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Tags: Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, Red eye, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld
Posted Mar 11th 2009 at 12:19 pm in Celebrity News |
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That guy is awesome! Is he as cutting when he's on with the air heads on a regular cable chat-fest?
Yeah I caught a bit of this last night – what a great interview.
I saw this last night and couldn't believe a politician could be so funny and such a straight shooter. Loved it.
That was impressive. Cue up the "what a pathetic public speaker he is" chants…
I was busy responding to posts on this site last night, but had Red Eye on TV. I heard a couple of very funny and deadly accurate cracks from this guy. I stopped posting for a bit (and I'm sure you were all thankful for that), and turned my full attention to the TV. I hadn't seen or heard the lead-in, so I didn't know at first that he was a Congressman. The funnier and more drily accurate he was, the more I thought "I wish we had a few more comedians like this guy in Congress. After all, the Democrats have a full panoply of clowns." But unlike clowns, this guy was making great sense while keeping me laughing. Later during one of his comments, the reader board showed who he actually was. More! More! More! I particularly like him playing guitar behind his head.
"I would have mentioned Triumph but that would have completely confused them." ROFL
McCotter ROCKS! Literally and figuratively! Awesome stuff. The line about Triumph was awesome as was the mention of FREE BIRD!
Wow, and no teleprompters!
I've seen the future, Ladies and Gentleman, and it is a bald guy from Michigan.
McCotter for President 2012!!
Next Republican President…make this guy Press Secretary.
This guy rocks my socks! Who knew a Congressman could be charming, funny, AND right?
He and Huckabee should get together and make a CD…the next Simon and Garfunkel.
Also…Thaddeus is an awesome name…just saying.
Are you talking about me or McCotter?
It is pretty awesome!
Nice interview. He's funny, culturally aware, even knows what the party stands for. I give it the thumbs up.
As an aside, thought, I do wish that, just for once, our party would stop being so polite. I recall Nancy Pelosi and her orc legions constantly calling Bush "stupid," "idiotic" and a great many other words that I'm sure she had to look up. Well if Bush was barely high school educated, then Obama's a Head Start drop out.
Nice interview. He's funny, culturally aware, even knows what the party stands for. I give it the thumbs up.
As an aside, though, I do wish that, just for once, our party would stop being so polite. I recall Nancy Pelosi and her orc legions constantly calling Bush "stupid," "idiotic" and a great many other words that I'm sure she had to look up. Well if Bush was barely high school educated, then Obama's a Head Start drop out. I wish someone would say, "well, I just came from the White House… man, that Obama… elevator don't go all the way to the top my friends… lights are on but nobody's home…" Just a little fantasy.
It was great to hear him speak–the summing up of our principles was the best I've heard in recent times. And Thaddeus is a great name. From the world of TV classics, does anyone remember that the Chief on Get Smart's name was Thaddeus? Another cool bald guy!
No way, he doesn't have the salesman personality that it takes to say nothing in a dozen different ways.
Red Eye is the best thing on T.V.
I love, love, love the congressman and think that we should print up cards featuring his five principles and pass them out on street corners.
Wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead
a few fries short of a happy meal
doesn't have the sense God gave a box of rocks
If his brains were WMDs, he'd be Saddam Hussein
I could go on…
Give him a column. The focus improves.
Theres is nothing like a Gutfeld induced interview to make a good guy shine. He was great, and he understands the show. So he was able to toss some barbs back at Greg, which he loves. We need more like him.
Okay, lets review:
1. Our Liberty is from God, not the Government
2. Our Sovereignty is in our Souls, not the Soil;
3. Our Security is through Strength, not Surrender
4. Our Prosperity is through the Private sector, not the Public sector
5. Our truths are Self-evident, not Relative.
This was said after deadpan ribs with the interviewer. WOW! Who is this guy and why can't he be in charge?
President Thaddeus McCotter. Nice ring. Dignified. Would look nice on White House stationery.
Nice Nathan!!
I'd love to see McCotter tell Obama the Flock of Seagulls line. Our genius President would never get it. I'll bet he would end endorsing a bill to provide for hair transplants for seagulls. Idiot.
