Andrea Mitchell Plots Dem Strategy: ‘Many of Us in the Media’ Touted More Spending
By Scott Whitlock | February 21, 2014 | 17:55
This was Orwellian. On her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell explained the new Democratic spin on our skyrocketing national debt: “for this round of the debt ceiling debate, they had to reframe it so that it wasn’t the Democrats wanting to spend more money.” [?????] Mitchell un-self-consciously continued, “As hard as MANY OF US IN THE MEDIA TRIED to persuade people, this is money that’s already been spent, we’re just paying the bills.”Brent Bozell
MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell on Friday openly plotted strategy with a senior Democratic adviser, complimenting him on successful efforts to convince Americans think that raising the debt ceiling wasn’t “running up the credit card.” [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Mitchell talked to Doug Hattaway, a member of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. She praised, “You were one of the advisors to persuade the Democrats that for this round of the debt ceiling debate they had to re-frame it so that it wasn’t the Democrats wanting to spend more money.” Mitchell unselfconsciously continued, “As hard as many of us in the media tried to persuade people, this is money that’s already been spent, we’re just paying the bills.”
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So much for Mrs. Greenspan’s influence being ‘fair and balanced’.
For those of you who are unaware, she is the wife of former Fed Chairman Allen Greenspan.