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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:06 PM Jun 2014

Fox News trashes father of returning POW: Find a razor; you ‘look like a member of the Taliban’

By David Edwards
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:43 EDT

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Co-host Brian Kilmeade accused Bowe Bergdahl’s father, Robert Bergdahl, of making “some anti-American tweets and statements” because he had said he was working to free the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, and that “God will repay the death of every Afghan child.”

“Really?” Kilmeade asked. “I mean, he says he was growing his beard because his son was in captivity. Well, your son’s out now. So if you really don’t — no longer look like a member of the Taliban, you don’t have to look like a member of the Taliban. Are you out of razors?”

“Some are now suggesting that the White House team really blew it by having the Bergdahl’s right there, given the fact the intel community had a classified file on him,” Doocy later added. “They knew he walked away, they knew he was a deserter. And there’s the president embracing the family.”

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Fox News trashes father of returning POW: Find a razor; you ‘look like a member of the Taliban’ (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 OP
Brian Kilmeade. What a smarmy little asshole. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #1
The father should put out a statement and tell this punk on fox bigdarryl Jun 2014 #4
He looks like that Duck Dynasty Guy dubient Jun 2014 #2
^^^This^^^ PADemD Jun 2014 #7
He looks your average biker who watches fox news. 951-Riverside Jun 2014 #29
he needs to bash gay people to be acceptable JI7 Jun 2014 #30
Isn't he(the father) a conservitive bigdarryl Jun 2014 #3
And don't forget these scary bearded guys: Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #6
You joke, but they really are bad ... dawg Jun 2014 #18
Heh. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #22
Why isn't FOX sued out of business for slander? abelenkpe Jun 2014 #5
Two reasons: Blue_Tires Jun 2014 #20
Brian Kilmeade Contact PADemD Jun 2014 #8
FAUX NOISE's hatred knows no bounds..... mylye2222 Jun 2014 #9
And just when you think they can't sink any lower... Initech Jun 2014 #23
And even more....recycling old memes.... mylye2222 Jun 2014 #24
It's even worse when they are from the same family: Contrary1 Jun 2014 #10
Beat me to it. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #11
Republicans: I want to see men look natural and clean-shaven. MineralMan Jun 2014 #12
'or Jesus' rock Jun 2014 #13
no one knows Jeneral2885 Jun 2014 #21
Except for every republican rock Jun 2014 #32
ah,Fox: looks not substance, except when it comes to ducks nt Leme Jun 2014 #14
LOL: The White House makes an assignment for every single troop in a war zone. FSogol Jun 2014 #15
Fox and Friends then issued a long list of corrections. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #16
Yet they idolize the duck dynasty people. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #17
+1 Johonny Jun 2014 #26
Yet another boulder Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #19
Oh my God! Wasn't there a Twilight Zone episode that involved a man Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #25
Brian Kilmeade: Isn't he the nutcase who told the two spelling bee winners to find a Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #27
Phil Robertson, anyone? muntrv Jun 2014 #28
And why the HELL is Robert Bergdahl's beard of any relevance in this story at all? Demoiselle Jun 2014 #31
 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
4. The father should put out a statement and tell this punk on fox
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:10 PM
Jun 2014

We can meet anywhere any place and say that to my face.That's how I would handle this little punk

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
3. Isn't he(the father) a conservitive
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:08 PM
Jun 2014

That's what I allegedly heard.And what about those fools on Duck Dynasty with there long beards

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
5. Why isn't FOX sued out of business for slander?
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:10 PM
Jun 2014

Seems like every day they spout BS about some one some where in the hopes of stirring up more outrage. Why is this permitted?

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
20. Two reasons:
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:18 PM
Jun 2014

1. Fox is deft at dancing in that legal gray area between protected speech and slander...Even though they do slip up frequently and cross that line, this instance isn't really one of those times...

2. The U.S. legal system has a VERY high standard to meet to prove slander, and very few victims are willing to challenge Fox's legion of attorneys in court as they drag the case out for years...

 

mylye2222

(2,992 posts)
24. And even more....recycling old memes....
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:24 PM
Jun 2014
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-host-kerry-should-look-in-the-mirror-when-he-calls-snowden-a-traitor/

That can explain, why, yesturday, I express my upsetting one some posters here who post very negatively on SoS.

I know im a bit OT;;; LOL

FSogol

(45,484 posts)
15. LOL: The White House makes an assignment for every single troop in a war zone.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:51 PM
Jun 2014


How do Kilmeade and Doocy avoid drowning by looking up when it rains?

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
16. Fox and Friends then issued a long list of corrections.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:52 PM
Jun 2014
http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/05/04/snl-fox-and-friends-corrections-list/

Kentucky Derby losers are not turned into Ikea meatballs.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not accidentally blow up vowels in his own name.

The chupacabra does not deliver presents on Cinco De Mayo.

President Obama does not want to take away T-shirt guns.

Most women have only two breasts.

The Memphis Grizzlies are not a gay blues band.

Scientology was not founded by I Ron Man.

Bangladesh is not an 80s metal band.

Peaking at ladies’ butts is not a background check.

Actual crows do have feet.

Pot pie is legal in every state.

The California wildfires are not a soccer team.

Jason Collins was not turned gay by a Washington Wizard.

The NRA is not a branch of government.

Foreign visas do not let Russian students go on shopping sprees.

Rick Moranis was never put on death row for shrinking his children.

New York exists outside the mind of Billy Joel.

A French press is not lifting weights with your tongue out.

Lena Dunham is not a girl ventriloquist.

Number 2 pencils are not sad that they lost.

Plan B birth control is not masturbating.

Justin Bieber and Anne Frank were not an item.

President Obama did not just wake up in Mexico.

F.A.A. does not stand for “Fart A**, A**”

Croquettes are not female crocodiles.

Kanye West is not an African American vacation destination.

Syria is not Arabic for “serious.”

Rice and beans are edible. Ricin beans are not.

Casual Friday is not in the Bill of Rights.

Sam Adams was not too drunk to sign the Constitution.

The Gitmo prisoners are not working on their beach bodies.

Force feeding is not how Jedi’s eat.

Kevin Costner does not live in Watertown.

Smurfs are not elected.

Smurfs are not appointed.

Smurfs are cartoons.

Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle have been in the same room together.

Anytime minutes don’t let you call the future.

4 and 3 aren’t basically the same thing.

Rock beats scissors.

Zach Braff is not the sound a trumpet makes.

Johonny

(20,844 posts)
26. +1
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:26 PM
Jun 2014

My thoughts exactly. All my RW relatives had beards like this last Christmas suddenly they're not cool anymore. LOL RW

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
27. Brian Kilmeade: Isn't he the nutcase who told the two spelling bee winners to find a
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:30 PM
Jun 2014

way to determine who was better?

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
31. And why the HELL is Robert Bergdahl's beard of any relevance in this story at all?
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 05:35 PM
Jun 2014

Fox News has destroyed my faith in freedom of the press. (No, I didn't mean that. Mostly.)

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