Tom Brokaw on Morning Joe: "Americans just want their Medicare check."

[CTyankee]

He get's the "most disgusting" award today. That guy just characterized the American voter as just takers who don't want anything taken away from them. And of course Scab just agreed with him and started hammering how much SS, Medicare and Medicaid is costing...

Just for your information, creeps, I'm on Medicare and I don't get a "check." What universe are you in? Medicare insures me, it doesn't send me a check. I DO send a check each month for my Medicare supplementary plan, to pay for the 20% that Medicare doesn't cover both in Part B and D. That and what is taken out of my SS check are my contribution. And my share keeps going up, while I am a retiree on a fixed income. I am not complaining. You should STFU...

[n2doc]

1. TB is a 1%er

These rich, pampered "newscasters" never have to worry about paying bills. No one ever brings that up in these shows because everyone is either a 1%er or wanting to become one.

[roguevalley]

30. he necver graduated high school if memory serves

Hes a punk

[silvershadow]

31. I think you're thinking of Peter Jennings. nt

[roguevalley]

133. could be. it was a long time ago. thanks.

[oldbanjo]

73. What's that got to do with anything I know a lot of people with high IQ's that didn't finish

High School.

[Carolina]

118. who said Brokejaw has a high IQ

but yes, you are right there are people with high IQs who may not have a high school or college degree. Problem is in today's world vs when Peter Jennings (he's the one without the degree) or even Tom started, a high IQ without a degree (or a hell of a lot of luck) means diddly.

In fact, these high paid newsreaders don't realize how much of where they are in this life is luck since we are all born naked and needy.

[closeupready]

39. How many ways can a statement be so righteous and true?

Wow. You have such an awesomely brilliant mind. +1000000.

[Lifelong Protester]

2. Yes, I read your headline and was puzzled

I don't know of any Medicare recipients getting any check. What a bunch of hogwash. What is wrong with Tom Brokaw? Has he seriously lost it?

[JHB]

18. Keep in mind the time period when he was Top Face at NBC:

Anchor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004, a period marked by media consolidation, a erosion of journalistic standards toward a state of infotainment and "stenographers to power", and continuing deference to the RW drumbeat about "liberal media bias".

[liberalmike27]

51. And Repeal of Fairness Doctrine

Tom is yet another right-wing media shill.

He's gurgling worse and worse since he retired too--plus his jingo-greatest generation books.

[brush]

33. Yes, he's lost it

He's so wrong and the sad part is he doesn't know it. But anyone on medicare knows you don't get a check, and they probably won't be voting for these right wing a holes. You would think Brokaw would be smarter than that. He got paid big money for years just to read the news I guess. Doesn't sound like he learned to do any of his own research.

[CTyankee]

85. He's obviously so out of touch with that American voter he "knows" so much about!

I'll bet they're getting TONS of emails and twitters over that stupidity...

[LiberalFighter]

146. I know my parents never got monthly Medicare checks.

They had to pay their monthly premiums which I believe were deducted from his pension. I would have to see if that was the case. He worked for the federal govt.

[karynnj]

3. His reaction is telling

I never liked Brokaw because he seemed to be a key force in turning news into entertainment - cotton candy rather than anything sustaining. He really is showing his colors here. The good thing is that what it would seem to reflect is his frustration that people actually are NOT following people like him, but actually considering their own needs and values.

One - so far - good thing this year is that it appears that billions of dollars in ads have been rejected by people. It also seems that in the places they are most prevalent, Obama is MORE ahead than in places - versus where the race was originally considered to be - where they are not played.

[Carolina]

119. yes, the riseof the infotainment era plus his/NBC's

"Fleecing of America" segments which ALWAYS focused on something wrong with gov't...while corporate business was just A-OK. Brokejaw is one of the reasons I stopped watching the news.

[budkin]

4. I've never liked that asshole

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

9. Ditto on him and…..

and ditto on Brent Musburger (Romney fundraiser attendee). BM and TB-appropriate initials.

