Will Beck and Limbaugh be next?

Will Beck and Limbaugh be next?

FIRST, THEY CAME for Helen Thomas. Who will be next — Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and all the other purveyors of shocking statements, on the right and left?

The statements Thomas made — that the Jews of Israel should go back to Poland and Germany — were rightly denounced. Still, there was something perverse about the delight in her demise that was taken, especially by conservative commentators.

Their acts are routinely denounced as outrageous, sometimes racist and occasionally anti-Semitic.

But from local talk show host Howie Carr to the big guns at Fox News — Limbaugh married last weekend for the fourth time and was off the air — there was scant recognition of the underlying free speech issue that could threaten their own livelihoods.

The end of a career was viewed through the usual prism: conservative versus liberal politics. It was thrilling for conservatives that a self-proclaimed liberal who badgered George W. Bush during his presidency got the boot.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/06/10/will_beck_and_limbaugh_be_next/

Thomas was a journalist (or was supposed to be) - these vermin claim to be entertainers and they're not sitting in the White House Press Room.

If I see one more person claiming this is a free speech issue, my head is going to explode.

as an opinion columnist.


Nevertheless her statements indicate that she had lost her top form and it was time for her to retire. She wasn't as sharp as she used to be.

But I'm in agreement that it was past time for her to retire.

programs to keep you from beating your kids. (The biggest advertisers on hate radio.)

and then keep their jobs when they fail to act(see Vitter)

I thought this was going to be about breast implants.

It's the DU trifecta!

In America, thou shalt not question the right of Israel to do whatever Israel wants to do. Beck and Limbaugh don't cross that line.