Geraldo on FOX losing it...crying NOW

[titoresque]

"Let them walk out!!!!"

[qanda]

1. More info please

[titoresque]

4. held a baby

started crying ,saying "let these people walk out!"
The military wont let them leave

[Roland99]

12. Damn

[Roland99]

5. Yes...more info for those with no cable/satellite.

[titoresque]

24. just held another child

put the child up close to the camera....."said, LOOK AT THIS CHILD, LOOK....THIS IS NOT POLITICAL SPIN, THIS IS NOT REPUB/DEM.....LET THESE PEOPLE GO! LET THEM LIVE, LET THEM WALK OUT!"

Geraldo was sweating, at the verge again of crying.

[rodeodance]

8. shep smith-help is NOT getting in-then other one showing the baby

[rodeodance]

14. this while Hannity wants to 'some perspective" he says in his whinny

voice.

[mb7588a]

29. 'THIS IS PERSPECTIVE!'

Shep screamed back at him.

[Eloriel]

67. Here's some more absolutely essential perspective

Fox Reports: NG not allowing people to leave Convention Center
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4594621

[H2O Man]

20. On Hannity & Colmes ....

Sean Hannity is being as gross as a human being can. Shep Smith and Geraldo are slamming him. Geraldo held up a little child who is the picture of suffering. Geraldo is weeping. Shepard Smith has raised his voice, and addressed Sean for being a jerk.

When this happens on Fox, it is a sign.

[leftchick]

63. I just explained this to my husband

from your post because I can not turn to fox. I hope it is the end of bushco** FOREVER.

peace and hugs,
lc

[Mythsaje]

2. One must remember

this man was once one of John Lennon's best friends.

He's fallen, but anyone can find his feet again if given enough motivation.

[jean]

27. I read your words quickly, first thought you said 'medication'

:blush:

[Mythsaje]

32. LOL

Well, I suppose that works too...

[H2O Man]

30. Geraldo is feeling the passion.

He knows there are thousands of people being told they can't move off a bridge, etc, into a safe land. He knows they have had no supplies after 5 days. He knows they are too tired, hungry, confused, and afraid to move. He will pull a Moses if help isn't there in the early morning.

Exodus: a movement of the people.

[Rose Siding]

62. Katrina has dragged the press out of the DC studios

-and exposed them to the people, as WELL as to the CONCRETE connection between government and the lives of the governed. This tragedy is confronting them personally, face to face.

Corporate news cost cuts have isolated them from the news they covered. It's cost us all in the way they've covered Iraq and other locations the whole world wide.

[OhioBlue]

38. Geraldo? n/t

[Mythsaje]

41. Yup...

He was a good man once. With guts and determination and a belief in truth and justice.

Now maybe he's taking a look at his life and realizing he's turned into just another whore.

[OhioBlue]

50. wow - i don't even know what to think.

once a best friend of john lennon, and descended into what he is now.... i truly hope that he is coming back to his humanity.

[Mythsaje]

54. Sounds like it...

I saw an interview with him once that talked about his friendship with Lennon and how, though they hadn't been talking for a while (thanks to Yoko, apparently) he was a few blocks away when John was shot.

He also apparently helped Bobby Kennedy expose abuse and neglect at mental institutions somewhere back East before Bobby was shot. Kicked in a door and went inside with a camera crew before anyone could stop him.

Pretty big stuff.

[OhioBlue]

59. wow - how can one go from being friends with

john lennon, working with Bobby Kennedy to expose neglect in mental institutions (Bobby Kennedy's sister was in a mental institution .. wasn't she?) and then start drinking the kool-aid??? i really hope he is coming back around. we so need more people of that generation to come back around.

[Mythsaje]

61. Katrina was a wake up call...n/t

[bribri16]

60. If this doesn't make Geraldo quit FOX and supporting the Rethugs

his soul will be lost forever!

[lapislzi]

74. Geraldo used to be one of the good guys

He did some sharp investigative reporting for the NYC ABC affiliate back in the mid-'70s. When I came back to the US after 10 years abroad, I was shocked and disappointed that he'd gone over to the dark side. I have never stopped hoping that he'd come back to his roots.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. I missed it.

Fat head Hannity is on now. I want to see that bastard cry.

