Tom Brokaw: “I Would Be Nervous Going Into a Bar in Arizona” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, January 13, 2011, 12:19 PM
Really?… Really Tom?
He’s been watching too many westerns.
Tom Brokaw said today that he would be nervous going into a bar in Arizona.
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Published May 21, 2012 at 12:19 am - 78 Comments
StrangernFiction commented:
From a guy who has no problem with the sorry state of affairs that is our southern border.
Jim commented:
Memo to Tom: stay home, be civil.
Chisum commented:
Tom,
Research the crime rates there and ask yourself why residents feel the need to be armed. Or is it now unAmerican to protect oneself?
Lenore commented:
First I must ask Arizona I thought this was a memorial service, seemed more like a pep rally. Was the audience stacked with Obamanites? I never saw so much hoopla and cheering at a memorial service that was held for the victims of a madman. Maybe I am just getting old. But I thought the Obama supporters were over the top. But hey if that is how they want to memorialize the victims, it is their call. But the audience made it political with who they cheered and who they booed. Obama did give a good speech.
bg commented:
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don’t tell me he actually did some investigating into the very
real threat “illegals crossing the border” cause?? /truth sarc/
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Paul_In_Houston commented:
Good Lord!
I don’t know what planet that man lives on, but it certainly ain’t this one.
In the current paroxysm over how uncivil and violent we (especially us Tea Partiers) are, Roger L. Simon unloads his recollections in The Sixties Were Violent, Not Today
I’m old enough to tell you that they are dead on.
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Henry Hawkins commented:
Last night on CNN, or was it MSNBC?.. anyway, last night Brokaw compared Obama’s speech favorably, said it was as good as, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Now that’s some serious sycophancy.
MrGoodWench commented:
Don’t go to a bar in AZ Tom…go to Tijuana, you’ll like it better there .
Francesca commented:
Well! So Brokaw is nervous. Well, Juan Williams was nervous, too, and look what happened to him. Wanna bet Brokaw skates by on that comment?
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Like all media types, this one would be nervous inside any establishment outside Manhattan or the tonier parts of L.A.
They believe the myths they have created… in flyover country, we hump our relatives and we eat people! These people are a sad shame.
MrGoodWench commented:
Last night on CNN, or was it MSNBC?.. anyway, last night Brokaw compared Obama’s speech favorably, said it was as good as, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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Brokow knows what he is talking about.
He reported the Gettysberg Address for NBC ,
LIVE….
Chisum commented:
MrGoodWench @ #8,
Better yet, Ciudad Juarez.
He’ll love it there!
MrGoodWench commented:
Better yet, Ciudad Juarez.
He’ll love it there!
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He’ll also get to see how the mascot of the democratic party gets ahem …used …in those bars down there
bg commented:
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okay.. how many people are murdered by law abiding gun toters in Tuscon bars in comparison to lets say, Rochester, or any status equivalent city on a rainy day??
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Lenore commented:
I must add he also said people should stop doing the only thing he knows how to do, which is, make a villain of your political opponent, or anyone who doesn’t agree with you. Hypocritical to say the very least.
tommy mc donnell commented:
tom you don’t have to go to a bar in arizona to be scared. try the bronx, harlem, bed-sty, the subway, any number of streets in lower manhatten, and a whole lot of bars and clubs in good ole new york.
mcnorman commented:
Man up Tommy.
mike191 commented:
Tom has been drinking with Dan Rather.
Lenore commented:
Hell if I lived near the border I’d be packing all the time. Be kind of stupid not to be. But hey what do I know I just believe in self defense and I want to live.
squeaky commented:
more on brokaw…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMas1bVidw
the pirranah commented:
Tom, since Arizona is a red state, and since the way your boys (and gals) have been visciously slandering people on the right for the past several days, I’d stay out of a bar in Arizona too. You might want to include, shopping centers, libraries, even day care centers. Heck Tom, you should be nervous just flying over the state.
patman commented:
Good.
I’ll take the seat you don’t use when I take my family down there for vacation.
Just set up three NEW offices in AZ this month. Employing 35+ professionals. Great people. Excellent business opportunities. Real Americans looking towards the future and embracing capitalism.
Besides, Arizonians don’t need a-holes in their bars anyhow, Tommy boy.
