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MSNBC and O’Donnell Can’t Make a Deal
NY Times ^ | November 8, 2007 | JACQUES STEINBERG

Posted on 11/08/2007 1:45:47 AM PST by JohnLongIsland

Two days after NBC acknowledged that it was talking to Rosie O’Donnell about a possible show on MSNBC, those conversations have stalled, with no immediate prospect of being revived, an executive of the network said last night...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: media; msnbc; rosie
I guess she wasn't radically enough left for the new direction MSLSD is taking.
1 posted on 11/08/2007 1:45:48 AM PST by JohnLongIsland
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To: JohnLongIsland

you can talk liberal all you want but in the end it boils down to capitalism and $$$


2 posted on 11/08/2007 2:08:04 AM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

the show that never was (by rosie)

msnbc
one hour
live
following keith olbermann

we were close to a deal
almost done
i let it slip in miami
causing panic on the studio end

well
what can u do

2day there is no deal
poof
my career as a pundit is over
b4 it began

just as well
i figure
everything happens for a reason
bashert - as we say

and on we go


3 posted on 11/08/2007 2:10:56 AM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

Oh darn, I was so hoping to watch Rosie the loud, foul mouthed dyke on MSNBC. /sarc


4 posted on 11/08/2007 2:19:00 AM PST by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: JohnLongIsland

They are TRYING to compensate for not getting Osama (their true, but hidden, hero).

5 posted on 11/08/2007 2:37:14 AM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Dustbunny

6 posted on 11/08/2007 2:39:20 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

7 posted on 11/08/2007 3:38:05 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: JohnLongIsland

They couldn’t afford to keep stocking the green room?


8 posted on 11/08/2007 3:40:13 AM PST by ovrtaxt (You're a destiny that God wrapped a body around.)
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To: JohnLongIsland

It must have been that clause in the contract requiring her to lose 30 pounds.


9 posted on 11/08/2007 3:40:43 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: JohnLongIsland

Olbermann is relieved someone is not following him who is more knowledgeable of sports and has slightly better Kook credentials.


10 posted on 11/08/2007 4:00:32 AM PST by rod1
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I guess she wasn't radically enough left for the new direction MSLSD is taking.

Mika is.

11 posted on 11/08/2007 4:04:32 AM PST by montag813
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She ate their first two negotiators?


12 posted on 11/08/2007 4:12:52 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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carpet
munch munch
munch munch munch

Donuts R Yummy
But not
like Carpet

Munch sum more


13 posted on 11/08/2007 4:13:02 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: JohnLongIsland

Rosie’s mouth got ahead of her brain -— again.


14 posted on 11/08/2007 4:27:06 AM PST by TomGuy
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Rosie’s mouth got ahead of her brain -— again.

Rosie has a brain? I'd come to the conclusion that she was all mouth and uh, er, well, never mind.....

15 posted on 11/08/2007 4:40:54 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Thinking of voting Democrat? Wake up and smell the Socialism!)
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To: JohnLongIsland

Fox and Friends this a.m. reported that one deal-breaker was that she wanted star treatment including a helicopter to take her from her home to the NY NBC studios (in Rockefeller Center?). Also, according to Brian K, opposition in NBC was strong with even Tom Brokaw refusing to endorse her or even talk about the subject during a book interview yesterday.


16 posted on 11/08/2007 7:05:30 AM PST by CedarDave (Bill Richardson: When voters see him they get the urge for a burger, fries and a big chocolate shake)
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To: Brilliant

Lost because:

Wanted to hang her sex toy from the xmas tree.
Wanted to fondle the YOUNG women who are guests.

But the major cause was that she wanted 40 lbs of cheeseburgers each day for herself along with a case of beer.


17 posted on 11/08/2007 7:31:07 AM PST by chiefqc
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