[SofaKingLiberal]

6. WOAH!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. They are now prisoners in their own country

Smith just said that the only way out of New Orleans is through a government-manned checkpoint and the government is not allowing anyone out. How can our government restrict the free movement of the people?

[eleny]

9. Geraldo and Shep telling it like it is - RAW

The people in the stadium are locked in. The road is also guarded by the military.

Geraldo now holding a baby showing the baby and saying the stadium is like hell on eart. "No sugar coating and no politcal spin. Let them go!"

[yankeedem]

10. Shep Smith and Geraldo

slapping Hannity around. Harder to spew talking points when you've seen compationate conservatism up close.

[jzodda]

37. Hannity: There seems to be a slight distribution problem

Did I just hear him say that or am I crazy!!!!!

[PA Democrat]

53. I wish we could airdrop Hannity into the NO convention center

I don't think he would be so flippant then. God, let's airdrop the whole damn FOX news staff into New Orleans.

[sescob]

57. He said it

What an ass. I wonder how he would feel if it was HIS family in that hell on earth trying to survive for 5 days without food and water in horrid heat.

[Lori Price CLG]

11. Yes, he is yelling 'Let them go, let them walk out of here.' n/t

[PretzelWarrior]

13. holy cow. wow.

x

[Fleshdancer]

15. "LOOK INTO THE FACE OF THIS BABY!!!!!"

oh dear god....

[eyepaddle]

16. Damn! I'm pulling for a couple of FOX reporters Separd Smith and

Geraldo!?!?

Wow, has the worm turned?

On edit--most of the rest of that network can still kiss my ass though.

[rodeodance]

26. who knows--he was in dramtic mode that is for sure.

[eleny]

17. Cutting to some good news

Fine and good. But fix the desperation first.

[TroubleMan]

18. Wow.....it really got to him. It takes a brave man to cry like that on TV

Like him or not, he really cares and he's got balls.

My respect for Geraldo went way up.

[eyepaddle]

39. I've always had complex feelings towards Geraldo

He's obviously got an ego that's ocean sized, but at the same time he HAS done some damn fine journalism (Admittedly far from the bulk of his work--but it is there) and you usually get the sense that he does realize his subjects ARE human.

Shep Smith on the other hand was just gold tonight--he was ready to reach into the camera and pull Hannity's kidneys out. I think he's had an epiphany.

[Bouncy Ball]

19. Oh yeah

back in the day on his talk show, he could definitely start crying.

I haven't watched him in years.

[Eloriel]

68. I used to love his nightly talk show -- MSNBC, I think

Loved it.

I pray he's found his soul again. He could be a vital force for good. Again.

[jzodda]

21. He drove me to tears....

the look on that baby's face..I do not think I can watch anymore tonight :(

[jean]

22. Sam Seder - one of his callers reported Rivera on O'Reilly Factor

Rivera was with the police chief, who had been at the Coliseum for going on six days ... chief said he estimates there are 30,000 people stuck there ... he's seen people dying around him every day ... and if they did not get relief TONIGHT he feared they would riot.

The caller said Rivera looked scared to death and O'Reilly said, yeah,yeah I got it, trying to cut it off. O'Reilly was trying his usual spin but the reality on the screen was making that impossible.

[dogday]

23. I just about shit my pants

Heraldo was losing it on National TV. He is upset. Look how much he is sweating and he has been there for about an hour... It is hell in there, they have no right to lock those people up....

[mb7588a]

25. that was incredible...

I saw it too.

fucking unbelievable.

He was holding a baby and said something like, "this is it, suffering. there's no democrats, no republicans....." i missed the rest, but it was incredible...

THAT was right after Shep Smith and Sean Hannity went at it about the lack of help for the people on the interstate where he is. He was almost crying also.

Never seen such humanity on fox news.

[rodeodance]

34. I do not 'see' any 'humanity' coming from Hannity!

[tridim]

28. Abu Gharib.. Right here in the good ol' USA

This is a free country, the military cannot hold innocent Americans in prison. Who gave this order?

[Horse with no Name]

33. Under martial law they can

:cry:

[tridim]

36. Has martial law been declared?

I know it's happening, but is it official?

[enki23]

43. i don't think so, no. de facto, yeah. but officially?

i think they wanted to, but i don't think the louisiana constitution allows for it. remember, the legal system is a bit different here. napoleonic code, and all.

