Couric: I hope Hollywood embrace of Gore doesn't give people excuse to condemn and mock the effort.

[DeepModem Mom]

SOMEONE, CHECK MY BLOOD PRESSURE!!!

CBS News: Katie: Gore Warms Up Hollywood
Posted by Katie Couric


(CBS)

....as the throngs of celebrities greeted Al Gore as a secular saint, I wondered if this might usher in a backlash against environmentalists. It wasn’t too long ago, afterall, that environmentalists were decried as tree-huggers, and former President Bush railed against them — trying to say it was the spotted owl against logging interests and jobs in the West.

Gore has repeatedly said the environment is not a Democratic or Republican issue; it’s a moral issue. But now that Hollywood has so completely embraced the former vice president, one wonders if this issue will be associated only with liberal causes. The Oscars may give Gore's critics ammunition to reject a school of thought that’s been validated by countless scientists worldwide. Some people I know latched on to a recent Gore global warming conference that was cancelled because of a snowstorm.

And yet, after a period of time of not conceding global warming even exists, President Bush used the term "climate change" for the first time and has talked about a way to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It seems like we’re reaching critical mass when it comes to this issue. And all the experts agree. Well, almost every expert. (There are a handful of scientists — many of them on the payroll of big oil companies — who wonder if global warming is a reality.)

But my fervent hope is that Hollywood’s embrace of Al Gore doesn’t give people an excuse to condemn and mock the effort — and oppose taking steps that we as a society need to take to deal with the issue of climate change. Some people find anything trendy repugnant, but this is a trend that’s really important....

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/02/26/couricandco/entry2518971.shtml

[Gabi Hayes]

1. hey, whatever your name is.....YOU and your kind are RESPONSIBLE

for the fact of Bush's being able to get anywhere near enough in the polls six and a half years ago to steal the election.

and your avid bashing of Kerry in 04 is still fresh in our memory.

so spare us your crocodile concern, and STFU!

mmkay?

[Sydnie]

6. Gabi

I FUCKIN' Love you, dude! :yourock:

[Gabi Hayes]

7. wow! made my day!

now....this is almost a boilerplate response to any of these creatures, like KC, or Maureen Dowd, who are now starting to see the light, while conveniently forgetting how they acted during the last two elections, and most of the time in between.

all one really has to do is wait for one of these phonies to open their yaps, change the name from the last lying hypocrite
to the next one. the song remains the same

I can't remember how many times I've said pretty much the same thing about the likes of Tom Friedman, Joe Klein, Dowd, Frank Rich, and too many others to remember right now.

it IS infuriating, though, isn't it?

[hatrack]

17. "Creatures" is the word that describes them best

Hypocritical, jock-sniffing overpaid creatures of money and power, and that's all.

STFU, indeed, Perky Katie and your whorish ilk.

:puke:

[mod mom]

34. Absolutely. Can someone please tell me why it isn't common knowledge that

Gore won in 2000 but the SCOTUS interceded on the behalf of an illegitimate and TOTALLY INCOMPETENT/EVIL regime? I am amazed that I still must post evidence that Gore won FL on political blogs that allow both sides to post. It shows the bias and NEGLIGENCE of the fourth estate. They helped get us in this mess NOT Hollywood.

[CatWoman]

25. now, Syndie

don't make me arm wrestle you for him!!! :)

[Sydnie]

30. Bring it Catwoman

;) :P :hug:

[leftchick]

9. what he said!

love ya baby!

:loveya:

[Gabi Hayes]

14. chicks dig me.....

I rarely wear underwear, and when I do, it's something unusual

see?

http://www.killerclips.com/clip.php?id=126&qid=1855

[Blue Belle]

21. Lighten up Frances...

:+

[senseandsensibility]

2. She is truly clueless

How's Katie's ratings lately? If there is any justice, they're still in the toilet.

[Mojambo]

3. Yeah, like I'm going to take anything Katie freakin Couric has to say seriously. n/t

[Johnny Noshoes]

4. Wouldn't it be great

if the anchor of the CBS Evening News was more like Molly Ivins or Linda Ellerbee or Christianne Amanpour(sp?). No they put Betty Boop on instead. Sorry just can't take this person seriously.

[Cha]

5. WELL...that says a LOT for those

assholes, doesn't it?

If they use that as an excuse to condemn the environmental crisis then they're not clickin' with too many brain cells are they kkkatie?

And what EVER gave you the idea that that might happen? Frenzied, Rabib Foaming at the mouth, swiftboat Fascist, experience in the USA, katie?

[Gabi Hayes]

8. sad thing is, this is going provide more ammo for the wingnuts who

think she's a flaming lib

they've forgotten, or refuse to acknowledge, actually, all the sleazy things she's said about Gore, Kerry, Hillary, etal

check this out:

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[DeepModem Mom]

11. Thanks for these links, Gabi! nt

[Gabi Hayes]

16. lots more....that was just the first page

just google 'couric+media+matters'

[Cha]

15. It's so disgusting! Is she trying

to make nice with those she's excoriated over the years?

