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Today Show Guest on Mayor Nagin: "Maybe a Colt 45 Isn't the Best Choice for Breakfast"
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 02/11/2006 5:11:16 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
February 11, 2006
When's the last time you recall a famous elected official being called a drunk on live national TV? It happened this morning on the Today show.
Today was surely looking for a light touch on New Orleans when co-host Campbell Brown interviewed New Orleans magician, comic and eccentric extraordinaire Harry Anderson in a pre-Mardi Gras piece on "Life after Katrina." But the NBC show surely got a bit more than it was bargaining for.
When Anderson took some shots at FEMA and the federal response to Katrina, Brown, in an apparent bid for balance, responded:
"Let me ask you about Mayor Nagin, because your mayor has come under a lot of crticism too for how he's handled the rebuilding effort. What do you think of the mayor?"
That's when Anderson made his alcohol allegation:
"I know the mayor, he's a decent man. He's said some wacky things lately. Maybe a Colt 45 isn't the best choice for breakfast."
If Brown was shocked, she hid it well, and continued the interview without skipping a beat. Still, don't expect to see Anderson turning up again on a network show any time soon.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: campbellbrown; colt45; harryanderson; katrina; looterman; louisiana; nagin; neworleans
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:12:36 AM PST
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
To: All
Breakfast of Champions?
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:15:13 AM PST
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I don't blame Nagin for starting his day that way. He's got to fix his Jones's.
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:15:37 AM PST
by
Shqipo
(2006 is Bush Country!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:16:39 AM PST
by
WKB
To: governsleastgovernsbest
God bless Harry Anderson. He's a very, very funny man.
I saw that headline, though, and I was thinking the pistol, not the malt liquor, and my first reaction was "Why not? Why shouldn't Ray Nagin eat a Colt .45 for breakfast?"
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:17:32 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(Stupidity is its own punishment...but sometimes it causes collateral damage.)
To: RichInOC
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:21:07 AM PST
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
To: RichInOC
... my first reaction was "Why not? Why shouldn't Ray Nagin eat a Colt .45 for breakfast?"Bump!
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02/11/2006 5:21:26 AM PST
by
pageonetoo
(email for Celebrity Cruises (and more)- www.acorntogo.com -Acorn Travel)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:22:39 AM PST
by
frankjr
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Beer! Get Your Beer Here! Beer!
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:23:05 AM PST
by
csvset
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
That's funny! I wish I coulda caught that one.
I'm watching Fox & Friends, with Page, Julian & Alison.
To: All
Under the heading "if a Republican head ever said that":
If a Republican had ever said what Anderson did, he would have been accused of the worst kind of racism. Beyond the alcoholism charge, Colt 45 is a classic inner-city beverage. For years, actor Billy Dee Williams was Colt's main spokesman, and the tag line was "Colt 45 - works every time."
To: governsleastgovernsbest
“Colt 45... the cornerstone to any, nutricious breafkast!”
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:27:39 AM PST
by
johnny7
(“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:30:06 AM PST
by
Beth528
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Thanks for your work. 45 oz. 45? Haven't seen that one! It's been decades since I had a colt 45 beer.
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:30:38 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:30:55 AM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
LOL....how funny. I caught that brief exchange. They were discussing the aftermath of Katrina when the hostette asked about Mayor Nagin.
The man just laughed. Said he was a friend of Nagins.......LOLOLOLOL..
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posted on
02/11/2006 5:31:43 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: finnman69
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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02/11/2006 5:32:52 AM PST
by
KoRn
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