[Arugula Latte]

56. I used to think he was great ...

but that was in the 80s.

[October]

130. Me, too!

I can't stand him now!

[DollarBillHines]

97. Neither has anyone who ever worked with him.

Brokaw is - and always has been - an asshole and a tyrant (ditto John Chancellor, by the way).

[hatrack]

5. Who gives a fuck about Tom Brokaw? A retired and once-heavily overpaid newsreader . . .

. . . assuming his position of cocktail-party power on the basis of battles he never fought and wounds he never suffered. It was a nice turn of phrase, Tom, but when it comes to Greatest Generations, you ain't a member.

Otherwise, bite me.

[valerief]

6. Brokaw is a mumble-mouthed RW shill. And a stupid one at that! nt

[jeaps]

36. Could not agree more nt

[BlueCaliDem]

58. Yep. I've suspected he was a RW shill when he told MSNBC in 2008

that no one was telling McCain's story and that wasn't fair. He also butt heads with K.O. on a regular basis during that time.

[LeFleur1]

80. Aw, I was going to say...

Is he still rambling around, mumbling?

[whathehell]

7. Someone should have countered: "Yeah, and The One Percent just wants it's tax cuts".

Fuck him.

[Democrats_win]

91. 1% also want their dividend checks--for doing nothing.

The idle rich sit there and collect the dividend checks from the companies their relatives and the 47% built!

They don't give a hoot about the company or America just as long as they get their checks.

[whathehell]

100. Exactly.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. For those dumbasses, tell them it's your ROI

"Return on Investment", because that is what it is and they can only think in "business" jargon. You pay into it, it is invested, and you get to use it in the future towards your medical expenses.

[AllyCat]

10. Right Tom. Because it's THEIR money! They paid for it. Jerk.

So does this mean he's already trashing the VoucherCare program should it start? Because that would be a "check".

[valerief]

15. No one gets a Medicare check. People pay Medicare. nt

[southernyankeebelle]

11. Am in awe and wonder how these republicans think. They act like we are big takers. I am

not a damn taker. Like everyone we paid into these programs that we EARNED. Yes we are entitled to them it's our money. If those mother fers would leave our benefits alone we'd have no worries. I suggest we cut back on their salaries and the perks. That would be a great start.

[Lugnut]

12. I wish I could rec this 100 times. n/t

[russspeakeasy]

13. Why does he call himself Tawwwm Bowka?

[Frustratedlady]

14. We get a check? WooHoo! Where's mine? I've never received a Medicare check!

Time to retire, Tom. As you age, those old brain cells don't work too well.

Gotta call my bank and see where those checks got off to. Dang!

[closeupready]

41. LOL - thanks for the Monday morning laugh, I needed it!

[cilla4progress]

16. I'm writing to the show right now.

What an assshole. I remember a time when I respected him ... or my folks (diehard liberals) did anyway ... back in the 70s. He needs to be reamed for this. Just shows how out of touch he is, how 1%, that he thinks Medicare recipients are issued a check.

[Hissyspit]

17. A very scary shark tank, Tom, but you got over it motorcycle and all.

[lpbk2713]

19. Detached from reality and blowing smoke out his ass.

Clearly he has no clue.

[Downwinder]

20. Brokaw is 72.

Take his health care away and see what tune he sings then.

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Brokaw's job, as a network broadcaster, is to mislead.

He has been paid very well to do so. Expect a snake to be a snake.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

136. Excellent point.

[liberal N proud]

22. Actually, we all would like to be wealthy enough that we didn't need the Medicare Check

[Grins]

23. So much for the "Greatest Generation"!

Just a bunch of moochers living off the government teat.

[sarge43]

35. Great minds, Grins

What a nasty brown noser he's turned into.

[CreekDog]

24. dang, not another 1/2 of an Ambien!

