Ronan Farrow: 'The Clintons Represent a Style of Honesty That the Public Craves Right Now'

[CaseyJones]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-s...-style-honesty-public-craves-ri#ixzz2j9IRkgoo

When you think of the Clintons, does the word "honesty" come to mind?

It does to new MSNBC host Ronan Farrow who actually said on Tuesday's The Cycle (readers are strongly advised not to have any food or fluid in their mouths before continuing reading), "They represent a style of honesty that the public craves right now" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

ARI MELBER, CO-HOST: We were talking about this segment as sort of an “I Love the '90s,” and for the Clintons, the '90s was a long time ago politically. If you look for example in '96, roughly when President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, and over time we saw that issue shift incredibly. The first civil unions at the state level in 2000, a federal ban proposed as recently as 2004 on marriage equality by President Bush, and Obama and Clinton both for political reasons or evolution depending on how you chart it didn't support marriage equality when they ran in '08. They've both changed and most extraordinarily and most rarely, the President came out and said he was wrong essentially to sign DOMA, wanted it overturned which the Supreme Court ultimately did. What do you think that evolution tells us about their ability to move from the '90s to now?

Isn't it funny how when a Republican changes his or her mind on a key position, it's called a flip-flop, but when a Democrat does it, it's an evolution? But I digress:

RONAN FARROW: They're nimble politicians. Also I think that they represent a style of honesty that the public craves right now. And that's reflected in the numbers. I think people are tired of the old school politicking, and when a politician comes out and says, “Actually, I changed my mind, I've evolved on the issue,” that's something people are willing to embrace.

You know, Clinton has shown, as you said, on a variety of social issues that matter to young voters and for whom, you know, other politicians that have remained stuck in the past have become a source of alienation. He's also done it on a variety of other issues including healthcare. I mean, let's not forget that it was a watershed moment when Bill Clinton came out and gave his seminal remarks on healthcare at the convention. Those are remarks that he struck through the written remarks on and ad-libbed a lot of. That shows the style of communication he has, and one of the reasons why these stops are so significant. He represents something that people still connect with in a very primal way.

Actually, Ronan, I think it all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

That said, who thinks Farrow is going to fit in just fine at MSNBC?

video at link

 

[AuH20]

Honestly, I think of hitmen when someone brings up the Clintons. What a tool!

 

[Elias Graves]

Was this boy even alive when the Liar In Chief was in the oval orifice?

 

[Occam's Banana]

The idiotic notion that the Clintons represent "honesty" of any kind isn't the only infelicity being perpetrated here ...

[...] Bill Clinton came out and gave his seminal remarks [...]

 

[Elias Graves]

The idiotic notion that the Clintons represent "honesty" of any kind isn't the only infelicity being perpetrated here ...

The part about "seminal remarks" is true. Lol.

 

[shane77m]

 

[ZENemy]

Stone face fucking liars.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Is this satire?

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

Is this satire?

Seriously, nobody can be this goddamn retarded. They might as well be fawning over Charles Manson.

 

[Kodaddy]

...unfortunately, this may be what many Americans crave...funny, if it wasn't so sad...(or sad, if it wasn't so funny)...

 

[jkr]

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DEFINITION OF "HONESTY" IS...


AND YOU WANT ME TO FOLLOW THESE PEOPLE?

GO COPULATE WITH A ROCK ( NOT the ROCK...)

 

[invisible]

"I didn't inhale"
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"
"I can't recall"

That sort of honesty is what the public craves? Seriously?

 

[TaftFan]

LOL, why would his presidential library provide that video?

 

[69360]

"I didn't inhale"
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"
"I can't recall"

That sort of honesty is what the public craves? Seriously?

You forgot whitewater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_controversy

 

[Kodaddy]

Americans love to be lied to...why else would we continue on this course....

 

[Demigod]

I am thinking of stakes (without grease ) and maybe some Janissary school torture first.

 

[James Madison]

Time for secession, yet?

 

[Cap]

The new host, Farrow is trolling. Trying to stir up controversy for ratings. Gotta keep that left/right thingy going.

 

[invisible]

You forgot whitewater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_controversy

IIRC, wasn't that what the repeated "I can't recall" testimony was in reference to?
Then of course there was Meda (again, IIRC) airport being used for the CIA's Iran-Contra flights, and something to do with AR state police being used as guards.
And (again, IIRC) brother Roger's drug dealer being locked away in solitary confinement so that he was unable to tell his story.
More recently, Bengazhi, or however you spell it.
Of course we can't forget to mention Vince Foster, either. (but that goes along with part of the whole Whitewater / Rose Law Firm thing)
Yup, those clintons sure have a long record of "honesty".

 

[RDM]

Damn