Jon Stewart, friends mock Rick Sanchez at charity event

[Elmore Furth]

American tribalism has again reared it's ugly head. The Republicans say Obama is not like us, contaminated by his exposure to Islam and liberal ideas in the past. Now Rick Sanchez says Jon Stewart is not like us, contaminated by his being a Jew. Wow. What stupidity. We all carry baggage from our ethnic roots. So what? We can celebrate our differences or we can magnify them.

The Republican Party and the Tea Party are the political preference of white, Christian heterosexual males in the United states. What they call 'class warfare' is the reaction of the non-white, non-christian, non-males or non-hetersexual reaction to the social and economic engineering the Right Wing is trying shove down our throat.

Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars, where Jon Stewart played host in New York Saturday night, had several of them lining up to take shots at CNN's Rick Sanchez, reports USA TODAY's Gary Levin.

Anchor and reporter Sanchez, a frequent target for mockery on Stewart's Daily Show, called him a "bigot" in a radio interview last week and said CNN and other media were run by "people like him." CNN promptly fired Sanchez. The jokes at his expense were never based on his Hispanic heritage: "The only issue is he's a meathead doofus," explained correspondent John Oliver at the after-party.

Opening the three-hour taping, Stewart suggested that donors feeling guilty about something should pony up the bucks for the benefit's good cause, raising funds to educate autistic children: "If you dented a car, $50. If you cheated on something to get ahead, $500. And if you went on radio and said Jews run the media, in that case you better hold onto your money," he said. Surprise guest David Letterman got into the act, explaining he was in Manhattan over the weekend helping Sanchez "clean out his office," and even former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw joked that he and Stewart had more in common than each thought: "In junior high I didn't want to sit next to Rick Sanchez either."

But it wasn't all topical humor at the benefit, which airs Oct. 21 as part of a telethon,live from Los Angeles. In fundraising gambits, Tina Fey sought donations with a Photoshopped "Tina Fey swimsuit calendar," since "sadly, the Tina Fey glasses calendar did not sell well."



Jon Stewart, friends mock Rick Sanchez at charity event

[WeekendWarrior]

1. I was hoping

that Stewart would stay classy about all this and simply refrain from commenting.

I guess I was wrong.

And I LIKE Stewart.

[sabrina 1]

2. Yes, this is not what I expected from Jon Stewart. Sad really.

[trumad]

3. Oh bullshit

Sanchez deserves much more ridicule for his blatant antisemitism.

He's a fucking comedian and you want him to refrain talking about this...

Too funny.

[WeekendWarrior]

10. He has a right to talk about it, but

I just hoped he'd take the high road, unlike Sanchez.

Yeah, he's a comedian, but that doesn't make him OBLIGATED to talk about it.

[alphafemale]

13. You do know Stewart is a comedian and Jewish...right

And being that he owns the media why wouldn't he joke about it?

[WeekendWarrior]

15. Shall we call CNN and have them fire you now?

Yes, I know you're being sarcastic, but honestly, are comedians not allowed to show sensitivity?

Maybe Sanchez is a douchebag, but that doesn't mean Stewart has to be one, too.

[alphafemale]

17. Better be careful with the use of the term douchebag here on DU...bub

That's misogynist.

And it is obvious you are not a comedian and therefore you have NO comic license.

:hide: :rofl:

[WeekendWarrior]

21. That term is SO accurate I have and will use it on a regular basis

And one I like even better is douchenozzle.

[TorchTheWitch]

23. Sanchez called Stewart a bigot and Stewart is suposed to show

SANCHEZ sensativity???

:crazy:

[WeekendWarrior]

24. Yes.

It's called taking the high road. I know that's a foreign concept to some people here, and lord knows we've all taken the low road a few times, but is it really necessary to retaliate? I know that's human nature, but is it really necessary?

[alphafemale]

26. YES

The high road is for losers. I am sick to death of dems always being told to "take the high road."

