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By: Miquelon.org – The Fighting French » Monitoring Anti-French Activity » Glenn Beck’s Hatred of the French

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:31:42 +0000

[...] it’s Glenn Lee Beck. Mister “I hate France” who still thinks the French are his nightly broadcast punching bag. During his show, Tuesday, [...]

By: Marc @ Miquelon.org

Marc @ Miquelon.org — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:56:34 +0000

Glenn Beck : "We're the young girl saying, 'No no! Help me!' and the government is Roman Polanski. In the end I think we're all going to be cowering in France."

By: VA

VA — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:41:06 +0000

Chris Mathews stood up BIG TIME, I think, against French bashing on his 10/1/09 show on MSNBC. Good for him.

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:06:38 +0000

Posted the video in a separate article. Chris Matthews has been very vocal on this issue time and time again. Chris Matthews FTW.

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:15:37 +0000

Boy, if I try to quote, I would not be accurate, so, let me summarize: a House Republican, on the subject of Iran, stated that even the French are standing up to Iran better than President Obama. Mathews responded that he recognized the snear when mentioning the French with “I am so tired of the Right snearing when it refers to the French. I am so tired of this (cant remember) abuse of the French by the Right. Enough is enough, I never want to ever hear snearing remarks, comments in a snearing manner, about the French again”. I believe that Mathews reinterated his point three times. The House Republican was subdued.
The video should show up soon (I have no idea how to paste and copy videos).

By: Barney hasn't left the building

Barney hasn't left the building — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:52:39 +0000

#10
Chris Mathews is a great American.

What did he say ?

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:24:36 +0000

Chris Mathews stood up BIG TIME, I think, against French bashing on his 10/1/09 show on MSNBC. Good for him.

By: Marc @ Miquelon

Marc @ Miquelon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:31:38 +0000

Barney's right : Mais pourquoi aiment-ils Polanski ?

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:23:03 +0000

FrancisK, What else would you hear from such a radical entertainment environment. I seriously doubt such moronic talk would appear on a legitimate Network.

By: FrancisK

FrancisK — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:35:04 +0000

It’s already happening. Seen on (where else) FoxNews comments:

“Polanski is not above the law, he pleaded guilty and now he should pay in prison.The French are a bunch of sissy’s, they protect and accept child molesters and pedophiles, and, as a sidebar, they are spineless cowards who run away from adversity.”

By: Barney hasn't left the building

Barney hasn't left the building — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:53:58 +0000

We should expect an increase in French bashing over Roman Polanski’s arrest.

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:02:33 +0000

Thanks, duly noted and will monitor accordingly. On another note, there was a great episode of Rendez-vous avec X about French Bashing during the 60s over De Gaulle supposed and real anti-Americanism, Johnson’s and De Gaulle’s difficult relationship, De Gaulle’s voluntary slight against D-Day veterans etc etc.

Great Radio from France Inter yet again !

La taupe du quai d’Orsay – Si Monsieur X revient sur cette affaire, c’est qu’elle illustre clairement l’ambiguïté des rapports que la France a toujours entretenus avec les Etats-Unis. Un mélange de cordialité et de méfiance, d’amitié et de soupçon, traversé régulièrement par des crises : la dernière étant celle ouverte par la décision de Paris de ne pas participer à la guerre en Irak …

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:49:34 +0000

Marc, Changing the subject a bit, I have a feeling that the issue where the US nixes the placement of missiles in Poland have upped the France bashing by the Right in the US. I will also note that the articles do not mention the UK’s role in the leadup to WWII.

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:05:34 +0000

Exactly, you never know. Thanks to Philippe for the heads up on this open request from Keith Olbermann. I have been listening to Countdown for a number of years now, often times during the evening and once again via podcast in case I missed anything, I have to say the show is one of the best podcasts out there!

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:19:10 +0000

Glenn Beck says a lot of hateful statements against anyone and anything that does not meet his extreme right “mentality” (not sure there is much of a mind there). He jumped on French bashing because it met his anti-govermental thinking. France gave too much authority to the State, and, therefore, must be evil. I remember when Beck was listing the friends and foes of the US, several years ago. France was listed as an enemy and Russia was listed as a friend.
Keith Olbermann has a ton of material to go after Beck, it’s added to every night. Keith, I think, wants to concentrate on illogic during the past week, not previous weirdness. I think, though, reminding Keith of Becks’ stupidity in the past is always a good idea. You never know when it may prove useful.