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(94,375 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 11:53 AM Nov 2012

Hating Dan Rather's Guts [View all]

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Dan Rather Tells Morning Joe: 'Something In My Gut Tells Me Romney Will Have A Good Day' [VIDEO] http://mediaite.com/a/ngmea

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Hating Dan Rather's Guts [View all] bigtree Nov 2012 OP

why does rachel keep bringing him on her show? barbtries Nov 2012 #1

Have seriously questioned Rather ever since.... RhettScarlett Nov 2012 #31

Last night he told Rachel nervous eating was making him consume 3000 calories every hour soleft Nov 2012 #2

3000 calories an HOUR?!? No wonder he's messed up. berni_mccoy Nov 2012 #9

I saw him shilling for scumney on the Rachel Maddow show a week ago meadowlark5 Nov 2012 #3

Rather was for George Bush Whisp Nov 2012 #11

Ah. I never paid close attention to Dan Rather other than when he did the news back in the day meadowlark5 Nov 2012 #15

I doubt that very seriously considering the Bushes hate Dan Rather Bandit Nov 2012 #21

Dan Rather stood by George W. Chimperor Whisp Nov 2012 #22

Really? He lost his job at CBS for exposing Bush "military service" (nt) question everything Nov 2012 #23

he was not against the Iraq war. Whisp Nov 2012 #25

Lost his job because he thought typewriters in 1971 could produce superscript KurtNYC Nov 2012 #32

Super-rich people always have good days slackmaster Nov 2012 #4

Guys, come on. kstewart33 Nov 2012 #5

you missed the play on words bigtree Nov 2012 #8

Well done! randome Nov 2012 #20

Oops. My bad. eom kstewart33 Nov 2012 #30

i saw the old man (i think that is relevant) on maddow twice. both times he oddly parroted her. seabeyond Nov 2012 #6

I kinda like the dude bigtree Nov 2012 #12

ya... that is kinda what it felt like. seabeyond Nov 2012 #37

something annoying about her show last night was that it seemed devoted to why Obama would lose CreekDog Nov 2012 #33

i didnt watch it. i havent watched a lot of the coverage because i feel so much is to make a seabeyond Nov 2012 #38

Once a fool, always a fool. speedoo Nov 2012 #7

No surprise skeewee08 Nov 2012 #10

dan rather is mr. doom and gloom. Javaman Nov 2012 #13

He is wrong libtodeath Nov 2012 #14

Well he did the 'Mia Culpa' for having toed the corporate line upi402 Nov 2012 #16

Let's think about it for a second. grantcart Nov 2012 #17

is the vote that fluid and impressionable? bigtree Nov 2012 #26

Its not fluid in terms of deciding but it is that fluid in terms of grantcart Nov 2012 #29

Yeah and something in his gut told him that memo was typed in 1973 on a typewriter, Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #18

Better than relying on a forged memo. nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #19

can't take Brokaw either. n/t EC Nov 2012 #24

The gut is where "truthiness" comes from Beearewhyain Nov 2012 #27

I remember Rather calling the '00 election for Gore on CBS around 10pm. At that point I went to bed. Erose999 Nov 2012 #28

Wow, Rather was golden when he sacrificed himself going after Bush, MadHound Nov 2012 #34

What does he know? StarryNite Nov 2012 #35

I'm walking away from this cycle with far fewer favorites ecstatic Nov 2012 #36

I think since Dan Rather's guts are churning, we ALL need to send him some snailmail coupons nc4bo Nov 2012 #39

Jeez... countryjake Nov 2012 #40