Fuck that SIDEWAYS on a gravel driveway.

[WeekendWarrior]

31. You're obscuring the issue

This isn't about Dems versus Republicans, but about two human beings, one of whom is a buffoon, the other of whom should have the decency to know when to back off.

[alphafemale]

39. backing off someone who said...on tape...without shame...that Jews control the media?

...Really?

Maybe you think "they" DO control the media?

[WeekendWarrior]

42. I think the media is controlled by rich men who couldn't care less about religious or political

ideology as long as they're making bundles of money.

Don't turn this into a smear against me. That's REALLY the low road.

[immoderate]

76. LOL, which is which?

--imm

[catzies]

77. If I could recommend a comment, I would recommend yours!

HELL YES!

[Rex]

62. You sound personally offended by Jon's actions...are you okay?

Wow, he did nothing really much less than anyone expected (Jon) but for some reason you took it personally. Sorry.

Jon is very classy, your definition of the high road lacks any merit in this situation.

NT.

[WeekendWarrior]

70. You're mistaken

This has nothing to do with the personally. I REALLY admire Stewart (I watch the show every night) and I guess I just expected him not to go after the guy. I was kind of hoping he'd come on his show and say, "You know, this guy is a bonehead and says and does boneheaded things and we make fun of him a lot around here, but as much as I dislike what he said about me and others, I'm not going to gloat and kick a guy while he's down."

Not funny, maybe, but certainly classy.

[blondeatlast]

82. It never said STEWART mocked Sanchez, it said that the guests did.

But you keep stirring that pile.

[rhett o rick]

84. And who says Stewart is a douchebag? You? And who are you? nm

[WeekendWarrior]

87. I stand corrected

I LIKE Stewart. I watch his show every night and happen to think he's one of the most talented satirists we've ever seen.

Edited, because you're right. I DID call him a douchebag more or less, right after calling Sanchez one.

And as much as I like Stewart, going after Sanchez now is a douchey move.

As far as who I am? A person with an opinion, just like you.

[truedelphi]

63. Thanks alphafemale. You provided My laugh of the day.

And it has been a pretty funny day.

[meow mix]

4. you were wrong because you were hoping for something stupid.

fail

[WeekendWarrior]

12. Yeah, you're right. I guess it's stupid to hope that

people will behave like decent human beings and not kick somebody when he's down.

I think Sanchez is an idiot, but I find no glee in the guy losing his job no matter how boneheaded he may be.

Sorry for being sympathetic. I try to do better next time.

[rhett o rick]

85. You are being sympathic to an asshole. Why? He deserved to lose his job. Why are you supporting

him?

[WeekendWarrior]

86. Glen BECK deserves to lose his job. Rush Limbaugh deserves

to lose his job. Lou Dobbs should have lost his job years before he actually did with his constant immigrant bashing.

And, frankly, Sanchez's show SUCKED. He came across as someone who is arrogantly ignorant.

But he lost his job because of this:

"Yeah, very powerless people. He's such a minority. I mean, you know, please. What are you kidding? I'm telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart. And to imply that somehow they, the people in this country who are Jewish, are an oppressed minority?"

Yes, it's a sad, sad comment. It shows his bigotry -- although I'd argue he's NOT necessarily saying that Jews run the media as has been quoted everywhere -- and it was really fucking stupid thing to say.

But it seems to me that someone who says something like this should be given a chance to explain, apologize, then be warned that if it happens again, he's gone. I come from an upbringing that says EVERYONE deserves a second chance. EVERYONE deserves the benefit of the doubt. I come from a philosophy that says you need to look at the entire context of the situation and try to figure out what factors led to this outburst rather than simply slap a label on a guy, show him the door, and condemn him forever.

Bottom line, none of us is perfect. I know I'm not. And I very much doubt that you are.

[oberliner]

94. Rush Limbaugh did lose his job for his comments about Donovan McNabb

Remember how short lived his stay with ESPN was?

