The bow tie may be gone, but the effects it had cutting off the oxygen supply to his head linger:
[H]e's claiming that bloggers aren't qualified to choose who's the next President. He said, "how can a bunch of pre-pubescent kids living in their mom's basement eating ice-cream sandwiches decide who's the next President"?
From the 2006 Blogads readership survey :
The median political blog reader is a 43 year old man with an annual family income of $80,000. He reads 6 blogs a day for 10 hours a week. 39% have post-graduate degrees. 70% have contributed to a campaign.
These stereotypes persist because people like Tucker Carlson are just too stupid and lazy to check their facts. He just continues to be bad for America.
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Jane!!!
Oh, I think Tucker can be both at once!!!
Shit. I need to start making more money.
Jane, you are the best.
love,
zen
Jane! Zed?
I willl be looking forward to your poodles receiving their well deserved Nobel Prizes!
zennurse @
3
Zenny! So good to see you back.
Heh. Wonder what Tucker’s DSM-IV diagnosis would be?
As an education layperson, I’d say megalomania at the very least!
I come to FDL through HuffPo because I can keep FDL up that way when I visit other sites. (Always have to start over if I come straight to FDL for some unknown reason.)
Anyway, HuffPo headliner is Rosie O’Donnell. Is that what you would consider today’s most important news?
tommy yum @ 2
LOL! Me too.
What use does Tucker have for facts??? Facts are not his friends…
I own a TV, but have not turned it on since, I think, John Dean was on talking about the Libby case. I moved in February and it is on the floor and not even plugged in. I didn’t know TC had abandoned the fetching bowties, but that doesn’t make him any less of an idiot Gooper than he was a year ago. I won’t even watch snips on C&L, I just let Olbermann make fun of these dopes for me.
Him, I might get cable for him. Stephanie Miller would possibly be a dealmaker. We’ll see.
Hey if Tucker were triplets, he’d be the three stooges. But i’m thinkin’ he’s that all in one. Kinda like the old three in one oil. But inssstead of Larry, Curly amd Moe, he’s Foolishly Stupid Idiot. (with my apologies to the other foolish, stupid, and idiotic people of this world).
tommy yum @
2
I need to read fewer blogs.
I also need to make more money and get a little older.
I need to get a little younger.
Jane Hamsher @ 6
(((((((((((((((JaneJaneJane)))))))))))))))))))
my heart and soul are with you, sweetie. ask and it is yours. ;-x oxo
ps. you totally rock.
Eli @ 14
Doesn’t help. I’m older making no money.
Eli @
13
An ice cream sandwich sounds pretty good, actually…
yes.
once again – simple answer to a simple question.
How did he know I was sitting in my Mom’s basement eating an ice-cream sandwich?! If I was smarter like him, I’d be wearing a cute bow tie and all.
He’s a dangerous nerd with access to a lot of information.
Loo Hoo @ 8
no
Calling Tucker a douchebag is offensive to douchebags everywhere.
This should get the attention of politicians,
LS @ 20
Except he has no clue how to process the information he receives.
Since I’m a fifty something female, I guess I don’t count. Anyone see the NBC poll, GO HARRY!
Fear of a blogged planet.
There is a concerted effort going on in the mainstream media to marginalize and discredit blogs because blogs are proving much of the mainstream media to be compromised and corrupt.
The mainstream media are the new Vaudevillians at the advent of the motion picture industry.
They see their little picnic is ending.
They can’t handle it anymore.
-GSD
why is david dreier on my toobz again?
But it is true about the ice cream sandwiches, I have to admit.
he’s just another shill – spreading the talking points and looking forward to collecting wingnut welfare.
His numbers are atrocious, and it’s amazing msnbc has given up on his time spot (4 & 6pm eastern). I’d imagine almost anyone would have higher ratings.
Oh, geez, Dreir bringing Jeanne Kirkpatrick back from the dead as a “life-long dem” who converted to Ray-guns world in ‘84.
Tucker is an angry little shrew.
Hey Tucker? Who’s your Daddy?
dakine01 @ 24
Ditto for his loyal fans.
Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel @ 7
How’s delusional narcissistic attention deficit disorder.
kidding, I’m kidding
Tucker can go Cheney himself.
