Last week, two Fox pundits were suspended because of “unacceptable” language. But there was plenty more outrageousness on the “fair and balanced” network, including a twofer from Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Take a look after the jump and cast your vote for the most outrageous Fox News quote last week.
This week’s nominees are:
Ralph Peters, attacking President Obama:
"I mean this guy is such a total pussy, it’s stunning. And, you know, we want—we the people, the American people, whom he does not know in any intimate sort of manner, we want action. We want action against Islamic State and then—then, when the president is telling us he is going to destroy ISIS. This is a president who has done more harm to American police departments than he has done to Islamic State. This is a president who restrains our military. He uses it not to defeat ISIS, but for political purposes for political cover. This is a president who doesn’t want to hurt our enemies. This is a president who cares more about thugs in Guantanamo, or thugs in Ferguson, Missouri, than he does about law-abiding American citizens and their right to live in safety and peace."
Stacey Dash, attacking President Obama;
"His speech was an epic fail. …I felt like he could give a shit– excuse me, like he could care less. he could care less!"
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, promoting the idea that children should confront an active shooter instead of fleeing, as DHS advises.
"To me, this sounds like an enabled heart that I’m hearing. Someone who’s willing, able, prepared, aware and able to actually do something because they’ve gone through some steps.”
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, blaming President Obama for Donald Trump’s widely-reviled call to bar Muslims from entering the U.S.
"Why don’t we just fix the actual system in place and why don’t we have a leader in place that would actually make us feel safe about terrorists so we didn’t have to go to the extremes and saying, 'You, you believe this? Well, you’re not coming into our country.'”
Megyn Kelly, suggesting that the “liberal" media's focus on Donald Trump’s plan to bar Muslims is a ploy to deflect criticism of President Obama and Hillary Clinton.
"You tell me whether that is accidental, whether there is some reason they would prefer to be talking about what Donald Trump has said and whether he represents Republicans versus the terror attack that the president has basically said he’s gonna do nothing about to change our strategy in fighting this group, ISIS."
Lou Dobbs, suggesting President Obama is a stealth jihadist:
"This is a president who is absolutely ineffective, incompetent or he is following an agenda that is unknown and hidden from the American people. It’s one or the other, we don’t have that answer."
Steve Doocy, completely misrepresenting a New York Daily News columnist who drew some parallels between one of the San Bernardino shooters and the radical, anti-Islamic views of one of his victims:
"She essentially said this guy deserved it because he was conservative."
Cast your vote below!
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Had to go with the Ralphie. Can you imagine the nonstop diaper dump from Fux Noise if a Democrat had suggested that Dumbya Bush was a wacko warmonger?
But then there’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck who makes Brian Kilmeade look smart, no easy task. But it’s not that she can’t seem to open her mouth without saying something stupid. What sets her apart from Peter’s nonsense is what she utters is dangerous, particularly her advice to kids.
My opportunities to nominate Elisabeth are slipping away (though she deserves some career outrageous quote award) with her leaving the curvy couch. So she gets my vote. I’m going with her blaming Obama for Trump’s bigotry only because I suggested it. Plus, it’s representative of Fox News promoting bigotry which is responsible for a wave of violence against Muslims and is starting our nation down the road of something ugly we haven’t seen since the Japanese internment camps.
But frankly this week I could flip a coin since they’re all so outrageous.
