Bob Beckel Tells Tucker Carlson: Giving Daily Caller a White House Pass 'Craziest Idea I've Ever Heard'
Liberal Fox News political commentator Bob Beckel had a heated exchange with Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson on Hannity Monday evening.
With the topic Neil Munro's interruption of President Obama Friday, Beckel said, "The idea that they gave the Daily Caller a White House pass is the craziest idea I've ever heard" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BOB BECKEL: Did you spend the whole afternoon at Starbucks? I'm just curious. Can you answer me, is this guy, is this guy an American citizen?
TUCKER CARLSON, DAILY CALLER: Is Neil Munro American? Look, I'm not going to stand here and let you throw out your anti-Irish bigotry again. If I have to stand up and defend immigrants from you I will.
Carlson was obviously referring to comments Beckel made on Monday's The Five concerning Munro.
“His mother and father didn’t raise him very well to have manners like that,” Beckel said. “Look at this dude. Is he Irish — Scottish or Irish or something?”
When co-host Greg Gutfeld asked, “What are you talking about,” Beckel responded, "He’s an immigrant."
But I digress:
BECKEL: Okay, I appreciate that, but I still want an answer to my question. Is he an American citizen?
CARLSON: Of course he’s an American.
BECKEL: Okay, I didn’t know.
CARLSON: And a proud one.
BECKEL: I'm glad to hear that, but is he, if I were the White House, here's the White House mistake. The idea that they gave the Daily Caller a White House pass is the craziest idea I've ever heard.
CARLSON: Why? We're bigger than the Chicago Tribune.
BECKEL: I know you are. That’s another reason why…
CARLSON: We're bigger than the Boston Globe. They can’t not give us a pass.
BECKEL: Another reason I wouldn’t put, sure they can. All you got to do is not give it to you.
CARLSON: Let them. Bob, good luck with that.
As you can see, Beckel really isn't somebody that should be criticizing anyone else's manners.
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Well, Bad-Hair-Color-Job-Bob,
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:19am.
Well, Bad-Hair-Color-Job-Bob, we wouldn't want anyone up there at the White House actually DISAGREEING with Boy Baraka and his 'kinder, gentler', tyranny, would we???
Bleckel is still drunk, still on drugs, and still a moron.
hmmm
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 1:22am.
More of that liberal "inclusiveness" huh?
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To the liberal "press corpse"
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:26am.
To the liberal "press corpse" it's about condescension and arrogance.
To them, the Daily Caller is not a "real" news organization, and Neil Munro is not a "real" journalist.
The whole thing smacks of "They're just not our kind, dahling."
And Michelle Malkin is Just a Blogger
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:36am.
She's certainly making hay over Juan's condescending remark about "you're just a blogger".
T-shirts to follow....and I will probably get one, because I, too, am "just a blogger" (this is new code for conservatives, I think, because we've never seen it leveled at the liberal bloggers, have we?). Which makes me smarter than 99.9% of the liberal "journalists" who opine.
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Morning, B.....amazing isn't
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:49am.
Morning, B.....amazing isn't it?
Malkin "used to be" a columnist, pundit, a political commentator.
Her syndicated columns ran (and still run) in both internet and dead tree publications nationwide.
Now because she has a blog, she's "just" a blogger.
A Badge of Honor
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:50am.
She made Juan look even dumber than he is....if that's possible.
Breitbart was "just a blogger" too. If it's good enough for him....well.
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You hit "reply" too fast... I
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:52am.
You hit "reply" too fast...
I was trying to add "and now Juan Williams is "just" a jerk.
LOL, mb
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:22am.
I've been awake since 4 a.m., all alone....imagine my happiness when you showed up this morning!!!
I don't know why we even bother, actually, because we're always thinking exactly the same thing.
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motherbelt
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 6:45am.
That was my reaction too, and I found Michelle's response very telling. Instead of defending herself by listing her accomplishments, she went to bat for bloggers.
Any lib I see who gets challenged takes it personal and reacts by making it all about them.
Michelle is smarter than Juan and that probably rankles him too.
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Tucker and the Daily Caller has become
Submitted by Airforce_5_O on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 10:06am.
a force that Bob and the left can't handle. The question forced the President to do something he wasn't prepared for; a press member who asked a hard question.
Bob is like every other liberal; if you can't beat it, be-little it.
Quote
Submitted by jetcat on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 8:05am.
That's a memorable quote! I'll be sure to use it with my few liberal friends (acquaintances)!
Half way
Submitted by bmacdmac on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:24am.