By the way, I can't believe I missed the "welcome back McCotter" lay up. It was there for the taking…
I think that's one of our party's problems. Any time a Republican strings a full sentence together without choking or shooting someone, the Chorus starts hyping him (or her) as the new face of the Republican Party. Let's get more info on the guy first. Instead of putting all the Party-backed eggs in one basket like what happened with McCain, We need to bring everyone to a higher standard. Let's see this guy, Palin, Jindal, Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani et. al. work together for something, instead of being at each others' throats next campaign season.
He's white and bald. Electing him would be racist.
"Who doesn't love Canadian power rock trios"
Beauty, eh?
he just p'ownd every last dem! (it's a good thing)
But think of the money the country could save on haircuts and teleprompters!
It was AWSOME. Love Red Eye as they have a twisted view which actually tickles my funny bone. Thaddeus was dry, wry, and on point but he did have a freindly room to work. He could plunge his rapier without fear of anyone taking it too personal. It was like hearing a conversation of people who know each other well enough that insults can fly without anyones feelings getting hurt.
I have Mike Michaud as a congressman.
(Nuff said) Add Snowe and Collins and now what do I have? Congressman envy.
Michigan has an awesome guy in Washington looking out for them.
Excellent! Didn't I see that guy on a Barney Miller re-run?
Thank you BevfromNY for repeating the big 5!
Whomever is in charge of the Tea Parties should make sure that everyone in attendance has a copy. Also how about billboards? I'll chip in.
Yeah, I caught this last night when I should have been doing homework. At first, I was anxiously waiting for the caption to see who he was, because the man was funny, charming, intelligent…i.e. definitely not a United States Congressman! Then, when I saw it was Representative McCotter from very blue Michigan of all places, I was shocked and so happy that he was actually a cool Republican. In fact, if all Republicans were as well spoken as him, the party might actually win an election again and sooner than the pundits think.
I also agree with everyone who LOVES Red Eye. I only began watching the show a couple months ago, and I am addicted. I admire the show's honest, witty banter and hilarious but smart and diverse guests. I just wish it was a little bit earlier in the evening so that more people could watch.
Lighten Up Francis. Another one of the party's problems is that so many of us are unable to recognize humor, irony, or sarcasm when it's staring us in the face.
anyone who shares the same first name as the chief of Control is ok in my book
I agree 100%. This party will not be saved by picking a leader based on one interview — might I remind people that McCotter wrote an article here in favor of bailing out Detroit?
LOL!!
I love the humor, and I love how he can speak without having to read his lines. I don't like how so many conservatives look at whoever is the most recently newsworthy Republican and start clamoring about how *recent newsworthy Republican* is the second coming of sliced bread. We have to give these people time. Don't subject them to the MSM's scrutiny too soon, but let them ease on into the spotlight, based on their actions more than their sound bites.
Because we cant be that damn lucky….
But that would put stylists and the presidential equivalent of roadies out of work. He'd save money in the short run, but later he'd have to bail out the failing hair product and event coordination industries.
Ditto. There is so much more to being an effective leader than one interview or one speech or whatnot. Besides, unlike the left, we are a party of ideas — not a cult of personality. Please do not put your faith in the person, put your faith in the ideas. The person will follow.
Ok, we'll get him to wear a Flock of Seagulls wig and he can smash telepromters like he's a guitarist at a Who concert. It could be one heck of a state of the union address!
I didn't know Edward Platt's character had a name? Maxwell Smart just called him Chief.
Nobody is making him the leader. Oy Vey, politics used to be fun.
This guy can take care of himself. He'll be fine as long as he doesn't have a sex bunker or anything.
It is people like Congressman McCotter that is going to draw people into the Republican Party. We need more witty, smart people to speak the truth.
Oh wow, I'm so jealous of his constituents in Michigan. Please come out here to Az and get rid of Gabby Giffords for us.
I think that I'm in love with a bald, sarcastic, 80s referencing, politician? More McCotter!
I'm from MI and this makes me very happy!
