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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:
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 Im upfront with you at the beginning, you will come to hate me only slightly less. Its 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 lets pretend were on our first date, and were 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. Youre sipping from a glass of small-batch bourbon that you ordered to prove how old-school you are, and Im sipping from a glass of small-batch bourbon because thats what I drink. In the first five minutes youve been sure to let me know youre a banker/lawyer/politico and Im immediately regretting my pledge never to go out with a banker/lawyer/politico, and as you talk Im imagining myself fishing the salmon run in Alaska (youre not there).
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)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)Can't even handle having them on for "background noise" any more.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)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)She is a Feminist Martyr now and no person, let alone man, is allowed to criticize her in the least.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)a sarcasm flag?
Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)Did you miss the big long thread?
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)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.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)With the new "front office" at MSNBC, possibly they deem a need for Fare Unbalanced.
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)im a single guy what can i say
rurallib
(62,415 posts)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)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.
ihavenobias
(13,532 posts)WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)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)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)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)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.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)Thanks for the reminder, Romney.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,580 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)erpowers
(9,350 posts)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)"Daily Caller" mission statement? "In the first five minutes youve been sure to let me know youre a banker/lawyer/politico and Im immediately regretting my pledge never to go out with a banker/lawyer/politico, and as you talk Im imagining myself fishing the salmon run in Alaska (youre not there)."
90-percent
(6,829 posts)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)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