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Fugelsang slams Cheney: ‘You did nothing’ to prevent 9/11 attacks
Tuesday night on John Fugelsang’s “Viewpoint,” Fugelsang invited viewers to play along at home as he hosted a new game, “Are You Qualified to Criticize Obama on This?” Along with actor Frank Coniff, who played “TV’s Frank” on the show “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” Fugelsang lampooned former Vice President Dick…
Comedian rips Mark Sanford: South Carolina has bottomless supply of duplicitous teabags
Comedian and political commentator John Fugelsang viciously mocked Mark Sanford on Tuesday after the former Republican governor was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In a faux South Carolina Board of Tourism message, Fugelsang proclaimed “our bottomless supply of duplicitous double-talking political teabags” as the state’s top attraction. He…
Veteran Republican senator: Marriage equality ‘is the new conservative position’
Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD), a Vietnam veteran who served in Congress for more than two decades, said Tuesday on Current TV that the movement for marriage equality is much like the movement for racial equality, and confidently declared that the Republican Party is now in the process of making…
Feminist nun: Pope’s reprimand was blessing in disguise for U.S. nuns
Monday night on Current TV’s “Viewpoint,” host John Fugelsang welcomed Sister Simone Campbell, one of the “nuns on the bus,” who has spoken out on a number of issues, from women’s health to the perils of austerity budgets, often placing her at odds with Papal and Catholic Church doctrine. Outgoing…
Woman vet awarded Purple Heart: ‘My gender just never came up’ in combat
Thursday night on Current TV’s “Viewpoint,” host John Fugelsang was joined by Air National Guard search and rescue pilot Maj. M.J. Hegar, who was awarded a Purple Heart medal after being injured in the line of duty. Hegar is one of the plaintiffs in an ACLU lawsuit challenging the Department of…
Female Marine captain on combat roles: Major ‘discrepancy’ between reality and policy
On Current TV’s The War Room, Marine Capt. Zoe Bedell — who is part of a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU that aims to get the Pentagon to reverse course on the ban of women in combat — explains why she believes the rules should be changed. Guest host…
Fugelsang: Following Jesus and Ayn Rand like following Gargamel and the Smurfs
Current TV host John Fugelsang poked fun at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday for introducing an amendment to a flood insurance bill that would define life as beginning at the moment of conception. “You know I gotta say, it’s hard being both a Christian and being a fan of…
John Fugelsang to Mary Cheney: Did Mitt Romney send you a gay wedding present?
Monday, actor John Fugelsang stood in for former NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Spitzer’s Current TV program “Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer” and had a few things to say about LGBT marriage, Republicans in general and Mitt Romney in particular. Fugelsang began by congratulating Mary Cheney and her partner Heather…
John Fugelsang: Bisexuals overlooked in LGBT rights movement
Monday on Current TV, comedian and political commentator John Fugelsang said that bisexual individuals lagged behind gay and lesbians in regards to social acceptance. “Bisexuals face their own unique brand of prejudice and ostracization,” he explained. “All too often they are misunderstood and distrusted by both the straight and gay…
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