{"id":132,"date":"2006-06-23T21:37:34","date_gmt":"2006-06-24T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/23\/fox-news-fan-mail\/"},"modified":"2006-06-23T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2006-06-24T03:43:08","slug":"fox-news-fan-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/23\/fox-news-fan-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Fan Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got this email from someone who heard my two cents (actually, more like a half cent) on Fox News tonight.<\/p>\n<p>I bet this guy is out at a bookstore right now trying to buy up all the copies of my books that he can find.\u00a0 **********<\/p>\n<p><em>You are the one with attention deficit disorder.\u00a0 One look at you\u00a0<br \/>\ntells me all I need to know about you.\u00a0 I am so tired of liberals\u00a0<br \/>\nthat think they are so brilliant.\u00a0 You are such a stupid jackass.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nYou are so stupid you probably believe that the Bush administration\u00a0<br \/>\norchestrated the attacks on 9\/11.\u00a0 Every time you go on the internet,\u00a0<br \/>\nevery time you make a bank transaction, or pay a bill, every time you\u00a0<br \/>\ntry to email a congressman or senator they\u00a0 are getting so much\u00a0<br \/>\ninformation off of you. Of course it is all a conspiracy by the Bush\u00a0<br \/>\nadministration. I have screwed around by so many arrogant liberals\u00a0<br \/>\nlike you. If an arrogant\u00a0 moron like you even came close to me at\u00a0<br \/>\nthis point I would put you in the hospital.\u00a0 I think every know\u00a0<br \/>\nnothing lying jackass like you should be rounded up and gassed with\u00a0<br \/>\nthe iraqi poison gas that does not exist according to you.\u00a0 The\u00a0<br \/>\nreason this country is so screwed up is because of arrogant liberal\u00a0<br \/>\nbastards like you who think they are just so much smarter than anyone\u00a0<br \/>\nelse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That was his first email.\u00a0 Eight minutes later,\u00a0after he had pondered deeply\u00a0on my brief comments on the show,\u00a0he sent the following:<\/p>\n<p><em>Your whole pathetic agenda is to attack the president.\u00a0 You call\u00a0<br \/>\nvoters ignorant.\u00a0 Guess what the average voter is way smarter than\u00a0<br \/>\nyou idiot.\u00a0 We almost lost the country in the 60&#8217;s when there were a\u00a0<br \/>\nwhole lot of drugged out\u00a0 jerks like you running around who thought\u00a0<br \/>\nthey were incredibly brilliant.\u00a0 Anyone who walks around and has the\u00a0<br \/>\narrogance to think that everyone is less intelligent than them is a\u00a0<br \/>\nperson with real mental problems.\u00a0 I think it is time for you to\u00a0<br \/>\ncommit yourself you need serious help.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got this email from someone who heard my two cents (actually, more like a half cent) on Fox News tonight. 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