Uh-Oh.. One of the Foxies is "off the reservation"

[SoCalDem]

:rofl:


click to watch the rant on you tube


Shepard Smith excoriated the Senators who are holding up the so-called "Zadroga Bill" to assist 9/11 first responders who suffer from medical problems as a result of their time at Ground Zero. The bill, which provides $7 billion for the responders, passed the House but is being held up by Republicans in the Senate.

Speaking to Fox News colleague Chris Wallace on Friday, Smith asked, "How do they sleep at night after this vote on Ground Zero first responders from 9/11? Are they going to get that done, or are we going to leave these American heroes out there to twist in the wind?"

Wallace said he agreed that the bill needed to be passed.

Smith said he had watched Jon Stewart's Thursday show, which was devoted exclusively to the bill. He called Stewart "absolutely right," and said the holdup on the bill was shameful:

"Who's going to hold these people's feet to the fire? We're able to put a 52 story building so far down there at Ground Zero, we're able to pay for tax cuts for billionaires who don't need them and it's not going to stimulate the economy. But we can't give health care to Ground Zero first responders who ran right into the fire? Went down there to save people? Do people know what this city was like that day? People were walking over bridges, they were covered in ash, they were running for their lives, they were crying, their family members were dead. And these people ran to Ground Zero to save people's lives. And we're not going to even give them medicine for the illnesses they got down there? It's disgusting, it's a national disgrace, it's a shame and everybody who voted against should have to stand up and account for himself or herself."

[dennis4868]

1. But Shep...

never named the party who was obstructing this bill...he never once said it was the repubs....he just said there are those in congress obstructing....

[SoCalDem]

3. Here.. Shep..parking place.. oooh watch out for that lady

crunch!

Shepard Smith

Mug Shot
Shep Smith was arrested in 2001 after an altercation with another journalist over a parking place. Allegedly, a female journalist was saving a parking spot for someone and Smith backed into her car and yelled an obscenity to a group of bystanders. All charges against him were later dropped.

[Dappleganger]

6. Reporting on Katrina changed Smith...

he's the only one at Fox who dares to rattle the cage from time to time, but I have no idea how he can stand it over there.

[Mojorabbit]

11. He also stood up against torture.

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/shep-smith-we-do-not-fing-torture

[MA Mom]

16. I agree about Katrina /nt

[Dokkie]

37. Dont forget

Andrew Napolitano, he and Shep should replace O'Reilly and Hannity

[COLGATE4]

39. Are you serious? Napolitano is a 9-11 "Truther"!

[Dokkie]

44. I though we were talking about Fox news hosts

who rattle the cage of the republican party

-he also said Judge Bush and company should stand trial

Btw about the 911 truth controversy, he said he did not believe the George Bush and the administration told the truth concerning the events/reason for the 911 attack and thats not the definition of a truther. Truthers believe 911 was an inside job and thats quite different from what he said

[Dappleganger]

60. Napolitano went off the deep end.

He's a 9/11 truther.

[Raschel]

9. Saving a parking spot? What a bunch of bo-log-na!

:eyes:

[RZM]

40. Actually it was Nov. 2000

and both were covering the election debacle in Florida. With so many reporters descending on a small area, I imagine that at key moments and places parking spaces were hard to come by -- not getting one could mean missing a deadline/getting scooped and ending up in hot water with the bosses. I can see how a conflict over a parking space at that place and time could get out of control real quick.

[SoCalDem]

45. The mugshot is from 2001, which was probably when he was actually arrested

I thought at the time that she was not in her car and that he hit her.. the person.. not her car..

aahhh a long time ago.. where did that decade go :(

[dballance]

51. This is Relevent How?

I don't see why this matters? Are you sure you're a socaldem or are you really just a troll?

[verges]

22. But he named names.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x574119

[bluestate10]

2. Doesn't surprise me.

Smith has long been one of the more reasonable wing-nuts at Foxx.

[OrwellwasRight]

4. Yes, when I make myself watch that station

(we should all get a taste of our enemies), I sometimes wonder if he is a captive trying to get out of psycho right wing land, OR if he plays that role so that people like me can have hope about FOX.

[Cheap_Trick]

36. They taste like chicken. nt

[OrwellwasRight]

55. LOL. nt.

[donheld]

56. They taste like chicken SHIT. n/t

[Can of Whoop-ass]

46. and...

you trust him. HaHa, watch your back.

[bluestate10]

49. No, I don't trust him.

I am saying that his shows are not as red faced and scream laced as other Fox shows.

[tblue37]

5. Yet he never mentions that it is specifically the REPUBLICANS who are blocking the bill,

so FOX viewers who know Dems still are in control of Congress will no doubt assume it is the Dems who are to blame.

[verges]

23. He names names

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x574119

[Kweli4Real]

27. I can't watch the video, but ...

Knowing fox"news", I will have to assume that the comment stands ... If Shep doesn't/hasn't said, "Senator X, the republican Senator from Ysville", the low information fox"news" watchers won't make the connection.

[verges]

34. Had you bothered to go to the linked thread I gave you :

"We called a lot of Republicans today who are in office at the moment," he said Monday afternoon. "These are the ones who told us 'no': Senators Alexander, Barrasso, Cornyn, Crapo, DeMint, Enzi, Grassley, Kyl, McConnell, Sessions, Baucus, Gregg, and Inhofe. No response from Bunning, Coburn, Ensign, Graham, Hatch, and McCain."

