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Archae

(46,337 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 07:39 PM Nov 2014

Not-So-Breitbart smears Norman Lear, gets PWNED by him.

That last line is a gem.

Breitbart Smears Norman Lear

Breitbart is trying to get over the embarrassment of attacking the wrong person that Obama picked to be the new AG, so what do they do? They smear Norman Lear.

Leave it to Breitbart.com to lie about a 92-year-old icon and to do it so pathetically. Well, that's the conservarazzi in a nutshell. Here's their headline about an interview Norman did on MSNBC:

NORMAN LEAR: ARCHIE BUNKER WAS NOT RACIST HATER LIKE TEA PARTY

On MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” television writer and producer Norman Lear, who created the iconic 70’s TV sitcoms, “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “One Day at a Time” and Maude, said his legendary conservative, blue-collar character Archie Bunker would have “denied” Tea Party because he was not a “hater.

Lear, 92, famed creator of "All in the Family," appeared on MSNBC's "The Cycle" Monday to talk about his new memoir, Even This I Get To Experience, and reflected on how society and families have changed since the sitcom's heyday in the 1970s. When asked what the show's fictional lead character Archie Bunker would have thought of the Tea Party today, Lear said he would have "denied" it, because he didn't hate others, he was just afraid of change.

"He would have founded the Coffee Party," Lear quipped. "He was not a hater. And that was the secret of Archie Bunker, he was not a hater." Lear added that Archie Bunker was more afraid of "progress" than "bigotry."

When asked why he thought Breitbart would run such a headline, Lear answered: "The site is known as Breitbart, not Breitsmart."

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/breitbart-smears-norman-lear

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Not-So-Breitbart smears Norman Lear, gets PWNED by him. (Original Post) Archae Nov 2014 OP
Kick for Norman Lear.. thanks Archae Cha Nov 2014 #1
So,...the fake organization claims a fictional guy is one of their own. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #2
When you put it that way it makes perfect sense. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2014 #3
I think Archie may have been curious about the teabaggers NewJeffCT Nov 2014 #4
even the bigoted archie was appalled when their friend beverly was murdered. niyad Nov 2014 #5
bunker reminds me of my dad noiretextatique Nov 2014 #10
thank you, norman!! niyad Nov 2014 #6
"ARCHIE BUNKER WAS NOT RACIST HATER LIKE TEA PARTY " Yeah...and? demwing Nov 2014 #7
Rec! progressoid Nov 2014 #8
DUzy! pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #9

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
10. bunker reminds me of my dad
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 07:36 PM
Nov 2014

who was a miserable misogynist...until his three daughters grew up. then he changed his tune. some people actually do evolve and change for the better.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
7. "ARCHIE BUNKER WAS NOT RACIST HATER LIKE TEA PARTY " Yeah...and?
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 10:32 PM
Nov 2014

I guess I don't see the problem with the statement. It's not a direct quote, but so what if it were? Norman Lear doesn't need to clarify a damn thing.

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