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With O’Reilly as Guest, Very Serious Letterman Denounces Iraq War & Hails Sheehan
NewsBusters ^ | January 3, 2006 | Brent Baker

Posted on 01/03/2006 9:20:35 PM PST by PJ-Comix

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To: surelyclintonsbaddream

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21 posted on 01/03/2006 9:32:12 PM PST by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I'd like to know what we're talking about.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Letterman's Top Ten lists used to be funny. Other than that I like Leno better.

O'Reilly may be a blowhard, but this might be one of those cases when his guest gets his a$$ handed to him (like when he had Phil Donahue on a few months back). That's when O'Reilly is at his best.


22 posted on 01/03/2006 9:33:08 PM PST by RockinRight (The Republicans Suck Less than the Democrats)
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To: Dengar01
David Letterman is a loser. Jay Leno continues to cream him in the ratings.

Perhaps his ratings have tanked so far that his handlers decided it's time to "Jump The Shark".

23 posted on 01/03/2006 9:34:01 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (The heart of the wise man inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. - Eccl. 10:2)
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To: PJ-Comix
Don't know why O'Reilly or any other thinking human being would allow themselves to act as the foil for this frustrated misanthrope. Sympathy for Sheehan expired after the first tearful rant.
24 posted on 01/03/2006 9:34:24 PM PST by TCats
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To: PJ-Comix
Letterman used to crack me up with his wit and irony, but it's old now, he's replaced wit with surliness, the irony with politics. He's like those comedians who when they tell a joke that has a PC position; the audience laughs politely, but applauds the political point of view. Good comedy makes the audience laugh; PC comedy forces the audience to applaud: "OK, I didn't laugh, but I am on your side politically."

Letterman is just the latest celebrity who thinks that because he's got camera time, he's earned the right to express his political views the way those who are known exclusively for their views earned it. He in essence has a captive audience for whatever he wants to say, and who can resist the urge to say Serious Things?

I don't know why anyone wastes their time on Letterman or the witless Leno when there are so many good books to read.

25 posted on 01/03/2006 9:34:51 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you. --Elmer Davis)
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To: PJ-Comix

I used to love Letterman back in the NBC days when he was on at 12:30, had cool bands on, had funny skits with guys like Chris Elliot and Larry bud Melman. As far as I'm concerned, he totally jumped the shark when he went to CBS and moved to 11:30. I probably have watched the show 3 times since he made that move. The show sux. Leno sux, too. I never liked the Tonight show, even with Carson. What a snoozefest. The late shows like Conan have hip bands on from time to time. Other than that, who wants to watch interviews with actors/actresses, who are the boringest, lamest people on the planet? As for the antiwar crap, virtually every single "creative" person in America is an unhinged antiwar freak these days. They hate Bush. They hate Fox news. They hate Bill O Reilly. They have a totally ignorant conception of who OReilly is and what he represents. They are angry, intolerant, and ignorant.


26 posted on 01/03/2006 9:35:07 PM PST by Huck (Don't Vote: It only encourages them.)
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To: willyboyishere

Leno's also a lib, but he's not as stupid about it as Dave Letterman.

I hope Letterman continues his ratings slide against Leno.


27 posted on 01/03/2006 9:35:08 PM PST by RockinRight (The Republicans Suck Less than the Democrats)
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To: injin

" I hope O'Reilly cuts him a new one."

Bill said on his show this evening that it would be interesting. Although I haven't watched his commie unfunny program in many years, I'm going to watch it tonight just to see Bill kick Letterman's butt.


28 posted on 01/03/2006 9:35:36 PM PST by Senormechanico
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To: PJ-Comix

I just saw that.

It was pretty disgusting, but expected. Letterman has been bashing Bush constantly in the last year or two. It's clearly gone beyond just usual humor at the President's expense as has been the case up until then with Clinton and GW. Letterman is expressing a deep dislike if not hatred for the President.

I used to prefer Letterman to Leno. Now I don't watch either of them. Because neither are funny anymore and Letterman allows his politics to take over many shows.

Can't wait until Conan takes over the tonight show.

O'Reilly did ok for himself dealing with an uninformed jackass talking out of his arse with a New York liberal crowd 100% on Letterman's side.


29 posted on 01/03/2006 9:35:59 PM PST by gline
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To: PJ-Comix
“I’m not smart enough to debate you point to point on this"

Then STFU genius.
30 posted on 01/03/2006 9:36:17 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Huck

I do think that people who are "artistic" in the entertainment sense have a genetic predisposition to be traitorous commie pinko a$$holes.


31 posted on 01/03/2006 9:36:54 PM PST by RockinRight (The Republicans Suck Less than the Democrats)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Yeah. This was DEFINITELY Letterman's Jump The Shark moment.


32 posted on 01/03/2006 9:37:05 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: SC33

Some CBS contact info- in addition to the feedback option at the bottom of their website:

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33 posted on 01/03/2006 9:37:32 PM PST by milesrepublican
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To: PJ-Comix

As arrogant as O'Reilly can be sometimes, I'm glad he stuck to his guns. He certainly had a lot more class than Letterman. He really exposed Letterman's liberalism.

You could tell by the way that Letterman was announcing him as a guest, that he was going to be nasty to O'Reilly.

BTW, what kind of a bubble do you have to live in to not realize that there's a PC campaign against Christmas in this country?


34 posted on 01/03/2006 9:37:48 PM PST by guinnessman
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To: PJ-Comix

I saw that bit. I do believe O'Reilly should've answered back to his stupid question "Why in the hell are we there?" with the very simple answer. "We are there because a murderous dictator who had used chemical weapons and invaded his neighbors was not fully cooperating with UN inspections and was aiding terrorists and circumventing sanctions and trying to purchase additional nuclear material and rebuild his weapons programs. Dave Letterman was an ass like typical liberals who ask questions they should already have figured out the answers to if they were really as smart as they think they are.


35 posted on 01/03/2006 9:37:49 PM PST by Ma3lst0rm
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To: PJ-Comix
Too bad they didn't kill eachother on stage. Best possible outcome from all that, IMNSHO.
36 posted on 01/03/2006 9:38:17 PM PST by M203M4
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To: milesrepublican

I think its important for us to fight back against outrageous behavior by media types. Everybody should be writing, emailing, and calling Letterman about his disgraceful performance. We can't sit back and say "oh well, what can you do" anymore. Its time to be heard.


37 posted on 01/03/2006 9:38:56 PM PST by SC33
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To: PJ-Comix

Please tell me that Bill let this AQ-sympathising POS have it with both barrels...this transcript makes it sound like Letterman was unloading and getting the upper hand???


38 posted on 01/03/2006 9:39:00 PM PST by FlashBack (When I grow up I wanna be a coWboy.)
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To: PJ-Comix

RealPlayer? Isn't that kind of giving your registry a dose of coolwebsearch?


39 posted on 01/03/2006 9:39:18 PM PST by quantim (If the Constitution were perfect it wouldn't have included the Senate.)
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To: FlashBack

I saw it. letterman was disgraceful and looked like a jacka$$.


40 posted on 01/03/2006 9:40:00 PM PST by SC33
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