On Morning Joe, Comptroller candidate and former Governor Eliot Spitzer,
responding to a question from Mark Halperin as to whether he believes
his having lied to New Yorkers about illegal activities disqualifies him
from office, says: "I think we all know that politicians dissemble all
the time about negotiations, on substantive issues, and probably about
personal issues as well."
On ABC's Good Morning America, guest host and legal analyst Dan Abrams says "I don't see, as a legal matter, how a jury convicts" George Zimmerman of murder or manslaughter. Abrams sees too much reasonable doubt to justify a guilty verdict.
On Morning Joe, historian Douglas Brinkley says that when it comes to foreign policy, President Obama reminds him of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
During a segment on the military coup in Egypt that ousted President Mohammed Morsi, "Today" features a photo of President Obama appearing forceful, extending a fist toward a tableful of aides discussing the situation.
On Face the Nation, Texas state senator Wendy David, who went from being a virtual unknown nationally to being a rising Dem star and appearing on three Sunday talk shows, accused politicians of using the abortion issue "to boost their own political aspirations."
Oon Morning Joe, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post described the protest by pro-abortion rights advocates that prevented a vote on pro-life legislation in the Texas state legislature an example of "democracy in action." Joe Scarborough says that if pro-life protesters had done the same thing, they would be described at MSNBC and elsewhere as an "angry, unruly mob." New York Times…
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says the prosecution in the George Zimmerman case has a big hill to climb because, among other things, "you don't know who fired the shot." In fact, Zimmerman has always admitted firing the shot, albeit in self-defense.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says the lack of African-American jurors on the George Zimmerman jury makes a verdict "immediately" subject to appeal, thus ignorning the rule against double jeopardy.
On her MSNBC show this morning, Melissa Harris-Perry vilifies John Boehner as a "villian," a "bad guy" and "pitiful." Harris-Perry calls Nancy Pelosi "one of the most effective Leaders in the House's history." So effective that, as a result of her disastrous leadership, Pelosi's
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski has a strong, positive, emotional reaction to a TV ad by Joe Manchin, responding to one by the NRA that had criticized him for supporting new gun control measures.
