OMG! Did you hear what Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation just said on The Colbert Report!!!!

[Up2Late]

She said, "...We kept our heads, while the rest of the media Gave Head...!" :evilgrin:

What Great Quote! (might not be exact).:woohoo: :applause:

[skooooo]

1. Puts Clinton's blowjob into perspective...

I'd say.

[evlbstrd]

2. The entire interview was great.

I'm in love with her.

[kaygore]

3. I wish Colbert would have shut up and let her finish more sentences

She had a lot of great things to say, but Colbert playing Colbert kept interrupting.

Sometimes I wish he would just shut up.

[Skittles]

4. I agree with you, kaygore

I realize he is a comedy act but he interrupts at the worst times, when I really want to hear what the guest has to say

[glitch]

7. I bet he was nervous. She is pretty stellar and while brilliant, he is still human.

Even brilliant people can get intimidated by brilliant people. (disclaimer: didn't see it)

[jwirr]

21. Me to, last night I wanted to hear more of what Madeleine Albright

had to say.

[Laurab]

28. I thought he let her talk a lot...although he TRIED

to interrupt, then he'd just give up and go back to his ice cream. To me he seemed amused by her, and he, (using his words) "got nailed" by her, except I don't think he minded.

[Beaverhausen]

31. I think it was his way of feeding her lines to come back to

He ate it up- he was handing the straight lines to her and she hit them out of the park (sorry about mixing those metaphors)

It was great!

[question everything]

35. Sure, but if he is to imitate Oralley, this is his style

(or so I've heard).

At least Colbert did not shout: shut up! shut up!

Yes, this was a great appearance

[Cleita]

5. I always loved Katrina. The first time I ever saw her was

on Tweety's show years ago. She actually shut him up and I thought now that's a journalist I like. Then I saw her say a silent "eff you" with her mouth while the camera was still on her. I'm sure it was cut out on the repeat but this was live. She's been a favorite of mine ever since and she never disappoints. I'm looking forward to seeing Jon and Steve tonight in about half an hour.

[truedelphi]

10. Thanks for the "Head's Up!"

<Pun of course intended> I was sitting here being bummed that I missed it - but it will be on in an hour You're right.

What a great bennie as far as living on the West coast. We experience a truly strange reality delay out here.

[snowbear]

13. Me too -- Katrina ROCKS!

~~

[Uncle Joe]

22. The first time I saw her was on This Week with Stephenopolous

She dominated, and was sharp as a tack, not letting the usual spin get by without a rebuttal. George Will was subdued and Cokie Roberts was obviously flustered. They had a serious opponent to the Republican point of view for a change, so I don't imagine she will be invited back very often.

[bleever]

6. Where's that greatest freeway poster ever?

"Impeach Bush for Blowing the Job."

Go, Katrina!

[John Q. Citizen]

9. That's a good one.

[fed-up]

12. here's link to the Best. Highway sign. Evar! thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=584208

[Cha]

26. Thanks...that bears

repeating!

[beaconess]

48. My favorite -

"Would someone please give this man a blowjob so we can impeach him?"

[EVDebs]

8. Nice looking pedigree, with CIA daddy and all

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina_vanden_Heuvel

William vanden Heuvel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_vanden_Heuvel

But hey, if she tells the truth and has liberal tendencies, I'll forgive anything:

""Her father William J. vanden Heuvel served between 1953 and 1954 as executive assistant to founder of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William "Wild Bill" Donovan during Donovan's tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.""

This would be around the time the Golden Triangle was really picking up steam as an 'extra-Constitutional' funding pipeline for $ for Congressional payola, enabling the CIA to fund guys with the 'company' viewpoint while giving plausible deniability as to the source of the funds. It appears that this financial arrangement is, today, what Carol Lam was getting wind of before her investigation was abruptly shut down. Can't have that coming out now, can we ?

A real nice tie-in would be for someone to investigate, say, Amb. Graham A. Martin (another Amb. to Thailand -- by JFK in Nov. 1963, and later to Italy, by Nixon in 1969, when the Turkish heroin crop was being bought off in order for the Golden Triangle to take off). Martin's adopted son Glenn Dill Mann was KIA in VietNam in Nov. 1965 while Martin was Amb. to Thailand. Later, when Nixon makes him Amb. to So. VietNam in '73, he was the last of the die-hards committed to throwing more men and materiel into the meatgrinder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Martin

In any event, if the truth about the current CIA/GOP/funding comes out, will we be shocked if 'others' are outed :

""It's all part of a growing ongoing investigation into corruption in defense and intelligence contracts, which already has sent former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham to prison and, legal sources say, may threaten others in Congress and the CIA. ""

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12634250/

MSNBC may have been a bit premature in the "ongoing" part of the investigation. It has summarily been shut down, it seems, by the Attorneygate scandal now rocking the nation. That is if The Nation will cover all of it, including the drugs etc. Think they will be able to connect the dots to Danny Casolaro's and Gary Webb's reporting ? Not real hard but I'm sure they'll find a way to blow it off.

The rest of the media already has. Thank God (capital G) for DU.

[mmonk]

19. Nothing wrong with Katrina.

I'm a Nation subscriber and I've decided to be a Nation Associate.

[EVDebs]

23. ? You think they will FULLY report on the CIA/GOP $ connections ?

I thought we were just lucky getting that Lisa Myers MSNBC article written in the first place. Any followup with the MZM Inc stuff and the public might even be getting a full picture. Congress will only get the 'in camera' pony show

[mmonk]

44. All I know is contributing writers

for the Nation are very good and would tackle any angle. Whether they go into the specifics of this, I don't know.

