Tina Brown: Bush is a dense, angry, taciturn, dry drunk, second-rate actor

NY Post Page Six ^ | 4/7/03 | Richard Johnson

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TINA Brown, whose CNBC show was canceled when the war began, has lashed out at President Bush. Comparing him unfavorably to Brititsh PM Tony Blair, whom she terms a "saint," Bush "has the damped down anger of the dry drunk," Brown writes in her Times of London column. "There is something dense and taciturn about Bush even when he's being charming . . . When he's not scripted, his bald answers seem to be covering up ulterior motives. . . . Bush seems as occluded as a second-rate actor." Meanwhile, Brown says she's thankful that at least she didn't go down like Peter Arnett. "Being pre-emptively struck off the air is a more honorable way to go than the bum's rush administered to other cable-news types such as poor Peter Arnett or the world-class swaggerer Geraldo Rivera." Comparing her plight to that of Phil Donahue and Connie Chung, Brown writes, "Perhaps canceling shows before they start will be the wave of the future. As usual, I'm there."

[vastrightwc]

These people are starting to show how nuts they are.

[mom-7]

Tina Brown, a has been.

[Steven W.]

I really despise that Tina Brown ... she's a prissy moron IMO. I can't believe CNBC actually even considered giving her a show, particularly since they already have more liberal oozing than anybody would ever desire, what with Martha McCallum, Clinton love-boy & DNC suck-up Christopher Whitcomb and now, even worse, Gloria Borger.

[camle]

this from Tina Broan: a dense, angry, taciturn, WET drunk, second-rate writer. maybe third-rate.

[Howlin]

As usual, I'm there."

Can anybody name ANYTHING she's done that has been successful or she hasn't been fired from?

[try phecta tom]

How the mighty have fallen,,,

[RippleFire]

bump

[rj45mis]

Yeah..I read this article last week and sent off an email to inform her how freaking idiotic she is. Isn't it interesting how W can evoke such a cry of desperation from these slimeball liberals.

[ladtx]

Sour grapes turning into raisins on the rack of self-absorption.

[NewYorker]

Tina Brown's comments say more about her and her worldview than they do about the President.

[talleyman]

Tina who?

"When he's not scripted, his bald answers seem to be covering up ulterior motives. . . . Bush seems as occluded as a second-rate actor."

Thank you, Dr. Sigmund Fraud. My, how these lefties are filled with hate.

[bigfootbob]

"... I can't believe CNBC actually even considered giving her a show,..."

Why not? She's a goop gobler just like the others you've listed.

[hellinahandcart]

Taciturn isn't a bad thing to be, Tina. You should try it sometime.

[BOBTHENAILER]

TINA Brown, whose CNBC show was canceled when the war began, has volunteered to have a live, televised colostomy (without lubrication), ala Perky Katie Couric, in an effort to give her failed 'carear' a push from behind.

[Cultural Jihad]

Separated at Birth?

[mountaineer]

Bill Maher and Kato Kaelin deserve one another. A has-been and a never-been. Can you imagine what Kato's mother thinks? "My boy, bless his heart, the hanger-on who never actually held a job in his life! I'm so proud."

[Mamzelle]

How can a "bald" answer cover up an ulterior motive? The term "bald" means "uncovered"...get this editor an editor...she can't compose a sensible sentence.

[denydenydeny]

Here's the full Tina Brown article

[talleyman]

Sour grapes turning into raisins on the rack of self-absorption.

Man, am I saving that one! Quote of the Year candidate!

[Roughneck]

"Tina Brown, a has been."

Who is Tina Brown anyway? I've never heard of her.

Is she really a has-been or is she a never-was?

[Bob]

Tina Brown, a has been.

More accurately, a never was.

[theDentist]

Tina Brown: a t*rd-rate journalist.

[rj45mis]

Taciturn isn't a bad thing to be, Tina. You should try it sometime.

LOL! She likely heard someone else use the term but doesn't even know what it means.

[js1138]

I guess I'm out of it, but I don't recognize the names of any of these "celebs".

