The "60 Minutes" curmudgeon said Sunday he got 30,000 pieces of mail and e-mail in response to his February 22 commentary, in which he called "The Passion of the Christ" filmmaker Mel Gibson a "wacko"...
― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)
Rooney, 85, noted that many of his critics took shots at his age. Even Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said he was too old.
"That wasn't nice, Bill," he said. "I didn't get old on purpose. It just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you."
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)
i wish he would "nyuk nyuk nyuk" on the air.
― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)
Rooney doesn't bother me much. Divisive populism has it's place, especially on Sunday nights.
― andy, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)
i vote for Steve Albini in a funny hat
― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)