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Rick Santelli speaks truth to power on Meet The Press . . .
ed2000 31 Reviews 1150 reads
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I think it will be a good long while before Chuck Todd invites him back

Related Link: Rick Santelli to 'Meet the Press' Panel - 1/8/2017

DoctorGonzo287 reads

... discussion on the issues... much in the format of MtP...
and for spice - pick anyone from the time of radio (1920's) on forward.

Four people - no other criteria other than they be political reporters from broadcast or print media. Who would you choose?

Give me Edward R Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Tim Russert. The answer is 42. Voila.

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JackDunphy189 reads

So I would add Brit Hume.  

I am a Jake Tapper fan too as I think he does a serious job and he strikes me as a non-partisan. I like Bob Woodward too.

I would steal Cronkite from your list to round out my group.

Good, thought provoking post Doc.

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DoctorGonzo243 reads

... no not THAT Michael Jackson...

This Michael Jackson - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(radio_commentator)

He was a brilliant interviewer in the political realm. A politically themed Johnny Carson would be an apt comparison.  

Posted By: JackDunphy
So I would add Brit Hume.  
   
 I am a Jake Tapper fan too as I think he does a serious job and he strikes me as a non-partisan. I like Bob Woodward too.  
   
 I would steal Cronkite from your list to round out my group.  
   
 Good, thought provoking post Doc.
Thanks:) From among the most respected of three generations of news reporters and anchors and Russert was always so well informed and even handed. Probably the last of his kind.

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BigPapasan237 reads

...on The Mary Tyler Moore Show was based on George Putnam (and Jerry Dunphy's white hair).  Putnam was every bit as pompous and egotistical as Ted Baxter.  

And as far as being a deep thinker goes, Putnam narrated a film entitled "Perversion for Profit", in which he warned viewers about magazines containing nudity and homosexual material, saying homosexuals were "perverted" and "misfits", as well as implying they were child molesters.

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mrhuck247 reads

...Excellent choices doc, all very serious seekers of truth, how do you think they would treat a discussion of Putin's poodle our new liar in chief?

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Nnoway309 reads

Newt Gingrich, Van Jones, Chris Wallace & Rachel Maddow :)

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ed2000162 reads

Since it's my thread I feel entitled to stretch your rules.

My picks:
P.J. O’Rourke
Camille Pagila
Rush Limbaugh
William Buckley
Andrew Breitbart
Katie Pavlich

OK, Katie Pavlich is a stretch but she's single and really hot.

Do you remember a show, Meeting of Minds, created by and starring Steve Allen where actors would play famous people from history and then Steve would interview them? See youtube link for episode #1. The Set looks a lot like Archie Bunker's living room. Notice that Sun Yat-Sen didn't mind being called "oriental".

Related Link: Steve Allen's - Meeting of Minds

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Posted By: ed2000
Since it's my thread I feel entitled to stretch your rules.
LOL! Sounds fair:)
Posted By: ed2000
 
 My picks:  
 P.J. O’Rourke  
 Camille Pagila  
 Rush Limbaugh  
 William Buckley  
 Andrew Breitbart  
 Katie Pavlich  
   
 OK, Katie Pavlich is a stretch but she's single and really hot.  
And she balances out Camille who's definitely not.

   

Posted By: ed2000
 
 Do you remember a show, Meeting of Minds, created by and starring Steve Allen where actors would play famous people from history and then Steve would interview them? See youtube link for episode #1. The Set looks a lot like Archie Bunker's living room. Notice that Sun Yat-Sen didn't mind being called "oriental".
While I no longer remember much in detail, I definitely remember watching the show as a kid.

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Related Link: Steve Allen's - Meeting of Minds

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GaGambler249 reads

Rick Santelli can be a bit "much" at times, but he nailed it this morning.

and I agree it may be quite some time before he is invited back. The truth really is NOT appreciated on shows where political correctness is expected. The media hates it when getting called out by "one of their own"

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