The man is one of the biggest wastes of skin I have ever witnessed.
EPU’d, On Topic:
neurophius said,
Tucker Carlson is making an ass of himself (no, sorry, he was already an ass) mocking the “whacko bloggers” who he says are dominating the John Edwards campaign.
I was waiting for a reason to change the channel…
Surely we can be generous, Jane.
Let’s declare Tucker the winner in both categories.
I have never heard Stephanie Miller but I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to next week. Turned my TV on this AM and it was still on MSNBC. Smirconish and someone on the phone were bashing Unions. Blaming unions for GM losing out to Toyota. “Every car costs $5000 more because of unions” said the caller.
Not good to start the day enraged.
GSD @ 26
GSD-
I love the way you cut to the heart of the matter.
Must be the New England in ya’.
Ayup.
I don’t think a group of pre-pubescent kids living in their mom’s basement eating ice-cream sandwiches could do any worse than was done by the Supreme Court in 2000.
All that comes to mind….
ID-Ten-T = ID10T or in geek speak idiot
He’s probably projecting. When he’s not working on his teevee show, he’s secretly blogging in his mom’s basement eating ice-cream sandwiches. I sure want to be like Tucker when I grow up.
Tucker is making an ass of himself.
Shortest job ever.
-GSD
Ayuh, I call ‘em as I see ‘em. Sometimes even before they are hit.
Ls @ 32 says:
He has loyal fans? I thought he and Glenn Beck were in a race to the bottom for lowest rated shows, Tucker for daylight and Beck for “prime time”.
was it Tucks that Jon Stewart once told “You’re as big a dick on your show as you are on mine”?
Rep. Drier of Californian is channeling Jean Kirkpatrick on the House Floor. Being a dweeb.
THe Dow crashes thru 13,000. Don’t know what has to with squat.
He is plying on Reid right now.
We can be successful, we did the right thing going to Iraq.
We haven’t heard victory from the Dems.
We have to be successful.
dakine01 @ 43
He has loyal fans? I thought he and Glenn Beck were in a race to the bottom for lowest rated shows, Tucker for daylight and Beck for “prime time”.
In a Tucker mind, it’s still a race, up or down. Go figure.
ThatSinger @
10
like colbert said, “facts have a liberal bias”
funny that tucker makes fun of the slacker geek, when he’s the prototypical insecure dork looking to fit in with the kewl kids..
katymine @ 40
LOL. Although I think MicroSoft had to drop THAT error message once word got out they were insulting their customers. (And yes, I did receive that error a few times back in olden times when I had to move to windows from Mac world).
Tucker’s described Redstaters and Freepers to a T!
oddmommy @
44
Wasn’t that Sean Hannity?
How would I know, I don’t have a TV.
Well, Carlson is already working at a job that’s above his intellectual pay grade. Getting to host a quiz show is going to push him into daytime TV limbo….
You all know that Tucker is on his way to being a game show host, right? I’ll look for a link.
I think he’s found his calling.
Louise Slaughter smackin’ Dreir around now. Good on her.
house floor debate prior to vote on conference report on supplemental funding for iraq war/occupation, on c-span now.
david dreier – we can be successful because we must be successful.
dakine01 @ 53
if bush vetos this bill, he is on the road to failure. get our troops out of this morass.
The acting speakah HAS to be from Mass. Tierney? (Barneys the only one AI recognize all the time)
OT: Louise Slaughter kicking *ss on Cspan getting ready for the vote….say a prayer…
lolo
Eli @
14
Eli, I am a little older. It really doesn’t help. Making more money is nice, though, but it can have its drawbacks. Never fear, however, you will get a little older, it just takes time.
selise @ 54
Sophists `R Us.
Anyone know who Tucks is dancing with in these photos? Doesn’t look too conservative to me, if ya get my drift.
Drier – The American people want Victory!
Louise Slaughter up and ripping some new a**holes on Drier.
What does the stock market have to do with this?
house now voting on rule vote (not sure what this is) prior to vote on the bill.
Yeah, I happened to hear that. I tune a lot of Tucker’s stuff out.
