Nora O'Donnell: Franken Will Be "Playing The Role Of Senator"...

[BlooInBloo]

Just heard on msnbc.

Fuck you, Nora. He IS a senator.

[KittyWampus]

1. the obvious rejoinder... "and O'Donnell plays the role of journalist"

[jgraz]

7. ...poorly

[hobbit709]

8. Extremely poorly.

She's to journalism what fast food is to a 5 star restaurant.

[KansDem]

12. Here's the professional journalist at work...

Asking the tough questions and holding public figures accountable!

[hobbit709]

15. Is that what an embedded journalist does?

[KansDem]

16. !!!

:rofl:

Perhaps she'll go undercover to get the big story!

[Lancer]

19. +2!

The only journalistic stripes she has are on her pajamas.

[kenfrequed]

18. A glorified conservative stenographer

Script provided by Karl Rove and company.

[AspenRose]

2. Much like Reagan played the role of president.

Because heaven knows he was incompetent and had no clue what he was doing.

[Ken Burch]

6. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that Reagan "lip-synched" or "dubbed" the role of prez

An acting role normally involves actually UNDERSTANDING the character you play and the meaning of the lines you speak. You have to know the subtext and understand the motivation, and you often have to do a lot of research about the character.

Anyone think ANY of that applies to what Reagan did from 1981 to 1989?

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. +1,000,000

[TheWraith]

3. Cool the outrage jets. It's a common figure of speech.

Unless there's more context to this, it's common for someone to be said to be "playing the role" of something.

[BlooInBloo]

14. Thanks for playing the role of thinker...

Since it's such a common figure of speech, there's no need to be offended, right?

[Spazito]

20. Yes, I am SURE she also said Sotomayor is....

"playing the role of a Judge" as well, right? Or, surely she said Graham was "playing the role of a Senator" too given the expression is so "common".

[msanthrope]

4. You have to excuse our dear, sweet Noron.....n/t

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. Nora O' Donnell

is so cute:sarcasm:

[marmar]

9. Noron probably thought that was genius phrasing too......

:dunce:

[Cha]

11. "Playing a Senator"!?!! Senator Franken is intelligent and

can DO anything which begs the question..what are norah's skills?

[madrchsod]

13. poor nora, she tries so hard to please....

[krispos42]

17. As opposed to Bush?

The guy that bought a fake ranch and spent 20% of his term (during his self-declared "War" on terror) on vacation?



Ah... Franken, Day 6: already a failure...

[City Lights]

21. So says someone who plays the role of journalist.

Up yours, Norah.