David Theiss

The word patriot gets thrown around a lot on both sides with little regard for what the word actually means. It gets thrown around even more on Fox News when it’s most often used to describe anyone who agrees with the likes of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, and Laura Ingraham. But leave it to Fox Report host Shepard Smith to drop some real knowledge.  In the midst of a pretty tame debate on torture and the United States’ use thereof, Shep gets fed up and lays down the law. Fox would never let this on air of course – aside from the blatant profanity, it does constitute a pretty strong liberal point of view, which we know is strictly off limits.  This did appear however on some kind of internet post-show debate.

Being a liberal myself, I am admittedly – no pun intended – a little wishy-washy on this whole water-boarding debate. I’m not entirely convinced it fits the definition of “torture.” But that’s a debate for another day. In the meantime check this out – the second video is the one in question – and it’s pure gold. I really admire Shep for speaking his mind amidst an entire network, and presumably audience, who strongly disagrees with him.

Patriot.