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Shep Smith On Lukewarm Gun Control Support: ‘If We Stuck With The Polls, We’d Have Had Slavery A Lot Longer’
Mediaite, by Noah Rothman
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 1/22/2013 10:08:06 AM
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| In a conversation with The Hill editor A.B. Stoddard, Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith expressed his frustration with the lack of demand among lawmakers in Washington for new gun control measures. Stoddard observed that there is no consensus in public opinion polling data on gun control, and even less consensus among lawmakers on what new measures to adopt. Smith countered by insisting that had America’s lawmakers relied on polling data alone, “we’d have had slavery a lot longer than we did.” (Snip) Smith noted that President Barack Obama made some promises during the campaign which he must
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Comments: The moron Shemp goes off the rails again. His snarky irrelevant comments are getting really old. He must have forgotten he has a "news" show. s/o
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/22/2013 10:14:34 AM (No. 9132062)
Smith should be removed from the job. I am offended by his stupid comments, and this is not the first time. He makes a mockery of Fair and Balanced. Boycott his sponsors.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mickeymat, 1/22/2013 10:15:32 AM (No. 9132066)
Shep just argued against his own position. Yes, many Constitutional guarantees would not be enforced if subjected to popular vote including perhaps slavery at the time enforcement of the Second Amendment today. It is the difference between rule of law and rule by men. Of course Shep is such a dull knife.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WAN2, 1/22/2013 10:17:07 AM (No. 9132071)
Who the hell is Shep Smith??? He´s on TV?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
M-79, 1/22/2013 10:19:43 AM (No. 9132076)
#3 he is one of the 3 Stooges. The one that replaced Curly.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
velox, 1/22/2013 10:20:04 AM (No. 9132077)
That statement is completely false and has nothing to do with gun control logic. There were more people living in non slave states than slave states. There were many more people than did not own slaves than people than owned them. If there had been a vote to end slavery, it would have ended years before it did! The end of slavery comparison is a Red Herring argument. There is only one reason government wants to take guns away from the general population, and it has nothing to do with our safety.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
spincut, 1/22/2013 10:21:22 AM (No. 9132084)
I quit watching Shep a long time ago. And I am not at all sure that polling the original 13 colonies around the time the constitution was written would have found the majority supporting slavery. The anti-slavery movement was rolling pretty strong around the (non-Islamic) world by that time.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 1/22/2013 10:26:43 AM (No. 9132095)
Y´all, please stop insulting the late Shemp Howard by using his name for that duf Shep Smith.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Feebie, 1/22/2013 10:28:42 AM (No. 9132103)
Ya, except, slavery was unconstitutional.
AND, this can be argued both ways.
Still, the premise is incorrect.
Life, liberty and property are denied where slavery is permitted.
If he understood the constitution, he wouldn´t have made this silly conclusion.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
msjena, 1/22/2013 10:31:21 AM (No. 9132112)
If so, how did Lincoln get elected? Why didn´t the popular majority elect someone who would have preserved the right to own slaves? The Bill of Rights, by the way, is intended to preserve the rights of the minority as well as the minority, so the popular sentiment in favor (or opposed) to gun ownership is irrelevant.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 1/22/2013 10:32:25 AM (No. 9132118)
Shep is a television show pony, with little if anything between his ears...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
retiree, 1/22/2013 10:49:00 AM (No. 9132153)
Who wanted to keep the slaves on the plantation? It was democrats that were involved in the Klu Klux Klan. (Robert Bird, (D) senator was in the KKK)It was George Wallace (D)that stood on the steps of a school and tried to keep black students out. It was Spain that brought the slaves here and blacks, (their own people) in Africa that captured them and turned them over to the Slave traders. Yet it is taxpayers today whose money went for reparations to people who thought they deserved it because their ancestors were slaves. Maybe they should have gone to Africa to make their homes if it means so much to them. I´m sure their futures would be much more secure than they are here in the USA,
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GreatGreyhounds, 1/22/2013 10:50:38 AM (No. 9132160)
So Shep, have you disarmed your security detail yet? If not, then shut up please...
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pete moss, 1/22/2013 10:54:22 AM (No. 9132171)
Shepard Smith is an idiot! All of us need to contact his sponsors and Fox. Maybe we can get rid of this jerk. I, for one, always switch channels when he is on.
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MisterDickens, 1/22/2013 10:58:41 AM (No. 9132183)
There was a time probably over 10 years ago when Smith just read the news and did a pretty good job of it. Then he got full of himself and began to think he is smarter than he is.
