Posted on 02/21/2022 7:08:51 PM PST by Carriage Hill
Democratic political operative and former Fox News host Bob Beckel has died at age 73, his longtime friend and fellow columnist Cal Thomas confirmed Monday evening. His cause of death was not specified. Beckel famously ran Walter Mondale’s failed 1984 presidential campaign and later became a Fox News political analyst, often serving as a token Democratic voice on the network’s panels. In 2011, he became the curmudgeonly co-host of the network’s midday talk show, The Five, until he was unceremoniously kicked to the curb following his recovery from back surgery, with Fox declaring in a statement that the show would not be held “hostage to one man’s personal issues.” He briefly served as a political analyst for CNN before returning to Fox News in January 2017, only to be fired once again a few months later after allegedly making racist remarks to a Black colleague. Beckel struggled with addiction for much of his life, as detailed in a 2015 memoir, I Should Be Dead: My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction.
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Yeah, and Beckel is finished losing it.
Since birth we’re all starting to lose it in one way or
another.
Not really. He was a turd on The Five
He will either rest in piece or be condemned to hell based on his beliefs. This guy was one of the worst dem political operatives around… just like serpent head Carville.
He was a member of Walter Mondale’s campaign team. Bob was bipolar. He could be a good guy or quite nasty. The last couple of times I saw him he was sloshed. RIP Bob.
RIP.
I remember one episode of (I think) Hannity when his conservative brother, actor Graham Beckel visited; that was interesting.>>> Graham was in one of the “Atlas Shrugged” Trilogies as i recall.
After back surgery. I don’t remember you condemning Rush for getting addicted to pain killers. It happens to people. Doesn’t negate all the people Bob helped nor his long run of being clean and sober
I didn’t like his politics or presentation. Didn’t have to like him to know the rest of his story
...and your detractors will say what about you. Don’t get me wrong... Again, I hated his politics, but no need to dance on his Grave.... He allowed for dissent. Peace Out....
Obviously, I agreed with him on virtually nothing, but I did like that he was no punching bag, he dished it out as well as he took it with some good arguments, unlike his embarrassing replacement, the token liberal Juan, who mostly whined a lot.
Juan NEVER appreciated that FOX bailed his ass out after the NPR for that It will be a long time before I forgive FOX Debacle POS....
He was a thug, Bro. I am sorry if you were among the duped. Hey, I was successfully BS’d by Paul Ryano, George W Bush, Dick Cheney and many others who talked a good game. I KNOW that he had a good side too, but in the end. he was an enemy of the Constitution.
BULL! No Democrat is “decent.” They just haven’t been revealed for the pervs they are.
Patrick Moynihan
Sam Nunn
Tulsi Gabbbard
We don’t have to agree.....
Do you think that Murkowski, Romney, and Collins are “our friends”?
I remember one episode of (I think) Hannity when his conservative brother, actor Graham Beckel visited; that was interesting.
I saw that episode, too, of Hannity with Bob Beckel's conservative brother. Polar opposites!
Couldn't stand Bob's politics, nor his appearances on Fox News. I met Bob in person one really cold night outside Fox News studios in NYC years ago. I told him I didn't agree with his politics, but I have to say -- he was extremely nice to me. He genuinely appeared to be a really nice guy. Completely different from the crazed lib we all knew and hated on Fox News.
He would have danced on Trump's grave if he had lived long enough. I'm not one of those people who feels they have to say something nice about a person, simply because they died. I won't compromise my values to praise someone who had no redeeming qualities to praise.
Patrick Moynihan would be labeled alt right today with his views and defining the slippery slope. Moynihan talked about the collapse of the family and deviant behavior becoming accepted, and the negative repercussions it would have on American culture.
It’s Bob Beckel.
Now look into my eyes, do you see anybody in there who gives a SH!T?
He was an ASSHOLE who bought HOOKERS WITH HIS CHECKBOOK (while a married man)!
He was a SCUMBAG LIBERAL that thought it was OK to buy (steal) elections as long as it was democrats doing the buying (stealing)!
Mentally, morally, ethically, and honesty challenged; no, not challenged, he was just a lying, unethical CREEP.
And I don’t want to hear that “never speak ill of the dead” garbage either; he was a SCUMBAG, deal with it!
One of my favorite memories of Bob was him upsetting Kimberly all the time. Quite amusing. R.I.P.
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