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By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMembership, that is. On Saturday, May 24, 2008, an historic meeting took place, a perfect storm, if you will. Like Obi Wan Kenobi "completing the circle" by meeting his onetime protege, or Godzilla meeting his metaphorical father, Raymond Burr, I, Tommy Christopher, was to meet, face-to-face, "Papa Bear" Cenk Uygur. Does everyone know who Cenk Uygur is? Certainlyyyy! If you live in a cave, or have been cryogenically frozen waiting for the Bush administration to end, let me fill you in. Cenk is the host, producer, and spiritual pilates instructor of The Young Turks, the finest program to leave ...
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By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs many of you are already aware, Stephen Colbert is already being sued for $65 million by Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks on Air America Radio and mentor to yours truly, for stealing Cenk's joke. Cenk made a joke about Republicans sounding like Klingons on his September 7, 2007 show, which Colbert then parroted a mere 4 days later. My staff and I were outraged, and we dubbed the crime "Farceny" on our 9/24/07 show. To date, Colbert has yet to apologize. Cenk and I discussed the issue on the October 2, 2007 Young Turks postgame show, at which time I made the unwise promise never to sue ...
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