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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcLaughlin Group -- Wow!
John McLaughlin is still moderating and he looks and sounds like shit. Age has attacked him. The rest of the cast is much much older too.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)...again, WTF???
greyl
(22,990 posts)using his famous "wrong!" as the punchline.
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Jajajajajajajajajajaaa!
My exposure to McLaughlin has been mininal, to say the least. Most of what I've ever seen of him was years and years ago and extremely occasionally here on DU so I was not familiar with nor do I remember his habit of interupting with "WRONG!"
Glad the poster above me was nice enough to let you know she got it and I didn't.
unblock
(52,253 posts)Afaik, he introduced 2 major terrible ideas in destroying political discourse in our country:
1) that it was entertaining to outshout and interrupt people rather than to engage what they were saying; and
2) that it was perfectly fine to have 3 or 4 right-wingers on a panel of 5 people. Not to mention to have one of those right-wingers give the final verdict and label it "the correct answer".
It's hard to imagine, but once upon a time, political discourse was civil, respectful, and constructive. You often found democrats agreeing with republicans and yes, even republicans agreeing with democrats. Those days are long gone thanks to mclaughlin
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)that was still on television, incredible.
Different Drummer
(7,621 posts)I used to watch when Jack Germond and Robert Novak were regulars. I think both have since passed away.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)Mostly I remember SNL spoofs of the show.
Different Drummer
(7,621 posts)"WRONG!"
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)Somehow the satire gets mixed up with the real in my mind.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)He's just a little hooked on the TV thing....
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)Why give up a job that amounts to the same thing they'd do at the country club bar?