Bob Beckel looks like a fat cat from a newspaper cartoon, complete with a belligerent attitude, huge waistline, jowls, and comical suspenders. He makes for great TV, and last night, he appeared on “Hannity.” After returning from a commercial break, the first thing the audience at home heard was Beckel telling fellow panelist Jennifer Stefano, “If you think that Head Start is a failure, then you don’t know what the f*ck you’re talking about.”
I hear she also hates corgis. At first, Beckel doesn’t believe that the cameras were on when he used that “foul word.” But like Ralph Wiggum’s heart, you can pinpoint the exact second when it dawns on him what he did — at 0:40, FYI. And then Beckel blames Hannity for his slip-up and Stefano, a Tea Party activist, yells something about “typical liberals” and the “arena of ideas” and Beckel looks like he pissed himself and everything dissolves into a swearless conversation about something and I HATE that football SO much. The end.
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I hate this fucking website.
What do you mean this is on the internet?
I might be inclined to watch these shows more often if they did allow profanity.
LOLOL wow that guy is a total douche. He responded exactly like I expected him to.
His cats breath smells like cat food.
Maybe she bent his Wookie.
Beckel may act like a douche and look like the Goodyear Blimp, but he’s still right. If you think Head Start’s been a failure, then you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.
Hard to believe Blondie McHelmet-Hair there is an idiot, but there you go.
How dare you! She had multiple sclerosis and raise kids! That means her ideas are right!
Well, I don’t see any holes in that argument. You win, Blondie.
More on Head Start for people who actually want to be educated on the issue:
[www.time.com]
Thanks for the link Demosthenes. I like how no one was right in the debate, except Hannity, that fat man did swear.
If you really want to be educated on the issue, you should look somewhere other than a column by professional contrarian Joe Klein.
Education experts argue that the lesson here isn’t that the government should scrap HS but expand it. See here, here, and here.
If you really want to be educated on the issue, try someone other than professional contrarian Joe Klein.
Education wonks argue that the HHS report he’s all worked up about suggests a conclusion different than the one he draws — Head Start isn’t a boondoggle that needs to be scrapped, but a program that needs to be expanded beyond 1-2 years.
[earlyed.newamerica.net]
(I originally tried a series of links, but the post was blocked. Google yourself away.)
And I should note, the HHS study only looked at one aspect of the program. Other contributions — such as the nutrition element — are clearly worth the money here. Or I think so, at least.
If Republicans want to argue that we need to eliminate school funding and meal programs for poor kids in order to fund tax breaks for oil companies, then let’s have that debate.
And let’s blanket it with F-bombs.
Those two look like they should settle their differences over a pie eating contest. Hell, all four of the blow-hards (tee-hee!) at that desk should join in.
Isn’t the first time it turned out that way, won’t be the last. For any of them.
LARD ASS! LARD ASS! LARD ASS!
Seriously, hasn’t societal morality degraded to the point that we can swear on tv yet? I eagerly await the day when I no longer have to pretend that grownups on non-pay cable never get angry enough to say anything worse than ass. (Though I have noticed dick getting thrown around a lot more.)
Not to say that a “news” program is necessarily the proper place for it, nor that he should have used it in that context.
If people didn’t take the “issues” personally, then they wouldn’t give a shit about them enough to get fired up on these dumb shows.
Over an hour and a half without a new post? BRING BACK MATT!
If you’re saying Warming Glow without Matt is a failure, then you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. Oh god is this live?
Two things:
1. This guy looks like Ed Wuncler Sr. (from The Boondocks) brought to life.
2. There is a seriously disturbing amount of Boondocks-related pornography. Even a simple search for “Ed Wuncler” led to some disgusting stuff that I really can’t unsee.
1: By gum, you’re right!
2: By gum, I’ll take your word for it.
When Beckel blamed Hannity for him saying the F-word live on air, the crazy Tea Party chick actually said something funny as hell in quite the little exchange:
“And you should run your show a little better,” Beckel said, “instead of having me get caught like that.”
“Now you’re blaming me for this,” said Hannity.
“Typical liberal,” Stefano said. “No personal responsibility.”
I thought that was a pretty good BOOSH moment on Stefano’s part.
Indeed. When Hannity and a Tea Party blonde are the adults in the room… It must’ve be a bit nippy in hell yesterday.
I thought the F-word you can’t say on Fox News was “fact”
I love how Hannity lies even in this clip. First he says “I told you we’re back but you didn’t hear me” and then a little later he says “I thought you saw the guy doing the countdown of 3…2….1……”.