MSNBC After Hours - -- -- with Ron Reagan and Scarborough

[CatWoman]

comes on at 9 -- they will be discussing the Swift Boats controvery, and will be taking phone calls.

[Fenris]

1. Ron and Scarborough?

Yikes! This should be contentious!

[CatWoman]

2. just announced a panel

Buchanan
Drier

didn't get the other names.

[spanone]

3. David Dreier.....please, no.

JEEZ they just showed the Vet Swift boat ad. This is corrupt. They said Kerry LIED about 10 times.

[CatWoman]

4. LOL

he is a pathetic twit, isn't he?

:hi:

[spanone]

5. That's a compliment in my mind. :=}

[Bluebear]

6. Dreier "condemns" ad after much pressure

but wants to know if everything in the ad is not true. POS.

[Walt Starr]

7. MFG, THEY EDITED OUT THE OPENING LIE OF EACH!!!!!

In the original ad, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM CLAIMED TO HAVE SERVED WITH KERRY!!!!

[thebigidea]

8. Let us all shed crocodile tears for the passing of "Scarborough Country"

[CatWoman]

12. Andre!!!!!!!!!

:hi:

so good to see you.

my thread is now complete :loveya:

[thebigidea]

33. agh, I spoke too soon! He gets two shows!

I wonder what programming genius thought this one up... "People like Scarborough... so they'll like twice the Scarborough... TWICE AS MUCH!"

[CatWoman]

9. Mike Barnacle kicking ass

calls the ad, "political pornography"

[SayitAintSo]

10. Barnacle .... Calls it 'Political Pornography' ....

Calling it like he sees it .... Part politics part personal resentment.

[FredScuttle]

40. Good point by Barnicle

although it would be hilarious if George Carlin used "political pornography" first

[KharmaTrain]

43. Barnacle Should Know One When He Sees One...

He's good buddies with Kerry, but that doesn't clear him in my book.

He was a perpetual Clinton hatchet man...who made lots of money as part of the politics of personal resentment.

He could do me a favor if he just went far, far away.

[MoonRiver]

11. Barnicle tearing swift boat phonies a new one!

:evilgrin:

[newsguyatl]

13. they're really good together

if msnbc is smart, they'll make this a regular thing... if it's not already.

[City Lights]

15. Email 'em.

I suggested they make Ron Reagan a regular after the convention.

[Leilani]

14. Ron Reagan says he knows McCain

& if he says it is a smear, he agrees.

Ron also took it to Drier...he pressed him harder than regular press does.

[Connie_Corleone]

16. I hope Ron's show is permanent

Preferably without Scarborough.

[City Lights]

17. I'll second that.

He's great. Doesn't let the puke lies go unchallenged.

[SoCalDem]

45. Ron needs his OWN (unchaperoned) show

The only problem though, would be that he is an educated person who speaks in complete sentences...and does not froth at the mouth and spray his guests with spittle...

I could envision a show with his as host...following Olberman...a show with one or two guests..and having them complete thoughts...none of that "..we're outta time..15 seconds..." crap..:)

We can hope..

Scabbyborough can wander off to his own little dog and pony freepfest.. I'll watch Ron :)

[jab105]

27. Ron Reagan is great...I LOVE his voice (I know, it's just like

his fathers:))...

Hope he stays on there...I rarely see cable, but I was on vacation last week during the DNC COnvention, and wouldnt miss it because of Ron being on there!!

[redstateblues]

37. Ron inherited the old man's ability to communicate. Love Him.

[HarveyBriggs]

42. He looks like his Mom and talks like his Dad.

I absolutely agree that he has his father's ability to communicate. Many of the same mannerisms, too.

I think it's that Regan demeanor, rather than the name, that causes the more conservative voices to give him a lot of respect.

I could almost hear his dad tonight, "Well, uh, are you going to condemn this ad or not?"

Point. Set. Match.

Harvey Briggs

[CatWoman]

18. Gene Simmons is an asshole

pimping the war card.

[anti_shrub]

19. My god, he's apparently "challenged" too

Ron tried to explain 3 times that Al Queda wants Bush, and he completely missed it each time.....

[thebigidea]

20. he looks like an old Brooklyn dentist in a sudden midlife crisis

[Fenris]

22. ROFLMAOPIMP!

:thumbsup:

[CatWoman]

23. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm trying to eat dinner, here!!!!

