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NBC Suits Rap Sorkin After Bush 'Courage' Slam
Drudge Report ^ | February 24, 2002 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 02/24/2002 2:51:19 PM PST by Timesink

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To: rwfromkansas
Gore got a D- his senior year in Natural Science, a gut course for dummies. That's why it's impossible to distinguish between quotes taken from "Earth in the Balance" and the Unibomber's diary.
41 posted on 02/24/2002 3:34:43 PM PST by Cicero
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To: Timesink
Anyone expect Peggy Noonan and other consultants to resign in protest of this outburst. Be very interesting to see if the consulting fees outweigh this disgraceful outburst from this pathetic creature.
42 posted on 02/24/2002 3:35:47 PM PST by OldFriend
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To: Fintan
Which piece of nausea are your referring to? The tripe about Sorkin or the banner at the top of the page showing Rosie loving up a gal pal?
43 posted on 02/24/2002 3:36:36 PM PST by US admirer
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To: Azura2
No matter what you think of the man, him and bubba are incredibly intelligent and Gore holding back how smart he was is a disgrace to all of those who pride themselves on there intelligence.

Did you forget to close your sarcasm tags? 'Cause I gotta tell ya, I got appliances smarter than OwlGore.

44 posted on 02/24/2002 3:38:19 PM PST by metesky
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To: Azura2
"him and bubba are incredibly intelligent and Gore holding back how smart he was "

The biggest problem I have with Gore being so intelligent, is that he actually isn't.

45 posted on 02/24/2002 3:38:44 PM PST by Mr. Bungle
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To: Azura2
No matter what you think of the man, him and bubba are incredibly intelligent and Gore holding back how smart he was is a disgrace to all of those who pride themselves on there intelligence.

I didn't interpret it as Gore trying to hold back his intelligence. I interpreted it as Gore trying to hold back his "I know best" schoolmarmishness. There's a difference.

46 posted on 02/24/2002 3:39:52 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Azura2
No matter what you think of the man, him and bubba are incredibly intelligent and Gore holding back how smart he was is a disgrace to all of those who pride themselves on there intelligence.

This is a joke, right?

47 posted on 02/24/2002 3:44:18 PM PST by VMI70
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To: Fintan
Oh God, that is bad.
48 posted on 02/24/2002 3:45:33 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN FEB 24, 2002 19:24:25 ET XXXXX

NBC SUITS RAP SORKIN AFTER BUSH 'COURAGE' SLAM; WHITE HOUSE: PRODUCER 'BITTER' AFTER DENIED REQUEST

**Update**
**Exclusive**

WEST WING's Aaron Sorkin landed in the hotseat with NBC executives late Sunday after he mocked President's Bush courage and ripped his own network's news anchor in an interview set for release on Monday.

According to publishing sources, Sorkin has told the NEW YORKER: "It's absolutely right that at this time we're all laying off the [Bush] bubblehead jokes... but the truth is we're simply pretending to believe that Bush exhibited unspeakable courage at the World Series..., or that he, by God, showed those terrorists by going to Salt Lake City and jumbling the first line of the Olympic opening ceremony."

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"Mr. Sorkin is way out of bounds, and his comments certainly do not, I repeat, do not represent the view of NBC, or anyone I know who works here, or our advertisers," said a top NBC executive from New York, who asked not to be named.

Meanwhile, a Bush Administration source reveals to the DRUDGE REPORT that Sorkin recently approached the real West Wing with a request to feature real White House players in an upcoming episode -- a request which was denied!

"He's attack the president cause we turned him down," a White House staffer charges. "He's bitter after we closed the door on him! But, quite frankly, we're preoccupied with other things these days."

NEW YORKER reporter Tad Friend has penned the high-impact Talk of the Town which features the controversial Sorkin comments.

An early rush of the story was already causing a commotion in Burbank at NBC's entertainment headquarters.

"I think Aaron would be better served focusing on the production of his show," said a source close to NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker. "I am not sure he is aware just how inappropriate and damaging this might be for us. I've already got a dozen annoying phone calls here from people screaming about 'the Mushroom Guy.' Whether he likes it or not, he does represent NBC and I know the folks over at Warner Brothers plan to sit down with Aaron to express their concerns."

The NEW YORKER names Sorkin " the country's loyal opposition" in the report set to run in the mag's March 4 editions.

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Sorkin tells Friend: "It's absolutely right that at this time we're all laying off the [Bush] bubblehead jokes. But that's a far cry from what the Times and CNN and others on whom we rely for unvarnished objectivity are telling us, which is that 'My God! On September 12th he woke up as Teddy Roosevelt! He became the Rough Rider!'"