I hope blog readers are concerned about articles like this at http://amconmag.com/2007/2007-04-2
April 23, 2007 Issue
Copyright 2007 The American Conservative
Working for the Clampdown
What might the president do with his new power to declare martial law?
by James Bovard
How many pipe bombs might it take to end American democracy? Far fewer than it would have taken a year ago.
The Defense Authorization Act of 2006, passed on Sept. 30, empowers President George W. Bush to impose martial law in the event of a terrorist “incident,” if he or other federal officials perceive a shortfall of “public order,” or even in response to antiwar protests that get unruly as a result of government provocations.
The media and most of Capitol Hill ignored or cheered on this grant of nearly boundless power. But now that the president’s arsenal of authority is swollen and consecrated, a few voices of complaint are being heard. Even the New York Times recently condemned the new law for “making martial law easier.”
It only took a few paragraphs in a $500 billion, 591-page bill to raze one of the most important limits on federal power. Congress passed the Insurrection Act in 1807 to severely restrict the president’s ability to deploy the military within the United States. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 tightened these restrictions, imposing a two-year prison sentence on anyone who used the military within the U.S. without the express permission of Congress. But there is a loophole: Posse Comitatus is waived if the president….
emphasis added
The median political blog reader is a 43 year old man with an annual family income of $80,000. He reads 6 blogs a day for 10 hours a week. 39% have post-graduate degrees. 70% have contributed to a campaign.
I’m way off even this typical blogger.
dakine01 @ 56
That was Tierney.
This is from Chris Bowers’ analysis.
Gender: 66.1% male, 33.9% female (69.0% male, 31.0% female)
While the gap closed somewhat during 2005, the activist segment of the Democratic political blogosphere is, unfortunately, still something a sausage party. I remain hopeful the gap will continue to shrink as time moves forward, but our ongoing tolerance of sexist language, the male dominated legacy of the technology and political sectors, and other factors continue to contribute this imbalance.
Jane, I remember you posting something ages ago about #s of female/ male readers from a survey. I can’t remember exact numbers, but it was much more evenly balanced than 33/66 %. (Gosh, I wonder why!)
Do you have that data, or remember where to access it?
In a new NBC/WSJ poll
56% of Americans favor a deadline for pulling out of Iraq
37% favor Bush’s no deadline
55% think victory is not possible
49% say the situation has gotten worse in the last 3 months (since the start of the surge)
37% say the situation is unchanged
12% sat the situation has improved
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18312789/
Why that little…I’ve seen him in HIS mother’s basement, eating ice-cream sandwiches, in his pajamas, for chrissake. What an ass-hole!
Must disagree, Jane. Tucker does this not because he is too stupid and lazy to check the facts, but because it suits his purpose to denegrate the blogging community in an attempt to make them (us) irrlevant or decrease our power and influence. This will not work out for him in the long run.
Eli @
14
At least you’re not past your blogging prime. I’m really depressed now, and may go put on my bow tie to feel better.
When the House Judiciary Committee is finished with its current investigation,
maybe it should look into Tucker’s old man
and the other unpatriotic flotsam that inhabit the board of the
Lewis Libby
Obstruction of JusticeDefense Fund.solai @
37
Here’s her website http://stephaniemiller.com
I haven’t eaten an ice-cream sandwich in years. And Tucker is decidedly biased towards basements. It’s never occurred to him that lots of people live in places that don’t have them. Build a basement here in San Antonio? BWAHAHAHA! Not unless you’re stinkin’ rich!
Hugh @ 68
i wish a representative would quote these numbers while debating the bill on the floor.
Tucks sucks. By the way is the producer guy he jabbers with at the end of his show “Will or Willie Geist” the son of Bill Geist, the sardonic wit on Sunday Morning with Kuralt and Osgood? Young Geist seems much to hip and cool for the corsetted up twit Carlson.
the median is the message.
Scarecrow @ 71
Not sure about the bow tie, but I, myself, have taken to wearing supenders and now sport round glasses like George Burns or Dominick Dunne.
speaking for myself – i’m no kid – i have kids – worked long and hard and now have time to be active – these stereotypes persist b/c the blogosphere has become the agent for progressive change in america and it just galls the rad right and the MSM!!
Scarecrow @ 71
Are you kidding me???
Scarecrow, you are just now coming into your own as a blog Genius, other lesser people bow [tie joke] down before you!!
