Whoopi to Glenn Beck: “You’re a lying sack of dog mess”
posted at 1:50 pm on May 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
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It’s no idle insult, as you’ll see: She’s got videotape to support her case. Consider this a palate cleanser if you like, but not since Jon Stewart chewed out Jim Cramer have I seen a guest look more uncomfortable — or give more ground — than Beck does here. The passage about whether “commentators” have the same responsibility to check their facts as “journalists” is especially cringeworthy. It’s a trainwreck, but like any trainwreck, it’s impossible to look away. Enjoy.
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Who watches this dreck? Hospitalized people and psych wards?
How bored or medicated do their viewers need to be?
Janos Hunyadi on May 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
So when they get Anderson Cooper on their show, they’ll be equally assertive in their interview, right?
MadisonConservative on May 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Hey, if the dude lied, he needs to be called on it.
Matticus Finch on May 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
No, this was a disaster.
The ENTIRE segment was on “why did you lie” when i still dont understand how that lie was horrible but how Pelosi’s is ok, huh Joy??????
The second segment was barbara making fun of him crying, then being “shocked shocked!” when Glenn said “youre making fun of me”
A for effort, F- for practice
battleoflepanto1571 on May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
About the same as when they had Baracky on, they all (except Elizabeth) wanted to bear his child. Liberal sluts.
kirkill on May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
I have seen this show a few times in the laundromat. I regretted it every time. Poor Elizabeth.
joe_doufu on May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Now, that was comedic.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Yeah, because none of the “girls” have ever lied on the air…
/shakes head and wanders out of the thread…
Romeo13 on May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Glenn Beck a preening demagogue AND loose with the truth? Wow, what a shock.
McLovin on May 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM
I wish he would have been able to give his side without being interrupted. I wasn’t sure if their claim was wrong about the assigned seats…as he didn’t get to fully explain that factoid. Either way it wasn’t a great representation for him.
Not like Jim Cramer though. He gave up everything against stewart. Glenn at least tried to state his case.
therightscoop on May 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM
The only part I can see about him “lying” is the “calling over” versus “coming over”
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM
I don’t like Beck much, and now I know why. Good gracious, but Whoopi is dead right on this one.
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM
I have never watched the view. I can not for the life of me understand why any person would let these gals talk to you as they seem to do. I am sorry Glenn did this. I do enjoy him on Fox.
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letget on May 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM
he’s no bill o’reilly, that’s for sure…
homesickamerican on May 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM
how ironic that we have bawawalters scolding glenn beck about ‘checking facts’… how those chatty chicks can sit there with a straight face day after day is beyond me. Almost as odd as the welfare-recipients who sit and watch that trash day after day. we are definately living in an alternative reality
gatorboy on May 20, 2009 at 1:59 PM
No, he also lied about seats being reserved, obviously. He painted them to be elitists, when they aren’t.
His credibility is blown, and Barbara’s challenge that being a “COMMENTATOR” means you get to fudge facts is also dead on.
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Glenn should have just said ‘his democrat side got loose without adult supervision.’
meci on May 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM
One of the things that allowed Rush Limbaugh to become a success was when he started his national show, he knew anything inflammatory would have to be backed up with facts, or he’d be destroyed. Rush’s success and the success of conservative talk radio over the last 20 years has made it easier for people like Beck to be heard, but it also means it’s been easier to become lazy about not protecting youself from attacks from the left, by saying either contradictory things or statements you can’t back up, whether it’s about political issues or Acela seating on Joe Biden’s favorite rail line.
Losing to Whoopi should make Beck feel about like the Patriots after their Super Bowl loss to the Giants. But if he wants to play in the majors and go on shows outside of Fox News to challenge the left on their own territory, he’s got to learn that in the age of the Internet, anything you’ve ever said on TV or radio can and will be used against you.
jon1979 on May 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM
That’s why people watch The View, for the hard-hitting issues of the day. Like whether Whoopi and Barbara had reserved seats on a train.
Jim Treacher on May 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM
What is the alleged lie? I can’t watch the video at work and I don’t know the back story.
ladyingray on May 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM
MadisonConservative on May 20, 2009 at 1:54 PM
I hope you got forever to wait.
gsherin on May 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Hey, maybe his credibility is blown, but Barbara calling him an investigative reporter when he clearly isn’t, might call her “investigative” credentials into question, no?
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Apparently he claimed that Barbara and Whoopi are elitist… Naw…
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
The fact that he didn’t fight back harder is just a testament to his character. I think he tries really hard to be an honestly nice guy, and he didn’t want to make a fight out of it.
jimmy the notable on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
He should have defended himself more…cus they were obviously wrong.