"Why does no one want to talk about this?" Smith asked.

Instead, Smith had former New York Gov. George Pataki on, whom he asked: "Republicans wanted to get this tax thing done first, they wanted pressure on the White House. This was an issue they were using toward that end, without question. Was that too far?"




Good enough? I didn't have to watch anything.

[Kweli4Real]

38. Yes ...

If I had gone to the link you provided I would have seen what he said.

But I ask that you moderate your tone; it is over the top and quite dickish. But I guess that's par for the DU course these days.

Merry Xmas.

[valerief]

48. Pot, meet Kettle!

:rofl:

[Kweli4Real]

52. I challenge you to ...

compare the tone of my post to that of your own.

My post was related to the the original post ... Your's addressed me personally, e.g., "If you had bothered", despite my saying that I did not listen to the video --- That should have been a tip off that I did not click on all of the links.

Back in the day when we (democrats/liberals/progressices had not acquired the license to act as snarky pricks, a simple, and civil, reference to the link (without the B.S) would have sufficed.

But merry Xmas anyway.

[valerief]

54. Bwahahahahaha!

:rofl:

[verges]

58. Um--the "bothered" post was mine...

and I apologized.

[verges]

57. You are quite right. I'm sorry. nt

[Kweli4Real]

59. Not a problem ...

And my response to you could have been handled much better.

See DU ... that's how grown folks handle stuff.

[UTUSN]

7. He's always been a little off the Faux reservation. n/t

[obxhead]

8. "We spend more money giving Warren Buffet his income tax breaks

than these people are asking for don't we."

Not a Faux or Shep fan, but damn that was a zinger!

[Kweli4Real]

28. A zinger ...

that reinforces the fox"news" lie.

Shep could have used ANY Billionaire other than the Democrat Buffet. After all, Buffet IS the only one to come out and say he does not support the tax cuts for the wealthy.

[Loudmxr]

10. Like I have said he has a great contract or attorney.

[Cass]

12. I didn't see the clip but he doesn't mention that it is republicans who blocked it in the excerpt

posted here. We know the truth but Faux viewers don't...they will think it was democrats who blocked it. Maybe he did mention who blocked it in his full comments, I hope so anyway.

[verges]

24. He names them elsewhere though

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x574119

[eShirl]

13. "tax cuts for billionaires who don't need them and it's not going to stimulate the economy"

Oh my, Shepard!
:wow:

[old mark]

14. Sometimes the truth just has to come out, even on Fox...even by accident....nt

[ehrnst]

15. After his defection on Katrina - wasn't he sent away for awhile? (nt)

[RedCloud]

17. oh well, What about W using the public donations to hush up the lawsuits?

That was NOT federal money but his gang of thugs usurped it and made the suffering families sign a promise not to sue W or no money.

[1776Forever]

18. I always wondered if any of the Faux bunch had a conscience & a heart. Guess Shepard has both. n/t

[backscatter712]

20. Shep seems to be the only person at FOX News that has a soul. n/t

[valerief]

30. I heard a Media Matters guy say that it was Fox News reporters who provided them

with the Sammon memos (climate change is a theory, govt option not public option) that proved Fox skews the "news" against the truth.

[felix_numinous]

19. Fox allows The Simpsons

and a few others to be their leftie monkeys, doesn't change who they are.

[Omar4Dems]

21. Fox is reading the recent poll numbers, that's all.

Cynical, aren't they?

[emulatorloo]

25. I had to tune into Shep Smith the other day in order to see Bernie Sanders

CSPAN was out, all other stations had Elizabeth Smart or something.

Shep was doing some pretty fair coverage. He usually does. I don't know why he hasn't been fired.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

26. Shep never stayed on the reservation

I've not figured it out how he keeps his job.

He gets right in the face of everything Fox stands for.

Maybe he has something on someone at Fox.

[valerief]

31. I think he's their "fair and balanced" guy, although he'd never make it on MSNBC PM.

AM, because that's RW, but not PM.

[valerief]

29. That's good, but Smith had to watch TDS to find this out? We all knew from checking the

real news in places like DU!!!!!!

[unapatriciated]

32. he blamed all of congress - not the repugs - nice try shep

[GoCubsGo]

33. Shep needs to leave the reservaton for good.

Come away from the Dark Side, Shep.

[paparush]

35. See? They're Fair and Balanced (tm)

[Enthusiast]

41. Fox News is now fair and balanced.

I'm so glad.

[Balderdash]

42. I think Sheard Smith has a conscience

Can't have one of those if you work for FOX or are a Republican.
He also said this, "we're able to pay for tax cuts for billionaires
who don't need them and it's not going to stimulate the economy."
Maybe they can find him a spot at MSNBC...

[Can of Whoop-ass]

47. Yeah and

child rapists have good hearts.

[salinen]

43. shep

"alan colmes" smith, the token lib.

[Arkana]

50. Shepard Smith hasn't had his conscience surgically removed.

This isn't the first time he's spoken up--he did it during the torture fiasco and again with SCHIP, and he's done it a couple other times since.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. Shocked that they keep Shepard around. n/t