The New Face of Idiot

Everyone's favorite bow-tie wearing neocon is back at it again. You might remember Tucker Carlson from his "Crossfire" days on CNN, at least up until "Crossfire" had Jon Stewart on the show, and he ripped everyone a new asshole. I think that was the beginning of the end for Carlson and CNN.

So a hop, skip and a jump later, Tucker Carlson winds up hosting this show on MSNBC called "The Situation." As if MSNBC needed another neocon to join their ranks of news celebrities. John Scarborough is enough, thank you!

But alas, Tucker's had this show for a bit of time now. This past month, however, he may have put his foot in his mouth one last time. This article from Yahoo! News details efforts by Greenpeace to get MSNBC to can Tucker. Seems that Tucker, in a heated moment of conservative rage, actually "thanked" the terrorists who blew up a Greenpeace ship in the 1980s, killing one person.

But don't believe me...believe this direct quote:

"You know, France blew up the Rainbow Warrior, that Greenpeace ship in Auckland Harbor in the '80s. And I've always respected them...," Carlson said, per MSNBC transcripts of the show.

Interjected guest and Air America talk host Rachel Maddow, "That made you like them?"

Said Carlson: "Yes. Yes. It won me over."

Carlson continued to express his opinion on a July 15th airing of his show, when he called the blowing up of the Rainbow Warrior "a bold and good thing to do."

His justification? The explosion of the Rainbow Warrior was "vandalism, not terrorism."

But one person died, Tucker. If that's not terrorism, what is? 100 people? 500 people? 1,000 people? More?

DNC chair Howard Dean was castrated by the media when he said the U.S. is less safe since the capture of Saddam Hussein. A true statement by most accounts, yet Dean was massacred. Tucker Carlson, however, thanks the people who bombed an environmental ship, and he's continually rewarded with his own soapbox on cable news.

We'll see if any heads roll over this. Greenpeace complained to the Federal Communications Commission this past week, so maybe that will result in something. There's also hope that Tucker's show will just get canned, since it's already been shuffled around time slots, most likely for low ratings though no MSNBC rep would say that.

Meanwhile, I think us liberals should start a campaign to reclaim the bow-tie back.