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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAri Melber, enough whining about the witnesses, and enough of the rap crap.
Bringing in Senator Blumenthal, possibly the whitest guy in the Senate aside from Mitt Romney on to JayZ lyrics is BS. Enough of the cool kid in the room crap. You are a lawyer and a bright Legal mind, cut the shit and show your real strengths.
Irish_Dem
(47,697 posts)jrthin
(4,841 posts)trueblue2007
(17,243 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,697 posts)nature-lover
(1,471 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:24 PM - Edit history (1)
Sen. Blumenthal explained to him why witnesses were neither necessary nor wise and then Ari continued arguing with him because he clearly knows better than any senator how this should have been done.
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)But he can get hung up on odd little things.
marmar
(77,109 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,806 posts)oasis
(49,454 posts)on Trump's upcoming legal cases.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)of the Peter principle, promoted beyond his level of competence.
BigmanPigman
(51,649 posts)I rarely watch his show anymore.
malaise
(269,254 posts)young folks about what just went down in Nancy's office with those effin' Trump terrorists.
We agree on the witness whining.
malaise
(269,254 posts)https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9254867/Jay-Z-gets-political-calling-Capitol-insurrectionists-new-song-Nipsey-Hussle.html
Young folk will learn more from Jay-Z than from me - he speaks their language.
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Thought I'd try that ^^^ out, see how that felt to me ...
Meh ... I don't get the appeal.
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)I was coming of music age with my parents asking what is that you are listening to in the 80s
The crap is Ari trying to be the cool kid.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)With our parents asking, what are you listening to but between break dancing, Rap and Madonna, my poor Irish Catholic parents were constantly confused by my sisters and I
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I'm sure it was a gift or something ... I'd NEVER heard them play it.
Anyways, I of course absconded it, at like age 10. Circa 1976. Brought it to my room.
So imagine her surprise when mom came in one day during the whacky sound effects of Whole Lotta Love and was like WTF?
And I was all ... it's funny, mom, this album is actually yours and dads lol ...
I never gave it back, and in fact I still have it
brush
(53,968 posts)the hip-hop generation. Why disparage your own generation's creativity?
Hekate
(90,978 posts)Did he offend you in some way?
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)Do you think he would pick JayZ as walk up music. He is about the whitest dude in the Senate, putting him with JayZ is Aris attempt at cool.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)I can appreciate his legal analyses, but something in his style bugs me.
He often forcibly puts random pop culture references into his speech, and it's annoying.
msongs
(67,478 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)Then he rolls into the pop culture cool kid stuff and I Tap Out.
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Dem4Life1102
(3,974 posts)because having witnesses would have extended the trial and boosted their ratings. They dont care that it would delay desperately need Covid relief because they dont need it.
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)Infrastructure, healthcare, minimum wage, the beat goes on. Vrs advertising revenue for the networks.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Covering COVID bills and infrastructure plans isn't good television.
PCIntern
(25,623 posts)Rap music is what it is, and thats fine with me. But this guy reminds me of Steve Martin in the opening scenes of the film The Jerk. It is just so stupidly ridiculous to watch him quoting say, Eminem, during a crisis of the Constitution of the United States of America. Imagine all the great writers of politics and history available to him and the schmuck Quotes Eminem or Dr. Dre. It would be like me telling a patient that he or she has oral cancer and saying well as the Beatles song Im A Loser and saying so the thing speaks for itself. Get your affairs in order, maybe youd want to be Ricky Nelsons Travelin Man, hey? (Stupidly sheepish smile follows)
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Perfect
ariadne0614
(1,746 posts)Over time, although I havent lost my aversion to rap, or discomfort over the bewildering cultural references, Ive learned to enjoy the challenge.
I appreciate his persistent, intentional effort to bring people from such disparate worlds into the same space. Its actually kind of fun, and no longer gets my undies in a bundle over my own discomfort. I dont think its a bad thing to stretch beyond my normal comfort zone for a few minutes a day.
procon
(15,805 posts)All his insider music quips, the name dropping, the know it all lectures, are a huge distraction. When he explains legal stuff I listen. He has some good interviews. There's nothing wrong with his news show and he should stick with that.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Or when he stops them when they are saying insightful things because he's out of time and the reason he's out of time is because he took up so much of it spouting nonsense or embarrassing other guests with lame jokes.
ecstatic
(32,777 posts)For what it's worth, I don't think he's pretending. I think this is who he really is--a bright legal mind who is also an avid rap fan.
bottomofthehill
(8,361 posts)I love music in all its forms, I dont tune in to MSNBC for my music fix, I use pandora for that.
And totally with you, he provides good legal analysis, he should stick to what he is food at and is being paid for.
renate
(13,776 posts)Is it some mental tic? Why cant he stop? He is losing viewers over this. And I like him as a person!! Its just that he has become unwatchable.
I dont get it. Maybe he needs hypnotherapy or something. It works for smoking cessation.