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MrScorpio

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67. Williams is the kind of guy who has to keep running his mouth...

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 10, 2017, 07:08 PM

Sep 2017

Even when he runs out of relevant things to say.

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I'm sorry. Brian Williams is a weird guy [View all] PCIntern Sep 2017 OP

Last year after the attack in Nice, France, lapucelle Sep 2017 #1

Williams is the kind of guy who has to keep running his mouth... MrScorpio Sep 2017 #67

Oh, I don't know.. Despite his silly rhetoric and past scandal, I still find his presentation style hlthe2b Sep 2017 #2

I like his "rhetoric." JaneQPublic Sep 2017 #19

"I rather appreciate Williams' attempts to introduce a novel turn of phrase or wit. " ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #23

I agree. Tired of bland. Hangingon Sep 2017 #29

Did you actually see the newscast? JaneQPublic Sep 2017 #33

actually, what got him in trouble was serial exaggerating (i.e. lying) shanny Sep 2017 #37

WaPo published stories later learned to be fabricated. JaneQPublic Sep 2017 #41

Don't forget the NYT bathroommonkey76 Sep 2017 #49

Ok. Is NPR a good enough source for you? shanny Sep 2017 #60

Why yes I saw the newscast ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #43

He's a professional journalost. pangaia Sep 2017 #35

Hell YES! ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #45

Actually it started as a typo "he's not a professional journalist" was the intention. pangaia Sep 2017 #50

As do I elias7 Sep 2017 #66

Peter Jennings was great. Chemisse Sep 2017 #42

I like Brian Williams. I think he is one of the best in the business. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #3

Aside from that whole, you know, shocking dishonesty thing Orrex Sep 2017 #7

That is just mean spiritedness. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #8

You're kidding, right? Orrex Sep 2017 #9

Just mean spirited IMO. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #10

I prefer my news-talkers to be less grossly dishonest Orrex Sep 2017 #11

None of us have ever made a mistake. I'm not so negative. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #12

That's horseshit. He didn't make a mistake--he told multiple deliberate lies Orrex Sep 2017 #13

Whatever.....have a nice Sunday. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #14

Whatever. Keep praising a news-talker with zero integrity. Orrex Sep 2017 #15

Bravo for your posts!!! ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #17

Post removed Post removed Sep 2017 #52

exactly right shanny Sep 2017 #38

Nope shadowmayor Sep 2017 #16

I suspect at lot of people, from bush to military, have lied about their experience involving Iraq. Hoyt Sep 2017 #31

And among those who served shadowmayor Sep 2017 #54

A whole lot of people didn't tell the truth, like what possessed those Hoyt Sep 2017 #61

One of our interpreters was a Jewish convert Iraqi dude named David shadowmayor Sep 2017 #62

Great post. Hoyt Sep 2017 #65

I know his brother from the old days. panader0 Sep 2017 #4

My Buddy Calls Him "Handjob"... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #5

As I've said before, he's obsequious SharonClark Sep 2017 #22

He has a certain wit cilla4progress Sep 2017 #6

I Like him and think frogmarch Sep 2017 #18

Yrs before his scandal I dubbed him Wedding Cake Guy for his mannekin wardrobe/grooming UTUSN Sep 2017 #20

I thought he said "snotty" not "sporty" QED Sep 2017 #21

I'm have no idea what "sporty winds" are or what "snotty winds" are either. milestogo Sep 2017 #24

Maybe it's in the context of boating...? Beartracks Sep 2017 #28

It is. I've often heard it in the context of sailing: The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #56

Nobody's perfect. yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2017 #25

TY! One man cannot be all things for everybody. arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #34

Always thought his shoulders got him the job!! bobbieinok Sep 2017 #26

I like Williams. He's quite eloquent in his own way. He often turns a phrase stopbush Sep 2017 #27

It is hard enough to get fully MuseRider Sep 2017 #30

Execs at NBC are trying to replicate Walter Cronkite... pbmus Sep 2017 #32

Cronkite was at CBS Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #40

The poster didn't say he was ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #46

Brian Williams was there when Irma first formed Vermijelli Sep 2017 #36

nice one shanny Sep 2017 #39

He is so fugging stiff malaise Sep 2017 #44

He's weird alright lillypaddle Sep 2017 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #48

He's Peggy Noonan in a suit. GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2017 #51

He's very tedious. If I have insomnia I switch over to his 11 PM show. Asleep in minutes. George II Sep 2017 #53

I can't get past his South Park eyebrows Skittles Sep 2017 #57

I don't mind him. I think he does a pretty good job on his regular show. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #58

You don't like his 3-minute questions? bluepen Sep 2017 #59

He's sententious. KnR. Hekate Sep 2017 #63

I like him Raine Sep 2017 #64

For the 20th time: PCIntern Sep 2017 #68