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The Mistress And The Vomit: Why Did Society Defend One Woman And Not Another?

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by Jon Bershad | 5:45 pm, May 19th, 2011

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Just last week, Glenn Beck joked about being physically ill after seeing Meghan McCain appear to be naked in a PSA. Instantly, the country erupted into outrage with even Beck’s friends distancing themselves from the comment. Yesterday, Beck repeated the same exact fake-vomit joke after looking at a picture of Mildred “Patty” Baena, the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s child born out of wedlock. Beck’s radio co-hosts warned him against going down that road as he started making comments but he did it anyway. And, then, a funny thing happened…no one said a thing.

There were no calls for Baena’s defense. No one was saying Beck should apologize. Not only were they not offended, they were joining him in his derision. All over TV, radio, and the Internet, people were deriding Schwarzenegger for having an affair with someone they thought was so unattractive. And this includes the people on supposedly serious news shows.

On Fox News, Martha MacCallum brought on Dr. Keith Ablow (he of Glenn Beck co-author fame) and dedicated a full segment to figuring out why Schwarzenegger would cheat with a woman like Baena. MacCallum quoted Paul Newman’s famous line, “Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?” But, whereas Newman was probably talking about all of his wife’s qualities, the Fox News segment seemed to be purely about looks. Arnold “could have any woman in the world!” MacCallum declared, saying she expected a “Cindy Crawford-type.”

Watch the segment below. The relevant section begins at the 2:30 point.

Obviously, as much as we try to deny it, physical appearance in incredibly important to our society. In fact, one of the biggest hits currently on television is a singing contest show that defines itself by promising to not judge the singers by their looks. Hell, they seem to think this is so unique that it deserves to be referenced in the title. And, in Fox News and MacCallum’s defense, one of the first things people think whenever they hear that a public figure or friend has left or cheated on a longtime partner with someone is “What does the paramour look like?”

However, it was striking just how much Baena was mocked and insulted these past few days. And it made me wonder why that was. People defended McCain even though she had the power (in the form of her own column) to defend herself. They defended her even though she has powerful parents able to defend her. All the while, a woman with no power receives no defense. Why did McCain get so much support and Baena received absolutely none.

Was it because people know and like McCain? Was it because she was so much younger than Beck or just young in general? Was it that she has admitted to having “fluctuating weight” and people hated seeing someone be mocked for something they’ve publicly struggled with? Was it because she actually is very pretty and everyone just disagreed with Beck?

All of these things probably contributed to the outpouring of support that McCain received. However, it seems to me that there’s another reason no one’s sticking up for Baena; people think she deserved it.

Mildred Baena broke the rules. She cheated on her husband and she slept with another woman’s man. Therefore there’s an enormous lack of sympathy for her in the public and reflected in the media. And it’s not just about her appearance, (although that was the easiest thing to latch onto, just look at the way The New York Daily News eagerly quotes the section of her MySpace where she describes herself as having a body with “some extra baggage”). Her whole identity is fair game. Read the fascinating and depressing story TMZ’s Harvey Levin tells where he accuses CNN of going back on their own standards of not releasing her name.

And, what’s interesting, is that everyone seems to have forgotten that Baena may very well be a victim here. While Dr. Ablow was explaining how Schwarzenegger’s impressive physique may have made him the “apple of [Baena's] eye,” people forget to point out that he was the employer. There’s a possible predatory nature to that with the chance that Schwarzenegger coerced Baena into a sexual relationship by taking advantage of his position of power. Obviously, we don’t know that this is how it went down, but we don’t know that it’s not. (Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher goes into this fully in his column here) Is there perhaps a gender component to this? When a wife cheats on the help, do people blame her or the poolboy?

Whatever the case, people seem to think, maybe just subconsciously, that Baena is merely getting what she had coming.

To bring things back to Beck, I’d like to remind people of his ongoing crusade against America’s involvement with the “Arab Spring” going on in the Middle East. One of the main points he continuously brings up (besides the Nazi comparison stuff) is Arab nations’ treatment of those whom they deem have done wrong. Repeatedly, he reminds viewers that these cultures stone women to death when they’re accused of adultery. How can we side with people, Beck asks, who are so cruel? So different?

At this point, no one has lobbed any rocks at Baena’s head that I know of, but doesn’t it seem clear that we in America have our own way of punishing women that have broken society’s rules?

Now, I’m not really writing this to judge anyone, more as just an analysis of a cultural thing I find interesting. It just seems weird to me that you can be condemned and ostracized for pretending to vomit at seeing one woman, but, if you do the same thing to another woman, you’ll just end up another voice in the mob.

Below is the video of Beck mocking McCain and below that him mocking Baena:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Glenn Beck, Keith Ablow, Martha MacCallum, Meghan McCain, Mildred Baena

Color Me Badd

Because one of them is a popular young beautiful woman, and the other is an older, unknown, Mexican woman. The end.
BFD: Widow Tormenter

The truth is the truth.

Baena looks like a cross between the Lion Lady and the Octomom, with Bristol Palin’s new chin.
TfT

How about an alternate headline and a revised story:

Why did the media support one politician and not the other?

