As NewsBusters reported Monday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., made some absurd statements about a number of conservative media members at Al Gore’s Live Earth concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
One of those Kennedy called a flat earther, ABC’s John Stossel, after debating Kennedy on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto” Wednesday, spoke quite candidly about this issue with WOR radio’s Steve Malzberg.
It’s safe to say that Stossel was less than kind with his rebuttal (audio available here):
The level of his hypocrisy is endless. He flies in the private jets while preaching this stuff. He says we have to go to alternate sources of energy. But when they propose a wind farm in Cape Cod miles out to sea, near the Kennedy compound, he then opposes it. I mean, he's an imbecile. This guy is really irresponsible.
Malzberg responded:
Of course, when you brought that up on “Cavuto” earlier today, he said, “Well, let’s get back to global warming.”
Stossel: My wife is here staring at me for calling him an imbecile. But I think imbecile is kind, because either he’s an imbecile, or he’s just a venal liar. And I think just saying he is dumb and doesn’t get it is a kinder way to put it.
I’m verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
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}}----> Bobby Junior
July 15, 2007 - 01:01 ET by Cool ArrowKennedy hypocrisy is legendary. Personal favorite is Teddy's eulogy of Coretta Scott King. Never mind that his brother Bobby authorized wiretaps on Dr. Martin Luther King just because he was Black and Republican.
Bobby Junior was lit up like a Christmas tree on Cavuto the other day. I don't think he's hitting the Scotch, it's something heavier than that.
I've never understood how Stossel can breathe at ABC, but for the years he's been there, he hasn't yet caved to their communist views.
Cool,...he hasn't yet caved
July 15, 2007 - 01:40 ET by Dave RCool,
...he hasn't yet caved to their communist views.
Nor has he been fired. I'd love to see just how much ad revenue his segments bring to the ABC network. Something tells me that may be the main reason he is still there.
Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.
If RFK Jr.'s last name was
July 15, 2007 - 01:36 ET by Dave RIf RFK Jr.'s last name was anything other than Kennedy, he would most likely be peddling used cars on a lot somewhere outside of Boston.
Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.
}}----> Bobby Junior
July 15, 2007 - 01:47 ET by Cool ArrowWonder how much the Kennedy's were involved with the "Big Dig", that masterpiece of pork.
Cool,Funny you should menti
July 15, 2007 - 02:08 ET by Dave RCool,
Funny you should mention the "Big Dig," as I was flipping aroung during the rain-delay of the Brave's game earlier, I happened upon the FNC, which was airing a segment on Geraldo's show about the woman who was killed when a section of concrete fell on her car as she was making her way through the tunnel.
What is it about the Kennedy's, women and cars?
Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.
}}----> Teddy's preference
July 15, 2007 - 02:13 ET by Cool ArrowTeddy prefers barefoot, and underwater.
That hysterical BASTARD, is a
July 15, 2007 - 01:48 ET by BEGRUNTThat hysterical BASTARD, is a name without substance. Wind farms, but not in my back yard.........hypocritical ASS.
You beat me to it, Dave. A
July 15, 2007 - 07:59 ET by motherbeltYou beat me to it, Dave. As I was wading through his soliloquy, I was thinking, you know, if this guy's name was anything but Kennedy, he would be ignored.
Yeah. Stossel tells it like
July 15, 2007 - 03:11 ET by RESTLESS 1Yeah. Stossel tells it like it is. His book s a good read too.
Is the clock ticking on Stossel?
July 15, 2007 - 14:59 ET by goldenthroatRestless 1,
Bobby, Jr. is just another hypocritical Kennedy who thinks he can say what he wants, when he wants, and everyone will buy into it. What is with the brain-dead idiots in Massachusetts who continue to elect him and his murdering, alcoholic uncle Teddy!
Makes you wonder how much longer John Stossel will remain at the 'Atta Boy, Clinton network? His journalisitic approach has taken a 180 over the last several years and I applaud him for sticking it to these left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do as I say, not as I do' liberals.
