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January 11, 2017

Welcome to DU, Ghost Of Trotsky!

Good Grief this is getting ickier and ickier.

And here I thought it was just how deeply Putin and the Russian banks are into him, and how much of his sorry white ass they own (probably all of it).

January 11, 2017

BINGO.

And Putin looks to have much longer fingers.

January 11, 2017

I would bet on that. I suspect it explains why he refuses to release his tax returns.

We'd know just how deep into him Russia, and Russian banks, are. And perhaps even Putin himself.

January 10, 2017

Superb! That's how I feel, too!

It has indeed affected my opinion of some people I know - and not in a positive way. I can't dismiss, ignore, or in any way get around how they voted, and what that tells me about how they feel about the issues. It's a "tell." What we learned in Catholic school as "an outward sign."

January 10, 2017

Okay. Thanks! I'm really biased on this here, so I appreciate your observations.

I know how I felt but I'm awfully negatively predisposed, already. Thanks for the second opinion! Sounds like you watched the same show I did. I, too, felt like I'd just wasted an hour. I could have been outside pulling weeds, or changing the cat box. Either option would have been far more rewarding! I think I even thought "gee, there's an hour of my life I can't get back..."

I also noted her comments in the press - "give me a chance!" Well, as I recall the context, she was addressing her Pox Noise constituency. WHY WAS SHE NOT ADDRESSING THAT APPEAL TO HER PROSPECTIVE NEW AUDIENCE??? Aren't WE the MSNBC viewers the ones she should be trying to appeal to? NOT a case of - "well, let's transplant the stuff I did over there to over here now! Let's give them 'another view'!" That always irritates me, those who claim we should include all the CON viewpoints and let them in, because, well, because. "Don't you want to hear another view on that?" "Shouldn't we open it up and consider other sides to the issue?" Answer: NO! If I wanted the other side, I know where I could easily find it. I can go watch Pox Noise. I watch MSNBC to GET AWAY from that shit. I watch MSNBC BECAUSE of the liberal slant - which certainly doesn't get a fair hearing from those same "don't-you-want-to-hear-a-different-view?" folks. I watch MSNBC because it's a "home" for my liberal views where they're supported and validated, NOT attacked. So why does it seem like they're trying to force-transplant it over here into MY "home"? I don't want it!

There was NOTHING there. She brought NOTHING to the table. Totally underwhelming. Seemed like she just transported her Pox Noise show over to MSNBC and figured that'd be enough. And okay, a segment from Brett Favre, calling in to massage her ego? Oh whoop-de-doo. Stop the presses. More like - STOP THIS SHOW that's already stillborn, and bring in somebody who really matters - whose presentation really matters: Joy Reid.

January 10, 2017

She also waited and hunkered down around the periphery while other Poxettes actually took a risk

and stuck their necks out about the sexual predator Roger Ailes. She stayed mum while Gretchen Carlson came forward and took the flack and took the risks and put herself on the firing line. I'm NO fan of Gretchen Carlson, but I will say in her favor that she went up against the bad guys, and went first. Where was Megyn? Answer? Nowhere. Other women braved the expected attacks and criticism and came forward. They came forward and verified - and brought into the light their own experiences on that, and put THEIR necks on the line, too. And again, where was Megyn? Answer? Nowhere to be found. She stayed nice 'n' quiet til most of the shouting had been done and most of the names had been named and most of the accusations had been made public. And only THEN did she peek out of her protective shell to join the chorus. Last in line. With her elevated status there, she could have led the way and been a true heroine. And evidently since she had her own episodes with Roger Ailes, she SHOULD have.

She's from Pox Noise. She stayed quiet, not making any accusations or filing any complaints or going public, and nice 'n' safe away from the firing line while other women on staff took the risk and the flack. I tend not to trust ANYONE who's been at Pox Noise - particularly one who had her prominence and length of service. So I will not trust her now. Just because she threw trump a challenging question doesn't absolve her from those years she put in, in that den of vermin, immersed in that mindset for all those years. That has an impact, over time. I don't trust her AT ALL.

Merely switching cable TV networks will NOT be sufficient to wash that stain away, or sweeten her little hand.

January 10, 2017

Welcome to DU TomJulie!

Indeed so! Sounds like a most interesting breakthrough! I've got a couple of friends with bad teeth. I bet they'd enjoy hearing about this one.

January 10, 2017

I'd be interested in hearing what you thought, Chipper Chat.

I watched it and was thoroughly UN-impressed. There's nothing there. Nothing special. And then she has a final comment that's so damn tabloid-y that it sounds almost as though she's not aware she's not on Pox Noise anymore!

It was not an impressive debut, by any means. Totally unremarkable. Humdrum. And of course inviting Reince Priebus on as a guest, early in the show, was equally unimpressive, and unwelcome.

I may give it this week. But there's NOTHING there. Nothing stands out. Nothing draws your interest. Nothing compels you to tune in tomorrow or make a mental note to catch the show. Sheesh.

And while this is superficial as hell, and I'm one of the loudest critics of the whole slinky blonde cocktail-garbed, overly made-up leggy bimbo "anchor" "talent" - she is damn difficult to look at.

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Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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