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7. It insinuated on Gene (if he's Gay it ain't bad) & made BRAZILE the "reasonable" character
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 01:04 AM
Feb 2019

All I know about Gene is that he's brilliant, represents everything I think. I know nothing about his life, not to mention his personal life (I'll Wiki him now). Well, I try to keep up with whatever the "news" topics are and if BEZOS's dick is going to be pictured, I guess I'll look at the pictures - to keep up with things, really. But I don't get why this angle got pinned on Mr ROBINSON. Much less why BRAZILE was portrayed as the center of judgment of anything.

*****ON EDIT, the Wiki says this/toto:

Early years and education
Robinson was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina and schooled at Orangeburg Wilkinson High School, where he "was one of a handful of black students on a previously all-white campus."[4]

Before graduating from the University of Michigan in 1974, he was the first African American co-editor-in-chief of The Michigan Daily.[4] During the 1987-1988 academic year, he was a mid-career Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.[5][6]

Career
In 1976, he began his journalism career at the San Francisco Chronicle; his early assignments included the trial of publishing heiress Patty Hearst. He joined The Washington Post in 1980. Working his way up through the ranks, he was first a city hall reporter at the paper. He then became the assistant city editor; a South America correspondent based in Buenos Aires, Argentina; London bureau chief; foreign editor; and, most recently, the assistant managing editor of the paper's Style section. He began writing columns for the opinion page of the paper in 2005, also writes a twice-a-week column on politics and culture, and conducts a weekly online conversation with readers.

Robinson appears frequently as a liberal political analyst[7] on MSNBC cable-TV network's programs such as Morning Joe, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Ed Show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In addition, he is often a panelist on NBC's public affairs program Meet the Press.

Robinson was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in recognition of his columns that focused on then-Senator Barack Obama in the context of his first presidential campaign.[8]





To be fair obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2019 #1
Peggy Noonan IS a doofus! She totally deserves doofus lines, Gene Robinson does NOT! scarletwoman Feb 2019 #4
If it wasn't obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2019 #6
Oh dear. There's a lot of history there. scarletwoman Feb 2019 #11
Do a google search on sarcasm flibbitygiblets Feb 2019 #16
I agree. It was massively disrespectful to Eugene Robinson, who in no way deserves such a totally scarletwoman Feb 2019 #2
Glad i didn't watch it. Don't mind Chuckie taking a bit but dem4decades Feb 2019 #3
I'm glad I didn't see that MustLoveBeagles Feb 2019 #5
It insinuated on Gene (if he's Gay it ain't bad) & made BRAZILE the "reasonable" character UTUSN Feb 2019 #7
He's married. He is highly respected and accomplished. Has a Pulitzer and is on the Pulitzer board. Stinky The Clown Feb 2019 #8
As I said, 1) highly respected (by me), 2) accomplished, 3) Pulitzer, 4) WaPo columnist UTUSN Feb 2019 #9
I recorded the show, haven't watched it yet, but am glad to be forewarned. Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #13
I can't tell you how much you are my *DARLING*/Judi Lynn - UTUSN Feb 2019 #18
Cold open was weak. SCRUBDASHRUB Feb 2019 #10
SNL is not documental. nt greyl Feb 2019 #12
It's not supposed to be reality nini Feb 2019 #14
There is NO excuse for any kind of disrespect posturing as "humor" toward this guy. Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #15
Thompson is always funny to me. flibbitygiblets Feb 2019 #17
I totally agree with you lanlady Feb 2019 #19
While I do think it was unfair to Robinson dsc Feb 2019 #20
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