The workings of Geraldo Rivera’s mind remain incomprehensible to me, I mean here’s a guy who admits to being friends with one of the most disgusting slanderers of his own ethnic group, Donald Trump, while also admitting that he will not vote for that friend because his wife told him not to – as if that in someway exculpatory.
I mean just because you married someone with at least the sense that the creator gave to an single cell organism does not excuse you for the impulse you would would undoubtedly indulge if not for her influence.
Add to that failing the fact that, resulting I suppose from his early days as a beat reporting doing ride alongs with cops and listening to their macho bullshit war stories (which Geraldo is a sucker for), he has become a fervent back-the-blue shill, arguing in their defense even after the most egregious murders-by-cop.
He stated once that Trayvon Martin would not have been shot by his sorry-ass cop wannabe vigilante murderer if he were not wearing a hoodie.
And earlier this week he blamed Democrats’ electoral woes among rednecks on the fact that they stood in unison against the murderer of George Floyd.
Wow.
Doing the right thing really doesn’t count for much with you, does it Geraldo?
But, pugilist that he is, Rivera does wade into the snake pit of Faux News on a regular basis to deliver a rare moment or two of sanity occasionally, so I will give him props for that -though he is paid handsomely for it and probably has that bit written into his contract.
Yesterday morning, OTOH, unless the wife hijacked his Twitter account, Rivera indulged one of his better angels long enough to loose a nugget of truth…
Paul Pelosi got his skull fractured by a home-invading MAGA lunatic with a hammer. Trying to conjure an alternative history is Alex Jones-ian
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 1, 2022
And was promptly hammered for it by the nutty MAGA Right:
I don’t know of any MAGA Republicans who make hemp jewelry, are nudists, are gay prostitutes, are homeless, and are surrounded by BLM and Gay Pride flags. But I’m sure there a ton of them 😳
— David Sedmak (@CoachSed) November 1, 2022
Jeeze, Coach, almost all of that characterization is demonstrably false.
Bro, all you have to do is look into this guy‘s history you know he’s not a magna…
— We The People (@robertr76318146) November 1, 2022
Um, no, the exact opposite is true.
Wow. You’re completely gone.
— Patty Girl MAGA REPUBLICAN 🇺🇸☘️ (@PerspicaciousXY) November 2, 2022
Not completely MAGA Girl, never fear, he’ll say something stupid enough for you to agree with tomorrow.
Stop it Geraldo. Quit inciting and telling lies.
— DianeFitzGerald (@pdi18) November 1, 2022
No good deed goes unpunished.
Geraldo has really stepped in it this time, I fear his remaining digital life will be a playback of the brawl on the Jerry Springer Show set to loop.
But he has no one but himself to blame.
Looks to me like “Patty Girl MAGA Republican” might need to explain why “her” @ thingy is PerspicaciousXY since “XY” is the standard designation for a genetic MALE (not “girl” or female). You’d think a “MAGA Republican” would use the “proper” genetic identification of “XX.” (Unless “she” was concerned someone would think “she” is a mediocre porn performer.)
A broken clock is accurate twice a day. Geraldo is kinda like that – mostly bullshit but now and then accurate.
G. Rivera has now deleted this tweet. Looking like he’s thrown himself back with the GOP-Nazi deny-the-truthers. Zero courage to stand up to what he believes.
I’d go with blind pig finding an acorn. He’s more of a lying pig than a clock.
Geraldo is trying desperately to figure out his next post-Trump grift. MAGA is no longer profitable in any sense. That crowd has no money, is increasingly violent and are doing things that only the most fearful/hateful right-wingers would try to justify. Treat him like you would Ann Coulter at this point: a top-line conservative pundit attempting a viable rebrand.
Well I got off Geraldo right about when he opened someone’s tomb/vault/ whatever the hell he did. And through the trump idiot school he’s been pathetic. But over the last couple of joke feats he’s almost credibility. But I believe he still sweeps up after Fox News elephants so he can still stay there.