Maybe he should check his voice mail - FNC might be calling.
"Yeah, that's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
My guess is Stossel can stay
July 16, 2007 - 12:28 ET by RESTLESS 1My guess is Stossel can stay as long as he wants. I'm sure he pulls in a good many viewers and ABC can't justifiably can him. Not to mention, with him in the fold, ABC can always claim they are unbiased because they have Stossel on board.
Totally agree on the Kennedys and Mass. As far as the voters of that state go, I always say "God must love stupid people, He created a lot of them".
Stossel did a great job count
July 15, 2007 - 04:04 ET by GalvanicStossel did a great job countering RFK Jr. on Cavuto's show last week. His best moment was when he invited Kennedy to appear on his show to discuss Global Warming. Kennedy didn't respond to the invitation, knowing that he'd be exposed as a blow-hard to millions of viewers.
The most visible advocates of AGW are not scientists, but celebrities --- Gore, Kennedy, DiCaprio, etc. In an unrestricted debate with true experts on the facts, they'll be eaten alive, and the AGW movement will begin to collapse like a leaking balloon.
It's amazing, Galvanic, how
July 15, 2007 - 10:23 ET by dahliatraversIt's amazing, Galvanic, how many AGW advocates, whether RFK Jr., Al Gore or passing commenters here on NB, do a fade when you ask a follow up question or want to go in depth.
libs fade with facts
July 15, 2007 - 12:52 ET by Pragmatic-ManFurther, it's amazing how libs fade with facts in all of their issues. No depth, no substance, no morals, no patriotism.
I just re-read the transcri
July 15, 2007 - 07:50 ET by motherbeltI just re-read the transcript from the Cavuto report and among the other things Kennedy said was this:
The good news is that everything that we need to do to solve global
warming are things we ought to be doing anyway for the sake of
America's prosperity, for our national security, for our economic
independence -RFK
For the sake of America's prosperity????? Giving up air conditioning and cars, using fluorescent light bulbs, will make America more prosperous?
How, Mr. Kennedy????? Oh, I forgot...liberals don't have to actually have any basis for what they say; they just spout out statements and statistics, claim this or that, stuff that they just pull out of......the air, and we are supposed just nod and agree.
It's like AGW proponents who say that corporations spending billions of dollars to convert to more "eco-friendly" procedures and operations will actually increase their profits. Yeah, right.
Kennedy, of course, is merely
July 16, 2007 - 01:48 ET by GalvanicKennedy, of course, is merely spewing out rhetoric. For some of the real costs of employing the AGW measures that Kennedy advocates, read The Skeptical Environmentalist by Prof. Bjorn Lomborg.
What Kennedy and Gore don't like to advertise is that they are heavuily invested in so-called 'green' technologies. All they need now is for legislation to mandate the use of these technologies, regardless of how efficient and cost-effective they are. For instance, Gore is CEO of a company brokering those indulgences better known as "carbon-offsets." He and his employees will get their cut, and who knows what gets what's left over. Perhaps research conducted by Gore's friends?
It's all about transferring wealth, and rich boys like Kennedy and Gore intend to get richer by brokering the transfer.
My wife and I held a BBQ part
July 15, 2007 - 09:28 ET by Andrew H.My wife and I held a BBQ party yesterday and celebrated increasing our carbon footprint (complete with signs). Had a great time and of course, used propane and a lot of gasoline for our guests to arrive here. Heh. I think we'll do it again, liar Kennedy. Put me down on your list as treasonous, will you?
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
I love Stossel, I wish I woul
July 15, 2007 - 10:34 ET by AtheistRepublicanI love Stossel, I wish I would get around to reading his books and watching his shows. How are his books anyway? Are any of them particularly great?
AR, his books are very good.
July 15, 2007 - 12:22 ET by MikeBAR, his books are very good. His arguments are well researched and clearly presented. They are available at some libraries, depending on how strong a hold liberals have on the selection of books for that library.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Doc Fairness
July 15, 2007 - 12:30 ET by acumen....depending on how strong a hold liberals have on the selection of books for that library.
