Liberal Journalist Carole Simpson Laughs at Romney, Praises Obama on CNN
The day before Wednesday's presidential debate, CNN hosted liberal
journalist Carole Simpson to give her take on the event. Not
surprisingly, she laughed at Mitt Romney while praising President Obama.
"Romney is practicing zingers. He's not very funny," Simpson mocked
Romney, before laughing. What did she say for President Obama? "I think
he's much more comfortable in his skin."
"He's been on Letterman. He's been on Leno. He's been on The View. They're doing all of these shows and I think he's much more comfortable in his skin. When he sang the Al Green song, you know, here is a man that can make fun of himself," Simpson gushed over the President.
[Video below. Audio here.]
Simpson, a former ABC News anchor who moderated the 1992 presidential
debate in Richmond, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in 2007 and
thus revealed her true colors. As NewsBusters's Tim Graham wrote,
Simpson suggested during the 1992 debate "with a little bit of vinegar
that President Bush, 'the education president,' should answer an
education question first."
NewsBusters also documented
her history of liberal bias at ABC News. In one of her most egregious
moments, she compared the 2004 electoral map to a pre-Civil War map of
slave and free states and territories; the GOP South was, of course,
matched up with the then-slave states.
CNN anchor Brooke
Baldwin did press her to defend her views on Tuesday, noting that "some
say he [Obama] could be a tad too professorial or too cool, which could
be a turnoff for some Americans."
And Baldwin added that "there could be Americans saying that's great
that he can hum a tune, but, you know, can he fix the economy?" Then
she reassured Simpson of her expertise. "But I hear you, I hear you, I
hear you. And you've covered this and you know this."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on October 2 on CNN Newsroom at 2:48 p.m. EDT:
BROOKE BALDWIN: And it's
incredible to think of these two men, they're pretty quiet the last
couple of days, Nevada and Colorado respectively, perhaps practicing
memorizing numbers and facts and zingers. But really it's interesting
that you point out it's how they –
CAROLE SIMPSON, former ABC News anchor: Yeah, what is that about?
BALDWIN: What's that about? What do you think that's about?
SIMPSON: Romney is practicing zingers. He's not very funny. I mean – (Laughs)
BALDWIN: Newt Gingrich says he should be funny. You say uh-uh? No?
SIMPSON: I've watched him. I was in Iowa and saw his campaigning there. And he tries to be funny. It just doesn't come through.
BALDWIN: But what about – but the President? Because some say he could
be a tad too professorial or too cool, which could be a turnoff for
some Americans.
SIMPSON: He can. And he was that way in 2008. But look at what's
happened in the four years. He's been on Letterman. He's been on Leno.
He's been on The View. They're doing all of these shows and I think
he's much more comfortable in his skin. When he sang the Al Green song,
you know, here is a man that can make fun of himself and –
BALDWIN: Yeah, but you know what, Carole Simpson, there could be
Americans saying that's great that he can hum a tune, but, you know,
can he fix the economy? But I hear you, I hear you, I hear you. And
you've covered this and you know this.
-- Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center
