Kathleen Parker Angry at Eliot Spitzer, Threatening to Leave Show
Kathleen Parker is apparently very angry at CNN co-host Eliot Spitzer and is threatening to leave the show.
According to the New York Post, Parker feels Spitzer is continually upstaging her:
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker actually stormed off the set of the "Parker Spitzer" show during a pre-taping a few weeks ago -- furious that her co-host is continually allowed to take charge of their nightly CNN chat-fest, the insiders said.
Although still fuming, Parker did return to wrap up the segment, they said.
But she's angry that the show's producers are allegedly doing nothing to play up her strengths on the ailing show, the sources said.
Ailing show is right. As NewsBusters reported moments ago, "P-S" is down 35 percent in viewership compared to this time last year when "Campbell Brown" was still on the air in this time slot.
As the Post noted, "Someone could soon be shown the door over the behind-the-scenes battling -- and over the fact that [sic] show has done so poorly in the all-important Nielsen ratings, the sources said."
(H/T Johnny Dollar)
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Anyone really surprised that
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:20pm.
Anyone really surprised that Spit is unable to work with a female as an equal after all the misogynous stuff he's revealed over the years? Wonder if any of the gals at NAG will defend Kat.
Seriously, Parker didn't know
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:45pm.
Seriously, Parker didn't know Spitzer when she signed on?
The fable of the Frog and the Scorpion comes to mind.
It's his nature, Kathleen!
And what is least surprising?
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:27pm.
Trouble in "paradise" or the tanking ratings?
Too bad, so sad, kthanksbye!
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Ain't buying it
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 11:09pm.
They are so low in the ratings that soon their audience will be so low that Nielsen can not measure it. Believe this to be a last ditch effort to attract viewers.
If someone is shown the door...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:28pm.
I wonder who it'll be?...Parker or Spitzer? Both are useless, although I'm betting that Spitzer is the bigger source of trouble with these two, based on his history with women.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Parker
Submitted by rpeeler42 on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:49pm.
I used to like Parker's column. Then she seemed turn into a left-wing nut. I think some progressive democrat vampire must have attacked Parker in the middle of the night and her brains turned into a John Kerry impersonator.
Parker, despite how she is described, has never been...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 1:33pm.
a conservative, and as of the last few years, she has definitely taken a serious left turn in her writings and discourse. As a result, I have zero use for her anymore. Her decision to do this insipid show with Spitzer was a really, really bad one, and the show, predictably, has become a train wreck. What was she expecting from Eliot Spitzer? Moonlight and roses? This guy is a slime bag, and I'll never understand why any woman, right or left, would agree to do a show with him...You reap what you sow.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Prairie Sky
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 11:11pm.
Cnn believes that anyone to the right of Donna Brazille is a conservative.
How Long?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:35pm.
Maybe a pool should be started: how long before either Kat-Spit are replaced or the show itself is cancelled outright?
IDIOT
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:37pm.
Parker *used* to write thought provoking op-eds, then she turned into a mean girl. Looks like she's not mean enough though - she's toast!!!
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Client # 9
Submitted by SnapTie on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:41pm.
Should of stayed with the high priced whores,Not the penny stock.
?!?!?...What?...Huh?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:43pm.
"Meanwhile, Spitzer is exceeding everyone's expectations, a source said.
"He's smart, tenacious -- he turned out better than they thought," the source said. " (From the Post's report)
Somebody smoking wacky tobaccy at CNN? Denial of reality.
CNN pushed Brown out because
Submitted by Hunter12 on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:55pm.
CNN pushed Brown out because her ratings were in the toilet and this show is doing 35% worse than her show.
"The year-over-year ratings have been particularly harsh to Ms. Brown and to CNN as a whole. When comparing 2010 to date with the same time frame in 2009, Ms. Brown’s audience has dropped by by 38 percent. CNN’s total day audience has declined by 31 percent."
I wonder how many levels there are to the sub-basements at CNN and how far they wil carry this turkey.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
It is always all
Submitted by dr-go on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 1:13pm.
about me with these over paid air heads.
dr-go*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 5:13pm.
Exactly! Liberals all have this egocentric view of the world. Everything and all events are in direct relation to THEM. When something doesn't go their way or make them look good, they resort to cannabalism. Well, I have dozens of receipes for various critters but none for vultures.
He's upstaging her?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 1:30pm.
So sad.....being upstaged by a whore-mongering former governor. WHAAAAAA!
BTW - you will notice I didn't say "former whore-mongering governor". I don't have any proof he's given up both.
You just can't put Elliot
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 1:37pm.
