It’s not like either talking head’s political affiliation is a state secret, but it’s still interesting to hear it admitted to on the air.
In the middle of a discussion with the Today Show’s Matt Lauer, Tom Brokaw says, “A Western Governor said ‘We’re losing independents. He’s a Democrat – from our party.”
We tried to give Brokaw the benefit of the doubt by asking ourselves if he could have meant something else. For example, was “He’s a democrat” simply a poorly-placed independent clause? No. That makes no sense. If you remove that clause, you end up with “We’re losing independents from our party.” Obviously, that wasn’t the meaning, because if they’re independents, they’re not Democrats.
So the only remaining conclusion is that Brokaw was, in fact, admitting that he and Lauer are Democrats.
Watching all those old black and white Perry Mason reruns has really sharpened our powers of observation and deduction.
And, by the way, Della Street was kind of hot, wasn’t she?