[giotto]

Bush "has the damped down anger of the dry drunk...There is something dense and taciturn about Bush even when he's being charming . . . When he's not scripted, his bald answers seem to be covering up ulterior motives. . . . Bush seems as occluded as a second-rate actor."

Brown doesn't realize how much of herself and her own narrow world she is projecting. She observes Bush's classic Texas rancher mannerisms, with the squint from the Texas glare and the no-nonsense bruskness of a man whose list of chores is longer than a Texas summer day, and she interprets them according to the self-indulgent wussified New York/London parlor pansies she surrounds herself with. She should just shut up, lest she reveal more of herself than she intends to.

[MEG33]

'Sour grapes turning into raisins on the rack of self absorption' How perfect!

[ALS]

[al_c]

Who is Tina Brown and why should I care what she says?

[F.J. Mitchell]

These play like people, seem to have a problem dealing with a real person. What you see is what you get, with George W. Bush- he could no more fake it, than liberals could not fake it.

[CaptainK]

Tina loathes the president who is a dry drunk but drools all over the ex-president who is a dry hump.

[dead]

Thanks for the link, but I don't think I'll bother to read it.

[mountaineer]

Isn't she the pathetic loser who gave Chelsea Clinton a forum after 9/11/01 to whine about the federal government not funding social programs in NYC?

[kimchi lover]

and we should care what this hag thinks because??????

[TLBSHOW]

all liberal women are dogs..........

[Centurion2000]

Kato Kaelin

WHO IS THIS GUY ??

[an amused spectator]

Tina Brown was ALWAYS able to suck the chrome off Bill Clinton's bumper hitch... ;-)

[rj45mis]

I believe he was the houseguest of O.J. Simpson during the time of the murders.

[TC Rider]

Who cares about Tina Brown. She is so last millenium.

[No Left Turn]

When did Tina Brown stop writing about dresses and waif super models?

[rintense]

Silly question... who is Tina Brown? Boy I'd like to slap some sense into her.

[Howlin]

Christina Hambley Brown graduated from St. Anne's College, Oxford University, in 1974. After working as a reporter for several publications, she was named editor of the Tatler magazine at the age of 25. Brown rejuvenated the publication, vastly increasing circulation. In 1984, she became editor of the American monthly magazine Vanity Fair. During her eight years as editor, Brown pioneered celebrity journalism and became one of the most visible magazine editors in the country. In 1992, Brown was asked to revive the flagging fortunes of the venerable literary magazine, The New Yorker. Brown introduced photography and used shorter articles, increasing circulation. The magazine still lost money. In 1999 Brown launched Talk magazine. She and her husband, Harold Evans, editorial director at U.S. News & World Report, have two children.

She's a FOB, and has been fired from every job she's every had because she's a raving bitch.

[mafree]

..parlor pansies...

LOL!- good one!

[an amused spectator]

Tina Brown is a vile little Brit tart who was one of the worst Clinton sycophants during the impeachment wars. She pals around with Jane Mayer, who was an open tool of the Clintons (the Linda Tripp hitpiece).

[Miss Marple]

There is something about George Bush that drives these people insane.

As I said on another thread, it is sort of like the reaction of a vampire when a crucifix is waved in front of him.

They are destructing left and right, making assinine comments, hurling invective, and generally revealing themselves for what they really are. It is quite amazing.

[F16Fighter]

"Tina Brown's comments say more about her and her worldview than they do about the President."

True...

I'm enjoying all the Leftist media dumb enough to "out" themselves at a time when it'd be much simpler to at least feign pseudo-patriotism.

Many of us ARE taking notes, hehehe...

[F16Fighter]

Funny tagline...

[aristeides]

this from Tina Broan: a dense, angry, taciturn, WET drunk, second-rate writer. maybe third-rate.

Even worse as an editor. She ruined the New Yorker.

What does she think is so wrong, by the way, about being a dry drunk? I thought these people prided themselves on being nonjudgmental.

[camle]

there's nothing a drunk hates more than a recovering alcoholic.

[mountaineer]

You're right, she absolutely ruined the New Yorker. Upon her arrival, every discussion of noted authors turned into a tell-all about how he or she really was homosexual, evidence notwithstanding. It became rather tiresome.