news worthy. Its bullshit.

[savertime]

We see you let the corporate-owned MSM tell you what to think, believe, find controversial and what to say and feel. It is clear you can't be bothered with finding out the facts and truth. Like a parrot, just repeat and repeat everything you hear.

[nick1936]

Obama said the flag is in his hart yet he doesn't place his hand over his heart when saluting it or during the anthem. MUST BE A MUSLIM THING

[savertime]

Or maybe a Bush thing. Did you analyze the picture of the chimp with his hand over his stomach while everyone else had their hands over their hearts? What is that - an evangelical, born-again thing?

[littlepuffycloud]

That's the kind of crap people throw at Senator Obama when they don't have the balls (maybe Hillary has yours in her purse too) to admit they are bigots. Is "Muslim" your code for black? Idiot.

[thatvisionthing]

Obama hangs out with Bush? You're kidding me.

[syrupcore]

lol @ "thats not a big deal". dipshit.

[MsLiz]

What is your news source, because I have never heard the reports you refer to. Who is the flag stomping terrorist? What church is racist and anti-American? This is news to me. Maybe I should get my info from Rush.

[nestormcdade]

You are kidding right? Or are you just hoping that somebody shows you attention and responds to your madness. Then I am guilty. Wright was a Marine who fought for the flag when the flag didn't respect him as a black man. No reason for him to be upset......

[thatvisionthing]

Maybe she was saying there's a L foot and a R foot, a Dem foot and a Repub foot, and it takes both to move forward?

(Nahh, too hopeful, too inclusive. Not her style. She divides and stoops to conquer, while Obama looks up and out for larger context to include all.)

Go David.

[ByersL]

Ha ha, I enjoyed David sticking it to Hillo personally! I still hold MSNBC liable for suspending David, the only honest guy on MSNBC besides Keith O, for the pimping remark. I had to endure two weeks of bad reporting because of that MSNBC goof! That was the truth so I don't know why Hillary went nuts. But when the Clintons threaten, MSNBC listens!!! hahahahahahhha. victory is so great tonight!! GOBAMA!

[MartinEdwinAndersen]

A GRAND BARGAIN FOR DEMOCRATIC VICTORY

It is clear, with even Hillary's campaign is coming to the rational conclusion that she cannot win, that uniting the Democratic Party around Barack Obama is imperative.

Here is a solution that allows everyone to take something from the table, which is what it is going to take for the Party to begin the healing process.

A deal should be struck whereby Hillary agrees to withdraw from the race, and Obama agrees to let most of the Florida and Michigan delegations be seated at the convention.

Hillary could then claim a victory of sorts, as making this the "price" of a dignified exit would allow her to say she is putting the Party's prospects in November above her own personal ambitions.

It would also help the Democrats win those two states in the general election.

It requires noblesse oblige from both sides.

Obama clearly has it.

And if Hillary takes the deal, it would do a lot for her to begin restoring a family legacy that this ugly campaign, and especially Bill Clinton's role in it, has so tarnished.

[THEhillbilly]

For the good of The Democratic Party, Clinton's wife must plan to persevere until the delegate count eliminates her from the race or another "scandal" eliminates that other guy.

Given the number of unsavory associations that have turned up in grandiloquent, done-nothing Obama's closet so far (the reported communist "father figure" in Hawaii; Crazy Jeremiah, the hate-fueled "spiritual guide"; the Chicago racketeer Rezko; Ayres, who says he should have bombed more of us; and the wife who has had only one recent episode of respect for the country), it's likely that more will come to light before or during the convention. The democrats will be world class laughingstock if their best candidate has gone home and their second best is in jail or something like that if the next load hits the fan before the convention.

[EGNY]

Good idea. Someone call Clinton Central. I only wish that I believed they would listen.

[blessedfrog]

not bad - good thinking

[Opus007]

I like David Shuster a lot more than I like Hillary and her kneecappers. The old saying is true- "what goes around comes around". Hillary as the nominee would be the worst thing theat happened to Democrats in years. The GOP would have that evil and inappropriately interjected cackle on a continous loop. All the people that the Clintons screwed over the last 2 decades will come out of the woodwork for payback if she is the nominee. A 527 would appear and trot out the woman that claims that Bill Clinton raped her and make the Paul vs Clinton lawsuit center stage.,

Hillary supporters- get real! Hillary is a total loser for our party!

[blessedfrog]

Who have the Clinton's 'screwed over?'

[MrZrule]

Peter Paul, for instance. Small time vendors to her campaign, for another.

Yeah, lag on your bills to the small town entrepreneur. that's real understanding of what it takes to put bread on the blue collar dinner table.

[Bill3rdterm]

Peter Paul ??? Are you kidding me? Do you even know who and what Peter Paul is all about? Do some homework

[RobertAndropolis]

By excluding Danica Patrick from the Clinton VIP scrounge, one assumes she is an Obama Girl. And a Go-Daddy Girl. Otherwise Senator Clinton would have glommed onto the much higher-profiled Ms. Patrick in some lame "Race for the White House" analogy. Hillary in a Scranton duck blind; Hillary downing shots and a beer; Hillary escaping death on the Tuzla tarmac; Hillary in the cockpit of an IndyCar looking for reverves... Hillary retired. Hmph, how 'bout that pleasant silence.