[WeekendWarrior]

95. True, but

he's still wailing away with his trash talk on radio. Why is a radio network any less accountable than a television network?

[Whisp]

5. I think it would be stranger if he Didn't comment

but I'm not really sure.
Sanchez is getting a massive beating, but then he was a massive thoughtless asshole with what he said so :shrugs:

[Bigmack]

7. I might have agreed with you a few years ago...

But with all that is happening to our country, this shit is serious.

Sanchez fucked up, and a few gentle kicks to his face and head might serve as a caution to the other motor-mouths out there.

I can't wait for Jon's comments on monday.... Pull out all the stops, Jon.

[WeekendWarrior]

9. I take the view that the motor-mouths can say whatever the hell they want

But that's beside the point.

I just thought Stewart had more class than to kick a guy when he's down, no matter what he might have said. Obviously, I misjudged him.

[sabrina 1]

19. Thank you for having some sense of decency. We've

turned into a cruel society. Kick someone when they're down. They got him fired, but that isn't enough, let's stomp all over him now, he's not HUMAN after all since he said something that offends us.

I never much liked Sanchez frankly. Sometimes he was good, but I always felt he was trying too hard to be outrageous.

He was stupid, probably jealous of Stewart's success. Who knows, we have more qualified people for these jobs, but the media goes for the sensational now, in emulating Fox.

However, the guy lost his job. Stewart and the rest of them showed a real lack of class as you pointed out, and are not doing anything to educate people about prejudice, in fact they are only helping to gain sympathy for someone who badly needs to learn why he got people riled up.

You are right, even if you are in the minority on this so-called progressive board on this, imho.

He's fired, move on, have some class, end the mocking and ganging up on people when they have already been dealt with. It's disturbing. And cowardly, since he has no means of responding. The more I think of it, the more I realize I lost a little respect for Jon Stewart today.

[WeekendWarrior]

22. We talk about bullies and

how terrible they are. Well, bullies are all about ridicule, going after the weakest guy in the room and destroying him.

Right now Sanchez is the weakest guy in the room. Why don't we just leave him be?

[sabrina 1]

28. Yes, we talk about bullying, but given an opportunity to be part

of the 'cool kids' crowd it looks like for some, even for those we would not expect it from, it's irresistible. Sanchez doesn't have a way to respond to this mockery right now. It was cheap and disturbing. But so very American these days, from both sides of the aisle, apparently.

[WeekendWarrior]

32. That's the sad part to me

I understand that many liberals/progressives are frustrated right now for the lack of backbone our representatives seem to have. But there's a HUGE difference between backbone and mean-spiritedness. You don't have to be an asshole to get what you want. You just have to be forceful and right. Be willing to put yourself out there to help people see and understand the truth.

To me, being a liberal means a willingness to accept people's weaknesses, to forgive and forget, and to hopefully help them grow and learn from an experience.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. It was Rick Sanchez's choice to turn himself into the ball at a T-ball game

Jon Stewart has been consistent in not letting pompous a**holes get away with it:

Bernie Goldman

James Kramer

Glenn Beck

[WeekendWarrior]

14. I've never had a problem with Stewart making fun of the guy before this

I just think it would have been nice that since Sanchez has had about the worst thing happen to a career that can happen that Stewart might show some class.

Do we really need to kick this guy? Hasn't he kicked himself enough?

[blogslut]

18. Why would Stewart refrain from commenting?

What Sanchez said was at best, bone-headed dumb and at worst, viciously racist. If Jon had said nothing, that would be strange. If Sanchez had to leave his job because of a personal tragedy then yes, Stewart zinging him after-the-fact would be in poor taste. But Sanchez dug his own grave with a socially reprehensible tirade. Rick Sanchez deserves scorn and frankly, I think Mr. Stewart was pretty easy on him.

[WeekendWarrior]

25. I probably should have said refrain from ridiculing him

Does that work for you?

