Dumb-ass
CNN host Rick Sanchez came under fire Friday after making controversial remarks the day before on a radio show.
Sanchez called out Comedy Central host Jon Stewart as a “bigot” for criticizing him, and complained that Jews — like Stewart — don’t face discrimination. He also suggested that CNN, and perhaps the media industry more broadly, is run by Jews.
Clearly, those comments didn’t sit well with the network.
“Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company,” said a CNN statement. “We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.”
See ya, Rick. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!
Happy Hour has officially begun, drinks are on the house.
This is an open thread.
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OMG! Is this really true? I hope you’re not pulling our legs. If it’s true, I’m thrilled!!!!
Now Rick can go to Fox News where he belongs.
Fox News is even too good for him! He needs to go to Nowhere Nebraska TV.
How about Tel Aviv?
LOL. Now that would be funny.
Is there one for “Shoot Rick Sanchez out of a cannon” or “Feed Sanchez to a pack of wild hogs?”
You mean your site? 😯
Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye!
are you feeling better bb?
Yes, I’m OK. For some reason, I was really nauseated earlier.
Lol I know, I’m wondering if it’s April Fools Day. Hiiii-ya. Watch him land another amazing job, this world was made for dumb guys with serious issues.
looks like he thought he was getting passed over as prime time anchor at CNN because of his Cuban heritage. He was mad about being yanked from prime time.
http://www.thewrap.com/television/column-post/breaking-cnn-fires-rick-sanchez-21390
no, he needs to be punished.
send his ass to MSNBC.
Omigosh I can watch CNN in the afternoon again without wincing every two minutes!
About time!!!
You never know, CNN may replace him with someone even worse.
Worse?!? Worse?!? 😯
From below:
Obama yesterday urged the DNC’s youth-outreach arm Gen-44 to remain steadfast in their support for him. He reminded them that “it took time to free the slaves.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/10/obama_attempts_to_jog_memory_o.html
He ain’t no Lincoln, no matter what his fluffers say.
here here
What an ass.
Yeah, nearly 100 years. Don’t count Obama out, check back in around the 80 year mark to be impressed.
Talk about tacky!
Hi everybody, hope all is well. I know this is going to be a blast rick thread, but sometimes he’s funny & ok. Shit that was fast! (don’t blast your bosses).
ps. typical cubano!
Good but not good enough. Legalize it.
Honk honk
and pass out seeds.
Honk!
Honk, honk!
The silver lining meets its dark cloud. Inside Cable News is speculating on Twitter that Sanchez’s replacement might be David Shuster.
Way to bring the house down.
gosh, I keep hoping for Suzanne Malveaux.
Inside Cable News is run by one dude with third-hand information.
Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
Not David Shuster.
oh no, but it figures
From Bartcop:
Yow. He drives as good as he thinks.
That is a horrible, disgusting story.
Poor guy. His life has really been blighted by poor treatment, no wonder he’s bitter.
did you read the link I put in the previous thread? His first grade teacher labeled him ‘retarded’ in his report card. He even mentioned this at a Latino/Latina Journalist Awards ceremony
He makes Ron Burgundy look like a genius.
He has to be the model for Ron Burgundy.
Stay classy, Rick.
Yeah, that link was really funny. Thank you!
How did he get of with a DUI? Don’t they have vehicular homicide statutes in Florida? I wonder who was in the DA’s office at the time.
OT: Story about the gap between rich and poor getting wider. Some sad stories there and one about a wall street guy who doesn’t believe it. Charming:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_census_wealth_gap
Twitter has a channel opened called #ricksanchezjobs, some of them are hysterical
My favorite exchange from Sanchez’s interview:
So many straight lines, so little time 😉
I know, it’s really sad when you consider the clips of him that Stewart put up … especially the one on the Tsunami where he is demonstrably stupid. He doesn’t call him stupid one time! Stewart uses clips to demonstrate it!
You could use a million straight lines and he wouldn’t get one.
If you’re Rick and you make a conscious decision to call your book “Conventional Idiocy,” shouldn’t you expect merciless ridicule? Seriously?
Wow! It was sooner than I thought.
Thanks to John Smart for posting this so I could bring it here. The bullying deaths of kids lately is eating away at me. The cruel, antisocial behavior of the little fools has to stop.
At least 20 of my FB friends posted that video today, and while I appreciate that it’s heartfelt I also can’t help but be frustrated by the impotence of it.
I think what Jane Hamsher said on Dylan Ratigan’s show gets the heart of what really could make a difference.
Yes, but 2 of the 4 kids Ellen mentioned were not victims because they were gay, They were bullied children. This is not a problem for any one group, though it is obviously worse if you are gay because of what people think are societal attitudes.
Depending on Obama to make it right is a fool’s errand. Individual counseling for these kids could be more helpful right now.
I’m not depending on Obama to make it right.
I’m saying this is something substantive he can do with a stroke of a pen and it could impact the notion many people have that gays are second class citizens and therefore a reasonable target for derision and ridicule. We don’t accept that situation for any other group of citizens in this country.
There are many things that can be done and the more we do the better the chance kids will have, and sure counseling can be helpful for some. It wasn’t for me. Of course that was in the early 70s but even though the councelor was a nice concerned man I couldn’t tell him the full truth of what was going on, it was too humiliating and there were too many possible ways it could backlash on me.
I have some friends from childhood, none of them gay (the boys I knew who turned out to be gay are all dead), some of them were bullied for other reasons and we’ve been talking about this all week — as you say no matter the reason one is bullied it hurts. Counseling is worth doing but it isn’t enough, we can and should do more.
There are many caring people willing to listen if you, a family member or a friend needs help:
Tell everyone, it gets better, call a suicide hotline:
http://suicidehotlines.com/national.html
– When You Feel You Can’t Go On — Let Someone know your pain!
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Call 1-800-SUICIDE / 1-800-784-2433; Call 1-800-273-TALK / 1-800-273-825
http://www.suicide.org/gay-and-lesbian-suicide.html
Gay and Lesbian Helpline
http://www.GoAffirmations.org 1-800-398-GAYS – Toll-free helpline for gay, lesbian, bi & trans people
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Call NOW if you or a friend needs help!
New thread up. (it’s another Rick thread)
Spammy got me?
I can understand Rick’s frustration with John. If John ever got bored on his own show, he’d just pull out the video with Rick being tased. Rick probably just couldn’t take it any more. Oh, the shame of always looking like an @ss! lol
I would be honored to be dissed by John Stewart. Skewer worthy status from the Daily Show is big time.
I take some satisfaction in seeing a news media person realize even if he’s smarter and more carmera friendly tnan Bill O’ Reilly, he can’t do vaudeville, LOL.
Dude got hurt feelings and thought he could lay out his deepest BS.
I love you guys, BTW. 🙂
All roads lead to Klownhaus? not that’s it bad thing.
His link to it isn’t even on the list anymore? I wish it was for quick reference to the good posts (classic ones) like ‘NOT NOW, LATER’.
Oh NO! We’re gonna get him back here in Miami I’m sure. YUK?!
Rick Sanchez was/is an easy target but sadly, the other story here is the sham CNN has become. Maybe this will be the start of its rehabiliation into a legitimate news network but I doubt it.