Comments on: Friday stupid: Open mic catches Lou Dobbs yucking it up with Charlie Rangel

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:13:50 +0000

It is o.k. to call one of you servants, partner, after all you are making his payroll.

By: MirCat

MirCat — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:58:56 +0000

Sounds like he just slipped. Partner is no different than saying dude or whatever. As to the chummy, it sounds no different than the fakeness that you hear at office parties. As to the open mic, I thought they were always open . . . this was leaked by CNN themselves. Prolly to try to clear things up. Dobbs almost sounds like he wished Rangle would let him do some damage control and shut up already hehe

- The Cat

By: doufree

doufree — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:17:52 +0000

Gack. Michelle on November 9, 2007 at 10:41 AM

Pardon my verb creation, but ... Rangel got enough strokes in that interview that I think Dobbs gacked up something later on, but not a hairball.

By: Griz

Griz — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:32:32 +0000

Lou has always held the people in contempt and the leaders on a pedestal. Everything is always the voter’s fault with him. Them thar leaders are only doing their best fur us don’t you know. In his mind, it’s our fault if we elect some POS like Rangel or Cheney. The only politician he holds responsible for anything is GW… the least responsible office for legislation issues and America’s problems.

By: landlines

landlines — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:23:05 +0000

Dobbs called Rep. Charlie Rangel “partner,” then quickly made light of it.

I guess most folks didn’t previously know either one of them was gay.

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:18:00 +0000

Ha! “What kind of a name is Todd Gack anyway?” “I think it’s Dutch…” I love that show.

CP on November 9, 2007 at 12:05 PM

Damn! You beat me to it!

By: RightWinged

RightWinged — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:17:19 +0000

Gack is also the surname of a Seinfeld character.

Bryan on November 9, 2007 at 11:08 AM

Todd Gack.

Anyway, is it me, or does CNN have more than their fair share of control room issues? We all remember the one anchorchick trashing her sister in-law in the bathroom with her mic on… over top of President Bush’s speech! We remember Cheney’s “X”, etc. etc. What kind of operation are they running over there?

By: CP

CP — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:05:35 +0000

Gack is also the surname of a Seinfeld character.

Bryan on November 9, 2007 at 11:08 AM

Ha! “What kind of a name is Todd Gack anyway?” “I think it’s Dutch…” I love that show.

By: JetBoy

JetBoy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:47:02 +0000

wow, i forgot all about that CNN open mic in the loo link…what always come to mind was that big “X” in front of Cheney’s face that time.

My opinion…if you’re wearing a mic., always assume it’s on. Go ahead and make some small talk…but when you’re in an environment like they are there, can and most certainly will be heard, and will be used against you.

OT a bit: Did Rangel have anything to do with edging on Hagel with all the “reinstate the draft” stuff?

By: Larraby

Larraby — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:44:09 +0000

It wasn’t so long ago that a CNN anchorwoman got caught dishing out marital advice and dissing her sister in law from the loo. Apparently, CNN does not learn very quickly.

By: William Amos

William Amos — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:42:18 +0000

Personally I like This honest exchange between reporters

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:28:12 +0000

"...if you will..." and other such phrases ("as it were", "dare I say", "so to speak", ad nauseam) must be stopped, pardner.

By: The Thunder Run

The Thunder Run — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:25:56 +0000

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By: lan astaslem

lan astaslem — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:23:00 +0000

I thought Bill the Cat (Opus) said “Gack” — turns out he said “Ack.” So that’s different.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:21:16 +0000

google search says gack is cross between putty and Jello.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:19:50 +0000

Anyone here from Philadelphia that can give a personal account of WTF is going on. It sounds like a war zone there.

Don't think that is unusual. Philadelphia leads big cities in murder rate.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:18:50 +0000

Gack.

Michelle on November 9, 2007 at 10:41 AM

Exactly.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:16:55 +0000

What a phony. And speaking of which, I caught a few seconds — it was all I could stomach — of Dobbs on Laura Ingraham’s show, chumming it up with Laura. (AJ, if you’re out there, dive right in here, bro.)

I’m trying to remember the topic, which almost had to be illegal immigration, but the part that got me was these two lamenting the country’s “elitists” (wasn’t that the word, AJ?) being in control of something or other. Laura, from Dartmouth, UV Law, and Federal Appeals Court clerk fame, and Dobbs, with his economics degree from Harvard and his mentorship under good friend Ted Turner.

I guess the rank hypocrisy overwhelmed the actual topic; can’t even remember it.

By: Mazztek

Mazztek — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:16:31 +0000

Gack.

Michelle on November 9, 2007 at 10:41 AM
Is that like gag?

saiga on November 9, 2007 at 10:47 AM

In Tagalog, yes.

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:13:15 +0000

I don’t find this surprising. Supposedly Novak and Rangel get along great outside of their political opinions. Rangel always seemed like the kinda guy it would be fun to have dinner with.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:08:09 +0000

Gack is also the surname of a Seinfeld character.

By: sunny

sunny — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:06:08 +0000

The bathroom mic was so much better. Lighten up Lou.

OT: Anyone here from Philadelphia that can give a personal account of WTF is going on. It sounds like a war zone there.

By: fogw

fogw — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:05:36 +0000

I fail to see any difference between what’s said on the mic, or off the mic.

It’s CNN.

They wear their bias on their sleeve like a badge of honor.

By: Immolate

Immolate — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:54:44 +0000

“Gack” is a “Gag” mixed with a “Hack” which is approximately the involuntary physical response equivalent to coughing up a hairball. Think of it as “Gag-with-violence”

By: saint kansas

saint kansas — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:50:01 +0000

Maybe they should apply for partner benefits.