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12. I kinda like the dude

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:01 PM

Nov 2012

. . . he's so at odds with the establishment that it's hard not to take his side against the Bush defenders who still despise him for his truth telling about AWOL.

My dad had Alzheimer disease . . .

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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