New Host of Meet the Press

[Harlan Huckleby]

Yeah.......17 years is a long time to be 'superficially hard'........Russert did it as well as can be done.....probably

I haven't called Russert a bum at his job, I recognize he was overall top shelf. But his reputation for fairness was based on his consistently furled brow, not the substance of his questions.

Russert was a ham.

[sooner6600]

replacement for meet the depressed

Michael Savage would fit the bill better than gauwd awful and other
left leaning ninnies.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

Michael Savage would fit the bill better than gauwd awful and other
left leaning ninnies.

Tex, looks like we have a new sheriff in town.

Savage. LOL

The criteria is being a JOURNALIST of some sort.

[bobblehead]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

Michael Savage would fit the bill better than gauwd awful and other
left leaning ninnies.

Tex, looks like we have a new sheriff in town.

Savage. LOL

The criteria is being a JOURNALIST of some sort.

I like this idea, savage fucking hates everyone and would be very neutral.

[BallHawk]

Brian Williams will host the MTP this Sunday but beyond that nothing is known.

[sooner6600]

Tyrone:

I'm not the new sherrif.
I am rather Don Notts to Tex's Andy.

Thanks for the props anyway.

[Joemailman]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

Michael Savage would fit the bill better than gauwd awful and other
left leaning ninnies.

Tex, looks like we have a new sheriff in town.

Savage. LOL

The criteria is being a JOURNALIST of some sort.

I like this idea, savage fucking hates everyone and would be very neutral.

Not true. Savage doesn't hate racist fascist homophobes.

[BallHawk]

The last thing MTP needs is goddamn botanist as their host.

[mraynrand]

Savage is like a cross between Jonathan Swift and Howard Beal: 1 part smart, 2 parts cynic, and one part pure lunatic.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

Michael Savage would fit the bill better than gauwd awful and other
left leaning ninnies.

Tex, looks like we have a new sheriff in town.

Savage. LOL

The criteria is being a JOURNALIST of some sort.

I like this idea, savage fucking hates everyone and would be very neutral.

Savage book titles:

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions
The Political Zoo (attacks Ted turner, Clinton, Alec Baldwin)
The Enemy Within: Saving America from the Liberal Assault on Our Schools, Faith, and Military

Yep, that seems pretty neutral.

[mraynrand]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

The Political Zoo (attacks Ted turner, Clinton, Alec Baldwin)

You should read the Political Zoo if you haven't. It's hysterical. It's clearly biased against liberals (in that there are more liberals than conservatives 'savaged' in the book), but I think the only figure who isn't torn apart is Condi Rice. Savage is biased, but he also runs conservatives over the coals. He's all about Language, Borders and Culture.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

The Political Zoo (attacks Ted turner, Clinton, Alec Baldwin)

You should read the Political Zoo if you haven't. It's hysterical. It's clearly biased against liberals (in that there are more liberals than conservatives 'savaged' in the book), but I think the only figure who isn't torn apart is Condi Rice. Savage is biased, but he also runs conservatives over the coals. He's all about Language, Borders and Culture.

The point wasn't that particular book. It may or may not be hysterical.

The point is that he isn't neutral. Should i suggest Al Franken?

I don't know which is scarier, those who actually listen to Savage or those who would suggest he is neutral.

[BallHawk]

For now it's Brokaw.

Per Politico.com

Tom Brokaw will replace Tim Russert as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” through the November presidential election, the network announced today.

Brokaw, 68, filled in for the first post-Russert week. “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams was the host today, and revealed Russert's interim successor during the broadcast.

NBC News President Steve Capus said: "A lot has been said in recent days about what 'Meet the Press' means to NBC News and to the nation. To have someone of Tom's stature step up and dedicate himself to ensuring its ongoing success is not only a testament to his loyalty to Tim, but his enduring commitment to NBC News and our viewers."

NBC’s plans for a successor to Russert, who died two weeks ago after collapsing at the network’s Washington bureau, have been the subject of hot speculation. The interim plan gives network executives time to figure out how to preserve the show’s prestige and profitability for the long run.

The show’s executive producer, Betsy Fischer, said: "Some of my best memories from covering the last several presidential elections have included working closely with Tom, so I know just how lucky we are to have him step in as moderator for ‘Meet the Press.’ His intellect, focus and calming presence is exactly what we need to move forward smartly and remain the No. 1 public affairs show on television as we head into one of the most pivotal elections in our nation's history."

