Is Tom Brokaw a Democrat or a Republican?

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Judging by his ass-kissing.

A Democrat!!! He's been one for a VERY VERY long Time! I know he didn't sound like one when he was with Girlyman Matthews, but truth be told... He's a New York Democrat. Major comparison to Bill Moyers!

on C-Span this morning. He's a Great guy and has been thinking and unthinking about running for some sort of office for YEARS!

Definitely Democrat! This is old news!

He was there in the days when reportors were taught to show no bias, just report the news. He'll never tell, and you'll never find out.

laf, indeed.

is what I want to know.

Has anyone seen her uppers?

nt

Odds are he's a Republican

Odds are he's a Republican?

He is a democrat because he does the news honestly.

As are a good many others here. It does not follow that he is a republican. Sheesh.

is a Republican because he's from TX, you can't conclude Brokaw is a Republican because he's from SD.

He's a news reader. He's an entertainer.

:think:

of course he doesn't say publically what he is.

unlike colonel klink and the spinnerettes at cnn

They've been showing it on MSNBC all morning, a collection of "highlights" from Brokaw's coverage of US Presidents.

The reel makes Carter look like a wimpy sweater-wearing do-nothing, and Clinton like a lecherous, ineffective creep. Bush #41 is made to look stately, while Reagan is nothing short of a saint -- no mention of that pesky Iran-Contra scandal. :eyes:

I'm nauseous.

but he disguises it fairly well, to seem objective.

As of late, more especially

fuck Brokaw and the garbled message he rode in on.

... and someone else wanted to run a "celebrity" for President in 08.

I was curious which side he would come down on if he were to actually run.

Job description: Corporate Spokesman.

Reminds me of **.

Couldn't resist...but, he does like his whiskey.

edit- Personally, I find men who don't like whiskey suspect.

He has probably wisely refrained from party affiliation, but keep an eye on what he does after his retirement. Even now he is cooking up some pro-environmental activities with some of his best friends.

Hate to be coy about this, but I have strong connections to some of those friends. If you want to know what kind of crowd he runs with, check out the December 2004 _Outside_ magazine.

http://outside.away.com/outside/issue_preview_1204.html

Sorry, no content available on-line, but you can glance through it on a newsstand.

No matter how he votes, he hurts us.

He bias is upward. He does what he's told to keep all those zeros on his contract.

Yvon Chouinard who founded Patagonia, one of the few environmentally friendly corporations. I have a hard time understanding how Chouinard can stand the sight of him after all Brokaw's done to help the RW.

I doubt he's a Republican.

The fact that he's retiring, & nobody knows his beliefs tells me on balance, he was fair.

and spokesman for G.E.

take on the Crossfire guys. Essentially Brokaw said they can dish it out but they can't take it--that they actually dish far worse than Stewart did.

nt

He'd sell out his countrymen and his friends in a heartbeat- who cares what party he belongs to.

I'd sooner choke on a cherry pit than watch his ""news" program.

nt

As relevant as Zell Miller's or Ed Koch's.

His name was being kicked around a while for a possible running mate for Kerry. I saw a speech he gave here in VA a couple months ago (a week after Memogate) and he was *very* critical of the Bush administration. He decried the problems with the war, the rise of the fundies, the increasing muzzling of the media, and had some harsh words for the Swift Vets.

On the plus side, he said that a second Bush term could only get worse. He even hinted that he thinks a draft will be likely.

On the downside, he said a Kerry presidency wouldn't be much better, given the state of the electorate and the world Bush as created.

He told a funny Walter Cronkite cussing story ;-)

but he has had to appear non-partisan like Democrats always have to do, so in the end they are not of any real help to our side. x(

Tom has done his fair share to help racial equality, women's rights, the environment, etc. But he does make $10 mill a year, and knows who butters his toast. I suspect he rather appreciates the Bush tax plan. I also think he likes those Lear jet rides with the who's who of corporate America -- it is a long way from the praires of South Dakota, baby, and still a little intoxicating -- unless I miss my guess.

I also think he was really shaken by 9-11. Those planes hit just a little too close to home, or more specifically, to Rockefeller Center. I get the general impression Tom is all in favor of kicking some Arab ass, and isn't too particular just exactly which Arabs. I don't know this for a fact -- I'm just reading between the lines.

One thing for sure, it is beyond dispute that he dropped the ball in the lead-up to the Iraq war, and his coverage of the WMD story is the single biggest blot on his career record. I prefer to think he was willing to look the other way on WMD because he favored an aggressive response to 9-11, rather than the alternative explanation -- that he was simply courage impaired.