Video: Tucker apologizes for snoozing McCain remark
posted at 11:05 am on February 4, 2007 by Ian
Last month I posted video and pictures of Congressmen and Senators who may have been snoozing during the President’s State of the Union address. MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson was the first to write about the possibility of McCain sleeping and apologized on the air last week after McCain’s people informed him the Senator was not sleeping.
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I’m not a big fan of Tucker Carlson, but least that was a real apology, and not one of those half-assed non-apologies you get out of Kerry et al.
ReubenJCogburn on February 4, 2007 at 11:12 AM
“I’m sorry if I offended you.”
Ian on February 4, 2007 at 11:15 AM
That puts me in a shame-spiral.
Coronagold on February 4, 2007 at 11:29 AM
I was offended by the bowtie. Glad it’s gone.
TugboatPhil on February 4, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Tucker just go away along with MessNBC.
George on February 4, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Would someone send this to the AP, so that they’ll know what a correction/retraction looks like?
Pablo on February 4, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Tucker is and will always be a complete and utter dumb a@#
kara26 on February 4, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Points for the sincere apology.
However, I still think it would be prudent for anyone who gets to attend the State of the Union address to do any reading they want to do…even if its text of the speech itself…ahead of time and pay attention during the speech.
James on February 4, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Tucker Carlson said; “John McCain is a pretty honest guy“.
Tucker you are an idiot, John McCain that was one of the one of the Keating Five and claimed they were simply performing a constituent service after taking hundreds of thousands of dollars and trips from Charles Keating.
Just like with the Lincoln Savings and Loan scandal, one cannot believe a word that comes out his mouth.
Reading notes, yeah right. Too bad somebody did not have a microphone next to him to catch the snoring in full Dolby Stereo.
ScottyDog on February 4, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Naw man, he was on his Sony PSP playing that Israel/Pally Peace game to get in a little practice before he (think’s) he’ll become prez.
- The Cat
MirCat on February 4, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Some of you people who really dislike Carlson might want to consider a few things before completely slamming him:
a) He is on MSNBC, one of the most liberal stations, yet he is one of the few people in the mass media to really call CAIR on its BS repeatedly. Fox News generally hasn’t been so bold.
b) He is anti-illegal-immigration. Many of the conservatives on Fox have repeatedly derided people who oppose illegal immigration.
I suppose the fact that he doesn’t believe the Iraq war has gone very well and was a mistake to begin with is what offends at least a few of you. Well, I’ve got news for you: he is right. The idea of attempting to bring democracy to an Islamic country was pretty absurd to begin with, and the moment we allowed Sharia law to be written into the Iraqi constitution, we all but assured that a serious democracy in Iraq would not emerge any time soon.
The president might have at least had a chance to bring more stability to Iraq if he hadn’t been so quick to compromise with some of our most troublesome enemies like al-Sadr. Now it is probably far too late to kill Mookie. Especially if we are going to rely on Iraqi police and military to help us, and if we think that the prime minister of Iraq is likely to be of much help in the effort. Sadr and his top people will probably will flee to Iran if things get too hot.
Game over.
tommy1 on February 4, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Keep in mind that we are in an age of images and information. McCain still looked sound asleep! Given the nature of the speech, maybe that is a good thing, as he can claim executive deniability later when asked about it.
Emmett J. on February 4, 2007 at 6:10 PM
Thanks for pointing that out. I thought Tucker Carlson was a tool, but now that I know he opposes illegal immigration, and that he’s right about the Iraq war being a mistake because:
I stand corrected.
John from WuzzaDem on February 4, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Is Carlson a tool? I don’t know. But I don’t think Carlson is any more of a tool than your average Fox News pundit willing to shamelessly shill for
Bush’s amnestyMcCain’s banana/permanent residentguest worker program and deride anyone who opposes it. I am a little growing weary of the ceaseless apologetics brought forth by the neoconservative crowd on behalf of one of the least conservative Republican presidents in recent memory.I stand corrected.
You can differ with me if you wish on the likelihood that al-Sadr will finally be handled effectively. I’ve been hearing from Bush supporters about how the president is going to really make things happen in Iraq, any day now, for the longest time. It never happens. Bush hasn’t shown any indication he will deal with al-Sadr effectively. The involvement of the Iraqi military and consultation with a PM who is a tool for al-Sadr doesn’t look good. But then what can he do? By turning over authority to the Iraqis before stabilization was achieved, he has drastically limited his military maneuverability with respect to the sovereign Iraqi government.
When I say probably, I simply mean that I’m not a fortune-teller. Nor am I privy to the same intel the president is. Nor do I sit in on National Security Council meetings. I also don’t happen to know exactly what al-Sadr is thinking at the moment. I have to call things based on what is publically known, as do you. I leave open a slim chance that Bush could surprise us, upset Maliki and his people, and pull it off, but I see no evidence he will do so and past experiences suggests he won’t. Forget al-Sadr and Maliki, Bush hasn’t even shown the ability to deal with that two-faced liar and crook, Ahmed Chalabi, for heaven’s sake.
What is your issue with my first comment? The converse to that statement is that Bush couldn’t have stabilized Iraq in the first place by taking such an action. Well, if Bush couldn’t have stabilized the country regardless, then that is the most brilliant argument on behalf of Bush going into this war I’ve seen date. “Sure, we won’t find major stockpiles of usable WMDs, bring lasting democracy to Iraq, or even find a way to prevent rampant bloodshed in the country, but none of that is Bush’s fault. Lets go to war!”
All of this just goes to show how the goalposts are moved every time. No significant stockpiles of WMDs emerge, then sharia is enshrined in the constitution, and now we are just debating whether or not we can bring down the violence Baghdad for a period of time.
Again, Tucker Carlson is correct: the war was ill-conceived. Carlson initially supported the war but was one of the first conservatives in the media to change his mind and admit it was a bad idea. I respect that decision. He admitted he was wrong. Many other conservative pundits in the mainstream media still don’t seem to get it (or just don’t want to talk about it), even this late in the game.
tommy1 on February 4, 2007 at 8:12 PM
Tucker’s not that bad. He tries hard. He’s in the game. Considering he’s on MSNBC I’d go so far as to say he’s an important factor in actually being able to sway a few independents. Everybody watching FNC already knows who they’re voting for.
Griz on February 4, 2007 at 11:22 PM
McCain looked asleep to me.
bookwurm322 on February 5, 2007 at 12:00 AM
tucker who…???…what’s a msnbc…???…
areseaoh on February 5, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Really interesting link, thanks.
honora on February 5, 2007 at 2:49 PM