Zipity commented:
Huh….Tommy Brokaw seems to be re-enforcing the stereotype of Liberal Lefties as panty-waisted pu**ies. What a shock…
annie p commented:
Can someone research if ANYONE has ever been shot by a person who has a concealed carry license?
Tom should feel safe going into a bar in AZ; those folks would even protect a lib like him from a madman.
JimR commented:
“…we hump our relatives and we eat people!”
That’s a riot! Oops, don’t want to incite the coasts. That’s a humbooglery foondangle!
bg commented:
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re: #14
pardon my misspelling of Tucson, as well as my choice
of comparisons, as i had not considered POPULATION..
Tucson Pop= 514,618
murders = 47
Rochester Pop = 217,527
murders = 58
ironically however, my random choice seems to prove my
point much better than i could have hoped.. go figure..
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VeryConcerned commented:
Figures the boozer would use a bar as his example. He meant to say he would be nervous until his 6th vodka tonic.
Granny commented:
Here’s the 2008 Top 40 nationwide in crimes per capita -
Using 2008 per-capita statistics http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/City…8_Rank_Rev.pdf
http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/Methodology.pdf
1 New Orleans, LA 441.40
2 Camden, NJ 381.84
3 Detroit, MI 381.24
4 St. Louis, MO 355.01
5 Oakland, CA 328.82
6 Flint, MI 297.59
7 Gary, IN 283.41
8 Birmingham, AL 278.72
9 Richmond, CA 276.76
10 North Charleston, SC 257.88
11 Cleveland, OH 255.80
12 Baltimore, MD 243.12
13 Miami Gardens, FL 239.51
14 Memphis, TN 236.10
15 Youngstown, OH 234.56
16 Atlanta, GA 230.58
17 Compton, CA 229.22
18 Orlando, FL 223.95
19 Little Rock, AR 219.20
20 Minneapolis, MN 200.18
21 Washington, DC 194.33
22 Philadelphia, PA 192.10
23 Jackson, MS 186.15
24 Newark, NJ 177.47
25 Milwaukee, WI 176.65
26 Dayton, OH 171.29
27 Hartford, CT 170.84
28 Cincinnati, OH 168.22
29 Buffalo, NY 167.43
30 Trenton, NJ 161.30
31 Baton Rouge, LA 160.20
32 Rochester, NY 158.95
33 Indianapolis, IN 156.08
34 Dallas, TX 154.69
35 Miami, FL 153.95
36 San Bernardino, CA 153.75
37 Tulsa, OK 151.21 1
38 Macon, GA 146.34 1
39 Tacoma, WA 143.92 1
40 Springfield, MA 141.58
http://www.city-data.com/forum/massachusetts/498581-new-crime-rating-springfield-ma-40th.html#ixzz1AxC40BL3
Now I’m not an expert, though I know we’ve a few here, but there seems to me to be a very large lack of states on that list where it is easy to buy and own a gun. No Vermont. No Texas. Definitely no Arizona – not even Phoenix.
Springfield MA is there though – very blue town in a very blue state where it is very, very hard to buy a gun and has been for decades.
Rachelle commented:
I can’t picture that fancy boy wimp going to any bar in Arizona regardless of whether guns were present or not.
the struggler commented:
Is he speaking of a bar where they wear ass-less chaps?NTTAWWT
tommy mc donnell commented:
why would brokaw be afraid in tucson. isn’t that where the great sheriff dupnik patrols the bars doing a great job.
Neo commented:
When was the last time Tom went to a bar in the Bronx
Matt commented:
If he said he’d be nervous to go into a bar in Harlem or the South Bronx, he’d be doing the apology tour right now, begging for forgiveness from Oprah and the like. Then Big Al Sharpton would say that’s not good enough and demand he be fired — and he would be. He’d have to sneak back in on a smaller network 9 months later and slowly rebuild his career for the next five years.
But insulting white middle America? No probs!
Charlie commented:
Gee… wasn’t Juan Williams fired recently for saying the same thing? Something like being nervous going on an airplane.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#33 Matt
Excellent point.
S. Wolf commented:
Better stay out of Texas bars, too, then.. we pack heat hereabouts..
valerie commented:
Tom, tom,
Your President politely asked you to behave yourself, and you applauded his speech. So, I am going to recall that speech to you, so you may better understand what is expected of you. This is the standard of behavior Barack Obama has asked of you:
“…But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized – at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do – it’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”
“Scripture tells us that there is evil in the world, and that terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding. In the words of Job, “when I looked for light, then came darkness.” Bad things happen, and we must guard against simple explanations in the aftermath.”