Ahh, the liberal doctrine of fairness.
AR-- I have read a couple of John's books--
July 15, 2007 - 12:43 ET by misterbillAR-- I have read a couple of John's books--My favorite is "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity". He debunks many of the BS stories (i.e. popular beliefs) that we hold. I don't WANT to agree with some of the things he says, but his research is extensive (thus many references). An example is Stossel's position on outsourcing jobs. He claims it actually creates more jobs in America. He has numbers to substantiate the point, but I still have doubts. Overall, I think it's a darn good read!
Stossel also writes a weekly
July 15, 2007 - 17:35 ET by Del DolemonteStossel also writes a weekly newspaper column for Creator's Syndicate. The trick is finding a newspaper that carries it!
http://www.creators....
Del -I could be mistaken, but
July 15, 2007 - 21:46 ET by drillanwrDel -
I could be mistaken, but has townhall.com carried some of his articles?
" ... But when they prop
July 15, 2007 - 13:19 ET by drillanwr" ... But when they propose a wind farm in Cape Cod miles out to sea, near the Kennedy compound, he then opposes it. ..."
Nor will they (the Kennedys) allow the crosses with GW non-believers nailed to them to clutter up the natural beauty of the area.
Look at that picture of RFK, Jr. It looks like the mug shot of a Depression Era mobster.
I don't normally comment on
July 15, 2007 - 13:35 ET by motherbeltI don't normally comment on people's appearance, but you'd think if the guy was going on TV, someone would tell him to wear a decent, starched shirt, instead of one that looks like it came off the $5.99 rack at Wal Mart? Look at the difference between his shirt and Stossel's. Surely he can manage to look better than this for TV.
Would it make too much of a c
July 15, 2007 - 13:42 ET by drillanwrMy remark (while I sometimes do stoop to the physical easy slap) was in regard to his beady-eyes and his smug, spiteful, and angry expression. Good thing John was in another studio, eh?
Would it make too much of a carbon footprint to have had the slave ... er, maid iron it for him?
A bowed shirt collar like Ken
July 15, 2007 - 15:31 ET by stratmanA bowed shirt collar like Kennedy's is from too big a neck for the collar when buttoned. I'm not saying he has a fat neck, might be all muscle, but he needs to spend a little bit of those hard earned Kennedy millions from the scotch whiskey business to buy a properly sized shirt.
Too tight a collar might also be the reason his eyes seemed a little buggy, his complexion ruddy and his intellect clouded.
Lack of CO2 ... I mean, O2 ..
July 15, 2007 - 15:40 ET by drillanwrLack of CO2 ... I mean, O2 ... ; ~ )
What Kennedy should be discus
July 15, 2007 - 14:38 ET by Com_n_senseWhat Kennedy should be discussing is the 50 of rove's "caging lists" he has showing massive Election Fraud committed by this administration. But of course we can't have that on these so-called "liberal" media outlets, can we?
You people are being lied to and you're deluded. There is no "liberal" media in this country.
i heard a commentator bemoani
July 15, 2007 - 14:46 ET by botgi heard a commentator bemoaning the closing of insane asylums yesterday
today i understand the need
Perhaps you can enlighten us
July 16, 2007 - 01:13 ET by kathleenirishPerhaps you can enlighten us on the long-term effects of drug and alcohol abuse, ala Kennedy and seemingly, YOU? Does paranoia and delusions come with it, too? He's a freakin' hypocrite, get your lips off his trust fund-supported elite arse!!!
Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
}}----> Commie-Non-Sense
July 16, 2007 - 01:20 ET by Cool ArrowCommie Sense, why do you once again bring up the Presidential election of 1960? You know it's a sore spot with us that Joseph Kennedy bought Illinois from Mayor Richard Daley. It bothers us that the curse of Daley/Kennedy is with us to this day. Your remarks are not welcome.