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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPat Sajak: "People Who Believe in Climate Change Are ‘Unpatriotic Racists"
Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak, whose Twitter feed is often a site of conservative views and kids these days grousing, signed off Monday night with his final word on climate change:Pat Sajak
@patsajak
I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends. Good night.
7:38 PM - 19 May 2014
Sajaks remarks came as California Governor Jerry Brown told CNN that climate change was lengthening Californias fire seasons.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/pat-sajak-people-who-believe-in-climate-change-are-unpatriotic-racists/
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Oh wait...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)spooky3
(34,401 posts)catbyte
(34,326 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Joe Bacon
(5,163 posts)Back in 2003 I was one of those antiwar activists protesting the war outside a big Bush fundraiser. And who was chauffeured right up to the Red Carpet but Pat Sajak? He turned, looked at us and gave us a finger as he yelled "FUCK YOU" to us.
Stay classy, Pat.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)I'd like to buy a couple vowels.
Blue Owl
(50,237 posts)n/t
johnp3907
(3,729 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)DUZY!
MiniMe
(21,708 posts)LOL
treestar
(82,383 posts)Initech
(100,028 posts)951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)"Global warming alarmists are KKK Al Qaeda Neo-Liberal-Conservative doody heads."
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)I mean, honestly, was he just ribbing us liberals or is he truly that deluded?
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Raksha
(7,167 posts)it would provide him with a badly-needed reality check.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)I've never been disappointed in him because I thought he was a douchebag the first time I saw him.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)time period. Back then, even if you knew the political ideology/affiliation of someone like a game show host, it wasn't extreme like it is today. I never knew his political leanings and all I knew was that his TV persona was likeable. Hence, now knowing his extremist confederate tendencies and I get a glimpse of the non-TV personality, he is a disappointment. But he's even more than that. He's now a dick too.
Go Vols
(5,902 posts)here in the '70's,pretty stupid of him to say such as he did.
Blue Owl
(50,237 posts)n/t
TheTimmer
(81 posts)then I'll go with "douchecanoe"
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Wha?
is right!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Because even really, really stupid people can make it big in the good old U.S. of A.! God bless us, every one!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,710 posts)All you have to be is white in America to succeed.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)When she's watching Peter sellers on television being feted as some genius...I have that movie somewhere...I need to rewatch it.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)I kept thinking that line everytime I would see or hear GW Bush. lol
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)That was a pretty funny movie...I definitely need to dig it up and watch it again.
fredamae
(4,458 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)looking for ways to attack science and people in general, tells you a great deal about what a real piece of shit this guy is
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Because, you know, if people who aren't Americans are concerned about something, their opinion doesn't count.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)I am trying to figure out the "racist" part.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)but then I live outside the US and find the parochialism of some of my fellow countrymen a near-constant source of embarrasment.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)but at least I understand the chain of "reasoning" that leads to a declaring people "unpatriotic" for believing in science and this putting people lives and the biosphere ahead of oil/coal profits. Putting lives before money in "unAmerican" in some people's code of ethics.
But how does that make a person racist?
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Concern about climate change is not limited to the US.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)get in a huff about the Michael Sam kiss (some TV evangelist's daughter). The woman arguing with her said she was being racist against gay people. Her (the one doing the arguing against the asshole) heart may have been in the right place, but you would think one would know what a racist is.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)that is nothing more than a blingy version of "hangman" thinks he is is qualified to pontificate on global warming is beyond me.
NickB79
(19,224 posts)There is very little on that show that bears a resemblance to a true quiz show.
Jeopardy blows Wheel of Fortune out of the water when it comes to the required amount of mental fortitude needed to compete.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)I also agree that the level of smarts needed to compete in no way compares with Jeopardy. I've seen Wheel contests unable to correctly pronounce the words in a completed puzzle. I think the contestant coordinators seek outgoing people rather than savvy puzzle solvers.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)That is all.
JHB
(37,152 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)Might explain such an asinine comment.
Brother Buzz
(36,364 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,834 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,710 posts)Us drunks expect an apology!
bayareaboy
(793 posts)can give him a little sojourn,
Twenty eight days or a couple of years, either way.