Gosh, I remember how you guys jumped up and defended Slick Willy despite the intimidation aspect (Monica was an INTERN) and mocked Monica. But now…..kind of a different take on events.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

Martha Maccallum is so hot.
cjd ohio 1

Color Me Badd said:
Because one of them is a popular young beautiful woman, and the other is an older, unknown, Mexican woman. The end.

always the racist huh, i guess it fits you
Liberal Tormentor

I can only speak for myself, but I don’t feel the need to defend a woman who sleeps with a man she knows is married.
Liberal Tormentor

Another great observation TfT.
cjd ohio 1

Publius219 said:
Martha Maccallum is so hot.

kelly odonnell…..msnbc…..love redheads
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

cjd ohio 1 said:
kelly odonnell…..msnbc…..love redheads

Different levels. I tend to prefer Norah to Kelly. But Martha is the hottest on all of cable news. Maybe Robin Meade. Or Shannon Bream on some days.
Liberal Tormentor

Megyn Kelly beats them all.
cjd ohio 1

Publius219 said:
Different levels. I tend to prefer Norah to Kelly. But Martha is the hottest on all of cable news. Maybe Robin Meade. Or Shannon Bream on some days.

smart and pretty woman, we can agree on that, ok
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

Liberal Tormentor said:
Megyn Kelly beats them all.

She fails.
cjd ohio 1

Liberal Tormentor said:
Megyn Kelly beats them all.

she is hot too, but at 47 i try to stay close to my age, lol
TeaPartyPatriot

“And, then, a funny thing happened…no one said a thing.”

WHY ? The reasons:

1. The dim-witted, mentally impaired, drug addled lunatic-left d-crat socialists are SIMPLY SLOOOOOOW to understand things and many eventually realized that Beck was right from the beginning.
2. maniacal moonbeam meghan mccain is a 100% lunatic-left nut-job extremist, so ANY criticism of her is condemned by the rest of the lunatics and the “You Lie!” hussein apologists and shameless suck-ups, like bill “ted baxter” oreilly.
3. By commenting on the Arnie’s uggo, the lunatic-left believe that Beck is indirectly criticizing Arnie who, although a RINO TRAITOR SELF-SERVING INCOMPETENT JOKE OF A POLITICIAN is, nonetheless a “Republican” (in theory) so ANY criticism of him (direct or indirect) is A-OK.

When you understand the pathetic nature of the lunatic-left, figuring out these things is really easy.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

By the way, the glaring difference between Arnie’s gal and Meghan McCain is that one is the daughter of a US Senator, and one isn’t.
http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

TeaPartyPatriot said:
“And, then, a funny thing happened…no one said a thing.”

WHY ? The reasons:

1. The dim-witted, mentally impaired, drug addled lunatic-left d-crat socialists are SIMPLY SLOOOOOOW to understand things and many eventually realized that Beck was right from the beginning.
2. maniacal moonbeam meghan mccain is a 100% lunatic-left nut-job extremist, so ANY criticism of her is condemned by the rest of the lunatics and the “You Lie!” hussein apologists and shameless suck-ups, like bill “ted baxter” oreilly.
3. By commenting on the Arnie’s uggo, the lunatic-left believe that Beck is indirectly criticizing Arnie who, although a RINO TRAITOR SELF-SERVING INCOMPETENT JOKE OF A POLITICIAN is, nonetheless a “Republican” (in theory) so ANY criticism of him (direct or indirect) is A-OK.

When you understand the pathetic nature of the lunatic-left, figuring out these things is really easy.

I have yet to determine if this is a parody account or if you’re actually serious. If it’s the former, kudos. If not, you’re one of the stupidest people in the United States, so, kudos for that, I guess.
razor419

hey jon… you should go back and change the article. not EVERYONE disagreed with beck, as you indicated. as long as meghan mccain is exposing herself and pretending to be an important voice in politics, she is open to criticism. that fact that people give her a platform simply because of her father is disgusting and so is she. you claim she is very pretty… i claim she is pretty ugly.
Yoda002

Liberal Tormentor said:
I can only speak for myself, but I don’t feel the need to defend a woman who sleeps with a man she knows is married.

Always having to provide cover for the Republicans. The Republicans count on that mixed up logic everyday and thats why they use beauty to confuse the sheep.
Glackin

Maybe nobody cares what Beck does any more.
Liberal Tormentor

Yoda,
How did I provide cover for anyone? I slammed Arnold on another thread. I blame them both.
BatBoy

Color Me Badd said:
unknown, Mexican woman.

Nice try Badd…she is not Mexican.

Do you classify all people with Brown Skin Mexican? Kind of Racist if you ask me.
Color Me Badd

cjd ohio 1 said:
always the racist huh, i guess it fits you

I don’t think I am much of a racist but if you live in the united states in 2011 and are blind to the prejudices that are inherit in every human being, then you are either very young and ignorant of the way the way the world works or you are a gutter liar, I am willing to bet you are both.
Liberal Tormentor

Glackin, considering the liberal media has nothing to talk about aside from Beck and Palin, I would appear they care alot. Look how many Beck articles Mediaite does everyday. Your comment is a fail. Then again, you’re used to being wrong, aren’t you?
Thelonious Funk

I would only motorboat one of them. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised which one.
Color Me Badd

BatBoy said:
Nice try Badd…she is not Mexican.

Do you classify all people with Brown Skin Mexican? Kind of Racist if you ask me.

