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Posted: Mar 10, 2015 - 2:03pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

There's something strange about Mr. Franken.
I'd have a hard time voting for him.

 
I live in MN, vote independent though certainly lean liberal.  I am exposed to Al Franken a lot.  Franken won (barely), and then was easily re-elected, bcs he has not resorted to wit or verbal gimmickry (read demaguery) and has instead been a serious man with a seriously good work ethic.  Great service to his constituency and, imo, to the whole Senate.  He worked for, and won, my vote.
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Posted: Mar 10, 2015 - 12:38pm

 aflanigan wrote:

People are strange in general.

I'm more trusting of quirky/odd people than those who present themselves as "conventional". Seems less likely that someone bland and conventional would put on a facade of quirkiness. Passing yourself off as mainstream while keeping your sociopathic tendencies hidden? Been done many times.

 
Fair enough.


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Posted: Mar 10, 2015 - 12:36pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

There's something strange about Mr. Franken.
I'd have a hard time voting for him.

 
People are strange in general.

I'm more trusting of quirky/odd people than those who present themselves as "conventional". Seems less likely that someone bland and conventional would put on a facade of quirkiness. Passing yourself off as mainstream while keeping your sociopathic tendencies hidden? Been done many times.
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Posted: Mar 10, 2015 - 11:19am

 aflanigan wrote:

I think they're both clever fellows who have been eyeing and circling each other sporadically for some time.

For Stewart, it would be kind of pointless to try and confront O'Reilly on a grand scale in order to demean him or diminish his persona; Al Franken already did that about a decade ago on C-Span and it hasn't slowed O'Reilly down.  I think he's after a more subtle approach in attempting to highlight the vacuity behind much of O'Reilly's shtick.  Kind of like going for the "death of a thousand cuts" instead of the haymaker.

For O'Reilly, he may be a blowhard, but he's smart enough to realize that trying to paint Stewart as a brainless liberal mouthpiece or to intimidate him with bombastic pronounciations won't work.  Stewart is a quick study, and is likely to be able to turn some such attacks back on O'Reilly.  O'Reilly just looks for openings and offers the soft-soap version of his shtick with a smiling face and a seemingly patient attitude. 

I think O'Reilly can have a short fuse, however, and one of these days he may lose it in one of these debates.

 
There's something strange about Mr. Franken.
I'd have a hard time voting for him.
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Posted: Mar 10, 2015 - 10:21am

From this week's edition of Newsweek:

O'Reilly's JFK Reporting Was Impossible. I Know Because I Was There


So Bill apparently can jump into a Wayback Machine, like Mr. Peabody (get it? Peabody?) and witness things that he actually missed when they actually occurred. No wonder he's such a terrific journalist.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:35pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

I've seen them debate issues before, and they seem to like each other.

 
I think they're both clever fellows who have been eyeing and circling each other sporadically for some time.

For Stewart, it would be kind of pointless to try and confront O'Reilly on a grand scale in order to demean him or diminish his persona; Al Franken already did that about a decade ago on C-Span and it hasn't slowed O'Reilly down.  I think he's after a more subtle approach in attempting to highlight the vacuity behind much of O'Reilly's shtick.  Kind of like going for the "death of a thousand cuts" instead of the haymaker.

For O'Reilly, he may be a blowhard, but he's smart enough to realize that trying to paint Stewart as a brainless liberal mouthpiece or to intimidate him with bombastic pronounciations won't work.  Stewart is a quick study, and is likely to be able to turn some such attacks back on O'Reilly.  O'Reilly just looks for openings and offers the soft-soap version of his shtick with a smiling face and a seemingly patient attitude. 

I think O'Reilly can have a short fuse, however, and one of these days he may lose it in one of these debates.


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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:16pm

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I think Rachel Maddow IS Chris Hayes in disguise.

 
Kinky.
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:15pm

 hippiechick wrote:

Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes are worth watching.

 

I think Rachel Maddow IS Chris Hayes in disguise.
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:14pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

Respect is a good thing.
Just ask Aretha.

 

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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:11pm

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To the point of no return? Or not? 

 


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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:03pm

 Proclivities wrote:

I think so too; if nothing else, it seems like they respect one another.

 
Respect is a good thing.
Just ask Aretha.
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 12:03pm

 Proclivities wrote:

I think so too; if nothing else, it seems like they respect one another.

 
To the point of no return? Or not? 
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 11:58am

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

I've seen them debate issues before, and they seem to like each other.

 
I think so too; if nothing else, it seems like they respect one another.


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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 11:26am

 aflanigan wrote:
No wonder O'Reilly is lowering himself by agreeing to debate Stewart.  He may be losing his Demo!

MSNBC Tops Fox News in the Demo Two Nights in a Row

 
I've seen them debate issues before, and they seem to like each other.
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 11:21am

 sirdroseph wrote:


If I actually want to know what is going on I watch PBS news. If I want to see people shouting at each other, I watch the rest. If I want to be entertained, I watch Colbert.

 
Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes are worth watching.
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 11:00am

 PFM wrote:

It's all infotainment. Lately I find myself switching back and forth between CNN, NBC and Fox to achieve some kind of balance (but I still prefer Colbert).

 

If I actually want to know what is going on I watch PBS news. If I want to see people shouting at each other, I watch the rest. If I want to be entertained, I watch Colbert.
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 10:54am

 aflanigan wrote:
No wonder O'Reilly is lowering himself by agreeing to debate Stewart.  He may be losing his Demo!

MSNBC Tops Fox News in the Demo Two Nights in a Row

 
It's all infotainment. Lately I find myself switching back and forth between CNN, NBC and Fox to achieve some kind of balance (but I still prefer Colbert).
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 9:29am

 aflanigan wrote:
No wonder O'Reilly is lowering himself by agreeing to debate Stewart.  He may be losing his Demo!

MSNBC Tops Fox News in the Demo Two Nights in a Row

 
YES!
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Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 9:21am

No wonder O'Reilly is lowering himself by agreeing to debate Stewart.  He may be losing his Demo!

MSNBC Tops Fox News in the Demo Two Nights in a Row


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Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 9:54am

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