Tucker Carlson: ‘Michael Vick should be executed’ (Whaa..?)
Tucker Carlson.
Michael Vick.
I write this knowing that the last thing anybody wants — least of all me — is to rehash Michael Vick’s history of dog fighting. But this seems worth mentioning: A commentator for Fox News (”fair and balanced”) just declared that Vick should be executed.
Tucker Carlson, filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News, was addressing reports that President Obama phoned Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie to congratulate him for giving Vick a second chance in the NFL. Carlson went off on a rant and punctuated his remarks by declaring, “I think personally he should’ve been executed for that.”
Wow. And he said this even BEFORE the Eagles were upset by Minnesota Tuesday night. What would Carlson do to Vick now?
Here’s the video:
Once more, this time with feeling: Vick served his time for his crimes and has the right to earn a living. Anybody who chooses to boo or criticize him as a result of his past is completely within their rights. But I’m certain declaring on a national news broadcast that somebody should be executed probably is over the journalistic line.
Then again, I’m not completely familiar with Fox’s “fair and balanced” standards.
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All American
December 29th, 2010
10:30 am
Wow!
Motocross Survivor
December 29th, 2010
10:30 am
Hey, just another side effect of our new and improved insane society today. I read a story about a woman who had locked a cat in a room with no food and was being held on over half a million dollars bond for it. I mean, can I say more? Starving a cat is not nice, but hells bells, America gives Israel the seal of approval for killing dozens of innocent Palestinians on a regular basis, but get all upset officially over a hungry cat! Could this be why more people have no respect for this country anymore? I think we’re doomed.
Vick is a MURDERER
December 29th, 2010
10:30 am
Oh wait….
I am being told by MArk Bradley and Jeff Schultz that despite losing 5 of the last 6 games, and 3 consecutive bowls, Paul Johnson is still a “genius who has Tech Nation (more like county) giddy”
LOUISE
December 29th, 2010
10:30 am
HOW DARE ANYONE TALK ABOUT VICK WHEN THAT FOOL HOCKEY PLAYER DANIEL HEATLEY KILLED DANIEL SNYDER IN A CAR CRASH ON PEACHTREE STREET. A DRUNK HOCKEY PLAYER DRIVING OVER 100 MPH ON PEACHTREE STREET IS WORSE THAN KILLING A VICIOUS DOG. NONE OF YOU SHOULD SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT MICHAEL VICK. THOSE DUMB DOGS KILL PEOPLE EVERYDAY WHEN UNPROVOKED SO SHUT UP!
Mike
December 29th, 2010
10:31 am
Nina Totenburg of National Public Radio said that if you believe in Karma Jesse Helms or his grandchildren should get the AIDS virus. What’s new?
Ben The Independent
December 29th, 2010
10:31 am
I didn’t have to read further when I read “Carlson went of on a rant”. You obviously have a lib slant and a dislike for Carlson. To me “a rant” means yelling and loosing your cool. I as a Falcons fan, considered that Vick shafted a team, owner and city. This conclusion has nothing to do with political right, left or in between. I awaiting his shafting of the Eagles also.
Demetrius
December 29th, 2010
10:31 am
An NFL player was drunk and ran over someone and killed him. He spent 21days in jail. A M.A.D.D.’s son was killed walking home from school, he spent 28 days in jail. Vick…..2 years for killing dogs. He got what he deserved, but I can’t help but feel it’s a disgrace that you can kill a human being and go about your business. Carlson is a punk.Vick’s done his time…move on.
President Barock H. Obama
December 29th, 2010
10:31 am
I think we need to see Vick’s birth certificate and college transcripts.
All American
December 29th, 2010
10:32 am
Stednek the last time I checked Levenworth was not a luxury destination, check your facts buddy
always high
December 29th, 2010
10:32 am
JSS=Jeff Schultz Shadow!
Big Dude
December 29th, 2010
10:32 am
I shot a 9 point buck this season. I guess I need to turn my self in, HUH?
I shot 22 squirrels (tree rats) in my backyard once. I guess I should be put away for life.
Jerry
December 29th, 2010
10:32 am
I’m not sure who is more biased (left or right) than Tucker & Stewart, both are in the same camp, only see 1 side of the story.
just facts
December 29th, 2010
10:32 am
yes, paul johnson is terrible. can anyone name me a worse combo of coaches than johnson and hewitt. but on to my question….where all of the vick thugs who have been spewing all of that junk about what vick is gonna do to the falcons in the playoffs? vick for mvp is an absolute joke!
Steve
December 29th, 2010
10:33 am
karma smacked vick like a beyoootch last night.
pga producer “obama golfs a lot”
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/pga_producer_obama_golfs_a_lot.html
Jerry
December 29th, 2010
10:33 am
I’m sure Jon Stewart (aka Obama’s little puppet) will try and come up with something “clever” and “witty”.
