Video is at the link. And I know how reluctant folks are to click on links without a summarized transcript. But I really don’t know where to even begin with Rudy’s unhinged, spittle flecked rant.
Well done Pierce. It may not be classic journalism, but you’ve said exactly what should have been said and done so long ago by so many of your fellow journalists.
I don’t have a high regard for Piers, but he’s been right about a lot of things. One of the reasons CNN was pressured to dump him as Larry King’s replacement was that his outspoken views on gun control made him very unpopular with the gun nuts. I thought he was a lightweight and a poor choice for that job in any case. One of the things I didn’t like was the way he always pandered to his guests, even when they were idiots. He certainly wasn’t pandering to ol’ Rudy, though, who seems to have lost his mind. Maybe Rudy thinks the batshit crazy act is a surefire path to the 2024 nomination.
NYers knew this about RG as far back as 2007. Rudy Guiliani hates ferrets. He did not become unhinged. He’s been unhinged for quite some time. The only (no longer) surprising thing is people not recognizing it.
Again, the point isn’t how long Rudy’s been crazier than a shithouse rat and everybody has known it. The point is how long he’s been getting away with it on most media. Especially as Trump’s sycophant. Until this Piers Morgan interview.
Huh, just a few days ago I was thinking, “I wonder what Rudy’s been up to, I haven’t heard from him in a while.” Nice to know he hasn’t lost his touch.
I think Piers and Rudy should have a Thunderdome match - sort of a “two men enter, then we brick up the entrance with both of them inside and go get pizza” sort of thing. It’s a win-win for society.
Disclaimer: I do not actually advocate walling up people alive, no matter how morally repugnant they are.
Eh, the whole point is to create conflict and get viewers (and get talked about). In that, because we are here talking about, it has been a huge success!
I see Piers and Rudy as buddies who are play acting for the camera.