Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Larry King Live

[XtennesseeX]

He's letting Ahmadinejad run all over him. A bad performance by Larry King...

Anybody else watching?

[CSpindizzy]

Larry should ask him why he hates his own people, the Jews. He should ask him if Larry should be exterminated as well and why he would come on the show of one of those 'dirty Jews' he always talks about.

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Originally Posted by CSpindizzy

Larry should ask him why he hates his own people, the Jews. He should ask him if Larry should be exterminated as well and why he would come on the show of one of those 'dirty Jews' he always talks about.

Larry King did ask Ahmadinedjad about Castro's comments on Iran's view of anti-Semitism. For King, it spiraled down hill from there. He let Mahmoud run the interview. It was like the Harvard debate team going up against a 3rd grade history class.

Larry could never give a substantial argument against what he was saying. No matter how baffling it was, he would go on to the next question. Open floor, if you will. He even suggested that the U.S. committed genocide in Iraq and Afghanistan. In retaliation, Larry decided to go to commercial break. Larry must have thought "that will show him". He went to commercial break seemingly in the middle of every potential debate.

King was horrendously unprepared to interview/debate Ahmadinedjad. It was like Fareed Zakaria was saying last night. He (Ahmadinedjad) takes inconvenient facts, and he pushes them relentlessly. Thus, Larry King was made to look like a fool. At the very least CNN, if you're going to give Ahmadinedjad time on the air, at least challenge some of the irrational things he has to say.

[gsvol]

Didn't see Mahmood Ahmamadman but did flip on Larry King a couple of nights ago and his guest was Jimmy Carter, I think he was touting a new book.

Who the hell would read a Jimmy Carter book, I doubt if even his brother Billy was that damned dumb.

Anyway, Jimmy appears to be even battier than he used to be, something that would seem nigh impossible, Larry was his usual boring self.

[droski]

larry is senile.

[gsvol]

[volinbham]

I heard a Charlie Rose interview with I'madinnerjacket and it was basically the same. Rose asked a question and MA turned it around with some counter examples about the US and wouldn't shut up. MA is pretty good at deflecting and changing the terms of the debate. I would imagine Larry was completely over matched.

[CSpindizzy]

Had Mahmoud switched it up and talked about OJ or Anna Nicole Larry would have perked up and been on his A game. I wonder how fast the ratings dropped as the show went on...

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Originally Posted by volinbham

I heard a Charlie Rose interview with I'madinnerjacket and it was basically the same. Rose asked a question and MA turned it around with some counter examples about the US and wouldn't shut up. MA is pretty good at deflecting and changing the terms of the debate. I would imagine Larry was completely over matched.

This is exactly what Fareed Zakaria was saying last night. Only it was after the interview, not before.
Perhaps Zakaria should have gave King notice beforehand.

Originally Posted by CSpindizzy

Had Mahmoud switched it up and talked about OJ or Anna Nicole Larry would have perked up and been on his A game. I wonder how fast the ratings dropped as the show went on...

I would imagine some. I know Larry King usually sticks to interviewing celebrities, however, I didn't imagine him getting schooled so badly.

Here's a couple of samples of how Ahamadinejad turned the debate and left King speechless and ready to cut to commercial. The worst of the night, was Ahamadinejad smiling as they continuously go to commercial break after he routinely cornered Larry.

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): And it is not about a stoning case at all. There's no stoning sentence here at all. A person in Germany made this claim, which was untrue. Our judiciary also said it was a false statement.

But I would like to ask a question to you, Mr. Larry King, if I may. Last year, we were here the same time. In Pittsburgh, there was a session. The Group 20; over 100,000 people protested against the economic policies of the G-20. The police attacked them violently. Many were beaten up with -- or hot water was thrown on their bodies and many were arrested. And you're telling me that protests are free in the United States?

So here in the United States, do you think people can pour on the streets and protest against the Zionist regime, 100,000 people?

KING: I've got a time -- I've got to take a break. We'll be right back.

KING: You're not saying the United States committed genocide? You're saying the United States committed genocide?

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): That's a separate discussion. And, yes, it did happen in both Iraq and Afghanistan. But that's a separate issue. I like to ask you, if in a country someone's rights are violated, they're oppressed, assuming that your assumption, your statement is correct, does that imply that they can go and occupy another land? Is there any logic in that? If we were to follow that logic, will there be any security left in the world?

In World War II, 100 million -- or 80 million people were killed. If they were to go occupy 20 countries around the world, that would have been terrible.

KING: Israel is a legal state.

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): The question is -- come on. The question -- you just said yourself it's over the Holocaust. Why are you changing your statement?

KING: You were saying --

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): My question is what are the interests of the United States to -- in absolutely defending them. There are many parts of the world where human rights are violated. Do you know how many American Indians were killed? Do you know or not?

KING: I know. We're out of time.

AHMADINEJAD (through translator): You're a reporter. You should have the answers to these.

KING: We're out of time. We'll pick this up next year with the president of Iran. I'm Larry King. Don't go away.

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sigh. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is speaking at the UN. The U.S. delegation walked out. Apparently, not only is he in denial of the Holocaust. He's in denial of 9/11.

Perhaps King shouldn't have asked any questions during the interview. The best way to make Ahmadinejad look like a loon, is to let him speak.

[droski]

i wonder how much of this garbage this guy actually believes.

[CSpindizzy]

I just find it funny that he's actually a Jew to begin with. To begin his extermination program to wipe Jews off the face of the earth will he be the first volunteer?

[lumberjack4]

People still watch Larry King?

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Originally Posted by lumberjack4

People still watch Larry King?

Just this past year when he occasionally has a notable political guest on and there's nothing else to do. However, I'm starting to regret the decision to watch.

Has he consistently been this horrible with political interviews or any interviews of substance?

[gsvol]

On que Obummer pronounced before the UN that they should reserve a seat for the new Palistenian state within one year.



For 62 years the muslim arabs have rejected a Jewish state, (although the forgotten ones, the Christian arabs were always in favor of the Jewish state;.



It is hard to believe that the doofus King didn't bother to broach the subject of the denial of the Jewish holocaust by Amathingamabob!!!