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Varney says Obama admin prefers "failed European socialism" to "restor[ing] America's middle class to prosperity"

July 26, 2010 8:55 pm ET

From the July 26 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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Broken record: Varney again declares Obama to be anti-business

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    • Author by neon desert (July 26, 2010 9:14 pm ET)
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      I learned so much from Varney, there. What with all the facts and figures - It was really nothing like a string of unsupported assertions intended to bolster the biased opinion of a partisan network.
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      • Author by Bongo Fury (July 26, 2010 9:24 pm ET)
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        Zackly.I hear an assertion and I don't hear proof.I've come to the conclusion that no matter what topic,Fox leans toward Fascism.Control the media,control the minds."News" is a single word oxymoron for these un-American bottom dwellers.
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        • Author by kydem09 (July 26, 2010 9:44 pm ET)
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          You obviously don't understand the meaning of fascism if you're using it to describe Fox News.
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          • Author by eweston8542983 (July 26, 2010 10:08 pm ET)
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            You know this without asking him to support it?

            LoW has supported his opinion before. I don't recall the last time you supported one of yours.

            Faux given authority doesn't require it?
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            • Author by kydem09 (July 26, 2010 10:12 pm ET)
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              The definition of fascism in and of itself supports my position that it's an inaccurate word to describe Fox News.
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              • Author by MiniTru (July 26, 2010 10:41 pm ET)
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                No, it's not. You have no idea what Fascism means if you're going to make an unfounded assertion like that.
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                • Author by kydem09 (July 26, 2010 10:46 pm ET)
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                  Fascism is a political philosophy or movement based on or advocating a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship.
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                  • Author by Bongo Fury (July 26, 2010 10:49 pm ET)
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                    See Bush and Co.
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                    • Author by kydem09 (July 26, 2010 10:52 pm ET)
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                      Ah yes, the evil former president. You really need a new rallying point.
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                      • Author by Bongo Fury (July 26, 2010 11:06 pm ET)
                           
                        I have no rallying point.I want my country to prosper.Under the the Faux Nous regime,there is no hope save for corporate control and weakening of the alleged "middle" class.Fox has promoted war that is unfunded and tax cuts for a small percentage of Americans.I've found that the worship of Reagan and the silencing of the press is ,in a way,a form of fascism.No apologies.
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                        • Author by kydem09 (July 27, 2010 7:35 am ET)
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                          You are completely misstating the position of what you've been brainwashed to believe about conservatism. They do no believe in corporate control or the weakening of the middle class. Conservatives believe that everyone has an opportunity to make something of themselves and believe that capitalism and lower taxes for ALL help to achieve that end. I'd love to know how you believe Fox silences the press. From what I can see, it's factions on the left who want to silence people, either through the Fairness Doctrine, having the FCC shut down Fox News or foring conservatives into silence by calling them racist.
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                          • Author by bintx (July 27, 2010 8:28 am ET)
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                            Um, no "conservatives" really don't believe in capitalism and lower taxes for ALL . . . that is the bastardization of conservatism which has occurred in the past 30 years or so. You are quoting the Fox/hate talk radio version of conservatism. That's not conservatism, kydem . . . not even close.

                            Oh, and Fox? It's not the media. It is simply a cog in the authoritarian propaganda machine as is hate talk radio. NOTHING on any of those outlets has a single thing to do with conservatism or journalism. Further, when one acts like a racist and speaks like a racist, chances are, one IS a racist.
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                          • Author by John Paradox (July 27, 2010 3:01 pm ET)
                               
                            Subject 1:
                            Fascism is a political philosophy or movement based on or advocating a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship.


                            Subject 2:
                            You are completely misstating the position of what you've been brainwashed to believe about conservatism. They do no believe in corporate control or the weakening of the middle class.


                            So, you're saying 'conservatism' and 'fascism' are the same thing?

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                            From what I can see, it's factions on the left who want to silence people, either through the Fairness Doctrine, having the FCC shut down Fox News


                            Oh, joy, another HS dropout who knows all about Broadcast Law!
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                      • Author by soze169880 (July 27, 2010 12:43 am ET)
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                        Can't go after a president two years after he's left office, but tracing everything back to '60s radicals makes perfect sense.
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                      • Author by So Fain (July 27, 2010 12:39 pm ET)
                           
                        Do we? I disagree.
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                  • Author by phredicles (July 26, 2010 11:03 pm ET)
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                    You left out the militarism, anti-intellectualism, favoritism towards corporate interests, and scapegoating of the "other", all of which Fox exhibits in great abundance.
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                    • Author by Bongo Fury (July 26, 2010 11:11 pm ET)
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                      phredicles..I posted on an earlier thread on Beck's nonsense about fascism.It was copied from Free Inquiry by Lawrence Britt and says a mouthful.Pax.
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                    • Author by bintx (July 27, 2010 8:28 am ET)
                         
                      But that's not conservatism. That's authoritarianism. Two different things.
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                • Author by kydem09 (July 26, 2010 10:48 pm ET)
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                  So tell me your definition of fascism mini.
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                  • Author by bintx (July 27, 2010 8:36 am ET)
                       
                    We all know what the term fascism means, kydem. Under the previous administration, we were growing dangerously close. You are aware that the prior administration was just LOADED with folks, led by Dick Cheney, who believe in the mythical "unitary executive" theory, right? One of the primary reasons that Roberts and Alito were selected for the S.Ct. was their support of that myth. There are NO provisions for the unitary executive in the Constitution . . . NONE. These "strict constructionists" feel that this myth is "implied" in the Constitution.