I demand an apology for such a ridiculous remark.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bluehouse, 1/22/2013 11:03:24 AM (No. 9132200)
Other shows on Fox love to point out the bias and bigotry of other news outlets. I would love to see O´Reilly, Hannity, Baier, or the Five point out SS´s hate speech.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw, 1/22/2013 11:19:13 AM (No. 9132234)
I´m 100% sure that they could do a poll today that would many think we still have slavery today.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
gabula, 1/22/2013 11:29:29 AM (No. 9132256)
Katrina - bridge - Shep = No Shep on my TV since then.
Gabula
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manitouman, 1/22/2013 11:31:20 AM (No. 9132266)
The rabbit ears on my TV wouldn´t allow me to pick up cable/dish trash - even if I turned it on.
I know there´s a bunch of "Smiths" that play in the NFL, but I ain´t seen a "Shep" one before . . . Who does he play for again?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Bevan, 1/22/2013 11:32:06 AM (No. 9132271)
I distinctly remember the great US poll of 1866 and 78.236% were against slavery.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Chief1942, 1/22/2013 11:53:58 AM (No. 9132356)
Shepard Smith is just one of Fox´s token liberls along with Beckel,Jerry Rivers, and now that socialist of socialists Kucinich. That´s how Fox can make the claim "Fair and Balanced" and have it acually be true. Smith is one of those people who sticks their wet finger in the air and decides then which way to go on an issue. He is obviously incapable of taking a true, genuine, principled position on much if anything. Truly spineless.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
JimS, 1/22/2013 11:55:16 AM (No. 9132358)
Shep- I think you meant to say "If We Stuck With The Democrat Party, We´d Still Have Slavery."
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
mauiaggie, 1/22/2013 12:13:10 PM (No. 9132413)
Shep lost me with his over the top whining and finger pointing at Bush during Katrina. Maybe he should interview Ray Nagin to get the real story. A good reading of the Constitution and Federalist Papers might just make him a journalist instead of a hack.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
vaughan, 1/22/2013 12:16:37 PM (No. 9132418)
´I know there´s a bunch of "Smiths" that play in the NFL, but I ain´t seen a "Shep" one before . . . Who does he play for again?´
He plays for ´The Other Team´ according to some here. Regardless, he should be recused from ´reporting´ on second amendment stories on Fox, as a starting point.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
NYbob, 1/22/2013 12:35:17 PM (No. 9132461)
If there was a nonpropaganda media channel, someone could force this cretin to defend his call for more robbery, rape and murder. Surely this dullard understands that disarming innocent, responsible, citizens will result in more of them being harmed. Like himself and everyone he works with. Does he really think disarming everyone but the criminal element will make people like him safer? If so, PROVE it and drop security for himself, his home and all of his coworkers. Let´s sort this out, mouthpiece.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Smaj, 1/22/2013 12:51:51 PM (No. 9132521)
An absolutely outrageous statement and, in my mind, a fireable offense. I know that won´t happen, but let the network and sponsors know your opinion on this matter.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/22/2013 12:59:59 PM (No. 9132542)
The new form of slavery started under Lyndon Johnson and continues today. The slaves of today are totally dependent on government..they are incapable of feeding themselves and their children without government help. Ditto housing themselves, ditto transporting themselves, paying their heating bills or thinking for themselves..and they are incapable of leaving the plantation because they have no skills to help them become independent, as their role models are their mothers and grandmothers who are also dependent on government.. THIS in spite of Head Start, public schools and AA to get to college. Yes, there are some who know 2+2=4, but they don´t know how to get there. We would be doing them a favor by cutting off welfare and forcing them to live independently..or be hungry. So if Shep is against slavery, he should be faulting the government on a daily basis. In the meantime, while wolf cubs roam the streets with their illegal guns, I will damn sure keep my legal guns to protect me and mine. 14% of our total population is draining the life blood out of this Country.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
provide, 1/22/2013 1:06:46 PM (No. 9132563)
Shep, Mayor Nagan is waiting for your support.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
John21, 1/22/2013 1:44:55 PM (No. 9132640)
Well we can all see where all the propagandist are going this term.
Polls mean nothing, peon oppinion mean nothing, law means nothing and common sense is worthless when stacked against the liberal agenda and the "Chicago Jesus" ideas.
The "Chicago Jesus" must be obeyed or you are all racist that would bring back slavery because only the Incompetent and corrupt can provide the "Imperial Edicts" from the Whte House.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/23/2013 2:01:17 AM (No. 9133477)
Will someone please tell the ignorant that slavery is over ? How long are they going to beat a dead horse ?
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The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....
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