Hey punaise! I was just thinking of you. How close are YOU to the median politcal blog reader? Never mind, you probably don’t want to say. ;)
Tucker Carlson – bow, wow!
Tucker’s dog – bow wow.
“Cutting off the oxygen to his brain” That’s priceless. Carlson is really quite a twit. The MSM would rather have twits in front of the cameras than people that actually can think for themselves.
The thing about Tucker is that he so desperately wants/needs to be a “celebrity”
Heavens, egregious. People should never worship bloggers. Also, I was being facetious — being older than the “average blogger.” And I’ve never owned a bow tie, although I did have to rent a tux about 120 years ago.
juslin @ 79
And, I suspect, that there is an element of elitism in their view. I have heard both George Will and Brian Williams denigrate bloggers. George Will said something like ‘they think that someone’s interested in their opinion’. Williams said that he has to deal with bloggers with an opinion.
tucker always claims he’s no bush supporter but seems to give repug talking points whenever he has a dem on….
Does anyone actually watch Tucker other than by accident?
Scarecrow @ 85
Scarecrow in a tux….mmmmmm
Watching the vote. Which Dem crossed over?
AZ Matt @ 23
It has. Let’s see, uh, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton visiting fdl in one week. And Kerry, especially, seeming to get it in a big way. 2008 will be like 2006 for web-based liberal and progressive fundraising, but much, much bigger. Hopefully, we’ll continue to concentrate on the US House and a few key senate races, rather than waste big bucks on the national poplularity contest.
and if brian williams doesnt like bloggers – explain this – why the fuck does he blog???????
dakine01 @
56
He’s mine!!!!
Valley Girl @ 81
hey VG! been a while.
I don’t have a basement, but I wouldn’t refuse an ice cream sandwich.
other than that, not too far from the actual median: a few years older, blog reading hours hard to track …(NSA intervention)…
this tape will self-destruct in five seconds.
Too kind! Carlson is simply evil.
Jane,
I say let Tucker continue to spout such drivel! Why? It makes him a walking advertisement for FDL and other progessive blogs among the youth of this country! More kids like Cassie will start to show up to see what the fuss is all about, and maybe they’ll set up websites like Cassie’s on their own!
Besides, isn’t Tucker showing his age a bit by focusing his attention on Bloggers? Aren’t the kids he talks about more likely to be over at MySpace and sites like that?
Bob in HI
Some more of those pesky facts that Tucker is allergic to;
snip
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/4/26/11425/2563
juslin @ 92
Must be just the dirty hippie blockers that he doesn’t like.
Badwater @ 88
It’s PBS’ fault. They end NewsHour a minute early, so when you switch over to see what CNN and MSNBC are covering, you may get 30 seconds of the silliest banter you can imagine. But no one watches on purpose!
Hugh @
68
Sadly, 100% of Bushes don’t care.
Are you the Hugh of the aforementioned list of BushCrimes??
Other results of the NBC/WSJ poll
22% country heading in the right direction
66% wrong direction
I should also point out that the 56% to 37% result I cited is more accurately:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/ms…..artial.pdf
RNC letter to Waxman
Idiot! No…wait…fool!
Um…Fidiot! Idiotool! Yes, idiotool.
Man, that’s a toughie.
What are the demographics for the average Tucker watcher?
punaise- didn’t know you could do what you do with a BA. Thought it had to be a post-grad degree.
As a sixty-three year old blogger, I suggest that Tucker seek employment elsewhere.
:)
SPOTLIGHT, people. Use the SPOTLIGHT. Don’t send it to that useless, long-oxygen deprived twit Carlson. Sent it to Dan Abrams.
I’ve already drafted my missive:
IANAD, but anoxia might explain that disgusting stint with dancing, however blessedly short-lived.
Scarecrow @ 85
I own several bowties- I’m a professional classical musician, so that and the tuxes come with the territory. But I really like bowties! Whenever I’m in London, I pick up as many as I can afford. I also like Jerry Garcia ties.
egregious @
80
Hey, Scarecrow, you knock that off!!!!
Valley Girl @ 105
five year program.
I can only reconcile Carlson’s statements by thinking it is he who caters to a prepubescent ice cream eating viewership.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out Tucker fantasizes himself as a would-be Rob Lowe for this generation’s female teens but for his inability to nail a minor.
grow some, tucker.
