Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Ed Show" Wednesday to weigh in on yesterday's bizarre media blitz by former Democratic congressman Eric Massa.
When asked by Ed Schultz if Democrats should respond to Massa's claims that the health care reform bill will "destroy this country," Sekoff argued that the party should let it go. Massa isn't their problem anymore. "Yesterday, it was a problem for the Democrats. Last night it was a problem for Glenn Beck. Today it's a bigger problem for the Navy."
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March 11, 2010
March 5, 2010
Roy Sekoff on Education Protests: What Are Our Priorities?
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Ed Show" Thursday evening to weigh in on today's college protests against funding cuts.
Sekoff argued that the protests "shine a spotlight" on the question of our nation's priorities. "Are we going to have a generation that's about creativity, about innovation? Or are we going to spend our money just bailing out Wall Street and fighting two unnecessary wars?"
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Sekoff argued that the protests "shine a spotlight" on the question of our nation's priorities. "Are we going to have a generation that's about creativity, about innovation? Or are we going to spend our money just bailing out Wall Street and fighting two unnecessary wars?"
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January 29, 2010
Roy Sekoff On ‘Larry King Live’: John Edwards Debacle Is Like A Bad Telenovela
John Edwards's fall from grace is worthy of a Greek tragedy or a telenovela, according to HuffPost's Roy Sekoff.
Roy appeared on Larry King Live Thursday to weigh in on the separation of John and Elizabeth Edwards and the allegations leveled against the former presidential candidate by a former aide. People magazine's Galina Espinoza was also a guest.
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Roy appeared on Larry King Live Thursday to weigh in on the separation of John and Elizabeth Edwards and the allegations leveled against the former presidential candidate by a former aide. People magazine's Galina Espinoza was also a guest.
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January 28, 2010
Roy Sekoff Compares Non-Jobs Parts Of Obama Speech To Dialogue In Porn Film (VIDEO)
Huffington Post Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight to discuss what to look for in President Obama's State of the Union address. Sekoff emphasized that while the speech is sure to address a wide array of topics and challenges, there is only one that really matters: jobs.
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Sekoff: Really when you look at this, all these things that you've mentioned are like dialogue in a porn movie. No matter how good they are, it's not why people are going to tune in... It's all about the jobs. It's all about letting the middle class know that this past year, where it's been all about Wall Street, has been a big mistake, and he's going to stop that and start making them the top priority.
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January 20, 2010
Roy Sekoff On Massachusetts Senate Race Results: ‘Like A Mild Heart Attack’ For Democrats
Huffington Post's Roy Sekoff appeared on The Ed Show Tuesday evening to weigh in on the Massachusetts Senate race between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown.
With various polls pointing to a victory for Republican Brown, Sekoff compared the contest and a possible loss by Coakley to a "mild heart attack" for Democrats and Obama:
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With various polls pointing to a victory for Republican Brown, Sekoff compared the contest and a possible loss by Coakley to a "mild heart attack" for Democrats and Obama:
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January 15, 2010
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Talks About Obama’s Bank Tax: ‘It’s A Start’ (VIDEO)
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Ed Show Thursday night to weigh in on the new bank tax put forward by President Obama.
While Sekoff called the fee "a start," and applauded Obama's efforts to recoup taxpayer money from Wall Street, he also acknowledged that it wasn't a panacea.
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While Sekoff called the fee "a start," and applauded Obama's efforts to recoup taxpayer money from Wall Street, he also acknowledged that it wasn't a panacea.
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January 14, 2010
Roy Sekoff Reviews Sarah Palin’s Debut As Fox News Analyst (VIDEO)
Huffington Post's Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Joy Behar Show" Wednesday to discuss Sarah Palin's debut as a Fox News analyst.
"Jon Stewart recently did a bit where he talked about how the Fox News hosts had to dumb themselves down for the audience," said Sekoff. "Sarah Palin doesn't have that problem. She fits right in."
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"Jon Stewart recently did a bit where he talked about how the Fox News hosts had to dumb themselves down for the audience," said Sekoff. "Sarah Palin doesn't have that problem. She fits right in."
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January 8, 2010
Roy Sekoff On AIG-Fed Emails: This Has Got To Be The End Of Tim Geithner (VIDEO)
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Ed Show Thursday to weigh in on news that Tim Geithner and the New York Fed actively worked to keep details of bailed out insurer AIG's payments to Wll Street banks hidden from the public--even though it was taxpayer money that was being used.
Sekoff contends that this is just more evidence that the government has become "Of the bankers, for the bankers, and by the bankers."
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Sekoff contends that this is just more evidence that the government has become "Of the bankers, for the bankers, and by the bankers."
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December 31, 2009
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Blasts Cheney For Latest Attack On Obama (VIDEO)
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight to discuss how progressives should respond to false right wing attacks on President Obama that politicize security issues. Sekoff told Schultz that the Left needs to hit back hard with the facts.
Singling out Dick Cheney for his particularly harsh, and false, attacks on Obama in the wake of the failed Detroit plane bombing, Sekoff wondered why anyone even listens to Cheney when he "has absolutely no credibility on the issue... Getting lectured on terrorism by Dick Cheney is like getting lectured on parenting by Jon & Kate or fidelity by Tiger Woods."
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Singling out Dick Cheney for his particularly harsh, and false, attacks on Obama in the wake of the failed Detroit plane bombing, Sekoff wondered why anyone even listens to Cheney when he "has absolutely no credibility on the issue... Getting lectured on terrorism by Dick Cheney is like getting lectured on parenting by Jon & Kate or fidelity by Tiger Woods."
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December 24, 2009
Roy Sekoff Discusses Latest AIG Bonus Outrage On ‘The Ed Show’ (VIDEO)
HuffPost's Editor, Roy Sekoff, was on The Ed Show Wednesday night to discuss the latest AIG outrage: the refusal of company executives to follow through on their promise to return $45 million in bonuses by the end of the year.
While agreeing with Ed Schultz that this amounted to "business as usual on Wall Street," Sekoff lamented the American public's habit of "getting really mad about the little things, and then we lose sight of the big outrages."
Among the "major outrages" Sekoff cited: the sweetheart $38 billion tax break the IRS just gave Citibank, the fact that the nation's four biggest banks have cut lending by $100 billion over the last six month, and the fact that banks and their lobbyists have "gutted all the financial reforms that would make sure that another AIG didn't happen again."
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While agreeing with Ed Schultz that this amounted to "business as usual on Wall Street," Sekoff lamented the American public's habit of "getting really mad about the little things, and then we lose sight of the big outrages."
Among the "major outrages" Sekoff cited: the sweetheart $38 billion tax break the IRS just gave Citibank, the fact that the nation's four biggest banks have cut lending by $100 billion over the last six month, and the fact that banks and their lobbyists have "gutted all the financial reforms that would make sure that another AIG didn't happen again."
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