Here's a great quote from Thad:
"We hear the hypocrites in this country say that Saddam was a bad man, but the United States should not have taken him from power. I ask them to say that to the Iraqi victims' faces. For those people who believe America is the greatest threat to peace in the world, I ask them never to show their faces in public again." (Congressional Record, July 22, 2004)
Here's a great quote from Thad:
"We hear the hypocrites in this country say that Saddam was a bad man, but the United States should not have taken him from power. I ask them to say that to the Iraqi victims' faces. For those people who believe America is the greatest threat to peace in the world, I ask them never to show their faces in public again." (Congressional Record, July 22, 2004)
He looks like dryly engaging personality but I don’t think he comes close to suggesting the stuff of leadership such as the times require. To flatly suspend any judgment of Obama’s first two months, as he chose to do, or to miss an opportunity to assess the direction into which Obama is torqueing the country (which he did) amounts to negligence, ignorance, dispassion or just plain drollery gone amok. If nothing else, the criteria of a conservative leader in this time must include a knowledge of Leftism and an ability to communicate its anti-individualist dangers in lively and immediate terms to his audience. These skills are not inconsistent with wit or guitar playing.
I kept smiling and saying to myself "he's a congressman?" Wow. Very entertaining on Red Eye.
Dude, now we all know your private hotmail e-mail account. Man, that's one step away from having all of your credit card information! Hooooo haaaaaa haaaaa!
Oh, come on; how much money is being spent on Obama's hair? Other than the gray hair dye to elicit sympathy for how hard he's trying, I mean.
I can top (or bottom) that: I have Maurice Hinchey as a representative.
And I have Chuck Schumer as a senator.
And I have to stop now or I'll be looking for hemlock.
And Harry "I didn't except the pay raise" Mitchell but I voted for a Stimulus Bill that could bankrupt the country! Couldn't agree with you more, Maggie.
OK, inside musician's humor from a congressman.
This guy owns on so many levels.
Hey, Andrew, where has ol' Gut been lately? I haven't seen him post here since his Che/Del Torro snuff-sodomy fiction.
Hey Breitbart, where has ol' Gut been lately? I haven't seen him post here since his Che/Del Torro snuff-sodomy fiction.
Hey Breitbart, where has ol' Gut been lately? I haven't seen him post here since his Che/Del Torro snuff-sodomy fiction.
I thought I was just going to be enjoying watching the strange stiffy-humorlessness of John Gibson and indulging in a few snorts over Greggy being particularly naughty. Enter Thaddeus. Id did not watch the clip here, but I thought the Triumph comment was nerdaliciously, musigeekickly funny. Could have lived without the note reading lady.
Where's the GOP been hiding this guy? Let him out!
Ok, now that is funny!
I LOVED Get Smart as a kid (TVLand reruns) so perhaps that's why like the name so much?
Anything but Obama would look nice on White House Stationary at this point.
Except for Pelosi, Reid, Chavez, Penn and their other commie-nazi buddies.
I just wish it was on a little earlier in the evening so that more pe[ple could watch.
Then they'd have to call it "Pink Eye."
Politics aside: Is the good congressman married? He's really my type.
Hello everyone, this is my first ever post. That was the first funny interview I've seen from a conservative that's actually in government since I don't remember when. I can't believe I haven't heard of Rep. Thaddeus McCotter before. He seems not to take himself too seriously and maintains his perspective and dignity. I hope he doesn't get trapped by the system. We need more sarcasm/irony/contempt to illuminate (and counter) the ridiculous, idiotic, off-base, simple-minded, feeble pap that spews from your typical liberal. Go McCotter.
I also appreciate the articles and commentary I've read from the vast majority of the contributors to Big Hollywood. It's thoughtful and positive. Conservatism will come back.
Vice President Thaddeus McCotter would look equally nice.
Or how about Speaker of the House Thaddeus McCotter? I'm not picky.
Good point. So for now would it be OK if McCotter just took over as head writer for Bobby Jindal?
Yeah. I wrote to Intense Debate a couple of days ago about their confusing instructions on how to reply. They're supposed to be fixing it. At least they only put up Nathan's e-mail address. For purposes of personal safety, I won't tell you where and when it happened. But the first time I responded on a website using Intense Debate's instructions, my address and phone number showed up as well. That's the other reason I loaded up on ammo. It was a very conservative website which is infested with, guess what, trolls.
