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‘Horse’s Asses’: Multiple Sclerosis-Afflicted Cavuto Slams MSNBC’s Attacks on Ann Romney

MSNBC’s continuous string of near slander against Mitt Romney has just spawned yet another aggressive bit of push-back, this time from Neil Cavuto of Fox News. You may recall that MSNBC anchor Lawrence O‘Donnell recently slammed Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann Romney, for claiming that she participates in the sport of dressage as therapy for her multiple sclerosis. According to O’Donnell, “There are a lot of things you can do to try to deal with MS.  But come on, dressage does not appear in any of the more traditional courses of treatment.”

Turns out that that assertion is breathtakingly wrong, as Cavuto pointed out while citing multiple clinical organizations that treat multiple sclerosis and consider horse therapy a very traditional, and often very effective form of therapy. Watch his takedown here:

As you can plainly see, Cavuto doesn’t pull punches in this clip. “You’ve got a disease in your name – maybe you should stop calling names,” he starts the segment.

He then proceeds to go right for the jugular, while still remaining preternaturally calm, calling MSNBC a collection of “horse’s asses“ and slamming them as ”condescending, sanctimonious“ people with ”incredible ignorance” of multiple sclerosis treatments. He then points out that the horse riding therapy – known as “hippotherapy,” according to Cavuto – is used to treat walking conditions associated with multiple sclerosis. Quoting from the “industry bible” on neurology, Cavuto says straight out that “this is a legitimate therapy.”

Cavuto’s stern correction only serves to confirm the generally low opinion of MSNBC which is beginning to percolate amongst the rest of the media. Glenn Beck, for instance, hammered the network over its smear tactics on his radio show today after savaging their most recent factual errors:

“You have no credibility at all,” Beck thundered. “The ratings are going to tank on MSNBC, because Americans are fair.”

On a side note, setting aside the numerous factual errors on the network, Cavuto‘s takedown misses a blistering example of hypocrisy on the part of Lawrence O’Donnell. To complain about how particular therapies don’t appear on the “traditional” list, when the Left has pushed for numerous untested medical ideas, such as embryonic stem cell research and assisted suicide. Neither of these is in any way “traditional,” and O’Donnell is not on record opposing either of them, so why the selectiveness?

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  • ErinLindsey
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:48pm

    I have Multiple Sclerosis. (dx 5yrs ago, probably had it since mid90s) I can tell you from experience that some of the better treatments for MS are not medicine related. Physical therapy has done more for me than any of the drugs that are being pushed as treatments. If I had access to a horse to use for therapy, I’d probably do the same thing that Mrs Romney is doing. As it is, I can do aquatic therapy and dry-land traditional PT.

    If anyone else here has MS, my advice, start exercising, if you dont use it, you WILL lose it. Exercising keeps your muscles healthy for when the nerves go wonky and hopefully you wont lose too much muscle tone while waiting for a flare to end. Plus, exercising triggers natural endorphins that help keep you from getting depressed. The only time I havent been able to use PT has been when I had a vision problem (similar to Jack Osbourne) and that was only because it hurt too much to move my head. (you dont know how much you move your eyes until your optic nerve decides to melt down and cause vision and balance problems. Optic nerve pain is the worst.)

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    • naed5048
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:59pm

      just what the hell is going on with blaze? I‘ve got abobe flash 11 and still can’t get ****

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    • TeaPartyForRomney
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:06pm

      Did you see the interview between Hannity and the Romneys. They spoke on American Exceptionalism and the economy. If anyone should be the first lady, she would be perfect. Here is one clip from the interview on the economy: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/june/mitt_romney_economy.html

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:37pm

      I would have never thought it possible to call someone a “horse’s ass” with dignity and class.

      I am a big enough man to admit, I was wrong.

      Neil? Thank you. Well said.

      I took particular note of how Neil framed the actual victim in this travesty…
      naive, well-intentioned, honest, viewers, who came to accept broadcast “journalists” as “honest” and, therefore, are deceived by such blatant lies and personal attacks.
      One specific object of disgust should be, this would have required the SIMPLEST of research on the part of MSNBC. Most disgusting of all, however, is that MSNBC stoops to attacking people’s health issues!!! Attacking one’s weakness, especially when it is of no fault of their own, is beneath any so-called “news outlet”… PERIOD.

      As for you, NBC Universal…
      Ask yourselves, should this be fertilized, cultivated, and grown?
      Or, should it be yanked out by the root for the weed that it is?