[mitchum]

39. LOL!!!

nice one :)

[Sugarbleus]

24. Yeah, 'bombing the walls down to the cockroaches???' omg.

Nice dude, eh? Holee Cow :wow:

[DemoTex]

21. Unfortunately, the offending preposition continues to be repeated: "with."

As in "served with." This is a meme that must be dispelled. These right-wing hit men didn't anymore serve "with" Kerry than I did "with" Cowboy-great Roger Staubach. He was at Cam Rahn Bay and so was I. Two years apart. Nor was Bob Hope my foxhole buddy. We were actually in Vietnam at the same time (who can't say that?), but hundreds of miles away. Nor was I in bed with Ann-Margaret, when she was in Vietnam (fantasies notwithstanding!).

Try this on for size. I have had contact with only two pilots from my unit since 1971. One was my roomy, a great guy, who tracked me down in 1986. The other was a great guy who was in a holding pattern above me over the AHN VOR in the late 70s. I was in a LearJet and he was in an Army King Air. He heard my voice on the radio, recognized me, and said Doh-Mammy!. That was our unit re-group code when coming back from our deep and secrete missions. We were told Doh-mammy in Vietnamese meant "Mother-fucker." Maybe it did, maybe it didn't.

[CatWoman]

25. obviously, some of these guys claim they served "with" Kerry

by virtue of the fact that they ate in the same mess hall.

[grasswire]

26. yep

I had begged MSNBC to bring Keith on board, before he got this gig. After he did get the show, he wrote to me to say thanks for begging, and he said that if viewers would respond positively to MSNBC, the producers would let him control the content. It has been going his way for some time now.

Don't let up! Mail, mail, mail. Phone calls, paper letters, whatever! Keep him front and center!

[Ithuilwen]

28. I'm actually really liking this program

Scarborough and Buchanan are suprisingly tolerable/reasonable tonight, and Ron isn't backing down to Republican talking points and spin. Plus it seems to be very good-natured and even-tempered (lots of laughing). Not bad!

[thebigidea]

29. well, you do get bonus points if you go into Elvis/Nixon stories

[Reciprocity]

44. OMG!!

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/when_nixon_met_elvis/part_1.html

[CatWoman]

30. back to the ads

Buchanan predicts they will backfire.

thing is, they already have.

[sampsonblk]

31. Gene Simmons was great!

Typical brain-dead Bush supporter. He never DID seem to get the point about Al Qaeda preferring Bush in order to keep up their high recruitment. It just didn't register at all. You could see his brain overloading right before your eyes. Now I know why he wears make-up - so no one can see when he's having a brain-dead moment.

That was so hilarious!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

34. gene should shut up and sing

someone call laura ingrahm!

[mzmolly]

35. Actually he should shut up period. He can't sing either.

;)

[Andromeda]

46. But he thinks he can -- sad.

:nopity: He's all washed up. Nobody listens to him anymore.

[sampsonblk]

32. Entertaining and informative show

Very good. I hope this show lasts. What happened to Norville?

[HarveyBriggs]

36. I enjoyed their rapport during the convention.

Political panel for moderates.

Discussion without derision.

I was wondering, after Simmons went on his Bush rant, if the producers had asked the panel to lighten up and get into the Elvis "smoking the curtains" stuff. (We're not Hannity & Colmes! We're not Crossfire. We're not even O'Reilley, for crying out loud! Lighten up!)

After the convention aired, I wrote and told MSNBC I'd like to see more of the format, so I was pretty glad to see them.

Reagan has more spine than Colmes; and Scarborough -- more mellow with Reagan --is certainly less abusive than Hannity. It's an environment where people are allowed to entertain other points of view without being dimissed as some pathetic loser.

I enjoy that. I get frustrated with the arrogance of the far left and the obstinance of the far right.

This country's getting back to where it was during the late sixties. That was the most depressing time in all my life. This period is getting close to that.

John Edwards was really on to something when he came to Iowa with his positive message.

I was glad to see that message continued during the convention. And was very happy to see this group of folks pick up on that tone.

I hope this show succeeds, and people can learn to talk to each other again.

Harvey Briggs

[sampsonblk]

38. Welcome to DU Mr Briggs

I don't recall seeing you around before. These forums are great, aren't they?

[HarveyBriggs]

41. They are getting better.

There was a time when moderates were not as welcome as they are now.

But, I've learned that "BushHate" is truly a great uniter.

And thank-you for the welcome, sampsonblk.

Harvey Briggs