Chudi on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
I don’t understand why he would even be on the show. These people are deranged. The proponents of Socialism have an emotional problem. Starting with an inferiority complex. They need to be taken care of. They want the State to take care of them. They think that the State knows what is better for them, than they do. They are incapable of controlling their own lives.
You can’t be rational with the irrational. When they see or hear Obama, they remind me of the film footage of those lining the streets, when Hitler passed by. Wild-eyed and crazed and pathological.
OhEssYouCowboys on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Nice try Allah, I don’t watch the View.
Dr Evil on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Hey, make that man head of the GOP!
Grow Fins on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
I’d love to hear what Glenn Beck had to say about Barbara and Whoopies version of events, but he didnt’ really get much chance to reply.
And Beck finally got a chance to respond, he started talking about bringing on the 3 people who were with him, who might corroborate his story. Then, Barbara didn’t want to talk about the Amtrak stuff any longer.
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
But they called him a liar (without really elaborating). So he must have lied.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
For the record, they ARE elitists, even if that behavior isn’t portrayed here.
jimmy the notable on May 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Glenn claims that Amtrack personnel told him that there were seats ‘reserved’… Glenn later observes Whoopi and Barbara enter the train and they they then engage in a conversation initiated by Barbara.
Whoopi/Barbara contend that they arrived on the train and had a hard time finding seats – once they did, Glenn appraoched them and they had a brief and polite exchange.
Yeah – really shocking stuff. Definately a panty-in-a-bunch worthy ‘lie’.
gatorboy on May 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
The new emerging GOP that Powell will be head of?
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Yeah, it just seems like a small thing being blown way out of proportion. And he made fun of them? Yeah… that’s what he does. And apparently they made fun of him too. Good… that’s what they do, as well.
I understand he mis-spoke, misremembered, or exagerrated the story. But that’s kind of his gig. He needs a story to be entertaining. If he fudges a few details about an insignificant personal story that in no way impugns someone else, who cares?
I mean, he’s not the Vice President or anything talking about life-and-death flights he was totally definitely on.
Abby Adams on May 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
That’s why they called him a liar?
youngO on May 20, 2009 at 2:05 PM
“You are a liar!”
“uh…”
“Liar!”
“Uh …”
“Investigative Reporters are Commentators!”
“No eh…”
“Moving on!”
Yeah, no elitism here.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:05 PM
MSM again making the ‘news’ about them… who’d have thunk it?
gatorboy on May 20, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Did he lie? If someone with Amtrak (or who said they were with Amtrax) said that he couldn’t have those seats, then who’s lying?
We only KNOW he lied about Barbara coming over vs. him coming over (though apparently Barb came to this area to sit, so maybe that’s what he meant, but he doesn’t argue this point).
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Curious to see how he responds to this on his show. Owning up reveals character. If he spins he’s a hypocrite.
I hope he owns up, I like the guy.
pugwriter on May 20, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Since she herself said it, it must be noted that nobody really knows what a “sack of dog mess” looks like better than Whoopi….
IntheNet on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Let’s not hold the Vice President to the standards we would hold a private citizen… //sarc
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
His story vastly differs from theirs. And they provided details. They had to hunt for seats, unlike his story.
Frankly, this isn’t about journalism at all. There didn’t need to be an investigation. Just look. LOL*
I never have liked him. I’m not surprised he twisted to make some nasty point.
He’s like KO. *blech on all of them*
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Big surprise /groan
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM
+1
Of all the things to discuss…they dredge this? Beck didn’t lie, he was telling the story from his prospective.
Conservative Voice on May 20, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Notice how the coven never lets him answer.
That almost NEVER happens…….
44Magnum on May 20, 2009 at 2:07 PM
I liked the Nancy Pelosi mis-spoke part!Haha.
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 2:07 PM
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Of all the issues of the day…they bone pick this one, that should say something…This isn’t even close to Cramer.
Conservative Voice on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Like Pelosi?
Grow Fins on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Ambush!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
I don’t watch Beck much, and didn’t watch the video….due to limits in my download use. However, if Beck is lying, then he needs to be called on it. And now, another however….truth coming from the ladies, that are complicit in helping avoid fair, and unpartisan news, is hypocritical. They trounce on Elizabeth, at every turn, and they only tell the facts, that put their beliefs in a favorable light.
As for being elitist? I’d say Joy, and Barbara are elitists.
capejasmine on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
44Magnum on May 20, 2009 at 2:07 PM
“The Coven” lol, that is funny, I’m going to borrow that
Conservative Voice on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
I know they are elitists, guys.
But still, Beck is the flip side of KO.
