Brokaw keeps harping on the columns, just called them 'imperious'

[bigtree]

[ColbertWatcher]

1. I hope someone asks him if he thinks it's imperious to use the word imperious. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Can't say the U word, so they say Imperious instead.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. I thought "imperious" was latin for "uppity". n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. I believe you are correct

[ailsagirl]

26. So how can inanimate objects be uppity?? Tom?

:shrug:

[Olney Blue]

2. Oh brother.

[liberal renegade]

3. Who gives a shit what

Broke Jaw has to say.

[texpatriot2004]

4. It looks early American and it looks similar to the White House.

IMO

[Bluebear]

They look like very American props framing a video screen. STFU Brokaw.

[BlooInBloo]

6. (shrug) He already said we can't criticize McPOW because he was a POW...

Oh, did I mention McPOW was a POW, just by the way?

[tabasco]

7. Democracy was founded in Athens you stupid motherfucker Brokaw.

Jesus what a dumb motherfucker.

[RainDog]

15. LOL. I didn't see your post before I wrote mine. you're right.

pundits, on the other hand, are stupid fuckwads...and where were they the last 8 years with Mount Bushmore and the halos, etc.

[tabasco]

19. I have reached zero tolerance mode for these so-called "respected journalists"

who are nothing but gutless propaganda vomiters.

[RainDog]

9. greek columns. doric columns. D.C. architecture. democracy

get it, fuckwads?

why bother with listening to the bullshit? Watch c-span and have your own opinion.

[LostInAnomie]

11. I'm suprised he could take McCain's cock out of his mouth long enough...

... to get that many syllables out.

[liberal renegade]

12. C- span

[edhopper]

13. Wasn't Brokaw a big

backer of the WW II Memorial?
Isn't this a little imperious?

[hisownpetard]

14. I had to give up Keith (temporarily) because I couldn't stomach listening to Scarborough, Brokaw

Harold Ford, Pat Buchanan, etc. It was really making me insane.

C-Span has done wonders for my peace of mind! Watched everything, uninterrupted and without wanting to throw
bricks at the tv.

I think my blood pressure has gone down at least 20 points!

[edhopper]

16. Did he make snarky coments at this?

G W Bush 2004

[Arugula Latte]

24. Oh my fucking god...I hadn't seen that.

The double standard is just so infuriating. I'm so bloody sick of it. :grr:

[XOKCowboy]

17. That's a big word for him...

He's barely intelligible anymore. He had a chance to be a great newsman but saw the writing on the wall. Be a Ho or be like Dan Rather.

[valerief]

18. All I ever hear from him is, "Glug glug glug glug."

[NashVegas]

20. Apparently, Tom Brokaw Has Never Spent a Day In Washington, DC

Here's a quick tour for Tom

[kstewart33]

21. Everytime I hear Brokaw, he says something subtly negative.

How artfully he is in getting in his digs. But after hearing him 5 or more times or so, it's so obvious.

I gotta say I've given up on MSNBC's coverage. These guys don't seem quite ready for primetime. I'm watching PBS and CNN.

[Norrin Radd]

27. Back in 2004 on election night, he brought up the blue and red divide on the map,

and muttered something about the assigned colors being backwards (implying that the Democrats are "red").

[JDPriestly]

22. The columns had a practical design purpose --

The stadium was so huge. The tall columns that spanned across the stage helped provide visual balance between the stage and the surrounding very large arena. Without them, Obama would have looked very vulnerable. The columns were almost necessary in my view. I don't know what Brokaw and others think would have made a better setting. That's quite puzzling.

The columns also symbolized the Parthenon -- the birthplace of democracy

And, finally they invoked King's great speech and the democratic movement that it inspired.

Obama is the fulfillment of King's dream. His mother was a part of the generation to whom King spoke, the generation that was inspired by the memory of Eleanor Roosevelt, the threat of Fascism, the teachings of Ghandi and Jesus -- and then by King himself.

The columns were appropriate. They symbolize the idealism of Obama's mother's generation which is alive in the youth of today.

I can speak about Obama's mother's generation because she would be six months older than I am if she were alive today.

[Caliman73]

23. A different opinion

Apparently the columns might not be as symbolic as everyone is thinking.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3876163

[avaistheone1]

25. Brokaw sure can be trite.

Especially during such an historic event and speech.

Crap, does he think anyone in that audience cared about the columns?

I think the columns were there to make the stage look more presidential and like Washington DC.

Brokaw, I wish he could focus on the more salient points. Pity.