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‘Absolutely Reckless’: Geraldo Defends Petraeus During Fiery Exchange With ‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts

Nov. 16, 2012 12:37pm Billy Hallowell

Geraldo Rivera isn’t afraid to debate his fellow Fox News employees. On numerous occasions, he’s found himself in heated arguments with others at the network over the Benghazi, Libya, terror attacks. On Friday morning, Rivera clashed, once again, with the hosts of “Fox & Friends” over Gen. David Petraeus’ knowledge of the violent embassy attack.

Of particular note was Rivera’s defense of the former CIA-head, claiming that any indication that he was not fully honest due to fears over his affair being held over his head were unacceptable and unfounded.

“It is inconceivable to me that this honorable warrior, this American Napoleon, this best general since Dwight Eisenhower, would ever dishonor his service because he was afraid the FBI was going to embarrass him with this extramarital affair,” Geraldo said. “I think that — hold it, I just want to say this — that speculation is absolutely reckless and has no fact bas at all and it really is a disgrace to a man…”

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During a closed hearing this morning, Petraeus told lawmakers that he believed from the start that terrorists were behind the Benghazi attack. These claims are seemingly at odds with his initial assessment that the the event was a spontaneous reaction and not pre-planned.

(H/T: Mediaite)

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AJAYW
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:16pm
also do you notice when a liberal gets called out on their spin on a subject matter – they always go off on those catching them in the spin. His sons not much better from what I hear.

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- Female
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:22pm
  Napolean kept his hand in his jacket…..
  
  Petraus, well, we are still trying to figure that out?
  
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- doomytram
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:59pm
  Geraldo is a ridiculous shill for Obozo…
  
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- Truthbeliever2
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 4:49pm
  I would like to smash a chair across that mans face.
  
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- sam1064
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 4:53pm
  Geraldo is a moron, Did he forgot a General named Norman Schwarzkopf? He only devised the 1991 Iraq expulsion of Sadaam Hussein and how did that war work? I think much better than the one Petraeus fought/engineered.
  
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- TransmitToVladmir
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:24pm
  “Geraldo Defends Petraeus During Fiery Exchange With ‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts”
  
  Gerald (Geraldo was born Gerald Michael Riviera & raised as a jew by his jewish mother) defending ANYONE is grounds for summary judgment AGAINST the defendant. Just sayin’ …. ;)
  
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- Independent4ever
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:51pm
  A “Saul Alinsky tactic. Example…”Bush did it too.”
  The best way to deal with this is to ignore the “Bush did it too” comment and continue to talk about Obama and his Benghazi debacle. Don’t get into a back and forth of trying to defend Bush or anyone else. They are trying to put you on the defense by changing the subject.
  
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- keaton
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 8:40pm
  Geraldois a race baiter just like Obama. The first thing he see’s is a persons color. People like him and Obama are going to keep dividing America by race until there are race wars. It is dangerous what they are doing!
  
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- Uranium Wedge
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 10:11pm
  There wasn’t anything in Al Capone’s vault, but it wasn’t Geraldo’s fault.
  
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- ObamaForward_OverTheCliff
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 4:00am
  “Homer: Al Capone’s Vault”
  http://www.clayloomis.com/Sounds/simpsongs1/simsg984.wav
  Doh!
  
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- Obama Been Lauding
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:30am
  Mr. Geritoldo,
  All people can do is speculate, because “YOUR” dipstick-in-chief has caused the speculation, not coming clean.
  Was Susan Rice sent out to introduce Mr. Dipstick, because they knew he was going to address her venue, the UN? Remember, she was not involved in the Libyan debacle!!!!
  Every key player in the Benghazi event were there, in town, watching it live, and none of them were sent out, and that is the way a “LIAR” keeps their hands clean. This is all a big game to Obama, with the media in his pocket!!!!
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:03am
  This slug Geraldo was saying the opposite BEFORE the election-that Benghazi was about the video blah blah.
  Geraldo: Fox’s version of Chris Matthews!
  
