THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2025
And so was "Tampon Tim:" We couldn't help thinking of True Grit—more specifically, of the Coen Brothers' 2010 adaptation of the highly regarded Charles Portis novel.
Midway through the film, its admirable young heroine, evading the ferryman, rides Little Blackie across "a river of some width" into the Choctaw Nation—metaphorically, into an uncharted land.
At a tender age, she's gone there in pursuit of justice. This morning, the commander's astonishing press event took us across a different river and into a very strange land.
We thought back to the endless string of addled events he conducted during the first Covid year. Today, his rumination was possibly even more disordered than the string of ruminations he churned out at that time.
Then too, there was last evening's edition of the Fox News Channel's pseudo-discussion TV show, The Five. In this past month, it was the most watched TV show in "cable news," by a rather substantial margin.
We direct you to a tease by Judge Jeanine midway through last evening's program.
Governor Walz was back in the news, having been interviewed on a CNN program. Governor Walk was back in the news—and so was "Tampon Tim."
Judge Jeanine issued her tease. This is the garbage can the Fox News Channel pries open each night, on this and other programs
JUDGE JEANINE (1/29/25): Anyway, up next: Tampon Tim is back and giving advice to Democrats.
So announced the judge. When the gang returned from a commercial break, the silliest boy in all of cable started the segment as shown:
WATTERS: Remember Tampon Tim Walz? Kamala's jazz band's failed VP wannabe is back and handing out advice to a Democratic Party that according to the Times is getting frustrated by President Trump's "flood the zone" strategy...
Judge Jeanine is 73 years old. Within her head, Governor Walz had been back on TV, and so too for Tampon Tim.
Judge Jeanine is 73; this is all she has. Also, this is the business—perhaps more correctly, the imitation of life—the Fox News Channel has chosen.
Fox pries the lid off the can every night. The Times averts its gaze.
Fuller disclosure: Watters actually said, "Democratic Party." It might be time for Suzanne Scott to call him in for a bit of a chat, or perhaps for a mild reprogramming.
ReplyDelete"Fox pries the lid off the can every night. The Times averts its gaze."
Learn to cope, Bob. The Times has learned to cope, and so should you.
Besides, what has the Times got to do with your fabled Blue Tribe?
DeleteTrump previously sent $40 million of condoms in foreign aid, then lied about Biden sending $50 million of condoms to Gaza.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans are truly the weirdest organisms on the planet.
Nothing could be more ironic than Trump blaming DEI on a plane crash and then introducing a reality TV show contestant as his FAA chief.
ReplyDeleteAnother take-down of Fox co-hosts. And this is how Somerby pushes his right-wing agenda?
ReplyDeleteYou keep repeating yourself Bob-L-Head. You're almost as repetitive as your idol.
DeleteWho is his idol?
DeleteBoth Kennedy and Gabbard deserve to be replaced. Both are kooks and both are unqualified by their experience.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the Dems used up their ammunition on Hegseth, so these two poor choices will probably be confirmed.
Oh, David. I almost thought you were cognitive again, but then you blamed the Democrats for Republican mischief.
DeleteHow about the douchebag who nominated them? Should he be replaced?
DeleteIMO Trump has done an good job choosing appointees. He has two duds, but many others are terrific. No matter how bad Gabbard and Kennedy are, I don't think they can be as bad as Mayorkas and Austin.
DeleteNot FAA chief, transportation secretary. Who said “ … obviously it’s not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that.” Thanks for clarifying. This is what you get when your resume includes 2 MTC reality shows, and zero experience in transportation, or managing large groups of people.
ReplyDeleteAstonishing press event?
ReplyDeleteIt was a disgusting, repulsive screed invoking the very worst instincts of humanity.
The malevolent jackass just finished skewering the FAA before this tragedy.
The fact so many libs really thought Tim Walz appealed to men is all you gotta know about how deep in the hole they are with male voters.
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