Brokaw said: “I've been appearing on 'Meet the Press' since the days of Watergate when it was moderated by Lawrence E. Spivak right through the distinguished tenure of my great friend, Tim Russert, so I feel right at home. Tim made 'Meet the Press' the center of the universe for informative and lively discussions of public affairs, particularly the exciting 2008 campaign for president, and I intend to continue that commitment to our viewers."

Brokaw shares Russert's heartland appeal and has even greater journalistic chops, making him a dignified, risk-free choice until NBC executives decide the program's future direction. Brokaw has stayed in close touch with his Washington contacts over the years.

Now an NBC News special correspondent, he stepped down Dec. 1, 2004, after 21 years as the anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News." His biography says he has interviewed every president since Lyndon Baines Johnson and has covered every presidential election since 1968. He was NBC's White House correspondent during Watergate, from 1973-1976. From 1984 to 2004, he anchored all of NBC's political coverage, including primaries, national conventions and election nights, and moderated nine primary or general election debates.

Brokaw has written five bestsellers, starting with his 1998 book on World War II veterans, "The Greatest Generation." That inspired a mountain of mail that he adapted to "The Greatest Generation Speaks." "An Album of Memories," was published in 2001, followed the next year by "A Long Way from Home," and then "BOOM! Voices of the Sixties."

Brokaw, a native of Webster, S.D., began his TV news career in 1962 in Omaha and moved to Atlanta, then KNBC in Los Angeles. He joined NBC News in 1966 was the "Today" show anchor from 1976 to 1981.

It was Brokaw who announced Russert's death during a "special report" interruption to network programming..

[sooner6600]

Tyrone:

Savage should be neutral the liberals not?

Where is the equity.

Savage can be explained as thus.

Right is right and wrong is wrong as filtered using the Old Testament.
Savage knows his talmud.

Savage is a constipated mench; people who need smitting are smote.
Plus methinks it a put on. Savage is his stage name.
........


Good news; onge can pick up a copy of Political Zoo for cheap
in the sin bin at Hastings.

That is where I purchased his other political books for cheap.
The Enemy Within will make a liberal self combust.


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Extra Street Credit.

Savage swam naked with Ginsburgh the one time owner of Mad Magazine.

[mraynrand]

Re: replacement for meet the depressed

The Political Zoo (attacks Ted turner, Clinton, Alec Baldwin)

You should read the Political Zoo if you haven't. It's hysterical. It's clearly biased against liberals (in that there are more liberals than conservatives 'savaged' in the book), but I think the only figure who isn't torn apart is Condi Rice. Savage is biased, but he also runs conservatives over the coals. He's all about Language, Borders and Culture.

The point wasn't that particular book. It may or may not be hysterical.

The point is that he isn't neutral. Should i suggest Al Franken?

I don't know which is scarier, those who actually listen to Savage or those who would suggest he is neutral.

Sometimes you're denser than a neutron star. I said he was biased. In other words, he's not neutral. That means he has a slant to his views that is not equidistant from all extreme views. Catching my drift, or am I being obtuse?

Since Savage was introduced, I thought I'd make some comments about the guy. Like most extremists, he gets a particular label. I did a straw poll at a recent meeting that was populated by liberals. I found that out of about 30 self-defined libs, 28 knew of Savage. All thought he was a conservative hater (Words like homophobe, racists, mysogynistic, etc. were voiced. Of the 28, only 1 had ever read a book by Michael Weiner or listened to his radio program. That was the most telling stat of all. They all had an incredibly strong opinion, and a thoroughly incorrect understanding of Savage. In the early 90s I used to alternate listening to Limbaugh and NPR. Following up on the contradictory information (specifically overlapping information) I found that most often, what Limbaugh reported (not his opinion, but the information) was more complete and less biased to the right than NPR to the left (I used to joke about NPR saying 'I didn't know there were so many gay cello players' - because the always seemed to have the sensitive interviews with minorities within minorities). Like with Savage, my lib colleagues dismissed Limabaugh and villified him, yet few or none ventured from listening to NPR and no one had ever listened to Limbaugh. I stopped listening to Limbaugh a long time ago (got very busy - and the workplace I worked in listened to music or NPR) and when I started listening to political talk radio again, found more interesting shows, like Medved (and even Savage, with his lunacy at time, can be very entertaining). Still, it amaze me how close-minded, uniform, and boring the libs I know are about talk radio. With regard to Savage, if you listened to the guy you know what he hates about libs AND you'd know what he hates about the current administration (For example, his stance against the Dibai ports deal, his stance against the persecution of the Haditha Col., etc.). But for you libs out there, it might require you to keep an open mind, have a sense of humor, and then follow up and investigate issues on your own from multiple different sources. The truth is out there.