RFK Jr Tirade, Air America, John Stossel, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity

RIPPING THE HIPPY-CRITE

Against RFK Jr, Stossel Plays Pit Bull







After one too many fringe tirades by kookmaster / Air America host Robert F Kennedy Jr, ABC's John Stossel has had enough. The longtime 20/20 presenter unleashed a tirade against the Hyannisport Hippycrite, accusing him of inconsistent positions on environmental issues, according to Page Six:

...Stossel has had no qualms about using "20/20" to rip Kennedy as an unabashed hypocrite, citing the fact that he's part owner of a bottled water company and opposes alternative energy near the Kennedy compound in Massachusetts.

The latest blow-up between the two began last Saturday when Kennedy took the stage at the sold-out Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, which featured such rock acts as the Police, Bon Jovi and Smashing Pumpkins. He named Stossel as one of several broadcasters who are "these flat-Earthers, these corporate toadies, lying to you, lying to the American public and telling you that global warming doesn't exist."

Kennedy then urged the crowd to e-mail Stossel's advertisers and "tell them you're not going to buy their products anymore." He also ripped Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

Stossel struck back on Steve Malzberg's WOR-AM show Wednesday night. "The level of [Kennedy's] hypocrisy is endless," the newsman fumed. "He flies in private jets while preaching this stuff. He says we have to go to alternate sources of energy. But when they propose a wind farm in Cape Cod miles out to sea where the windmills would be an inch in your eyesight, but it's near the Kennedy compound, so he opposes it. I mean, he's an imbecile."

Stossel went on: "This is the same guy who says without a doubt that vaccines are poisoning a whole generation of children, causing IQ deterioration, autism and a host of problems . . . terrifying parents. This guy's irresponsible."

Stossel and others have argued that Kennedy's bottled water company creates waste. But Kennedy insists his Keeper Springs Mountain Spring Water is the first brand to meet the same Food and Drug Administration standards that are applied to city water supplies and that, after taxes, profits go to the Waterkeeper Alliance, which helps preserve the nation's waterways.

Here's a portion of the Live Earth tirade that began the latest battle:

"Get rid of all these rotten politicians that we have in Washington, who are nothing more than corporate toadies," said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmentalist author, president of Waterkeeper Alliance and Robert F. Kennedy's son, who grew hoarse from shouting. "This is treason. And we need to start treating them as traitors."

On July 10, Rush Limbaugh addressed RFK's kookiness:

RUSH: People ask me all the time, "Rush, what's the favorite part of your job?"

I say, "Well, it's hard to say. I like it all. I love the prep. I love actually doing of the show, the execution and performance of the show." But the thing that I guess is the most fun is how I irritate these liberals and Democrats -- and Republicans, too, in certain circumstances. I can't describe the pleasure I get when I hear something like this, which was said by Robert Kennedy, Jr. at Giants Stadium during Live Earth on Saturday.

KENNEDY: I'm going to tell you this, that the next time you see John Stossel or Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity -- these flat-earthers, these corporate toadies -- lying to you, lying to the American public, and telling you that global warming doesn't exist you send an e-mail to their advertisers and tell them you're not going to buy their products anymore!

RUSH: Hey, Bob? It's time for a new strategy. You guys have been doing that for 19 years. It hasn't worked. It's not going to work, because we get results. You don't get away with calling America's Truth Detector a liar. The liars -- and they know it, folks -- are on this global warming hoax side. They know they're making it all up. They know that they are making a bunch of irrelevant data into something that's relevant, when it isn't. I love it. I love irritating them. I love getting these guys' skin to crawl. He's even more frustrated with politicians. Here's something else he had to say.

KENNEDY: It is more important than buying compact fluorescent lightbulbs or than buying a fuel-efficient automobile. The most important thing you can do is to get involved in the political process --

RUSH: Wait a second! Stop the tape! Did I not tell you, this is all about politics? It's not about saving the planet. It's not about compact fluorescents. It's not about all these things that they make you think. Actually, they're not trying to make you "think;" they're trying to make you "feel." It's about politics! It's about advancing liberalism. Please, Mr. Kennedy, Jr., tell us more.

Because he's flown under the radar for many years, Stossel and Limbaugh's recent focus on RFK Jr is especially important for those of us who believe he should be held accountable for his fringe rhetoric, especially since he has long been lionized by the Mainstream Media (MSM).


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