Never in the history of television have we been forced to endure so many cringey moments (except for Katie Couric’s interview with Sarah Palin) than the hours Tucker spent with Vlad.
Seventy-year-old Vlad’s Botoxed forehead put Tucker’s eyebrow pucker to shame during Vlad’s endless lecture on Russian history. Tucker’s mien resembled less that of a 54-year-old man than an 87-year-old who had just eaten his morning bowl of prunes and was now suffering the consequences, but unable to leave the stage.
Ah, Tucker, poor Tucker. What made him think he could keep up with, let alone outdo, that crafty old KGB bugger whose encyclopedic knowledge of Tucker’s life was on full display: “You study history, yes?” “Too bad CIA rejected you because they ‘preferred not to hire young men who are gabby and insubordinate.’”
When Tucker cosplayed a State Department official by asking Putin to release Wall Street journalist, Evan Gershkovich, he was very lucky not to have been hauled off to the Gulag.
After the interview, Vlad was asked by one of his guards why he didn’t ship that whipper snapper off to jail.
“Незачем. Он обожает меня. Очень полезный идиот. (“No need. He adores me. Is very useful idiot.”)
Rosie Sorenson is a humor writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her column is satire and, like Fox “News,” cannot be believed as fact. You can contact Rosie at: RosieSorenson29@ yahoo.com
From The Progressive Populist, March 15, 2024
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