You just can't put Elliot Spitzer on TV and expect the public to be interested. He's a scumbag hypocrite and the show can't get canceled soon enough.
Kath, just walk away.
Come on, Eliot.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 2:24pm.
Let the girl get on top every once in a while. It ain't so bad.
They ought to re-bill this show as a reality show. They can just record the behind the scenes drama and show that. Call it Spit & Snit, The Jersey Shore Years.
I predict that it will be the biggest show on CNN.
Hey Kathleen
Submitted by Gothampc on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 3:03pm.
Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas.
I've never thought she was a conservative, her base was the RINO crowd. She was the liberals lapdog. Now she's upset that they've turned on her?
I would just CRY
Submitted by TheHistorian on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 3:05pm.
if the show lost Kathleen Parker. Oops, I forgot; I haven't even bothered to turn that show on. Ah, well, Kathleen, you are finding out what happens where "conservatives" (which you are not) make deals with "lieberals" (and Spitzer certainly fits the first three letters of that).
Dennis Prager
Parker is looking for an out.
Submitted by Texndoc on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 3:13pm.
That's all. She's a flop.
What are the ratings for "Moaning Joe" by the way? With all his PALIN TALK lately I'd assume Parker/Spitzer has the ratings of "Dancing With The Stars" compared to it.
I know it's CNN, but it seems
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 3:16pm.
I know it's CNN, but it seems obvious to me: she needs to lean forward. (The multiple uses for that phrase are astounding...)
E.D. Hill
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 3:53pm.
While channel surfing the other night, I was surprised to see E.D. Hill, (who used to be on FOX a while back), was guesting for Parker. I watched for the next half hour in the hope that she might say something conservative, but she never said anything that could have been described as an opinion, either right or left.
She too, was totally dominated by Spitzer, who basically asked all the questions and offered up most of the commentary.
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Isn't that interesting??
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 4:04pm.
E.D. Hill? I haven't seen or heard a thing about her since she left Fox...Hmmm...I wonder if she's going to turn up again at CNN in a more permanent capacity? Very interesting.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
E.D. Hill on MSNBC
Submitted by exLib on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 2:36pm.
She was at MSNBC on Election Night as the "right-wing" punching bag.
I watched for about 5 minutes and couldn't stomach the giggling from the other 5 left-wing nut bags everytime she attempted to make a point.
She would say something about the meaning of the elections were positive for Republicans and the gas-bag from Daily Beast or HuffPo would derisively let out a ghoulish laugh and then plainly insult her to her face. The host would then look at her with the evil eye, laugh a little and then move on and let the other 3 or 4 panelists talk about how stupid the comment was and how the election was bad news for Palin and The Tea Party.
I liked ED Hill when she was
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 7:05pm.
I liked ED Hill when she was on FNC.
Parker have an ego that is
Submitted by 4rcane on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 4:50pm.
Parker have an ego that is easily bruised
like an over-ripe tomato.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 4:53pm.
like an over-ripe tomato.
As Elliott Spitzer Would Say:
Submitted by BW222 on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 5:09pm.
"Oh well, back to the whore house."
That's where he's working
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 10:35am.
That's where he's working now.
"But she's angry that the
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 11:21pm.
"But she's angry that the show's producers are allegedly doing nothing to play up her strengths on the ailing show" Uhhhhh - what "strengths" exactly? Does she actually have any?Something About Rats and Sinking Ships
Submitted by Grateful Al on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 2:55am.
That's what comes to my mind. (Throw in a desert island and a whore-mongerer and then you have something CNN could work with.)
~Ahem
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 9:57am.
...
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/23/eliot-spitzer-and-kathleen-parke...
ROFL!
..and
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/24/washington-in-60-seconds-kathlee...
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
It would not surprise me in
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 10:35am.
It would not surprise me in the least if Harry Smith replaces them.
I'll be Spitzer stays on, Parker = Alan Colmes without convictio
Submitted by exLib on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 2:40pm.
I'd be willing to bet Spitzer stays on as an analyst at the very least.
Liberals tend to not care about ethics or moral shortcomings in their politicians as long as they are idealogical purists like Spitzer who isn't afraid to insult, slander or denigrate the other side.
Parker on the other hand is a useful idiot to the left. She is similar to Alan Colmes in that they can't argue their sides views very well and in her case doesn't even try. The big difference though between her and Alan Colmes is that Colmes is actually a hard-core liberal. He defends Obama, crizicizes him from the left and such. If you ever listen to his radio show it's pretty hard core. I suppose one could think it's an act, but if it is he's doing it well the majority of the time.