Just endured the worst commute of my life, here in Pittsburgh

[Orrex]

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Not because of the weather, which is indeed atrocious and largely ignored by PennDOT.

No, it was the worst commute because the weather made me late enough that I had to endure Cokie Roberts on NPR, preemptively calling the midterm elections a sweep for Republicans thanks to Obama's disastrous approval rating, the fact that Republicans are stronger on the economy and are more popular due to their "small government" agenda.

Thanks, Cokie.

[Berlum]

1. She's long ago degenerated to become just another Republicon Propaganda Prattler

NPR shit the cred bed long ago, and cokie (R) too.

[n2doc]

6. she looks like somebody just gave her an electric shock n/t

[a kennedy]

2. Yup, I started listening to her, and immediately changed the channel....

can not stand her. Ugh.....

[magical thyme]

3. you need to find a better radio station, or just turn it off.

Listen to the wheels cranking in your own mind. Anything is better than what you endured.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Aren't the Republican primaries always a sweep for Republicans?

I thought that was the idea of primaries - only one party takes part.

[Orrex]

7. Oh, sure. Now you tell me.

Where were you before Cokie oozed onto my radio this morning?

[n2doc]

5. "Republicans stronger on the economy"

replace stronger with harder and maybe she has a point. Except Cokie is too busy spewing the same old disproven republican talking points.

Too bad somebody couldn't have spliced in a laugh track.

[Ikonoklast]

8. Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts, Political Shill and Beltway Party Animal.

Another person that earns a living by going to Washington parties and running down whoever isn't in the room.

A person whose political analysis on NPR has been described as "Four minutes of blather."

[tech3149]

9. Just tune in to WYEP and enjoy the music

You can't find better listening in the area.

[Orrex]

10. I loves me some Cindy in the morning.

But since I can't get Democracy Now! I tune into NPR in hope of getting some useful info. Beats Bob-n-Tom or Quinn-n-Rose, at least.

[FSogol]

11. I heard that crap too. Remember when NPR was more than just reading the RW talking points verbatim?

[L0oniX]

12. Kookie Roberts?

[Blue Owl]

13. Kochie is such a shameless shill

So nice of her to relay those Koch Bros talking points under the guise of "journalism"

[Blue_Tires]

14. Turn to 970 AM and hear the latest Pens talk instead!

[Orrex]

15. Forget it.

My cube-neighbor won't shut up about sports. I get a full-throttle sports commentary from before I clock in until after he clocks out. It's horrible, because if you took all of my sports-related talk in my entire life, you might get 12 minutes of conversation out of me. But this guy is all day, every day. And when I tell him that I have no interest in sports, he takes it upon himself to educate me.

The last thing I need is radio pre-filling my brain with this stuff for him!