Faux pas
(14,643 posts)anyway??? lol
LuvNewcastle
(16,834 posts)he's made on the show, as if political commentary is appropriate for a game show, but I didn't know he was a total blithering idiot. I hope he enjoys his new status as the jackass du jour.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Is he just playing mad-libs with the insults, and "racist" came up randomly?
Johonny
(20,817 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)hatrack
(59,566 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,710 posts)Gothmog
(144,884 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)He's only doing it for attention
DinahMoeHum
(21,771 posts)Sheesh, what an asshole. Glad I don't watch his show.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)alp227
(32,003 posts)even though the shows they host are of different levels of taste.
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)I'm pretty sure he's credible on whether you need an N and an O to complete "u _ _ e c e s s a r y w a s t e o f _ x y g e n" but as to anything else?
mother earth
(6,002 posts)Even here.
Truth & knowledge have been politicized & some are eating it up with a spoon, against self-interest and humanity's interest as a whole.
When they are like polar bears on a sinking piece of ice, even then, they will deny.
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)A few years ago Sajak gave a lot of money to build a pavillion at the Anne Arundel County Medical Center for imaging and diagnostics. His name is up on it of course. I'm so glad I've never had to use it. What an idiot.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)even for right-wingers, what does climate change have to do with patriotism or racism?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Therefore any issue his supporters are behind makes them racist.
It's known as classic "stinkin' thinkin'" typical of drunks.
I bet he's a gin drinker (the GOOD stuff) who believes weed is a bigger threat than global warming.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)owners of Regnery Publishing, which publishes the fine work of such noted asshats as Jerome Corsi, Dinesh D'Souza, Newt Gingrich and Michelle Malkin.
He's a conservative fuckwit.
Sid
John1956PA
(2,654 posts)spanone
(135,778 posts)hey pat, go and fuck yourself
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Pat Sajak reads cue cards.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)dawg
(10,621 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Can I say that on the air?
Malone
(39 posts)It sounds like something so ridiculous to say out of the blue, that would be sure to stir up controversy.
I'll give him the benefit of doubt until he confirms it was him, then I'll dislike him haha. The way the internet/social media work a person's reputation can be ruined in hours.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,814 posts)this is the same idiot who didn't think that public employees of any stripe should be able to vote on a lot of issues, that that would be "self-aggrandizement". Never mind that they all work a helluva lot harder than he ever has in his life, WTF real "work" has he ever done? And he gets paid a helluva lot more than they do for that so-called "work."
Fucking idiot. Who the fuck cares what he has to say about anything, and why does he think anyone gives a shit about what he thinks?
Rex
(65,616 posts)So a real patriot sits in his/her house and drowns to keep the Union together? BRILLIANT PAT, you just made the other PAT (CBN) look like a freaking genius with that comment!
Pat Robertson -
Pat Sajak -
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)edbermac
(15,933 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Well anyway here's to you Pat...
chrisa
(4,524 posts)I did previously, I consider this a 0-net loss. I'm sure he pissed other people off who didn't already think he was a douche, though.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)He would have at least learned something about how weather actually works.
840high
(17,196 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)always seems so nice - when I am at my mom's and have
to watch the show.
Efilroft Sul
(3,578 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)And how did that late night talk show go for ya, Pat?
I thought so. Maybe Vanna could have done better.
D'ya think? Or maybe you just do not think very much.
Yup! That's it.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)No time like the present.
rock
(13,218 posts)Exactly!
if they could keep up with it. But, they'd never see the light.
Well put.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Well, climate change deniers are selfish, loathsome pricks who are doing a horrible disservice to their planet and its inhabitants.
Go fuck yourself, Pat.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)of where the 30 million teabaggers were has been solved. Watching Wheel of Fortune instead of overthrowing the government. Obviously a dereliction of duty instigated by this man.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)My earliest memories of Pat Sajak are of him as my weatherman. He was a tool then and is now.