Of NBC's own look at a day in the life of the Presidency, 'The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing,' which aired as the lead-in to a WEST WING repeat a few weeks ago, Sorkin charges: "The White House pumped up the President's schedule to show him being much busier and more engaged than he is, and Tom Brokaw let it happen?"

Sorkin continues: "The show was a valentine to Bush. That illusion may be what we need right now, but the truth is we're simply pretending to believe that Bush exhibited unspeakable courage at the World Series by throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium, or that he, by God, showed those terrorists by going to Salt Lake City and jumbling the first line of the Olympic opening ceremony.

"The media is waving pom-poms, and the entire country is being polite," Sorkin declares.

"I just began reading Frank Bruni's campaign book AMBLING INTO HISTORY: THE UNLIKELY ODYSSEY OF GEORGE W. BUSH which begins with Candidate Bush at a service in Texas for seven people who were killed in a church by a crazy gunman. Bruni describes Bush making goofy faces at the press, and it reminds you of a junior high schooler on a museum field trip."

Sorkin tells the mag that he is planning to revisit the BUSH-GORE Florida showdown in an upcoming episode.

President Josiah Bartlet [played by actor Martin Sheen, who has called Bush a white knuckled drunk] is up for re-election this November. "Bartlet is going to be running against Governor Robert Ritchie, of Florida, who's not the sharpest tool in the box but who's raised a lot of money and is very popular with the Republican Party,? Sorkin says.

"It was frustrating watching Gore try so hard not to appear smart in the debates. Why not just say" 'Here's my fucking résumé, what do you got?' We're a completely fictional, nonpolitical show, but one of our motors is doing our version of the old Mad magazine 'Scenes We'd Like to See.' And so to an extent we're going to rerun the last election and try a few different plays than the Gore campaign did."

Developing...
49 posted on 02/24/2002 3:47:17 PM PST by Timesink
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To: FryingPan101; blam
Even before I heard of Druggie Dorkin' Sorkin, I refused to give that stupid show one minute of my time since it stars that clymer Sheen.
50 posted on 02/24/2002 3:48:58 PM PST by Bigg Red
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To: summer
I watched the Brokaw special and was struck by his body language. Try as he might, Brokaw cannot hide his feelings completely. At one point in his final interview with Bush at the end of the program, TB was standing with arms folded across his chest. Said oodles about Tommy's inner feelings.

Also remember a pre-election interview where Tommy perched so close to Bush he was practically sitting in GW's lap.

Reminiscent of Hillary holding hands with Laura B on the latter's visit to the WH and Jesse Jackson holding hands with two U.S. soldiers after Jackson supposedly liberated them during the Kosovo. Behavior only meant to demean.

51 posted on 02/24/2002 3:49:05 PM PST by yikes
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To: Timesink; admin moderator; texaggie79; cyber liberty; nunya bidness
What's up with the title change? Why did a moderator change the title from the original to this? Are all caps not allowed in titles anymore? The terrorists have already won.
52 posted on 02/24/2002 3:51:07 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: summer
George W. Bush, Movie Star article by Matt Labash, Weekly Standard.... His review of the film

Her documentary is set to debut March 8 at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. But it's already caused quite a stir. Relying on Pelosi friends who've seen it, Time magazine described scenes of Bush reverting to Deke-house form on the press plane: predicting that Pelosi's crush on another reporter would "result in a relationship that goes beyond hand-holding," bumping his way down the aisle while wearing a sleep mask, hoisting his non-alcoholic beer and pushing his way into a boozy press throng while declaring, "These are my people. It takes an animal to know an animal."

53 posted on 02/24/2002 3:53:06 PM PST by deport
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To: Sir Gawain
The headline was altered.
54 posted on 02/24/2002 3:53:07 PM PST by rwfromkansas
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To: FryingPan101
Me neither.
55 posted on 02/24/2002 3:54:03 PM PST by IRBlondie
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To: rwfromkansas
It looked like the original to me. My mistake if it wasn't.
56 posted on 02/24/2002 3:54:46 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Timesink
The Mushroom Guy...

Hee hee. Now who called in and said that? Time for phone calls and lots of them. Call the advertisers of the show too. Wish I knew but I have never seen the show. Anything with Martin Sheen in it is verboten for me. The guy's a dick and so is Sorkin.

57 posted on 02/24/2002 3:55:03 PM PST by Wphile
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To: Sir Gawain
What was the original title?(I missed it)
58 posted on 02/24/2002 3:55:27 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Azura2
I guess you think the trailer trash queen is the smartest woman in the world. Being female, I hate having to be dumber than a brick!

TC

59 posted on 02/24/2002 3:55:52 PM PST by I_be_tc
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To: Timesink
Aaron Sorkin is proof that drugs fry your brain.
60 posted on 02/24/2002 3:55:54 PM PST by pray4liberty
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