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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:51 PM
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George Carlin, Ann Coulter set for 'Tonight' show Wednesday night
Carlin, Coulter set for 'Tonight' show
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LOS ANGELES - "Tonight" host Jay Leno might want to consider wearing referee stripes on Wednesday's show when Ann Coulter and George Carlin are his guests.

Coulter, the acid-tongued conservative with a new book out, and Carlin, the quick-witted, antiestablishment comedian who's in the voice cast for the new animated film "Cars," were booked at separate times for the NBC late-nighter, a spokeswoman said Monday.

But the duo's meeting could produce serious fireworks for "Tonight," which usually limits its political fodder to Leno's bipartisan monologue jokes.

Coulter, author of "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," has drawn fire for attacking the four New Jersey widows who pushed for an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks in which their husbands died.

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BleedingHeartPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:53 PM
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1. This will be good. Why on earth did crulter agree to this!
Edited on Mon Jun-12-06 08:54 PM by BleedingHeartPatriot
Thank God for her idiocy. :shrug: :rofl: MKJ
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:55 PM
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5. I cant believe that
the douche bag is agreeing to this. She is not in the habit of facing the opposition head on.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:33 PM
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25. my guess: she'll bail n/t
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:26 PM
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31. Because she knows the mainstream media
is in *'s pocket, at least in general. She figures she'll get a ton of do-over moments (which she probably will).
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:38 PM
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34. I Think Some of the MSN are Turning Otherwise...
Of course, maybe they can see the Democrats with a lead in an election year. Who knows...
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:06 PM
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36. Let it be so... n/t
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 12:23 PM
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50. Prepare to be disappointed. Carlin will be polite
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:53 PM
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2. LOL. Maybe Carlin will do his endless string of expletives at her!
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:28 PM
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32. Heck yeah!
"The Twenty Words You Can't Say to Coulter on Network TV." ;-)
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:54 PM
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3. I will definitely break my Leno ban for this
Carlin will rip her a new one.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:54 PM
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4. Carlin will tear her to shreds, although to avoid any.....
controversy, they probably won't have them on the panel at the same time.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:55 PM
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6. Do they have 2 guests onstage together anymore? NT
NT
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ObaMania Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:15 AM
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46. Yes...
.. if the previous guest wants to stick around. I have a feeling Carlin will if he's first. Mann Coulter will bail for sure if she's first.

Hope someone gets video.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 08:56 PM
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7. Chances are she and Carlin won't appear
onstage together. He'd be merciless, and, she's a chickenshit. At any rate I hope she gets her ass booed so loud and long that Leno is embarrassed for inviting her.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:00 PM
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8. Why does coulter get so much publicity?
She's useless and shouldn't get any pub at all. But seemingly every media outlet and political blog/website is talking about her. Leno is on too late for me and not really worth taping, so I guess I'll hear about it. Or, if there really is a God, maybe I won't.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:18 PM
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19. She represents the republican party - Ann Coulter is the Face of the GOP
They OWN her now! :D



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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:31 PM
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24. It's been changed to the REPUBLICANNCOULTER Party.
Since she is definitely representative of their views.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:00 PM
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9. WTF is that POS doing getting air time on The Tonight Show?!?!?
No way Johnny Carson would have had that fucking **** on his show.

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i miss america Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:42 PM
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26. You're absolutely right ... but in Johnny's day NBC wasn't owned by GE
There can be other economic factors at play.
But yeah, Jay's still a real weenie for allowing it.
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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:01 PM
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10. Whatta ya want to bet that she didn't really 'agree' ...
...to this, and there's going to be a last-minute cancellation?
They're supposed to be booked at 'separate times', according to the above, but you just KNOW that somebody who's got boost-the-rating fever will make the 'separate times' back-to-back...:evilgrin:
LET THE HARRIDAN'S SMACKDOWN GAMES BEGIN!!
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:03 PM
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11. I think I know why Coulter was invited
Fred Phelps wasn't available?
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:46 PM
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28. And Charles Manson has a prior engagement..........
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:07 PM
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12. Michael Moore makes a movie and becomes a pariah.....
Ann Coulter maligns grieving widows and their children, and she gets to make more appearances on primetime on network stations while millions are watching than even Osama Bin Laden! :wtf:
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:23 PM
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21. to be fair, Michael Moore was on a bunch of talk shows. n/t
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tlsmith1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:09 PM
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13. Go Carlin!
Smack that ugly whore around!:evilgrin:

Tammy
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:12 PM
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14. I'd love to see Letterman interview her
Leno will be the usual lapdog - he may take some potshots at her in the monologue but he won't confront her. Carlin could be good, but I doubt they will go mano a mano. :evilgrin:
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Tin Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:15 PM
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16. LOL - good one!
...mano a mano :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:13 PM
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15. Jay Leno.
... can suck my ass that fucking dipshit son of a bitch.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:16 PM
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17. I was sure Leno was a right wing a-hole. Isn't he? nt
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WA98296 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:23 PM
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20. Leno's Best Friends List includes Dennis Miller and Ahnold
Chalk him up to JERK.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:54 AM
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44. So what?
Al Franken's friends with G. Gordon Liddy. Does that make Franken a RWer? Of course not.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:53 AM
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43. No, he's not.
http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=9012&Itemid=

