Fox Cancels Beltway Boys

My understanding that Mort grew less & less interested in doing the show over the years after his wife (Millie?) passed away. And of course Mort (like Mara Liasson & AB Stoddard) took tremendous grief for appearing on Fox at all. You should see what the blogs wrote about him-even going so far as to say his wife deserved Parkinson's and they deserved their problems for furthering conservative propaganda. Terrible stuff. I doubt that decided him but when your pushing 70, who needs it? I also heard they tested a few libs, I think Juan W. was the only one that made it on the air, but none worked as well as Mort so they just cancelled the show. Of course this is all pretty close to gossip so it may just be spin. FOX may have just wanted to appeal to a younger crowd and Mort & Fred are still pertinent but are from a previous generation (or two) & the under 35 market may not know who they are... But being an old guy (over 35), I still miss the show

skfla of FL 3:25PM January 21, 2012