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I've seen the video. It has nothing to do with tonight or the many other appearances where she behaved the same way.

So, how do you know what Craig Ferguson's political leanings are? And how do you know he was "planning to attack" her?

I've never heard anything about his political leanings and I doubt that he was planning an attack. For what purpose? This show is always very lighthearted and fun and it's never been political.

Where did you get this information?

Why does it bother all of you so much that I don't think she did well?

So, how do you know what Craig Ferguson's political leanings are?
Because I did my HOMEWORK, in the pre-FReep thread:

To: RonDog

Ferguson is a very funny guy and a good interviewer. His humor is natural, not forced, like Jimmy Kimmel's. Kimmel sometimes telegraphs to the audience that he doesn't think a joke is funny. Ferguson tries to sell it as best he can, and like Johnny Carson, he can make you laugh about not laughing at his jokes. He also isn't shy to go the extra yard for a laugh, sometimes putting on several silly costumes on within a minute to give one-liners.
Ferguson is also a leftie, and often does a schtick with a guy who does a pretty funny Bush imitation. A sample, in a bit in the aftermath of Laura Bush's standup at the Press Correspondents' dinner (to the best of my memory):

CRAIG FERGUSON: So, what did you think of the First Lady's speech?
"GEORGE W. BUSH": Well, Fergie, I thought it bombed!
FERGUSON: You didn't think she was funny?
"BUSH": Yeah, I thought it bombed! You know, I like bombing things!

Last night, with Sela Ward, Ferguson, a Scottish emigre, showed that he hasn't unlearned knee-jerk stereotypes about the South. Ward, who is from Mississippi, was recounting a recent trip to Alabama, and spoke of her days as a U of A cheerleader. She was telling him about Bear Bryant and how college football was like a religion down South, and how the South is all about 'football, family, and...' At this point Ferguson interjected, "Guns?"
I am not as big a fan of Ann since her irresponsible and unnecessarily inflammatory suggestion in 2001 that Muslims forceably be converted to Christianity. She seems to want to make liberals angry more than she wants to make a common-sense case for conservatism. Remember her spiked USA Today piece that opened by referring to the DNC Convention in Boston as the "Spawn of Satan" convention? I prefer people who generate more heat than light. Ann is doing just the opposite.
Fair warning: A face-off between Fergie and Ann may not be pretty.

16 posted on 05/20/2005 12:09:56 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Freeping since March 1998. This is my blessing. This is my curse.)
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