[PA Democrat]

112. LOL. That was his excuse the last time he was talking nonsense on Mornng Joe,

wasn't it?

[randome]

25. Ignoring for a moment the idiocy of there being a 'Medicare check'...

...people DO want to rely on their Social Security checks and health care coverage. They do NOT want an endless maze of more and more choices that befuddle the best of us. What the GOP fails to comprehend is that people have lives lived apart from their navel-gazing legislators.

We want things to work. That's it. In the 21st century, we should not be making things harder for people. We should put the stamp of dependability on something and move on to the next complicated thing.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

137. Another GREAT comment.

Thank you for saying this.

[badhair77]

26. During the Dem convention he was taken to the ER as a move of caution.

All because he "appeared out of it." Nice benefit. Many cannot afford an ER visit in a real emergency. He had merely taken half an Ambien by accident. He needs to get out with working people and see reality.

[jwirr]

78. Given this statement which is not correct I begin to wonder if the Ambien was and accident or if

he is truly losing it.

[NBachers]

125. Many people who appear "out of it" get tased or shot to death

[greymattermom]

27. a good response to these types

is to act curious. Do you use your medicare? Oh, really, that's nice. Do they send you a check?

[BeyondGeography]

28. Tom is so confused

And he's a menace. Medicare check...ffs. Just go home and count your money already, Mr. GE.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

29. It would be really unfortunate if these clowns were pulled

into some kind of twilight episode were they have to live the lives of the rest of the 99% that struggle in modern times.

Brokaw and morning Joke are pretty well off and wouldn't know how to deal with the reality that most of us have to every day.

That's our twilight zone: reality.


What assh@les!

[tsuki]

32. Brokaw says these things just to get his big paycheck.

[yardwork]

34. Keep yapping, Republicans. You are killing your own party.

[Yavin4]

37. We've Had 30 Years of Corporate America De-Industrializing Our Economy

Killing unions and pensions. Sending jobs overseas to cheaper labor markets and creating low level service sector jobs which pay min. wage with no health benefits.

So, yes Tom, folks want to retain their Medicare and SS benefits because unlike yourself, they didn't get multi-million dollar contracts for reading a teleprompter.

Also, we would not even have this budget mess if it weren't for Bush's tax cuts and wars.

[INdemo]

38. Brokaw sliiped up the other day and basically

admitted he ws a Romney supporter..
But where does this a---- get off thinking that those on SS,Medicare..are freeloaders.
As long as these A_____s get their tax cuts who cares if our democracy is destroyed.....

[One of the 99]

45. Really where?

Is there a link to a clip? I'd love to see it.

[JDPriestly]

40. What does Tom Brokaw think is the alternative?

Americans should just die in misery?

American kids in their best working years should stay home and take care of mom who is going to be home and sick for a long, long time?

What is he thinking?

Goes to show that TV news commentators do not live in real America. Not a one of them.

This is when we need Keith Olbermann. I would like to hear his answer to Tom Brokaw.

[Marr]

49. They should bow to the almighty National Debt bogeyman-- and support

pulling the rug out from under their own feet to pay down the debt. Of course, people like Brokaw would be against making the uberwealthy pay more taxes in pursuit of the same goal. That's somehow completely different.

[reformist2]

42. "Medicare check"??? What an idiot.

[Stainless]

43. Change the Channel

I watch Bill Press and Stephanie Miller on Current TV. MSNBC only sucks a little bit less than Faux and CNN. LINK TV and Free Speech TV (FSTV) are other better alternatives. The so called main stream media is owned and operated by corporate interests. Don't encourage them by watching and commenting on their propaganda and their bullshit. There are a couple of MSNBC commentators who still have integrity; Ed Schultz and Rachael Maddow are worth watching.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

66. Just curious

What percent of the poulation has Current TV ? I know I don't.

