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bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 07:59 PM Feb 2021

Ari Melber, enough whining about the witnesses, and enough of the rap crap.

Bringing in Senator Blumenthal, possibly the whitest guy in the Senate aside from Mitt Romney on to JayZ lyrics is BS. Enough of the cool kid in the room crap. You are a lawyer and a bright Legal mind, cut the shit and show your real strengths.

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Ari Melber, enough whining about the witnesses, and enough of the rap crap. (Original Post) bottomofthehill Feb 2021 OP
I agree. He needs to quit trying to be the coolest kid in the room. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1
The irony is, the coolest kid never tries. I agree w/you. jrthin Feb 2021 #12
i agree and i'm not tired of all the rap stuff. I appreciate Joy and Nicole more trueblue2007 Feb 2021 #31
A moderate amount of the music stuff was fine, but he has gone overboard, I think. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #32
Agreed. nature-lover Feb 2021 #2
Seriously StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #3
There are times that he is so good. bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #4
Yep. He wastes so much time with anecdotes and tangents sometimes. marmar Feb 2021 #11
Yeah, that was weird nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2021 #5
Ari's show should get the hook. MSNBC can still use him as a contributor oasis Feb 2021 #6
Couldn't agree with you more. He is a perfect example COLGATE4 Feb 2021 #37
He got to be really annoying so BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #7
No the rap tonight was good - that's a great new Jay-Z rap that will teach malaise Feb 2021 #8
Agreed. marmar Feb 2021 #9
More here malaise Feb 2021 #18
I think the rap is strong, but as walk up for Sen Blumenthal... bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #13
Rap Crap? Really????? mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #10
I am a hip hop generation guy, have no issues with rap, actually enjoy it bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #15
I never doubted you ;) nt mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #23
No matter the age I think most of us grew up bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #26
Somehow my mom and stepdad ended up with a copy of Led Zeppelin 2 on vinyl mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #27
"Rap crap"? Perhaps you should re-word that, especially if you're from... brush Feb 2021 #28
What's the problem with Senator Blumenthal? He's a respected Democrat... Hekate Feb 2021 #14
Nope, I am a fan of his, well thought guy bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #17
Ari is not my favorite guy. I generally switch to CNN at that time. Earthshine2 Feb 2021 #16
he says things that he would condemn others for saying. nt msongs Feb 2021 #19
My point, his legal analysis can be quite good bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #20
I tend to go Steve Harvey Family Feud bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #24
He can be tiresome. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #21
Many in the media are mad about witnesses Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #22
Covid relief, Cabinet level appointments bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #25
Exactly StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #34
His obsession with rap music is embarrassing PCIntern Feb 2021 #29
I love the analogy StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #35
I can't relate to the rap, and used to assume he was trying too hard to be cool. ariadne0614 Feb 2021 #30
I'm OK that he likes rap, but has hosting a news show. procon Feb 2021 #33
I Wish He Would Stop INterrupting People Mid-Sentence Because 'that's his job'. Me. Feb 2021 #36
Rap crap? ecstatic Feb 2021 #38
Yes, but he is being paid for legal analysis not rap references bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #40
Surely he and MSNBC have gotten the feedback that this weird obsession with music is offputting renate Feb 2021 #39
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
3. Seriously
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:03 PM
Feb 2021

Last edited Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Sen. Blumenthal explained to him why witnesses were neither necessary nor wise and then Ari continued arguing with him because he clearly knows better than any senator how this should have been done.

oasis

(49,150 posts)
6. Ari's show should get the hook. MSNBC can still use him as a contributor
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:04 PM
Feb 2021

on Trump's upcoming legal cases.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
37. Couldn't agree with you more. He is a perfect example
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:16 AM
Feb 2021

of the Peter principle, promoted beyond his level of competence.

malaise

(267,784 posts)
8. No the rap tonight was good - that's a great new Jay-Z rap that will teach
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:04 PM
Feb 2021

young folks about what just went down in Nancy's office with those effin' Trump terrorists.
We agree on the witness whining.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. Rap Crap? Really?????
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:07 PM
Feb 2021

Thought I'd try that ^^^ out, see how that felt to me ...

Meh ... I don't get the appeal.

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
15. I am a hip hop generation guy, have no issues with rap, actually enjoy it
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:13 PM
Feb 2021

I was coming of music age with my parents asking “ what is that you are listening to” in the 80’s

The crap is Ari trying to be the cool kid.