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- peg99levi
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:06am
  This person has no credibility anymore. Why bother listening to his rants!
  
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- penelope2
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:09am
  Just wondering…does anyone really care about Geraldo says? It seems that he’s a good fellow but he’s so dramatic and…never mind. I don’t even fell like characterizing him, that’s how much I don’t care!
  
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AJAYW
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:14pm
Geraldo is just a blow hard liberal– always having to say he spent time with the troops. His words mean nothing he has lied in the past and will continue to lie.

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- lordamercy
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:23pm
  Show Geraldo a womanizing liar and he will defend him–regardless of who or what else they’ve done. Geraldo will not criticize another man for what he has done in the past.
  
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- DIR
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 3:12pm
  Geraldo is FOX’s token left wing crazy. He strains FOX’s credibility. I think at one time they were trying to get rid of him perma style, when they sent him out as a war corresponent. He was luckier than they. He hasn’t been quite the same though since the explosion that near killed him, which took place when he was tickling Barbara Streisand’s fancy with his mustache. You can read about it in his personal autobiography and sexstavaganza and in his own words.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 5:54pm
  To be fair.. everyone on Fox news has lied in the past… Becks one of the worst
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:51pm
  @Lordamercy: Agreed, Rivera would have stood up for Hitler.
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 7:28pm
  I agree with criticisms of Mr Rivera as they apply in his past statements, but I also agree with his current defence of Gen Patraeus – minus the hyperbole.
  
  Gen, Patraeus was one of the most capable general officers available to the US military in his time. I think that’s hard to dispute. He has fallen from grace, but he is far from alone. It is, sadly, a not uncommon human failing.
  
  That said; I believe Gen. Patraeus to be a man of considerable integrity and courage, and I believe he will be forthright in his testimonies.
  
  And, God, do I hope that I’m right…
  
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:11pm
My theory is that Geraldo is a zombie. Think about it: they sent him to Mt St Helens when it exploded – he came back. They sent him to Al Capone’s vault – he crawled out. They sent him into combat – he shuffles on. No matter how hard they’ve tried he cannot be killed because he is undead!

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- oldguy49
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:15pm
  i second that
  
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- madvlad
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:23pm
  I thought I saw that turkey on “The Walking Dead” last week!
  
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- antann
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:29pm
  We have Zombies, and no Twinkies. Obama has fundamentally transformed this great nation.
  
  Dad use to bring my sister and I a package of twinkies to share at the end of every week. We would run down to the creek and spilt them while sitting on our favorite log. Life was simple and sweet.
  
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- Maji
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:33pm
  I was thinking the same thing about the vault!
  I was pretty young watching that episode.
  That’s when people realized he over plays his hand!
  
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denkat56
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:11pm
With great rank or power comes great responsibility, the general needed to be court martialed, for his actions, and his security lapses, so does the women involved. All this being said , geraldo having never been in the military , wouldn’t understand this. Not to mention also making and keeping promises made in his wedding vows. I’m sorry but the general was and is wrong. So is Rivera.

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- chips1
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:14pm
  I agree with you, except, something inside says that the General is on the correct side and is being thrown under the bus by the Obama army. I’ll go with my feelings before I believe anything that comes out of the liberals stink holes. Obama is on a killing spree and nobody in the House or Senate will raise a finger to save America. It’s going to get worse.
  
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PlanetReality
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:10pm
Geraldo is a joke!!!!

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- TurboCat
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:06am
  How the HELL does Geraldo keep defending O-blame-a when he goes before the U.N. and lies about that “video tape” in front of the whole world? Let any conservative do something THAT blatant and SEE if they’d last even one day! See if Geraldo makes an excuse for THAT!
  
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Armyduderetired
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:08pm
I’m waiting for superman who is probably dead.

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commonsensesue
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:06pm
WHEN….WHEN is Fox going to stop putting Geraldo on the air? Jerry Springer would make more sense!

