[onyx]

Dearest Tony Snow and Cal Thomas aside, if Bob Beckel, who works with alcoholics can't exhibit the needed humility and compassion that are keys to the recoveries of all alcoholics whenever Beckel is on the air then I'm not about to change my negative opinion of Beckel, based upon his close, personal associations.

Either be the same public and private person, or don't expect the majority of the public to buy the glorified opinions of personal friends.

I won't buy his book, either. For starter's Beckel is of no interest to me.

His life doesn't affect mine at all and I still switch the channel whenever I see him, and of late on CNN and sometimes on Morning Joe.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” I still switch the channel whenever I see him”

I have done so for maybe 30 years.

[trisham]

I hear you. Beckel seems like a troubled soul to me. Someone very close to me was an alcoholic, and she was very difficult to cope with. I didn’t realize that Beckel was an alcoholic until I read this article.