http://newsbusters.org/ en http://newsbusters.org/blogs/randy-hall/2013/05/17/msnbc-hosts-get-gop-guest-admit-bush-appointed-fired-irs-commissioner <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-thumbnailphoto"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/thumb_100x72/thumbnail_photos/2013/May/thumbnailbashirreid.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-thumb_100x72 imagecache-default imagecache-thumb_100x72_default" width="100" height="72" /> </div> </div> </div> <p> Here&#39;s a classic from the Obama playbook: Whenever you&#39;re in trouble, <strong>find a way to blame George W. Bush for it.</strong><br /> <br /> That concept was in play on Thursday afternoon&#39;s edition of MSNBC&#39;s <em>Martin Bashir</em> program, when the liberal host and contributor Joy Reid were able to convince their guest, GOP strategist Ron Christie, to admit that Steven Miller, the former acting director of the Internal Revenue Service, was appointed by &ldquo;the previous administration,&rdquo; a phrase used to describe Bush.</p> <p><a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/randy-hall/2013/05/17/msnbc-hosts-get-gop-guest-admit-bush-appointed-fired-irs-commissioner" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Dick Cheney George W. Bush Joy Reid Martin Bashir Ron Christie Steven Miller Martin Bashir Sun, 19 May 2013 00:12:02 +0000 Randy Hall 64470 at http://newsbusters.org