PLEASE, Fox, do not discredit yourself any more with this LOSER!! GET RID OF GERALDO! (let him report on hurricanes)

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- Rillobymorning
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:35pm
  I feel the same way about Juan Williams, but unfortunately both of these men are the Fox payroll, so I’m afraid we’re just going to have to change the channel during these segments.
  
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- beatobama
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:35pm
  Every Friday morning at 8 am I get ready to hit the mute button in preparation for Geraldo’s regular appearance. I sometimes can’t help myself and watch and am never disappointed with his making a fool of himself. He is a dolt.
  Why they keep booking him is beyond me. He was thrown out of Iraq for disclosing a pending operational maneuver, yet he brags about being such a great “war correspondent”.
  Just this morning he said that General Petraeus would not change his story from his briefing to Congress on Sept 14th. Then the General did change it.
  Wrong again, Geraldo. Worthless.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 8:50pm
  Fox is doing exactly the right thing. Juan Williams and Geraldo provide the leftist viewpoint on many agenda items. The Fox teamusually shows the total irrationality of their arguements. The left is wrong and they will be the death of America.
  
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- Farmgirl112055
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:22am
  I feel the same way about Bob Beckel too.. see any common denominator?
  
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jackact
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:06pm
Lets review:
Gerry Rivers, the moron who broadcasted to the world US Military battle plans on a cave wall in Iraq at the outset of the war, is discussing the concept of recklessness?
:(

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- chips1
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 2:22pm
  The battle plans he drew were the Mexican Army plans and they included BOLOs. Someone told them to “Stand Down”. The voice sounded like Juan Williams.
  
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mrs.janet.murgatroid
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:04pm
Castrate the pig then hang him

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drphil69
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:04pm
Amazing…

SO GERALDO, HOW MANY AFFAIRS HAVE YOU HAD?

Apparently it is “honorable” to cheat on your wife….

YES LIBERALS ARE THAT DUMB!

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:04pm
Now I’m going to have to YouTube Geraldo getting his nose smashed by the Klan guy to get some closure here.

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dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:03pm
Petraeus must be guilty as sin and covering up a big time scandal if Geraldo is defending him.

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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:12pm
  I hope that Petraeus comes clean to both House and Senate that we are running guns and jihadists out of Libya to the Syrian AlQaeda and MB!
  
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:02pm
Geraldo Needs to Go !

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HKS
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:00pm
I think Geraldo could care less about Petreaus, It’s Obama that supplies his tingle. Anything that reflects on Obama , he get emotional about. Just calling a duck a duck.

“Remember Benghazi”

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:06pm
  could care less? OK then.
  
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- helicop
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 10:58am
  exrepublisheep=********
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:56pm
If you lied to cover your a$$, you are not an honorable person. Lying is not honorable. General Petraeus was once an honorable man, but no longer. He is a liar! Plain and simple. It takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and one dishonorable action was destroy it! The General has nobody to blame but himself!

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- encinom
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:04pm
  the General destroyed Beck’s myth about a cover-up, so now the General is a liar. More like Beck has lied to you and Beckerheads need to grow up and realize the truth.
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:05pm
  Geraldo is an idiot and Fox needs to let him go. Only a troll or a fool would watch his show on fox. Unless fox is trying to lure the left wingers.
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:22pm
  The White House changed the talking points. Once the talking points left Langley, they had information that states Ansar Al-Sharia/Al Queda, was behind the embassy/consulate attacks. The only entity who would need to change the talking points is the White House. This occurrence didn’t fit into the Democrat narrative that Al Queda is no longer a threat that Obama had been chirping about during his campaign. Talk about politicizing an event. Lying to cover up a terrorist attack to protect a campaign narrative is about as political as it gets!
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:44pm
  Petraeus is a Murderer ! He helped cover up the Murder of four Americans so he has gone beyond lying ! He has blood on his hands – just like Communist obama, Hilary, Susan Rice, Panetta and anyone else covering this up !
  
