My review of the 'Today' show after watching Palin for about 30 seconds

[LynneSin]

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Really?

The 'Today' sunk so low I'd have to dig a ditch in the Mariana Trench to reach that level of low.

I guess they were talking about Oprah Winfrey's network and Lauer was asking everyone on the Today show if her network survived. Palin? "Only if she gets some conservatives and true patriots on there!"

Really?

You can't put politics aside for one whole hour, SIXTY FRICKING MINUTES just to try and show the world that maybe, just maybe you are NOT some aging cheerleader right-wing junkie for the GOP?

It's the "Today" show. If anyone wanted that much political grandstanding that early in the morning they'd be watching Faux News. The people who watch "Today" want to see the weather and discussions about amusing personal interest stories along with celebrity chit-chat.

My guess is she's got all those GOP talking points she memorized from her VP debate so deeply ingrained into her brain that if you'd ask her if she wants 'cream with your coffee' the first thing she's blare out is 'god-fearing patriots drink their coffee black because that's what Reagan would do. Cream in coffee is nothing more than that lamebrain liberal media trying to pull one over on us.'

Seriously, Sarah, if you want to be respected by more than then 30% right-wing teabagging nutjobs you need to turn down the crazy rhetoric and act like a normal person.

I didnt' stay on the Today show long enough to see if Matt Lauer popped an artery in his brain from the massive eye-roll he did but I could tell Sherry Shepard was annoyed.

EDIT CORRECTION: That was not Sherri Shepard on the show but Star Jones. My bad.

[tjwash]

1. Meh...

...nothing sadder than an aging one trick pony.

[cindyperry2010]

26. emphasis on aging

my prediction is that harpy is not gonna age well you can already see that mean spirited hag's face starting to fall

[liberalmike27]

49. Well

Somewhere around when Bryant Gumble quit they went to this "all fru-fru" format, weddings, remakes, general BS anything but politics, so I stopped watching. I used to faithfully tune-in, when it offered something of substance. It became puke-worthy, and I stopped watching.

It doesn't surprise me that they've stopped to getting her, and it's strangely coincidental that Katie Couric is on Good Morning America this week, which I also choose to not watch.

Hey, Stephanie Miller is now on Current TV from 8-11 Central time. It's a great alternative to the BS on those channels.

[cindyperry2010]

50. i had a ear tuned to stephanie miller while on the internet

if i had to hear bible spice longer than 5 seconds my head will spontaneously combust

[Maraya1969]

2. I bet she doesn't last long. I can hear the emails flying through cyberspace as I write this. eom

[Arkansas Granny]

44. She hasn't lasted very long at anything else that she has started. I don't expect

this will be any different.

[crim son]

47. I tried to email them... their server is down. Wonder why? :sarcasm: n/t

[vankuria]

3. Watched Good Morning America

this morning and may switch permanently. Not sure what the Today show producers were thinking, but they should all be fired for such an incredibly stupid idea. I mean really, except for nut job tea baggers, Palin has no appeal whatsoever to the gen'l population.

[LynneSin]

6. I really don't watch either in the morning but was flipping to a channel with the weather

I'm working from home today so it's one of the few rare times I have the TV on in the mornings.

[PatSeg]

48. I don't really watch either of the shows either

Not my kind of television, but can't imagine what on earth they were thinking bringing Palin on board. And when did she leave FOX?

[AlbertCat]

28. Not sure what the Today show producers were thinking

Really, if they want ratings, have Matt Lauer take his shirt off.

These morning shows are lame.... always have been.

[JNelson6563]

61. It was a better show in the days of Jane Pauley

Hated it after she left and it's only gotten worse.

Julie

[RebelOne]

54. I watch Good Morning America for a while

and then switch to Washington Journal for some intelligent conversation.

[PoliticAverse]

4. "Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make co-host." n/t

[HappyMe]

5. Oy. I haven't watched one second of it.

I usually watch GMA. Today I had to put up with the shrill, flaring nostrils of justice. For 2 damn segments. She had to throw her 2 cents in about the Dancing with the Stars. I muted it.

[vankuria]

19. Is Nancy Grace a regular on GMA?

She's just as annoying and crazy as Sarah, may-be we'll just keep the TV off in the morning.

[HappyMe]

32. No. She comes & goes in spurts.

They have her on when there are big legal issues/court cases going on. I feel bad for Dan Abrams. He's calm & sensible. She blares on over him.

[madrchsod]

38. icky..........