I didn’t read the article, I didn’t want to read about Megan McCain, she is a non story and unimportant. Actually this whole story is a waste of space and I feel kinda bad for Jon the dude that wrote this, that he was forced to commit so much energy to such an idiotic meaningless story. Or maybe it was his idea. I am fairly certain the collective IQ of the Mediate staff is around 100 or so, so what do you expect. They hired Frances Martel, a 23 year old “Libertarian”. Tee Hee.
cjd ohio 1

Color Me Badd said:
I don’t think I am much of a racist but if you live in the united states in 2011 and are blind to the prejudices that are inherit in every human being, then you are either very young and ignorant of the way the way the world works or you are a gutter liar, I am willing to bet you are both.

nope not blind, but you are the one that defined a person based on race, not me
BatBoy

Color Me Badd said:
BatBoy said:
Nice try Badd…she is not Mexican.
Do you classify all people with Brown Skin Mexican? Kind of Racist if you ask me.

I didn’t read the article,

cjd ohio 1 said:
always the racist huh, i guess it fits you

Please address this “RACIST” issue you seem to have…CJD Ohio sure noticed it…I picked it up right away.

I think you may need to be sent somewhere for a little RACE education especially the part about judging people by their skin color.
cjd ohio 1

Color Me Badd said:
Because one of them is a popular young beautiful woman, and the other is an older, unknown, Mexican woman. The end.

Color Me Badd said:
I don’t think I am much of a racist but if you live in the united states in 2011 and are blind to the prejudices that are inherit in every human being, then you are either very young and ignorant of the way the way the world works or you are a gutter liar, I am willing to bet you are both.

you look for race as the issue, like you do most of the time
timzank

Glackin said:
Maybe nobody cares what Beck does any more.

‘cept those 2 million viewers a day at 5:00…..
Azarkhan

“Why Did Society Defend One Woman And Not Another?”

Society? Only leftist clowns were defending McCain, and only because she is useful to them and they hate Beck.
timzank

Why Did Society Defend One Woman And Not Another?

That’s easy, Arnolds concubine was married and most people with a little moral fiber don’t rush to defend an adultress. Meggie Mac is just your average everyday garden variety big boobed spooge receptacle that slams real conservtives whenever she opens her bacteria laden mouth, she’s bound to get defended, hell praised!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

Are we not allowed to state the obvious anymore. My first thought when I saw her was, how could he cheat with that?? He could’ve ruined his marriage with some 19-year old hottie, but chose to wreck it with a granny. It’s bizarre. I don’t understand why we’re not allowed to say that.
Liberal Tormentor

Politcal correctness has taken over society Chris. It’s sad, but true.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

Liberal Tormentor said:
Politcal correctness has taken over society Chris. It’s sad, but true.

No doubt about that.
illusive man

cjd ohio 1 said:
you look for race as the issue, like you do most of the time

CMB has a long history of judging people after contradicting herself.
One time she called people who considered themselves Tea Partyiers as “Vile Vermin”.
Then later on the very same thread she gave me a written lecture about civility.

Either Color Me Badd suffers from severe short term memory loss.
Or she is literally insane.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

Tiger Woods also cheated on his wife with not one but dozens of women all of whom were uglier than his wife. Most were fairly young, but his wife was SMOKING hot!

I just don’t get it. It’s like these guys cheat just to cheat. It would never cross my mind to sleep with some ugly broad whether I was married or not. What’s the point of destroying your family over an ugly broad?

The cheater with the best taste would have to be Eliot Spitzer. He didn’t slum it with some maid. He paid top dollar for the finest meat NYC had to offer.
Patrick

This article is desperate for profundity when it can barely rise above obvious. You mean context plays a role in the way we react to people? Shocking! I don’t think this is really news to most people.
WCinWI

Publius219 said:
Martha Maccallum is so hot.

Good thing she’d never get with you.
WCinWI

Publius219 said:
By the way, the glaring difference between Arnie’s gal and Meghan McCain is that one is the daughter of a US Senator, and one isn’t.

Who cares? They are both people that no one cares about. I went to Columbia and I wrote a column about Glenn Beck making fun of me. Oooooooooooh. That’s some stellar journalism.

Daily Beast is a joke.
http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

I have to ask, is this Jon making an attempt at humor in this article, or is he really just insipid in his thoughts?

“Instantly, the country erupted into outrage . . . ”

Really, over Beck making a joke about Meghan McCain????? So now Mediaite represents the country’s thought process entire? This was a big deal here, and a sidebar mention at just about any other source, even those wanting to slam Beck.

Then Jon goes on to declare his discovery that physical appearance actually is important in our society. There’s some intuitive reasoning. He must still be able to see the boat on the horizon from which he just hoppped off onto our shores.
Skippy

Geeeeez….

It is called THINKING WITH YOUR DICK.

As shnold thought he could get away without being caught, so he banged the SERVANT while the queen was not looking.

It is a fine European tradition.
notsofast

All 3 are idiots: Arnold, McCain and Baena.
Color Me Badd

illusive man said:
CMB has a long history of judging people after contradicting herself.
One time she called people who considered themselves Tea Partyiers as “Vile Vermin”.
Then later on the very same thread she gave me a written lecture about civility.

Either Color Me Badd suffers from severe short term memory loss.
Or she is literally insane.

Short term memory loss, but thanks for being so obsessed with me, a lot of you are. It makes me feel all warm inside to know I get under your skin. Seriously you don’t know how happy it makes me.

Tee Hee!
Skippy

notsofast said:
All 3 are idiots: Arnold, McCain and Baena.

Yes. John McCain is a damned idiot.

How do you explain picking up Moose Boogers for running mate?

Because he was THINKING WITH HIS DICK!
Liberal Tormentor

You’re a legend in your own mind, Color me Ignorant.
notsofast

Skippy said:
Because he was THINKING WITH HIS DICK!

And you with your round mouth, son.

