[exit82]

I am not cutting Beckel any slack on this one.

Listen, his job is to get in the trenches on political topics—it is his profession.

I could see if it was you or me—we don’t do this every day for a living—but he does.

So what if Stefano got under his skin—like that has never happened to Beckel before on a show?

All Beckel does is present Dem talking points, whether germane or not to the discussion. All he does is act contrarian, just to be a general pain in the @ss.

But not to worry.

Becekel was just on America’s Newsroom with Martha MacCallum and Andrea Tantaros at 9:16 am.

No on-air apology, back to work, like nothing happened.

Right down the rabbit hole.

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

[Verbosus]

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“All Beckel does is present Dem talking points, whether germane or not to the discussion.”

I agree - he provides no original insight whatsoever.

[Always A Marine]

Actually, Beckel has rejected many of the Dem talking points in the past two years. It was fascinating to hear this former Great Society acolyte admit that their well-intended welfare programs had turned into a permanent dependency upon the state. Bob Beckel is very much a work in progress, and perhaps that's why Conservatives who know him (like Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, and Neal Boortz) also like and respect him.

If you want to hang Beckel, go ahead. I would probably agree with you if I hadn't heard Bootz's first hand account this morning. But I'll defer to Neal on this one.

[Enterprise]

"So what if Stefano got under his skin—like that has never happened to Beckel before on a show?"

I want them to bring her back and let her needle him some more.

[onyx]

Thanks very much for your update.

I no longer watch Fox unless I know ahead of time that Sarah Palin is making an appearance.