Well, I have Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, so there! Oh, wait a minute. Never mind. I'm screwed.
Hey Breitbart, where has ol' Gut been lately? I haven't seen him post here since his Che/Del Torro snuff-sodomy fiction.
He's pretty funny on his deliverance given that he stays so freakin' Dead pan. Pretty awesome is right!
That was like watching a super-awesome Godzilla movie.
Thaddeus McCotter sounds waaay more presdential then say barack obama
That reminds me of a song.
(honestly, worth the click, digg me down if you disagree)
I'm not getting anything from your link? Have I been punked?
That why you always lie on the internet! My name's not really AndrewPrice, it's actually ToddMonster4751 — at least, that's why my Lithuanian drivers license says.
Ok, speaking of "all the way to the top".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDNDcBkyOOM
Now THAT was funny!
Right here in AZ with you Maggie and I couldn't agree more.
Gotcha, Todd (or is it Mr. Monster?). My son is a senior software engineer at Google and a former consultant to D.O.D. on breaking high-level encryption. I will soon know where you and your family live, und ve haff vays of dealing mit you. Now remind me, just where is Lithuania again?
LOL!
Yep… and although I like the guy's interview… I didn't like the dig, however slight, at the beginning about wanting the policies to succeed???? Hello??!@?#?@!?? …………….and, it is absolutely fair to grade Obama now.
A+ for the reference to Triumph, however.
"Fight the good fight…."
"Never Surrender…."
Ok… time to find my Triumph CDs……
Watch more clips of him being interviewed on youtube. He is not as funny, of course, but he is always blunt. I have liked his delivery for a while. He is very involved in Human Rights issues and very knowledgeable about Communist China, and was really vocal before the Olympics about us giving China surveilance equipment, that he said they could easily use against us. He reamed Bush over going over for the Gmes, and for dealing with China so friendly. I loved his comment on Rush. A plus, Mr. McCotter.
I don't care if he ends up looking like Uncle Rhemus before this is over, I just want him to get with the program, and quit signing crap like initiatives for women and girls legislation crap like he did yesterday. I want to see some real stuff coming down the pike. All that made up stuff he signed did was
gin up those feminazi heifers and make them feel important.
texacalirose,
TM is, according to Wiki, age 43, married to Jane(1992), and has 3 offspring. No luck there, sorry. I thought he was cute, too, the first time I saw him a year or so ago. Now I like him even more.
No Republican should ever walk into a mine field of "rating" a sitting President's first 50 days in office, even if they suck. It is political suicide, if things end up turning around. We probably won't like most of the turns, but 4 yrs, is a heck of a long time. Being funny and laid back was the venue. When in Rome………………………………..
Wow, I had already forgotten that post. It has been awhile since The Gut has graced us, hasn't it? I did like the Che/Del Toro piece. Fantasy red meat for Southern women.
Oh this guy is funny… I Favorited one of his floor speechs in Congress.
"How to Speak Democrat"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPc9xG1sajI
It's hysterical.
All you folks who think that McCotter would be good presidential material are wrong. Same thing for the comment or two about him being press secretary. The GOP needs him where he is, but we could use him as Cantor's #2. Cantor for leader in the House and McCotter the whip!
Damn. Should've seen that coming… Oh well.
I'll still drink to that SOTU address.
It's over there by Georgia, right? Just west of Atlanta?
Hands down, poor Lawhawk has us all beat. Man, that's a tough lineup. I'm so sorry for you.
Jane, hope you work towards getting McCotter re-elected. He's a keeper.
Normally that would be true. However, when you have someone like Obama pushing the socialist envelope, time is important and everyone should be told what is going on. I'm guessing many of the people who voted for him had not a clue. Maybe those people can be educated. Of course, there are some who religiously drink the liberal kool-aid and will never understand. On the other hand, maybe they do understand and there are more people out there who believe in socialism than we realize. This POTUS is their chance.
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"Likeable" tune but I just can't dance to it.
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