You got more chins than a chinese phone book.
cjd ohio 1

Color Me Badd said:
Short term memory loss, but thanks for being so obsessed with me, a lot of you are. It makes me feel all warm inside to know I get under your skin. Seriously you don’t know how happy it makes me. Tee Hee!

i love it when people in the own words admit they are haters
Skippy

notsofast said:
And you with your round mouth, son.

You got more Richards in your mouth than a NY phone book.

F I X E D
Nacho

It should be obvious, I have to imagine Jon wrote this piece just to expose the idiots that want to blame liberal bias.

Beck got heat for chastising McCain because she was doing a PSA for cancer awareness and most likely for free. She put herself out there for a good cause. It showed Beck for phony fake “charity, faith, hope” scumbag that he is.

If you think our American society really cares about how its wrong to ridicule people because of their looks, you’re delusional. If McCain was doing an add campaign for makeup or something, most would have said she was free game and that was just Beck being Beck.
Skippy

notsofast said:

By law, I cannot release “LOTSOFAT” real birth certificate.

He is still dumb and stupid and in the custody of California’s Animal services.

However, teams of researchers are still trying to figure out how he grew to be so stupid.
timzank

cjd ohio 1 said:
i love it when people in the own words admit they are haters

A pretty regular occurrence around here ain’t it? heh…it’s because lefty progs always argue with emotion not logic, they forget what rant about and contradict themselves 2 posts later…simply the product of undeveloped minds, libs are just like teenagers.
timzank

Oops! Just noticed we’re on page 3, time to steer Skippy and friends totally off the subject.

I hear Palin posted something on facebook!

5,4,3,2,1,,,,,
Skippy

timzank said:
A pretty regular occurrence around here ain’t it? heh…it’s because lefty progs always argue with emotion not logic, they forget what rant about and contradict themselves 2 posts later…simply the product of undeveloped minds, libs are just like teenagers.

Sure thing, Timmeh.

Earlier this week you were wishing for more DEAD AMERICANS due to a terrorist attack JUST to undermine President Obama’s performance.

Sure sounds reasonable, Timmeh!
winning

Well, it goes like this: A lot of people thought Beck was kind of weird with the gagging thing, but most of the (feigned) outrage came from the left. This is because McCain’s face time depends on her crapping on conservatives. Baena, on the other hand, is one of the little people. The left depend on having little people around for the purpose of speeches and so on, but it’s not as though they actually give a shit about anything beyond their own political agenda, which of course, is all about them having money and having power over others.
Gasket

Hey, Martha, this is where you do not understand men. You are a hottie yourself, but, even your hubby gets tired of shtuping you and he would be more than happy hitting a different ass if he could get away with it regardless whether that woman is more attractive than you or not.
ProObamaAgenda

Liberal Tormentor said:
Megyn Kelly beats them all.

Your Eyes May Shine,
Your Toof May Grit
But Thats Some Tail
That Your Dumb Ass Won’t Get
AikidoJoe

I’m sure it’s because we are all racist. I’m sure any minute now a certain author on this site will post an article about the United States of Amerika, and our horrible white devil xenophobic ways, stating how this women needs reparations from the government.
Tedderman

I’m pretty sure Meghyn McCain didn’t have sex with Arnold, at least I hope she didn’t….oh god, now I’m going to puke. Arnold and Meghyn, say it ain’t so.
ProObamaAgenda

razor419 said:
hey jon… you should go back and change the article. not EVERYONE disagreed with beck, as you indicated. as long as meghan mccain is exposing herself and pretending to be an important voice in politics, she is open to criticism. that fact that people give her a platform simply because of her father is disgusting and so is she. you claim she is very pretty… i claim she is pretty ugly.

i suppose you prefer the goofball dimwitted no booty having types like mama grizzly huh….you freaks are disgusting….thats why you idiots watch Fox news…its the only porn your pig looking wives let you watch….its pretty sick having the old goat coming home early and catching you propped up in front of the TV Box beating off to the news
Sam M.

timzank said:
Oops! Just noticed we’re on page 3, time to steer Skippy and friends totally off the subject.

I hear Palin posted something on facebook!

5,4,3,2,1,,,,,

Why don’t you run along a catch that and then you can do your “business” in private. You are the quintessential idiot.
timzank

Skippy said:
Sure thing, Timmeh. Earlier this week you were wishing for more DEAD AMERICANS due to a terrorist attack JUST to undermine President Obama’s performance. Sure sounds reasonable, Timmeh!

See?
timzank

Gasket said:
Hey, Martha, this is where you do not understand men. You are a hottie yourself, but, even your hubby gets tired of shtuping you and he would be more than happy hitting a different ass if he could get away with it regardless whether that woman is more attractive than you or not.

Glad to see you’re so well adjusted. See a doc, std’s can be killers.
Pablo

winning said:
Well, it goes like this: A lot of people thought Beck was kind of weird with the gagging thing, but most of the (feigned) outrage came from the left. This is because McCain’s face time depends on her crapping on conservatives. Baena, on the other hand, is one of the little people. The left depend on having little people around for the purpose of speeches and so on, but it’s not as though they actually give a shit about anything beyond their own political agenda, which of course, is all about them having money and having power over others.

Yup, there you have it. You just missed one element: It was Beck they were bashing and they LOVE bashing Beck.
Nacho

Pablo said:
Yup, there you have it. You just missed one element: It was Beck they were bashing and they LOVE bashing Beck.

