Posted on 09/09/2003 10:04:39 AM PDT by Apolitical
JANEANE GAROFALO: WHAT A JOKE
-- CNN Hastens Its Ratings Decline!
by Paul Walfield
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.
The CNN bigwigs must have delved deeply into Janeane's past accomplishments and her rhetoric and understood that most of their viewers would relate to her and feel a sense of loyalty and devotion to a kindred spirit. CNN, like all big corporations, would never hire someone to host one of their television shows without testing audience reaction to their presence. CNN must know something everyone else who can think has missed.
The folks over at CNN must have looked at all the easily available sources of information on Janeane; and naturally, they would have looked at things us ordinary folks do not have easy access to. For instance, an easily obtainable bit of information about Janeane that CNN must have looked upon approvingly -- after all, they hired her -- is this quote from Janeane and reported on by Hollywood Investigator from an interview in "Buzz Magazine": "Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, 'We're here, we're queer!' -- that's what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."
Of course, Janeane's distaste for all things American is probably not the only thing that endeared her to the suits over at CNN. There is also her love for all things liberal. For instance, NewsMax reported that Janeane is not necessarily against the bombing and burning of people in foreign lands. She'd just rather keep it to Democratic presidential administrations....
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SciFi hired a Clintonista or two. Can't recall the name(s).
I watched the first 90 seconds of Belzer. Cheapshots at the British Monarchy and Bush.
With an opening on that level, I can't see the show going any place. Of all the [alleged/imagined] conspiracies with
which to start out, 1.) how many Americans really care about the Royal Brits, and of them, how many watch SciFi?, and
2.) you can get Bush bashing on alphabet networks. What's the point?
Heck, I'd rather listen to Art Bell tie the aluminum industry to chemtrails (aka contrails) for the umpteenth time.
All man.
You should get out more often.
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