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- jblovesAmerica
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 4:16pm
  Duty Honor Country
  The General forgot
  The questions remain
  what happened
  BEFORE
  DURING
  AFTER
  JUST TELL US THE TRUTH
  
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- encinom
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 7:02pm
  @jblovesAmerica
  
  You don’t want the truth, you want the General to lie, you want him to confirm the lies Beck has spoon feed you.
  
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Pokerjoe
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:56pm
He forgot about Stormen Normen!!!

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- TH30PH1LUS
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:06pm
  hear hear!
  
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- madvlad
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:29pm
  Amen! Stormin’ Norman 2016. We’ll need a man on a tall white horse after 8 years of The One.
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:54pm
  He won’t touch it. He still has a lot of class.
  
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doomytram
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:55pm
I’ve been listening to Geraldo and Gnome’s Radio show for weeks. How anyone could be so feckless is beyond me. Geraldo is just ridiculous. He hates all of Obozo’s economics policies, but loves his social policy. Geraldo is just a clown to take the back of Obozo.

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strawberry411a
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:52pm
Best General based on what? Rows of pointless ribbons?

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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:02pm
  Exactly.. based on what? What exactly did this General do to earn that distinction? There are numerous high ranking military officers who have performed far better than he. Not that Patraeus is as bad as some generals but seriously,… I can’t watch the video, but hopefully someone called this moron on this half witted statement. I swear he is more supportive of the administration than even the whitehouse spokesman.
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:58pm
  @cavallo: I’m with you. So many of the videos attached to these stories would force me to give time to people I despise…I just can’t do it. And I don’t think I need to watch the video to know that Geraldo “Al Capone’s Vault” is a complete moron.
  
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red_white_blue2
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:52pm
He told the truth today. He was told not to go with that story by the administration. Then when he supposedly changed his story–it was to reveal the truth. History will show this to be a fact.

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truthsurfer
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:51pm
Why is this moron on TV let alone on Fox? Fox needs to stop hiring the handicapped like geraldo and wad williams

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- jrcess
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:01pm
  I agree. One minute this mut is a catholic, the next minute a jew. One minute he is gay, the next minute a loving family guy. Why would Fox have a village idiot on their network?
  
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- CatB
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:01pm
  I agree .. never watch nor listen to them and Colmes .. all they do is spout the liberal talking points .. and racist accusations. btw .. how many times has Geraldo been married??? I think I lost count .. and how many times he has cheated on his WIVES. Of course a slime bucket like Geraldo would think it was nothing.
  
  REMEMBER BENGHAZI!
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 7:02pm
  @jr: He does remain constant in one thing. He is always obnoxious.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:50pm
Sorry to break it to you, Geraldobama, but the honesty of ANYONE associated with obama and his administration must be questioned. Petraeus has been protecting obama over Benghazi from day one – it is completely appropriate to CONTINUE to doubt his honesty.

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65Mustang
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:48pm
I would like for him to get a new toupee.

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bdandsl
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:46pm
An honorable man does not cheat on his wife.

Geraldo is an idiot and proves it everytime he opens his progressive piehole!

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fdraiden
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:44pm
Geraldo is such a worthless piece of excrement!

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Gonzo
Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:43pm
I’d like to feed that guy his own mustache.

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- mikem1969
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:45pm
  LOL, gonzo, I was drinking pepsi when I read that, now I have to clean it up.
  
  Geraldo is nothing more than a liberal tool.
  
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- dosdelgados
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:47pm
  Why does he whine more than a teething toddler?
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 12:55pm
  Geraldo is, at best, an entertainer. He can in no way be considered a journalist.
  
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- stopprintn
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:16pm
  I think thats already been done. Remember the big nose patch.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:18pm
  ‘Absolutely Reckless’??? And Geraldo drawing a map in the sand was what???
  
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- Dom321
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 1:48pm
  Gonzo, Thanks for the comedic relief. It it well needed. He does deserve it!!!
  
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- CLDnKC
  Posted on November 16, 2012 at 6:24pm
  @Gonzo. So true. That mustache is such a 1970′s molestache from a bad porn flick. I’m so tired of seeing his skeezy face on tv.
  
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