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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
He is a professional comedian and talk show host.
Being a semi-informed wise-ass and going for the cheap laugh are both parts of Letterman's schtick. No one should take him seriously, and I've seen no indication he desires that.
Now, Bill O'Reilly, on the other hand, strikes me as a semi-informed dumbass with an big axe to grind, who really wants to be taken seriously.
I prefer Letterman.
S_A_M
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Don't get me wrong - I've always enjoyed watching Letterman. He's smart, quick, and funny.
But he's also always been a hard-core liberal, and he doesn't throw in liberal thought simply as a part of his schtick - he actively tries to convince, for the sake of the convincing. The scary part, to me, is that so many people who are fairly clueless (in a daily-events context) will watch him and let themselves be convinced by him.
Of course, in a country whose elections are driven by 30-second ads, pretty hair, and lawn signs, it's a bit quixotish (that's Romance-language for "stupid") for me to bitch about what Letterman does, I suppose.