“For the truth is that none of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious attack. None of us can know with any certainty what might have stopped those shots from being fired, or what thoughts lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man’s mind.”
“So yes, we must examine all the facts behind this tragedy. We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence. We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of violence in the future.”
“But what we can’t do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another. As we discuss these issues, let each of us do so with a good dose of humility. Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams are bound together…”
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Tom, your most recent remarks failed to live up to the ideals voiced by Barack Obama in his speech, which you had publicly embraced.
An apology would be accepted, if you had the cojones to offer one.
Militant Conservative commented:
I’m more nervous in San Fran bar and a patron asks if they can push back my stool.
More wisdom from the left.
toogoon commented:
Well, we know where he doesn’t get his news from. Not the people. But then, the way the madia has lied to us for years tripping over themselves to get only liberals elected, they probably should be VERY careful where they go.
Sorry, is that rhetoric Obama was talking about?
focked commented:
Q:How do you get four guys from San Francisco on one barstool?
A:Turn it upside down
Big Al commented:
#28 Are most of those cities with large black populations? Just asking!
bg commented:
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re: #26
some of the places TB has resided that stats are available:
Sioux City, Iowa Pop = 84,340
murders = 1
Omaha, Nebraska Pop = 401,692
murders = 35
Atlanta Georgia Pop = 431,043
murders = 149
Los Angeles California Pop = 3,838,838
murders = 515
not even going to try & do the ratio..
the bottom line is: it proves Tom Brokaw knoweth littleth
buteth howeth to speaketh as iffeth he knoweth all..
oh yeah, ran across this, have no idea where he lives, but he had to
have lived in NYC for some time in his life, and garnered from the little
i’ve listened to this so far, sounds like it may be interesting, though i
wouldn’t buy it..
oh yeah..
New York City Pop = 8,098,066
murders = 597
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Dave-O commented:
Guess he’d better stay out of the bars in Montana too – where they allow open carry.
rich commented:
… well then, I think old Tom should keep this between himself and his psychiatrist and be fired from NPR, whats this world coming to, anyhow?
Rich
BigAlSouth commented:
A Leftist Tool, a Moron, and Tom Brokaw walk into a bar . . .
But I repeat myself.
Gman commented:
He should be nervous, we don’t want him here
Stuart commented:
Tommy me lad, are you trying to tell me that the bars in Tucson are any worse than those in Livingston Montana? Or don’t you hang out there anymore either? Laddybuck, I’ve drunk, and been drunk in bars from Saskatoon to Tombstone. The rules are always the same; pull your cowboy hat down tight on your head, be polite, don’t shoot your mouth off and don’t enter into other peoples conversations if you don’t have something constructive to add. Oh yes, did I mention be polite? Yes I did, but I’ll say it again.
Gman commented:
#41, how dare you make that accusation. Why would you let facts and logic get in the way of your thinking! That is just unacceptable. You must pretend that the minority population of those cities makes no difference.
Imhotep commented:
Tom is uncomfortable going to a bar in Arizona because he can’t SPEAK SPANISH! He can barely speak English.
bg commented:
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re: link via #42
[The town of Big Timber, once the region's largest wool producer, today has
only 1,700 residents, but Montana State University Extension agent Marc
King, who works with both farmers and government agencies in Sweet Grass
County, says the face of that population is starting to change.]
re: Dave-O #43
Big Timber Crime Statistics
Big Timber, MT Profile
more chics than chucks in his age bracket.. LOL!!
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Warthog commented:
This is the beginning of a joke, right?
Tom Brokaw walks into a bar.
Neil Cavuto ducks.
bg commented:
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Stuart #47
re: Livingston Montana
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gus commented:
Hey Tom???
How do you feel about any American INNER CITY?
Detroit, Gary, Chicago, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Cleveland, St Louis???
Notice that TOM isn’t afraid of the area’s where MURDER HAPPENS on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis??
LIBTARD FRUIT CAKE.
TimDC commented:
That’s the way to kick-start Obama’s message of civility there Tomster…a real classless moron.
