Comments on: Frumulous Banter Snatched

By: HalloweenJack

HalloweenJack — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:26:10 +0000

I completely get that you’re frustrated that she didn’t call him on specific things but, having seen the vid, I am ZOMG I WISH I WERE A LEZBO about her deftness in giving him more than enough rope to hang himself and all his associates with.

By: Kitt

Kitt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:27:26 +0000

Rachel Maddow would have to lower herself to become the hostess on Meet The Press. A show that had a host who believed so stridently that ‘off the record’ was guaranteed to any politician he spoke with unless otherwise specifically allowed to put it ‘on the record’ that he bragged about it.

The tired old flak know as Tim Russert is replaced in the ‘interim’ by the extremely tired old flak known as Tom Brokaw. Brokaw reminds me of some of the older baseball players who didn’t know when their best days were well behind them before they retired from their playing years. He also reminds me of the permanent scowl known as Bud Selig who became “de facto” Commissioner of Major League Baseball after the sitting commissioner resigned due to major disagreements with Selig and other owners. Selig remained as ‘interim’ commissioner for years until he was finally officially given the job. Isn’t it time that Meet The Press hired someone under the age of yore to host or hostess their program?

By: paulbeard

paulbeard — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:03:14 +0000

I thought she did the right thing to let him trot out that tired old stuff, rather than call him on it. What kind of meds do you have to be on to stay that deluded? And the idea of calling in Wolfie to educate her . . . hoo boy.

By: warrenterrah

warrenterrah — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:32:17 +0000

David Frum reminded me of W F Buckley with his faux Oxbridge accent and five dollar words with the same supercilious attitude. Thing is, if Frumpy and his crowd were dropped in the middle of Baghdad, not in the green zone, they would need several cases of Depends with them. They would be waving that “white flag of surrender” so fast, Danielle Crittenden wouldn’t even get a chance to dial the number to a divorce lawyer. Ofcourse it’s okay for Frumpy as long as he, his buddies and his children don’t get to “sacrifice” in their big war. Heck, according to them, they shouldn’t even have to sacrifice in paying taxes for their war. You see only the little people have to pay.

By: DavefromCanada

DavefromCanada — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:33:21 +0000

To IP,

“As It Happens” still airs, and is still great. CBC is still good, so try to get it on Sirius if you can.

By: captphealy

captphealy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:12:54 +0000

Frum seemed pissed at RM because of her comments making fun of Wolfowitz, who, apparently, has procured a new, high-paid government job for the last weeks of BushCo. The fact that Wolfie is a walking joke never occured to Frum, apparently. Probably because he’s a walking joke as well.

By: desertwind

desertwind — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:40:49 +0000

Ha ha! Remember four years ago when Jon Stewart went on that goofball show where the two dorks yelled at each other (brain freeze here!!!! Can’t recall their names…) and pleaded: “Stop hurting America. Just. stop.”

That’s what Frum thought he was doing!

Oh, man. What a pumpkin.

By: xpurg8d

xpurg8d — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:07:43 +0000

I, too, watched this live and was amazed at the crude and tasteless attack on quite possibly the only person who has elevated political discussion on TV in the last several years. Yes, Maddow is witty and sarcastic, but she has treated every one of her guests politely, including the vacuous and petulant Mr. Frum.

He clearly has never seen her show, because he wasn’t describing anything remotely akin to it. So he came off looking like a coarse and ignorant boob while she didn’t take the bait and came out ahead by any measure one can apply.

I agree — she would be far above anyone else on Meet the Press. But they’ll pick someone like the sycophantic Brokaw, because that’s what’s become of it all.

By: randiego

randiego — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:00:56 +0000

Between all this asshole’s eye-rolling, exaggerated sighs and face-making, I was yelling at the TV.

I thought Rachel was going to laugh out loud when he suggested she bring on Paul Wolfowitz (I kid you not) to discuss moral equivalencies (or seriousness of coverage, or something…).

That was a classic segment. I doubt he’ll be back.

By: IllogicalPlanner

IllogicalPlanner — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:06:30 +0000

Hey, Dave from Canada,

Thanks for writing what I was thinking while watching that last night. I lived most of my adult life in Greater Cleveland and we could get CBC AM (n/k/a Radio One, I guess?)from either Windsor @1550 or Toronto @740 (now gone, alas). I spent many happy hours listening to CBC in its better days, both at ‘As It Happens’ and ‘Morningside’.

Geez, I still miss hearing Gwozski’s voice in the mornings.

Barbara Frum would be appalled. Simply appalled.