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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:55 PM Jun 2012

New Rising MSRNC "Star" Ann S.E. Coulter-Cupp Introduces Herself. Air Sickess Bags To Your Left.

June 19, 2012 10:00 AM
Can MSNBC Really 'Lean Forward' With S.E. Cupp as Host?
By Nicole Belle



S.E. Cupp??? C'mon MSNBC. It's kinda hard to buy the whole "lean forward" meme when one of the first people you bring on board works for that oh-so-delightful Tucker Carlson outlet (the one that celebrates lack of professionalism), appears on Glenn Beck TV and writes such painfully obvious attempts to be edgy and "controversial" as this:

If you don’t know me, I’m an author, a political columnist, and a conservative television commentator. I live in New York City, I love board games, and my favorite food is macaroni and cheese. I’m also a terrible person.

You should know this about me now, because it will lessen the blow later when I gradually reveal all of my grotesque short-comings over the course of our relationship here at The Daily Caller. I figure, if I’m upfront with you at the beginning, you will come to hate me only slightly less. It’s that modicum of tolerance that I hope I can eventually turn into a shred of acceptance, and then later maybe that will become a snippet of appreciation. But that may just be wishful thinking.

So let’s pretend we’re on our first date, and we’re getting to know each other. You are sitting across the table from me at some trendy, low-lit, beautiful-people lounge that you picked and I probably hate. You’re sipping from a glass of small-batch bourbon that you ordered to prove how “old-school” you are, and I’m sipping from a glass of small-batch bourbon because that’s what I drink. In the first five minutes you’ve been sure to let me know you’re a banker/lawyer/politico and I’m immediately regretting my pledge never to go out with a banker/lawyer/politico, and as you talk I’m imagining myself fishing the salmon run in Alaska (you’re not there).
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New Rising MSRNC "Star" Ann S.E. Coulter-Cupp Introduces Herself. Air Sickess Bags To Your Left. (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 OP
Sippy Cupp is a dimwit. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #1
I've stopped watching Scarborough, Todd, and Greenspan. Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 #5
yup ... I won't watch the toad either ... or the Russert Potato. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #14
It's the ugly on the inside by which she will be judged. AtomicKitten Jun 2012 #2
S.E. Cupp is on the wrong side of so many issues, Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #3
Don't make fun of S.E. Cupp. Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #4
is there supposed to be DonCoquixote Jun 2012 #18
No. Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #19
if you mean this one, no DonCoquixote Jun 2012 #22
Possibly a trend? Plucketeer Jun 2012 #6
I dig S.E.'s cupps Garion_55 Jun 2012 #7
So glad Current now has a stable of liberal talkers rurallib Jun 2012 #8
Just had that conversation with a Facebook friend a few minutes ago Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 #13
3 Hours Of Morning Joe Doesn't Meet The Conservative Quota For MSNBC? n/t ihavenobias Jun 2012 #21
She can't be that smart because she's too pretty? WhoIsNumberNone Jun 2012 #9
No, she got the job because she's pretty Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #20
MSNBC might grab some viewers Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #10
She'll soon go the way of Rita Cosby JaneQPublic Jun 2012 #11
Rita Cosby? Hmmm...no. That name doesn't ring a bell. Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 #12
Rita was also one of the regular "Hardball Hotshots" on Tweety's show. Chiyo-chichi Jun 2012 #15
ick she is an ickly person. n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #16
Do Not See Why erpowers Jun 2012 #17
Sooooooo MSNBC is moving into reality comedy? Did anybody get else get the screw up in her .... marble falls Jun 2012 #23
Boy would I like to get Current TV 90-percent Jun 2012 #24
i've never seen her wear that much makeup. must be the fox influence. ellenfl Jun 2012 #25

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
1. Sippy Cupp is a dimwit.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:00 PM
Jun 2012

Let's see the liberal MSNBC has ...

Joe Scab 6-9am ... I won't watch.
Andrea Greenspan ... another hour I won't watch.
Sippy Cupp ... another other I won't watch.

Good job liberal MSNBC.

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
5. I've stopped watching Scarborough, Todd, and Greenspan.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:12 PM
Jun 2012

Can't even handle having them on for "background noise" any more.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
3. S.E. Cupp is on the wrong side of so many issues,
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:08 PM
Jun 2012

and the only reason why I tolerate watching her is because I think she's really cute. All that crap about MSNBC being such a liberal network is BS, though. They have conservatives like her on there all the time. CurrentTV is more liberal than MSNBC will ever hope to be.

