Frankly I'm tired of the polemic surrounding Tim Tebow. Should he pray? What should he pray for? Does an Almighty God have better things to do than fix football games. Years ago we didn't have these controversies because we had Howard Cosell to sort these things out for us. Aside from a nasal monotone that made his voice unique, Cosell had a deliberate style of speaking that brought to mind a man dying with an arrow in his chest. I would pay money if I could hear him say "snide innuendo". He liked the word "indefatigable" much as Shawn Hannity likes "excoriated" but did switch to "redoubtable" when describing linebackers. Hell, even Bill Buckley probably kept a dictionary in his lap when watching Monday Night Football. Eventually most of us tired of this polysyllabic drone peppered with allusions to Thomas Hardy and turned the volume down. With cliches such as "The great one", "Tell it like it is", "one of the most underrated players in the NFL today" Cosell grated on our patience until we longed for the soothing nonsense of Mr. Rogers or Jimmy Carter who really did have a similar style right down to the sweater. With an arrogance seldom seen outside of the United States Senate, Cosell spoke on all things social, moral and political with overbearing certitude on his radio show "Speaking of Everything".Still, if we could, there are worse things we could do than to channel Cosell about this Tim Tebow thing before it gets out of hand. Shawn Hannity can't get through a program without referring the the rampant bigotry at ESPN and while I don't give a damn what Charles Barkley says Tebow fans play the victim card just as Obamabots play the race card. Starr Jones and Donnie Deutch had to spend 3 minutes of their valuable time just to pronounce him okay but Rachel Maddow still doubts he can make it in the NFL. On the positive side he hasn't shot himself in the leg, beat up his girlfriend or attended a dog fight. Maybe if he just prayed to Allah everything would be alright.
I like Sean Hannity but he wears thin. I can hardly stand to watch his show mostly because he's so, so partisan. I remember one time on his radio show he verbally attacked Ed Asner's wife. I really felt bad listening to that. I can't stand Ed Asner, but his wife? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteIt really is sad that people cannot relate to one another without screaming at each other, shooting ad hominem arrows and making up crap that isn't true.
But that's the nature of the 24/7 cycle. I don't think we're better for it.