Tom Brokaw: The Millennial Generation "sucks." (3)
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In my youthful naivete, I once assumed Tom Brokaw was a decent journalist. I figured that since he was on NBC each night, he must know what he's talking about. I must have been pretty dumb. Brokaw was a guest on "Wait Wait...Don't Tell me!," a quiz show on NPR hosted by Peter Sagal. Prior to asking Brokaw trivia questions, Sagal broached the generational conversation (about seven minutes in): Sagal: Tom Brokaw we have asked ...
Why Colin Powell will vote Barack Obama today (2)
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Former US defence secretary Colin Powell in conversation with Tom Brokaw on NBC’s flagship Sunday morning show, Meet the Press, on why he plumped for Barack Obama over his Republican colleague John McCain: “I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.” “Well, the correct answer is, he is ...
Please, Walnuts, Take A Nap, Take A LONG NAP (1)
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“Well Tom Brokaw, heh, I’m disappointed about Colin Powell endorsing that Democrat, but I have FIVE Secretary of States in my pocket too, nyah nyah, and good ones at that — Henry Kissinger, Jim Baker, Larry Eagleburger… Al Haig… heh heh… uhhhhhhhhhhhh… you ever met Al, Tom?… fuck… Tom Brokaw was the fifth… no no no not Brokaw, he’s just some plumber I met in Ohio… fuck… seriously fuck my life… Colin Powell was the ...
Reality Bites (1)
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Comedy. MR. BROKAW: ...The Congressional Quarterly did a review of your votes, 92 percent of the time you voted with President Bush. So it's a little hard for the public to separate you from this administration, isn't it? SEN. McCAIN: Well, it may be the way you describe it. Yes, in fact it is:
The Power of Powell's Rebuke (1)
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Colin Powell demonstrated his eponymous "Powell Doctrine" of overwhelming force on Sunday when he endorsed Barack Obama on "Meet the Press." The one-time chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff systematically marshaled his assets to neutralize the Republican endgame strategy, which is to suffuse the air around Obama with a vague mist of terrorism, socialism and "otherness."