 

Pab Sungenis

(9,612 posts)
4. Don't make fun of S.E. Cupp.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:12 PM
Jun 2012

She is a Feminist Martyr now and no person, let alone man, is allowed to criticize her in the least.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
22. if you mean this one, no
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:02 AM
Jun 2012

If there is one that makes her a "martyr", I guess I did, however, most of the feminists I know do not mind calling right wingers idiots. They may object to the "c" word as it tends to allow some men to use that word whenever they feel like it, but they can call a right wing pundit an idiot.

rurallib

(62,415 posts)
8. So glad Current now has a stable of liberal talkers
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:24 PM
Jun 2012

it gets harder to handle MSNBC.
I love Ed and Rachel and Bashir when I watch him.

But lets face it - they are owned by GE.

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
13. Just had that conversation with a Facebook friend a few minutes ago
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:51 PM
Jun 2012

I have to add Reverend Al to your list, though.

I have this little problem with the coax cable that runs from my wall to the converter box. There are a few channels I can't get sometimes (Current, VH1 Classic and others) and I know a new cable will rectify that.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
9. She can't be that smart because she's too pretty?
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:25 PM
Jun 2012

More like she can't be that smart because she's a conservative.

And what has smart got to do with galvanizing? Sarah the Weathergirl? BSC? Both dumb as posts and yet extremely galvanizing to the moronic masses of Reds. She's got it all wrong. Reds don't give a fuck about your brains- but if you're good looking they'll listen to any pablum you dribble out.

Hey all you folks with cable- Please let's straighten MSNBC out. Make sure and have your TV tuned to MSNBC in the timeslot immediately before hers- Then pointedly change the channel the minute she comes on. And maybe change it back as soon as she's done? Wouldn't that big trench in their ratings be just soooo gratifying?

 

Pab Sungenis

(9,612 posts)
20. No, she got the job because she's pretty
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 10:57 PM
Jun 2012

and that's it.

Look at her background: studied art history at Cornell, was a professional ballet dancer, and a file clerk at the New York Times. That's all she had as a background before Fox hired her to show off her legs and spout anti-women attitudes and other conservative dogma as she did it.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
10. MSNBC might grab some viewers
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:33 PM
Jun 2012

away from Fox with this move. If dumb conservatives want to watch her on MSNBC for the "eye candy", let them.

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
11. She'll soon go the way of Rita Cosby
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 03:44 PM
Jun 2012

Remember her? No?

She used to have an evening show on MSNBC. She was better known by the name given to her by Randi Rhodes: Throaty McHuskington.

In all likelihood, Ms. Cupp's imprint on the channel will be equally short-lived.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
17. Do Not See Why
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:48 PM
Jun 2012

I do not know why MSNBC would give her a show, she says some of the stupidest things. Not just about beauty, but also about politics. A few days ago I had thought about creating a post asking DUers if they thought MSNBC should give Chris Hayes or Melissa Harris-Perry a weekday show. I thought Harris-Perry was probably out of the question in that she teaches at Tulane. However, I thought Hayes was still a possibility since he seemed to live in the New York area. Finally, I do not see her show lasting if rating are taken into account. I do not see too many people watching her show.

On another note, why do some conservative women seem so concerned with beauty? A number of them constantly talk about being beautiful.

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
23. Sooooooo MSNBC is moving into reality comedy? Did anybody get else get the screw up in her ....
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 10:05 AM
Jun 2012

"Daily Caller" mission statement? "In the first five minutes you’ve been sure to let me know you’re a banker/lawyer/politico and I’m immediately regretting my pledge never to go out with a banker/lawyer/politico, and as you talk I’m imagining myself fishing the salmon run in Alaska (you’re not there)."

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
24. Boy would I like to get Current TV
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 10:23 AM
Jun 2012

But, then again, I don't get CHANNEL ONE MILLION on my Charter Cable.

Cupps is vile. The appeal of her looks vaporize once she opens her mouth. I find her as repellant as Hannity or Fox and Friends.

-90% Jimmy

ellenfl

(8,660 posts)
25. i've never seen her wear that much makeup. must be the fox influence.
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 01:40 PM
Jun 2012

she's not as bad as most but i don't see her being successful. it would be good if she could steal some non-lemmings away from fox, though. she's not totally drunk on the fox koolaid. she has a few lucid moments . . . like tweety and joey scar.

ellen fl

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