                    Do you know what "unitary executive" means? Bush and his crew of thugs felt as if the President could do whatever he wanted . . . completely ignoring the framers' intent of three separate but CO-EQUAL branches of government.

                    I know you won't listen because your brain won't let you. You have to believe the BS that your "authority" figures have told you is fact, even when faced with mountains of evidence to the contrary.

                    I'd suggest you give this book a read. It explains what your true beliefs are . . . and they AIN'T conservatism. You might be a conservative, but the crap that is spewed on Fox/hate talk radio that you believe is NOT conservatism.
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      • Author by Treulos (July 26, 2010 9:24 pm ET)
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        How dare you question a man with an English accent!
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        • Author by dmhack (July 26, 2010 9:55 pm ET)
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          Exactly.
          Fox searched high and low for the biggest twit in England.
          Man, he must be praying the BP twit doesn't want to replace him.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 26, 2010 9:27 pm ET)
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      How long can laura Ingraham keep the shrill out of her voice and talk like a reasonable person.Somebody gave you a talking to girl?
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    • Author by alienofwar (July 26, 2010 9:47 pm ET)
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      I think the Nordic countries with their Democratic Socialism are pretty happy, well with them being rated the happiest people in the world and all. I guess in Varney's mind that means their system is unsuccessful because regular folk are happy! *Gasp!* We don't want that now do we??
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      • Author by ForTheLoveOfEllipsis... (July 26, 2010 9:55 pm ET)
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        I guess in Varney's mind that means their system is unsuccessful because regular folk are happy! *Gasp!* We don't want that now do we??

        And in point of fact they don't want that! A happy middle class clearly isn't working hard enough to satisfy its masters, and must be made miserable in order to keep up their work ethic...
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 26, 2010 9:50 pm ET)
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      If you "faux economists" really want to restore the middle class, let the Bush tax cuts EXPIRE, cut the defense budget, get out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and tell the republicans in Congress to stop posturing and get to work. Simple.
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    • Author by proudconservative (July 26, 2010 10:17 pm ET)
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      Read 'em and weep, or gloat if you're a progressive....

      Loving business!

      Socialized medicine will work, trust us, we're the government!

      And hey, isn't this the summer of recovery?


      Speaking truth to/about progressives with a shout out to senator kerry-heinz, who was able to find boat builders in New Zealand AND avoid paying taxes! Progressive patriotism at its finest! :>
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      • Author by soze169880 (July 27, 2010 12:53 am ET)
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        Let's see... link from a ridiculously biased source, two irrelevant links, and your dumb, masturbatory signoff line, going off-topic AGAIN to attack a decorated veteran, you little chickenhawk pu$$y. Tell me, do you wear a towel as a cape while you write your posts?
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        • Author by tman418 (July 27, 2010 2:07 am ET)
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          Here is an article from the Boston Herald about Kerry's yacht. Here is a significant passage.

          The senior senator’s chief of staff David Wade denied the old salt was berthing his boat out of state to avoid ponying up to the commonwealth.

          “The boat was designed by and purchased from a company in Rhode Island, and it’s based in Newport at the Newport Shipyard for long-term maintenance, upkeep and charter purposes, not tax reasons,” Wade told the Track.

          And state Department of Revenue spokesguy Bob Bliss confirmed the senator “is under no obligation to pay the commonwealth sales tax.”

          However, according to Bliss, if Kerry berths the Isabel in Massachusetts waters within six months of purchasing the boat, there’s a “presumption of use” and the Heinz-Kerrys would have to walk the plank and pony up to the Bay State. After six months, should the boat change its berth to, say, Nantucket, then it’s up to the state to go after them for the taxes, Bliss added.

          ...Yesterday, the Isabel (Kerry's yacht), which lists Great Point LLC of Pittsburgh, Penn., as its owner, was getting a spruce-up at the Hinckley shipyard in Portsmouth, R.I. Sources say the senior senator is demanding that some warranty work be done.


          (bold in original, Italics were mine) I suggest reading the whole article. It's short, just a page.

          The "business" link didn't seem like much to me. It talked about what people payed in 2008, nor did I see great research on the blog page, any references to the supposed "tax hike business plan." The third link was about certain European countries not doing well. Irrelevant indeed.

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          • Author by bintx (July 27, 2010 8:37 am ET)
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            Most of what the phony boy posts IS irrelevant.
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          • Author by tman418 (July 27, 2010 6:13 pm ET)
               
            I also forgot to note that the other article was about Britain simply "restructuring" their health care system. Not getting rid of universal health care.
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      • Author by So Fain (July 27, 2010 12:44 pm ET)
           
        John Kerry is a Progressive? Since when??
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 26, 2010 10:23 pm ET)
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      The only thing Varney knows about Europe is what he read in a Charles Dickens book.Stuart Varney got away from Europe as fsat as he could.Stuart Varney knows nothing about where he comes from,and not much about anything else.
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