[hobbit709]

7. For Sarah, that is normal-she's not acting.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. She mostly sat there like a stump

Once in a while, one of the other talking heads would say "Governor Palin, do you have anything to add?", and then she'd rattle off some words.

I don't think she added much to the Today show. It might be interesting to find out how she was given this gig.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Matt Lauer is enough reason to not watch the Today show, for me.

[66 dmhlt]

46. AMEN! Lauer, David Gregory, Chucky Todd, Tom Brokaw are ALL right-wing sycophants

Who endlessly shill Repubican Talking Points. (And Brian Williams isn't much better.)

[Myrina]

11. Crash n' burn, Sarah. And thanks for reminding us that you're nuts.

Now go away.

[earthside]

12. For the first time in 20 years, I'm watching morning TV ...

... now that the Bill Press Show is on Current TV.

The Palin stunt is the kind of stuff that caused me to stop turning on the tube a couple of decades ago.

[catbyte]

13. You'd think they would have better material for her

than the same, lame "true patriot" crap. She wouldn't know a true patriot if one shot her in her ass with a tranquilizer dart. I am happy to say I didn't even watch 30 seconds of the Today Show. I watched Bill Press instead.

[Cosmocat]

15. that runs through me SO FRICKEN HOT

TRUE PATRIOTS?

The twit pissed on 70% of the country there.

[LynneSin]

22. Seriously, this isn't the "Wake up White People" show

If Palin wants to have the country love her she has to stop dividing it between the 'true patriots' and those that don't feel they have to wear their patriotism as a T shirt slogan.

[lukkadairish]

14. Just caught

The end of the show....just visual. All of the regular Today hosts have on the latest spring fashions...pastels, great jewelry...SP has on her obligatory 'I'm trying to be young' hip huggers with a chunky western belt...and wait for it....her flag pin. Jaysus H Christ

[lunatica]

16. It doesn't take her long to rub everyone the wrong way does it?

Just give her a minute and voila. She grates on everyone's last nerve very quickly.

[Ganja Ninja]

17. "turn down the crazy rhetoric and act like a normal person. "

Yeah good luck with that. Crazy like homosexuality, is not a lifestyle choice.

[Sedona]

18. Stephanie Miller is on Current

6-9 AM on the Leftie Coast. No other morning television exists.

[snooper2]

20. Sherry Shepard is on the Today show?

How can somebody be that fucking stupid and be on national TV as much as she is? I mean, I thought they were pretty much feeling sorry for the ignorant woman to put her on The View, but now her stupid mug is on a morning show?

They should hang a sign from her neck saying "I'm with stupid who is me" LOL

[HappyMe]

35. Sherry is a comedian.

Palin wanted to be president. Big difference.

[irisblue]

21. double cream in my coffee please while i read DU

[LynneSin]

23. That's not how Reagan would do it you lamebrain liberal!

(and for those who didn't figure it out - to the subject line )

[JHB]

34. Right. He'd check with "Mommy" (Nancy) about how he takes it n/t

[They_Live]

24. Palin is only one letter different

from PAIN.

[lastlib]

30. ...and only two letters different from 'Stalin'

maybe we should make a ryhme out of it.....

[LibDemAlways]

25. Palin's a professional pain in the ass and

I bet the show is losing more viewers than it's gaining today. Very stupid move.

[Freddie Stubbs]

27. Do you usually watch the Today Show?

[LynneSin]

29. Nope

I normally watch very little TV in the morning outside of the weather and the occasional channel flipping while eating my morning toast.

[Freddie Stubbs]

71. So, apparently their gimmick worked.

[LynneSin]

72. It would have if I stayed there for longer than 30 seconds

I do channel flip in the morning.

[hifiguy]

31. Lady Blah Blah's time has nearly passed

and thank the Great Bird of the Galaxy for that.

[Obamanaut]

58. People have been saying that for several years now. nt

[The Wizard]

33. Can't stop the propaganda.

Conflating conservative and true patriot is the kind of propaganda the Bush cartel used to launch an illegal and immoral invasion and occupation of Iraq.
The implication is that those who do not subscribe to Sarah's radical, extremist, reactionary, right wing politics are not real Americans is abhorrent.
Simply put, Sarah is a whore of the worst order. It's time for her to shut the fuck up. I pity her family.

[SemperEadem]

36. doesn't she already have a tv gig over at fux noose?

what earthly purpose could there be in putting her on?

and what, exactly, are "true patriots"? Dog whistle much?