While I think the question should have been asked maybe not quite not that way. I do not like Obama but his office I respect so the question should have been held until it was question time. Now the other side, three or four questions is all Obama usually has time to answer because Obama takes forever to answer most everything and then he doesn't answer the question.
~What "question time"?
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:08am.
There was no question time; should O be allowed to keep acting like He Who Must Not Be Questioned while the press eunuchs stand there playing stenographer?
Heh,
Submitted by IRQ Conflict on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 3:09am.
having Bob on fox as an "contributor" is the craziest idea I've ever heard.
If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with Beckel eh Bob?
Oh Wow
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 5:20am.
I read your last sentence as:
If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with Beckel OF Bob.
Which is pretty funny.
Oh look at that idiot....he's a Beckel of Bob.
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Speaking of Crazy
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:14am.
Someone also suggested he do something about his temper, and he said "WHAT &%$#@! TEMPER ???!!!"
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Submitted by Qtaug on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 5:09am.
Is there anyone more imbecilic than Boob Heckle?
Sadly, yes.
Submitted by Hippopaulimus on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 6:36am.
Sadly, yes.
He's considered a "moderate" liberal!
Just watch anyone on MSNBC ... and you'll see the dark side of the moon - bats
White - does not mean racist
Heterosexual - does not mean homophobic
Male - does not mean sexist
Sadly yes
Submitted by lilium479 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:00am.
Democrat - does mean racist
Democrat - does mean homophobic
Democrat - does mean sexist
Beckel
Submitted by crabman2 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 7:59am.
I love listening to Bob . He is almost always on the wrong side of correct with his opinions , but listening to him trying to refute the truth is hilarious . He very rarely answers the questions asked , and tries to distract by switching topics . He invariably tries to justify bad behavior of Democrats by citing bad behavior by Republicans . Usually changing the subject to do so . When he gets called for it , he gets angry and goes off on another topic .
Bob is a funny guy .
If Bias is a reason for cancelation
Submitted by John21 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 8:01am.
If Bias is a reason for cancelation, why does MSNBC has a press pass?
NBC and all of its associates are in the DNC employ as "Public Relations" assets so why are they even considered as a news organization?
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Another time Beckel...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:08am.
..used that "craziest idea I ever heard" was when people told him he needed to do something about his drinking.
The buffoonish Beckel, who's
Submitted by clancie on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:11am.
The buffoonish Beckel, who's always had an allergic aversion to the truth, is totally nonobjective, objectionable and incapable of accepting the fact that the 'new media' is now preferable over the dreary, in the toilet with the Democrats 'old media'. If it weren't for organization and news outlets like Newsbusters, we'd still believe Roosevelt was a great conservative, doing what was best for America. Beckel, like all Libs, has no tolerance for the new real news media (odd since he's on one. Guess no one else would hire him)
I need only
Submitted by nolefan2 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 9:17am.
two words to describe Bobby Beckel: Pompous A$$. Trying to watch The Five when he's on it is not good for my blood pressure.......so I exercise my right to switch channels at that time. I mute the TV when I catch him on other programs.
Hmmm
Submitted by djm159 on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 10:59am.
This is the same guy that paid a prostitute with a bad check. Is there still a little thing called "freedom of the press." The bobster doesn't get to decide what makes the press. The media today is state run, much like Nazi Germany and Venezuela. Bloggers are the new press and thank goodness for that. Bob Beckel is an insignificant, small-minded, low-life ideologue without the sense God gave a goose. Is anyone listening to that half a sissy?
I Wonder
Submitted by Utherpend on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:29pm.
Is Bob Beckle the best they can get for "The Five"?? I mean with all of the talented commentators who are looking for work couldnt they find one that has sense and the ability to argue in a coherent manner?
POOR BOB BECKEL
Submitted by Delsa on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 2:12pm.
Bob is living proof that Alcohol kills brain cells!
Beckel, a'Beckel
Submitted by Tex Expatriate on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 3:07pm.
Beckel, reportedly, is a pal of Mark Levin and Sean Hannity, which may explain Beckel's role on Hannity's radio and t.v. show, but doesn't explain the "friendship" to me. I would not have a slug for a friend. It causes me to suspect the judgment of Levin and Hannity. Beckel, basically, is a typical Democrat thug and human slug. Surprisingly, he has a brother (a twin?) who is as genuinely American and conservative politically as one gets, and as genuinely American as Bob Beckel is not. I overheard Hannity talking about the "good work" Beckel does for children, which made me wonder: Does that put him in the same category as Jerry Sandusky? I expect not. Rather, I think Beckel became a Democrat when he was about nine years old and his political development stopped right there.