skippy the bush kangaroo: tucker? we don't even know her!

Sunday, March 09, 2008

tucker? we don't even know her!

first it was melanie morgan, and now apparently the unholy spawn of george will and pee wee herman is getting the axe. tvnewser:

insiders tell tvnewser tucker carlson's 6pmet show tucker is getting the axe, but carlson stays on as a political contributor to all msnbc shows at least through the 2008 election. the official announcement, expected tomorrow, will include details about who will replace tucker at 6pmet as well as other political programming additions. sources say the network is going to beef up its schedule with more nbc news talent.

in recent days, jossip, as well as other blogs, ratcheted up the talk that tucker would be replaced "for a new project." in its 33-month run, carlson's show has had two names, four time slots and multiple formats. at 6pmet, it builds on its harbdall lead-in on some days, but loses audience on others.

carlson is expected to host the show through next week, with his new role and title to take effect march 17. we're told he'll also be reporting from the campaign trail.

Labels: multi-millionaire media, punditry

posted by skippy at 5:46 PM |

8 Comments:

could msnbc please give rachel maddow her own program? thank you.

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Michael, 7:39 PM PDT

here here what Micheal above said....

( woooooohooooooo finally...no more tucker...took them long enough)

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enigma4ever, 9:41 PM PDT

tuck, tuck, tucker...oh say it isn't so...

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moderate, 5:15 AM PDT

Good riddance! I won't miss his smug-ass commentary.

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Daisy, 9:46 AM PDT

Unfortunately, it looks like David Gregory will get the slot.

Not the worst choice, but I was hoping for a Crossfire kinda thing with Rachel.

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Carl, 12:28 PM PDT

could do worse than david gregory.

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skippy, 5:24 PM PDT

Sounds like mutha-Tucker and the old dim bulb and his gin slathered, Swiss cheese brain suffer from undiagnosed Capgras delusion (or Capgras syndrome), a rare disorder outside of Texas in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a spouse or other close family member, has been replaced by an identical looking impostor, except in this case the infidel Boooosh thinks (and that’s a stretch!) that the entire country has been replaced by cheap badly cloned plastic Cheneys. This delusion is most common in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, extreme religious/sexual repression, or constipation(Bill O’Reilly), although it can occur in a number of conditions including after brain injuries, dementia, and Republican voter registration drives. My guess, off the top of my head, is that they were composed with a high melting point in mind (the temperature at which the attractive intermolecular forces are overcome), probably polyethylene with a liberal dash of other polyamides, and in the true spirit of Conservatism, to keep things completely amorphous, methyl methacrylate. Although seemingly real in every detail, with the exception of the fact that they don’t hide every five minutes and that they’re human, Booosh keeps insisting that these Cheney-esque house apes are real, that the economy is great, that the surge is working, and that we’re respected everywhere, as these delusions aren’t cut and runners and all don flag lapel pins in various skin flaps as well as nearby assorted exhaust ports. The Capgras delusion is classed as a delusional misidentification syndrome, a class of delusional beliefs right up there with organized religion, that involves the misidentification of people, places or objects. It can occur in acute, transient, or chronic forms, in fact, anywhere old, tired, patriotic shtick is sold, borrowing on future debt of course.

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