[Bohunk68]

99. Right on!!!!!!!

Been saying this often. Leave Joe "Dead Intern" Scum off and go to Bill and Stephanie. I have to pay extra to get Current and LinkTV, but it is sure worth it for the much better news coverage. Even MSNBC sucks at times at night, although Rachel is quite good. Big Ed just rants and raves and that has its place, but its gets tiresome after awhile. While Steve Kornacki is adorable, he seems to be heading the same direction as Brokaw. And "C" Cupp is an absolute twit. Cenk is good and does some investigative stuff, but he was also very conservative for a while and needs to be taken with a grain of salt from time to time. Spitzer, my much-maligned former governor is absolutely terrific when it comes to Wall street shenanigans and the economy. And, the series, "Borgen", the Danish "West Wing", is addictive.

[Dr Rise]

124. Lawrence O'Donnell is okay, too, in my opinion.

Seems to be enjoying himself these days. Cenk is the man on Current!

[LovingA2andMI]

141. Loving THIS ^^^^^

And why does the American Public get fed garbage in/garbage out in the Mainstream Media? Because they FAIL to look for all the ALTERNATIVE MEDIA RESOURCES that are available!

[still_one]

44. what a jerk. why doesn't anyone point out to that asshat that people have being paying

for Medicare and Social Security. One is an annuity, and the other is Medical Insurance. Why? Because insurance companies would not cover people over 65.

and yes, what many dumb asses don't realize is that Medicare is not free, it still costs, and you still have to pay for supplemental and medicine as you pointed out

The problem is how many are the uninformed public who believe this garbage?

[George II]

46. Context? I'm sure there was more than the statement you quote above......thanks.

[CTyankee]

90. I'm sure you can get the clip on the Morning Joe page at nbc.com

This was in the context of one of Scab's favorite talking points: that we can't sustain all these entitlements, Medicare is in serious trouble, American seniors are greedy, yadda, yadda.

Usually I just roll my eyes but today that statement just jumped out at me. It was so ODD!

I think the guy is unsteady on his feet. He was sitting during the intro to his segment, which I thought was a bit unusual (guests are usually standing), then after commercial he was already seated at the panel desk. My guess is that he was helped onto the set...

[George II]

92. He's been known to be on medication....

....he was unsteady a few weeks ago too after taking ambien.

Can't access videos from work, will check tonight.

[CTyankee]

115. It's right at the end of his segment on MJ...actually he was talking about seniors saying they

NEED that Medicare check! Well, sure, they do, Tom...you idiot...

[loyalsister]

128. I think there was reference to the tea party

who are untimately more aligned with the people they denigrate.

[Liberalynn]

47. What a novel concept

actually wanting something you paid for!

[Anthony McCarthy]

48. Says the man who made millions selling the corporate POV

This is why journalists should be reporters who are required to find facts and support them, submitting their work to editors who will eye them for the support.

Brokaw is as much a journalist as Ann Coulter is.

[winstars]

50. He personally is the "Not So Greatest Generation" of rich stupid fucking assholes!!!

Medicare check???? what a dick...

[Sekhmets Daughter]

52. Tom Brokaw

Let's hear it for that liberal media bias...

[Historic NY]

53. Tom what about the greatest generation, you forgot they're getting the checks...

what a f--king schmuck.

[Whisp]

54. I don't blame you for being pissed

Brokaw is a cheeseyfuck that has no right to be a 'journalist'. If he didn't have his big man vocal cords he'd surely not be in the biz because he has shit for brains.

[ronnie624]

55. He's always been a propagandist for the establishment.

Hearing him express such nonsense is not surprising in the least, considering he's the author of that idiotic book, The Greatest Generation. Deciding which is the "greatest" of the 40,000 human generations, has got to be some of the most fatuous drivel, ever.

[Anthony McCarthy]

57. "He needs to be reamed for this."

Tom Jokeaw?

