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GusFring

(756 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:16 PM Jan 2012

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why is Piers Morgan giving Jack Welch a platform for his Romney love and Obama hate

Why?

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why is Piers Morgan giving Jack Welch a platform for his Romney love and Obama hate (Original Post) GusFring Jan 2012 OP

Piers Morgan is a slimebag ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2012 #1

You mean this guy? FiveGoodMen Jan 2012 #2

It attracts people to watch his show. TheWraith Jan 2012 #3

Welch is past his prime julian09 Jan 2012 #6

Really, ex-GE CEO Jack Welch would favor Mitt Romney over Obama? Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #4

R#1 & K for, because Piers is an asskisser for VERY RICH old white men?!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2012 #5

ProfessionalLeftist

(4,982 posts)

1. Piers Morgan is a slimebag

Reply to GusFring (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:17 PM

Jan 2012

That may be part of it.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

2. You mean this guy?

Reply to GusFring (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:24 PM

Jan 2012

In July 2011 it was alleged by political blogger Paul Staines that Morgan published a story while knowing it to have been obtained by phone hacking while editor of the Daily Mirror in 2002.[66] Morgan is also alleged to have close ties with the Rupert Murdoch family and defended them in the media against suggestions that they were more involved in the News International phone hacking scandal than they claimed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Morgan

TheWraith

(24,331 posts)

3. It attracts people to watch his show.

Reply to GusFring (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:25 PM

Jan 2012

Ratings are the ultimate allegiance for most talkshow hosts.

julian09

(1,435 posts)

6. Welch is past his prime

Reply to TheWraith (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:39 PM

Jan 2012

Piers is boring, did he ask Methusala , HOW MANY TIMES HE HAS BEEN PROPERLY IN LOVE?

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)

4. Really, ex-GE CEO Jack Welch would favor Mitt Romney over Obama?

Reply to GusFring (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:34 PM

Jan 2012

I'm shocked.....not.

UTUSN

(70,684 posts)

5. R#1 & K for, because Piers is an asskisser for VERY RICH old white men?!1 n/t

Reply to GusFring (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:38 PM

Jan 2012

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