Rather: \”Folksy\” or \”Weird\”?

Slate has an article about last night’s coverage of the race. Among others, they made this observation:

7:52 p.m., CBS: I can’t wait till Dan Rather starts to get tired. As I remember from 2000, fatigue makes him folksy. I still remember him at around 1 a.m. that night, when the vote flipped back to Gore again, saying something like, “Well, I’ll be a coon on a red-hot skillet!” He’s nowhere near that point yet, but he did just tell Bob Schieffer, “Don’t taunt the alligator until after you cross the creek.”

The first time or two I hear one of these little Ratherisms, I chuckle a little. After that, I want to say “Shut Up, Dan!”. About the fourth time, the channel gets changed, or the TV gets shut off and I go back to the BBC. Because half of his “folksy sayings” make absolutely no sense whatsoever. Especially when he’s tired.

5 thoughts on “Rather: \”Folksy\” or \”Weird\”?

  1. Marty Morrow says:

    hey – don’t shake a rattle snake if you don’t like the sound it makes…

  2. Marty Morrow says:

    oh, and don’t squeeze the bear if you can’t jump the pond.

  3. John Goerzen says:

    Thanks Marty — we had a good chuckle about squeezing a bear :-)

  4. Marty Morrow says:

    glad you liked them. words to live by. One more – never, ever sign a prostate exam reciprical agreement with
    a monkey.

  5. terah says:

    A releated website: http://www.ratherisms.com/

    Terah

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