[governsleastgovernsbest]

Diane-dishes-but-can’t-take ping to Today show list.

[NRA1995]

Cry me a river, Diane!

[Peach]

SAWYER: Well, free speech enables you to end this interview by attacking me! Thank you very much.

You have got to read this interview. If Sayer thinks that Larry Elder was attacking her, we're in so much trouble.

[Rutles4Ever]

Diane Sawyer. Yet another intellectual failure heard from.

[silent_jonny]

SAWYER: Well, free speech enables you to end this interview by attacking me! Thank you very much.

Sounds like she was expecting to be attacked by the conservative.

Or maybe she wanted to give that impression.

[Mo1]

These people are reminding me of that snot nose little brat who no one liked to play with at school because they were forever running to the teacher

[SkyPilot]

SAWYER: Well, free speech enables you to end this interview by attacking me! Thank you very much.

Good grief! What a crybaby.

[jaycee]

Diane can attack and attack but she can’t take anything. He was not attacking her.....touchy, touchy Diane!

[SupplySider]

Hmm, she has rather high standards of deportment for someone who effectively called Kenneth Starr a repressed sex maniac while interviewing him.

Of course, that was the latest talking point in the Clinton counter-offensive, so she can't really be held responsible. No leftist in her professional and social position could have been expected to behave truthfully or even politely in that situation.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Most of the dumb twats on TV like Sawyer are clueless when it comes to understanding the Constitution.

Semper Fi,

[PJ-Comix]

“Larry, how DARE you correct me when I’m wrong!”

[Niteranger68]

I like Larry, but shame on him for giving this elitist snob bi+ch an interview.

[Hazcat]

You’re all missing the point that this “Journalist” doesn’t even understand the 1st Amendment!

[Yo-Yo]

To her credit, Sawyer then raised the issue of rap lyrics, displaying some on-screen with blanked-out words, their messages more vile than anything Imus had said.

I've had the opinion that since rap music sells so well, it isn't the words that offended Sharpton and Jessie, it was just that a person of the wrong color used them.

But, after further consideration, I do see a difference between the Imus flap and rap music. Rap music lyrics are nasty, but they are generalized at degrading all women of color. What Imus and Bernard said was aimed specifically at the women on the Rutgers basketball team, a personal "attack."

Firing is an overreaction, but I can see the difference now.

[KevinB]

Good for Larry. A big part of the problem in this country is that the idiot masses don’t understand that the Bill of Rights, which includes the right to freedom of speech, only restricts government behavior. Individuals and private companies can limit speech any way they want. Diane should know better.

[Savage Beast]

Poor Diane.

Sharper than a serpent's tooth
The sting of an unwelcome truth.

(I made that second line up myself. Pretty good, huh? ~S)

[Waco]

Sawyer? Sawyer? Who’s she?

[oblomov]

She was trying to sound thoughtful, and ended up sounding sophomoric. Elder corrected her, and she acted hurt.

Not what I would expect of a mature adult, let alone a “journalist”.

[The South Texan]

Larry Elder needs to give Conservatives (particularly in Washington) a seminar in how to fight back. He does if very effectively.

[robertpaulsen]

"Elder describes himself as a "libertarian" and "a blend of fiscal conservative and social liberal."

Well, that pretty much covers the spectrum. Somethin' there for everyone.