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gab13by13

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1. I watched it.

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2023, 08:34 AM

Mar 2023

Was Bow Tie Boy on that or was it another similar program?

I remember when Frank Zappa was on debated free speech. He cleaned everyone's clock that day, had them all stuttering.

So CNN is bringing it back?

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How many of youse guys here were Crossfire addicts way back when... [View all] PCIntern Mar 2023 OP

I watched it. gab13by13 Mar 2023 #1

I remember that one with Zappa.... PCIntern Mar 2023 #3

He was on it. Jon Stewart was a guest & called him (and really the show) out. It didn't last long... themaguffin Mar 2023 #6

Lynne Cheney True Blue American Mar 2023 #12

Nt Marcuse Mar 2023 #22

SNL parodies the genre. Marcuse Mar 2023 #23

I remember. I often thought the liberal pundit was always kinda weak Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #2

You're right about that.... PCIntern Mar 2023 #5

Bob Beckel was a firebrand when he joined Polybius Mar 2023 #32

That's true PCIntern Mar 2023 #34

I never forgave Alan Colmes for playing a fool alongside Hannity EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #9

Right! kskiska Mar 2023 #39

The "from the Left" hosts were always tepid centrists rather than liberals JHB Mar 2023 #15

I have a photo of Bob Novak right here. lapfog_1 Mar 2023 #4

Yes, that's him! 2naSalit Mar 2023 #18

Haha, yep, it's in the eyes. Windows to the soul. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #24

I had Novak pegged as an apologist for all manner of evil back in the '80s EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #7

Evil... PCIntern Mar 2023 #8

He had a knack for extracting the worst from whatever ideology he espoused over time EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #10

Hair in the soup: When Jon STEWART got it cancelled. UTUSN Mar 2023 #11

Robert Novak made my skin crawl, even as a college kid at the time, bullwinkle428 Mar 2023 #13

Just because he looked like he had just risen from a casket in Transylvania.... rubbersole Mar 2023 #16

He called himself "The Prince Of Darkness" and it fit very well. Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #35

Yes, these "conservatives" were always much more radical than they were given credit for JHB Mar 2023 #14

Exactly - and that's why we need JustAnotherGen Mar 2023 #21

Bill Press and closet klanner Pat Buchanan were fun to watch. rubbersole Mar 2023 #17

That's right! The three planks of Fascism: intimidation, incarceration and extermination MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #19

Oh boy - my dad got me hooked! JustAnotherGen Mar 2023 #20

I "watched" it. MuseRider Mar 2023 #25

Your last sentence is the TRUTH. PCIntern Mar 2023 #26

Yes! MuseRider Mar 2023 #29

Novak reminded me of Underdog's Nemesis, Simon Bar Sinister Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #27

Oh thanks for this MuseRider Mar 2023 #30

He also doubles for Rudy Giuliani. Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #36

see my replay #4 lapfog_1 Mar 2023 #33

An example of Convergent Devolution... Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #37

I watched it, but in very small, occasional doses. Paladin Mar 2023 #28

I started with Pat Buchanan and Michael Kinsley Polybius Mar 2023 #31

Don't Remember Crossfire DET Mar 2023 #38

Wow! Cocktails with Bob... PCIntern Mar 2023 #41

I called it Crossfarting. Boomerproud Mar 2023 #40