# Bob Schieffer, Consummate Idiot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 22, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050 "2013-01-22T22:51:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050/21 "2013-01-24T01:48:48Z")

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So, you’re Pitting Bob Schieffer for having a response of “meh” to the inaugural speech.

Well done and long overdue!

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**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050/22 "2013-01-24T02:07:11Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> So, you’re Pitting Bob Schieffer for having a response of “meh” to the inaugural speech.
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> Well done and long overdue!

It’s not that he wasn’t wowed by the speech, it’s that he had not a single relevant thing to say about it. So why bother?

But thanks for the compliment!

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-schieffer-consummate-idiot/648050/23 "2013-01-24T02:16:41Z")

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