Dennis Miller to Give Bush a Free Pass

[The Backlash Cometh]

LOS ANGELES - Dennis Miller (news) has usually been happy to spray his acerbic wit across the political spectrum, but things will be different on his new CNBC talk program. President Bush (news - web sites) is in a mock-free zone.

"I like him," Miller explained. "I'm going to give him a pass. I take care of my friends."

Miller is a familiar figure from his years on "Saturday Night Live," HBO and "Monday Night Football," but he will be in a different role on his daily show that debuts 9 p.m. EST Monday.

This is the Miller who has appeared at fund-raisers for Bush, ridden with the president on Air Force One, sat in the gallery at last week's State of the Union speech and was even talked about as a Republican senatorial candidate in California.

His fans didn't necessarily know that Miller. Now they do.

"Nine-11 changed me," he said. "I'm shocked that it didn't change the whole country, frankly."

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[Emboldened Chimp]

1. This rat seems intent to go down with the ship...

so be it.

[YEM]

4. Miller is a dope!

I'm sure it will be as successful as MNF was for him. Goodbye Dennis!

[kysrsoze]

39. I used to think he was an intelligent guy who questioned stupidity

Now he raises funds for it. What a jackass.

[Terwilliger]

2. Yes, Dennis, now you've become a puddle of goo

Don't blame the rest of the country for not going along with your pissing in your pants. Get some balls, Dennis. Face your demons.

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. Check this out:

Here's what he said:

"Miller cautions against making too many assumptions about his politics. He's conservative on taxes and defense issues but more liberal on social policy, he said."

""If two gay guys want to get married, I couldn't care less," he said. "It's their business. If some foreigner wants to blow their wedding up, I want my government to eliminate him."

So what happens when it's his right-wing looney buddies that want to "blow up" gay weddings?

[Terwilliger]

35. he could care less

look at the blatant disregard of home-grown terrorism already rampant on the right

[Skittles]

20. hey Ter

for the record, Mr. Miller already HAS balls. That's because "having balls" does not preclude one from being a SLIMY LITTLE COWARDLY SHIT.

[catzies]

3. Got a link?

TIA.

[proud patriot]

5. Bogus Baffoon

:eyes:

[girl gone mad]

6. His show..

won't last a month.

He's out of touch with people and he just admitted as much.

[StClone]

25. Miller's last Hoorah.

The dude is a comedic dud and his swan song will be while propping up Bush.

[arcane1]

7. OMG, this part is just too ripe:

-snip-


The show will feature interviews, a rant on a selected topic, a "Weekend Update"-like comic newscast and a pundit panel he calls "The Varsity."

And a monkey.

You read that right. Miller wanted a simian presence, believing a monkey occasionally scampering across the studio floor will keep both guests and viewers on their toes, he said.


giving Bush a free pass, AND a simian presence? :evilgrin:

[prolesunited]

10. LOL!

Maybe he's trying to offer evidence that Bush in not a Smirking Chimp?

[Bozvotros]

24. A monkey scampering across the set,

tearing up things, pissing on the floor, humping people's legs, throwing their crap at people, jacking themselves off in a corner... Sounds like our Resident will be there in spirit. I wonder if Dennis plans to show us how to demonstrate proper respect and deference to the monkey and how best to pleasure him.

What a total suck up Putz Miller has become.

[mithnanthy]

54. Hahahaha...

Good one, Bozvotros! Good description.

[MrBenchley]

12. A quick guide for viewers

The terrified beast that scuttles fearfully across the studio floor chattering nonsense will be Dennis. The monkey will be the one with no reason to be ashamed.

[goobergunch]

18. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[MrBenchley]

45. Thanks...

[MrBenchley]

8. He's hitched his wagon to a turd...

C'mon now, who doesn't love a suckup? Especially one that brags openly about being a craven toady?

[CBHagman]

43. "I'll take opportunistic suck-ups for 800, please, Alex."

You beat me to the punch, MrBenchley.

Seriously, it's as sad as it is disgusting to see Miller turn into a brown-noser. My guess is his primary motivation is financial, though it's entirely possible he has some silly notion that aligning himself with Republicans will bring a more secure country. Not likely, given all the enemies Bush is making.