All American
December 29th, 2010
10:33 am
They would tell you he’s Hawaiian and graduated top off his clss at Harvard. Now lets see yours you LOSER
To The Clueless
December 29th, 2010
10:34 am
To those comparing someone shooting a moose in a humane manner for food and someone torturing and killing animals for pure enjoyment and personal gratification: ARE YOU REALLY THAT DUMB???
Here’s an APPLE
Here’s an ORANGE
(Learn the difference)
Vick is a MURDERER
December 29th, 2010
10:34 am
Vick should have added 2 INT’s to his resume last night had the Vikings secondary been able to catch the ball before trying to run it in for a TD
Jerry
December 29th, 2010
10:34 am
Jon Stewart and Tucker are both propagandists, the dumbing down of Amercia.
Really?
December 29th, 2010
10:34 am
Schultz – you aren’t familiar with “fair and balanced” anywhere – even your own column. Carlson stupidly sounds like Biden equally as stupid. Vick should have received a longer imprisonment but execution – no.
Teabagger Johnson
December 29th, 2010
10:35 am
But Jeff, my friend Andrew Breitbart says he’s pround to be a teabagger, as am I . . .
http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/04/14/im-proud-to-be-a-tea-bagger/
The Big Cat
December 29th, 2010
10:35 am
No Jeff you wouldn’t be familiar with Fox News. Closed minded liberals like yourself aren’t open to opposing views. But being in the media you have no choice if you want access to people. Being a liberal says that you are “one of you guys”.
But you do look alot like Rachel Maddow.
D Man
December 29th, 2010
10:35 am
Jeff – you are a sports journalist. Please keep the politics out of your columns. Our country is divided so when you mention politics, you risk upsetting 50% of your readers. (It was a stupid comment by the fox guy)
Mike was beat up pretty bad last night.
pooh-pooh
December 29th, 2010
10:36 am
Mike Vick is the best QB in the NFL!! Vick is going to laugh all the way to Dallas and the Bank! I hate all these Vick Haters! Why is the AJC is always talking bout Vick anyway get a life!
All American
December 29th, 2010
10:36 am
You can also committ war crimes and still be receive a presidential retirement.
Real Athens
December 29th, 2010
10:36 am
Biased is: If Fox News is the number one watched “news program” night after night how is the media overwhelmingly liberal?
Jeff is not “reporting” here. This is a blog, more times than not he writes a column that exhibits his opinion. This is called “commentary”.
You’ve watched Fox News for so long you cannot discern commentary from reporting or “infotainment”. Congratulations, you have been indoctrinated. You may now serve.
JSS
December 29th, 2010
10:37 am
I think found BugKiller a girlfriend… They can go around and dream about that psychiatric degree that two of them can achieve from a Grenadian mail order medical school!
D Man
December 29th, 2010
10:37 am
Hey, where is MV7 for MVP guy? He probably feels like I did yesterday after the falcon game.
Hey, Jeff?
December 29th, 2010
10:38 am
Own up to the FACT that The Hannity Show is NOT a news show.
Your entire article is based on that which makes your entire article quite foolish.
Believing that Hannity is a news show is just as dumb as believing Jon Stewart is a news show. Oh, wait… don’t tell me you believe that, too???????
Dawglasville
December 29th, 2010
10:38 am
Youhatersarejustlikechildren – “Ben Roethlisberger raped two women.”? Do you know this for a fact? I like Vick. I don’t like the Steelers because of Roethlisberger (I’m trusting your spelling on this). I know that Roethlisberger is a creep. His creepiness outweighs my man love for Hines Ward and my like for Polamaulu (?) and Tomlin. It was never proven that he is a rapist no more than it was proved that Kobe was a rapist. If Roethlisberger was black I believe that you, judging by the comparison you made, and the The Two Live Stuws, would be rushing to his defense. I don’t understand how convicting Roethlisberger makes the league or the press any fairer. Roethlisberger got his jaw jacked by Seymoure (which again, I thought was pretty funny because he asked for it and he got it from a Georgia guy) and the league just gave Seymoure a slap on the wrist. I’m not sure that comparison is fair. If I have misjudged this I’m sorry.
dawgfan
December 29th, 2010
10:38 am
I’m wondering where Schultzie’s condescending smart arsed blog is on Tech’s embarassing Shreveport loss and losing season. Don’t you know if UGA bites it in Memphis on Friday that Schultzie’s going to take us to the cleaners. I’d like to see him spew some of his venom over at North Avenue. I won’t hold my breath. I guess he still has a mancrush on Johnson.