[blogslut]

29. No

Sanchez deserves ridicule. He's a media figure who said something that was blatantly indefensible. He's the Earl Butz of CNN.

[WeekendWarrior]

34. And you won't entertain the idea that

since he's been ridiculed for a long, long time before this incident for simply saying stupid things that were not necessarily bigoted but just dumb, that he finally snapped and said something REALLY stupid? Yes, he should have learned to take a joke and roll with it, but now we're ridiculing the guy because he basically had an on-air breakdown.

Yeah, that's real classy.

[blogslut]

40. I don't blame him for going off

I blame him for going off like a bigot. He ranted from his ID and it was ugly. If he was rendered unable to control his true feelings as you say, now we know what those true feelings are. Dude's got a long, fiery path before he can purge that stank offa his character.

[WeekendWarrior]

43. I agree

But that doesn't change a thing I've said.

[blogslut]

47. Then let me ask you something

Were you this compassionate when Dr. Laura instigated her most recent flame-out? Hey, at least she tried to apologize. Sanchez so far, hasn't said a word of regret.

[WeekendWarrior]

51. I'm compassionate in general

So I didn't jump up and down on Dr. Laura's grave and shout, "Ha ha, glad you're dead!" and post gleefully on DU about it. Am I glad she quit? Yes. That doesn't mean I have to stick another knife in and twist it.

Now had she been Dick Cheney, who I think is a war criminal who has personally cost thousands of human lives, the story would be different. But neither Sanchez's or Dr. Laura's stupidity rises to the level.

I say this all metaphorically, of course. I wouldn't want anyone thinking I'm advocating death here.

[blogslut]

61. I'm glad you're compassionate

I like to believe I am also compassionate. I think this may be the only Sanchez thread that I've commented on and don't think I'm expressing any sort of glee at his predicament.

In fact, my compassion came before when I kind of liked Rick. I thought the consistent razzing he got from TDS and Colbert was borderline cruel and as I said, I don't fault him for having lost his cool over it. But he crossed a line and the demarcation is quite clear to me.

I'm not going to dance because Sanchez is out but I'm not going to feel sorry for him. He's a big boy and he needs to take responsibility for what came out of his mouth. If he makes amends, I will be the first in line to praise him.

[WeekendWarrior]

67. I feel sorry for him on a basic human level

Just as I'd feel sorry for you if you were abruptly fired for saying something stupid -- even if you crossed the line and even though I don't know you from Adam.

But I also believe that we all have our prejudices which we struggle to control and diminish. And I hope the guy actually learns something from this and gets a second chance somewhere.

As long as I don't have to watch the show.

[blogslut]

71. I'm glad you're human

So am I! And as a human, I shall bid adieu to this thread. :hi:

[COLGATE4]

68. No. He 'snapped' like Mel Gibson 'snapped'. The one had

the excuse that he was loaded, and Sanchez's excuse seems to be that he had been ridiculed before, etc. In each case they both said what they really believed, and it was ugly. That was no on-air breakdown - it was just the real Sanchez showing his face. Don't make excuses for a vicious anti-semite.

[WeekendWarrior]

72. You call it an excuse, I call it a reason.

And not everything is as cut and dried as you'd like it to be.

Do I like what he said? No. Doesn't mean I have to celebrate that he's down.

[Dappleganger]

44. He's a comedian for fuck's sake...

To not have said anything would grounds for him being forced to give up the comedy card.

[HuckleB]

64. It was quite mild, and quite appropriate.

[spanone]

6. stewart is not a politician...he's a comedian..his job is to mock

[davidinalameda]

11. good for Jon!

why should he sit back

[monmouth]

16. People like Sanchez say things like this and never get called on it.

This time he was called on it and canned. Rightfully so and hopefully will serve as an example of what happens when you spout crap on the airwaves. Dues should be paid for it.

