thinkprogress.org — While Carlson claims to have respect for people serving in a war zone, he appears to have no hesitations in calling out the credibility of soldiers when they present a viewpoint that doesn’t confirm his own.
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How about you rotten-hearted little hippies learn the difference between political news and political opinion and post your pissy little stories in the right category? Once you grasp that concept, start working on developing informed opinions. Or better yet, go to bed and let the adults run this place for a little while.All this thinkprogress and rawstory bulls**t is just that.
ericthegreatAug 22, 2007
Tucker Carlson is a bowtied republican bitch!
bobbknightAug 22, 2007
Tucker Carlson is a pederast, I didn't even know he was GAY.
dan_strykerAug 22, 2007
So thinkprogress is partisan drivel?
happytronAug 22, 2007
I don't get why there's so much hate for Tucker. For the most part he breaks the mold of republican pundit and is more aligned with libertarian ideology than the mainstream republican platform. He's in favor of gay marriage, ending the drug war and is sympathetic with calls for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. He even voted for Ron Paul before it was fashionable to do so.I saw this piece when it originally aired and my impression wasn't that he was attacking the credibility of the soldiers so much as criticizing the use of anecdotal evidence and subjective claims compared to more objective statistics. While it is obviously true that, taken as a whole, those serving in Iraq have the best picture of what is happening, we must still be very critical of the opinions of any individual, as they can at best see a microcosm tainted by individual experience.
jigorokanoAug 22, 2007
To his credit, he did flip flop rather quickly and didn't seem to suffer the cognitive dissonance most of the right did.
goldenspiralAug 22, 2007
The day after the Virginia Tech massacre, I was at a press conference covering the story for the VT student radio station. Waiting around the packed lobby for the conference to start, I found myself standing right next to Tucker Carlson, who was gabbing with his advisors about how best to spin the situation.I will forever regret that I did not kick him in the balls right then when I had the chance.
airforceteacherAug 22, 2007
Digbird's comment was evenhanded and fair - he addressed the group as a whole, he said likely instead of definitely, and gave possible counterarguments to his statement.I am a prior-enlisted officer, and what he speaks is true - in general. It's not unheard of for an enlisted person to have good writing skills - I did when I was enlisted - but it's the exception.Now, if he had said - we can't have that guy do it, he's enlisted, his writing must be bad, then he would be wrong. Generalizations are great for populations, sucky for individuals.
junkAug 22, 2007
I watch this guy all the time just because he is so absurd. I am continually amazed that he has a show at all. The s**t that comes out of his mouth is so unintentionally hilarious. A week or so ago he was talking about health care and, out of the blue, asks one of his guests what they would do if Hillary Clinton attacked them in the neck with a giant hypodermic needle. The person he asked the question too said "You mean hypothetically?" and he replies "Probably, yeah." Haha such a WTF moment. I don't take him seriously at all. The guy is a kook, a tool and totally deranged, but such a train wreck I can't help but watch him make an ass out of himself over and over.