Posted on 06/15/2006 9:01:14 AM PDT by RonDog
I thought that it was particularly delightful to note Leno's expression of severe disapproval and unhappiness after the rousing cheers for Ann....the "king of late night TV" definitely isn't used to that in Hollyweird and he probably felt somewhat out of control.
It was also rather telling that he said he "couldn't understand" Ann's message, which is a rather simple but essential one. Leno is so completely out of touch with reality that such a concept as Left-wing groups putting out "victim" spokespeople /flacks who by nature of their victim status are rendered immune to serious cross-examination and critical commentary....he just couldn't seem to wrap his mind around that simple idea.
His Leftist /Hollywood / Drivebymedia perspective has kept him in a very small bubble indeed.
Believe me, I know that for a fact. I listen to the morning show on a local AM station in Austin. Mark, Ed and SGT Sam are the hosts.
I am cut from the same mold as SGT Sam. There are several liberals who call the show regularly. Two of them argue that Bush stole the 2000 & 2004 elections to this day.
I registered on youtube just so that I could post a positive comment. Only took a minute.
You said -- "We did have a "handful" of FReepers in the studio audience -- out of 350+ TOTAL seats available."
You made your presence well-known. Good going...
Regards,
Star Traveler
Yup. Libs were disappointed and really angered she did so well, conservatives were thrilled and excited, and millions of other Americans watching that are in the middle, heard her and most of them decided "hey, she's not the fanatic the media people say she is. Why is she considered to be such a radical?" THAT is priceless. Moderates figuring out that libs are nut ball fanatics and conservatives aren't. :) You can't put a price on that.
It's so amusing hearing libs fall apart. They're having kittens with all this the past few days. And from the sound of it, the kitties all have their claws out during their birth. :)
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Ann looked good and came across as a formidable intellect for the political right on the Jay Leno show. Jay was polite, even helpful. He obviously read "Godless" and felt that it's criticisms had merit. Carlin was subdued after an interesting social commentary poetic monologue that wanted to proove that he was still a hip and happening comedian. The show's producers didn't pull any subtle MSM camera tricks out of its hat or show any reaction shots of Carlin during the interview, it was all about Ann and she was given a level playing field.
She needs to study the tape closely for future TV talk show appearances. TV is x-ray, ask Joe McCarthy. Any self-referrential comments absolutely need to be wrapped in humor laced with a bit of analytical humility otherwise you come off as egotistical, something that does not play well even in Jerry Springer's demographic. Her observations are keen but need to be presented slightly more at the layman's level, I think she may have talked over her TV audience's head a tad.
Some of her humorous remarks such as the one about "Dorothy's house" went totally flat, but Leno didn't leave dead air for the flatness to sink in. He was a gentleman. As he said during the interview, he's a social liberal and a fiscal conservative and enjoys debate with those of his friends that are conservative.
Perhaps this breakthrough appearance will open the door to other conservative spokesfolks on the TV talk show circuit. It would be a coup if Ann could get on Oprah. Perhaps the conservative radio hosts could be tapped as an informal "speakers bureau". We need people who are totally bulletproof on the air. Print commentators and think tankers are far from trap proof.
The studio audience, BTW, were well behaved, no boos or shouts, and some of her fans cheered. My take is that any liberals in the studio audience were instructed by the producers to chill. One can assume that there was an attempt by the lefties to insert provocateurs into the studio. A sop to the radical left appeared as the last act, a singer whose guitar had the logo "This machine kills fascists" on it (given a closeup, needless to say), just like 1930's Wobbly IWW anarcho-marxist troubador Woody Guthrie's guitar.
The issue here is not so much Ann's message or her book which was doing great on the charts before Leno (which fact probably got her on Leno to begin with). The issue is that she was given a major TV platform that was not set up as a hatchet job. I hope conservatives can exploit this opening with other class acts. I think there is a growing realization in mediaopolis that the struggle is about western civilization; you know, Mr. Producer, the folks who brought you those nice studio cameras and attendant electrical grid. Conservatives need to express this central strategic issue in a civilized, non-trailer trash manner.
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Were you there, or do you know some FReepers who were?
Jersey Girls song -- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649997/posts
You said -- "Were you there, or do you know some FReepers who were?"
I read a Freeper post that said there were Freepers there (although not a "majority").
Regards,
Star Traveler
Freepers sent a contingent to the show to root Coulter on.
Sounds like they made it in:
Leno just cracked a joke about Rove not being indicted and it got surprisingly big cheers, leading him to remark upon his “new right-wing audience.”
Ya think?
I am not able post the actual video link here.
To view this AMAZING video, please go to:
http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/14/coultermania-leno-smackdown-preview
BTTT
Thanks for the ping Tonk. The video links have been emailed to many of my friends.
I have never seen Ann live. I love her views and tenacity but she talks like someone ordering a butler to refill her martini while stroking a teacup poodle. She also looks somewhat like Abe Lincoln's skeleton in a short skirt. Not what I expected.
Thanks RonDog.
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