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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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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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
