I previously showed a video of MSNBC's day-time host Dylan Ratigan giving the third degree to Democratic Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz. On Tuesday afternoon, Ratigan, making a push to move up into prime time at MSNBC, did another Roland Freisler imitation on Tea Party leader Mark Williams.
Makes one wonder why anyone would want to be interviewed by the mad-hatters at MSNBC.
Of particular note, however, Williams was able to get in a reference about some NBC reporter who purportedly made anti-Semitic comments during a speech at Sacramento State University and was subsequently promoted to anchor. Of course, Ratigan wasn't interested in who that may be.*
If you are wondering who Roland Freisler was, he was a top judge in the Third Reich. He presided over the trials of the White Rose conspiracy members in Munich as well as the trials of the men who conspired to kill Hitler. As previously explained on this blog, Freisler died unexpectently when a bomb fell out of an American airplane, crashed through the roof of the Berlin courthouse and landed right square on Freisler's head. Here is Freisler in action:
See any similarity here? You be the judge.
* I checked into that Sacramento State University issue, and based on what I see, I don't think it is that big a deal. The remarks were probably insensitive, but probabaly not meant to be insulting-at least from what I was able to find.
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In all honesty, I was with the guy and thought that he had a legitimate point until he started asking, "Do you accept racists and Nazis in the Tea Party?" Up until that, he had a legitimate issue, but then he started with that kind of crap. (Before he went there, it reminded me of some of the points you make towards Muslims who don't speak out against the radicals in their group.)
What did it remind me of? It reminded me of the way guys like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity conduct an interview. I wouldn't be interested in watching this guy's show either.
Lance,
I have never seen Hannity treat a guest in that manner. O'Reilly comes close occasionally, but never as bad as that.
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