      If, for political or other reasons, you choose NOT to yank it out by its roots, perhaps you would do well to remove your name and logo from it, divest it into its own private company, and allow it to fail of its own accord?
      ( or succeed… HA ! )

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    • highndry
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:43pm

      Had same problem- Goggle Chrome speed it up 30X….MSNBC sucks

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    • DakotaGirl
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:49pm

      PATH International is a wonderful organization and may have a program in your area. http://www.pathintl.org/

      They not only help people, they also rescue horses.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:48pm

      @ Naed

      I’ve significant problems recently but it turned out to be my own computer. I’m not clever enough to offer a fix beyond going into the control panel and hitting “reset”. Good luck.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:27pm

      naed5048
      If you are using MS Internet Explorer, try Mozilla‘s FireFox or Google’s Chrome. I use either of these because of less than terrible experience’s with IE8. Personally I am using FireFox more and more because it seems to be even more stable than Chrome, which boggs down from time to time.

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:34pm

      ERINLINDSEY, you made a very profound statement when you said, “exercising triggers natural endorphins that help keep you from getting depressed”. I’ve been trying to explain that to people for years. Too many times in my profession I’ve seen unhappy people turn to Doctor Feelgood for a happy pill like Xanax, which makes them feel better for a little while and then strings them out so bad that they feel like they’ve sold their soul to the devil. Exercise is a much better alternative. And you don’t have to go to a gym, work up a sweat, or strain your muscles. Just take a long, slow walk. Ride a bike for a mile or two. Or do a little Tai Chi a few hours a week. Get your heart pumping and your blood flowing. The endorphins go straight to your head, and you would be amazed at how good it makes you feel and how much it brightens your mood. I’ve never been on horseback in my life, but I imagine it’s much like swimming. The action itself forces you to use your muscles, but you’re not really straining at it.

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    • IndyGuy
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 12:47am

      MSNBC=MisogynisticSatinicNannyBullCrappers

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    • MRMANN
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 5:04am

      Thank you for your thoughtful & informative post. You are courageous & honest.

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    • NancyO
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 6:38am

      You have my complete admiration for handling an unbelievably difficult situation with composure and common sense. However, I fail to see how Ann Romney’s life style/choices has anything to do with anything. Whether she has MS or some other disease, she is a wealthy woman who loves horses; and her choice to be involved in dressage (or whatever else you might want to call it) is entirely her own business. She likes it, she can afford it, and the rest of the world should just butt out!

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    • Obama_Sham
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 7:17am

      It’s alright to attack Ann Romney… But do not say anything bad about the OBESE HYPOCRITE masquerading as the current Flotus…

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    • wvgirl
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 10:12am

      What is with the continual streaming problems with The Blaze, GBTV? All the time, EVERY DAY. It takes me at least two hours to watch a one hour program on GBTV. The Blaze videos will not load and if they do, it’s stop, go, stop, go, stop, go, reload, reload. Either that or you hear the voice but the video is not playing. On The Blaze, you have this constant, aggravating as hell, pop-up that keeps directing you to “Next Story”. So, you are constantly deleting that popup. If you happen to miss the tiny X, then you have to reload the story you WERE reading. I DON’T NEED YOU TO DIRECT ME TO THE NEXT STORY. I AM A BIG GIRL. I can find the next story I want to read ALL BY MYSELF. Then there’s the Irish Spring advertisement that floats across EVERY story and hangs there til you hunt for the X to delete it. Really, Blaze? GBTV. I love you Glenn, but you have got to address your streaming problems and loading problems. If it were just GBTV or just The Blaze, but it is on both and very time consuming. Now, for instance, I am trying to watch the above clips and it is constantly flashing like strobe lights. The second clip of Glenn won’t even play. I have to load and reload. It is very time consuming and discouraging to try and watch GBTV or watch videos or even load a page on The Blaze. And don’t even try hitting the back button on The Blaze. Takes forever.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 12:09pm

      Watching seething psycho Larry O’Donnell try to sell the “dressage” talking point (wink..it‘s the rich guy’s sport and everyone knows rich guys are so out of touch, unlike hollywood elite partier Barack Hussein Obama) was uncomfortable to watch. It was desperation personified.

      Trying to balance not insulting people with MS (and not appearing mean spirited to Ann Romney) while trying to score political points against her husband was always an impossible task and psycho Larry failed that task grand style.

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 12:26pm

      Of course the full statement at issue, has nothing to with MS, but if you would have watched the full segment on MSNBC, it was that Romney was using the horse as a $77,000 business tax deduction. Again, the truth matters and quick editing by FOx only proves that they are a den of liars.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 12:26pm

      @Obama

      Had to chuckle at your post. Just remembered what “the-lady-of-THE-house” said about a well-known supporter of this regime….who use to be “the-lady-of-daytime-talk-shows“ and something about a ”certain-gait” this lady has, as she would continually walk the halls of THE house.
      And the gait goes on!

