Ted Koppel on Daily Show: "35 Years Ago Bush Joined the Nat'l Guard To Stay Out of Vietnam"

[Hissyspit]

"Now he's going to Vietnam to stay out of Washington."

[Subdivisions]

1. Ted sounds a bit freer to speak...

[liberaldemocrat7]

26. Ted Koppel supported George Herbert Hoover Bush for president in 1988

He may pick on the chimpenfuhrrer on the Daily Show but Koppel apears one of the economic royalists in the Republiklan party.

[Up2Late]

2. This is GREAT interview!

OH! Ted just hit Jon with a Zinger!

[Up2Late]

19. Replay coming up Next...

...after the Commercials.:boring:

[hsher]

3. He said that??

I'm not watching TDS; did he just say that? Go Ted Koppel! And, um... where were you when Dan Rather needed you, bro?

[Hissyspit]

4. Yup. He certainly did.

After listing the reasons why Iranians are suspicious of Americans - the components for weapons sold by European countries and the U.S. for Iraq to use against them, for instance.

[Up2Late]

8. Yup! He set it up by saying something like "... I can believe you haven't..."

"...done anything yet about Bush going to Vietnam..."


I think Jon said they would be doing something about it tomorrow!

[Pilotguy]

5. "We know Saddam had WMD because we still have the receipts"

More oneliners from Koppel.

[hsher]

9. Ooo! Nice one, Ted!

It's awful, but I had a crush on him in high school :P

[Erika]

11. Fantastic

The truth is finally coming out. Reagan/W Sr. supplied all to Saddam.

[Occulus]

22. dupe

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[Occulus]

23. He definitely hit a couple out of the park tonight

He was channeling us, you know. That was posted right here on DU during the entire runup to the war.

Several times, actually. It was a bit a of a running joke, as I recall. Would that it were really a joke....

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. *lol*

[txindy]

7. Junior has an exit strategy for everything except Iraq & Afghanistan

But :toast: to Koppel for that zinger!

[Gregorian]

10. Iran has more influence in Iraq than we do.

If that wasn't a clear, honest perspective on Iran, there isn't one. A good four minute interview.

[CatWoman]

12. LOL

We both posted about this at the exact same time :hi:

I was like, "Oh no he didn't" :rofl:

[liberal N proud]

13. Too bad he didn't speak up more than two years ago!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. still, as Marion Knox Carr told Rather

Bush wanted to get out of his Guard Service too.

[LittleClarkie]

24. He did, actually. Gave John O'Neill what for and how

It was beautiful.

[Kansas Wyatt]

31. It was, and O'Neill was crying and whining behind his books.

Too bad the alleged "Liberal Media" did not pick up on it and report it over and over again, like they kept repeating smears for the Not So Swift Veterans For Lies.

[upi402]

14. Bush is a chickenhawk AND a chickenshit

the more things change...
Bush has all the self-examination abilities of Charlie Manson.

The nerve of that silver spoon fratboy bully to go to the place of enormous American sacrifice while HE couldn't bother to stay to the end of his cushy, safe gig in the Texas ANG.
That punk is *still* AWOL in my view.

[Sadie5]

16. I hope Rather

builds up steam and comes back with his evidence and smacks the lame duck Bush right square between the eyes with the truth on national TV.

[kittykitty]

17. Rather will be on Bill Mahr Friday night.--or so it was announced on last weeks show

[Bozita]

18. You gotta love a candid Koppel! - Recommended viewing

[AIJ Alom]

20. Great opening !!!! I hope he brought up the flag !

[Canuckistanian]

21. THE Ted Koppel? NOT the Ted Koppel from the Pribilov Islands?

This is hugh!!! Bush is screwn.

[StrictlyRockers]

25. lol...hughly screwn!

Now I wish I hadn't given my roommate my TV. I'll watch it on the Comedy Central website...

[underpants]

27. THAT was fuuuuuuuuuuuunny

:rofl:

[napi21]

28. And they all say the news anchors aren't restricted in what they say!

Hmmm. Ted and Dan ahve been a whole lot more honest since they are both out from under the Corporate thumb, aren't they?

Both have very quick minds and can be extremely funny and accurate at the same time!

[happydreams]

29. LOL.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

30. K&R LOL! n/t