[MrBenchley]

47. Imagine if

during the Eisenhower administration George Gobel or someone like him had made an announcement like this...

Americans every where would have been disgusted at what a craven coward he was, and have condemned the guy for being more suited for a dictatorship than the land of the free and the home of the brave...

[prolesunited]

Well, if there was any doubt

about why he was given his own show.

"I'm going to give him a pass. I take care of my friends."

Follow the money:
CNBC --> NBC --> GE --> Making big money off defense contracts. Any questions?

New NBC motto: Bringing you all war, all the time!

[annagull]

9. Big suprise: another mouth organ for the RNC with a cable show

"Nine-11 changed me," he said. "I'm shocked that it didn't change the whole country, frankly."
That's a big fat lie. He's been screaming RNC talking points since Clinton's presidency. These jerks can't speak one paragraph without lying their asses off.

[ScrewyRabbit]

11. Probably not the only thing he wants to give Bush

If you know what I mean and I think you do.

[calimary]

42. Looks as though bush has a lot more Monicas than Clinton ever did.

I think we ought to start calling them all "bush's Monicas."

Every one of 'em. Carries a pungent message. It's one they've earned.

[ScrewyRabbit]

68. From Monica's bush to Bush's Monica

Some kind of poetic justice to it all.

I like it!

[lovedems]

13. 9-11 did change the whole country and the chimp blew it

by politicizing it. He used 9-11 for tax cuts, the Patriot Act, the 2002 elections. He alienated us from the entire world and caused further division in our own country.

What a schmuck. I hope his ratings suck and hope this is a failure like every other project Dennis has touched.

[Cat Atomic]

15. Oh, brother.

"At least I come out upfront and tell people about my politics," Miller said. "(Peter Jennings) sits there and displays it through subtle poker (expressions) all year long — the raised eyebrows, the arch tone of the voice."

THAT's his example of the "liberal media"? Raised eyebrows and a tone of voice?

This is the sort of willfull blindness that makes the issue impossible to discuss with some people. Miller's got a fucking GOP strategist as his producer and he's announced that he will not criticize Bush. The corporate-run CNBC says they have no problem with that.

Liberal media my ass. Miller is such a joke.

[Skittles]

16. DENNIS MILLER TO BEND OVER AND GRAB ANKLES

WHAT AN OBEDIENT LITTLE BUSH WHORE HE IS

[Scurrilous]

44. Yep...

...the title of this thread should really read " Dennis Miller to Give Bush Free Ass."

[SideshowScott]

17. So Basicly Bush can do whatever he likes...

And Miller wont say anything and be a good right wing zombie. Whatta Maroon! HEY MILLER 9-11 did change the country but that does not mean that we will let the people who run it get away with anything. I really get the gist hes another right winger who acts like hes is glad the most horrific day in american history happend beacuse then more people will listen to his hate filled fear mongering that is the bread and butter of right wing poltics.
I give his show two months tops.
HEY i wonder if his show will take calls...hmmmm

[Gman]

19. Miller bombed on Monday Night Football

made an ass of his self every week. This is no different.

[Barrett808]

21. 9/11 changed a lot of people, but didn't turn them into warmongering jerks

n/t

[Skittles]

32. IT DIDN'T MAKE *ME* A BUSH WHORE

NO INDEED

[peekaloo]

22. also

a free blow job, free reach-around and free back massage for revitalizing his limp career.

[asjr]

23. Seems to me

his program just turns out to be a political ad for Bush. Does Miller have to pay for his own program or is Shrub going to pay for it. Something smells.

[Southsideirish]

26. The weasel will come to regret this when Bush loses. (n/t)

[slor]

27. So no matter what...

that idiot does, no complaints. That is real stupid and I am glad he is admitting it!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

28. Sink...

BITCH, SINK!


"Librul Media" B.S


:puke: :puke: :puke:
:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Bob3]

29. So what do you think - the show lasts three weeks?

Four tops?

[llmart]

30. Never watched him

Never will.

[llmart]

31. Go to the site

and rate it a 1. It doesn't deserve any more attention.

