Dan Rather ----------> Racisit

[ericire12]

He somehow finds a way to use "articulate" and "watermelons" in the same sound bite..... great job, Dan

[scott.ballard]

"He couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him state troopers to flag down the traffic."

Far be it from me to defend good ole Dan, but he is sort of known for his old timey euphemisms.  I think he was just trying to say that the POTUS has proven to be a wee bit ineffectual.  Unfortunately PC behavior nazi's require the withholding of the word watermelon when discussing the POTUS.

See what happens when you take away the TelePrompTer.  What's funny is how quickly he was interrupted.  Someone in the booth pulled a muscle on that one.

Stay safe,

[twyacht]

Way to go Dan,.....you Dan the Man,......

[fightingquaker13]

Thing is, politics aside, Dan seems like a pretty cool guy. After he left CBS and started doing interviews, he seems like a smart, funny as hell, and sarcastic good ole' boy who was happy to take the tie off. Hell, he brought a spitoon and a bag of Redman on Letterman and forced Dave to take a chew during the interview. It was hilarious to everyone not named David Letterman. It was sort of like Bob Dole after the '96 election. All of a sudden this whipsmart and funny guy appeared. Where had he been? The Dole who did viagra commercials could have kicked Clinton's ass. Yet het he, like Rather, just played the role till they retired and said scew it. Its a shame as the country would have been better off if they'd both just been themselves.
FQ13

[PegLeg45]

Sheesh, can't use the word 'watermelon' in the same sentence about a Black man anymore?    

I mean, he said BHO couldn't sell 'em......didn't say anything about eating or stealing 'em....and even then, would that be racist too?


And for the record, I like watermelons.


     

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[Pathfinder]

Thing is, politics aside, Dan seems like a pretty cool guy. After he left CBS and started doing interviews, he seems like a smart, funny as hell, and sarcastic good ole' boy who was happy to take the tie off. Hell, he brought a spitoon and a bag of Redman on Letterman and forced Dave to take a chew during the interview. It was hilarious to everyone not named David Letterman. It was sort of like Bob Dole after the '96 election. All of a sudden this whipsmart and funny guy appeared. Where had he been? The Dole who did viagra commercials could have kicked Clinton's ass. Yet het he, like Rather, just played the role till they retired and said scew it. Its a shame as the country would have been better off if they'd both just been themselves.
FQ13

So, you're OK with the whole made up documents thing? Of course you are, it was against your hated Bush so how bad could it really have been, huh?

He didn't retire, he was pushed out for fraudulently and knowingly putting something on air some that was fake. He knew it, but wanted it to be true so badly that he went ahead with it anyhow. He may be just another "good ol' Texas boy" to you. To a lot of us, he was in bed with the lestist/statists and loved his position of power so much that he was willing to lie for it.

At some point, FQ, you need to see people for who - and what - they are through their substantive actions. Lyndon Johnson was a personable good ol' Texas boy too, but I wouldn't have trusted him as far as I could have thrown him. Same with Rather. And like Hanoi Jane, it is highly doubtful he can ever recover his reputation, no matter how much chaw he makes Letterman take.

[ericire12]

Thing is, politics aside, Dan seems like a pretty cool guy. After he left CBS and started doing interviews, he seems like a smart, funny as hell, and sarcastic good ole' boy who was happy to take the tie off. Hell, he brought a spitoon and a bag of Redman on Letterman and forced Dave to take a chew during the interview. It was hilarious to everyone not named David Letterman. It was sort of like Bob Dole after the '96 election. All of a sudden this whipsmart and funny guy appeared. Where had he been? The Dole who did viagra commercials could have kicked Clinton's ass. Yet het he, like Rather, just played the role till they retired and said scew it. Its a shame as the country would have been better off if they'd both just been themselves.
FQ13

Translation:
Cant we all just get along and smoke some weed, man? He hates Bush... I hate Bush.... so Dan is A-OK bye me.
FQ13(D)

So, you're OK with the whole made up documents thing? Of course you are, it was against your hated Bush so how bad could it really have been, huh?

He didn't retire, he was pushed out for fraudulently and knowingly putting something on air some that was fake. He knew it, but wanted it to be true so badly that he went ahead with it anyhow. He may be just another "good ol' Texas boy" to you. To a lot of us, he was in bed with the lestist/statists and loved his position of power so much that he was willing to lie for it.

At some point, FQ, you need to see people for who - and what - they are through their substantive actions. Lyndon Johnson was a personable good ol' Texas boy too, but I wouldn't have trusted him as far as I could have thrown him. Same with Rather. And like Hanoi Jane, it is highly doubtful he can ever recover his reputation, no matter how much chaw he makes Letterman take.

Comment of the day award!

[ericire12]

UPDATE: He runs to the Huff Post to try to set the record straight:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-rather/watermelons-washington-an_b_492890.html