      Ann is a class act. Have read the posts from people who have MS. A co-worker’s wife had MS and for years, she was able to function and she, like Ann, kept moving and “just-living” until the MS got worse….however, this lady was a real-champion and kept her “wicked-sense-of-humor”. She got this news of having MS in her early 20′s, shortly before getting married. Theory at that time, was for some reason, if a woman got pregnant & gave birth, strong possibility that would “pause” the advancement of the disease. She gave birth to the cutest “red-headed-orphan-annie” girl and only when her daughter became a teenager that the MS started to slowly advance. Her daughter & husband continued to have a great life with this “positive-attitude” lady. (they moved out of the area in the 80‘s so don’t know anymore).
      Whatever “deck-of-cards” we are dealed….NO ONE knows what “they” would do until something happens to them.
      God Bless Ann & Neil.”When the going gets tough, the tough get going”.

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    • txdave22
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 1:09pm

      Americans overwhelmingly regard the debate over President Barack Obama’s policy on employer-provided contraceptive coverage as a matter of women’s health, not religious freedom,

      rejecting Republicans’ rationale for opposing the rule. More than three-quarters say the topic shouldn’t even be a part of the U.S. political debate.

      More than six in 10 respondents to a Bloomberg National Poll — including almost 70 percent of women — say the issue involves health care and access to birth control, according to the survey taken March 8-11.

      That conflicts with Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, who say Obama is violating religious freedom by requiring employers

      – including those with religious objections to birth control — to provide a way for women to obtain contraceptive coverage as part of their insurance plans.
      ———————–

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 1:15pm

      @WV

      GBTV and The Blaze are…………“evolving”. Heard something on Glenn’s show about this. Glenn’s money, crew and tenacious courage cannot be scrutinized. This would be like complaining to a 7/11 store that they do not have “live-lobsters” for sale.
      Glenn, heard your message on the radio yesterday afternoon and I am praying for the future and GOD’S WILL for your “dreams”. I have God’s Will on “speed-dial” too!!!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 2:26pm

      If it were jogging or bike riding, the libs would be all for it.

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  • javasport
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:44pm

    I’m dumping Comcast..Hello Fios!

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:37pm

      I dumped Comcast because they kept messing up my e-mail. I went with Verizon and their built-in virus protection, and I have no more problems. You get what you pay for.

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  • mrprof
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:40pm

    What we need in this country is to revive the good old-fashioned punch in the nose, and then employ it on O’Donnell post haste.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:38pm

    Larry where did you get your medical license? It’s really none of your business what therapy she chooses to use so STFU you stupid brain dead SOB .Neil you ROCK!

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    • mils
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:24pm

      Ann Romney rocks also!!…she may be into horses and spending their own funds. More power to her.
      ..It’s.not like taking mulitmillion $$$$ vacations to Africa..with our $$$help…or sending their child to Mexico at the tune of $25K on a “little ” vacation….again with American tax payer help…like president kardashian and family

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  • riker01
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:34pm

    Class Act!

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    • rickc34
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:41pm

      It is not fair to the Horse to compare its backside to a liberal, it is putting down the horses ass

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:46pm

      rick I agree. I use my horses for therapy to get me moving with my ailments via my doctors orders. God bless Anne Romney for getting out of bed and living life using the tool that a horse can be for many diseases both mental and physical. My horses are gorgeous Neil we love you but liberals aren’t even as attractive or useful as the manure a horse puts out.

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    • NancyO
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 6:40am

      As my mother used to say: “Why is there more horses asses than there is horses?”

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 8:30am

      Cavuto is a class act…and he’s on a roll lately.

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  • SageInWaiting
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:31pm

    Glenn, BOYCOTT MSNBC??? I’d have to WATCH that forsaken network before I could STOP watching it. As far as I can tell, the ONLY people watching them are a handful of brain-fried lefties and some poor bloke on your staff duct-taped to a chair with his eyelids glued open and other conservative staffers just like him suffering similar torture MUCH worse than water boarding. [SIGH...]

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    • starman70
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:38pm

      Waterboarding terrorists? If you want to get the information you want, just tie the terorist to a chair, prop his eyes open and make him watch MSNBC 14 / 7. Within a week, he would gladly give you any and all information you would ever want.

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    • Dr Vel
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:18pm

      starman70 that is horrifying and despicable. No enemy deserves that. OK, maybe a liberal but to them it’s just more porn so not much of a torture method. The Geneva convention I am sure would admonish you for suggesting something as horrifying as being forced to watch MSLSD.

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  • ApostolicGrinch
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:29pm

    You, sir, have insulted horses and their rear ends everywhere. Really, stooping so low as to compare them to the waste of time & resources that is msnbc..

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  • Individualism
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:29pm

    Don’t bash one of his bimbos, bash him for his terrible platforms.

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    • pudssweetie
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:57pm

      Bimbo really? I can almost bet that Ann Romney has more character and intelligence in her little finger than you have in your whole body. Furthermore, Mitt Romney has 1 Wife and has always had just one Wife so get off the Polygamist band wagon.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 6:45am

      And O has a sham wife for appearances because we all know he’s the first g@y president.