.
Tucker’s demogaphics don’t remotely resemble Jon Stewart’s or Colbert’s, I would bet. Must be the senior citizen wingnut crowd. Tucker’s groupies!
zennurse @ 100
Yes, but he only compiled the list; he didn’t actually commit any of them.
The median political blog reader is a 43 year old man with an annual family income of $80,000. He reads 6 blogs a day for 10 hours a week. 39% have post-graduate degrees. 70% have contributed to a campaign.
That’s me! Except for the 80k part. Jane, can I have a raise?
zennurse @ 100
Guilty *g*
All one has to do is consider the drones watching Fucker Knarlson. I hear his ratings are amongst the lowest.
OT bombshell:
Network Hosting Attorney Scandal E-Mails Also Hosted Ohio’s 2004 Election Results
(did not see this in FDL reporting or comments. sorry if it’s a repeat — but worth repeating.)
its a measure of how well the blogs are doing – its striking fear into the “mighty” MSM – and i’m loving it ohh so much oh yeahhhhhh
Scarecrow @ 113
Cute. Really.
I just wanted to say thanks.
Good to read you here, Scarecrow, I’m mighty glad to see the acumen recognized. Will you and your lovely son go to Chicago?
EXCELLENT headline at MSNBC right now. Hurry up and go look before Karl Rove orders them to take it down.
Hugh @ 115
well, thanks. Much appreciated, tons of work and unpleasant thoughts.
solai @ 120
What is it? I am empaupered and have not the cables.
solai @ 120
NO FAIR
Zennurse — I talked to him last night, and we’re both planning to go to Chicago. Hope we’ll see you there.
I’m gonna sit out this vote unless I can double vote — one ballot for idjit and one for foool. I await the Big Smackdown — when Tucker’s Hair and Byron’s Hair rassle.
here is John Edwards’ petition to fire Karl Rove!
No, no, no! Don’t inform these people of the facts. Let them linger on into obscurity…
It’ll be done before they know it. Like now.
Punaise! Interesting. So you knew “what you wanted to be” when you were in HS. Looks like a very good program.
manonfyre @
117
Great article.
cleter @ 122
I meant NBCNEWS.com
Scarecrow @ 124
Oh YAY!!!
off topic, I think everyone will get a kick out of this from raw story
senator leahy does a GREAT job laughing in the face of the imbeciles in the whitehouse;
I LOVE that…telling the president [paraphrased]
“if the performance of gonazales gave you reason to feel confident then you belong in an asylum”
I would have been a little more aggresive with the statement with a few choice quotes from gonzales and then a chuckle to follow and gafaw saying;
“what is wrong with a president that thinks a man like this is anything but inept?”
SC- I’m hoping, but not sure. We are so tight for nurses because we are nonprofit, no pay. We’ve lost 4 nurses this month alone. Not sure I can get the time in summer during vacations. Where is siun? Is she still around?
msnbc.com headline:
Deep Skepticism
NBC/WSJ poll: Americans Siding with Dems on Iraq Policy
I’m confused. What did the House already vote on?
And….Madame Speaker is up
zennurse @ 33
You’re probably right. (Nurses KNOW, in my experience…) Regardless, I wouldn’t be surprised!
Speaker Pelosi on CSpan
BTW, Hey Zenn- great to have you back.
punaise @ 133
How dare Democrats and the Congress do what the public wants!! This must be stopped.
zennurse @ 132
Siun is at a conference this week, but may check in later; she also posts Sunday nights, usually on Iraq. Handles press issues for FDL.
manonfyre @ 117
Oh snap! Get the imposter out of the whitehouse stat!
I just got here so haven’t had time to read the comments.
PBS tonight will air Bill Moyers’ documentary on Buying the War (selling it too!!). Check local listings. My local affiliate has it at 9 pm.
Also Friday Bill Moyers is scheduled to have Jon Stewart and Josh Marshall (I hope that’s right) on his new program on PBS Bill Moyers’ Journal.