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
26. No matter the age I think most of us grew up
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:33 PM
Feb 2021

With our parents asking, what are you listening to but between break dancing, Rap and Madonna, my poor Irish Catholic parents were constantly confused by my sisters and I

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
27. Somehow my mom and stepdad ended up with a copy of Led Zeppelin 2 on vinyl
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:37 PM
Feb 2021

I'm sure it was a gift or something ... I'd NEVER heard them play it.

Anyways, I of course absconded it, at like age 10. Circa 1976. Brought it to my room.

So imagine her surprise when mom came in one day during the whacky sound effects of Whole Lotta Love and was like WTF?

And I was all ... it's funny, mom, this album is actually yours and dads lol ...

I never gave it back, and in fact I still have it

brush

(53,467 posts)
28. "Rap crap"? Perhaps you should re-word that, especially if you're from...
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:00 PM
Feb 2021

the hip-hop generation. Why disparage your own generation's creativity?

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
17. Nope, I am a fan of his, well thought guy
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:15 PM
Feb 2021

Do you think he would pick JayZ as walk up music. He is about the whitest dude in the Senate, putting him with JayZ is Ari’s attempt at cool.

Earthshine2

(3,848 posts)
16. Ari is not my favorite guy. I generally switch to CNN at that time.
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:14 PM
Feb 2021

I can appreciate his legal analyses, but something in his style bugs me.

He often forcibly puts random pop culture references into his speech, and it's annoying.

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
20. My point, his legal analysis can be quite good
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:17 PM
Feb 2021

Then he rolls into the pop culture cool kid stuff and I Tap Out.

 

Dem4Life1102

(3,974 posts)
22. Many in the media are mad about witnesses
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:23 PM
Feb 2021

because having witnesses would have extended the trial and boosted their ratings. They don’t care that it would delay desperately need Covid relief because they don’t need it.

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
25. Covid relief, Cabinet level appointments
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:30 PM
Feb 2021

Infrastructure, healthcare, minimum wage, the beat goes on. Vrs advertising revenue for the networks.

PCIntern

(25,341 posts)
29. His obsession with rap music is embarrassing
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:11 PM
Feb 2021

Rap music is what it is, and that’s fine with me. But this guy reminds me of Steve Martin in the opening scenes of the film The Jerk. It is just so stupidly ridiculous to watch him quoting say, Eminem, during a crisis of the Constitution of the United States of America. Imagine all the great writers of politics and history available to him and the schmuck Quotes Eminem or Dr. Dre. It would be like me telling a patient that he or she has oral cancer and saying well as the Beatles song I’m A Loser” and saying “so the thing speaks for itself. Get your affairs in order, maybe you’d want to be Ricky Nelson’s Travelin’ Man, hey? (Stupidly sheepish smile follows)

ariadne0614

(1,692 posts)
30. I can't relate to the rap, and used to assume he was trying too hard to be cool.
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:20 PM
Feb 2021

Over time, although I haven’t lost my aversion to rap, or discomfort over the bewildering cultural references, I’ve learned to enjoy the challenge.

I appreciate his persistent, intentional effort to bring people from such disparate worlds into the same space. It’s actually kind of fun, and no longer gets my undies in a bundle over my own discomfort. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to stretch beyond my normal comfort zone for a few minutes a day.

procon

(15,805 posts)
33. I'm OK that he likes rap, but has hosting a news show.
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:25 PM
Feb 2021

All his insider music quips, the name dropping, the know it all lectures, are a huge distraction. When he explains legal stuff I listen. He has some good interviews. There's nothing wrong with his news show and he should stick with that.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
36. I Wish He Would Stop INterrupting People Mid-Sentence Because 'that's his job'.
Mon Feb 15, 2021, 10:17 PM
Feb 2021

Or when he stops them when they are saying insightful things because he's out of time and the reason he's out of time is because he took up so much of it spouting nonsense or embarrassing other guests with lame jokes.

ecstatic

(32,566 posts)
38. Rap crap?
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:57 AM
Feb 2021


For what it's worth, I don't think he's pretending. I think this is who he really is--a bright legal mind who is also an avid rap fan.

bottomofthehill

(8,261 posts)
40. Yes, but he is being paid for legal analysis not rap references
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:15 PM
Feb 2021

I love music in all its forms, I don’t tune in to MSNBC for my music fix, I use pandora for that.

And totally with you, he provides good legal analysis, he should stick to what he is food at and is being paid for.

renate

(13,776 posts)
39. Surely he and MSNBC have gotten the feedback that this weird obsession with music is offputting
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 03:52 AM
Feb 2021

Is it some mental tic? Why can’t he stop? He is losing viewers over this. And I like him as a person!! It’s just that he has become unwatchable.

I don’t get it. Maybe he needs hypnotherapy or something. It works for smoking cessation.

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