[aintitfunny]

33. Planning, Plotting, Pollution

This show will not grace my television. He is working hard at building a hate Dennis Miller anti fan club. When you can't seem to succeed at anything, stir up trouble. Now with this announcement those of us really looking for a balanced media, will talk him up through negative reference, whining and complaining. The end result, more press for his show. There is no such thing as negative publicity.

[Demeter]

34. He Forgets: Bush Doesn't Have Any Friends

Bush recognizes only two categories of people:

Victims (the gotchas)

and Masters (the Got MEs)

Since Miller could not fit into the Master category(unless he decided to take the path untraveled in this country and be a real, investigative journalist)

then he is volunteering for the Victim category. Another version of reality programming, coming up.

[phaseolus]

36. Prediction:

At some point in the future, after the nation (with the possible exception of a few cranky old white guys)tires of right-wing bullshit, when leftist pundits and authors abound and make millions and the few remaining right-wing pundits eke out five figure incomes here and there --

... Dennis turns liberal.

[0007]

37. This nitwit isn't worse a response!

[lagniappe]

38. Miller's take on the 'liberal media' is too much.

I love conservatives' definition of the 'liberal media'. We have Faux News and his royal highness Rush Limbaugh spewing vitriol 24/7. But, Miller thinks slanted news is when.. wait... wait.. oh there it is. Peter Jennings raised an eye brow.

[tibbiit]

40. Please people BOYCOTT

Maybe designate ONE DU'er to watch, then report back to DU --- kind of like Pundit Pap.
Since finding Pundit Pap I have not watched any of the sunday shows one time.
Do the same with this, dont give that traitor Miller one smidgen of ratings. (dont give any RW bullshit artist
one percentage point up!
tib

[Robb]

41. Boycott, schmoycott...

...just don't watch. Boycotts get press, low ratings don't. :)

[porkrind]

46. Too bad.

I personally think Dennis Miller is quite funny.

I like his sense of humor, but I don't think there's anything funny about his politics. I think it's fine that he has an opinion, even if I don't agree with it, but I'm frankly astounded that he can have these right-wing opinions given the Bush administration's obvious misdeeds and corruption. How bad does it have to get? Maybe he has compromised himself with financial entanglement with these beasts?

Hopefully he will see the light soon. I'll steer clear of his comedy if he promotes the neocon agenda with his act.

[osaMABUSh]

48. John McEnroe to follow DM - I'll watch that one

"John McEnroe, whose own talk show will immediately follow Miller's starting this spring, to have different views."

The thing that gets me about DM and the Repukes is they assume that no one could have done the job that Bush did after 9/11. Apparently this is the only thing Bush can run on.

They're right though - no one could have done a worse job!

Here's the question has Bush's performance merited the reward of a second term?

DM makes me puke. I used to like him back in the ranting days. He's latched onto 9/11-bush-cheney-rove and won't let go. Can't wait till Bush is booted out to see where all these neocons end up.

[MrBenchley]

49. And in other news.....

January 25, 1942--Tokyo Rose has announced there's not going to any criticism of Hirohito on her new program for Americans. "I like the guy. I'm going to give him a pass. I take care of my friends," the familiar figure said.
"Pearl Harbor changed me," she said. "I'm surprised it didn't change the whole country, frankly."

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

50. Yep, he's the "Anti-Franken," alright...

"It makes what you do different when you say, "I don't have a dog in this fight," Franken said. "It's a big choice to make. I made it. I made the same choice on the opposite side."

It's very simple, folks.

1). Dennis Miller is a whore (no new info here)

2). Al Franken had a phenomenally popular best-seller, helped in no small degree by the outrage expressed by Fox News and Mr. "Who's Looking Out For You" Splotchy Face

3). Al Franken is a former SNL cast member who had a modest, up-and-down post-SNL career before "Lies," now he's at the top of the liberal pundit hill

SO...Al Franken "made the choice on the opposite side," which was my reaction the minute Miller announced his move. His BS line about "I like him...I'm going to give him a pass...I take care of my friends" was a cold, calculated move to create controversy, get people talking, get people watching, and make Miller "The NeoCon Al Franken" or "The Anti-Franken."

