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Why is Wolf Blitzer? (Original Post)
madamesilverspurs
Mar 2017
OP
To avoid Greta Sustern. She's in the same time slot. Can't stand him though.....
kerry-is-my-prez
Mar 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,658 posts)1. To ask inane questions in a monotone?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)3. What a silly question.
If they thought they had the votes they would have brought it the floor.
spanone
(135,805 posts)2. Bwahahahahaaaa
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)4. Because no one would watch Chad Blitzer?
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)5. To avoid Greta Sustern. She's in the same time slot. Can't stand him though.....
blitzen
(4,572 posts)6. about once every 3 or 4 months he...
meekly yet insightfully challenges a GOP talking point--hence creating the impression of a "liberal media."
metroins
(2,550 posts)7. He's good at war reporting
I liked listening to him during the Iraq/ Afghanistan wars.
unblock
(52,166 posts)8. that question is almost shakespearean
wolf, oh wolf, wherefore art thou wolf?
shall i hear more, or shall i speak at this?
'tis but thy name that is my enemy:
thou art thyself, though not a pressman
longship
(40,416 posts)9. Because nobody would take somebody named Leslie Blitzer seriously.
Mike Nelson
(9,949 posts)10. A step up from...
...Greta. Wolf! rose during the first Iraq War... a real gun-ho Bush newsreader.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)11. Understand he is a
personal friend of BiBi and was a Reporter for one of Israel's Conservative Newspapers. It's all about access for the Media Companies.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)12. I'll take "Celebrity Jeopardy" for $200, Alex!