Tucker Carlson Obsession Thread (merged)

[0nelilreb]

I used to hear Tucker on Bubba's show every thursday. He was a good interview. He wasn't pushing the right wing nut job crap at the time. He was being funny and he was damn good at it. I always found it odd since he considered himself a serious journalist at the time.

You find it odd that he left liberal journalism ? I think he addresses why he did

 

[volfanjustin]

So a left organization sifts through years of his regular appearances on a shock jock show to find 6 or so bad joke comments and this is the outrage.

I don't see why anyone would cheer on this type of mining for outrage. Sad state of affairs.

The left are so desperate to shut down anyone who disagrees with them

 

[golfballs]

I used to hear Tucker on Bubba's show every thursday. He was a good interview. He wasn't pushing the right wing nut job crap at the time. He was being funny and he was damn good at it. I always found it odd since he considered himself a serious journalist at the time.

Tucker hasn’t been a journalist for a long time

 

[ClearwaterVol]

He is funny and intelligent. I presume he's gone more nut job lately for ratings given the prime time slot he's in.

The right like to talk about the left wing characters like Stewart. Tucker is the right's version.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Tucker hasn’t been a journalist for a long time

It was probably 5 or 6 years ago. I didn't say he was a journalist. Said he fancied himself one.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

You find it odd that he left liberal journalism ? I think he addresses why he did

It's all about the Benjamins, baby.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Was Tucker a liberal journalist when he said these heinous and unforgivable things?

 

[05_never_again]

What's funny is that when he said a lot of this stuff, he actually had a show on far-right MSNBC.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Was Tucker a liberal journalist when he said these heinous and unforgivable things?

What's funny is that when he said a lot of this stuff, he actually had a show on far-right MSNBC.

...

 

[Grand Vol]

I don't see why anyone would cheer on this type of mining for outrage. Sad state of affairs.

Because Trump.

Duh.

 

[volinbham]

The right like to talk about the left wing characters like Stewart. Tucker is the right's version.

Stewart would never admit his bias claiming it was all just comedy.

 

[volinbham]

It was probably 5 or 6 years ago. I didn't say he was a journalist. Said he fancied himself one.

Not sure I agree with that - always seemed to present himself as an opinion person even way back on Crossfire.

 

[05_never_again]

Not sure I agree with that - always seemed to present himself as an opinion person even way back on Crossfire.

Yeah - Tucker has never done any real reporting that I've seen. His Wiki bio says that says that he was a reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette before joining The Weekly Standard in 1995, and everything he's done since then has been as a commentator/opinion guy.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

I don't think he should be fired nor do I think he will be fired.

I think it is important to look at certain events within the context of the time and place which they were said. He said some slightly outrageous stuff that if looked at today is really outrageous, but much as I view the blackface things. People that did it 20 years ago had a far different intent than those that did it last month.

Now, if we morph this into a statue argument. Many of those statues were erected, not right after the war to honor a war hero, but 100 years after the war to remind blacks of where they stood while they tried to fight for civil rights. Put them in museums or give them their proper historical significance. Don't leave 'em there pretending they are something that they are not.

 

[volinbham]

Now, if we morph this into a statue argument. Many of those statues were erected, not right after the war to honor a war hero, but 100 years after the war to remind blacks of where they stood while they tried to fight for civil rights. Put them in museums or give them their proper historical significance. Don't leave 'em there pretending they are something that they are not.

Yep, that McKinnley was a real bastage!

 

[DinkinFlicka]

For the record, I completely disagree with his comments on Canada. I firmly believe that we should attack Canada, plunder their oil reserves and disband their ****** baseball teams.

They need to answer for their crimes regarding Celine Dion, Bieber, Avril Lavigne, Drake, Nickelback, Rush, and Bryan Adams.

Also, poutine sucks ass. They somehow figured out a way to ruin brisket.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Yep, that McKinnley was a real bastage!

Sometimes I wonder if you can read.

 

[lawgator1]

Yes. That's EXACTLY the same thing as going on the radio show as an adult and professional and making these comments.

Jeebus, what kind of imbecile would make that post and think they are being clever ?

Oh. Sorry.

 

[lawgator1]

Did anyone have a problem with him when he was on CNN or MSNBC? Or just now that he’s on Fox?

Also whose job is it to come into work and sift through decades old material on Fox News pundits?

I did. I've always found him glib, unjustifiably arrogant, and masquerading as intellectual when his thinking is quite pedestrian.

 

[NorthDallas40]

They need to answer for their crimes regarding Celine Dion, Bieber, Avril Lavigne, Drake, Nickelback, Rush, and Bryan Adams.

Also, poutine sucks ass. They somehow figured out a way to ruin brisket.

Rush and maybe Bryan Adams can get clemency. Burn Bieber at the stake.

 

[Grand Vol]

I did. I've always found him glib, unjustifiably arrogant, and masquerading as intellectual when his thinking is quite pedestrian.

Sounds like your posts...

 

[NorthDallas40]

Sounds like your posts...

Wish I could give you more than one like for that post

 

[lawgator1]

Sounds like your posts...

Well played

 

[MWR]

eye of the beholder IMHO.

Or maybe the ear of the behearer. (Yeah, behearer can be a word).

 

[evillawyer]

Tucker's penance should be having to sit down and be interviewed about his statements by Mehdi Hasan. Dude just wiped the floor with Erik Prince.