Saturday, October 27, 2007

Uncomfortable...so uncomfortable.

Recently, in an issue of Enertainment Weekly (yes it was the one with people from the Office on it) they explored the issue of the most uncomfortable TV moments ever. Number one? David Breant giving his motivational speech to a crowd of strangers. While that was hard to stomach, I recently came across my own personal uncomfortable TV moment brought to you by the Daily Show. For some insane reason, Lynne Chenney agreed to be on the program. She came out, first of all, carrying a Darth Vader doll for John Stewart proclaiming it was an old family heirloom. John seemed stumped. She was there to talk about some stupid book she wrote about living in Wyoming but the topic did veer away from that. He tried to press her on how she felt about being involved in a political party that openly dismiss people like her own daughter (who is gay). She sorta skirted the question, but gave somewhat of a satisfactory answer. Then they started talking about if Dick Cheney at home is good at admitting when he is wrong. And that's when it got into horrible uncomfortable territory. She was getting a little put off and I found myself flipping back and forth really fast unable to watch as the conversation then veered into American priorities. I didn't hear exactly what she said something that made the audience moan with disapproval. Somehow she ended up saying something about how America's priorities didn't involve terroist attacks on other countries or something. It was painful. Everyone was pained. I was pained.

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