MORGAN: One of the great right-wing presidents of modern times agreed with me.

Shapiro’s priceless retort: “So?”

The exact response used so often by Breitbart and the one he recommended others use as often as possible. Nice work, Ben.

However, Shapiro missed an opportunity there – though I don’t blame him as he didn’t have the info shown on screen. The date of the letter signed by former Presidents Reagan, Ford and Carter was 1994 – clearly written in support of the 1994 assault weapon ban.

So although yes, a conservative former President “agreed” with Morgan, the actual legislation was brought by a Democrat Congress and signed by a Democrat President. It also happened to be a spectacular failure that had almost zero impact on crime and expired ten years later to great applause.

Missy on January 11, 2013 at 4:18 PM

Ben might have also pointed out that Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 1993 – the year before that letter was signed.

Update: I’ve got good news and bad news, Piers. Good news: More people watched you on Thursday than on Monday. Bad news: That’s the night you invited Ben Shapiro on your show to humiliate you.

Treacher…..a national treasure.

dentarthurdent on January 12, 2013 at 4:23 PM

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Normally you would be correct, but I consider “journalists” the lowest life form on earth.

Cindy Munford on January 12, 2013 at 7:54 PM

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I have to concede there are some exceptions, Cindy’.

However, I don’t necessarily believe it’s “over the top” to say a clear majority of journalists, lawyers, and politicians belong in your “lowest life form on earth” category.

Why is the United States making a millionaire out of a disgraced journalist?

Cindy Munford on January 12, 2013 at 1:34 PM

Because there is a ridiculously large group of Anglophiles still in this country.
They are so shallow, they think the accent equates to intelligence and class.
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Why is the United States making a millionaire out of a disgraced journalist?

Cindy Munford on January 12, 2013 at 1:34 PM

The same reason we can come up with money for fat sassy Democrat minorities to buy nail jobs and Ipods, but have to slash the military to the bone. And I say this as someone who’s sick of our “Little Jack Horner” foreign policy.

dentarthurdent on January 12, 2013 at 4:23 PM

Normally you would be correct, but I consider “journalists” the lowest life form on earth.

Why is the United States making a millionaire out of a disgraced journalist?

Cindy Munford on January 12, 2013 at 1:34 PM

Calling Morgan a journalist (even a disgraced one) is an insult to 2nd rate journalists everywhere…..

Shapiro was doing ok in a policy wonk sort of way until he said he feared a possible tyranny in the next 50 100 years? What exactly does he think is happening in the US right now, and how does he measure it? The horizon is more like 10 or so years, not 50-100 years.

Tripwhipper on January 11, 2013 at 9:53 PM

I am thinking Shapiro simply wanted to point out that if they ban “gun grandfathering” it will take that long for current gun owners to die and leave no guns in general populace. Makes sense to some extent.

Larry King, who Morgan replaced in 2011, told the Huffington Post this week that the show was now “all about the host,” where “the guest becomes the prop to the host.”

Whoever wrote that obviously never watched or listened to Larry King.
LOL
The guy (King) was and is a 1st Class Sleazebag. Just ask all the people he ripped off over the years. They still want their money back.
Don’t hold up an old phart as a “role model” when he was every bit as sleazy as his replacement.
Ya see, that’s one of the problems with knee-jerk anti-liberals.
“Well, Morgan really is sleazier than King”.
Okay … So What?
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and i’ll still be there to troll y’all.

sesquipedalian on January 11, 2013 at 3:57 PM

Must be one of the rare southern sesquatch subspecies.

nice to see that piers morgan is conservatives’ new chew toy. it keeps you busy so the adults can focus on solving problems.

sesquipedalian on January 11, 2013 at 1:55 PM

Absolutely…nice to see the “adults” have solved the unemployment problem and the developing a budget problem…what’s that?….really?….oh…..nevermind

Nice to see that everyone appears to be chewing on YOU.

TarheelBen on January 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM

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i don’t mind being attacked by philistines.

sesquipedalian on January 11, 2013 at 4:20 PM

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SAMSON ! ? … Is that really you ?

I will admit I’m surprised that he finally owned up to only being here to troll. I guess he figures Ed won’t ban him if he gets rich off of the page refreshes.

rogerb on January 11, 2013 at 7:21 PM

…I think squishy makes Ed samwiches or something…

I’m glad Shapiro handed Piers Morgan a heaping shovel of his own medicine.

Hurrah!

In other words…you and you and your alleged friends are just cowards.

[Better not push too hard for that civil war, pumpkin. The military is not on your side; and neither are most of the cops. You might be forced to (try to) do some of the wet work yourself...with predictably bad results.]

Solaratov on January 11, 2013 at 7:05 PM

These cowards expect others to put their lives on the line while they will be sitting at home in the safety provided by Secret Service (entertaining hookers, of course, simultaneously). And that’s Hussein, Senile Idiot and Congress. What little people don’t get is that THEIR safety will be great jeopardy once “confiscation raids” start.

Time to go long on Depends stock?

i don’t mind being attacked by philistines.

sesquipedalian on January 11, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Awww, how cute. It thinks it’s a martyr.

Wait until its master have no further use for it and the other useful idiots. History has shown that their fate lies in front of a wall.