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CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
57. Sell out
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 11:49 AM
Oct 2012

I wonder what in the hell he's done that the corporatists and the Republicans have on him--because Gregory has done a complete about face with regard to his reporting, his integrity and his politics.

Maybe people don't remember, but during George W Bush's initial years as President--Gregory was a thorn in the administration's side. He still had his integrity. He was still a journalist. He asked the tough questions. He sat in the front row and did his job. He challenged the President and pissed off the Bush Administration.

Gregory asked basic questions about the legitimacy of the Iraq war--questions that barely anyone else was asking. Most of the media was helping the neocons go to war, without challenging them. Gregory asked the tough questions.

Then, something happened. I have no idea what it was. We all know how seriously Karl Rove and the rest of them took any possible threat to their grand PNAC/neocon plan--of getting their foot in the Middle East and beginning their destructive nightmare. Look at what they did to Valerie Plame.

I have no idea what happened, I just know that he sold out. Completely. He's not a journalist. He is truly pathetic.

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Since you haven't told us what you think, why should we? brooklynite Oct 2012 #1
I will edit. sorry! hrmjustin Oct 2012 #3
Not much, one way or the other Cary Oct 2012 #2
Hairpieces? tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #4
nothing really quinnox Oct 2012 #5
A urinal Wwagsthedog Oct 2012 #6
Wow, that's crass. Quantess Oct 2012 #21
A jounalist that is biased to the right. Third Doctor Oct 2012 #7
Not looking down thread, and I expect not to be the first rufus dog Oct 2012 #8
Cream cheese Warpy Oct 2012 #9
turning the teevee channel spanone Oct 2012 #10
Lapdog. n/t gkhouston Oct 2012 #11
A SOLID BLANK Skittles Oct 2012 #12
Yes INDEED, fo sho. cliffordu Oct 2012 #80
Dancing with Karl Rove and all the assorted cooties and STDs that come from such an atrocity. n/t Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #13
Anus mouth jsmirman Oct 2012 #14
Hahahahaha budkin Oct 2012 #55
Dances With Rove SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #15
Excellent expression. Octafish Oct 2012 #45
Thank you. Feel free. SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #79
I don't think much of him these days Catherine Vincent Oct 2012 #16
thanks for the clip. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #17
He's not very smart. mykpart Oct 2012 #18
That's my impression. nt laundry_queen Oct 2012 #24
I agree and I'd add Chuck Todd to your analysis. They're both self important hacks, imo. myrna minx Oct 2012 #42
My impression but Peter Principle only works for white males uponit7771 Oct 2012 #44
How so? brush Oct 2012 #62
Bush's buddy "Stretch" Greybnk48 Oct 2012 #19
Shallow Oilwellian Oct 2012 #20
A world-class smirk. YayArea Oct 2012 #22
The Peter Principle Indpndnt Oct 2012 #23
Day old dog poop. nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #25
He looks like he has Planet of the Apes makeup on nadine_mn Oct 2012 #26
Grandstanding in disguise as a journalist for the rethuglicans. eom mfcorey1 Oct 2012 #27
He's in over his head. nt silvershadow Oct 2012 #28
"Quest for Fire" and the 80s TV "Beauty and the Beast" eShirl Oct 2012 #29
Quest for Fire Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #33
Typical LA TV "Journalist". Rich kid whose Daddy got him into the biz and not even bright enough Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #30
Someone who hasn't shown one bit of growth since taking over MTP, a lunkhead. nt Raine Oct 2012 #31
Dances with Roves Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #32
Just another overpaid Republican Toady Berlum Oct 2012 #34
This phrase: That's good news...for John McCain. Frumious B Oct 2012 #35
Honestly, he looks like the grinch Evergreen Emerald Oct 2012 #36
That disgusting "White Man's Overbite" Dance with Rove catbyte Oct 2012 #37
A cat horking up hairballs.... FSogol Oct 2012 #38
Dumb as a rock krawhitham Oct 2012 #39
I think how wrong I was at first madokie Oct 2012 #40
I think of him dancing with the "ham man with glasses", Kkkkkkkarl Rove a kennedy Oct 2012 #41
Slimeblob ananda Oct 2012 #43
Anything but a journalist or a professional. Skidmore Oct 2012 #46
A 180 lb. asshole with feet COLGATE4 Oct 2012 #47
I think of the time Shrub mocked him for asking a question in French. yellowcanine Oct 2012 #48
He's a shill. Arkana Oct 2012 #49
Thanks all for posting. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #50
We call him 'Unfrozen Caveman Chat Host' Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #51
ROFL! I love it! I am stealing that one! It's a perfect description! smirkymonkey Oct 2012 #71
Water Carrier Botany Oct 2012 #52
I think of him and see him humping KKKarl Rove's leg yellerpup Oct 2012 #53
Exactly. LMAO Hoyt Oct 2012 #61
Hack budkin Oct 2012 #54
He's no Tim Russert, marezdotes Oct 2012 #56
Sell out CoffeeCat Oct 2012 #57
I remember that dmr Oct 2012 #60
Jack Welch puppet blm Oct 2012 #58
Massengill. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #59
"Stretch" JohnnyRingo Oct 2012 #63
Puppet, Howdy Dodie! watercolors Oct 2012 #64
David Gregory OLDMDDEM Oct 2012 #65
Republican ass sniffer forestpath Oct 2012 #66
I know we are not suppose to talk about looks...He looks like Zoonie the Lazoon.. Tikki Oct 2012 #67
Tool. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #68
Bought and paid-for presstitute... truebrit71 Oct 2012 #69
Slimy weak asshole Zoeisright Oct 2012 #70
smelly socks. n/t Whisp Oct 2012 #72
"Who?" bemildred Oct 2012 #73
KKKarl Rove's Sock Puppet Blue Idaho Oct 2012 #74
All time assholes Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2012 #75
Dennis the Menace. L0oniX Oct 2012 #76
Flushing ZX86 Oct 2012 #77
The Rove Dance. Definitely. tavernier Oct 2012 #78
Creepy slime jsr Oct 2012 #81
Buttocks and what issues forth from them aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #82
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