I'm Just Saying
December 29th, 2010
10:38 am
Wow, i can feel the love here
stendek
December 29th, 2010
10:39 am
You have me confused with another poster All American! STENDEK
SHADETREE1
December 29th, 2010
10:39 am
I normally don’t agree with any thing said on fox but I do agree with what carlson said. Vick doesn’t deserve to live’
porta pottie
December 29th, 2010
10:39 am
We’ve all watched Micheal Vick play through the years and last night showed his ‘inconsistent’ hot dog style of play (again). The guy got hurt this year diving ‘head first’ between two defenders like a complete moron. He missed three games because of this high schooler move and he should be league MVP?? Oh Really? Really?? Now Obama is giving him an unofficial presidential pardon and thanking the Phildelphia Eagles owner for giving him a second chance….if he wins the Super Bowl OK.. but until then please quit petting this guy like some poor pitbull that just ate a your neighbors cat because he didn’t know any better. And as far as Tucker Carlson goes…this guy knows less about sports than he does about inter workings of toilet commode so his comments don’t surprise me; he’s the Micheal Vick of Fox News….
always high
December 29th, 2010
10:40 am
Vick under performed last night. Wondering if Andy Reid will electrocute, drown, or just slam him to ground.
Just askin’
Bookman-Tucker-Luckovich
December 29th, 2010
10:40 am
The Big Cat
December 29th, 2010
10:35 am
No Jeff you wouldn’t be familiar with Fox News. Closed minded liberals like yourself aren’t open to opposing views. But being in the media you have no choice if you want access to people. Being a liberal says that you are “one of you guys”.
But you do look alot like Rachel Maddow.
Excellent post!!!!
To Ku Klux Karlson
December 29th, 2010
10:41 am
Congrats.
You’ve earned your membership into the Clueless Club.
N8
December 29th, 2010
10:41 am
If tucker was still employed by cnn, schultz doesn’t write this article. think about that. this is nothing more than a shot at fox by a bigoted left wing sports journalist.
JSS
December 29th, 2010
10:41 am
“JSS=Jeff Schultz Shadow!”
That’s a good one!!! Ha ha ha ha!!! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Man, don’t choke on your OJ there Jeff Schultz!
Jeff Schultz
December 29th, 2010
10:42 am
Hey Jeff — OK, so for the record, you’re saying that Tucker Carlson declaring Vick should be executed is OK because it’s an opinion show, not a news broadcast, is that it?
gcs
December 29th, 2010
10:43 am
Jeff, did you REALLY have nothing better to write about?
That has to be the most wasteful thing you’ve ever written here.
.
dannyt
December 29th, 2010
10:43 am
All at FOX news should be executed. If any of their so called news was actually factual I might watch it. The network is all consumed by putting fear into dumb ass rednecks. Once again comments like this just go to show that they cater to the sixth grade educated redneck.
D Man
December 29th, 2010
10:43 am
Did I hear correctly last night that the Vick eagles jersey is outselling all falcon jerseys in the Atlanta market? What is wrong with you people? I just bought my Matt Ryan jersey last week. I wanted to make sure he was a decent human being before I invested in him.
Billsen
December 29th, 2010
10:44 am
Hey PreyDawg –
Care to guess where Glen Beck was working before Fox News? I’ll give you a hint – Starts with a C and has two “N”s.
Try doing some research, genius.
David
December 29th, 2010
10:44 am
First off, Hannity and by extention Carson are part of Fox News Op – Ed department. I don’t hold the AJC News teams to the Tucker and Bookman Standard. You are supposed to be provocative. If you think Carlson is the first person who said that about Vick following what he did to those Animals please enjoy your Kool-Aid. Hey I get it though everyone who is a sports writer likes to be a jock strap sniffing, oh my you are so cool appologist it’s not even funny.
stendek
December 29th, 2010
10:44 am
Jeff the woman I am talking about is white. Know why lawsuits over BHO birth never reached court? They were blocked by certain woman. Proof and evidence all tightly packaged! What was reward for woman? Named to US Supreme Court. Last one. Facts are in official records. Just look them up. Sorry Jeff. GO FALCONS! STENDEK
Nya
December 29th, 2010
10:44 am
lol at all of yall.. Plain and simple Vick is the best player in the NFL hate it or love it just respect it.. They tried to take this mans life behind some dogs that were invented to fight and hunt boar by ancestors of the same people who tried to ruin his life.. He is doing his thing and yall or no one else can stop him.. to hell with a loss of a game he is winning life..So stop hating and just accept it.. God is the only judge so since Vick has been placed where he should be which is at the top I guess God has spoken..
From Where I Sit
December 29th, 2010
10:44 am
Bottom line: If Vick were not Black, Barry would not have called. The President is a Socialist and a Racist! M. Vick = MVP you gotta be kidding me!!! This stupid liberal media somehow forgot what this MORON THUG did. This guy is lucky to have been given a 2nd chance as none of us regular folk would have gotten the same treatment!! Two losers Vick and Barry!!!!
Enough Said!!!!
Ed
December 29th, 2010
10:45 am
When he said I’m a christian, it’s the comments or the actions that usually follow such a statement, that always let you know what kind of person he really is. for instance “their mouths are with me but their hearts are far from me”