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2017-06-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

[VARIETY] CNN has fired Kathy Griffin from their annual New Year’s Eve program, which she cohosted with anchor Anderson Cooper.

The network made the announcement via Twitter Wednesday morning.

"CNN has terminated our agreement with Kathy Griffin to appear on our New Year’s Eve program," the CNN Public Relations account tweeted.

The termination comes one day after the comedienne posted a photo and video of her holding a fake severed head of President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
. She later apologized for the photo and video, saying it went too far, and removed it from her Twitter account. She had made it as part of a photo shoot with Tyler Shields, but they did not disclose what the project was.

Trump tweeted about the photo early on Wednesday, writing that Griffin "should be ashamed of herself."

"My children, especially my 11-year-old son Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!"

CNN issued a statement on Tuesday night, condemning Griffin’s video and saying that they were evaluating New Year’s Eve plans.

While that date is far away, the network was under pressure to take action. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted at Jake Tapper.

Anderson Cooper, who has co-hosted the New Year’s Eve telecasts with Griffin for the past decade, said that he was "appalled by the photo shoot Kathy Griffin took part in. It is clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate."

Before she issued her apology, Griffin said that she was in no way condoning violence, but that it was "merely mocking the MOCKER IN CHIEF."

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) he condemned Griffin’s video, and told CNN, "I think she did the right thing, and asking for forgiveness and acknowledging ... this was a horrible mistake."

But the Republican National Committee has noted that Franken is still scheduled to appear with Griffin at a July 7 event at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. Franken said that he still plans to appear with her.

Franken: I'm keeping Kathy Griffin event because 'she begged for forgiveness'
[TheHill] They are birds of a noxious feather...

Update from the Daily Mail at 6:39 p.m. EDT:

The comedian has also had five of her upcoming Celebrity Run-In Tour shows cancelled by venues.

Other venues are still considering axing her show after a flood of complaints.

Posted by Fred 2017-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 I wonder how this will play when Franken runs for office.

Posted by gorb 2017-06-01 02:07|| 2017-06-01 02:07|| Front Page Top

#2 All the leftists decrying her?

Their condemnations are just more phony virtue signalling. They are not decying her because they really disagree with notions of murdering Trump, or, more to the point, his supporters, they are decrying her because suddenly they find themselves unpopular for holding those views.

Deep down inside, these types really, truly would like to exterminate every last Christian and every last believer in limited government, intact borders, robust free enterprise, and gun ownership.

Griffin's stunt wasn't a one-off or an anecdote. It was a slipping of the mask on what goes on in the minds of virtually 100% of the left, the entertainment and education industries, and the publicly employed in the U.S.

Posted by no mo uro 2017-06-01 06:08|| 2017-06-01 06:08|| Front Page Top

#3 A slipping of the mask. But apparently such a bad slip that even CNN had to do something. Now, that is funny.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-06-01 10:48|| 2017-06-01 10:48|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-06-01 10:55|| 2017-06-01 10:55|| Front Page Top

#5 BP, effn hilarious.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-06-01 12:20|| 2017-06-01 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Deep down inside, these types really, truly would like to exterminate every last Christian and every last believer in limited government, intact borders, robust free enterprise, and gun ownership.

And deep down most of us would like to wage war against them for selling out our country. When can our side "let the mask slip" and get this party started?

Posted by Crusader 2017-06-01 13:22|| 2017-06-01 13:22|| Front Page Top

#7 The woman appears, in recent pics, to be anorexic or have AIDS.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-01 21:17|| 2017-06-01 21:17|| Front Page Top

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