The Five?

[Shankapotomus]

These are political analysts? They look like a bunch of sports commentators.

[DesertRat]

1. Who?

[Shankapotomus]

5. You're better off not investigating

this is a case where ignorance is bliss. you'll thank me later.

[RZM]

2. You can tell they threw that thing together at the last second to cover Beck's time slot

It's basically taking some of their people that appear on other shows, putting them in front of a camera, and instructing them to shoot the shit.

[spin]

3. Four conservatives versus one liberal. I quess that's Fair and Balanced...

by Fox News standards.

Bob Beckel is normally the lone liberal and he does a reasonable job considering the odds.

Bob Beckel



Robert Beckel is an American political commentator and an analyst on the Fox News Channel. He is also a columnist for USA Today where he writes "point-counterpoint" style articles with friend and political opposite Cal Thomas. He is the brother of actor Graham Beckel.

Career

Beckel holds a B.A. from Wagner College.[1] While in college, he worked for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. Early in his career, he joined the U.S. Department of State and became the youngest Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Carter administration.[2] Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. During that campaign he became known as the man who wrapped the Wendy's slogan "Where's the Beef?" around Mondale's opponent for the Democratic nomination Gary Hart effectively. Said campaign as managed by Beckel resulted in Mondale's defeat which was the worst for any candidate in U.S. history in the Electoral College.

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He was co-host of Crossfire Sunday on CNN alongside Tony Snow and later Lynne Cheney, and went on to Fox News Channel as a political analyst and commentator, regularly appearing on such shows as Hannity & Colmes (later Hannity), America's Newsroom and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. Beckel is a co-host of Fox News' The Five, a political talk show that replaced Glenn Beck in the 5 p.m. Eastern time slot in July 2011.

Beckel is a graduate school professor of politics at the George Washington University.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel

[Shankapotomus]

6. Beckel is the only one who appears

remotely like he's involved in politics. But he wasn't on tonight. It was the two "sports" guys and a couple of over preened ladies, one with way too much makeup and showing too much leg. Something looks totally off there. Idk, it's like they all have one foot in politics and the other in the bar scene. Strange.

[pinboy3niner]

4. How soon before it's known as 'The Jive'?