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My problem with Dennis Miller
Reading Digby, who is smartly, rightly, appropriately small-tent when it comes to Dennis Miller, I see that the one-time comedian said this:
But I will not turn my back on George Bush. Today, 2,619 days since a domestic terror attack on this soil. Thank you to my commander in chief, and thank you to the troops for providing us the safety to have an election like that.
Yes, but what if, instead of starting the count on 9/12/01, we started it one day earlier? Or you know what, how about we start it on 8/6/01? remember this?
"Bin Laden Determined to Strike U.S.
...his followers would follow the example of World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef
...Bin Ladin told followers he wanted to retaliate in Washington
...Al Qa'ida members - including some who are U.S. citizens - have resided in or traveled to the U.S. for years
...FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York."
You know, Bush and his minions seem laughable now that they're on their way out, but if I think too hard about the last 8 years, I'll start to cry.
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Poor Dennis Miller.
He has turned into the man he used to make fun of on a weekly basis back when he was in his 20s and 30s.
How sad. to turn into what you used to make fun of so effectively. :)
November 16, 2008 5:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
His radio show has become horribly boring. He needs a new sidekick. Sal is a cool guy, but he doesn't trigger Dennis wry sense of humour enough. It's very hard to be funny 3 hours a day on the radio, but Dennis needs to step it up here. Hire some writers -- add some bits with Dana Carvey and other guests. He's got the connections to have one of the best radio shows on the air.
November 16, 2008 10:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think Dennis Miller should just retire, and let Dana Carvey take over, doing his Dennis Miller interpretation.
Carvey as Miller was funnier than Miller himself ever was.
November 18, 2008 10:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Dennis should be put out to pasture. He made a very crude joke about Barney Frank (Bill O'Reilly even winced at it).
But to your larger point: how in the world did the republican party turn their failures - first to prevent 911, and after, to punish the perpetrators - into into a plus for them? It is worthy of a thesis, because it is the most absurd spin ever, and one that they continue to get away with, as you pointed out.
Just watching the video of Dubya at that school in Florida after he was informed is appalling. In fact, John Kerry should have shown all 15 minutes of our president staring into space after learning that our country was "under attack" as his one ad. Maybe he would have had a shot.
By the way, am I the only person who still wonders why the President was not immediately removed to a secure location as soon as the first plane hit? Or the second? Did they know that our prez was not a target? How?
November 16, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly, CVille Dem: "It is worthy of a thesis, because it is the most absurd spin ever."
Obviously, they're going to try to spin it. We all do when we foul up. Even more so in politics. I get that. But how were they allowed to spin it successfully?
My answer: complete and total abdication of responsibility on the part of a media elite that feared for their continued access.
(I know, I know, I'm as tired as anyone of hearing people blame the media for every known ill, but when it comes to their behavior over the last decade plus, I think it needs to be repeated over and over and over.)
November 16, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agree that the media was complicit, and Rove et al made sure they would be frozen out if they didn't play ball, but it doesn't absolve the citizens of our country for their deaf/blind acceptance of obvious lies.
When was the last time you heard someone refute the Dennis Millers, the Rudy G's, and the rest of them when they keep saying that George Bush has kept us safe? The silence is deafening because no one wants to think about it. No one wants to think about who really killed JFK either, and so anyone with facts about it gets silenced as a nutcase/kook.
November 16, 2008 4:23 PM | Reply | Permalink