I’m not a violent man by nature, but this impertinent little bastard just invites thoughts of rusty nail enemas and tattoos administered by bullwhip into my normally genial imagination. Every time I hear Tucker’s shrill voice cutting off Paul Begala calmly making a point I want to wring his foppish neck.
Bow ties. Dead give away.
Oh please. When has The Forehead ever actually made a point, calmly or otherwise?
Agreed. Both are insufferable windbags and should be beaten thoroughly. It’s men like that who ruin politics with their stupid spin, no wonder the public doesn’t no what to believe. Bah.
What’s the beef with Paul? He seems like a nice guy to me, and If not for he and Carville, there would be hardly and dems responding to the quite outspoken pundits of the right with any conviction. NYTimes columnists don’t exactly speak to the masses. So who are we left with? Sean (Jeff Spicoli) Penn, and Alan (I Got OJ Off) Dershowitz, to compete with the likes of Rush (All I hear is Ditto) Limbaugh and Bill (Everyone is a Liar But me) O’Riley. If you ask me there’s a need for an ever stronger voice from the left.
Does anyone know Cecil’s political affiliations? 
“uppity prick or snot-nosed wise ass?”
I think that would make him a centrist.
Cecil is clearly and enlightened absolute monarchist. He awaits the day when the Teeming Millions rise up, topple the government and put him in charge of the whole shebang. Little Ed will handle some of the small stuff (state funerals, mall openings, negotiations with the French, etc.) but Cecil will handle all the big problems (health care reform, world affairs, what’s up with the Cubs, etc.)
First, using the terms calmly making a point and nice guy when describing Paul Begala boggles the mind. Surely you jest.
As to the supposed lack of liberal voices, here’s a list of just a few notables on cable today:
Chris Matthews
Bill Press
Judy Woodruff
Al Hunt
Mark Shields
Phil Donahue
These are just the most obvious examples; there are others with less obvious leanings. You might consider a simple test: compare your list of liberal v. conservative media voices with a conservative friend. Supposing you have a conservative friend, of course. Whether it would surprise you to find that many conservatives view the majority of newspapers, network and cable news shows to be at least leaning liberal would in itself be informative.
Tucker Carlson has a reputation for drinking too much and an being overall obnoxious guy at parties. In fact a while back when on a press trip to Vietnam he got too wasted and missed the plane coming home.
So, I like him.
Scene: hotel room, Tucker Carlson, stumbling naked and bleary eyed, assaulting a broken mirror in faux martial arts poses:
“I can’t believe I’m still in Saigon…”
elucidator was right to start with. The bow tie schtick tells you everything you need to know.
As with any product, if they try to distract you with the packaging, that means the product’s lacking.
Let’s not forget that silly article Carlson wrote about potato cannons. He is the poster child for arrested development. An uppity prick who reminds me of a high school debater with a secret stash of Third Reich porno.
Hey! I liked the potato cannon article.
Any man that doesn’t like hurling inanimate objects hundreds or thousands of feet at high velocity isn’t a real man. This is why shows like “Junkyard Wars” are on TV. Next thing you know you’ll be criticizing that guy in England who built a trebuchet capable of hurling small cars.
Say what you will about Tucker, the fact that he likes the potato cannon is a plus in my book. It’s a good sign of low stuffiness, rare in today’s pundits (I can only imagine Jonah Goldberg or – and it pains me to say this – James Carville as being similarly intrigued by spud warfare).
I dunno, I sort of like Tucker Carlson. I don’t find him anywhere near as witless and smarmy as say, Sean Hannity (now there’s a little prick for you) or as insufferably smug and self-important as Bill O’Reilly. Carlson at leat has a sense of humor and, unlike most other conservative pundits, he is willing to criticize his own party once in a while.
The oddest thing is the image. Jimmmy C. looks like one of the gargoyles of the cathedral in Hunchback of Notre Dame, while TC looks like one of those earnest college kids who worked for Eugene McCarthy. The liberal looks like he feasts on baby harp seal hearts and the conservative looks like he shaves with a cotton ball.
Tucker, Tucker, Bo Bucker…