[Karmadillo]

20. When we finish with Sanchez, can we go after Bush/Cheney?

nt

[WeekendWarrior]

27. I always thought I was a pretty good judge of human nature

but I just don't understand those of you who seem to have this need to attack and ridicule a guy who did something both embarrassing and stupid. Yes, what he said was bigoted and he obviously paid a heavy price over that. But I'd wager that every single person on DU has said something bigoted in their lifetime (whether they realize it or not), but I doubt you'd appreciate being slapped in the face over and over again after you said it. You'd probably just say you're sorry and slink away and hope that's the end of it. And hopefully try not to do it again.

I just don't understand the glee some of you seem to get over stomping on the guy's head after he's down.

Maybe I'm just old fashioned.

And just so you understand, I'm not a Sanchez apologist. I personally could not stand to watch the guy for more than twenty seconds.

[sabrina 1]

30. You're NOT old-fashioned. This bullying thing, this kicking a guy

when he's down, is very, very old. We will have to evolve quite a bit before that old ritual is no longer acceptable. And we are, apparently, a long way from moving forward from those primitive acts.

[Iggo]

33. He asked for it. He's catching it.

He's a big boy. Fuck the high road.

[WeekendWarrior]

35. Sad. nt

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[sabrina 1]

38. Is that how you see what he is doing? Or was that just a way

to defend the bad behavior of Jon Stewart? The issue is decency. If you're right you don't have to act like a juvenile and pile on, stooping to the level of those you criticize. It was a sad display of bullying by grown-ups. There has been no trial, no conviction, the guy was fired, but that's not enough. Have to take cheap shots when the person cannot respond. It's cowardly, and diminished Stewart in many people's eyes.

[WeekendWarrior]

41. Don't waste your time, Sabrina

There are some people who just don't get it. Remember what Bush said? If you're not with us, you're against us. That's what some people who disagree with you do. They assume that because you're taking the sympathetic approach that you're somehow sympathizing with the "enemy." It doesn't matter that I've said I didn't particularly like Sanchez. They turn a blind eye to that fact. They don't have a cogent argument for their position, so they simply distort what you've said and tell you to fuck off.

Whatever. They're lost causes. So it's really a waste of time to address them further.

[Iggo]

50. I didn't say any of that stuff.

but don't let that interrupt your little fantasy

[WeekendWarrior]

53. And, of course, none of it was implied, either -- right?

Give me a break.

[sabrina 1]

52. I guess you're right. I am just really sad that since Democrats

gained the majority, boards like this where you would never see the kind of things you saw mainly on rightwing boards, have changed drastically. Sometimes, especially since I spent a lot of time on rightwing boards during the Bush years, I think I've logged onto the wrong board.

Thanks for trying anyhow, hopefully some people will get it, being in the minority doesn't mean being wrong, more often than not :hi:

[WeekendWarrior]

56. The funny thing is

I came back to DU recently to see if it has changed at all. After Obama was elected I saw so much hate here that, like you, I wondered if I was on the wrong board and decided to step away for a while. I had always thought of liberals and progressives as smart and fair-minded, but in some cases there have been very loud voices here that are just as ignorant and vitriolic as the wingnuts, who often use the excuse that "they did it for eight years so now it's OUR turn."

I'm not suggesting that that has much to do with the topic or the people on this thread. It's just a general observation about DU nowadways.

I used the word sad before and I'll use it again. I think it's sad and a shame.

[superduperfarleft]

37. I agree with you.

And I've loathed that moron Rick Sanchez before it was cool. I was perfectly happy to see this guy self-destruct, but it's kind of like Stewart picking on a homeless street cat that's already had the shit kicked out of him at this point.

[WeekendWarrior]

45. Thank you

I believe that's three of us now.

[marasinghe]

91. make it four.

posted friday night on another GD thread,
that i strongly felt Jon would take the high road & not pick on the dumass sanchez, after he lost his job.
and Jon's a guy whose been pretty decent - even to many of the neocon scumsuckers who appear on TDS.
sorry to see i was mistaken on this one.

cheers, man.

