He's the guy who orchestrated the failed hostage rescue.

He single handedly made sure Carter was a one term president.

Republicans will use Z-big against Obama when the time comes.

The question that comes to mind: does the Mamie Eisenhower line reflect a newer, harder-edged angle of attack from the Obama campaign? As a matter of political strategy, is this about winning back support among white working class men who may have gone over to HRC in the aftermath of Wright-gate?

Right. I'm definitely not pointing fingers at anybody, but would anyone be terribly surprised if Obama told Brzezinski to say that? Let's see whether Obama lets this go (the way he did with Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s Katrina comments), or whether he comes out and openly disagrees with the statement. This does seem a little out of character for Brzezinski, so chances are, this was planned. Or even if it wasn't planned, Obama will decide it acts to his advantage (belittling her probably can't do anything but help him) and fail to disavow it.

I have to tell you: I REALLY lost respect for Brzezinski while this was going on Live.  For him to cheapshot Senator Clinton like that?  It so unbecoming of someone of his stature, and, came off borderline misogynistic.  It's was pretty bad.

And someone else had it right:  He was a big part of what many feel was one of the worst American presidencies -- Ever.  I don't believe that.  I think Carter gets some bad raps as well as some legitimate ones.  But nevertheless, Brzezinski knows how history sees it, by and large.  That's why his nonsensical comparison of Clinton's experience to his travel agent and Mimi Eisenhower was pretty pathetic.  

I hear a lot about how Obama's got the "new politics" going.  You know: no gutter crap.  I guess his supporters and advisors didn't get the memo.  And this "good cop - bad cop" routine is getting very old.  

I think it must have been awkward for Mika Brzezinski, having to hear her Dad characterize Senator Clinton in such a demeaning way.  I know (just by observing) that she's quite pro-Obama.  It's at least a little veiled, but I'd rather she just admit it, outright. But it's hard to distance yourself from your Dad's remarks if you don't at least challenge him on-air.  She lost that chance to assert herself, and that says something about her Dad/Daughter relationship, if not her cred as a <whatever adjective you want to give any cable news reader> "journalist".  

Zbigniew Brzezinski is a total schmuck, and not just for that particular statement.  He was a thorn in my side during Carter and I wish he would shut up and go away.  That was a ridiculous, assenine thing to say.  

It's bullshit on both fronts. JFK had served in the military and fought in WWII. He also served 12 years in Congress before he ran for the presidency. Obama, other than charisma factor, is not comparable to JFK.  Mamie Eisenhower did not have a dominant policy role in the White House, as every account of the Clinton White House portrays Hillary having. So Mamie is not comparable to Clinton.

Fuck these creeps. This is just one more chunk of female voters he peels aways with this misogynist crap.

This is fucking, low life, Republican rhetoric.

You know...when Clinton compares Obama to Karl Rove and Ken Starr it's an "historical comparison."

One of the biggest problems of Bill Clinton's presidency, if not THE biggest problem, from a public relations point of view, was that he openly gave his wife such an important role in his administration.  I remember shortly after he was inaugurated seeing bumper stickers everywhere: "Impeach Clinton--And her husband too!"  That's why it's been so disingenuous for detractors of Hillary to point to the "controversy" surrounding the Clintons as a flaw of hers.  Most of the criticism of Bill until the Lewinsky thing broke in his second term had to do with Hillary's substantive role in the administration.  So now she's "Mamie Eisenhower."  Is anyone else tired of huge lies from Republicans and Obama supporters?  This one was 9.9 on the Richter scale.