Michael Hastings' widow to Geraldo: You are a sick bastard

[Enrique]

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Geraldo hasn't forgiven Hastings, even in death, for reporting on his beloved General.




Edit with information about the Andi foundation.

Named after Hastings' first wife, who died in Iraq.

http://www.theandifoundation.org/


The Andi Foundation

The Andi Foundation's mission is to help young women fulfill their education and career dreams. The fund provides financial assistance for college scholarships and access to internship opportunities in the fields of politics and media.




Andi’s Story

She Believed She Could, So She Did.

Andrea, "Andi," Parhamovich was killed on January 17th, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq by a group of terrorists on her return from a political party training session. Born in the small town of Perry, OH on June, 16th, 1978, Andi came into this world wanting to make a positive difference through every experience that life had to offer. After graduating from Marietta College, Andi quickly satiated her affection for self-discovery and the unknown by moving to Boston, MA. She began her career in political communications with the Massachusetts Governor's office and Department of Economic Development.

After leaving Boston in 2003, Andi moved to New York City and worked in the corporate communications office at Miramax Films and later at Air America Radio. Yet Andi's fierce spirit and determination to make a difference in this world were made most apparent when she moved to Baghdad in August of 2006. Andi did not support the Iraq war; but believed strongly in promoting democracy and being a part of history in a positive way. She accepted a job with the International Republican Institute in Iraq before joining the National Democratic Institute in late 2006.

Andi wanted to use her education and skills as a communications specialist to help Iraqi political party leaders and parliamentarians develop strategies to rea ch out to voters and constituents. Andi's work helped to build the kind of national level political institutions that can help bridge the sectarian divide and improve Iraqi lives.

[Orsino]

1. Probably just another weak, corrupt one...

...who sold his soul for easy money.

[warrprayer]

2. Geraldo has nothing to worry about

they only murder real journalists.

[zappaman]

4. Well played!

[Rex]

11. True!

Very good point. Ya all Geraldo knows how to do is get hit in the nose and give away military coordinates to the enemy. He is like a vampire journalist.

[red dog 1]

17. I was taping that show where the white supremicist threw the chair at him

and hit him in his big nose.

I must have watched & re-watched that segment 100 times.



"

[MADem]

20. Now he has the smaller nose...and don't ever kiss his forehead, because you'll be kissing his ass.

The plastic surgeon took fat out of his ass and put it in his forehead (to say nothing of other parts of his face) to smooth out his wrinkles.

No, I am not making this up...!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/211526/CHEEK-TO-CHEEK-FAT-TRANSFER-FLESHES-OUT-GERALDOS-LINES.html?pg=all

[mountain grammy]

39. wondering what to do with my excess ass fat... will send it to Geraldo.

[MADem]

55. Ha ha ha!! He's so vain, he probably kisses himself in the mirror every morning...

So he'd be kissing YOUR ass!!

[Rex]

33. I did the exact same thing.

VHS. Rewind, play, rewind play. At least it was entertaining, unlike his safe cracking special that promised to have Jimmy Hoffa's skeletal remains in it! NOW THAT was a real snooze fest. I expected a troll or leprechaun to come flying out at Geraldo's face.

Maybe make it a CNN exclusive. 20,000 leagues under the sea?

[red dog 1]

45. Did you notice in re-playing the tape which skin-head threw the chair?

I was able to determine which white supremacist skin-head actually threw the chair.
It was a big guy wearing a black & white checkered shirt; and he is also seen getting on the bus they had parked out back.
After the segment, they went to commercial, and all the white supremacists from the audience & the 2 who were on the stage got the hell out of there fast & the camera shows them all getting on the bus that they all came in, remember?

[Rex]

46. No.

That was a long time ago. I wish I still had the VHS tape, it also had some crazy stuff from when Morton Downey Jr. had a talk show.

[jakeXT]

50. He also had the LBJ mistress on

[truebluegreen]

27. DUzy!

[Harmony Blue]

32. Seconded

[laserhaas]

53. Sad but true - RIP Phil Marshall and Michael Hasting's -

People who go away via skullduggery;
but are Never Forgotten!

[geek tragedy]

3. Geraldo was once banned from war coverage for giving away troop movements

on live TV.

But it was Hastings who hated America or something.

Geraldo's gone downhill since his talk show.

[elehhhhna]

7. Ha! He should shut up until he finds Al Capone's gold

My hub's great aunt KNEW Al Capone and when I asked her if she thought Jerry Rivera would fins any money she laughed and said, in he Irish brogue "Oh, no! The boys didn't ever lose track of their money!"

[Enrique]

13. he's tired of hearing about that

too bad Geraldo!

[MNBrewer]

14. Fool me once, Geraldo...

[hatrack]

36. It's called a "definiing moment", Geraldo: Stossell and the pro wrestler, Rove & Ohio 2012 . . .

. . . and you and Al Capone's vault. Doesn't matter if it was 27 years or 27 minutes, it's what you'll be remembered for (assuming you're remembered).

Deal with it.

[Dash87]

44. Is that real? If so, that's hilarious.

Go brown nose O'Reilly some more Geraldo, you pandering, craven hack.

[riverbendviewgal]

18. I will always remember that.

I watched it live....what an asshole.

