Gingrich Rips 'GCB': ABC Wouldn't Run Show if Muslim in Title Instead of Christian
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had some harsh words Friday for ABC and its new show GCB.
As The Note reported, the former Speaker told supporters at a campaign event in Gulfport, Mississippi, "Take the exact name, drop out 'Christian' and put in 'Muslim,’ and ask yourself is there any network that would have dared to run a show like that and you know the answer is not a one":
“Look at the new show that’s on that has the word ‘Christian’ in it, and I want you to take the exact name, drop out Christian and put in ‘Muslim.’ And ask yourself is their [sic] any network that would have dared to run a show like that and you know the answer is not a one, because anti-Christian bigotry is just fine in the entertainment industry but they have to be very protective of Islam,” Gingrich said.
Indeed.
Readers are encouraged to see NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell's piece "'GCB,' or Good Christians Bashed."
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GMB would get,
Submitted by fscarn on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 5:51pm.
Abyssmal ratings.
Americans need to learn about Muslims and Islam for sure. But they need just factual information. They'll then make the right decisions about Muslims.
GMB would not only.....
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 6:11pm.
.........get abysmal ratings, it wouldn't be on the air long enough for many to see. It likely wouldn't get sponsors to even get on the air in the first place, so you'd never know it was even a show in the works.
We're a Christian country. Of
Submitted by balboa on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 6:13pm.
We're a Christian country. Of course there wouldn't be a show like this with Muslms instead.
Lost me
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 6:23pm.
Why "of course" ? Could you expand on that?
Christianity is our main
Submitted by balboa on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 6:28pm.
Christianity is our main religion. In that sense, we are much more comfortable poking fun at it. Islam is far from mainstream, so no you're not going to see that show, especially since people tend to blow things up in that religion when they get mocked.
ya think?
Submitted by MrShy on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 6:51pm.
"...especially since people tend to blow things up in that religion when they get mocked."
And the "slow one" finally gets to the point.
- shy on vinyl
Join Mr. Shy and The 1* Percent
~Balboa
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:07pm.
can be SUCH a Muslim-phobic bigot sometimes. *sigh*
I know. It's a character
Submitted by balboa on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:08pm.
I know. It's a character flaw, but I'm working on it.
~Face it, balboa
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:26pm.
You'll never change.
Wow! My very own LolCat.
Submitted by balboa on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:34pm.
Wow! My very own LolCat.
(and I never understood the appeal of Jäger. I'd rather justgo beer, beer, and more beer.)
~I hope that in the future
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:44pm.
you will comport yourself with a level of dignity commensurate with the honor which has been bestowed upon you.
Whatcha got against Jager bombs???
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 10:34pm.
Sigh!!! and to think, I one almost had a modicum of respect for you. :/
Jager's disgusting. If you're
Submitted by balboa on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 10:36pm.
Jager's disgusting. If you're going to do shots, stick with tequila or whiskey or something like that.
Being from San Antonio
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 11:38pm.
I know tequila well.
Maybe too well. :)
bal you are correct
Submitted by TruthMonger on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 8:21pm.
...and you could expand on that. Christians don't blow people up because our religion teaches us to love our enemies, not behead them. We are probably the most tolerant mass of people in the country.
At any rate the Bible says that we will be persecuted by people that celebrate worldly pleasures such as mockery...like bullies on a playground.
the Bible speaks of this "GCB" it is right on the money, entirely expected, and right on cue - just like all of the other persecution we face every day
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
That's is a sign of the times
Submitted by redfish on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 9:20pm.
That's is a sign of the times more than anything else.. people used to make fun of foreign cultures more than their own, there used to be all sorts of stereotypes of other cultures in movies.
But, that still its not the most relevant comparison. Why don't we see more TV shows that makes fun of atheists and liberals? Religious Christians really are no longer really big shapers of our culture today, and hardly untouched topics, if people really wanted to be irreverent there would be other targets in mind.
Coming this fall...
Submitted by Servo1969 on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:52pm.
G.M.B.!
We as we delve into the seedy underside of Muslim women!
Good Muslim Bitches! Right here on ABC!
/never happen
GMB...
Submitted by dmacleo on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 7:58pm.
Good Muslim Bitches...
Good Morning Barack..
I just don't see the differences there.
And this is exactly what I thought the liberal
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 8:27pm.
liars on the left were referring to with the whole Limbaugh/Fluke nonsense. So they continue misogynistic and bigoted behavior while currently condoning it. That's the liberal mindset for yah, yeesh!
Obama Generosity, Muslim Cancellation
Submitted by berlet98 on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 2:37am.
Obama Generosity, Muslim Cancellation
Two recent developments involving the president and his favorite religion:
No one has ever suggested our commander-in-chief was stingy.
Well, before he launched his presidential bid in 2007, his charitable contributions were comparable to pre-conversion Ebeneezer Scrooge’s but since then he has opened his wallet somewhat. Now, his good-hearted generosity almost rivals that of Winnie the Pooh.
The president is so giving that he is considering sharing “limited classified data” on our proposed European anti-missile shield with our good buddies and former sworn enemies in Moscow.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Brad Roberts explained that the adminstration is merely continuing an initiative begun by Obama’s favorite whipping-boy, George W. Bush, although Bush never followed through with the harebrained idea of providing strategic information to a potential foe.
You see, the always paranoid Russians are fearful that the missile shield could somehow be deployed against them, without clarifying how a shield could miraculously become an offensive weapon. In fact, it would serve in a defensive capacity against the rapacious and truculent Ruskies and other crazies, so they don’t like it.
Reflecting the peculiar nature of Russian thought processes, Vladimir Putin has indicated that, should the shield become operational, he would deploy missiles as a defense since shields are notoriously threatening.
Fortunately, saner heads may prevail. Republican Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Michael Turner, has said he will “vigorously resist such compromises of U.S. missile defense capabilities.”
That, of course, assumes Rep. Turner will be re-elected in November. If the president isn’t re-elected, the matter becomes moot. If Obama is re-elected, Americans will have far more to worry about than protecting Europe.
Something not moot and no longer worrisome is the fate of TLC’s reality show, “All-American Muslim,” which didn’t depict reality and certainly didn’t demonstrate that Muslims living in Dearborn, Michigan were all or mostly American.
TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg announced last week that, “We decided not to renew it for a second season” because of a collapse in viewership and a loss of more than half its audience between its first and eighth, final episode.
Left unmentioned by Ms. Goldberg . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=16835.)
And no one would watch it
Submitted by Salamander on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 9:40am.
Who cares about Muslims in this country other than a few terrified majorities?
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