Unfortunately, Skyler, it's completely believable. And that's what's so sad.
Posted by: James From Pittsburgh at December 1, 2007 10:49 PM
Regardless of how she feels about Bush, is it really too much to ask a so called professional to try to keep her professional demeanor while on-air and not act like a giddy seventh grader?
Back in the 90's when the MSM was doing back flips to protect Clinton, I can remember the collective MSM gasp when one reporter asked Clinton about the rape allegations by Jaunita Brodrick. They were shocked, shocked, that anyone would dare to insult the president in such a way. Oh, and don't forget how the MSM collectively killed any mention of the story until after the impeachment.
The MSM, in their desperation have managed to to yet again lower their standards, which is going pretty low.
Posted by: Jon Baliles at December 2, 2007 05:14 PM
rope.
tree.
Problem solved.
Posted by: navtechie at December 2, 2007 05:25 PM
Okay, so this won't be popular, but I thought it was pretty funny.
It was obviously a stupid, rude, and ill-conceived joke that fell flat, but the response that she got was funny as hell. She may have failed the professionalism test, but I don't think her counterpart did. "That's my president, I don't know who she's talking about."
And, no, I'm not a lefty troll. I actually think that history will be much kinder to Bush than most of us are being right now. Especially if things work out well with Iraq and North Korea.
Anyway, regardless of how stupid it was for her to call the President of the United States a monkey, even a joking call for a rope and a tree seems just as ill considered. Just as I'm betting she'll find out, I would say that some jokes are better kept to one's self.
It's just like how the media all collectively labled Cheny's addition to the ticket as the "gravitas" --the implication being, of course, that bush was a blundering idot.