[karynnj]

38. Not as bad, but indicative of his ego - was he then claimed he had more time

in combat than Senator Kerry did.

[lpbk2713]

5. She's pointing out the obvious.

He works for Faux. Therefore it goes without saying that he is a sick bastard.

[napoleon_in_rags]

6. The conduct of some media figures has blown my mind recently.

You see some of these guys sniffing the wind, trying to figure out who's rear to kiss. They're doing it with millions watching. Its really unimpressive.

[WillyT]

8. HUGE K & R !!!

[CobaltBlue]

9. Not since Michael J. Fox played Alex Keaton

Geraldo Rivera hasn't done any investigative journalism since the 1980s.

[Demoiselle]

10. Geraldo's post doesn't make any sense.

Silly bastard.

[MADem]

21. He made another nasty post that said that Hastings was responsible for "ruining" the career of one

of America's best generals, or words to that effect.

Never mind that McChrystal--and his dumbass staff--did all the "ruining" all by themselves.

[MsPithy]

12. I think Ms Jordan was being kind.

Geraldo is a sick, bellicose, (not in a good way) stupid, fucking bastard.

[UTUSN]

15. R#24 & K for, yes he IS (a sick bastard), who wants to run as a Rethug for senator n/t

[MADem]

22. Well, Hastings' widow is a Republican, and she's connected up to the highest reaches of the RNC/GOP

power structure. Geraldo would be smart to not piss her off.

[reusrename]

34. Did she work for the Mitt?

Just curious.

[truebluegreen]

29. I think he's already bailed on the Senatorial run

Didn't much care for what his exploratory effort discovered. Too bad, so sad!

[red dog 1]

16. K & R

Fuck Geraldo Rivera!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023050411/

[MADem]

19. Geraldo had better watch himself. Elise is a Republican--she used to work for Condi Rice when

Condi was SoS, and before that she worked in the WH for Bush. She is wired into the whole GOP establishment, still friends with the Karen Hughes-Ari Fleischer-Dan Senor crowd.

She could do 'Jerry Rivers' some serious harm if she wanted to so do.

[MADem]

28. Hastings' widow is not a "thug repug." She's a speechwriter and a policy developer.

Are you certain you haven't taken a wrong turn? Perhaps you want to take your own intemperate advice.

[ReRe]

23. Geraldo probably got a .....

..... big fat bonus for saying that to her. I would bet money on it. Wonder what Geraldo's wife/SO thinks of him for saying that to her? Saying that was tantamount to "kicking a widow." I'm an old folgy, I guess, but what the fuck does his comment even mean? I can at least tell that it's not a nice thing to say to a widow.

[Mosaic]

25. Stupid post

He said nothing offensive. Grow up dweebs.

[blogslut]

26. Well, aren't you adorable!

[Enrique]

31. Geraldo we know that's you

but you can atone by donating to the Andi foundation.

[reusrename]

35. He's an asshole.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023052059

[frylock]

49. piss off

[JHB]

30. Who cares what TeeVee's Geraldo pictures?

The last time Geraldo was a journalist, Czechoslovakia existed outside the minds of other FOX personalities.

[nxylas]

54. Which is when his Twitter avatar pic was taken

At least that's how it looks to me.

[JHB]

58. Probably not coincidentally...

Hastings was 33 when he died. Geraldo was 33 in 1976, which is pretty much his heyday as an actual reporter, and even then for Rivera it was from the cushier precincts of New York City television news.

Not that they were all that similar at the that age. Entry into the profession was a bit easier for Geraldo, a young lawyer recruited by a local station because he looked good and spoke well on camera.

[Major Hogwash]

37. Righteous

[DallasNE]

40. "You Are A Sick Bastard"

Applies carte blanche to the entire Fox News staff, with the exception of Wallace.

[geek tragedy]

41. and Shep Smith nt

[Cleita]

42. Geraldo is another one of those public personas, like Sarah Palin, who are

totally irrelevant and should really be retired to the dusty shelves of history, yet they keep coming back like zombies.

[MADem]

43. Andi was not his first wife. They were engaged, she was killed.

She was in the war zone because she followed him there. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/media/michael-hastings-award-winning-journalist-dies-at-33.html?_r=0

As a young correspondent for Newsweek, Mr. Hastings covered the Iraq war. His fiancée, Andrea Parhamovich, followed him there, taking a job with a nongovernmental organization. She was killed in 2007 when her car was ambushed by Sunni insurgents.

Mr. Hastings’s memoir of the experience, “I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story,” was published in 2008.

[ymetca]

47. I actually met Geraldo once

and he was the definition of the "unabashed self-promoter"; arrogant, self-centered, dismissive of anyone not hanging on his every word. He seemed like a cardboard cutout of himself. It was a very weird experience.

He's basically famous for being famous, like so many of our celebrities. A vacuous automaton built for TV.

[blkmusclmachine]

48. .

.

[duuser5822]

51. Good for her

And Geraldo is a POS. Typical Faux News douche.

[rks306]

52. Agree

I'm sorry for his passing. He was a good reporter.

[KansDem]

56. Hey, Geraldo! The next time you enter an over-hyped empty vault...

Close the door behind you!

Savvy?

[jonthebru]

57. So did he make a contribution yet?