RC Cola, Moonpies & Fu Manchu

From Eric Dondero:

Politico reports Fox liberal commentator Bob Beckel "horrified" his libertarian and conservative co-hosts on the 5 at 5 show this week, using some rather colorful language.

Beckel, a former campaign manager for Walter Mondale for president 1984, made the comments during a segment on NFL quarterback Michael Vick and his many legal problems.

Beckel then slipped into a Southern twang and explained his view of the type of people who watch dog fighting.

“What?” asked panelist Andrea Tantaros after Beckel described them as being consumers of “RC Cola” and “MoonPies.”

“I’m sorry. I’m talking about a bunch of rednecks down in that place where he was running those things,” Beckel responded as he tried to cue a commercial break.

“I used to be a redneck, I can talk about rednecks.”

Later on the show, Beckel apologized. “When I talk about rednecks; blacks are rednecks, whites are rednecks, I was a redneck, Chinamen are rednecks.”

Editor's comment - A bad case of "Biden-itis" perhaps? "You can't go into a convenience store in Delaware without hearing some guy speaking Indian..."

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