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Bolling: "Don't Hold Me To" Entirely Baseless Claim That 20 Percent Of Food Stamp Beneficiaries Are Fraudulent

January 27, 2012 6:55 pm ET

From the January 27 edition of Fox News' The Five:

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    • Author by mjh (January 27, 2012 7:00 pm ET)
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      Bolling: "Don't Hold Me To" Entirely Baseless Claim That 20 Percent Of Food Stamp Cases Are Fraudulent


      [Bolling continues:] "After all, I'm on Fox. Spewing out nonfactual BS to our troglodyte viewers is standard procedure."


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    • Author by pete x tp (January 27, 2012 7:07 pm ET)
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      Tell you what, moron. I'll play this clip at the next potluck we throw for the families who can't get by, even with food support, and you can stop by and tell them this sh!t to their faces. I'll be the one holding you down while the struggling mothers are kicking you.
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    • Author by ThomasJH268 (January 27, 2012 7:21 pm ET)
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      E.Bola gets his Beck taought fuzzy math thrown back at him and he says "I might just have lied right then but who cares?"

      What a total waste of oxygen
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    • Author by CAL (January 27, 2012 7:32 pm ET)
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      It's amazing to me that anyone can sit in the same room as Bolling due to the putrid stench of verbal sewage that belches non-stop from his rancid yap.

      It's one thing to be a completely selfish, remorseless, sociopath like Bolling, or any of FOXPAC's corporatist prostitutes. It's something else entirely when these same a55holes pull out their "Christian" cards to wave around as an attempt to steal some sort of ill-gotten, perverted, kind of "superiority." Straight up, I call it sociopathically EVIL, and pretty much sub-human.
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    • Author by Imbecile (January 27, 2012 7:41 pm ET)
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      I'll do Bolling one better. I'll make the claim that 90% of the "facts" presented on Fox News are fraudulent.

      But don't hold me to that. It might be a higher percentage.
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      • Author by foole (January 28, 2012 12:27 am ET)
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        Yeah, I think you're low-balling with that 90%.
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        • Author by dazednamused (January 28, 2012 1:08 pm ET)
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          And Imbecile and a Foole are right on the money. Cheers, my intellectually-challenged friends ; )
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    • Author by clearstate (January 27, 2012 7:42 pm ET)
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      Bolling likes to touch little boys but don't hold me to that.
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    • Author by David2012 (January 27, 2012 7:52 pm ET)
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      Don't hold me to this, I wouldn't bet you on it, but I think Eric Bolling likes to sneak up behind goats and ravish them anally. I'm not saying it's so, but what's the difference if it's not, anyway? The point is that it is what I think.
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      • Author by BDA (January 27, 2012 11:17 pm ET)
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        Your just jealous of his wealth. Thats what you liberals do. Race baiting and class warfare.

        You would agree with him if you were a white job creator!!!!
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        • Author by MiniTru (January 28, 2012 5:38 pm ET)
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          white job creator
          Is that somebody who only creates jobs for white people?
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      • Author by Boswell (January 28, 2012 4:14 pm ET)
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        hey "some people are saying it" so it must be true!
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    • Author by draftedin68 (January 27, 2012 8:00 pm ET)
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      It's like Roger Ailes has issued a directive that FOX NEWS pretties must announce that they will be invoking the Jon "Not intended to be a factual statement" Kyl rule.

      Not like they haven't been doing it for years - they just haven't been acknowledging it.

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    • Author by DDRic (January 27, 2012 8:27 pm ET)
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      Bawling bawling again about something he knows nothing about.Suppose he votes for Santorum and Gingrich because they both want to talk about the nations' poor AND create jobs for those poor???? ........Nah!
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    • Author by Blueneck (January 27, 2012 8:40 pm ET)
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      80% of Bolling's claims are fraudulent. But don't ask for proof. I don't need no stinkin' proof.
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    • Author by Reinhard (January 27, 2012 8:50 pm ET)
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      "Don't Hold Us To This..." should be the motto. Play it at the beginning of every show.
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    • Author by as promised (January 27, 2012 8:53 pm ET)
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      What always totally goes over their heads is the fact that if people could actually earn a living wage from their tightwad owners (erm... employers) there wouldn't be such a great need for food stamps. As well, the Fox-ites couldn't complain about the 47%-or-whatever who aren't paying federal income tax. It's because they don't MAKE ENOUGH to qualify to pay it!!
      After 20+ years of wage stagnation, freezes, lay-offs - all for the sake of the bottom-line to keep the INVESTORS happy - did the supply-side trickle-down Friedmanites not see this coming?? They have eliminated the consumer and this is the result. We have finally come full-circle. Congratulations on your supremely FAILED theory.
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      • Author by dogbreath (January 27, 2012 11:27 pm ET)
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        Hey, if you're poor you have no one to blame but yourself. Remember that.

        The GOP is happy to blame everyone, especially the poor, for the downfall of our nation. Heaven knows their terrible policies and ineptness to govern had nothing to do with it.

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    • Author by Brabantio (January 27, 2012 8:58 pm ET)
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      To be fair, Beckel did ask him for a number. It's a high guess, but it's not as if he said it out of the blue.