Did you miss the part where half the story was about people not bashing Beck?
Pablo

Chris Jones said:
I just don’t get it. It’s like these guys cheat just to cheat. It would never cross my mind to sleep with some ugly broad whether I was married or not. What’s the point of destroying your family over an ugly broad?

It’s been said that some guys don’t necessarily want better, they just want different. Now it’s starting to look like Mildred was throwing herself at Ahnuld, and some guys just don’t walk away from easy booty.
Pablo

Nacho said:
Did you miss the part where half the story was about people not bashing Beck?

That doesn’t matter. That element doesn’t make the story, the total of them make the story. Mildred is no one’s faux-conservative darling.
winning

ProObamaAgenda said:
thats why you idiots watch Fox news…its the only porn your pig looking wives let you watch…

The face of progressivism people, isn’t it beautiful?

He doesn’t even know he’s one of the “little people”, just like that broad Arnold dinked, whom the well connected elitists and financiers who’re currently in power play like a little fiddle. :)
Pablo

Gasket said:
Hey, Martha, this is where you do not understand men. You are a hottie yourself, but, even your hubby gets tired of shtuping you and he would be more than happy hitting a different ass if he could get away with it regardless whether that woman is more attractive than you or not.

The novelty of a being with a hottie does wear off. If that’s what the basis of your relationship is, eventually you’re going to be eyeballing a newer model.
Nacho

Pablo said:
That doesn’t matter. That element doesn’t make the story, the total of them make the story. Mildred is no one’s faux-conservative darling.

Midred is an adulterer and Meghan was doing a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness about a preventable cancer.
Pablo

winning said:
The face of progressivism people, isn’t it beautiful?

He doesn’t even know he’s one of the “little people”, just like that broad Arnold dinked, whom the well connected elitists and financiers who’re currently in power play like a little fiddle. :)

Wait a minute here. Mildred worked for a living. POS…er, POA is a moocher. Which makes him royalty in his demented little world.
Pablo

Nacho said:
Midred is an adulterer and Meghan was doing a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness about a preventable cancer.

And we only have pictures of Mildred with her clothes on.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

winning said:
Well, it goes like this: A lot of people thought Beck was kind of weird with the gagging thing, but most of the (feigned) outrage came from the left. This is because McCain’s face time depends on her crapping on conservatives. Baena, on the other hand, is one of the little people. The left depend on having little people around for the purpose of speeches and so on, but it’s not as though they actually give a shit about anything beyond their own political agenda, which of course, is all about them having money and having power over others.

YOU got it. The libs always feign outrage at what Beck says. They just thought they could cause trouble between republicans by defending the loony McCain girl.
Nacho

Pablo said:
And we only have pictures of Mildred with her clothes on.

Wow, Like I said, Jon wrote this article just to out people like you.
winning

Nacho said:
Midred is an adulterer ..

Seriously man, when was the last time a lefty gave a shit about that? For Chrissake, the Hollywood “elite” leftists favorite game is musical spouses, and when the useful idiots aren’t here typing what their Inbox that morning tells them to, they’re watching the E! network to keep up on who’s dinking who.
Paul G

winning said:
Well, it goes like this: A lot of people thought Beck was kind of weird with the gagging thing, but most of the (feigned) outrage came from the left. This is because McCain’s face time depends on her crapping on conservatives. Baena, on the other hand, is one of the little people. The left depend on having little people around for the purpose of speeches and so on, but it’s not as though they actually give a shit about anything beyond their own political agenda, which of course, is all about them having money and having power over others.

Yep…and the winner in the LSM will be… the 1st one to announce she’s suddenly gay.
Nacho

winning said:
Seriously man, when was the last time a lefty gave a shit about that? For Chrissake, the Hollywood “elite” leftists favorite game is musical spouses, and when the useful idiots aren’t here typing what their Inbox that morning tells them to, they’re watching the E! network to keep up on who’s dinking who.

Why did you choose to ignore my other point?
Pablo

Nacho said:
Wow, Like I said, Jon wrote this article just to out people like you.

It’s people like us, Nacho. People who point out differences. Jon sure got us, huh?
Nacho

Here you go, show me that Meghan McCain got paid a quarter million dollars to do the commercial and campaign to raise awareness of skin cancer and I will say you guys are totally right and confess Beck was justified in mocking her charitable service.
Nacho

Pablo said:
It’s people like us, Nacho. People who point out differences. Jon sure got us, huh?

You don’t point out differences, you make them up.
winning

Nacho said:
Why did you choose to ignore my other point?

Because when you pretend that something that has never been important to you suddenly is, it sorta makes you a douchebag not to be taken seriously. Frankly, I don’t remember what your other point was, I probably didn’t even read that far, and I don’t care, because you’re a dishonest o-ring.
Nacho

winning said:
Because when you pretend that something that has never been important to you suddenly is, it sorta makes you a douchebag not to be taken seriously. Frankly, I don’t remember what your other point was, I probably didn’t even read that far, and I don’t care, because you’re a dishonest o-ring.

Nacho said:
Midred is an adulterer and Meghan was doing a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness about a preventable cancer.

Yeah, It consisted of one sentence.

You are right though, I don’t care about adultery and I don’t even care if Glenn Beck makes fun of somebody’s looks.

What I care about is when a person puts themselves out there, like Meghan McCain did, in a selfless effort to raise awareness about an easily preventable cancer. It’s not who Beck picked on, it was the opportunity that he chose to do it that civilized society is against.
WCinWI

Skippy said:
Yes. John McCain is a damned idiot.