[nobodyspecial]

59. Because they have had MONEY taken out of their wages for years!

Imagine, you actually want to see some return on your investment in Medicare and Social Security. How dare they!

[Zen Democrat]

60. Medicare check? WHAT Medicare check! Brokaw is a boob.

[kentuck]

61. How about this solution, Tom?

How about we cut the bloated Defense Budget and Homeland Security in half - to about $500 billion per year - and take those savings for Medicare and food stamps? We would still have the most expensive military in the world. And there would be no problem with Medicare or Medicaid. It's all a matter of priorities - not a shortage of money.

[joanbarnes]

62. Look closely, Brokaw is nearly always drunk.

[patrice]

82. No, no. . . media says that's just "woozy". link:

http://www.alligator.org/opinion/editorials/article_ca1b0368-f89b-11e1-a573-001a4bcf887a.html

[Gal Friday]

63. Are you sure that's what he Said?

Honestly, after decades of watching this man, I still can't understand him half the time!

[Catherine Vincent]

64. Did anyone on the panel bother to correct his mistake?

[julian09]

84. He probably meant social security check

Turned on tv late, so didn't see it. Joe is really campaigning hard for Romney the last two weeks, he is trying to make LYBIA attack a big issue. He knows he is first on MSNBC and is trying to start the days news cycle, hoping the rest of the shows follow his lead.
It is the part of the show, that is repeated in the third hour, so Rmoney gets a double plug .I wonder if he calls RNC before his show.
As far as Brokaw he is losing his gravitas or weight with progressives, he is part of 1%. I know this off topic but the more serious issue on Morning Joe is the free pass to plug Rmoney and misrepresent Obama with impunity.

[LibGranny]

65. My husband is covered by Medicare and has NEVER

received a "check"! Hmmmmm. . . . wonder why? He has pain into Medicare throughout his working life and now as a deduction from his Social Security (which he also paid into). I guess if you're not a newsperson who can mumble through the news (i.e., Broke-aw), and you're not covered by your own hefty retirement - you're not supposed to get that which you EARNED!!! I hate Broke-aw and "dead Intern" Scar-bro - both are fakers!

[Auntie Bush]

67. I don't get a check either. I'm in the same situation as you are. I guess

Tom isn't on Medicare (He's rich and has his own insurance) or he would have known we don't get checks from Medicare. I used to admire the man but now in his senior wealthier years has become a right winger and doesn't bother to hide it any more.

I missed the show this morning! Did anyone bother to correct him? I don't have time to read all the comments now so pardon if that question was already asked.

[begin_within]

68. Medicare doesn't mail out checks to Americans.

Medicare receives premiums from its members and it pays the claims to providers of the services.

[patrice]

69. He excuses media LIES that lead to the War on Iraq. Apparently lying & getting it wrong is OK.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/tom-brokaw-defends-war-co_b_104636.html

[Hubert Flottz]

70. Tommy "The Tool" Brokaw, is Jack Welch's "Lobbyist" with almost unlimited air time.

I wouldn't buy a used car from Tommy The Tool. He and Joey the Jerk have squinting and hurling bullshit in common, it's no surprise that they like to roost out on the same limbs together. (?urds of a feather) If Mitt gets in there, America might start building people pounds.

Jack the hack @GENBC drinks his coffee and watches the MSGOP hack-fest until nap time in the afternoon and then it's okay to stop acting like FOX and tell a bit of the truth in the evenings.

Tom the Tool Broke-it-off, will be in front of lots of cameras until after the election. Spewing his Tool-Aid for his and Jack's cause, the 1%.

[patrice]

71. Brokaw: Media's voice to express the state-of-mind of MILLIONS of Americans. Link:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3563

[begin_within]

72. Maybee ifffTomm Brokawwwould stoppp slurrrringhis wordstogethhhherrr,

liiiike adruuuuunnnk thennnn peeeeeeeeeeeople woooooould lisssssten to himmmm.

True story: during the 1996 Republican convention in San Diego, a waitress in a Gaslamp Quarter restaurant refused to bring him a drink because she thought he was already drunk.

[HangOnKids]

75. He Is ALWAYS Drunk

Anyone who knows Tom knows he is drunk 24/7.

[TomClash]

74. Another member of the Manhattan Investor/Rentier class

So "liberal on social issues" but don't touch their unearned wealth.

[McCamy Taylor]

76. Doesn't he mean their Medicare bill? Since people pay for it?

[patrice]

77. Oh, so SOME members of "The Great Generation" just REALLY aren't that "great", uh Tom.

WOW!!!!!

[WinkyDink]

79. The tone is condescending; the error is blatant; and the pronoun is revealing. Tom "1%" Brokaw.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

81. On Election Night 2008 Brokaw looked like he was going to cry because McCain lost.

[KamaAina]

83. I knew he was a right-wing shill. But I didn't know he was a

"Medicare check"?

Could Rmoney have found his press secretary?

[Cha]

103. It's a Zinger! Isn't that what mitt's looking for? n/t

[Bad_Ronald]

86. What did you expect from someone who has never expressed an intelligent, independent thought that

wasn't written by someone else & fed to him though a teleprompter?

[Myrina]

87. He's really turned into a cranky old white man, hasn't he?

He used to (like, 25 years ago) at least have a little bit of charm ...

[Kindly Refrain]

88. Cut the "elder statesman" crap Tom.

Everybody knows you are bubble headed, hackneyed, news reader.

[zinnisking]

98. Thank you. Sooooo sick of all this fawning over him since his retirement.

This isn't the first time since his retirement he's said something limbaugh-like.

Medicare check? hahaha He is either getting his Luntz/Limbaugh keyword vocabulary tangled or he is so far removed from the real world he doesn't know that "them mere proles" don't generally get medicare checks.

[SoapBox]

89. Agreed!

It's hard to believe with so many millions on Medicare, that there is SO much misinformation out there in America.

Now you add the crazy political period with all it's lies, Lies and more LIES.

"on Medicare and I don't get a "check." That is ABSOLUTELY correct! My Mom lives with me and I now know more about Medicare than ever before...and thank GOD (or GAWD, pending your beliefs! for it! She's 91 years old...HELL, if she did not have me as an advocate and Coupon Care Man just sent her a "voucher", she would just die. I cannot even imagine her having to fend for herself, looking for coverage in the "free market".

I get SO angry when I hear the Repukes and Baggers wanting to destroying this support system for MILLIONS of American CITIZENS.

[julian09]

107. Yeah, instead of parents signing all their assets over to their children early, they would have

to keep those assets for their own care.

[abelenkpe]

93. What is more unreasonable?

That workers who have contributed their entire working life to a program expect it to be there for them as promised? Or that some millionaires think it's fine to cheat those elderly workers while enriching themselves through tax breaks?

[pacalo]

94. That BURNS me up!

First of all, we don't get Medicare checks; it's a healthcare program that we -- the beneficiaries who PAID INTO the program all our working lives -- benefit from when we get medical services after we're no longer able to work.

He must be referring to our SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS that we ALSO PAID INTO all our working lives for our RETIREMENT.

Secondly, Tom Brokaw is extremely LUCKY that he was able to work as any type of news reader during the time of Walter Cronkite. His LISP & broken enunciation was not worth the MILLIONS he was paid on a yearly basis. Despite the fact that Brokaw evidently knew someone who could help him get an edge over more qualified or more worthy news readers, he's on a high horse as a one-percenter & now feels like "I've got MINE; I can look DOWN on everyone beneath me." He could care less about those who actually had to work HARD to make sure Tom Brokaw could have smooth roads to be chauffered around in, including the bridges; a fancy house to live in; all his fancy meals & evenings out; his expensive clothes; his expensive haircuts; & all the other services that were provided to him on a daily basis.

