Geraldo calls Second Amendment "Loathsome"

O'Reilly Factor | april 20, 2007 | self

[ozzymandus]

I just saw Geraldo on The O'Reilly Factor refer to the 2nd Amendment as "loathsome". Please contact Fox News and demand that they not employ anyone who considers the Bill Of Rights as "loathsome".

[Petronski]

I guess he’ll be supporting Rudy.

[pax_et_bonum]

Great minds...

;-)

[stephenjohnbanker]

I sent an e mail to Fox warning them to quit promoting this pro illegal/racist creep. Now I will send another.

[ozzymandus]

You must have seen a different show than I did.

[ozzymandus]

Big Jerry Rivers fan, are you?

[Thunder90]

Geraldo has also said that we should pull out of Iraq “Within 6 months” and abandon the Patriot act. He also said that we should have amnesty for illegal immigrants.

[BigCinBigD]

Tell Jerry it’s safe now. I locked the amendment in Capone’s vault. Where even he can’t find it.

[TigersEye]

He also said "I think no one should have guns except the police and security guards."

So, since criminals will always have guns, he would prefer that only criminals and the government has guns.

[Doc91678]

I’ll go you one better. Did you know that Geraldo has a gun permit. In fact when he was in Afghanistan on one of his trips, he showed the world that he was packing. Hmmmm? Just another of those elites that say, only the privileged should protect themselves.

[motzman]

Just saw the show---Geraldo called the proliferation of guns (in the context of irresponsible people getting them) loathsome--not the second amdendment.

He attacked Virginia's gun laws because they basically give 2nd Amend rights to non-citizens, which is dangerous.

Geraldo never called the 2nd Amend "loathsome".

[Radix]

"Remember when he was expelled from Afganistan for giving away military information?"

I think that you might be meaning the episode when Geraldo drew a line in some sand on TV to display positions of various American Military Units while in Iraq on the road to Baghdad.

That was a silly episode and no real harm was done, but I heard that a whole lot of Troops were caught expressing great amounts of glee when that a$$hole got the heave-ho.

Funny, I kind of like Gerald(heave-)ho. I'd keep him around as long as people didn't take the Mental Pygmy so seriously.

[Mr. Mojo]

Just caught the very end of Rivera's segment with O'Reilly. Direct quote from Geraldo: "I don't want anyone to have guns except for cops and security personnel."

....and himself, of course.

[ozzymandus]

I saw that show. We were in KC to see a baseball game, and it was so cold and miserable I stayed in the hotel and watched geraldo while my friends went to the game. It was hilarious to watch him rooting around and dig up a couple of beer bottles.

[PghBaldy]

He didn’t say the 2nd Amendment is loathsome. He said it is loathsome people have access to so many guns, or something to that affect. Then, at the end of the segment, he said he didn’t want anyone to have guns except police and security. He said if a professor had had a gun, he could have plugged the guy and ended it. O’Reilly said “you” (Geraldo) would have ended it, Geraldo agreed. Not sure if it was joke, or an acknowledgement of Geraldo’s personal ownership of gun(s). One shocking thing (to me) was Gerry’s implication that govts should err on the side of gun control in regards to immigrants and crazy people. Two sets of people he has shown much deference to during his career. He became renowned with his piece in the 70s on a cruel mental institution.

[coop71]

It’s true, but don’t apologize. Lots of people, including my Dad at Easter, have repeated this rumor. It’s been around a long time, and recently resurfaced.

(Pucker up, Whore-aldo!)

[ExSoldier]

By his own admission, O'Reilly is anti-gun. I had thought that maybe Geraldo was changing when he admitted he carried a concealed handgun while imbedded with the troops overseas and that if he had the chance he would happily kill a terrorist. Especially when so many "journalists" were getting specifically targeted.

He wasn't expelled from Afghanistan, he was warned about giving away classified info on military movements during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. I saw that show. He drew a sand table while kneeling next to a vehicle. Showed where they were and where they were going and how they were going to move in tactical fashion to accomplish the day's mission. A couple of troops almost decked him, I heard later.

I knew the views of both men and that's why I chose not to watch. If you want a real discussion on the issue you need a REAL champion of the 2nd Amendment who is well spoken to give the talking heads a run for their money. If it had been Wayne LaPierre against O'Reilly, I'd have watched. If it had been TED NUGENT against the both of them, I'd have recorded it and shown it to my American Government classes!

[Who is John Galt?]

'Geeze, I had no idea how heavy carrying 1,000 rounds of ammo in a backpack could be....'

Looks like he dropped his Minigun (& batteries) somewhere back down the trail. And anyone with a Minigun is a wimp, if they only bring a thousand rounds...

;>)

[xarmydog]

Someone at Fox pushed the suck button awhile ago.Jerry Rivers is by no means credible and it seems he is there to pander to a certain ethnic group.I can not think of any other reason as his IQ is one above rock and two below vegetable.No offense to vegetables intended.