*blech on all of these guys*
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
If you lie, you are held accountable…
right2bright on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Insane clowns are an acquired taste.
Nice to see the GOP revealed as the juggalo party.
But the truth is, insane clowns are all you have anymore.
You threw the intellectuals out and replaced them with Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin and Rush and Beck.
PALINISM FTW!
strangelet on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
I really don’t understand why someone who knows they are going to be treated as a hostile guest would go on The View.
If Beck or anyone else thinks they are going to advertise their product well while getting verbally beaten up by outraged ovaries, they are sadly mistaken.
myrenovations on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
So what’s the story? Beck gets accused of lying, not able to respond, then when he does get a chance and says he’s got witnesses, suddenly it’s time to move on?
Sounds to me like he wasn’t lying then.
Vanceone on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Ah, I see. Wow.
With all that’s happening in this world, Whoopi and Babs get their feelings hurt, and that’s what they want to talk about? I knew that show was for losers.
ladyingray on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Like Pelosi?
Grow Fins on May 20,2009 at 2:08PM.
Grow Fins: Like Bill Clinton?
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Pick a little,talk a little,Pick a little,talk a little,
cheep*cheep*cheep*
Talk a lot, pick a little more…..
portlandon on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
I can’t watch the video, but let me get this straight.
The lie is that Glenn was told seats were reserved on an Amtrak train, but B. Walters and crew marched right in. But they say that they had a tough time finding seats.
Is that it?
Emily M. on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
[Dr Evil on May 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM]
Ditto.
Dusty on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
They all deserve one another and should be put in a closed room with no contact with the outside world until a cure is found. Beck has taken conspiracy theories to a new level and belongs with fools like Alex Jones. The right needs some serious spokespeople with their own shows on TV before its too late.
Annar on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Grow Fins on May 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM
No, Pelosi is flat out lying, as you can tell when she can’t give eye contact and with here ah,,ooo,,umm as she is searching for the exact words to say in the mine fields she set for herself.
Conservative Voice on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
this is pointless.. move on…
NRA Lifer on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Beck lied people died!
chb03c on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Ann, even his lie had a lot of details in it, so I don’t see your point.
Really? Walters seems to think so… but she might not be familiar with a dictionary. Let’s see what your point is…
Oh, apparently the reporter thing does have something to do with this.
What’s this nasty point? That Barbara Walters is somehow elitist? Please… as if she isn’t.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Whatever dries the tears, darlin’, whatever dries the tears.
ladyingray on May 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
How is that lying? He said they called him over instead of he came over? Why does that matter?
jeffn21 on May 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM
OK, we get it, you don’t like him. We don’t really know why… you’re story changes on every post, but you are free not to like him.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
What if he, say, brings on other passengers who were on the train with him to corroborate his version of events? I wasn’t on the train, so I don’t know whether his version or Barb/Whoopie’s version were more accurate.
Either way, it was a great way for the View crowd to avoid talking about any substantive issues. I mean, what issues does Investigative Reporter Whoppi Goldberg disagree with him on?
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
WTF? Why do people go on that show? If you’re not ready to employ a scorched earth policy, stay the F home.
marklmail on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
…and Reid just said what about Kennedy?
Pelosi just said what about the CIA?
I think you should just sit in the corner and be satisfied that one guy was caught exaggerating about sitting on a choo choo train, and wonder why your people are caught lying about important government matters.
How is ACORN doing, are the still borrowing Obama’s campaign list?
right2bright on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Poor Beck,poetic license didnt work out in this case. Still I hate the view more than I like Beck. So I will still watch Beck and ignore Cackels with Cankels(The View).
canditaylor68 on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Why the hell do people do this show knowing they’ll be attacked by this rabid bunch of dogs? I don’t even have to go to Huff Po to bet the 3-inch headlines there are how Glenn Beck got his ass kicked. Idiot! Sarah Palin and Rush haven’t stooped that low yet and I pray they never do.
Marcus on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
I’d like to propose a moniker for this massive scandal: Boarding-gate.
Jim Treacher on May 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM
What is wrong with Glenn Beck? He comes off as an idiot in and fool this and it not because Babs and Whoopie are so friggin brilliant. And it is over nothing.
Mr. Joe on May 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Whoopie calls him a liar, and she and Barbara go on the attack regarding who approached whom. Methinks they were trying to avoid the matter of reserved seats when normal people can’t get them. Never would let him get that out of his mouth.
bikermailman on May 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Allahpundit,
“give more ground”?
That’s a nice euphemism.
mycowardice on May 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Well, whatever. I don’t like the guy, or KO or that Chris Matthews.
I do sort of like Rush, but I am certain it’s because he’s on my radio. And when he starts spouting nonsense, which is often, I just switch with my button.
