ALL TUCKERED OUT

Where’s a banana peel when you need one? When Tucker Carlson was born, the doctor should have slapped his mother.

I’m sorry to his many fans, because I know he has a lot, but honestly, I think this guy’s dangerous in the damage he causes to trust in the democratic system.

To me, he seems to be the Jon Stewart of the right, intentionally or not I don’t know.

His widely popular show, which is almost exclusively political, is not classified as a news show, but rather an “entertainment” show, one of several that appear on FOX. Similar to Stewart, who ran The Daily Show as a virtual soap box while on Comedy Central.

His hatred for Stewart is right there on the surface, probably going all the way back to that CNN CROSSFIRE show where Stewart ridiculed Carlson in several exchanges that went viral. For the record, Stewart has no love for Carlson either.

But I don’t remember anyone in the media influencing public thinking the way Tucker Carlson has.

Is he an entertainer? A provocateur? A blue ribbon shit disturber? He seems to agitate a lot of people, many already agitated, so maybe he’s an agitator.

But he agitates toward anger. Toward outrage. People act upon that agitation. I don’t like the thought of worked-up people acting on anger.