Did anyone else just hear Chuck Hagel call Meredith Viera(sp?)

[XanaDUer]

"dear"?

Then, Ann Curry called her "dear" sarcastically, when Meredith passed the camera to her.

How condescending! Although Hagel seems slightly saner than the average Republican.

[babylonsister]

1. Jeeze, how is that condescending? It's considered an endearment that

wouldn't bother me, as I even use it occasionally.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. and how do you know he didn't mean DEER? huh? huh?

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

3. Condescending? maybe.

Appropriate, no.

Can't blame him, though. I've had a crush on Meredith ever since I was a kid in New England and she was a local news head.

[XanaDUer]

4. !

:D

Don't think he meant it that way, though.

[PCIntern]

14. went to school with my wife...

you're not missing much fom what I hear...

[TwilightGardener]

16. Why--is she a jerk in real life?

[PCIntern]

17. My wife or Meredith?

:rofl: :hi:

WYSISYG.

[TwilightGardener]

19. ...

:spank: :hi:

[AlCzervik]

18. when was that? I was born and raised in Mass. and lived there until i was 30

and i don't remember her on the news there.

[0007]

5. At least Fallon cut through the chase and call Petraeus a kiss ass

chicken shit.

[Loge23]

6. I hope it was condescending

I'm sorry but Viera AND Curry are among the worst out there in the fake news business. Add in the idiot Lauer and you have the Three Stooges Redux.
I can hardly watch any national news anymore - they're all just awful.
I had on GMA this AM. Before I could get to the remote to turn it off, their brilliant, objective newsmodelperson (I don't know their names)began a Snowjob report by letting all of know how "Tony Snow has captured our hearts..."!!
He's a part of the gang that has captured our country, but our hearts??!
Yes, his illness is terrible - but a liar is a liar, especially when he's involved in destroying our country and our freedom.

[Ian David]

7. I have "Moron Today" blocked with parental controls.

"We'll be back, with Moron Today," is what they say before every commercial.

[Liberal Dose]

8. OMG you're right! So true, too. Nice to see some honesty there lol

ooooh I wonder if they say "Coming up, moron THE VIEW", etc. There may be more honesty out there than we know. :hi:

[Benhurst]

9. Given all the Wide-Stance Republicans populating Congress,

I'm surprised they could find a spokesman who didn't call Matt Lauer "dear."

[Mass]

10. It was only condescending because she insisted asking a stupid question...

saying he was stopping fighting against the war because he was not running for President or Senator. He tried to tell her twice that this did not mean he would not fight and that there were still 16 months, but she was refusing to listen (I wished to insisted as much yesterday with Rice, or that the Press corps insisted yesterday when Tony Snow answered Iraq was not an open-ended committment because we would eventually win).

[TwilightGardener]

13. What does she expect him to do? Is he Superman, that I wasn't aware of?

So the "dear" wasn't affectionate? LOL!

On edit--that's a pretty awful thing to accuse him of, to say that he only spoke out against the war for campaign/political reasons. She was lucky to get off with just "dear".

[Benhurst]

15. Good point.

[Inuca]

11. What channel was that on?

Sorry, I never watch the morning shows, and have no idea who Viera is.

[Inuca]

12. Never mind, I found it

She deserved the condescension, she was being obnoxious.

[TwilightGardener]

20. Just curious, where are all the feminists today? A Repub putting down a

woman--you'd think more folks would side with Meredith.

[XanaDUer]

21. Well, I guess no one heard the exchange, either

Oh, well.