How do you explain picking up Moose Boogers for running mate?

Because he was THINKING WITH HIS DICK!

So then you would agree that tonight’s McCain assessment that Obama gave a pitiful speech about the Arab Spring/Egypt/Israel today was correct? AWESOME!!!!!!!
winning

Nacho said:
You are right though, I don’t care about adultery

Then what was the point of bringing it up as an illustration of why you differentiate the two? I guess what you’re saying is that a “celebrity” taking it off for a good cause is worth more as a human being than one of the “little people”.
Nacho

winning said:
Then what was the point of bringing it up as an illustration of why you differentiate the two? I guess what you’re saying is that a “celebrity” taking it off for a good cause is worth more as a human being than one of the “little people”.

Did you miss the part where I said it wasn’t who, it was about why.

I’m not against your class war argument, it’s just not the reality in this case.
WCinWI

Nacho said:
Wow, Like I said, Jon wrote this article just to out people like you.

Like he totally like wrote it like for me like too. Meghan McCain is known as the “valley girl” of the Republican Party. We don’t accept her. We don’t like her. She doesn’t give conservative women or women in general, a good name. She’d do better to find an actual career instead of writing for a low-life rag such as Daily Beast.
WCinWI

Nacho said:
Here you go, show me that Meghan McCain got paid a quarter million dollars to do the commercial and campaign to raise awareness of skin cancer and I will say you guys are totally right and confess Beck was justified in mocking her charitable service.

He didn’t mock her charitable service. There’s the difference.
winning

Nacho said:
Did you miss the part where I said it wasn’t who, it was about why.

No, I didn’t:

winning said:
.. what you’re saying is that a “celebrity” taking it off for a good cause is worth more as a human being than one of the “little people”.

Because if you think Beck was mocking McCain simply for doing a spot for a good cause, you’re just plain stupid.
Nacho

WCinWI said:
He didn’t mock her charitable service. There’s the difference.

Yeah, like, that is exactly what he did.

It’s OK, I didn’t expect that you to comprehend it. I still had faith in Pablo and I don’t know winning is.
Nacho

WCinWI said:
He didn’t mock her charitable service. There’s the difference.

Let me clarify, he didn’t mock her service, he used her service as a cheap shot to mock her. That should be off limits.
WCinWI

Nacho said:
Let me clarify, he didn’t mock her service, he used her service as a cheap shot to mock her. That should be off limits.

Nope. What winning said above. What Beck does and says goes right over your head. Like Rush. And that’s beautiful. :)
WCinWI

winning said:
No, I didn’t:

Because if you think Beck was mocking McCain simply for doing a spot for a good cause, you’re just plain stupid.

If Nacho can’t see the absurdity of someone that attended Columbia and writing an article about how someone made fun of her, well then, the nation is doooooooooooooooomed.
Nacho

winning said:
Because if you think Beck was mocking McCain simply for doing a spot for a good cause, you’re just plain stupid.

I don’t care if Beck mocks anybody, that’s what the shock jock does. The point is when the opportunity that he chose to do it.
WCinWI

Nacho said:
I don’t care if Beck mocks anybody, that’s what the shock jock does. The point is when the opportunity that he chose to do it.

Dude – Beck like mocks Meghan, like all conservatives like do, ALL the time. It’s not like my fault that like you don’t like listen to the like the dude. Whenever like a story comes like out featuring like Meghan McCain like go to like HotAir and you will like see like how much R’s can’t like stand her. It like can get like ugly, not quite like the like Left with like Palin, but NO ONE like takes her like seriously like for sure.
WCinWI

Nacho said:
I don’t care if Beck mocks anybody, that’s what the shock jock does. The point is when the opportunity that he chose to do it.

Meghan = the Republican’s Kathy Griffin. Straight up D-List.

Like Holla!
Nacho

Like, you haters gonna like hate, i like, get it.

McDS, you fvcking loser. ;)
WCinWI

It’s like totally like cool to like type swear like words misspelled. Totally like cool. For sure.
MTinMO

One would have to be listening to or watching Beck to know he made any comments unless it is after the fact and it hits the news. Haven’t seen anything about him making comments about the housekeeper until this article. But I would imagine that the facts of the situation makes a huge difference to most. Meghan McCain was doing a commercial about skin cancer- something she knows about because of her father. She is a young woman that wasn’t sleeping with another woman’s husband. The other woman was. Frankly, I can’t imagine that Arnold forced her into a relationship so she more than likely was in a position to say no. She didn’t. No question Arnold is a dog- screwing around on his wife and then keeping his mistress working in his home where his wife and children live. But the housekeeper is a dog too because there is no question she knew he was married too and did it anyway
Nacho

WCinWI said:
Nope. What winning said above. What Beck does and says goes right over your head. Like Rush. And that’s beautiful. :)

Not beautiful, you are so desensitized from hearing their hateful rhetoric day after day that you have lost touch with common decency that a civil society agrees to abide to.
WCinWI

Nacho said:
Not beautiful, you are so desensitized from hearing their hateful rhetoric day after day that you have lost touch with common decency that a civil society agrees to abide to.

Your premise is flawed. That would require me listening to them day after day. False narrative. Nice try, but fail.
Michael_T

Martha! Martha! Martha!

What were you thinking.

I am sure you have already received some feedback from close friends that you were clearly over the line … not to mention some of the email you must have received.

It makes you look superficial, which I know is not the case.

At least I didn’t think so.
writer

We should never argue against female nudity.
Pablo

Nacho said:
You don’t point out differences, you make them up.

So you have

Nacho said:
Let me clarify, he didn’t mock her service, he used her service as a cheap shot to mock her. That should be off limits.

No, he used her nakedness. Luscious, I believe he called her, before she took ill.
Skippy

writer said:
We should never argue against female nudity.

mAnn Coulter would like to talk to you, whiter.
writer

Bovine, glad we caught you in a good mood.
Skippy

writer said:
We should never argue against female nudity.

There are YOU TUBE vids with the trio of clowns in the morning showing their panties.
writer

Skippy, if you’re against female nudity, it’s like they said on Seinfeld. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Skippy

writer said:
Skippy, if you’re against female nudity, it’s like they said on Seinfeld. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Why does it have to be limited to FEMALE nudity?

Picture the Baboon Beck and Billdo doing a segment.
writer

Whatever turns you on. Live like you want to live.
Skippy

writer said:
Whatever turns you on. Live like you want to live.

So you approve of loofahs, falafels, and intravenous delivery of alcohol.

That will be $$$ mill and your credibility every time you want to preach against NUDITY.
writer

You were the one who mentioned seeing O’Reilly naked. I’d rather not.
Skippy

writer said:
You were the one who mentioned seeing O’Reilly naked. I’d rather not.

As always, I have to lead you clowns by your bib.

Would you, whiter, want to see Baena or Shriver naked? Michelle Maglalang? Laura Ingraham?

Not me. Thank you very much.

But the trio of clowns in the morning deliver plenty of Miss America’s, oh wait, she aint, panty shots in the morning.

Why ain’t you demanding Gretchen Carlson to do her segments in a bikini?
Skippy

writer said:
Whatever turns you on. Live like you want to live.

Off topic but I am asking because I cannot believe it.

The toilet in WI said you two are an item?

For real?
writer

A comment that I like female nudity leads to an angry rant. Have you considered anger management classes?
Skippy

writer said:
We should never argue against female nudity.

Again.

Why do you limit yourself to FEMALE nudity?

Picture the Baboon Beck, Billdo and KKlownnity delivering their opinion shows in bikinis.
writer

Skippy, I’ve said if you want to see men naked too, I’m not condemning your lifestyle.
Skippy

writer said:
Skippy, I’ve said if you want to see men naked too, I’m not condemning your lifestyle.

No.

It is obvious you have a problem with the beauty of old naked men. Why would you argue against MALE nudity?
NAKED OLD MEN?
writer

Where did I argue against it? I’ve said repeatedly, look at all the naked men you want, Skippy. I don’t care.
Skippy

writer said:
Where did I argue against it? I’ve said repeatedly, look at all the naked men you want, Skippy. I don’t care.

Think about it for a second.

Billdo, the Baboon Beck and KKKlownnity, naked, posing for a promo.

You are not going to tell me that image doesn’t reflect the trio of pontificating loud mouths from Fox.
writer

Somehow saying I like female nudity becomes a diatribe against Fox. And if I’d said the earth orbits the sun, you’d have found something wrong with that, just because I said it. This is getting boring.
Skippy

writer said:
Somehow saying I like female nudity becomes a diatribe against Fox. And if I’d said the earth orbits the sun, you’d have found something wrong with that, just because I said it. This is getting boring.

OK.

The toilet in WI said you are his boyfriend.

Is it true?
bravegirl01

Someone may have already mentioned this, but for me, the picture of Ms. Baena (from her MySpace page?), where she appears to be standing, one hand on hip and chest out-thrust (which looks as if she’s sending a message, to say the least) helped me buy the “she pursued him” narrative. You are exactly correct that we don’t know the story, and we might never (unless she needs the money), so we don’t know how coercive or consentual the relationship was. But consentual or not, he signed her paychecks and all else aside, for that reason alone should have steered clear of her.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

some people cheat, no one is perfect, but i think most (?) people draw a line when it comes to the *other woman* continuing to work in your home for more than a decade. dude, that’s just wrong.

TC made some points about employer/employee, but she was walking around with DNA proof Arnie cheated – she had the tools needed to confront Maria if she were being taken advantage of by Arnold… She didn’t have to continue working in their HOME for years and years. that is just cruel to Maria.

i didn’t hear about this barfing segment, and defended Megyn the last time, but I won’t be running to defend this woman any time soon. (and I didn’t listen to it this time, but it is rather juvenile)

As for your overall question why Megyn and not this woman? Seems kind of obvious – the MSM hates Beck. And Megyn is all the things you said above.

This woman cheated on *Maria Shriver*, so apparently even Beck hatred has limits.
Zermatt2

Well, I’ll criticze beck for his comments and vomiting over Ms. Baena. Why does he feel the need to vomit over how someone looks? Hell, beck looks like a nazi to me.

Having said that, I think that both Arnold and Ms. Baena are to blame. I find it disgusting and, frankly, very sad that he had an affair in his house with Ms. Baena, and she was pregnant at the same time Maria Shriver was, in the same house at the same time.

I blame Ms. Baena as well since she was married at the time. But I would have blamed her before I saw her picture. It doesn’t matter what she looks like; beck is a puke.

I will suggest another reason, though, why there was more outrage over beck’s faked vomiting over Meghan McCain. beck not only mocked her looks and weight; he did so in spite of the fact that she was in that public service announcement for skin cancer. Both of Meghan’s parents had bouts with this disease.