IrishAle
(62 posts)He used to come into our store now and then back in the day when he worked in Nashville. He was a four star prick most of the time.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)In some private club somewhere they will all give him a pat on the back and guffaw at those trying to salvage a small fragment of what is left.
drynberg
(1,648 posts)Pat was an idiot and still is...last time I looked, that doesn't qualify as news...not even close.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)Pat just tweeted 17 minutes ago, as of this post: "As most of you know, original Tweet was intended to parody the name-calling directed at climate skeptics. Hyperbole"
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Last edited Wed May 21, 2014, 06:32 PM - Edit history (1)
He was parodying the LGBT community and not mocking them?
http://fusion.net/culture/story/pat-sajak-wheel-fortune-twitter-heterosexual-612809
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)Not like I have a dog in saving his image. He seemed to be welcoming enough to the lesbian and gay community contestants on his show, though. Guess it's just an act.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)prefer to use climate change, but I can't stretch my imagination enough to see how it makes me racist?
So what does Vanna have to say about global warming?
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)It'll probably come up on bankrupt or lose a turn.
What a loser!
JohnnyRingo
(18,614 posts)P_T S_J_K IS _ FUCKING __SSHOLE
Have another drink, Pat. Your brain is beyond repair anyway.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)No rational person speaks of "global warming". That phrase went extinct in the 90's is response to the chowder heads saying "it was cold today, so..."
Boomerproud
(7,938 posts)What "own ends" are you talking about Sajak? When did racism enter into the discussion? Jeez!! MAJOR FAIL!!!!
rpannier
(24,327 posts)99% of Japanese and Korean scientists believe in it, 97% or more of all black, Asian, white, Indian, Native American and hispanic scientists in the US believe in it
So... whose the offended race?
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)obviously come off the buggy.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)and people that believe in climate change hate oil.
bnolkyz
(8 posts)Most of the people warning us about climate change are white. WTF does he mean by "racist"?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)father founding
(619 posts)So somebody who stands there SPINNING a rigged wheel is an expert now >
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Aviation Pro
(12,117 posts)...on a spinning wheel. What the fuck do you know about science, you fucking oxygen thief.
ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)Because he always truly seems like such a nice guy and very witty. When I learned Tom Selleck was one, however long ago that was.... 15, 20 years ago... that was also a shock. Same goes for Kelsey Grammer. I know you pretty much only see Sajak on his show and in no other context, but I always liked him. I heard I guess a few years back that he was a repuke and just thought, 'what a waste!'. Apparently, Alex Trebek is a right winger too. Must be something in the water with Merv Griffin game show hosts. This stuff about 'unpatriotic racists' is just flat out bizarre and makes absolutely no sense. Sajak obviously has some latent seething bitterness in his soul about something or other and for whatever reason he's taking it out on people who believe in climate science.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)I don't know if they still do it, but National Review used to host a ship cruise around New Year's featuring prominent conservatives. Sajak was always a headliner. Always. Just the way **I'd** like to spend my New Year's -- rubbing elbows that that asshat.
I know someone who's thinking about trying out for Wheel of Fortune (which, BTW, I consider to be one of the most annoying game shows in the history of TV) and I told him that if he should make it he should introduce himself on air as an unpatriotic climate change racist.
ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)sakabatou
(42,134 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)Hey Pat... Want to buy a vowel?
Fuck this jerk and his stupid attempts to be "cute"...
americannightmare
(322 posts)states that climate change is a threat to our existence...in a just world, they would arrange for the arrest and incarceration of Pat Sajak as a traitor. Of course, it would be a case of traitors jailing a traitor, as the Pentagon continues to propagate the pernicious "War on Terror"
http://thecontributor.com/pentagon-calls-climate-change-impacts-threat-multipliers-could-enable-terrorism
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)well, I would, if I watched it.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,164 posts)and Alex Trebek. Never liked their shows because I couldn't get past the smarmy gladfly hosts. I can usually detect a wingnut just based on his personality. The glazed over eyes, the fake smile, the exaggerated sincerity. My wing-dar always went off loud when I ever flip the channel to WOF.
brett_jv
(1,245 posts)I don't think you can fake his 'act'. Hence, I'd bet he's NOT a wing-nut by any stretch. But I don't know for sure.