[NutmegYankee]

46. But kicking people while their down is the new sport.

No longer does someone make a mistake and recover. Now if you make a mistake, you are ostracized from society, thrown out like a piece of garbage that is to never be seen again.
Why? - Because people are not important in modern society. We are just garbage in the eyes of many waiting for the moment to hit the can. Now all it takes for a completely life ruining event is one mistake.

[blogslut]

48. Define "mistake"

Rick Sanchez has spent years in front of the camera and he knows damned well better than to express his hidden bigotry in public. That wasn't a mistake. Those were his thoughts.

[sabrina 1]

54. And he got fired for it. So why the pile-on? Is losing his job

not enough? Sorry, but I lost some respect for Jon Stewart. He could have taken the high road. But then, that's not the kind of country we live in. It's not enough to win, we have to destroy!

[blogslut]

57. What pile-on?

He made one barely taunting reference, mere days after he was targeted in an anti-Semitic rant. In fact, during the entire program, there were only three Sanchez jokes and one of them came from Tom Brokaw. Hardly a pile-on.

[WeekendWarrior]

59. I could be wrong, but I don't

think she's referring only to Stewart's remarks.

[sabrina 1]

78. Correct, I was referring to the Stewart and the others who joined in.

I guess it becomes a sort of mob reaction. That's how it seemed to me anyhow.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

81. Bless your heart.

:)

[Cirque du So-What]

49. In light of all the racist white guys who have been spewing their venom for years

I take no pleasure from knowing they're still polluting the airwaves while the corporate media decide to get tough, starting & ending with Rick Sanchez. Why him? Why now? Selective enforcement and cherry-picked outrage, it seems to me. Sure, bilious gasbag OxyRush got booted from his NFL gig, but he retained his day job. Cadaverous fuckhead Imus was kicked off one radio show, but he was back in fine fetter in no time flat.

I'm not trying to defend Rick Sanchez whatsoever; I think it was proper that he get yanked off the air for making those terrible statements. If only the corporate media reacted with equal measure whenever white talking heads made similarly racist statements about other ethnic groups, then the case of Rick Sanchez wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb - a virtual bubble of faux propriety in an ocean of unregulated bigotry.

[WeekendWarrior]

58. I suspect that

CNN was using Sanchez's comments as an excuse to get rid of him. There's a new boss in the office, the boss who hired Sanchez is gone, and I have a feeling the new guy wanted Sanchez gone, too. So Sanchez -- true to form -- handed them an excuse on a silver platter.

[Cirque du So-What]

60. Perhaps what you suspect is true

but it still looks for all the world as though Sanchez was singled out - a lone Latino amid a sea of bloviating whites who go on their merry, racist way - unmolested & uncontested. If the new boss was looking for any excuse to firer Sanchez, he did it in such a way as to give the appearance of selective enforcement.

[WeekendWarrior]

66. I would hope that

this had nothing to do with Sanchez being Latino and everything to do with him just not being very good at his job. But we'll probably never know.

But if you want to get really sick to your stomach, go to the E! online article about Stewart joking about Sanchez post-firing. Read some of the comments. It is just disgusting to me how unapologetically bigoted people can be -- and I don't mean against Sanchez.

[Cirque du So-What]

69. Whatever the intentions were

its appearance looks like shit. I'm not saying it was improper to fire the guy, but f'cryin' out loud, how long has Rash Limburger been running his mouth with impunity? CNN provided a soapbox & megaphone for Lou Dobbs to fearmonger about 'illegals' for how many years before quietly shuffling him off to Buffalo without undue fanfare? Perception counts for a lot, and from where I'm sitting, it looks like CNN singled out Rick Sanchez while looking the other way when other minorities are on the receiving end of some talking head's diatribe, especially when that talking head is white.

