CLINTON BOMBS ON CBS '60 Minutes' may veto Clinton-Dole face-offs (no buzz, no nothing)

USA TODAY ^ | 5/6/03 | PETER JOHNSON

[Liz]

After seven of 10 planned outings, the weekly square-offs on CBS' 60 Minutes between Bill Clinton and Bob Dole have generated virtually no buzz since they premiered in March and have done nothing to boost the newsmagazine's sagging ratings.

Which is why, as executives prepare to announce CBS' fall schedule next week, insiders are betting that Clinton-Dole won't be back in September when 60 Minutes returns for its 36th season.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Bill Clinton is why the OFF button was put on the remote. Al Gore of course invented Daylight Saving Time. So shouldn't Hewitt blame Al for the ratings being low? No wait, Al also invented the ratings system. Dang, it's hard to blame Al.

[BillM]

"The war made it difficult for them to talk about all the issues that divide them," Hewitt said. "They haven't managed to go after each other as I hoped they would. The war was sort of an inhibiting factor. The president didn't want to be seen as anything less than patriotic and Dole, of course, it's his (party's) president who was waging this war. There's a sensitivity that goes with wartime. People tread lightly, on eggshells."

Hewitt really gives his bias away. It seems to me that a large majority of both houses including many Dems voted FOR the war.

[smith288]

Wouldn't you love to see Clinton's flop-sweat?

I dont know what to make of THAT sentence.

[smith288]

"Bill, you ignorant slut."

[Dante3]

Why watch a liar such as Clinton? He bombed. Period. Few care what he has to say. I just wish he and his Monica would go away.

[MadelineZapeezda]

The only people watching are the KLA supporters interested in creating a Greater Albania. Klinton and Dull are their guys!

[irish_links]

"...He seems to have a sinister, almost diabolical, ability to make people believe he is all of these things even with his numerous liabilities (not the least of which is his wife)...."

Reminds you of the Great Deceiver a bit, doesn't he?

[Ed_in_NJ]

Worse than any movie I'VE ever seen!

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

"The show's producer, Don Hewitt, said Tuesday that although no decision has been made about the segment's future, viewer interest in the war with Iraq was so overwhelming that the segment got lost."

Sure, blame a poor idea thought up by a few media elitist whores at CBS and then, when the segment bombs, blame your own personal failure on "viewer interest in Iraq". (sigh)

[Sloth]

Clinton set up them the bomb.

[TommyDale]

I was wondering how long it would take the CBS people to realize that no one cares what Clinton or Dole have to say!

[Damocles]

"It could have been livelier if they had been in apposition..."

 

Ah, another hapless victim of spell check.  I believe the writer meant to say "...in a position...".

5 entries found for apposition.

ap·po·si·tion    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (p-zshn)
n.

1. Grammar.
   1. A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example, Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston.
   2. The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
2. A placing side by side or next to each other.
3. Biology. The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.

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[Middle English apposicioun, from Latin appositi, appositin-, from appositus, past participle of appnere, to put near. See apposite.]

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appo·sition·al adj.
appo·sition·al·ly adv.

[PGalt]

Life is too short to See B S.

[catpuppy]

Thank you for writing that. It is always good to start the day by reading the truth.

[Libloather]

"They haven't managed to go after each other as I hoped they would."

How many folks would tune in to a Rush/Hildabeast debate?

Out with the old *Crinton, in with the new...

[Charles Henrickson]

If Dole just had a better opponent--Mike Dukakis, say, or Fritz Mondale . . . JIMMY CARTER--yeah, that's it, Jimmy Carter--then the ratings would go through the roof! Talk about scintillating, Must-See TV!

[Charles Henrickson]

Dull and Duller.

[aruanan]

the weekly square-offs on CBS' 60 Minutes between Bill Clinton and Bob Dole have generated virtually no buzz

Dole's always been practically comatose and Clinton's a VD statistic waiting to happen.

[Charles Henrickson]

"What about me? Doesn't anyone want to listen to me?"
--Algore

[bagman]

Sometime around 1997 or so, I decided to listen carefully to Boy Clinton's speeches in an effort to find out the secret to his speaking success.

I found that the speeches consisted of well-turned (and perhaps cliched) sentences, no two of which were connected. The speeches were devoid of coherence (kind like Boy Clinton's presidency).