September 13, 2008
My View
So I’m chatting and having a few beers with some friends last night and we turned on the TV for the 8:00 PM IKE update.
We see Geraldo get knocked on his butt by a wave. My friends laugh. They don’t like Geraldo anymore. He went over to the dark side, Fox, he also supports the troops, albeit dramatically.
Another segment comes on. I see the McCain’s mugging on The View. Behar, Goldberg and Walters. Why does he subject himself to this, I wonder. Barbara Walters interrogates him, tersely. He laughs. After five years of Viet Cong interrogations, Walter’s word boarding is kid stuff.
I’m not really paying attention to What Walters is asking because I’m focusing on the hostile body language. The disdain and disgust in her voice, the combativeness, the confrontational tone. She doesn’t look him in the eyes as she berates the man.
She’s embarrassing herself, I think, so unprofessional. The grand dame of American journalism, the female trailblazer. It has come to this?
Her distinctive speech echoes in my head, awakening a distaste. I dislike this woman. I try to remember why. And then it hits me.
Walters was younger then, at the top of her game. I remember her fawning over (f)idel. Flirty, softball question. She was putty in his hands.
The American war hero who has spent a lifetime serving his country and its citizens, she attacks with zeal and disdain.
The Cuban dictator who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands world-wide, she coddles and admiringly treats with the utmost respect after she traveled to his island prison to interview him on his turf.
Interesting.
Posted by Gusano at September 13, 2008 02:02 PM
Comments
Geraldo Rivera can be a little over-dramatic. My favorite line of his last night: "The darkness shall mask the horror."
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at September 13, 2008 03:00 PM
fidel banged her, I'm sure. She and Whoopi and Joy they all disgust me. Elizabeth Hassleback is the only one with a little bit of sense in the stupid show.
Posted by: Felix L. Ricardo at September 13, 2008 03:01 PM
I see it in many of the media types that interview these days...
the fawning! you've got it right.
tell me about your childhood Fidel...
what is your greatest failure Fidel? do you wish you'd only played baseball?
how do you drink your coffee Fidel?
what's your favorite color Fidel?
such insight!
Posted by: marc in calgary at September 13, 2008 03:54 PM
This reminds me of so many of my friends who are willing to go see Sicko and believe Moore has something of value to say, even on Cuba. And yet they despise Bush and think America is going in the wrong direction.
An upside down world.
Well, I hope they get their world turned a little upside down in November.
Posted by: honey at September 13, 2008 04:42 PM
Babwa Wahters has disintegrated into an empty skirts. It's so pathetic. Here's a pseudo-infobabe with some of the best historic opportunities to interview great figures, and her agenda ruins it.
Posted by: Gigi at September 13, 2008 05:07 PM
It's the same hostile body language and the same disdain and disgust in the voice, that we saw Charlie Gibson display when he interviewed Sarah Pailn! It's so pathetic!!
Posted by: roland at September 13, 2008 06:06 PM
Here is that memorable photo of Babba-Wahwah and Fifo
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/fidel/barbara-walters.jpg
Walters has recently admitted that at that time, she was having an affair with a married senator.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/01/barbara-walters-admits-af_n_99688.html
Posted by: delacova at September 14, 2008 12:36 AM
Isn't there a sex tape of Babwa and fifo floating around the internet? I've heard about it. Apparently, after the sex part, they cuddle and she tells fifo about her fantasy of being a jewish love slave of Hitler. Fifo then whines and ask if she thinks Hitler while they do it? He feels so inadaquate next to Hitler.
Posted by: Uranus_attacks at September 15, 2008 04:52 AM