[Fleshdancer]

44. I believe it occurred in two Parishes a few days ago n/t

[Horse with no Name]

51. Yes.

Mayor Nagin declared it Wed I think.

[Deep N RedLand]

31. Hannity will never show real sympathy.

The best squinty can accomplish is his fake "Our thoughts and prayers are with you" always seemingly added as an afterthought.

[yellowjacket7]

40. I always wonder how he sleeps every night

with all those lies and the hypocrisy ringing through his soul, if he got one at all.

[OhioBlue]

47. Hannity is so disgusting.

for crying out loud - how can anyone listen to this fuck?

[Zuni]

35. and they refused to let Sean hannity spin it from NY

they spoke out of raw emotion. I just gained some respect for Shep and Geraldo

[rodeodance]

42. Hannity needs to get down there and get dirty (literally)

[ArtieBoy]

49. Shepherd Smith really impressed me on O'Reilly last night.

O'Reilly said, "The mayor should've had a plan," and Smith had a tight upper lip and said, "I wouldn't pass judgement on anyone in this situation."

Then I think O'Reilly was talking about the looters and Smith seemed really indignant and said, "Bill, you haven't seen this. There are dead bodies floating openly in the water around these people."

I used to think Shepherd Smtih seemed reptilian but my opinion of him did a 180 in that segment.

[Roland99]

45. AWAKENINGS!!

[Habibi]

46. Ack!

I apologize, I don't have cable. Where are they reporting from?

[ticapnews]

48. Can they walk out?

I mean, the city is under water, the bridges are down... If it is possible for them to walk out of the city, for God's sake, evacuate them. But if letting them go is just going to lead them to be drowned on flooded streets, they are better off where they are, even though conditions are terrible.

Does anyone know if there is a safe, walkable route out of the city?

[Roland99]

52. The Crescent City Connection bridge, thru the West Bank, up the Huey Long

and north to I-10.


But, the military won't let them leave. Why not? Afraid they'll loot some guardrails?

[ticapnews]

56. If they can walk out let them go!

Who the hell gave the order to keep them locked up? These Guardsmen didn't just decide to keep them there. They follow orders. This is one order they should ignore.

I can hear the excuse already though...if we open the doors there will be a stampede. Of course, if they think there will be a stampede now, what do they think will happen a day, two days, three days from now. Yes, I know the answer, but I can't bring myself to think that we've really sunk that low...

This is not going to end well. :cry:

[Eloriel]

70. Yes, why indeed won't they let them go

GOOD fucking question.

One that fits into a larger picture, IMO:

ATTN DU RESEARCHERS -- LIHOP/MIHOP evidence stacking up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4588088&mesg_id=4588088

[PA Democrat]

55. I hope Crooks and Liars gets this.

[Mend]

58. this is why we and other people NEVER LEAVE

our houses during these hurricanes. We have lived on Florida's west coast, about three blocks from the beach, for almost 30 years. And we stay put because those fucking "shelters" are jails and if you leave your animals, they are dead. Now you can see why people don't want to go....and almost always you do far better then the evacuees.

[KayLaw]

71. Yes

If we really feel the need to evacuate we'll either stay in a long term suite hotel (our insurance covers it) or if it we find out our house is habitable, we'll zoom right back before FEMA gets involved. I would not willingly go anywhere with the National Guard of FEMA. . .especially to a stadium.

[Tesibria]

64. let's not forget

he has fallen - hard -- but this is the man that broke Willowbrook back in the 1970s.

let's not forget

and

let's hope he's rediscovering his soul.

go ahead

call me a dreamer.

but anything's possible in this ..... this.

[mzmolly]

66. Agreed. Geraldo has a history that cuts both ways.

I hope he'll find his way back.

[Tesibria]

69. me too

he was my "hero" years ago - for Willowbrook alone.

it's been painful watching the fall

i, for one, would welcome him "back" to the truth.

i really would.

[Z_I_Peevey]

65. Thank you, all those with consciences.

Blessings on those who speak the truth.

[chalky]

72. Video up now on CrooksandLiars.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

[Minstrel Boy]

73. Kick for those who haven't seen this.

Because you need to see this.

[Roland99]

75. This should be on the Greatest Page