Reply #22: "The reporter"??

[iverglas]

What planet DO you live on??

Even I recognize Tucker Carlson when I see him. Yeesh.

Oh my.

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

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American political news correspondent and commentator for the Fox News Channel. He is a senior fellow for the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute.

Some say "libertarian", some just come out and speak plainly. Right-wing.

MSNBC's Tucker

Carlson's early evening show, Tucker, premiered June 13, 2005 on MSNBC. (The original title was The Situation with Tucker Carlson.) The show lasted less than three seasons; the network announced its cancellation due to low ratings on March 10, 2008. Many critics had called him an "MSNBC conservative." The final episode aired on March 14, 2008.

Carlson had also hosted a late afternoon weekday wrap-up for MSNBC during the 2006 Winter Olympics, during which he attempted to learn how to play various Olympic sports. In July 2006, he reported live for Tucker from Haifa, Israel, during the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. While in the Middle East, he also hosted MSNBC Special Report: Mideast Crisis.

Fox News Channel

On May 16, 2009 Carlson was introduced as a member of the 'Fox Family' while appearing on the Fox & Friends Weekend edition with no mention what he would be doing for the network.

Yes, Tucker wasn't attempting to ambush and discredit a Democratic politician by asking a question of no relevance to anything at all. Nah. Not our Tucker.

Carlson has stated that while he votes, and cares deeply about conservative ideas, he does not care about the success or failure of any political party. In addition, his definitions of conservative views often conflict with the mainstream opinion.

Carlson has stated that U.S. President George W. Bush is not a true conservative. Despite his general reputation as a political conservative, this and other views have been interpreted as partisan ambivalence by some Republican political figures and movement conservatives.

In an August 27, 2004 Washington Post interview, Carlson expressed his "displeasure with Bush." "Why do so many anti-war liberals give Kerry a pass when he adopts the Bush view on Iraq, as he has? The amount of team-playing on the left depresses me." Carlson did not vote in the 2004 election, citing his disgust with the Iraq war and his disillusionment with the once small-government Republican party.

"I don't know what you consider conservative," Carlson said, "but I'm not much of a liberal, at least as the word is currently defined. For instance, I'm utterly opposed to abortion, which I think is horrible and cruel. I think affirmative action is wrong. I'd like to slow immigration pretty dramatically. I hate all nanny state regulations, such as seat belt laws and smoking bans. I'm not for big government. I think the U.S. ought to hesitate before intervening abroad. I think these are conservative impulses.

Yuppers. Just the kind of fellow one whose exploits one expects to see here at DU.