Oh, ridiculous. In private, who didn't have a laugh at the names of Sarah and Bristol Palin's kids? I bet the Palin family members themselves laugh about it. "Solid confirmation"?! Spare me.
Showing posts with label Katie Couric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Katie Couric. Show all posts
"It’s interesting to watch Katie Couric drop her pretense of impartiality..."
"... as with JournoList, it’s nice to have solid confirmation of what we’ve long suspected."
Oh, ridiculous. In private, who didn't have a laugh at the names of Sarah and Bristol Palin's kids? I bet the Palin family members themselves laugh about it. "Solid confirmation"?! Spare me.
Oh, ridiculous. In private, who didn't have a laugh at the names of Sarah and Bristol Palin's kids? I bet the Palin family members themselves laugh about it. "Solid confirmation"?! Spare me.
"2 of the 3 broadcasts being anchored by women is nothing to sneeze at..."
Well, I'm sneezing because I think it means that the network news isn't important anymore. That's not progress in feminism. It's what is conventionally a symptom of anti-feminism: That women do something signifies that it isn't considered important.
"The President serves up a kind of combo platter tonight, a news conference and an address to the nation, as he continues his full-court press..."
Katie Couric dishes out an atrocious mixed metaphor.
I'll comment on that combo platter soon. I just caught the tail-end of my recording and need to go back to the beginning. Feel free to comment on the whole event here. I'll have more here soon.
ADDED: Here's the transcript. Sorry, I'm too tired to provide any commentary.
Here's the text of the health care bill.
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I'll comment on that combo platter soon. I just caught the tail-end of my recording and need to go back to the beginning. Feel free to comment on the whole event here. I'll have more here soon.
ADDED: Here's the transcript. Sorry, I'm too tired to provide any commentary.
Here's the text of the health care bill.
Obama's address to Congress... the live-blog.
Watch the don't-call-it-the-State-of-the-Union with me.
8:00: How come there are already 43 comments? The thing hasn't started yet! I suppose you guys are really excited about this. Nancy Pelosi has her olive-green sweatshirt on. I've chosen CBS... Katie Couric is obviously reading from a script.
8:04: Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Among the living! Closeups. Cheers.
8:05: Michelle Obama. Sleeveless! Purple!
8:06: Hillary! Looking radiant. Rahm! He's hot.
8:11: It's O! Red striped tie. Super-short hair. He's kissing all the ladies. The CBS commentary is soooo lame. This is true bipartisanship... except to the extent that it isn't....
8:15: Oops! O spoke over Nancy. Is Chief Justice Roberts there in the audience laughing?
8:20: We have terrible economic problems, but we're going to solve them. To do that, we need to understand how we got here. Then he lists various reforms — like health care — that I think he'd be listing even if there were no economic crisis. I can't see the connection between his economic wish list and the crisis at hand.
8:25: The text of the speech. Great, now like Nancy Pelosi, I can read along. It would be cool if Nancy had her laptop up there and was live-blogging.
8:31: Damn those executives with their jets and fancy drapes! No drapes for you!
8:33: Screw Wall Street but I love small business. Just be small and I will love you.
8:34: "Slowly, but surely, confidence will return, and our economy will recover." There's no lilt of hope in that. Whatever happened to all the hope? This is leaden and lecture-y.
8:37: Which member of Congress is most obviously up past his bedtime? I'm going to say Charles Rangel.
8:40: "It will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive education – from the day they are born to the day they begin a career." So... no child left behind?
8:51: Orrin Hatch's name is invoked. We see him reading the speech and grimacing at his own name. He is not a prideful man.
8:59: Obama supports the troops.
9:03: Now, he's in the generic inspiration, listing-of-the-heroes part. Some businessman handed out money because "I didn't feel right getting the money myself." See, rich folk? Cough it up.