[Up2Late]

11. Replay Kick! n/t

:kick:

[DemReadingDU]

20. anyone have a link?

or where can I go to find a link?

[Up2Late]

39. Sure, here you go

<http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=84631>

Note: You need to have the latest "Adobe Flash Player 9" plug-in installed for the video link above to work correctly. Also, if the video doesn't start playing automatically, just click on the Thumbnail of Katrina in the list to the right (in the "Motherload" player).

If you still have trouble, try the link below. It's links to the "Media Player" version of the same clip.

<http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=84631>

[DemReadingDU]

41. Thank you!

Katrina is awesome, appreciate the link!

[frankenforpres]

14. she is so hot. more pics? n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Slam dunk!

Beautiful AND Intelligent.

[JNelson6563]

16. She always nails it

She is a great spokesperson for the left! I really like her.

Julie

[City Lights]

17. Damn! I so wanted to watch her, but fell asleep.

I saw the beginning, fell asleep, and then woke up as Colbert was signing off. x(

Ms. vanden Huevel rocks! (As does The Nation.) Hopefully, I'll remember to catch the repeat this evening.

[Up2Late]

40. I posted links to the video above at post #20.

Hopefully that will work for you if you miss the last 8:30pm EDT/PDT replay.

[City Lights]

42. Thanks!

If I don't catch the repeat, I'll watch online. :-)

[Joe Fields]

18. "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side..."

"But she never lost her head, even while she was giving head..." Lou Reed.

[coalition_unwilling]

24. Thanks - I had forgotten that line and its attribution until I saw your post. n/t

[Cha]

25. They gave gummy

head! Katrina of The Nation is accurate..that's the way it is.

But, they're not m$m corporatewhores..they're The Nation.

[Norrin Radd]

27. Yet The Nation denied election fraud in 2004.

Oh, well, I guess you take what you can get.

[EVDebs]

30. With Kat's CIA dad's history in Thailand, I doubt if the drug/CIA connections

which are at the heart of the current Attorney-gate scandal with Lam's firing and the investigation shut down, although the media wants us to believe 'ongoing', as below, will be fully revealed,

""It's all part of a growing ongoing investigation into corruption in defense and intelligence contracts, which already has sent former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham to prison and, legal sources say, may threaten others in Congress and the CIA. ""

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12634250 /

the company wants those 'others' to stay hidden and the GOP will keep right on doing what it has been doing, at the dumb liberals expense. Fooled me once...

BTW, thank's post #27 for another example

[mmonk]

49. So you're only looking to take them down or reasons to dismiss?

Members of The Nation Community include people like Noam Chomsky, George McGovern, Gore Vidal, to name a few. They do offer journalism that covers what the media conglomerates don't.

[chefgirl]

38. Mixed feelings about Katrina these days..

I have to agree. I've always loved her, and the way she will fearlessly and intelligently defend liberal causes in the face of the screeching RWers when she appears on talkshows, etc..

However, I was SO angry at the nation's official stance on Election Fraud 2004, that I gave up my subscription. "How could they?", I asked myself. There was sooo much evidence that, at least, warranted a closer look and yet they treated it as a conspiracy theory.

As defeated as I felt about the election results, 'The Nation' just put me over the top. I was convinced there was NO hope left for this country.

Given what we now can prove about Election Fraud 2004, I just find it really hard to forgive and forget. She IS the editor, after all, so I do hold her personally accountable, to a degree.

I'm afraid she'll have to do some real explaining to really gain my trust or my subscription dollars again. :shrug:

-chef-

[EVDebs]

43. My sentiments exactly, chefgirl. The Attorneygate scandal coverage

will tell it all IMHO. They either tell it all and expose the CIA/GOP money connections or it's all gonna happen againandagainandagain.

[dreamnightwind]

45. re: Mixed Feelings

I was a Nation subscriber for many years, but they lost me by consistently pooh-poohing anything that even approached a right-wing conspiracy. They were pretty active in undermining the credibility of investigations into the original October Surprise story (the one where some evidence suggests that William Casey and possibly George H. W. Bush met with Iranians prior to the '80 election to ensure that the hostages were not released until after the election, giving Reagan the victory over Carter). I still believe this actually happened. This is one example of many, sorry I can't remember the others too well. I believe they've been similarly dismissive of any wrong-doing on the part of the Bushies related to 9/11 complicity, which at the very least has an incredible amount of unseemly connections between the Bushies and the Saudis that need to be examined much more closely.

Anyway we can't expect any revelations of anything related to Casalero's conspiracy octopus from The Nation, it won't happen. Whether or not this has anything to do with her family background in the CIA I don't know, that was new info for me, I didn't know about her dad, that concerns me, doesn't smell right.

That said, I greatly enjoy her media appearances, she's one of the better voices for the left that is allowed to speak on the mainstream media.

[rodeodance]

29. that gave me a chuckle (and I needed one). thanks for the post

[johnnyrocket]

32. Check out the video here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=84631

[dajoki]

33. Katrina was always one of my favorites n/t

[kwolf68]

34. If I wasn't married

Katrina is da bomb...she is a sharp cookie let me tell you.

[yellowcanine]

36. Me too. Hearing Katrina say, "give head" is enough to get me heated up.

[churchofreality]

37. She is wicked hot.! I also love Rachel Sklar. Dish!!!

Hot, liberal women... what's better. OK, maybe a grudge fuck with a republican girl would be fun.

[diane in sf]

46. She was forced to speak in soundbites because

of Colbert's schtick--and she's quite good at it.

I think the Dems should hire her to do soundbite rebuttals of all Repuglican nonsense.

[ProudDad]

47. The quote is exact

And she did much better than most by getting some main points in in spite of Colbert's shtick.