is tom brokaw a complete idiot, or does he just think WE are? on KO's program tonight, I heard that

[niyad]

der chimpenfuhrer has been in office for SEVEN years--brokaw said something like this at least three times that I heard before I got annoyed and shut the tv off. last time I checked my math, jan of 2001 to jan of 2007 is NOT SEVEN years, but six.

does anybody have any idea what the hell that was all about?

thank you in advance.

[Pharaoh]

1. just give brokaw

another shot of vodka and smack him upside the head.........

[jen4clark]

15. LOL!!!

Wish we had a rating system here -- I'd give you a 5!

[snowbear]

2. I don't always agree with Tom Brokaw, but I respect him enormously...

He's a great journalist, a great fisherman, and a great Montanan.

By the way -- the right wing HATES him.

[niyad]

3. and he cannot, apparently, count.

[Berry Cool]

He's making the mistake many people make of totaling up the years

rather than the time between them.

You know--2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Seven years. He forgets that between 2001 and 2007 there are only SIX actual years.

[karynnj]

4. you have to admit it feels like decades

[Orangepeel]

5. he sounded .... odd

like he was slurring his words

[la la]

7. he ALWAYS

sounds as though he is slurring his words--ALWAYS!

( sorry for shouting! ;>) )

[NEOhiodemocrat]

6. Maybe it is a plan

We can tell Bush he has been in seven years...only one to go!

[beaconess]

8. I thought he said he's in his seventh year - which is correct

[niyad]

10. no, several times I heard him say he has been there seven years. that is NOT correct.

and, he is only in his seventh year by a couple of days.

[beaconess]

11. ok - then apparently, he misspoke

I don't think it's a big deal. I certainly don't think it means he's an idiot.

[beaconess]

9. I thought he said he's in his seventh year - which is correct

[fuzzyball]

12. He may have been referring to this the 7th SOTU speech.

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 = 7

[mrreowwr_kittty]

13. Well it feels like he's been in office for 7 decades to me

So I'll cut Tom some slack.

[Jennicut]

14. He was definitely slurring his words tonight

Does he have some kind of medical condition no one is aware of? It was strange. By the way, it feels like Georgie has been in office 30,000 years so I'll let this one go.