I will suggest one more reason. beck did it once; he got a lot of attention for himself. He’s done it a second time, and maybe, just maybe, people don’t want to give this jerkoff any more attention. I see that his ratings are at an all time low. Apparently, his viewership this past Tuesday was the lowest of any Fox programs of this nature. It was down to something in the 400,000+ range. He used to have close to 3 million viewers.

The guy is tanking, and people are sick of him.
damselfish

Glen Beck doesn’t deserve any airtime. He needs to crawl back under the rock he came out of.

First off, who pushed Arnold into a corner that he had to confess to the public.?
Where did the leak come from? No media seems to come up with that answer?

Second- Just because you are not a beauty queen or have access to people making you look like one doesn’t make you not be a beautiful person. What attracts people to people many times is personality, not physical attributes.

The child is being endangered by this media attention. Not just Maria’s children but Mildred’s child.
Perhaps even if Arnold was wrong, he took care of his son, and maybe he didn’t want to abandon his love child.
Maybe the love for all his children made him do what he did to keep the Mother around.
Mrs. Baena could have exposed him years ago and gotten rich off of it. She did not. That speaks volumes that the woman has CLASS. Sure she made a mistake but who hasn’t?
Maybe Arnold and Maria had a very rocky marriage. Who knows what secrets people keep?
This entire situation is sad. Sad for all. Things like this happen to normal people who are not in the limelight.

Glen Beck, you make me want to vomit.
Phocus2

The left protects their own…like the plus-sized M. McCain. If this broad’s last name was Smith we wouldn’t even know who she was. She is talentless…outside of the club and away from her pole.
JazzDrummer7

Pure and simple…Glen Beck is a piece of crap that has spread nothing but lies, hate and fear. Why anybody listens to this guy is way beyond me.
Scrapette Jones

This is nothing compared to the story you are ignoring, which is why is no one questioning whether Maria knew about this kid the entire time since he is apparently an Ahnold mini-me and she saw that child countless times over the last 13 years. I would have demanded the kid be DNA-tested the moment I saw him. There is a huge hipocritical story here if y’all would quit ignoring it….
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Zermatt2 said:
Well, I’ll criticze beck for his comments and vomiting over Ms. Baena. Why does he feel the need to vomit over how someone looks? Hell, beck looks like a nazi to me. Having said that, I think that both Arnold and Ms. Baena are to blame. I find it disgusting and, frankly, very sad that he had an affair in his house with Ms. Baena, and she was pregnant at the same time Maria Shriver was, in the same house at the same time. I blame Ms. Baena as well since she was married at the time. But I would have blamed her before I saw her picture. It doesn’t matter what she looks like; beck is a puke. I will suggest another reason, though, why there was more outrage over beck’s faked vomiting over Meghan McCain. beck not only mocked her looks and weight; he did so in spite of the fact that she was in that public service announcement for skin cancer. Both of Meghan’s parents had bouts with this disease. I will suggest one more reason. beck did it once; he got a lot of attention for himself. He’s done it a second time, and maybe, just maybe, people don’t want to give this jerkoff any more attention. I see that his ratings are at an all time low. Apparently, his viewership this past Tuesday was the lowest of any Fox programs of this nature. It was down to something in the 400,000+ range. He used to have close to 3 million viewers. The guy is tanking, and people are sick of him.

You don’t read much do you? You should read past misleading headlines and you would find that Beck’s ratings are not at a all time low. Three million viewers were at a high point but was mostly around two million and he still is. The 400,000 was in the demographic group that this site likes to toss around and it is meaningless. That night he had almost two million overall viewers and both figures were better than all his competition. Go back and read the whole story and look at ALL the ratings. Mediaite likes to mislead you ignorant libs into thinking Beck is trailing the losers at CNN and MSNBC. He never loses to them on his worst night. LOL. No go back to smoking those funny cigs.
jackster12

I’m going to say… I despise Glen Beck and he’s immature… and I’m going to also say, it’s silly to pretend Meghan McCain isn’t better looking than Arnold’s mistress, which may indeed have had something to do with all the commentary… but c’mon here. Could it also be that people didn’t jump to the defense of the mistress because… she’s a mistress? Someone mentions that physically unattractive people can be beautiful inside. Sure, fine. But this is a woman who slept with a married man, knowing it was a married man. No less, her boss. And possibly in the home he shares with his wife. And then lied about it to her for a decade. Why should we defend her any more than we should defend him?
Davidod

“There’s a possible predatory nature to that with the chance that Schwarzenegger coerced Baena into a sexual relationship by taking advantage of his position of power. Obviously, we don’t know that this is how it went down, but we don’t know that it’s not.”

Absolute poppycock. There’s no “possible” predatory nature here: this one is predatory “on it’s face value, alone” (what lawyers call ‘prima facie’); it IS sexual harassment, and it doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not: it’s an abuse of power.

Whenever there exists such a vast difference in power (employer/employee, officer/enlisted, priest/choir boy, minor/adult, etc) between the parties, there is NO capability for the target of the attention to give consent, because the decision is ALWAYS made under duress, with some compulsion or coercion. Only a fool diddles with the staff (or allows the staff to diddle with their staff).

I suspect Arnold is going to learn about sexual harassment law the hard way (or more accurately, the expensive $$$ way). I understand Arnold had Baena sign a non-disclosure agreement to keep his dirty little secret, but once again, he cannot enter an agreement with an employee without it being challenged on similar grounds. The fact this guy was the governor (and hence had influence on 1,000s of State employees) only makes matters worse.