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He's still banging on about late-night hosts. You lost that one, old man.
That's because comedians are a threat to authoritarianism.
*Laughs in Dennis Miller*
Could you elaborate for me? I recognize the name but don't recall the story.
SNL comedian who everyone thought was leftish but turned out to be rightwing and went on to play footsie with Fox News and had a confusing stint as a Monday Night Football color commentator.
Thank you.
How does that change anything?
What?
I think I mistook your first comment as saying it disproved their point rather than just making conversation about it.
Stephen Colbert would like a word.
He lost the battle - don't assume that he has given up on the war.
He didn't even have a part in that battle, as far as I'm aware. He was just canceled. But he's not done, no.
If you haven't watched the dementia patient addressing the Navy, the video is in the story. Been saying that it's hard to feel the depth of his dementia without actually watching him. Reading makes it sound bad, seeing it in action is horrifying.
EDIT: That clip isn't the part where he talks about replacing electrical and magnetic elevators on our carriers and going back to steam. The whole speech is scary.
Have a link to video, the article cuts it off.
Looked on YouTube and there are tons of clips, including the whole hour-long talk. Wasn't sure where the relevant quotes were, but the whole thing was an embarrassing and frightening mess.
Trump's got the important questions, like what happens when you put water on a magnet, that's the end of the magnet.
Or something, I dunno. His incoherent ramblings have been gold though for Seth Meyers.