[Beelzebud]

10. Does she mean like how she caused people to condemn and mock CBS?

[Cha]

12. Life is exploding with

IRONY!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. Do "mainstream" pundits attack causes alligned with wingnut radio?

What's wrong with Hollywood? Why is their support deemed illegitimate, but the rightwing machine gets a pass as faux grassroots?

[DeepModem Mom]

27. Egg-zackly!!! And what about the word "mock"? Since Gore was mocked constantly...

during the 2000 campaign, anything he's associated with will be mocked? Katie is so wrongheaded here in so many ways. I can't believe this woman sits in the CBS anchor chair -- what a travesty.

[Uncle Joe]

18. Couric plays regionalism with the best of them

Maybe if Hollywood had told Al to go Cheney him self, we wouldn't have the potential dilemma of backlash, eh Katie?

I also noted the codewords "secular saint" in your column, couldn't using these words also cause a backlash from the evangelical types Kadie?

Regarding your "fervent hope" I just can't believe you're too fervent when you use subliminal words such as "trendy" to describe the looming catastrophe of global warming, there's nothing trendy about it, we are only talking about survival of the human race. Now if you want to catch us up to date on the status of Anna Nicole Smith's death or Brittany's latest hair doo, that would be trendy!


Edit for P.S. Divide and conquer is the game Kadie is playing.

[Synnical]

19. Here's my big WHATEVER, Katie

You are so not a journalist.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Whaa...?

Lemme get what she's saying here, correct me if I'm wrong.

Because HOLLYWOOD gave Gore an award for a popular documentary, that means that Gore has just made a huge MISTAKE? That his enemies HAVE a REASON TO HATE HIM? Since WHEN, EXACTLY, have they NOT hated him?

And what's this SHIT about being a "secular saint"???????

WTF does this have to do with religion or lack thereof? :wtf:

My God, she doesn't get that reputation for being "a bit of fluff" from nowhere.

Clueless. Totally. Fucking. Clueless.

[peekaloo]

22. The botox is seeping into her brain space.

Get a brain-lift next time Hatie.

[Blue Belle]

26. I thought the needle was supposed to stop when it hit resistance...

Apparently her botox gave her a lobotomy.

[Blue Belle]

23. Jeeze Katie... Jealous much?

If only Hollywood gave a shit about you... :eyes:

Spare me your mock concern, Katie.

[Supersedeas]

36. another layer of pencil and lipstick Katie...pile it on

[sutz12]

24. Considering that it's already started.....

with the Drudge "hypocrisy" slimes, i'd say this rates a big D'UH.

:shrug:

[Little Wing]

28. If you're a shallow idiot whore on television, this might be a mental conundrum

However, if you have any sense of rational thinking, you'll manage to make it through the night without connecting Al's work with the "Hollywood elite" boogeyman which shallow idiot whores on television like Katie Couric continue to yap over.

[goforit]

29. Oh so vein!!! Betcha she hasn't seen his movie!!!!

[Chimichurri]

31. Not to defend her but this was clearly not written for us. All the buzzwords

and ideology riddled nuance was meant for right wing consumption. It's like when parents try to use slang to try to get their teenagers to bend to their will. I'm not saying she isn't one of them, I tend to be believe she's an empty shell who has no core beliefs and will say whatever to whomever she thinks will garner her ratings. This, however, was clearly marketed to right wing dolts who don't get it. We're already sold on global warming, it's the idiot holdouts she's speaking to who need a major wake up call.

I find her to be nothing more than an insincere, opportunistic talking head but any little bit of help on trying to enlighten the unenlightened gets a thumbs-up for trying in my book.

[KharmaTrain]

32. Vacuous...The Word That Comes To My Mind

Katie's way out of her league on this one...and that's a shame since there are so many more deserving journalists...male and female...who deserved the chance at walking in the legacy of Murrow, Cronkite and a once very proud CBS News.

I get the feeling she didn't write this...as you point...all the codewords and the self-flagulation is so typical right wing spin, this is meant to get Katie's name all over right wing hate radio...a cheap PR stunt and another foolhardy effort to appease the moonbats who never will be satisfied.

It's the bubble-heads like Couric that make me appreciate real journalists like Amy Goodman.

:toast:

[Chimichurri]

33. So true my friend, so true.

[Supersedeas]

35. some people she knows latch onto the Snow in Winter retort!?! Insightful Katty

[mitchum]

37. Get that meme out there, Katy (good liitle lap dog)

[Swamp Rat]

38. I hope monkeys don't fly out of your butt, Katie, when you find out that people

don't give a flying fuck about your pathetic attempt to create propaganda.

[Leopolds Ghost]

39. "one wonders if the (environmental) issue will be associated only with liberal causes."

Because that would be a real shame. :eyes: