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woolldog

(8,791 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:10 PM Nov 2012

Tom Brokaw is such a gasbag

Can't stand listening to him and his false balance.

Look he has a great voice. That's why he is where he is. Not because he's a fount of intelligence and wisdom as he holds himself out to be. Can't understand why he's on MSNBC. He couldn't hold Rachel Maddow's (Rhode's Scholar) jock strap.

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Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
4. "Obama will not be remembered as a great President" so far.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:13 PM
Nov 2012

Yuck.

At one point back in the 90's I thought he was a decent guy. But once he actually started stating opinions...
he can go and crawl under a rock now.

blm

(113,091 posts)
9. He was OK til he went to Jack Welch Re-education Camp in the early 90s along with Russert
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:16 PM
Nov 2012

and followed by David Gregory.

flamingdem

(39,321 posts)
6. He has a voice with that semi lisp on "L"
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:15 PM
Nov 2012

disagree with voice quality, though it's certainly famous for its familiarity

okwmember

(345 posts)
7. I'll never understand
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:15 PM
Nov 2012

why people defer to his opinion. Even when he was the nightly anchor, his reputation was never as a great reporter.

fugop

(1,828 posts)
11. Broadcast News airhead?
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:18 PM
Nov 2012

Don't some think the good-looking yet dopey anchor played by William Hurt might have been based on Brokaw? If not, he could have been.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
12. Why is he even allowed on MSNBC?
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:20 PM
Nov 2012

He has nothing but contempt for everyone on that network, just like his pals Brian Williams, Dances With Rove Gregory, and Fuck Toad.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)
14. Great voice? Whoever started referring to him as marble mouth is spot on. I can't
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 04:57 PM
Nov 2012

understand half of what he says. Just imagine him saying "Lilly Ledbetter is laying low in Jallalabad." I think it would give him a seizure.

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