Now to read the comments …
I’m listening to On Point and it’s about Pat Tillman and the hearings, so I’m going to link again and concentrate. If you’re interested, go to wbur.org or onpointradio.com. I know many don’t feel so warm about npr, but I’m pretty pissed that there is NOT ONE WORD on the front page of the print edition of the NYT about this today. The Boston Globe has a lovely photo of his brother giving mom a kiss at the witness table with the quote “Our family will never be satisfied”. I missed the hearings but appreciated the recap I found here, always appreciate what I find here.
namaste to all, I honor your outrage and patriotism.
zen
This is the poll I just found on kos..
Do you approve of the way Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is doing his job?
Yes 14706 votes – 88 %
No 924 votes – 5 %
Undecided 970 votes – 5 %
ironranger @ 112
I believe you’re right. I can just see some of the ladies I know, saying, “Oh I just want to pinch his little cheeks, in’t he pretty? And that hair, and that cute li’l bow tie, why’d he leave that off?…” etc.
i would ask, who exactly does he think has been choosing presidents for the last 30 years?
fat, stupid jackasses, sitting about in their wife beaters, watching ESPN, and FOX news, and endorsing a sociopathic idiot to lead us into the greatest foreign policy blunder ever.
not that i think this describes bloggers, but i’ll take the ice cream sandwich kids.
Pat9 @ 141
Now, I have to get cable!! Moyers is back.
I would pay good money for a copy of that show.
hint.
ps
hugs to you VG, big ones.
Keith will have a SPECIAL COMMENT on Rudy.
FYI, new thread
Rare applause in the House of Representatives for Pelosi’s stirring speech on behalf of the pending vote on legislation to set deadlines for bringing the troops home.
Oh, Tucker… you’re so… well… boring.
I continue to support the Speaker.
egregious @ 149
I do beleive we are looking at the first female president of the United States of America
not on 08 obviously, possibly not in 12 because the next president if democrat will have two terms for sure
and if that happens pelosi will be the president in 16
I’m laying odds too…anyone want to bet againsta?
Who did Tucker blow/know to get where he is now?
Honestly can you name just one redeeming quality that justifies his presence on the airwaves?
Valley Girl @
67
The netroots are also overwhelmingly White. I believe Chris Bowers has commented on this, but I can’t find the cite.
What can we do about this? We need to be more multi-racial & multi-cultural & multi-ethnic.
Someone is bound to think that we can’t be “prejudiced” here in the netroots, because we can’t see anyone’s skin color. Well, too bad, baby, doncha know we talk, or maybe type, different. I don’t know what the formula is, but I’m sure there is one. I think we’ve got maybe a few Hispanics/Latinos, and a few Native Americans (less than 1% each), but I can’t recall hearing any “Black” voices (not that I’d know, anyway.)
If someone reads this who is not “white,” I, for one, would like to know you better and welcome you to the lake! And please bring some of your Brothers and Sisters!
Bob in HI
Hopelessly Haole in Hawaii
Arca @ 153
he’s not as disgusting as coulter?
barrelhse @
69
You write what you know about!
Bob in HI
the only reason to watch misnbc – KO!!!!
Scarecrow @
71
Do you have any idea how completely out of place a bow tie would look like on someone of *any* age in Hawaii???
Bob in HI
Morris Sheppard @ 138
Yup, I can hear the muttering in the cloak room now. “Bastards, don’t they know there’s money to be made?”
montag @ 159
let’s take it even further;
“how dare the deomcrats in congress fulfill their oath of office?…how dare they do what Americans elected them for?…how dare they take their constitutional obligation serisouly?”
There is no blog right or left that has ever posted anything nice about Tucker Faye Carlson part time contrarian and soon to be failed game show host. His stock in trade is factless drivel to support an irrelevant point.
MSNBC hired him to because they thought he would attract Jon Stewarts audience which tells how clueless they are. He supported the war but is opposed to it now but thinks we should atay.
Bob Schacht @
158
It’s been twenty-five years since I was there but don’t recall seeeing too many ties of any type. First place I ever understood that there was such a thing as a “tasteful” Aloha shirt.
Tucker got everything cause of who he is
his father is Richard Carlson among other things personal attorney to Scottie Libby and on the board of PBS oh right and then Tucker got a show on PBS –mericfully shortlived
SWM, 47, empty nester, work extremely hard for which I am well compensated. I fit Jane, even more so, than the stats you cite. Tucker went to the Enron skool of hypothetical relativism of made up shit.
