Anybody hear Novak claim Johnny Carson was a Republican

[saracat]

on Crossfire? Right after the tribute? I thought it was disgusting that he take that opportunity to politicize his death. Carville said noone knew what Carson was and why did it matter? I thought he was Dem or Independent. He seemed to lean Dem.

[alittlelark]

1. Yesterday Carson's best friend was on AAR w/ Franken

He said Johnnie "was a flaming liberal".

[Ruby Romaine]

8. link on this page

As part of our all-day tribute to Johnny Carson, Al and Katherine speak with his longtime friend and executive producer, Peter Lassally.
http://www.airamericaradio.com/weblogs/alfrankenshow/

[bpilgrim]

23. a flaming LIBERAL

and i remember reading an article a year or two ago with him commenting on the current criminal administration and saying how easy it must be for comic writers today... ya just need to look at the daily shows success to understand how much he understood america and hated the neoCONs.

i heard that comment on AAR, as well.

:hi:

peace

[TwentyFive]

2. Novak is senile. Carson helped to bring down Nixon

Carson was probably a liberal. He did much to help out young struggling actors and comedians - something a liberal would do.

[dflprincess]

5. And, according to NBC news tonight

he put a lot of money into his hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska. Including a school auditorium, library, and a cancer center named for his parents.

[tousiswritten]

Marty Meehan on C-span 1

Sorry off subject but needs to be heard

[newyawker99]

26. Hi tousiswritten!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Sanity Claws]

3. Old time republicans were different

I don't know what Novak was referring to but even if Johnny had been a Repub at some point, you have to remember in earlier generations, the Repubs were not the crazies they are now. You may have disagreed with them but they were not the total fruit cakes who believe the end of the world is near or that other nonsense.

[tousiswritten]

10. It will work, check Russian occupation of East Germany

I tuned in late and didn't get it all but it would be worth listening to.

Iv'e been mostly lurking since Nov.3 I spent last summer and fall arguing with the swift boat vets on slate,I wasn't aware of DU.

[tousiswritten]

12. Again I apoligize for interupting this thred

Hundreds of us experienced vets warned of this.

[indigonation]

15. Cool! Looks like you're coming out! :) n/t

[indigonation]

14. Agreed, not all cons are neocons, but I think Carson was a lib. n/t

[bobweaver]

4. He sure made fun of a lot of R politicians - was merciless towards Quayle

[TwentyFive]

7. I forgot about that. Quayle was a comedian's dream come true

The VP that can't spell potato and forgets that Hawaii is part of the USA.

Carson probably thought Bush was just a dimmer version of Quayle.

[mitchum]

6. Well, he's now my favorite type of republican

[saracat]

9. If it means anything, I just heard on ET that Caron's

wife was part of the Dukakis team.

[spooked911]

11. Maybe he was-- but I'm sure he wasn't a Bush supporter!

[Senator Lamb]

13. actually if you

went to the Drudge Report (I know i shouldnt have), the day he died, Drudge put a flashback of comments he made including that the superbowel after 9/11 was too patriotic and made a comment about Bush and Ken Lay of Enron being buddies before the company collapse. hardly a conservative.

[indigonation]

17. Drudge Report is a neo-con tabloid/ kool-aid lite. Fun read. n/t

[Cha]

16. Carson was too funny to

be a republican!

[ComerPerro]

18. That's what Republicans do. Hijack celebrities after their death

They said the samething about Johnny Cash.

[sonicx]

19. And Jesus...

[saracat]

20. Too funny! Give me five!

[despairing optimist]

21. Republican? He made Nixon's enemies' list!

I don't think so. Novak has him confused with Frank Sinatra.

[Stinky The Clown]

25. Frank was a Dem - usually

[despairing optimist]

27. Not after RFK forced him to testify about his mob connections

After that he supported Nixon and Reagan to pay him back. He also performed at a state dinner in the Nixon White House in 1973, just about when things turned bad for Nixon.

[theboss]

29. Frank switched around '69 or '70; he hosted Reagan's inaugural ball

He campaigned for Humphrey in '68 but he was becoming pretty disgusted with the Summer of Love/protesting stuff. Then after it ended with Mia, he was pretty much sick of all the youth culture. He was a Nixon supporter in '72. By the time Reagan ran in '80, he was a big-time Republican.

[double_helix]

22. He was an entertainer and should be judged primarily

on those grounds, and secondarily by any political message he espoused.

I don't believe Carson advocated publically for any political cause, therefore he should be judged soley as an entertainer.

In Carson's case, it shouldn't matter to anyone what his political affiliation was.

[snowbear]

24. Novak................

When Joe Connison was on Al Franken not long ago, he said that everyone he knows refers to Novak by the nickname of "Nofacts".

:D Sounds appropriate to me!

[lonestarnot]

28. Only in his dumbass dreams... That's why Carson wanted Letterman

as replacement and not Leno, why he sent Letterman jokes and private communications. Novak is such a scumbag!:puke: