If you ask the commenters here, at least half of them will admit to being control freaks. A few who aren't control freaks will admit to it anyway, out of a sneaking suspicion that it's one of those negative characteristics that smart or successful people are supposed to have. So, not the worst thing one can be called.
It would be so awesome if 12 was actually said anchor, now scouring the webbertron for any mention of it she can downplay via sock-puppet. Or maybe it's 3:30 in the morning and I only think that would be funny because I'm tired.
OK, fine, I went and read the transcript. Why, I'd like to know, when it was discovered that her mic was live and transmitting was the solution to send someone into the bathroom to tell her rather than just, say, muting her mic from the control room?
i was behind her in line for the salad bar the other day! she seems like a nice, salad-eating lady. and that pretty much seems like my worst nightmare ever.
The first words I could really understand were "Just a really passionate, compassionate great, great human being. And they exist. They do exist. They’re hard to find. Yup. But they are out there." Very nice, for Bush's Katrina speech.
Also, note at the end, just after Bush smirks, when he says, "350 miles. Most people don't understand the nature of your levee system." How wrong is it that he thinks we're all dumb?
I don't think it was anything all that embarassing, just that it's all over the news (full page devoted to it with huge picture in the NY tabloids today) is embarrassing enough. She didn't say anything really horrible. Her control-freak sister-in-law is probably pissed, but other than that...no big woop in my opinion.
I think the flatter she layed on her husband goes a long way to compensate for the damage she did to her relationship with sister in law.
We all want to know how our significant others talk about us to their friends in ungarded moments, and Mr Kyra Phillips just got a big ego boost. Add in that her marriage is more important than her relationship with SIL, and Kyra isn't doing that bad.
I'm amused that she called the production assistant "baby"
In my last semester teaching evaluations I got chastised for poor spelling. I switched to PowerPoint to avoid just that sort of embarrassment, but I’ve been drifting back to using the board. I guess I should go back to PP.
Yeah, saying nice things about your husband isn't the worst thing that could happen. It would have been better, though, if she'd been taking an explosive dump over Bush's speech.
Also, as one of the commenters at wizbangblog points out she gives good advice to her friend: listen to your mom, see how prospects behave on extended visits.
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Labs thinks it would've been funny if she'd taken an explosive dump over Bush's speech.
I think this would've been funny, too.
Labs is a philosophy professor.
I want to be a philosophy professor, too.
I find this slightly inspiring.
Bah! A week off the internet means I'm much too late for this thread. But I feel obligated to add that the same thing happened to Larry Sabato while I was a student at UVA.
Like Atrios said, her personal life just went from 0 to nightmare.
Posted by gswift | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:25 AM
Like you care, Mr. Single-digit empathy.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:29 AM
That doesn't seem like such a terrible thing to have said. So she thinks her sister-in-law is a control freak.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:32 AM
It must've been jarring to see Bush on the screen, but to hear someone speaking fluent English.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:33 AM
Remind me to skip Christmas dinner at the MeTim household.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:33 AM
Hey, her husband is Iranian, poor deluded girl.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:35 AM
If you ask the commenters here, at least half of them will admit to being control freaks. A few who aren't control freaks will admit to it anyway, out of a sneaking suspicion that it's one of those negative characteristics that smart or successful people are supposed to have. So, not the worst thing one can be called.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:37 AM
6: She's a Red, I think, so he's probably a Persian.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:39 AM
Hey wait, ogged, give me that, you're doing it wrong.
Posted by standpipe b | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:41 AM
Like you care, Mr. Single-digit empathy.
Totally. One of those moments of "it's funny because it's not happening to me."
Posted by gswift | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:43 AM
That doesn't seem like such a terrible thing to have said. So she thinks her sister-in-law is a control freak.
But a wee bit exacerbated by being said on national television and now gleefully circulated around the internet.
Posted by gswift | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:46 AM
Yeah, doesn't seem all that bad. When I first saw the piece I thought she was talking about her lover. Now *that* would be embarassing.
Posted by Guest | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:47 AM
Huh, I didn't realize this was an urban legend: "There, that oughta hold the little bastards!"
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:49 AM
The emphasis on "freak" was maybe just a little stronger than is truly ideal for family harmony.
But for a Bush speech, it needed more flatulence.
Posted by DaveL | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 12:58 AM
It would be so awesome if 12 was actually said anchor, now scouring the webbertron for any mention of it she can downplay via sock-puppet. Or maybe it's 3:30 in the morning and I only think that would be funny because I'm tired.
Posted by Robust McManlyPants | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 1:26 AM
Go Team!
At least her marriage is in good shape!
I'm surprised they don't they have some kind of switchboard they can shut that thing off at. What if she had fainted or something?
Posted by Saheli | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 2:58 AM
Oof. Since this kind of thing is my nightmare, I'm not even going to go read the transcript.
Posted by mrh | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 4:56 AM
OK, fine, I went and read the transcript. Why, I'd like to know, when it was discovered that her mic was live and transmitting was the solution to send someone into the bathroom to tell her rather than just, say, muting her mic from the control room?
Posted by mrh | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 6:26 AM
i was behind her in line for the salad bar the other day! she seems like a nice, salad-eating lady. and that pretty much seems like my worst nightmare ever.
Posted by catherine | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 6:38 AM
The first words I could really understand were "Just a really passionate, compassionate great, great human being. And they exist. They do exist. They’re hard to find. Yup. But they are out there." Very nice, for Bush's Katrina speech.
Also, note at the end, just after Bush smirks, when he says, "350 miles. Most people don't understand the nature of your levee system." How wrong is it that he thinks we're all dumb?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 6:49 AM
I thought 18 as well.
Posted by sam k | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 7:44 AM
The horrible thing is the magnification of broadcast. If you exclude that from consideration, I've done a hundred more embarrassing things.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 7:51 AM
I don't think it was anything all that embarassing, just that it's all over the news (full page devoted to it with huge picture in the NY tabloids today) is embarrassing enough. She didn't say anything really horrible. Her control-freak sister-in-law is probably pissed, but other than that...no big woop in my opinion.
Posted by Stroll | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 7:53 AM
I think the flatter she layed on her husband goes a long way to compensate for the damage she did to her relationship with sister in law.
We all want to know how our significant others talk about us to their friends in ungarded moments, and Mr Kyra Phillips just got a big ego boost. Add in that her marriage is more important than her relationship with SIL, and Kyra isn't doing that bad.
I'm amused that she called the production assistant "baby"
Posted by rob helpy-chalk | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 7:54 AM
I guess "layed" should be "laid," or something.
In my last semester teaching evaluations I got chastised for poor spelling. I switched to PowerPoint to avoid just that sort of embarrassment, but I’ve been drifting back to using the board. I guess I should go back to PP.
Posted by rob helpy-chalk | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 7:57 AM
Yeah, saying nice things about your husband isn't the worst thing that could happen. It would have been better, though, if she'd been taking an explosive dump over Bush's speech.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 8:11 AM
catherine, if you see her again, tell her we're all on her side, and that we think her sister-in-law is sort of a freak, too.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 8:15 AM
Also, as one of the commenters at wizbangblog points out she gives good advice to her friend: listen to your mom, see how prospects behave on extended visits.
I’m liking Kyra Phillips now.
Posted by rob helpy-chalk | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 8:17 AM
26: "Unngggghh! Christ, I'm never eating curried goat again!"
Posted by Paul | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 9:45 AM
Not related, but should I feel guilty about the strength of the schadenfreude I felt upon reading this news?
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 11:11 AM
No, you should revel in it. You'll never get another chance like it until Rove goes down.
Posted by OneFatEnglishman | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 11:17 AM
26:
Labs thinks it would've been funny if she'd taken an explosive dump over Bush's speech.
I think this would've been funny, too.
Labs is a philosophy professor.
I want to be a philosophy professor, too.
I find this slightly inspiring.
Posted by annie | Link to this comment | 08-30-06 4:42 PM
Bah! A week off the internet means I'm much too late for this thread. But I feel obligated to add that the same thing happened to Larry Sabato while I was a student at UVA.
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 09- 3-06 8:27 AM