[Tom Ripley]

37. She's not fit to fling the shit of J Fred Muggs

[nolabear]

39. I watched for a few minutes and she did make me laugh.

Matt Lauer asked how she thought the recovery was going and her first remark was "Maybe it's going okay for Wall Street..." I wanted to shout "Wrong side, Sarah! Wrong side!" It's just all too complicated for her.

[LynneSin]

40. I think most people were laughing at her and not with her

She dresses like this barhopping couger on the prowl (Really Johnny Cash? Does she know he was a liberal?) and basically tells 70% of the country that we're unamerican since we don't fit her definintion of 'True Patriot'.

She's just going to have to be happy that the tea party loves her - the rest of us think she's a joke.

[spanone]

41. palin is perfect for the today show..shallow, no substance

[bahrbearian]

42. Why is Matt calling her "Governor" I thought she was "Quitter"

[rrHeretic]

43. 30 seconds eh?

How did you manage to last that long? LOL

[hexola]

45. I thought she did just fine...

For someone who has been out of broadcasting for awhile...not bad.

I think she should avoid her instinct to inject politics into her banter...not needed on the today show (re: the Oprah network question)

[LynneSin]

51. Been out of broadcasting? What the heck is she doing over at Faux News?

Just curious

[Blue_In_AK]

60. I've had more than my fill of Sarah Palin.

I wouldn't have watched her this morning for all the money on Wall Street.

[RockaFowler]

52. You know what I'd like to know

Where is Geraldine Ferraro?? She was the first woman picked as VP on a National Party ticket. Why isn't she given the time to get her 1 hour in the spotlight?? Hey what about Dan Quayle?? I mean he was the actual VP. Or Walter Mondale?? Another actual VP. Instead we have to hear from Lady Blech Blech and her tired Repuke arguments that don't give any insight or actually say anything. There, also.

I'm so sick and tired of this woman.

But guess what?? So is America. Check out the Today Show's Facebook page. Tons upon tons of people who can't stand her and turned off their TV today. can't wait to see the ratings in the morning for this train-wreck

[sad sally]

55. Geraldine Ferraro died last March (2011)...

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[RockaFowler]

62. Whoops sorry

I forgot about that

[mnmoderatedem]

53. I'm a little disappointed

I mean Lauer didn't ask something to the effect of with the republican race for nominee still unsettled, and the party so fractured, is there a chance she could still show up at the convention and throw her hat in the ring, followed by her obligitory yeah-well-you-never-know response, then of course, donate to SarahPAC! Buy my book!

Is she losing her touch?

[pokerfan]

56. Next time Sarah Palin hosts the Today Show NBC should simulcast it in English - Andy Borowitz

Sarah Palin hosting the Today Show would be a great last scene of a Planet of the Apes remake.



https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23PalinonTODAY

[Cleita]

59. Good one!

[pokerfan]

64. more...

Sarah Palin should host a morning show on Syfy.

[Cleita]

66. lulz

[Obamanaut]

57. You asked why Sarah Palin could not put politics aside for 60 minutes. I don't think *any* person

in politics would pass up an opportunity on national teevee to mention a little something about it - even a small remark.

Shoot. Even people here cannot pass up such an opportunity to talk politics in grocery store checkout lines, at gas pumps, at convenience stores, even at holiday dinners with relatives - we read about these encounters regularly.

Would you expect Billy Graham to be on such a show and not once mention Jesus? Or Dr Oz not to mention good health? Or Al Gore not to mention the environment?

on edit, removed an extra 's'

[LynneSin]

63. Difference is that Oz or Gore or Graham would talk about their subject in a way

that doesn't alienate 70% of the population.

[Obamanaut]

70. You're trying to cheat. Without going all the way to the top to check, your statement was something

to the effect that Sarah Palin could not be on teevee for 60 minutes without talking about politics, it was NOT that she could not talk without alienating people.

The three folks I used as examples likely don't alienate *as many* as Palin does, but that wasn't the point. The point was that they would probably mention something that they are known for.

Merely talking about their respective subjects vs alienating people while doing so are two separate discussions.

So, I was in the checkout line at my local.....

[Tom Ripley]

65. It is weirdly appropriate that she would enjoy a John Phillips song

[LynneSin]

69. Chris Christie has seen over 100 Bruce Springsteen concerts

Hasn't a clue about what any of the lyrics have meant.

[bluesbassman]

67. Lynne you're laboring under the impression that she might WANT to be respected.

She threw that idea out the window a loooong time ago.

She's only in it for the money.

[sudopod]

68. John Cleese on Sarah Palin