Schuster subs for Tucker tonight...makes it worth watching...usually n/t

[Hamlette]

[gatorboy]

1. They forcing him to apologize today?

Or did he already?

[Gabi Hayes]

3. yes, he did. heard it on Harry Shearer....BUT, according to Shearer,

the soldier who was killed actually DID live in the district. I can't remember the details, but he was staying with his girlfriend and her mother for a year or so before he went in, and their house was in Blackburn's district.

[Hieronymus]

5. I thought his attack of Marsha Blackburn was a wonderful moment in news.

[Submariner]

2. Maybe their testing Shuster's audience numbers against Tucker

and they'll deep six Tucker when they find out his numbers suck.

[Hieronymus]

4. God, I hope so.

[zbdent]

12. remember, in right-wing world,

high ratings = cancellation; low ratings = extended contract ...

elaborating, any ratings by a lib/dem is cause for cancellation ...

[malaise]

6. He's tearing up Rudy 9/11

to shreds.

[Kahuna]

7. Shuster is excellent. What I like about him is that he actually

checks facts. Remember those? :wow:

[Gabi Hayes]

8. Gee, what a surprise.......lying liars caught lying again

Are Republicans boycotting MSNBC?
Posted October 1st, 2007 at 10:30 am
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Last week, we saw one of the more effective media “gotcha” moments in recent memory. David Shuster, filling in for Tucker Carlson on MSNBC, interviewed Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, primarily on the congresswoman’s outrage over MoveOn.org’s “Betray Us” ad and the New York Times’ mistaken ad rate. Shuster made Blackburn look pretty foolish when, after detailing her concerns about a newspaper ad, she had no idea who was the most recent American from her district killed in Iraq.

One can argue about the question’s propriety — I thought it made for some unusually compelling television — but Shuster certainly made his point. Blackburn, like too many Republicans right now, are demonstrating misplaced priorities. As Shuster told Blackburn on the air, “ou were not appreciative enough to know the name of this young man. He was 18 years old and killed. Yet you can say chapter and verse about what’s going on with the New York Times and MoveOn.org.”

Almost immediately, the right responded by insisting that Shuster got his facts wrong — the soldier he cited wasn’t from Blackburn’s district. It turns out Shuster was right and his critics were wrong, but the network aired a correction anyway.

Not satisfied, the GOP establishment has decided to take things up a notch, punishing MSNBC for putting Shuster on the air.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13069.html

[Gabi Hayes]

9. ''Bohannon's 'last legal address was in Blackburn's district.' ''

Report: Bohannon's "last legal address was in Blackburn's district."
Writing for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Washington correspondent Bartholomew Sullivan reports (emphasis added):


But Shuster's apology may have been premature. The tiny hamlet of Bon Aqua, Tenn., is where Bohannon lived in the months immediately prior to entering the Army. The Census Bureau places his home in Blackburn's 7th Congressional District.

He lived in Bon Aqua for "close to a year" immediately prior to entering the Army, said Tonya Taylor, 35, who permitted him to stay at her house while Bohannon was dating her daughter.

Bohannon grew up, was home-schooled and was buried in McEwan, which is clearly in the 8th Congressional District of U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn. But his last legal address was in Blackburn's district.


http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/report_bohannons_last_legal_address_was_in_blackburns_district_67940.asp

[Hamlette]

10. Even if Bohannon wasn't in the district, she STILL couldn't name the last person killed from her

district.

So what's the point of the right trash machine?

It would be wonderful if they boycotted MSNBC. MSNBC might go further left. I mean, what happened to Fox when no sane people watch? People like bill Crystal say its a good thing to deny medical care to kids and the GOP will win the WH in 2008.

[Holly_Hobby]

11. Tucker's contract expired 9/30

I thought I saw a thread on it last week.....maybe Tucker's g-o-n-e???