Tom Brokaw has been OVER-EMPLOYED in his field, considering the limitations of his talent. And now I'm convinced that he is also unaware of his lack of substance in comparison to those who actually work HARD to make life pleasant for him.

One thing good that has come of this "class" debate is that, with all the discussion going on, it's easier to detect who the real creeps are, & Tom Brokaw is one of them.

[just1voice]

95. Typical press whores, I'm sure they think torture is debatable too

People like those press whore repukes are vile human beings.

[tularetom]

96. Brokaw must get projectile diarrhea when he sees the evening programming on MSNBC

the dirty fucking hippies have taken over.

Even Chris Matthews who spent years kissing Brokaw's ass, has joined the ranks of the DFH's and now trashes Mitch Romney on a daily basis.

And the small group of people at NBC he can hang with has diminished to a very few like Scarborough, Brian Williams, David Gregory, Mrs Greenspan and Baby Russert.

[DearAbby]

101. I want to scream at them

Human beings, you are talking about HUMAN BEINGS! That is what gets me about the Republican party...they look at numbers, as if they are nothing more than numbers....THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS. Cost too much??!! what about missiles <<< Costs too much...but those numbers are somehow more important, than those other numbers.

[CTyankee]

108. But, but they are PRO-LIFE! We Dems don't care about human life, didn't you know?

Effing bastards!

[Cha]

102. So Brokaw outed himself even Bigger as a

goPropaganda mediawhore. Good. F***** needs to be Exposed. Idiot. "Medicare check"? Yeah, my "check" is in the mail.

[xxqqqzme]

104. There should be a disclaimer

flashing on screen whenever ANY 1% says anything disparaging the 99%.

[OldDem2012]

105. Probably was rocked to sleep as a child...

....until his mom ran out of rocks.

[JI7]

106. in his recent appearances he has sounded Senile to me

[Major Hogwash]

109. Hahahaha!!!!! Where do I sign up for my Medicare check, Tom?

What a moron!!

[MFM008]

110. methink he doth protest

because hes going freeper on us.

[busterbrown]

111. Best news I've heard in years!

I can hardly wait for my check. Screw my health insurance.
I'm gonna go get a new flat screen, Eat good for now on on
and visit all my relatives in Selma.
Wow, I just love Socialism......

[PADemD]

113. Why do we have to pay a for-profit insurance company

For supplemental insurance? Why not pay into Medicare and let them pay 100%?

[CTyankee]

114. eggzackly!

However, at least my supplemental is with AARP, a nonprofit org.

Obama already rightfully sucked the Bush era subsidies from the for profit health insurance companies and put it into health care to extend the life of Medicare.

We should have Medicare for ALL! That would solve a lot of our health care economic woes...

[spanone]

116. everyone on medicare knows tom is a dumbass.....

[Carolina]

117. Brokejaw is such

a disgusting POS. Totally out of touch and condescending to boot. When I took care of my elderly father before he passed away, I learned to appreciate Medicare and Social Security not only for what they helped to provide but also for the fact that it was an investment for all the years he had worked (since age 15).

I also knew that it was not enough and had he only had Medicare A&B without his supplemental insurance, those 3 hospitalizations during the last year of his life would have been financially devastating.

Brokejaw seems to be condemning the very generation he called the greatest. I guess they were great when he was making money off of his book sales. Now they are just among his and Mitt's 47%. Fuck 'em both.

[CTyankee]

123. "making money off his book sales." That's pretty much what it's all about with him.

He is revolting...

[TheKentuckian]

120. What an either ill-informed or an utterly dishonest comment

I don't know which is worse.

[Blue_In_AK]

121. Not only do we not get a check,

the premium is deducted from our social security checks each month, AND we're still liable for the 20 % on many treatments. Not to mention that we paid in for our entire working lives. Surely he misspoke...hard to imagine he could be this clueless.

