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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:07 PM Original message |
Why Colbert matters |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. so many have just chucked it up as msn 'business as usual' |
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Jemmons (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. WAPO has actually got some decent coverage of the event |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. why he was the featured entertainment is beyond me |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Because THEY truely believe he was as his character is! |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tim Grieve's been en fuego lately. |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I get your point. But Colbert's performance only matters to those |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought Colbert's presentation was a surreal moment in time. |
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KAT119 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. By the way Helen's e-mail is [email protected] are no doubt |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. that's exactly how i felt seeing it-surreal & fantastic+Helen |
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hanginthere (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Get real. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Somehow Ronald Reagan made it into the history books in real life. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Sure - there are those w/a caste system. |
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hanginthere (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I agree, that he is a funny guy. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. enlighten me, please |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. we sorely need heroes. & this is not worship, but respect. |
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Master Mahon (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. RE:Somehow Ronald Reagan made it into the history books in real life |
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hanginthere (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. maybe so, but |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. The OP started a thread about someone she believed made an important |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Ahh, another "pearl of wisdom" from another anonymous poster! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Who knows - that poster is a COWARD - his profile is disabled. |
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insane_cratic_gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Jon Stewart? Regan? Arnold? Clooney |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Did you watch the 60 Minutes segment on him? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Steve Colbert is just an entertainer |
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hanginthere (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. I can't even believe you're making that comparison |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. So it didn't take guts for Colbert to call Bush and the media out |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. The real "significance" of what Rosa did is what evolved from it. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. "But really, Do you think people in a hundred years will even know |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. And Paul Revere was just a silversmith. |
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tom_boy (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Isn't that the point? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. If that were so, the mainstream media wouldn't have, at least, |
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tom_boy (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. wha?? |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. who cares about history books; insightful criticism now is more important |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. what about the governator? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. And where did you learn this wonderful bit of wisdom |
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PegDAC (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Speaking of "Gulliver's Travels", |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Yeah, Lenny Bruce would be a good example |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 02:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. I'll bet Arnie Schwarzennegger makes it into the history books. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. It took me all day, but after taping the CNN replay |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Does anyone know if the 60 Minutes bit on Colbert |
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SeattleRob (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. right here.... |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. thank you! |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Thanks in advance of viewing. n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nice Piece by Tim Grieve - thnx - kick and nominating EOM |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. i hope SC still is able to get rw guests; its not as fun with the lw ones |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. "The Elisabeth Bumillers of the world can't even let it happen in fantasy. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I read her whole piece and really it kind of scared the hell outta me |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Remember when Colbert did that very thing during the "Press Secretary" |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Did he?? I missed that bit while someone was yakking at me |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Oh, Ms. Clio, You just gotta see that video bit again! |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I Tivo'd it and plan to burn it to a DVD, so I will! |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-01-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. No wonder the NY Times is losing money. |
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hanginthere (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 03:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I dunno |
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johnlal (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-02-06 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
51. This was truly an "Emporer has no clothes" moment... |
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