The blogs I read have a diverse community of commenters. Mostly all are smart and get what’s going on. FDL is my favorite. I like to think of you all as my family. Well, maybe not all. This place is certainly an oasis for the mind as I live deep in the forest but in a quite red state. I’ve stopped watching TV and it’s fabulous. Hope it becomes a trend.
solai @
98
EarthFirst! thinks brian williams will prove non-commpostable
(in the fullness of time and after a natural death – and a life gorging on junk food – resulting in high levels of BHT)
WB Zen
Tucker sux…
TeeVee is unwatchable cept the odd bit on PBS like Moyers… and KO on MSNBC.
Listen to Moyers about the “media”… He gets it and says the blogs are where it’s at and the MSM is skeered of us… He’s right again.
DemncracyNow!
non-compostable.
preview, preview, preview
ok -KEITH IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who is paying this idiot, how much, and why?
I fear that Tucker is neither idiot nor fool, he just plays one on TV. He’s a cynical liar, his distortions are willful and of the playground bully variety.
pre-pubescent, idtiot, and fool-at-large… twinkle-toes Carlson…he’s the male Rita Cosby
Sounds like he’s describing himself. BTW why isn’t this little twerp in IRAQ? He looks to be of military age.
The answer is C: all of the above…
Tucker Carlson: Idiot or Fool?
Shucks, the answer to that one is easy: BOTH!
Just to % the Tucker thread. I’m a 56 year old in my Mom’s basement.
Does that tool actually have fans?
Tug @ 177
Only the circulating type in his mother’s basement.
Um, how can you all have a such a sense of humor yet not recognize comedy. Tucker was making a joke. That was his intent, and that is how it came across .. I would not have dreamed anyone would take it otherwise until I read the comments here.
Bob in Arlington.
I am 42 ( in a few weeks), read double the blogs for double the time, make well in excess of the stated income, and am completing a Ph.D.
I’ve thought Tucker was a little _ucker, um twit, since the first time I saw him on a broadcast.
6ft6
there is a difference between “bloggers” and blog readers. I’m a leftie but WTF? Talk about misleading articles.
Where does Tucker get his facts….from where the sun don’t shine.
Who’s Tuckers daddy, he is one of the guy’s who helped run the VOA into the ground. Basically no stations left in the US. Nice job Mr. Carlson.
Check out the Tucker Carlson page @ Wikipedia.org (with photo, and bow-tie) Hilarious! He’s such a “school-boy in short pants” and sucky sweet, to boot! And why not? His step-mother is an heir to the Swanson frozen food fortune. I think we can trust his first-hand knowledge of tongue tingling tasty treats enjoyed in mom’s basement. “Stewart/Carlson/Crossfire” at You Tube is classic. Stewart spanks lil Tucker mercilessly. (Stewart) “what’s odd, is that you (Tucker) are as big a dick on your own show, as on any other.” It seems a logical consummation, of Tucker and that tranny Mann Coulter, to hook up personally, and professionally. Dynamic Duo, done Right.
GSD @ 26
This is exactly right. Tucker & the other whiners have at least enough savvy to realize that their overpaid, overfed, over-everything’d lifestyles are in danger because people are increasingly turning away from these BS news sources as simply a waste of time.
Look at what obsesses the major news channels including MSNBC & CNN – this missing blonde, that missing kid, this funny animal, that wacky criminal, American Idol, blah blah blah. It’s numbing to see the massive avoidance of the major things going on. It wouldn’t be so bad if they interwove the “human interest” bullshit with the important stories that are affecting everyone (e.g., the massively destructive, orchestrated Bushco scandals), but the latter get very little actual time and attention thanks to morons like Tucker and the network puppeteers who pull their strings.
Tucker’s not toast yet (despite his low ratings) but he’s definitely in the toaster and should be done soon.
“Is Tucker Carlson an idiot or a fool?”
That’s not an “or” question.
HTH.
zennurse @ 33
Yes, I know you’re {{{kidding}}}, but I liked your call. xx Mrs. B
zennurse @ 121
YAY, HUGH! Oh, I shouted! Sorry.