I think that we have hit the limit of political commentators in this country, about like we have enough celebrity chefs. *haha
Everything has it’s “jump the shark” moment.
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM
I wonder if The View hags will jump on Obama for the biggest lie of all … “95% of Americans will not see their taxes raised in any way”.
I see this as an attempt to discredit Beck. This is nothing more than typical liberal “kill anyone who can harm our agenda” tactics.
Same with palin and Prejean.
darwin on May 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Amtrack-gate
Then Biden is also involved.
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM
This whole thing is about who approached who on a train?! Are you kidding me?
Emily M. on May 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM
You keep using that word – impossible. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Jaibones on May 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Every time strangelet makes the same cultural reference, we get further and further from 1997.
Jim Treacher on May 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Oh, I have one more opinion. I like the View format of strictly opinions. It has the same air as Joe the Plumber.
That’s fine by me, although I’m not a big consumer of this stuff. That’s obviously due to getting plenty of that through my own hobby, blogging.
But I “get” them.
I don’t think the others are any better thinkers than most of us here, frankly.
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Aren’t Beck and KO on your TV? Or do you only like people on your radio but NOT the TV?
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:16 PM
So its the trains fault,or the tables fault?(Sarc).
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Agreed. But I think some people go on there because the poor treatment makes them a sympathetic figure to some audience members, and thus some folks may come to be converted. I personally don’t buy that theory, but it must help book sales.
hawksruleva on May 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Proud to say I have no idea what this show is.
jeff_from_mpls on May 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Eh, Strange is a confused little girl who thinks she’s the smartest girl in the world… But that doesn’t mean much when her hero tells her she’s probably 5 IQ points below both you and me…
Upstater85 on May 20, 2009 at 2:17 PM
I’m still scratching my head wondering just what Beck (or any conservative for that matter) thought he would accomplish by going on that show…
I mean is it simply ego to think that somehow you will be the one to bait the lion in his den and walk out unscathed? There are certain things that can be taken for granted as fact: The sky is blue, the sun will rise tomorrow, and conservatives will get ambushed and reamed on the View
Sugarbuzz on May 20, 2009 at 2:18 PM
That’s rich being called a liar by Barbara Walters who lied about her affair she had with a senator back in the 70’s.
And Whoopi never misspeaks either…like saying she would be back in slavery if McCain wins.
Beck exaggerated his story for his audience. Kinda like the same thing Barbara and Whoopi did here. As far as the other part of the story, we’ll never know because they sandbagged him so he couldn’t answer.
I don’t watch this show as I don’t like any of them, including Elizabeth.
moonsbreath on May 20, 2009 at 2:18 PM
So the man who has a “worst person in the world” on a regular basis (every night?) is no worse than a man who gets emotional and cries on TV?
That statement, despite appearances to the contrary, is completely biased, and I’m not even a Glenn Beck fan.
No joke. Anyone remember awhile ago when she was telling a story and started to say “my maid” but cut herself off mid sentence, stuttering to then say, “the woman who cleans my house.”
She knows she’s elitist, but she’s embarrassed by it.
Esthier on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Point taken. I confess that I didn’t (couldn’t bear to) watch the entire video. I shouldn’t have commented without seeing the whole thing.
He probably shouldn’t have bothered going on the stupid show in the first place, but when you call out other to show a courageous stand in the face of harsh and often unfair opposition you sometimes need to show that you’re willing to do the same.
pugwriter on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Why would any sane person go on that show with those shrews?
notagool on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
The View Manufactured Outrage!!??!!
canopfor on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
What’s the big deal?
On his radio show Beck said Baba Wawa called him over, but in reality it was he that called Baba Wawa over.
Seriously…big deal!
They were chewing him out simply because they don’t like him. It had nothing to do with such a trivial offense.
Obama and Pelosi have told monumental lies that should offend everyone, but Baba Wawa and Whoopi Goldberg would never attack them the way they did to Beck.
OxyCon on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
They have proven to be the elitists they are….Whoopi gives him a the look, because he didn’t go on his show after the meeting and kiss the hand.
Conservative Voice on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
We The People demand a Boardinggate Truth Commission!
Abby Adams on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Nope. He claimed on the radio (in that video clip they showed) that Barbara approached him. He also claimed that he wasn’t allowed to sit in certain seats, because they were ‘reserved’. Apparently you can’t reserve seats on Amtrack. They made the whole thing about the approaching issue and skirted away from the elitist issue.
bikermailman on May 20, 2009 at 2:19 PM
He knows, which explains his nervous fear coming to The View.
maverick muse on May 20, 2009 at 2:20 PM
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