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- From: wood@siemens.com. (Jim Wood)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Tom Brokaw, boy idiot
- Message-ID: <wood.722178460@jfred>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 13:07:40 GMT
- References: <BxL06I.ADv@agora.rain.com>
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- bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps) writes:
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- >The scene: Barry and I, sitting in front of the tube in our living room
- >tonight, watching NBC Nightly News. Tom Brokaw interviews Col. Harry
- >Summers (Ret) on Clinton's stand to remove ban on gays in the military.
- >Comments are paraphrased.
-
- >Summers: It used to be OK in the old days when they were quiet. Now in
- > these days of 'in your face' they want confrontation all the time.
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- >Brokaw: Do you think that allowing gays in the military will lead to other
- > ethnic and racial groups to also demand a special place [!!] in the
- > military? [note: these are very close to his exact words]
-
- Did he really say "special?" He's no better than Lon Mabon. You know, all
- the way back to the 1970s on "Today", I thought he was a major league asshole
- and this only confirms it.
-
- Robert Redford should use better judgment in selecting friends.
-
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