Leno ...sure not listening to the public is he.,

[Bitwit1234]

With all the time he has had off to listen to everything going on in this country and who in the hell does he have for his first guest....A REPUBLICAN.....HUCKABEE....Shame he wasn't knocked off the air permanently

[Ewellian]

1. Well, he is limited..

to guests willing to cross a picket line.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. No, he is listening to his advertisers

and the network.

People do not enter the equation in networks. See?

[blogslut]

3. Then again

Leno is returning in defiance of the WGA - I can't see how crossing a picket line will make Huckabee look good. In fact, I hope all our Democratic Candidates stay away from his show until this strike is over.

[tammywammy]

9. Yep yep

[alfredo]

11. He really didn't have much choice. He doesn't own the show, the network

does. He couldn't cut a deal with the WGA like Letterman's production company did. To Leno's credit, he is paying the striking writers out of his pocket. Not a fan of Leno, but do like his financial support of his writers.

[blogslut]

16. Oh, Jay is not my problem

It's that scab Huckabee. :hi:

[alfredo]

17. He's a turd, but TV is about capturing eyes. If Huck helps ratings,

Leno would be stupid not to book him.

[blogslut]

19. Oh, I know

But as I said, this is about Huckabee's choice to cross a picket line, not Jay's.

[alfredo]

23. He's a Republican so he has to cross picket lines to put the lumpen in

their place.


“Among conservatives there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.” William Kristol

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Huckabee's a nut job, which translates into good ratings

I don;t think Leno even considered politics. I think he's seen the same Huckabee stories the rest of us have and decided that his audience would turn in to watch a freak show. That's Leno.

[murielm99]

5. Haven't you noticed all the exposure Huckster is getting?

He says he does not have much money, but that is not stopping the media.

I saw him on 60 Minutes. I turned on the radio the other day and he was being interviewed on NPR. Some of this exposure came even before his big surge.

I don't think the repuke establishment wants him. So what is going on?

[AndyTiedye]

22. The Repuke Establishment Does Not Want to Live Under a Theocracy…

…but some of them would be quite content to live above one, like the sheikhs of Saudi Arabia.

If you want to make sure that the people do not rebel, no matter what you do to them, a theocracy is by far the most effective way to accomplish that end.

[tularetom]

6. He's a piece a shit and a repub suckup of the tweety variety

Here in CA a lot of us will never forget his on air blow job of Ahnuld Titzengrabber before the recall election. Leno ain't funny and I'll be happy when he gets replaced by O'Brien.

[mitchtv]

12. I knew if I read down a bit , I wouldn't have to post

I would just add, "scab" a few times. on edit :
Haven't watched for a long time but I bet it's still Clinton jokes all the time

[truedelphi]

7. Huckabee actively pursues being on TV shows

Now Obama doesn't bother, because he has Oprah. Why spend time managing and arranging for a few piddling shows on a few piddling late night TV spots when you have the Queen of daytime TV on your side?

McCain looks into the TV shows as well.

Don't know how the others feel about it.

[Rob H.]

8. Not surprising

He still has comedian ignorant fucknozzle Dennis Miller on pretty regularly, too.

[F.Gordon]

10. Leno is a Right Wing shill

If that isn't obvious to everyone at this point then ya' ain't paying attention.

[SoFlaJet]

13. I don't think I sat in front of the TV

to watch The Tonight Show since Johnny Carson left anyway...it's weird the strike has been going on for these months and I haven't even been affected-I just don't watch hardly anything they write anymore

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Eww, they show Republicans on TV now?

:puke: :sarcasm:

[UTUSN]

15. The HUCK committing HUCKACIDE live will beat Robin WILLIAMS on Dave

Even with the MINIMAL questioning by LENO, the HUCK's nuttiness is a wreck you can't take your eyes off. Now, I like Robin, in very small doses. He'll throw in a tidbit or so of Shrub bashing, which is fine, but it's mostly a tried and true, or tired, act.

I'd like to see a wingnut self COMBUSTING live. If it can't be O'LOOFAH, for now, this one will do fine.


But overall, I agree with the posts about LENO's Rethug shilling. There's no doubt about his kissing up to Ahhnuld and others.

[jhrobbins]

20. It's obvious that he and Letterman have VERY different ideologies.

[defendandprotect]

26. Letterman is a liberal --- ????

Also have never watched these shows . . .
it's like Saturday Night Live --- gone with the wind!!

[jhrobbins]

27. That would be my assessment-he isn't too friendly with his 'right'

wing guests - O'Reilly, Coulter, etc.

[UTUSN]

24. LBN: "Huckster unveils ad only to disavow it" - See what I mean?!1

Jon STEWERT could make mincemeat of the Huckman without the Huckman's even knowing it. There's a wealth of comic and profound material there to work with. But LENO will prolly let him slide.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3121067

[RB TexLa]

18. Hopefully the writers strike will not end and the garbage that is known as television can just go

away

[Stephanie]

21. He's a union-busting scab.

He'll cross the picket line and work without his writers. He's going to suck even worse than he used to. Nobody will watch and he'll be known forever as a scab who didn't stand by his colleagues. Who cares who his guest is, it's going to be a train wreck.

[mitchtv]

25. You go girl

I'm stick'en with the Unions

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. What's that you say? Huckabee doesn't support unions?

I really hope none of ours make this same mistake.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

29. I just hope the MSM shows video of Huck crossing the line.