Another Round of DAN "RATHERISMS"

MediaResearchCenter ^ | 10.06.2002 | Brent Baker

[fight_truth_decay]

Looked for Rush..but local polling accounts and normal programming (with the satellite vs local news programming prevented me from alot national network news ..so used Fox.) Guess they knew Rush would not get national exposure but would paint themselves with a "quick stroke of the brush" unbiased coverage.

[1Old Pro]

I just want to know if he cried?

[Dallas]

I heard him say something to the affect....

"Democrats are sweating.....(pause).....through their fingernails."

[Wright is right!]

I'm guessing that only in many of the smaller markets did ABCBSNBC's national election reporting actually get carried by the local affiliates. There were TONS of races across the country, and I'd just GUESS that MOST of the affiliates didn't take the net at all for the entire evening.

Here in Nashville, the local affiliates didn't take ANY national coverage.

Michael

[bert]

It's time for Dan to go!! any body want to help give him a push?

[fight_truth_decay]

Bet alot of "makeup stained sleeves".

[billbears]

LOL. I heard that one too. I was thinking What the heck does that mean? I also heard another one about Colorado. Something to the effect if the Republicans win that one it's 'Saynora, see ya, goodbye'

[1Old Pro]

Maybe CBS should hire George Will to revivie "Meet the Press" and hire Ann Coulter as their news anchor.

[fight_truth_decay]

"Two hands worth of white knucklers still hanging ten." Translation: RATHER GOES LIMP!

[LibWhacker]

Look . . . A RAT in the milk! Now isn't that just the most heartwarming image you could imagine? (Well, Dan Rather thinks so.)

[Onelifetogive]

and a very substantial majority on the U.S. Supreme Court

I was unaware that the SC had party affiliations. I guess Blather knows more about government than I do.

[AlaskaErik]

I'd Rather not watch Dan...and I don't.

[Cyber Liberty]

"... they pop the caps only on Doctor Pepper ten two and four there."

WTF does this mean?

[ClearCase_guy]

Ten, two and four may be the answers to that famous question: "What's the frequency Kenneth?"

[fight_truth_decay]

I believe this is a kind of weeping:

"It's "depressing" to Bill Maher, the ex-host of ABC's cancelled Politically Incorrect, that President Bush is "so popular when he has really done so little" to fight terrorism."

"It was a "frightening" prospect to former NBC News reporter Star Jones that Kathleen Kennedy Townsend might lose her gubernatorial bid."

"Peter Jennings to Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray during ABC's 1am EST/10pm PST hour: "Senator from your perspective, ie the Democratic perspective, if the Republicans do end up with control of the Senate, what would worry you most?" Murray's answer: "People would feel there's no one here fighting for them."

Michel Martin, a regular now on This Week, during a discussion in the 1am EST hour about why Kathleen Kennedy Townsend lost in Maryland: "But they also had these leaflets passed out in African- American neighborhoods implying that you couldn't vote if you hadn't paid your rent, if you hadn't paid your overdue tickets, and people are calling this an example of the kind of voter suppression tactics that Republicans engage in..."

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[Ann Archy]

Am I the only ne that LOVES the Bushification of the country???

[Bob Buchholz]

The old Dr.Pepper bottles had a round emblem with the numbers 10, 2 and 4 in the positions that they would be in on a clock. That was their old trade-mark.

[No Truce With Kings]

Acctually, it is pretty clever. Dr. Pepper was originally bottled in Texas (Waco, where the Dr. Pepper museum is), and is still a Texas "thing."

One of their old advertising slogans was "Pepper up at 10, 2, and 4." (Drink a Dr. Pepper at 10:00am, 2:00pm and 4:00pm -- traditional break times in factories.)

Dubya is a teetotaler -- hence he pops the caps only on Doctor Pepper. (Although it could be tea or Coke in actuality.

Rather has again demonstrated that while he comes from the Johnson/Richards stream of politics, he originally came from Texas.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

"... they pop the caps only on Doctor Pepper ten two and four there."

WTF does this mean?

Old Dr Pepper slogan: Pepper Up at 10, 2 and 4 (o'clock)

[Atlas Sneezed]

10, 2, and 4 are numbers that appear on the traditional Dr. Pepper bottle, indicating the suggested times of the day to enjoy a drink.