      My response, as it always is when I hear arguments like this, is "who the hell cares?". What do we do with this, even if it is anywhere in the same zip code as 20%? I can assure you that there are people taking advantage of the VA, does that mean benefits for veterans should be ended? Every system gets abused. Fix the loopholes, hold it to a minimum, but if the principles that founded the program remain in effect, then the program itself needs to remain.
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      • Author by dogbreath (January 27, 2012 11:31 pm ET)
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        I would say that the fraud that occurs in the Food Stamp program in a year is a mere pittance compared to the fraud that occurs everyday on Wall Street. With the SEC and other watchdogs basically owned by the banks, you can be guaranteed that fraud and deceit are rampant beyond our imaginations.
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      • Author by Egbert Souse (January 28, 2012 9:16 am ET)
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        "To be fair, Beckel did ask him for a number."
        If Bollocks didn't know the number, then he should have said so. But rather than appear (surprise!) uniformed, he used the question as an opportunity to engage in hyperbole. What a coward.

        "It's a high guess, but it's not as if he said it out of the blue." The 20% is very high. It's off by a factor 4. It's true that Bolly did't get the 20% out of the blue. He pulled the number out of somewhere else.
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        • Author by Brabantio (January 28, 2012 9:35 am ET)
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          He made it pretty clear from the start that he didn't know. That's why I mentioned it, because the headline mentions Bolling's claim of 20%. I expected something like:

          Bolling:"You have something like a 20% fraud rate going on..."

          Beckel:"20%? Where did you hear that? Are you sure about that figure?"

          Bolling:"Well, don't hold me to it, but..."

          That would be consistent with the headline.

          I honestly don't think Bolling took any opportunities at all. I think Beckel wanted to see if Bolling's perception was off, and Bolling confirmed that. Beckel then used that to highlight the argument that fraud isn't running rampant. I'm not exactly siding with Bolling, since he was ignorant on the subject and displayed his skewed view via the high estimate. But it's fair for him to say "don't hold me to it" because he didn't make any claim as to what the numbers were.
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          • Author by steeve (January 28, 2012 4:19 pm ET)
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            The problem here is that, in order to see how valid your point is, I'd have to play the clip. Then that terd (sic) Bolling will be talking at me. Making sounds, in my ears. That hurts.
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        • Author by Brabantio (January 28, 2012 9:40 am ET)
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          If Bollocks didn't know the number, then he should have said so.
          I should have reviewed the clip before posting. The very first thing Bolling says in response is "I-I can't...I don't know."
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    • Author by grmce (January 27, 2012 9:03 pm ET)
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      This is just an even more cowardly version of "tramp bashing". These scumbags haven't even got the guts to gang-up on an actual sleeping person - they hide in a studio and broadcast their foul lies against the poor and defenceless.

      Grubs!
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    • Author by draftedin68 (January 27, 2012 9:39 pm ET)
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      FOX NEWS - Don't Hold Us To It

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    • Author by jonimacaroni1 (January 27, 2012 11:24 pm ET)
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      How about the picture of paper food stamps? How long has it been since those have been used?
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    • Author by Egbert Souse (January 28, 2012 8:22 am ET)
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      Once you kick the food habit, poverty is easy.
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    • Author by LKL (January 28, 2012 10:57 am ET)
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      My favorite part is when he says "who cares" what the percentage is! I guess in his mind, there's no difference between say, 90% fraud and 2% fraud. As long as he has his talking points and can bash Obama (and those freeloading poor people!), he's happy.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (January 28, 2012 1:32 pm ET)
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        Their exact argument regarding voter fraud. It doesn't matter that their have been only 9 identifiable cases out of hundreds of millions of ballots cast over the last 8 years. We still have to make it onerous or impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to vote, in order to prevent a .00000006% chance of attempted voter fraud.
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        • Author by Chameo (January 28, 2012 1:49 pm ET)
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          Mind you, if you cite the amount of fraud that's rampant in defense contracting, they'll argue that the percentage is a minuscule amount to pay to ensure that those contractors can continue to make scads of money at taxpayer expense.
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          • Author by LKL (January 29, 2012 9:31 am ET)
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            Naturaly, we shouldn't mess with defense contractors - they're job creators, you silly commie!!
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        • Author by LKL (January 29, 2012 9:30 am ET)
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          You're right - it's totally the same pattern. If there's any abuse of a system that helps the masses, that system has to be fixed (i.e., eliminated or made extremely difficult).
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        • Author by shaggles (January 30, 2012 10:47 am ET)
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          Or the same as their argument about govt spending. If it's something they don't like every penny counts but who cares about a couple billion dollars going missing in Iraq.
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    • Author by Nihilist (January 28, 2012 11:09 am ET)
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      Hey! "Don't Hold Me To" is now the new 'some would say' from fox. a new catch phrase!

      bullocks does know how to spew the brown helmet nozzle....
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    • Author by Conchobhar (January 28, 2012 1:25 pm ET)
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      Reich whingers, across the board, doesn't think they should be held responsible for anything they say or do, or any foreseeable consequences of things they say. That's why they hate MMFA so much.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (January 28, 2012 1:27 pm ET)
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        Oops!! I edited my original, but not well enough. Doesn't, obviously, should be don't.
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    • Author by mary59 (January 28, 2012 1:33 pm ET)
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      Of course Bolling is saying idiotic things for which he claims no responsibility.

      I'm interested in the crawl below that screen capture. "at least 11 people are hospitalized with minor...."

      Would that be people who watched this segment? Some people say it was.
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    • Author by shaggles (January 30, 2012 10:45 am ET)
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      HAHA! Classic. These figures not intended to be accurate.
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