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    Megyn Kelly on pepper spray: ‘It’s a food product, essentially’

    "It's like a derivative of actual pepper. It's a food product, essentially."

    -- Fox News' Megyn Kelly discussing pepper spray and the weekend clash between police and Occupy protesters at the Univ. of California-Davis with Bill O'Reilly on Monday night. The Fox News hosts speculated that the pepper spray used in the UC-Davis incident may have been watered down. "They should've had more of a reaction than that," O'Reilly said. Kelly, though, tried to make it clear she was not downplaying what happened to the students. "That's beside the point," she said. "It was something abrasive and intrusive."

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    • KG  •  5 mths ago
      Um, exactly how is this article publihed on Thursday (Tomorrow)? Must be a time machine run by Yahoo!
    • Soo Do Nym  •  Greensboro, United States  •  5 mths ago
      And waterboarding is just a drink from a canteen, essentially.
      • Ray 5 mths ago
        I've been waterboarded. It's scary and doesn't hurt a #$%$ thing. You obviously have not been and are expressing an opinion on something you don't know #$%$ about. idilot
      • Soo Do Nym 5 mths ago
        Ray - SERE Instructor, U. S. Navy. Warner Springs, CA. What is your problem?
    • Chemistmax  •  Boston, United States  •  5 mths ago
      It's a food product, essentially. Just like jalapenos and habaneros. After you have sliced some, try rubbing your eyes. You will quickly learn that food doesn't belong in certain openings.
      • JSneezewell 5 mths ago
        Next..we should try some of that mustard gas..which we can no doubt use on our hotdogs when it's "out of date"..maybe that should be served up in school cafeterias, along with those other great food derivatives and "veggies"..like pizza and kethchup? Yum..
      • Michael 5 mths ago
        The talking heads and American elite are so out of touch with reality that it sickens me. Why didn't she say, "And to prove that I am not a witless #$%$ Bill and I will spray each other in the face with OC?"
    • ichiban  •  Dayton, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Maybe Congress can claim it as a vegatable for the school lunches.
      • Hector 6 mths ago
        And an iron baton upside someone's head is a "mineral supplement"...hey, congress is just trying to feed us..
      • JustineZ 6 mths ago
        Frozen Pizza is so this is a pepper right. Put it in the condiment packs.
      • Huzzah 6 mths ago
        Peppers are a fruit. . .
    • Guy Padgett  •  Conway, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Why not just let the people assemble?
      No one should fear or have to ask for permission to express their opinion so as long as what they are doing isnt directly effecting a personal right of another person.
      • DonaldW 5 mths ago
        Well--They were blocking the thoroughfare gripping each other with locked arms. People needed to pass through that road which is there personal right. The job of the police was to get that road open. Separating the protesters physically would have produced injuries.
      • Jim 5 mths ago
        So I should be allowed to camp out on your front lawn because I don't like the color of your house? Go back to the story. Illegal assembly. Blocking sidewalks and streets. Refusing to disperse when told to by police. Surrounding the police doing their duty and sitting down and locking arms. They should all have been arrested so they would have a record. They were told they would by pepper sprayed if they did not disperse and refused a lawful order. They got what they deserved.
      • Victor Tellez 5 mths ago
        Jim, you are just a fascist. The bottom line is that the police and the cities involved have betrayed the very principles that our great nation stands for. The constitution clearly states that the people have the right to gather to demand a resolution to our grievances. It is part of our first ammendment rights. The truth is that the elitist pro rich Republicans have declared war on America with such a campaigns against protesters.
    • Tom  •  Dallas, United States  •  5 mths ago
      My son is a Marine security officer. They use a pepper spray called "OC" that is akin to having liquid fire sprayed on your face. The civilian police use a lesser intense product, but it is still like having fire on your face. When grilling meat for fajitas they occasionally spray out of date OC on the meat for that special spicy flavor. Of course, if you get it on you, then you are the meat on the grill . . .
      • JSneezewell 5 mths ago
        I recommend Meggie and her fans get together and try it out on one another..then, she'll actually "know" something and won't have to speculate..?
    • Julie  •  Cleveland, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Shouldn't she be on a show like Entertainment Tonight or Bloopers and Blunders (or is it Bloopers and Bleepers?) Seriously!
    • JohnG  •  5 mths ago
      Like when you get punched really hard; it really feels like 1,000 simultaneous hugs.
    • jack  •  Oklahoma City, United States  •  6 mths ago
      .. and heroin comes from a pretty little flower
    • BiggyMikey32  •  Houston, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Before you ever act like Pepper Spray is no big deal - have some sprayed in your mouth and eyes and nose. Once you're done screaming bloody murder - if you still feel its no big deal - then more power to you.
    • Joseph  •  6 mths ago
      Having been pepper sprayed numerous times in training while in the Military, it's pretty unpleasant. Far from abusive, but I think Megyn should speak from experience. She should endure a spray before she talks about it.
    • JOND  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      "They should've had more of a reaction than that," O'Reilly said.
      What would have satisfied you, O'Reilly?
      "OH GOD, MY EYES! MY EYES!!!!"
      "Yeah, that satisfies me. That reeealllly satisfies me...."
    • mestes  •  5 mths ago
      Actually according to ITAR rules, pepper spray and liquid pepper in general is a weapon and has export restrictions.
    • John L  •  Karlsruhe, Germany  •  5 mths ago
      Million dollar looks, 10 cent brain...
    • Mary  •  Watkins Glen, United States  •  6 mths ago
      ...and deadly nightshade is organic- that doesn't mean it's good for you!
    • Raul  •  San Antonio, United States  •  5 mths ago
      They were just trying to serve them desert...
    • Mary  •  Dallas, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Yes, Megyn, and waterboarding is probably just a deep cleansing technique for optimum oral hygiene. Fool.
    • Jarvis Mayfield, III  •  Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands  •  5 mths ago
      Rattlesnake venom: "It's a naturally occurring protein compound, essentially."
      Marijuana: "It's a naturally occurring horticultural specimen, essentially."
      Botuline toxin: "It's a commonly occurring neuropeptide, essentially."

      Megyn Kelly has the analytic acumen of a jack-o-lantern. "Fixed News"... uh, sorry, what I meant was, "Fox Noise"... whoops, sorry again... what I actually mean is, "Faux News" is worthless, i.e., "specious blather."
    • George  •  Greenville, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Megy Kelly...Ann Coulter...Fox News. They're all heart.
    • organ Dan  •  Cincinnati, United States  •  5 mths ago
      time to give Megyn Kelly a habanero enema, right?
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