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    • Bob_R_OathKeeper
      Posted on June 21, 2012 at 12:25pm

      IDIVID. – You are the one that needs bashed, it’s so clear now you are an Obama supporter.

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  • nobull14
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:29pm

    Way to go Neil !!!! Well said. I am watching you on FBN at 8pm gave up O’Reilly he just not cutting it any more. Your kicking Butt.!!!!!

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:22pm

    The MSM has sclerosis of the brain. Why else would a human be drawn to drugs, gay life styles, communism, marxism, anti-American nonsense rants, and the like? It’s called being born BRAIN DEAD, i.e. the MSM (that could be Main Stream Maggots or Massively Stupid Media or perhaps Mucus Sucking Morons).

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    • CatB
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:28pm

      And GROUND ZERO .. for the above mentioned is MSNBC >>> NBC!

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  • tchriscoe
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:22pm

    They missed what she said. She said riding was her passion. She had not had it since MS. So listen to what is being said and not so fast to judge. Her life is hers and it is no ones business if she rides dressage or barrel roping.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:41pm

      And I love you too, Neil for telling off that obnoxious horse‘s ass aka Lawrence O’donnell. How people like him and that ugly Andrea Mitchell and that hateful Ed Schultz and let’s not forget the little puke Bill Maher (not news, but just as creepy) keep their jobs is beyond me.

      For that idiot, Larry, you don’t have to be a multi-millionaire to enjoy dressage. In our little town there are many who participate in the sport. Your real intention was to degrade the Romney family, so why don‘t you pick on those who don’t have an illness that you can make fun of, you sick, sick, hateful, ugly freak show of a man (that is if you are really a man) In fact, seeing how you act, I think you’re a weiner.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:19pm

    They are being exposed on a daily basis , and they don’t like it one bit…………nobody took these commie bastards on for sixty years, but now their monopoly is over !!!!

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  • Texasexpat
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:19pm

    Neil, you’re a hero. May God continue to bless you.

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  • vanman4446
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:17pm

    Larry is a jerkoff

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  • Texasexpat
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:17pm

    Neil, you’ve always been a hero. May God continue to bless you.

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  • Bonnieblue2A
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:15pm

    Cavuto is a class act. He never lets his MS make him a victim.The only ones left speaking the truth at FOX are over on Fox Business. I miss Judge Napolitano and Freedom Watch!

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    • Pelling1020
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:36pm

      For what it’s worth, I was on the B /D of the Easter Seals Society in a major Florida city from 1978 to 1986 and we had a great horseback treatment program for MS children. It was hugely successful.

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  • GeorgieJo
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:12pm

    I adore Cavuto!!!
    Wish I could send him some cannoli’s!!!
    People with incurable diseases are my heroes.
    LarryODonkey is a buffoon.
    OMG 2012

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  • MBA
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:11pm

    I’ve always liked Neil-he doesn‘t get enough air time compared to O’Reilly and Hannity. Or maybe he needs a prime time show. I don‘t have MS and I’m not a 1% but I love my horse and dressage is just one displine among many that riders spend all their cash on–and if riding helps Anne Romney feel better (real or not) who are the liberals to b*tch about it–they’re certainly not paying for it.

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  • Lord_Frostwind
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:08pm

    Watching the fools at MSNBC crush themselves with their own stupidity brings me some sick form of joy. It’s like watching someone shuffle the deckchairs on the Titanic.

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  • artman54
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:08pm

    Way to go Neil. We need more in media like you to speak as loud and as often as you can. The world is tired of these clowns spewing filth and lie’s. In fact you, Beck, and everyone else in the media need to start SHOUTING the truth against these costly clowns. And not just boycott the media outlets that hire them but the sponsors that pay for it. Thanks from Texas for being a HERO for the truth.

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  • Mary Jane
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:07pm

    Well said.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:05pm

    Glad you chimed on on MS, Neil. You da man! MSNBC is a lot of rot.

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  • deerfawn
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:05pm

    way to go Neil!

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:11pm

      We have an organization here called “Healing Reins,’ for adults and children with disabilities. The horses have worked wonders.

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  • Pray for USA
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:02pm

    Yeah, Neil. Love your speech.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:01pm

    GOD, thank YOU for uncovering the darkness and the evil that resides therein. Thank YOU, GOD, that you are against the proud and are for the humble. Thank YOU, LORD, that YOU have patience with us when we mess up. Thank YOU, FATHER, that YOU PROMISED, “Vengeance is Mine.” We know YOU are merciful. We know YOU are faithful. We know YOU cannot be bought, bribed or bamboozled. For these things and more we give YOU thanks in JESUS’ precious and mighty name, amen.

    P.S. GOD~~ Neill Cavuto is right. At msnbc they all are “horses asses” (with apologies to horses’ rear ends).

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