9:08: "Some day years from now our children can tell their children that this was the time" — oh, he's doing "this was the time" again — "when we performed, in the words that are carved into this very chamber, 'something worthy to be remembered.'" That was a goofy crescendo. I mean, paraphrase it: In the future, we'll look back and say that we remember doing something.
9:09: "And God Bless the United States of America." He almost forgot to say it.
9:22: Waiting for Bobby Jindal.
9:24: "Happy Mardi Gras!" Bobby's all enthusiastic about Barack Obama, the first African-American President!
9:26: Bobby learned a can-do attitude from his immigrant dad. His emphatic hand gestures are not quite in the camera frame. But I think his style is pretty good, though it sounds super-rehearsed. Somebody taught him every inflection I think. And that eye contact. It's a bit unnerving!
9:29: Jindal is nicely upbeat and confidence-inspiring. Don't monitor volcanoes! Monitor the eruption of spending!
9:35: The GOP wants to win back our trust.
9:37: Bobby: plastic and peppy. But maybe we'll get used to him.
8:00: How come there are already 43 comments? The thing hasn't started yet! I suppose you guys are really excited about this. Nancy Pelosi has her olive-green sweatshirt on. I've chosen CBS... Katie Couric is obviously reading from a script.
8:04: Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Among the living! Closeups. Cheers.
8:05: Michelle Obama. Sleeveless! Purple!
8:06: Hillary! Looking radiant. Rahm! He's hot.
8:11: It's O! Red striped tie. Super-short hair. He's kissing all the ladies. The CBS commentary is soooo lame. This is true bipartisanship... except to the extent that it isn't....
8:15: Oops! O spoke over Nancy. Is Chief Justice Roberts there in the audience laughing?
8:20: We have terrible economic problems, but we're going to solve them. To do that, we need to understand how we got here. Then he lists various reforms — like health care — that I think he'd be listing even if there were no economic crisis. I can't see the connection between his economic wish list and the crisis at hand.
8:25: The text of the speech. Great, now like Nancy Pelosi, I can read along. It would be cool if Nancy had her laptop up there and was live-blogging.
8:31: Damn those executives with their jets and fancy drapes! No drapes for you!
8:33: Screw Wall Street but I love small business. Just be small and I will love you.
8:34: "Slowly, but surely, confidence will return, and our economy will recover." There's no lilt of hope in that. Whatever happened to all the hope? This is leaden and lecture-y.
8:37: Which member of Congress is most obviously up past his bedtime? I'm going to say Charles Rangel.
8:40: "It will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive education – from the day they are born to the day they begin a career." So... no child left behind?
8:51: Orrin Hatch's name is invoked. We see him reading the speech and grimacing at his own name. He is not a prideful man.
8:59: Obama supports the troops.
9:03: Now, he's in the generic inspiration, listing-of-the-heroes part. Some businessman handed out money because "I didn't feel right getting the money myself." See, rich folk? Cough it up.
9:08: "Some day years from now our children can tell their children that this was the time" — oh, he's doing "this was the time" again — "when we performed, in the words that are carved into this very chamber, 'something worthy to be remembered.'" That was a goofy crescendo. I mean, paraphrase it: In the future, we'll look back and say that we remember doing something.
9:09: "And God Bless the United States of America." He almost forgot to say it.
9:22: Waiting for Bobby Jindal.
9:24: "Happy Mardi Gras!" Bobby's all enthusiastic about Barack Obama, the first African-American President!
9:26: Bobby learned a can-do attitude from his immigrant dad. His emphatic hand gestures are not quite in the camera frame. But I think his style is pretty good, though it sounds super-rehearsed. Somebody taught him every inflection I think. And that eye contact. It's a bit unnerving!
9:29: Jindal is nicely upbeat and confidence-inspiring. Don't monitor volcanoes! Monitor the eruption of spending!
9:35: The GOP wants to win back our trust.
9:37: Bobby: plastic and peppy. But maybe we'll get used to him.
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