Posted on 11/21/2002 7:38:19 AM PST by Registered
Serious political commentary that should be condemned, or a humorous skit? As reports circulating the Internet have asserted, on Fridays Late Night with Conan OBrien on NBC actor Alec Baldwin jumped from his chair to scream "We would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and wed kill their wives and their children!" Baldwin is a well-known defender of Clinton who held a fundraiser for him last summer at his Long Island home. Monday night on CNBCs Upfront Tonight he charged that "the ultimate goal" of impeachment advocates "is what I would call election nullification" as "this is a group of people who want to undo the 96 election." On the December 11, 1999 NBC show host Conan OBrien wrapped up his interview with Baldwin by asking Baldwin about Clintons plight. Baldwin answers but as he proceeds his voice rises as he jumps up from his chair and is screaming and flailing his arms by the time hes finished. Cutting to the punch line, OBrien then jumps up and puts an air mask over Baldwins mouth to calm him down. Funny political satire or, even if meant in jest, mean-spirited and violence-inciting words that would be condemned if uttered by a conservative? Heres the exchange as transcribed by MRC news analyst Paul Smith.
Now, in your mind substitute the name Al Gore or Hillary Clinton for Henry Hyde and the name of a conservative for Baldwin. What kind of reaction would the media establishment be expressing? To see this exchange, go to the MRC home page where MRC Webmaster Sean Henry has posted a RealPlayer clip of what is transcribed above. Unfortunately, we taped the show on a bad VCR so, Sean reports, the sound level is rather low but if you turn your volume way up you should be able to hear it. After all, Baldwin is yelling. --Brent Baker |
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I wish, for once, that the liberals would not do and say the nasty things we can easily predict they will do in certain situations.
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