Burnt Orange Report

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Tucker's PBS Show is actually quite good. From what I have seen of it, he has the approach of a moderate Republican who askes some serious questions, and treats his guests with respect. He does not have the need to do what Crossfire does and turn the political debate into a theater production/three-ring-circus. I think he understands his audience--PBS caters mainly to liberals and moderates--and he works within the parameters of pleasing the audience, but at the same time, putting across his opinions in a respectful way. Tucker Carlson has been a critic of Bush, a critic about how the media covers stories, and although I normally do not agree with him, I do respect that he tends to think outside the box regarding part politics and Big Media. On Crossfire, Carlson is a "dick" and part of the problem; however, I really like the Tucker Carlson on PBS a lot better. I will most likely join you in blogging about Tucker Carlson--I wanted to when I first saw his show. :)

I agree that I think he is a moderate Republican on his PBS show, whether that is because he is more free to be himself or becausehe is pandering to an audience for more ratings, I don't really know.

I do have some problems with the show itself. He seems to like to get the same three people for his Plus 2 segment and they are almost always conservative. I do like it when he brings up a really pointless question and his two guests disagree with him then go back to the point they were making earlier.

I started blogging about Tucker when a co-worker of mine told me I could be the liberal Tucker Carlson. I took it as an insult and I just started blogging about what a dick he is. Especially the "jacuzzi lawsuit" case he like to talk about when discussing trial lawyers and John Edwards. I don't do it as much as I used to because he does mellow a little when I watch him on PBS and I've more or less given up on watching Crossfire. But when I find something, I try to be merciless.

Crazy, you know I've actually met Tucker? At the Democratic National Convention this summer. Here is proof, yay for pictures.

Tucker Carlson doesn't call himself a Republican. He calls himself a conservative, an independent movement conservative. As a result, he feels free to bash the GOP from time to time and is among the more honest conservative commentators out there. He was an early McCain supporter and made Bush look bad in an interview for Talk Magazine (where Bush joked around, pretending to be Karla Faye Tucker crying for her life). He also said he probably wouldn't vote for Bush this year, leaving his ballot for president blank.

And I agree- Rummy should go. I support the war and I like a lot of the people liberals hate (I really like Wolfowitz... really), but Rumsfeld has had a lot of fouled up stuff go down on his watch- Abu Ghraib, the Humvees, not enough troops, etc. So I think we need a new SecDef. Some have rumored Lieberman's name, but I think he needs to keep his Dem creds so he can fight the fight for our party. Wolfowitz is not savvy enough to put on a good public face (though he has the brains to do the job). What I kinda would like to see, but doubt it will happen, would be for Cheney to become SecDef and for McCain to be nominated for VP and be selected as Bush's successor. I don't know if I would vote for him or not (just about the only GOP prospect for 2008 I can safely say that about), but I wouldn't tremble for my country at the thought of him being president.

Not likely to happen, but a boy can dream...

Tucker was at the Dean party on the night of the Iowa Caucus, and he had some kind words for us, which has led me to believe he is pretty moderate, and a nice guy as a person. I may have just seen a good episode of his show, as he had Democrats on, and asked some damn good questions--hard, but fair.

Hey, those bow ties are hard to tie!