[CTyankee]

147. And this was on a segment in the show where he talks about going out and talking to ordinary

Americans and has the "feel of the people."

If I felt forgiving, I'd say he simply misspoke and meant to say "Social Security check." But he was talking about health care in the context of Medicare and seniors DO need their Medicare. But of course, he never heard any senior say they needed or wanted their "Medicare check."

Never.

[jaysunb]

122. I have medicare

WHERE'S MY FUCKING CHECK !

Yup , just what I thought...more unrefuted bull shit.

[Drunken Irishman]

126. I like Brian Williams much better ... and I'm not a fan of Brian Williams.

[YOHABLO]

127. They Don't Walk In Middle Class/Poor Peoples Shoes. Total Ignorance.

I am on SS disability. I receive Medicare as a result of being on SS. I do have to pay part of that money for parts A and B. I never knew that I would one day have to rely on SS benefits in order to survive. But such is life and I am very happy that I have these programs to make life a little more bearable. The rich are so ignorant as to how the system even works, and the horrible process that one has to go through in order to reach a favorable decision. Years of waiting and appeals .. and a good disability lawyer that gets a big chunk of money as well

[tjdee]

129. I miss Peter Jennings a lot.

I never liked Tom Brokaw, ever, and I'm irritated that, of the three anchors that were around in my younger years (Rather/Brokaw/Jennings), only Brokaw is around yapping his mouth all the time, high on "Ambien" at that.

Peter Jennings was thoughtful and kind and I really liked him a lot.

Where's Ted Koppel even? Geez.

[DallasNE]

131. People Like Brokow Are Too Far Removed From

The lives of ordinary people they simply lack the ability to comprehend what the real world is like. All they care about is protecting what they already have without realizing that is exactly what ordinary Americans want but the Brokow's see ordinary Americans as their enemy that just want to take, take, take.

[WillyT]

132. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Skittles]

134. fuck you, Brokaw

go back to swooning over the racist, sexist, homophobic "greatest generation"

[young_at_heart]

135. He and I are the same age----that's the ONLY thing we have in common

I remember when he was the news anchor in LA many years ago. He seemed nicer then.

[eridani]

138. Contact info--surprised no one has posted yet

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28544273/ns/msnbc-morning_joe/t/tell-morningjoe/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48780726/

Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
Address 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Tel [phone] or 202-885-4259
Fax [phone]
Email [e-mail]
Anchor Tom Brokaw 212-664-4691
Executive Producer David Corvo [e-mail] 212-664-4850

[eridani]

140. Here's what I sent

"Medicare checks?" On what planet?

The planet Kolob where Brokaw lives with Rmoney and all the other 1%ers? Back on planet Earth, people who paid into Medicare for their entire working lives get health care benefits starting at age 65, and if we want supplemental insurance, we sent checks TO Medicare. Just thought you might like to know

[SleeplessinSoCal]

139. Something changed Brokaw. Don't know what. But he knows the difference between SS & Medicare

[rogrot]

142. I was reading all these posts and

What vitriol!!! You liberals are really pissed off with Tom, the Iconic American Patriot!

[valerief]

145. If you're not a liberal also, you don't belong here. nt

[lpbk2713]

149. Ann? Is that you?

You liberals / you people .... BWAHAHAHA

[Iggy]

143. Thus Brokaw Proves Again He's an Elitist Prick

Brokaw is the classic one percenter.

bitches and moans about our social safety net-- but has no problem with big, already profitable
corporations off-shoring, paying little to no taxes in the U.S.-- all while using the significant infrastructure
in our nation which we the (actually paying) taxpayers provide the funding for-- to run their
business and make a profit.

weak, very weak.

[PA Democrat]

144. What an idiot. Brokaw just wants his NBC paycheck for saying stupid things on TV.

Where can I get a job like that?

[Javaman]

148. brokaws ship sailed years ago.

he's still milking all he can from his "greatest generation" book.