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Letterman needles Chuck Todd with new show segment (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2014 OP
Was just thinking Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2014 #1
GOOD! Letterman is seen by more people than are the few cable or MSM news shows tblue37 Sep 2014 #2
I don't think you can make that comparison. Maddow, Hayes, and O'Donnell won't touch it. corkhead Sep 2014 #3
i love letterman samsingh Sep 2014 #4
So funny! I wish Dave... Mike Nelson Sep 2014 #5
GREAT, and when COlbert takes over HE can keep it up,,,,,,,,, benld74 Sep 2014 #6
Definition : - ) Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2014 #7
Letterman is great Gothmog Sep 2014 #8
Kicking Iwillnevergiveup Sep 2014 #9
I hope Colbert will continue to be political when he gets the show. mucifer Sep 2014 #10
Kudos to David!!! ailsagirl Sep 2014 #11
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #12

tblue37

(65,215 posts)
2. GOOD! Letterman is seen by more people than are the few cable or MSM news shows
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:04 AM
Sep 2014

that might be willing to highlight this stuff, like Maddow's, Hayes's, or O'Donnell's.

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
3. I don't think you can make that comparison. Maddow, Hayes, and O'Donnell won't touch it.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 11:22 AM
Sep 2014

Their bread is buttered the same place as Chuckie. The same corporate machine stamps fake signatures on all their paychecks.

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
7. Definition : - )
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:05 PM
Sep 2014

Observation that in an hierarchy people tend to rise to "their level of incompetence." Thus, as people are promoted, they become progressively less-effective because good performance in one job does not guaranty similar performance in another. Named after the Canadian researcher Dr. Laurence J. Peter (1910-90) who popularized this observation in his 1969 book 'The Peter Principle.'

Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/Peter-principle.html#ixzz3Cppk4Itq

mucifer

(23,474 posts)
10. I hope Colbert will continue to be political when he gets the show.
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 04:43 PM
Sep 2014

I'm worried they will pressure him to be less political than Letterman. But, he did totally bash bush during the correspondence dinner.

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