After bashing our Navy SEALs and their grieving mothers, @EricBoehlert moves to what he thinks is an easier target: teenage @BethanyBowra .
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Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 26, 2012Awww … Media Matters’ “Senior Fellow” Eric Boehlert is sick and tired of Fox News mentioning that pesky Benghazigate. According to him, it’s nothing more than part of a grand right-wing nutjob conspiracy:
according to TVEyes, Fox has mentioned "Benghazi" how many times this month? a) 400 b) 700 c) 1000 d) 1,200 [answer: d] #RWbubble—
Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 26, 2012
16-year-old Bethany Bowra wasn’t about to let Boehlert get away with it:
@EricBoehlert So we shouldn't investigate the murder of four Americans. Instead we'll play inside your liberal bubble and praise Obama.—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
The truth is more than a hack like Boehlert can handle, so, being the big man he is, he lashed out at Bowra:
nice example of how utterly clueless Fox viewers are; #benghazi MT @BethanyBowra So we shouldn't investigate the murder of four Americans.—
Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 26, 2012
Big mistake.
@EricBoehlert is getting owned by a 16 yr old.—
(@mckalarose) November 26, 2012
And how:
@ericboehlert doesn't have the guts to answer me yet he can call the SEALs gutless and mock the #Benghazi investigation. Coward.—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
@EricBoehlert Should we investigate it or shouldn't we?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
@ericboehlert "responded" by calling me clueless. Still no dialogue on why he believes these things. Yet he calls ME clueless?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
do you honestly NOT know there's a Benghazi investigation underway? #trytokeepup MT @BethanyBowra Should we investigate it or shouldn't we?—
Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 26, 2012
Hey Eric, #trytokeepup with the fact that your arguments are being demolished by a whip-smart young woman.
@EricBoehlert You're totally missing my point. If MSNBC mentioned it that much you wouldn't call it politicizing.—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
@rcoe1403 @ericboehlert I'm sheep but those who call Obama "Lord and Savior" aren't. Got it.—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
@EricBoehlert It's wrong for Fox to mention the investigation often? Shouldn't we WANT to know what's going on?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
@palmerkiss @ericboehlert He's still ignoring my point.—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
@EricBoehlert Again: Why is it wrong for them to mention an "active investigation"?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
And doing a poor job of it… RT “@scriptcomes1st: @ToddKincannon @brandondarby @EricBoehlert @BethanyBowra Flexing his internet muscles.”—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
Winner? Bethany Bowra. By a landslide.
@ericboehlert Soo…you don't want to answer my question. Just call me clueless and you're done?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) November 26, 2012
In the Boehlert-verse, that qualifies as civil discourse.
Naturally, Boehlert’s admirers chimed in with insults aimed at Bowra:
@EricBoehlert @BethanyBowra By "WE", she means her and her "Fox and Friends" – THEY are the investigative reporters!—
(@krbmjb05) November 26, 2012
@EricBoehlert @BethanyBowra Its more about Fox making shit up and using conspiracy theories and not actually reporting what is happening.—
Robert Krause (@RAKrause80) November 26, 2012
@EricBoehlert @BethanyBowra i think you have managed to neutralize her eric, but please do be gentle she is 16 and likely southern ignorant—
palmer kiss (@palmerkiss) November 26, 2012
But their bullying was easily deflected by Bowra’s fellow conservatives, who rallied to her defense and put Boehlert in his place.
Say, @EricBoehlert, when you finish with @BethanyBowra I can sign my 8 yr old on so you can attack him personally. #NameCallingIsFun—
MSM for Obama (@jamichaelthomas) November 26, 2012
Don't worry guys, @EricBoehlert picking on a 16 year old is just him rounding out his day of kicking puppies & tripping the elderly—
Kitten (@katearthsis) November 26, 2012
Because he's a spineless asshole. RT @brandondarby: Why is @EricBoehlert being ugly to 16-yr-old @BethanyBowra?—
Redness (@maryclimer) November 26, 2012
Bethany is a teenage girl. Boehlert just acts like one. RT @brandondarby Why is @EricBoehlert being ugly to 16-yr-old @BethanyBowra?—
Todd Kincannon (@ToddKincannon) November 26, 2012
Bam.
@BethanyBowra @rcoe1403 @EricBoehlert Stand strong. My daughter is your age. You have much in common. Remember: No real man attacks a woman.—
Kevin Prather (@DrKPrather) November 26, 2012
@BethanyBowra Glad I didn't say @EricBoehlert shld pick on someone his own age. Obviously U are more mature. @TheTAmericanist @instapundit—
(@ColorMeRed) November 26, 2012
@dipcity @EricBoehlert @BethanyBowra BB seems smarter than the average 16 y/o- indeed, smarter than most of msnbc's prime-time host lineup.—
Jack Blair (@JackBlair69) November 26, 2012
Beating up on young ladies like @BethanyBowra? #Hamas, please meet @ericboehlert. You're both full of skull-hammering idiocy.—
Steve Woodward (@WoodwardSteve) November 26, 2012
Hi @EricBoehlert! That girl, @BethanyBowra, has more intelligence and class in her entire body than you have in your pinkie toe.—
Redness (@maryclimer) November 26, 2012
You're a very bright young woman, @BethanyBowra. Don't allow grumpy ol' @ericboehlert to discourage you.—
Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) November 26, 2012
Endorsed. RT @brandondarby: You're a very bright young woman, @BethanyBowra. Don't allow grumpy ol' @ericboehlert to discourage you.—
(@EvanPokroy) November 26, 2012
Hear, hear! If Bowra is any indication of the future of conservatism, the future looks very bright indeed.