Andrea Mitchell really is a piece of work. Today, she’s busy changing history:
! MT @KevinWGlass: Andrea Mitchell says Iran was "more or less an American ally" until Bush labeled them a member of the "axis of evil."
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) January 28, 2014
LOLWUT. RT @NoahCRothman Andrea Mitchell: 'Iran was More or Less an American Ally' before Bush's Axis of Evil speech.
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 28, 2014
Here's Andrew Mitchell eagerly embarrassing herself, alleging Bush squandered alliance w/ Iran in post-9/11 SotU. http://t.co/lxnjefBnmL
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 28, 2014
Transcript:
Those words, “axis of evil,” and I was standing right here in Congress and when I heard those words, I called the control room and I said, “This is a big deal.” The State Department, you know, with all due respect, Colin Powell and the State Department did not focus enough on those words and get them taken out of the State of the Union. Because up until that moment, Iran was cooperating with the United States on the border of Afghanistan, it’s post-9/11. Iran was more or less an American ally.
Good lord. WTF Andrea.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 28, 2014
How ignorant and offensive. What a fool.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 28, 2014
Andrea Mitchell apparently doesn't think that taking diplomats as hostages was all that big a deal.
— peter (@peter24210275) January 28, 2014
She's quite mad, you know. MT @NoahCRothman "It was post 9/11, Iran was more or less an American ally.” – NBC News' Andrea Mitchell.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 28, 2014
Do we laugh? Do we cry? We’re really not sure. Slamming our heads on our desks ought to get the job done.
Isn't Andrea Mitchell NBC News' senior foreign policy correspondent?
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 28, 2014
She’s clearly earned that title.
She's having a "senior" moment RT @guypbenson: Isn't Andrea Mitchell NBC News' senior foreign policy correspondent?
— Rschrim (@Rschrim) January 28, 2014
Heh.
Andrea may not be too familiar with reality, but tweeters are more than willing to give her a history lesson, free of charge:
Hey @mitchellreports, you may want to check your history: https://t.co/vpQhUVQ9YB pic.twitter.com/8GA1PLOt6F
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 28, 2014
Does Andrea Mitchell remember Jimmy Carter? WTH. And these are our betters? These are the smart ones?
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) January 28, 2014
@mitchellreports Never heard of Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979, you Obama puppet?
— RodfromCranston (@RodfromCranston) January 28, 2014
@NoahCRothman @allahpundit Holy crap. Is Andrea Mitchell suffering from dementia or was she off the planet when Iran held US hostages?
— CarolK (@FlyoverRed) January 28, 2014
.@mitchellreports Are you insane? Serious question…. No. Iran was not an ally before Axis of Evil speech.
— Kimberly (@conkc2) January 28, 2014
Or maybe she’s high:
"Cocaine's a helluva drug." —@mitchellreports
— Krystle (@TarheelKrystle) January 28, 2014
Or maybe she’s trying to make a career change:
@mitchellreports "Iran was more or less an American ally" before Axis Of Evil speech? Changing careers and going into stand-up comedy now?
— ConservativeLA (@ConservativeLA) January 28, 2014
There’s certainly plenty of material for her to work with.
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/428233250423975936
Shorter Andrea Mitchell: "Great Satan" was an Iranian term of affection until George W. Bush came along.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) January 28, 2014
Andrea Mitchell has been an embarrassment for a while now, but this is just ridiculous.
— Ori (@OriKeinan) January 28, 2014
And what really puts the icing on this cake is that only a lapdog like Mitchell could get away with saying something so stupid:
If @megynkelly spouted half the nonsense that Andrea Mitchell is on MSNBC the outcry by the media would be unlike anything you've ever seen.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 28, 2014
Megyn Kelly was skewered for a week over "white santa." I imagine Andrea Mitchell won't receive the same treatment.
— eric (@eriContrarian) January 28, 2014
Fun exercise would be for Palin to tweet about Iran being our ally in 2002 and watch MSNBC lose their collective minds over it.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) January 28, 2014
Oh, you know MSNBC would be having a field day. But for Mitchell? Only crickets.
Andrea Mitchell's idea of "friendship". pic.twitter.com/KTHsu4kkKc
— Mrs. Han (@PrincessLSolo) January 28, 2014
She’s a joke.
Hey @mitchellreports Argo fuck yourself.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 28, 2014
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