[WeekendWarrior]

73. I agree with you

And I said as much either in this thread or another one about Sanchez. Lou Dobbs is a racist moron, yet he was able to spew his hate five days a week with impunity.

But like I said, we'll never know what was going on backstage.

[sabrina 1]

79. CNN also provided a megaphone for Glenn Beck for years.

I remember when they hired him and people wrote in objecting to hiring him knowind him from radio show. CNN responded that the reason they don't listen to Liberals is they 'don't yell loud enough'.

So, he got his show, it had the worst ratings ever, I guess we meant it when we threatened to boycott the network. But they carried anyhow, until he was down to about 250,000 viewers and they couldn't keep him anymore. He was never chastised for anything he said.

So why did they fire Sanchez again? Not I ever watched him, I wasn't crazy about him and probably wouldn't have hired him in the first place. He seemed to be trying too hard to emulate the worst of the rabble-rousing rightwing. However, he was definitely an improvement over Beck who, as I said, they seemed very comfortable with.

[Number23]

89. Your comments about Lou Dobbs are SPOT ON

How the heck long and how the heck loud did people protest THAT psychopath for his blatantly racist rantings?? But because the folks he was raving against were brown and poor, CNN never did a damned thing to Lou Dobbs.

Thanks for reminding me of that. CNN's hypocrisy is sickening.

[Number23]

88. Fantastic points. I think two conclusions can be drawn from your post

in light of the fact that Glen Beck also still has his job even after calling the President of the US a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people or white culture."

Either a) It is a hundred times more unacceptable for a minority (ie Sanchez) to disrespect a white person than it is for a white person (ie Beck, Rush etc) to disrespect a person of color; or
b) CNN has much more journalistic integrity than Fox.

(Folks can decide for themselves which option they're going to go with. :))

Sanchez's comments were ridiculous and bigoted, but to me there is something HORRIBLY awry when an anchor/journalist calls a comedian a "bigot" and gets fired and another anchor/journalist calls the first black President of the United States a "racist" and doesn't even get so much as a suspension. Somebody's priorities are seriously f*cked up here.

[sabrina 1]

93. Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck were both on CNN for years.

Glenn Beck was well known as a rabid lunatic before they hired him. So, maybe you're right. It's okay for a White Guys to trash people of color, but not okay for a Hispanic guy to insult a White guy.

I wouldn't be surprised of Sanchez sues CNN. Depends on what is in his contract I suppose.

[tanyev]

55. "sadly, the Tina Fey glasses calendar did not sell well"

:rofl:


I would have bought one! It's the least we could do after she helped keep the country out of Sarah Palin's hands.

[Rex]

65. Good, Rick was a terrible news anchor and will end up on FoxNews.

They love crusty, idiot/assholes.

[UTUSN]

74. K&R #8, but this could drive Rick to suicide. n/t

[gratuitous]

75. Leave Rick Sanchez aloooooone!

The poor multi-millionaire is out of a job now with his only prospects being another seven-figure annual salary gig with Fox, where he'll play the martyr/victim card over and over again. He deserves our sympathy, not our ridicule! Can't you see?

The nitwit picked a snap fight with a professional. He deserves whatever is going to happen to him for as long as it continues to happen. Just because Sanchez got his ass canned is no reason the pros shouldn't make money off him; Sanchez has made plenty of money off of other people's misfortunes throughout his career.

[proteus_lives]

80. People like Sanchez and Thomas deserve to get it in the neck.

It shows people that there are consequences for spewing bigot-crap.

[blondeatlast]

83. Nowhere does it say that Stewart mocked Sanchez, it says the guests did. nt

[Swamp Rat]

90. KICK ASS JON STEWART!!!

:kick:

Oh, and FUCK YOU to anyone who supports ANTI-SEMITISM in any way, shape, or form.

[Vehl]

92. Not in good taste nt

[quaker bill]

96. Going to verbal war with popular comedians

is never a good career choice, they will gut you in a way that most find funny.