Miller did make one mistake...9/11 DID change the whole country, so don't be so "shocked," bee-yatch.

Miller's going to give Bush a pass. As they would say on South Park, "Red Rocket! Red Rocket!"

100 points to anyone who gets that reference...

:evilgrin:

[pacifictiger]

51. I used to like

Dennis Miller, but he is turned to prostituting himself for a job. Remember how Bill Maher got fired for being politically incorrect?

[muchacho]

52. prick

>>"I like him," Miller explained. "I'm going to give him a pass. I take care of my friends."


How sweet. I prefer it when my TV personalities wear their allegiance on their short expensive French-cuff sleeves.

Prick...

[Democat]

53. He needs to be cancelled just like Savage

Dennis Miller needs to be punished for being a right wing ass kissing left-basher. He is also not a funny guy.

Once his show is on the air, it needs to be monitored and terminated, just like the right had the Reagan's cancelled.

The left needs to be as mean as the right and put the pressure on networks when they decide to become right wing propaganda machines.

[muchacho]

55. stupid shit

>>CNBC is comfortable with an unabashed Bush fan in the middle of its prime-time schedule in an election year. CNBC President Pamela Thomas-Graham said she expects John McEnroe, whose own talk show will immediately follow Miller's starting this spring, to have different views.

Oooo, with such heavy hitters as Miller and McEnroe I wonder what's next....Paris Hilton on foreign affairs? (her name IS Paris, after all)

[scarface2004]

57. karl rove's cabana boy....

and he gets a show on cable?

must be the apocalypse for sure!!

[DemonFighterLives]

56. What a Freak!

If 9/11 did this to him then he doesn't have the brainpower that I thought he did. Poor fella!
9/11 had the opposite effect on me. I distrust anything these murderous lying thugs do. Everything is in question, even this stupid show. What did Miller wake up to a horse head in his bed?

[kodi]

58. well, dec 12, 2000 changed me, i'm surprised it didn't change miller

.

[neverforget]

59. Just another guy who sold himself out for money.

[Liberal_Dog]

60. At Least Miller Is Honest Enough To Admit It

Unlike Bill "I won't talk about anything that makes Republicans look bad" O'Reilly.

[daleo]

61. Free Pass = Freep Ass

n/t

[Democat]

62. He'd like to give Bush that too

Miller is nothing more than a right wing ass kisser on the Bush payroll.

[are_we_united_yet]

63. Clever Clever Cleverrrrr

;)

[Claire Beth]

64. Dennis the jerk.....

if nine 11 had changed him, he should have seen more clearly the way bush and his cronies used that tragedy to lead america in the WRONG direction. I don't like Dennis Miller and I certainly do not like George Bush.

[spanone]

65. Sad, he used to be funny; now he's pathetic

guess it's a fine line. Can't watch him for five seconds now.

[xxqqqzme]

66. 9/11 changed me - my ass

B4 the dark side completely claimed him, when he was still on HBO, his very 1st show after squatter started squatting..he had hitchens on his show. He asked hitchens his take on the new adminisrtration. Hitchens mumbled something, belched and squirmed. Miller says, 'I don't know, I think he's (squatter) gonna B great!!!?? Miller was on board loooong B4 9/11. Has he ever stopped Clinton penis asides?

[stanwyck]

67. It's not politics. It's money.

Who knows whaqt Miller really thinks. Or cares. He was going nowhere. So. He became a conservative mouthpiece. Rush wasn't always a hateradio trash talker. He worked at a radio station, they needed a rightwing talker, he became one at the station manager's order. Miller is no different. It's career revival. He's selling a product plus he gets to ride on George's plane. What other celebrities are inviting Miller over these days? The RWNs are all Miller has left. Same with Ron Silver. No decent acting jobs. Why not change your politics and get a few talk show gigs? Hey, it gets your face in front of the public. They'd become Islamic fundamentalists if it meant the spotlight and cash.

[dbt]

69. More Kool-Aid, Mr. Miller?

Wouldn't want any of those brain cells to wake up again, now would we?

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Occulus]

70. Dennis Miller is a has-been n/t