Callipygian1 commented:
You’ll be fine as long as you dress like the locals Tom… this time, wear pants instead of chaps.
bg commented:
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valerie #37
apology?? hah!!
still waiting for Linda Lopez to apologize to the troops, i can only suppose
TB will be long gone before that ever happens, never mind him giving one..
these are the people who he and all of US should all be
honoring.. not themselves, the president or each other..
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bg commented:
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Matt #33
Charlie #34
2 thumbsup!!
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Ginger commented:
Is Tom enother one that wants to suck the frauds wee wee?
Henry Hawkins commented:
#10 Taq: “..we hump our relatives and we eat people!”
For the record, I don’t eat people. I did marry my sister, but for a very good reason. When you marry your sister, you don’t get any in-laws.
Ginger commented:
Big Al
#4 St. Louis, Missouri
malclave commented:
Hey, leave Tom alone! He’s just being honest.
For what it’s worth, I’d be nervous going into a bar in San Francisco. But that may be because of the Police Academy series of documentaries.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Tom Brokaw said today that he would be nervous going into a bar in Arizona.
If he has a caustic mouth and little regard or respect for his fellow citizens (especially buzzed ones), he should be. It probably wouldn’t be a bullet that would hit him in the head, but someone’s fist.
ing saddle commented:
@#8 MrGoodWench
……you GOT to get out of my head!!
lol…
ahem commented:
He’s been lying to the American public for the last 30 years and probably has a bad conscience.
donh commented:
What’s the matter Tom….you don’t L L Like to L..L..L..Lick your L L L Liquor with L L L L L Latinos?
Rock commented:
He equated Obama’s speech with Lincolns Gettysburg Address then right out of the box he attacks the people of Arizona. And here I thought Obama was asking for civility. Guess Tom failed to heed the message, what a dip dropping.
UpChuck.Liberals commented:
I’m sure Mr. Brokaw would get a good feeling in ‘frisco. Pun very much intended
Botox Pelosi commented:
Brokawback is more comfortable in a gay bar like the Blue Oyster bar.
bg commented:
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i still can’t believe he said that, but there’s the
kicker Tom Brokaw is a gun owner (2:35 mk)..
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Insufficiently Sensitive commented:
Brokaw’s a charter member of the MSM. Enough Arizonians are sick of the MSM mantra that it’s a racist, neanderthal State that for once, Brokaw’s right. An Arizona bar might hold him to painful account for his loudmouthing.
theworldisnotenough commented:
I’d would be nervous in a debate hosted buy Brokaw…
Richard L. commented:
He should be. He could be shot on site.
MVH commented:
What bar you talkin’ about,
Lock-JawBrokaw?Ellie Light commented:
Well I can understand Brolaw’s sentiments. How could a man who frequents male bath houses feel comfortable in a statethat doesn’t understand such “sensitivity.”
bigL commented:
Yeah and Brokaw could go into any gas station in America and get shot, just like yr budsdy.
what has happened to you, Tom? Is this what you have to do to get yr pension check? Read a white paper from the Donks so that they can get some fund-raising going?
that is pathetic.
AuntieMadder commented:
In light of the piss-poor job Sheriff Numbnuts did with the Loughner case, I can’t say I blame Brokaw for being afraid, at least in Pima County, AZ.
Iconoclast commented:
I’ll take a bar anywhere I can exercise my Constitutional RIGHT to keep & bear arms long before any place in the coastal elitist enclaves. I feel safer carrying in a dark alley anywhere, to say nothing of a bar in Tucson, than I do without a piece on The Loop in Shi*cago or Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The gutless leftist wonders may get a kick out of being victimized by those they enable, but I sure don’t.
Scott M commented:
Can someone please explain how what Brokaw said is in any way different that what Juan Williams said about Muslims and aircraft?
Henry Hawkins commented:
At least in NC and probably in every other state, if you have a concealed weapon permit you can’t go into a bar and drink. Brokaw ought to do his homework before running his mouth.
Besides, the most dangerous thing in America these days is not a nut with a gun, but a journalist with a microphone.
bg commented:
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in case ya missed it..
TOM BROKAW IS A GUN OWNER
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silentcal_rox commented:
and you should be tom, wimps shouldn’t hang out in bars anyway!
Walter Concrete commented:
Tom only gets drunk in fern bars or at home, he would be to much of a coward to go into a real bar. Hey wait a minute does he work for NPR? He should be fired for that comment just like Juan Williams right? That is a racist thing to say Tommy boy.