Is Halperin A Repeat Offender? Analyst Used Vulgarity On-Air While Discussing Pres. Obama In 2008
After being suspended from MSNBC Thursday for calling President Obama "a d*ck" during "Morning Joe," a similar gaffe Mark Halperin made in 2008 has come to light. Inside Cable News was alerted to an incident three years back on a Sirius radio show where Halperin called Obama "a p*ssy" while describing Sen. John Edwards' opinion of the then-candidate.
From The Phoenix:
HALPERIN: [discussing John Edwards' potential endorsement of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama]: I can tell you, he's really skeptical of her ability to be the kind of president he wants. But, he kinda thinks Obama is... He thinks Obama is kind of a p*ssy... He has real questions about Obama's toughness, his readiness for the office. Similar to this week's gaffe, Halperin also issued an apology for the 2008 slip-up, deeming it a "lapse in judgement" and adding, "It won’t happen again."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/01/h...
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Mark Halperin's suspension:
Yes-- Totally appropriate.
No -- An overreaction!
From The Phoenix:
HALPERIN: [discussing John Edwards' potential endorsement of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama]: I can tell you, he's really skeptical of her ability to be the kind of president he wants. But, he kinda thinks Obama is... He thinks Obama is kind of a p*ssy... He has real questions about Obama's toughness, his readiness for the office. Similar to this week's gaffe, Halperin also issued an apology for the 2008 slip-up, deeming it a "lapse in judgement" and adding, "It won’t happen again."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/01/h...
Quick Poll
Mark Halperin's suspension:
Yes-- Totally appropriate.
No -- An overreaction!
Mark Halperin's suspension:
Totally appropriate. 53.11%
An overreaction! 46.89%