4 A.M. (up with the baby) I catch "Meet the Press"

[underpants]

What in the HELL was that???

I put in " " s because that is clearly no longer a serious news show or even what it has been for the last 10 years.

Russert had the Bush impersonator on.... in the studio at the table with the Chief Political editor of the Washington Post and the national correspondent from Vanity Fair. They just had to sit there while this schmoe did his horribly lame bit and basically got a free advertisement. Russert was badly forcing fake laughter.

Good lord I (ME let alone someone in those positions) would have got up and walked out.

That was bizarre. The most ironic point of course it that Russert, the epitome of Washington press in this age, has this two bit pre-emptive hasbeen on a week after a lame stupid skit that everyone who owns or uses a computer has forgotten about. Maybe this is Russert following orders to blatantly continue to ignore Colbert dressing everyone down. I don't know but this is the first time I have watched MTP in months and it will be the last. "Jumping the shark" doesn't even cover that.

That guy isn't funny. I know from funny and that guy isn't it. He is just a lame impression anyone can do with a big make-up budget that's it. At least Mark Russell could play a piano.

From what I saw of Pelosi she did okay but she isn't the best at this sort of situation. Russert interrupted her endlessly and this "See we found one so you all are just as guilty" (corruption) was straight from RNC talking points.

It is good to hear the Democrats pointing out that they DO have an agenda but she should have said "As you should know....". Wes Clark mentioned the National Security agenda on Bill Maher's show Friday night.

[rodeodance]

1. thanks for the memo. I missed the show yesterday.

[Karenca]

2. Underpants described yesterday's show perfectly

It's not worth watching.........I was so annoyed.
I will never put that trash on again.

[sam sarrha]

3. reminds me of an old guy i met in NH ..asked him if he lived there all his

life and he said..'not yet.'

he is like Letterman, i watch him expecting him to be funny but he never is.. what he dies in not funny but somewhat interesting in another way. maybe it is a regional thing

[acmejack]

4. Russert assumed the Grand Inquisitorial style of interviewing

Never letting Pelosi finish a sentence or actually even hit her stride. He was hyper aggressive to the point of rudeness, he was accusing, he adopted a very adversarial style that was not the norm for that program. Russert did his very best to make sure she came off as badly as possible.

Pelosi was definitely not at her best, but Tim did her no favors either.

[Totally Committed]

5. underpants...

It's been this way for a while now, and seems only to be getting worse. I almost never watch the Sunday morning shows anymore (and I used to watch them all the time, and even tape them when I was going to be out). It's BAD. The media belongs to the RW now, and we have to fight to get it back.

TC

[LiberalEsto]

6. They should rename it

to "Press the Meat"

[underpants]

7. Yeah I used to watch religously too

I have fairly recently realized that there is nothing new there. Nothing. No substance nothing. In fact when I do catch the network news (used to watch every night too) I actually laugh at how they report the "news" the misinformation has crossed a line that I thought was only available in books and cartoons.

I know it has been like that for a while but I thought I would check it out. At 4 AM it is pretty much that or Girls Gone Wild commercials or really really old movies on TCM.

[blm]

12. Russert does have a job - convince voters that Dems are bad and that the

fascist agenda of BushInc is well-intended, based on Christian values, and should be welcomed with open arms.

[seemunkee]

8. He really wanted to get Pelosi to say Dems would raise taxes

What a whore monger

[Cosmocat]

10. I am telling you ...

He had Ken Melhman at home with an e-mail already typed about how Pelosi said the Ds would raise taxes ... It was a TOTAL setup, and he spent the next five questions whinning cause she wouldn't bite ...

W H O R E ...

[peace13]

9. What ever you do, please cover the babies ears

when that idiot is on!! Peace, Kim

[Nomen Tuum]

11. I refuse to watch MEET THE PRE$$TITUTE

I pray I will live long enough to see Russert and his fellow PRE$$TITUTE$ in the dock charged with High Treason

[dflprincess]

13. For reasons I don't understand my Mother has been tolerant of Russert

even though I keep pointing out he's a whore. However, his treatment of Pelosi yesterday did irk her so maybe she's starting to see the light. I also hammered with her on the fact that, if he was going to have a speaker from the Correspondant's dinner on, it should have been Colbert. I really thought he was using the Bush impersonator to kind of slam Colbert - especially when the impersonator was led into making remarks like "You don't want to be mean or hurt anyone with your jokes".

[0007]

14. Know what ya mean...I seldom watch the program. I had it on

Sunday and when Tim started his badgering of Pelosi on the tax cut. She tapped danced around him pretty good while I had it on.