Posted on 10/30/2013 2:25:53 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the political face of the recent government shutdown, will make his first late night TV appearance on Nov. 8 when he guests on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
Cruz’s appearance reflects the increasingly common trend of political figures, no matter how controversial, venturing into late night, often in hopes of softening their image or reaching audiences normally not tuned in to politics. Cruz is mentioned as a possible candidate in 2016, and his appearance would be in line with other past candidates who have appeared in late night in advance of a run. In 2010, Mitt Romney appeared on “Late Show with David Letterman” as he promoted his pre-campaign tome, “No Apology.”
In a press release, NBC said that Cruz will discuss the government shutdown, the debt ceiling, Washington gridlock and the state of the Republican party.
“I’d be especially interested in knowing if Leno treats Sen. Cruz with respect or tries to do to him what Tina Fey does to Sarah Palin.”
Leno has been bashing Obama mercilessly, since he no longer has to give a damn about his contract renewal. Amazing how that works, isn’t it?
Just spent ten minutes looking for it. It’s gone from everything.
Goebbels.
Here’s the closest:
Watch Sarah Palin and Mark Wahlberg on ‘Saturday Night Live’
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/saturday-night-live/watch-sarah-palin-and-mark-wah-23716.aspx
Oct 19, 2008 ... Saturday Night Live has always been a hot-bed for politics. In the last year, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have all ...
I thought it was Alec Baldwin, too.
Sigh, the refute was that it was not Mark Wahlberg, but Alec Baldwin.
I don’t care if Baldwin was in it. I don’t.
The exchange was between Palin, Michaels and Wahlberg.
Sigh, sigh sigh!!!
From the article I saw that the Tonight Show is on NBC. Can someone please inform me as to the time EST it airs? I never watch network TV unless someone mentions that a good conservative is going to be on. I always have to ask which network and time, and then ask hubby what channel number it is. I’ve made a note on my calendar.
Leadership is now defined as chattering on The Tonight Show? Hmmmm. Hard for me not to see this as a bit of capitulation to the lefty media “masters.”
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, for now.
I think 11:30 pm, after most nightly news shows.
We’ve got it at 1030 cst
I haven’t watched Leno, or any of the late night shows, in a long time. I’ll help his ratings tonight. Thanks for the heads up!
ooops, I see he’s not on until nov. 8. Should read the actual article.
I I just sat through a mute k kardashian and a grown child actress who is beautiful and couldn’t speak one sentence without saying ‘like’ four times per and omg at least twice per
It was like, OMG whoah!
And before you lecture me on doubt, let me remind you, FRiend, that plenty of folks right here on this forum were ready to crown Chris Christie (yes, Obama-Huggy Christie) the next president, based on a single slapdown he gave to the educrats in NJ. Marco Rubio was once the darling, too, prior to his amnesty leanings. I like Cruz, a lot, and he appears to be the real deal. But good grief, can we not even disagree on a stupid talk show appearance without accusations of "disloyalty"?
He’s going to have to debate liberals in his presidential campaign. May as well get some real world practice.
Thank you.
It’s exposure. Sorry, but we have to fight fire with fire.
Those people in the viewing Audience would never listen to Cruz as they only know how he is presented in the Media.
They would not seek him out, so we need to expose our viewpoints without a filter, or an editor getting between the truth of what is said and the “revised” end product.
Excuse me, we have to reach low-information drones. As long as Cruz doesn’t pretend to be someone other than who he is, what is the problem? Bob
Yeah because Jay is a nice guy from the car people that I know that know him and he hates nbc and their brass. We shall see.
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