Jay Leno says, “I’m not conservative. I’ve never voted that way in my life.” He “really worries” what a Dubya victory in November will do to the makeup of the Supreme Court. He believes “the wool was pulled over our eyes” with the Iraq war. He thinks the White House began using terrorism “as a crutch” after 9/11. He feels that during the campaign Kerry should “make Bush look as stupid as possible.” He believes “the media is in the pocket of the government, and they don’t do their job” so “you have people like Michael Moore who do it for them.” He has on his joke-writing staff a number of former professional speechwriters for Democratic candidates. “No Republicans.” When it comes to Bush, he doesn’t think his politics are much different from Letterman’s. “Does he show his dislike maybe a little more than I do? Probably.” Leno used to read Mother Jones magazine.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:17 PM
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18. OMG! I sooo fucking want to watch this...
Wait until that bitch meets a man who can actually tell her off, unlike an Alan Colmes fella.
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WA98296 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:24 PM
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22. Leno's been a JERK, but I will watch this line up. Thanks for head's up.
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:28 PM
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23. i seriously doubt she'll show up
a 'scheduling conflict' will come up at the last minute.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 09:45 PM
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27. I hope he (Carlin) snaps her in two. She needs a good embarrassment
on-air for the world to see.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:15 PM
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29. kicking for people who missed this
:kick:
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justgamma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:25 PM
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30. My prediction is
Carlin will be on first so there will be noone to call her on her BS. It might turn into a decent show if the she-witch is on first.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:34 PM
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33. Maybe - oh please!
Please George - be a hero.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 10:52 PM
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35. Carlin will eat her for breakfast and the viewers will love it! eom
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:07 PM
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37. well???? was it any good???? n/t
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:52 PM
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40. It is going to be on Wednesday...
I was under the impression it would be on tonight as well. GRRR!
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:53 PM
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41. oh thanks. i wasnt understanding why i wasnt hearing anything
appreciate it.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:09 PM
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38. Pull up his skirt George!
:blush:
Show the world the swastika tattoo on his chode.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:12 PM
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39. This tells me her book sales must be really abyssmal.


Otherwise she would not have agreed to this booking. She probably knows better than to appear on the Letterman show. When Dave had Pimple-Butt Limbore on his show, Dave made him look like the true schmuck he really is. It was so bad that Rushbo vowed to appear on only RW talk shows after that.



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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-12-06 11:55 PM
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42. i hope he flays her
ROYALLY
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 03:09 AM
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45. a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent . . . n/t
.
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4_TN_TITANS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 08:57 AM
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47. I've lost some respect for Carlin....
The right-wing email-forwarding brigade eats him and his racism up. Still, it's a no-brainer if it's him and AnnMan...

I might have to watch! Leno is the ultimate fence sitter on camera, but he's no Repub.
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shortcake Donating Member (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 09:16 AM
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48. What are you talking about? n/t
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HomerRamone Donating Member (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 12:22 PM
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49. Those stupid emails ascribed to Carlin are NOT by him
http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/dontblame.html

(Ed Note: There is a new bogus Carlin email circulating, which you can see here - it's utterly NOT Carlin's work. New Note <06/01>: Another bogus Carlin piece about life going backwards (also available here and 48,000 other places online). This one has also been attributed to Robert Benson and Andy Rooney. <06/01>: More lists of jokes being forwarded around the Internet that are not Carlin. It will never end. <07/01> Here are 3 joke lists that were not written by George Carlin: this includes the "Bad American" email that has been making the rounds. We may repeat ourselves here a little in the name of truth...)

DON'T BLAME ME

Floating around the Internet these days, posted and e-mailed back and forth, are a number of writings attributed to me, and I want people to know they're not mine. Don't blame me.

Some are essay-length, some are just short lists of one and two-line jokes, but if they're flyin' around the Internet, they're probably not mine. Occasionally, a couple of jokes on a long list might have come from me, but not often. And because most of this stuff is really lame, it's embarrassing to see my name on it.

And that's the problem. I want people to know that I take care with my writing, and try to keep my standards high. But most of this "humor" on the Internet is just plain stupid. I guess hard-core fans who follow my stuff closely would be able to spot the fake stuff, because the tone of voice is so different. But a casual fan has no way of knowing, and it bothers me that some people might believe I'd actually be capable of writing some of this stuff.

MORE: http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/dontblame.html

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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 09:52 PM
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51. Bingo.
If you see the text of a right-wing rant attributed to George Carlin, it's not George Carlin.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 11:07 PM
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53. There's one or two like that going around attributed to Andy Rooney



And it's all pure RW bullshit. When I hear of these E-Mails it makes me think they were dreamed up by the lying mofo Swifties.


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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 10:02 PM
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52. Feh. I love George, but i doubt he'll anything like "tearing into" her.
Part of his schtick is saying that he revels in chaos and the human race's death spiral. That is to say, his schtick would best be served, in a way, by egging her on. Ironically, maybe, but whatever. It's not gonna be a fight. At best, he'll get in a few barbs about the bush administration's civil war on american liberties, then chuckle along with her about the ineffectual Democratic party. This is just ratings puffery, with little chance of follow through. If they really wanted a brawl, they'd have put her on with someone like Margaret Cho. Carlin's smarter, and funnier, but he's too cynical to be a fighter.
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