Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel was born in New York City, New York, United States on November 15th, 1948 and is the Journalist. At the age of 75, Bob Beckel biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 1977, Beckel joined the United States Department of State as deputy assistant secretary of state for congressional relations, becoming the youngest deputy assistant secretary of state in the Carter administration. In that role he helped to shepherd the Panama Canal Treaty through Congress to ratification. The following year he was appointed special assistant to the president for legislative affairs, working on ratification of Salt II and Mideast treaties.
Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. During that campaign he became known as the man who effectively wrapped the Wendy's slogan "Where's the beef?" around Gary Hart, Mondale's opponent for the Democratic nomination.
In late 1984 he formed the consulting firm Bob Beckel & Associates, or BBA, a lobbying firm that was succeeded in 1985 by Beckel–Cowan. In 2000 Beckel called on Florida electors to overturn George W. Bush's slim victory over Al Gore. Gore rejected this and Beckel's business partners in his firm left over Beckel's move forcing Beckel to break up his firm.
In 2002 Beckel managed the campaign of Alan Blinken, the Democratic nominee for United States Senate in Idaho, until he resigned after it became public that he was a witness and victim in an extortion attempt by a prostitute. In 2010, he made a brief appearance as himself on the Season 8 premiere of TV series 24 in a mock debate with fellow Fox News Analyst Monica Crowley.
In 2011, Beckel joined Fox News as a co-host of The Five and co-hosted some 708 episodes, until June 2015, when Fox announced that Beckel had left the program. A Fox spokesman said: "We couldn't hold The Five hostage to one man's personal issues." Beckel, whose last appearance on the show was in February 2015, had been absent while recovering from back surgery; he had also drawn controversy in the last episode prior to his dismissal, when he described himself as an "Islamophobe" in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. The network issued a statement, saying that Beckel had "entered rehab facility for treatment of an addiction to prescription pain medication."
During his time on The Five Beckel frequently made comments which attracted criticism. On a Fox News panel in 2011, Beckel called for "illegally shoot[ing]" Julian Assange, the editor of WikiLeaks. In February 2013 Beckel said "When's the last time you heard about rape on a college campus?". After receiving criticism for his comments he apologized. In July 2014, Beckel referred to Chinese citizens as "chinamen" and in the same month he referred to The Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman as a "slut".
On January 16, 2017, Beckel rejoined The Five as co-host. However, he was again fired in May of that same year, amid claims that he had made racially insensitive remarks to a Black employee. After being fired from Fox, Beckel criticized Fox's coverage of Donald Trump specifically singling out Tucker Carlson.
In October 2015, Beckel was hired by CNN to offer commentary on the 2016 election. CNN was criticized for hiring Beckel due to his controversial views on Muslims.
In response to Hillary Clinton calling Trump supporters a Basket of deplorables “It’s the wrong thing to say". On an Don Lemon Tonight Beckel questioned former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski willingness to criticize Donald Trump. After the release of the Access Hollywood tape Beckel predicted that Trump would lose the 2016 United States presidential election as a result of the tape.
From 2005 until the end of 2015, Beckel was a columnist for USA Today, where he wrote articles with friend and political opposite Cal Thomas in the style of "point–counterpoint." Beckel and Thomas debated issues such as Immigration and the Iraq War.
Beckel was a registered Democrat. Beckel supported banning handguns, Single-payer healthcare Campaign finance reform and same-sex marriage. Beckel was Pro-choice but after reading the bible he was no longer pro-choice. Beckel was described as having anti-Muslim views when proposing to temporarily prohibit foreign Muslim students from entering the country in response to the Boston bombing. Beckel was a christian and credited God with saving him from drug addiction and alcoholism.