# Who should get Glenn Beck's spot on Fox News Channel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448 "2011-04-06T20:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/21 "2011-04-07T13:57:36Z")
Howard Beale ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/22 "2011-04-07T14:00:39Z")
Henry Rollins. Mojo Nixon (who already hosts a political show on XM Sirius called Lyin’ Cocksuckers, which is highly recommended). Well, SOMEONE should give these guys a show. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/23 "2011-04-07T15:23:44Z")
Ideally, it would be someone from the left of center, to give at least a bit of credence to the whole “Fair and Balanced” motto. In reality, I suspect we’ll see a slightly toned down version of Beck make his/her debut. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/24 "2011-04-07T15:54:05Z")
Charlie Sheen ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/25 "2011-04-07T16:13:33Z")
I always thought a good idea for a news-debate show would be to have a couple people from different factions of the same party debate instead of the much more common “one guy from the left, one guy from the right” format that pretty much always devolves into a bunch of yelling and “is to, is not” back and forth. Members of the same party are more likely to accept at least some of the same priors and be less obsessed with tearing eachother down, so hopefully some actual substance might come out of it. So Beck should be replaced with a Cross-fire type show with a moderate Rockafellar Republican, a paleoconservative, a Christian Conservative and a Libertarian. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/26 "2011-04-07T16:20:13Z")
Victoria Jackson ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/27 "2011-04-07T16:23:07Z")
A giant pair of butt cheeks dressed in a clown suit. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/28 "2011-04-07T16:26:27Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > A giant pair of butt cheeks dressed in a clown suit. Like I said, Victoria Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/29 "2011-04-07T16:42:48Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > A small patch of brown liquid. Santorum? ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/30 "2011-04-07T18:04:57Z")
Let’s just hope it’s not that goofball judge from the Anna Nicole Smith mess. Maybe time for a Laurie Dhue comeback if she’s still sober? ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/31 "2011-04-07T18:22:26Z")
John Waters or Matt Taibbi. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/32 "2011-04-07T23:09:19Z")
> [@Klostertal](#): > > Zombie Hitler. No, no. He’s _leaving_. We’re looking for his replacement. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/33 "2011-04-07T23:10:10Z")
Morbo ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/34 "2011-04-08T01:05:17Z")
Bristol Palin and child. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/35 "2011-04-08T01:12:12Z")
Gallagher. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/36 "2011-04-08T01:13:08Z")
My first thought was Donald Trump (with whom I agree with Cosby- “Run or shut up!” > [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > Ghadaffi The son, though. The father’s too divisive. He could call it [The Saif Word](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi). > [@Biggirl](#): > > Like I said, Victoria Jackson. Winning! ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/37 "2011-04-08T02:32:51Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Henry Rollins. > > Mojo Nixon (who already hosts a political show on XM Sirius called Lyin’ Cocksuckers, which is highly recommended). > > Well, SOMEONE should give these guys a show. Well, definitely. If you don’t got Mojo Nixon, then your channel could use some fixin’. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/38 "2011-04-08T02:42:06Z")
The All New Animated Newt and Fred Phelps Adventure Hour ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/39 "2011-04-08T02:47:38Z")
That witch from Delaware. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448/40 "2011-04-08T02:59:18Z")
You know they could save a lot of money if they just turned off the cameras and stopped broadcasting for an hour. You know sometimes the smart money thinks a little outside the box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-get-glenn-becks-spot-on-fox-news-channel/577448.md?page=3)