Janeane Garofalo: What a Joke

USA News and Views ^ | 8/20/03 | Paul Walfield

[political_chick]

Warm and fuzzy, cute and cuddly have absolutely nothing in common with the venom spewing Leftist, Janeane Garofalo. Janeane makes her living as a comedienne and as an actor, but her calling seems to be that of emulating a shrew on a bad hair day.

Janeane is now co-host of CNN’s faltering Crossfire TV show, at least for a week anyway. No doubt the wisest at CNN understands their prospective audience far better than ordinary folks who just tune in. In their infinite wisdom they chose to have a spokesperson of Janeane’s unique qualifications to represent the Left and democrats across the nation.

[sarasota]

Looks like she was going through a "Goth" period.

[weegee]

Was this her "awkward" period?

[Ann Archy]

Amen....CNN couldn't do MORE to make the left look hideous than put that pile of Garafola on their show! Go CNN! Al Franken next week!!

Anyone know if that PHONE Service Co. (Infone)? is still advertising with Carvile??

[SolutionsOnly]

Ann Coulter's arguments (sometimes presented as firebombs) are rooted in constitutional law, historical fact, and reason.

Garafalo's rants are rooted in a fanatical hatred and nothing more.

There is no basis for comparing the two.

[weegee]

Someone added the keywords "conservative" and "Republican". I can assure FReepers that Ms. Garofalo is neither.

[COBOL2Java]

I saw her yesterday on CNN. Blonde hair is not a good look for her!

She has a good look?

[capydick]

Is she sitting across from Robert Novak? If so - he's gotta be pissed about this. Maybe CNN is trying to get him to resign.

[BlessedByLiberty]

She reminds me of the girl in school who did not fit in anywhere and carried a very large chip on her shoulder. It is obvious from the roles she takes that she always plays the "smarter, deeper" chick to the prettier more popular one.

So now she slaps on a pair of glasses to apply the intellectual facade Hollywood loves. This takes her stereotyped role of "smart, deeper" chick into real life politics.

Unfortunately her invective will never win anyone over because we see beneath the role to the bitterness that motivates her. She seethes with hatred.

She and the Hollywood Left she represents do not have the moral courage it takes to own up to their own miscalculations and over the top rhetoric regarding the war - that is what led to their spiraling downfall.

[sarasota]

This is how she will be remembered no matter what she does to hair and face. Her bitterness and unease is mirrored in her face.

[Quilla]

The only bumper sticker I have ever put on a vehicle currently resides on my back glass - CNN LIES. Once my W sticker arrives, I will place it just above that one. I suspect my present "thumbs up" rating from passersby will rise substantially.

[sarasota]

Ann Coulter would reduce Garafolo to the pile of poison she represents.

[Prodigal Son]

Garafalo's rants are rooted in a fanatical hatred and nothing more.

Therefore she is the perfect spokeswoman for the left.

[Dudoight]

Its the IQ difference. Garafalo's is on the wrong end of the bell curve.

[techcor]

That's because a person can't drink that much liquor and still live.

[jigsaw]

Here's an old shot that had about as much airbrushing as Hillary's bookcover...

That photo shows not airbrushing but sandblasting!

[sweetliberty]

Thanks. This needless excerpting trend is driving me nuts!

As to the story, CNN has gone from contemptable to inconsequential and has now devolved into just plain silly.

[pogo101]

No, I think that's her period period.

Period.

[sweetliberty]

"Blonde hair is not a good look for her!"

Having her head showing is not a good look for her.

[dmeara]

[HHFi]

Very astute analysis. In a way, I think it's kind of sad what's happened to Janeane. Once upon a time, she showed some comedic spark and was almost cute when you scrubbed her up a bit. But she seemed to be so filled with anger and self-loathing that she either subconsciously or deliberately trashed her own looks and career, and made it a point of pride to appear on national television looking ugly, frumpy, overweight and angry.

She started attacking any comedian she didn't think was funny in the "correct" way, as well as audiences who dared to like comics she hated (I remember seeing her on Letterman attacking Ray Stevens for no apparent reason, and saying that she wouldn't want to have anyone who thought he was funny as a fan of hers -- hey, no problem, Janeane. You could tell Letterman was appalled.) This seems to be a prevailing attitude among a certain subset of bitter, leftist, "hip" "comedians" like David Cross, who think they are the only funny people in the world, when in fact, they are so painfully unfunny, they couldn't raise a chuckle from a toddler on laughing gas.

Now, all that leftist self-hatred has so filled Janeane that she can't contain it within herself anymore and has started spewing it in every direction. No wonder she won't condemn Saddam Hussein: they're kindred spirits. These days, seeing her on TV is like watching someone crash and burn in slow motion. God knows she doesn't need to be on CNN five times a week. She needs to be in psychiatric therapy five times a week. Maybe she could finally rid herself of some of her demons instead of inflicting them on the rest of us.