Sweet: Glenn Beck gives Gerald Walpin a senility test
posted at 8:50 pm on June 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
Utterly demeaning, but of course that’s the point. In the five months since Hopenchange officially began, I can’t think of a starker example of a media double standard than its treatment of this story. Imagine, imagine, if Bush had trumped up a charge of dementia against someone who was politically inconvenient as grounds for firing him and then it had been discovered that that person was perfectly within his right mind. The uproar over ageism and victimhood at AARP alone would have been like a nuclear blast. As it is, Walpin’s safely relegated to the conservative network that’s been persecuting poor innocent Barack or whatever. Good for him for speaking up and for not refusing a stunt like this to prove, at agonizing length, just what a sham Obama’s charges against him are. The whole clip’s worth watching but if you only have time for the test, skip ahead to about five minutes in.
If you’re curious about the real reason for Walpin’s firing, start here.
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Mr. Walpin apparently stepped on the wrong toes.
What is being done to him is pretty ugly.
Chicago style politics, they say.
SteveMG on June 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM
If there is still justice in this world, the stark criminality of this administration toward Gerald Walpin, will end with Obama’s impeachment.
Rebar on June 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Look out Beck…they will be coming after you next…
Seriously, it is a shame what these thugs are doing to this man…and to this country.
d1carter on June 17, 2009 at 8:54 PM
He’s a kook… no question about it… I was talking about Beck… Walpin was drooling… yep…
Upstater85 on June 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
It appears the “he’s crazy” tactic, to smear Walpin, is a something the Obama administration is going to use alot, to get rid of people it views as expendable:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/11/jones-outs-obama-gates-defends-national-security-adviser/
Interesting, Huh?
Has anyone else linked these?
Dale in Atlanta on June 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Dale in Atlanta on June 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Geez, if this guy is senile I’m (at 47) in big big trouble.
After watching this tape, I have to admit that I couldn’t carry his lunchbox.
SteveMG on June 17, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Weak on Iran and North Korea, strong on houseflies and IGs.
Weight of Glory on June 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM
He’s less crazy than I am, I thought it was already Summer!
karlant on June 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Obama could not pass that test!
Branch Rickey on June 17, 2009 at 8:59 PM
yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes
Allah’s starting to wuv Glenn.
I_C on June 17, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Has anyone heard why Claire McCaskell changed her mind about whether Walpin’s firing was justified?
LASue on June 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
*paging Vince Foster*
SouthernGent on June 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Soooooooooo much worse than the stupid faked controversy about the US attorneys and MSLSD was in a wad for years over that. Crickets on this.
It’s official; we are a thugocracy.
Branch Rickey on June 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM
“How many states in USA?”
the_nile on June 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Hello out there to our friends on the left……Lemme letcha all in on a little something……
Poor innocent Barack is persecuting The Constitution and Bill Of Rights and that’s gonna affect you too….. Probably allot worse than it’ll hit those of us who actually care about YOUR freedom and are trying to protect it.
But of course, nobody seems to care.
One TV channel says “boo”.
President Traitor stains his Underoos.
I’d have written something if a typical bitter Jewish God-clinging gun owner’s divisive and bigoted homophobic mindset, but I’m tired of seeing the black helicopters over my house.
Cheers !
Kenny Solomon
Typical bitter Jewish God-clinging gun owner and barking mad insane NASCAR fan in South Florida.
E T Cartman on June 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM
If want to piss off a senior citizen then call them senile.
Bill C on June 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I’m sure the Hotair.com plug on the show have nothing to do with it either.
/eyeroll
:)
TMK on June 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM
You were right the first time.
Beck has become too influential. Next to Rush, he’s their worst enemy (even worse now than O’Reilly, I think). Rush has shown he’s no easy target, he knows how to defend against the Soros smear machine, so they’ll go after Beck next. He may be an easier target. You watch. It’s coming soon, big time.
petefrt on June 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Now that was Brilliant Journalism. Obama is racking up more anti-BHO people and losing believers fast with his Lies and BS.
JayTee on June 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Anyone here think that Obama, and his lackies could pass the test any better..???
We now see exactly what Obamma is, what many of us thought he was.. Facist………………….
dugbru on June 17, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Obama: Er, umm, I’m sure he was prepared for the questions before hand. Uh, he wasn’t really locked in the “cone of silence.” Those questions, uh, umm, are above my pay grade…
…TOTUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS!
red winger on June 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Good news! THe leftists at Wikipedia are trying to “delete” the article on Gerald Walpin’s firing as ‘hack political propaganda” and saying Jake Tapper of ABC is NOT a reliable source
Obama-bots everywhere…. no wonder so many idiots posting on youtube about ‘republican fascists’… axelrod is funding a whole army of internet nitwits…
battleoflepanto1571 on June 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Mr. Walpin better look both ways before crossing the street …and get a remote starter for his car; this is Chicago we’re dealing with here.
johnsteele on June 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Beck isn’t likely to care if they come after him. He’s just on edge enough to be willing to slug it out… and as much as the Axelrod-Emanuel slime team can fling, Beck can dish back. He is also tougher to pin down as a Republican than Rush is.
The question then becomes, will Beck become the eggplant that eats Chicago?
either orr on June 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM
He WAS senile if he thought he could investigate a friend of Obama and not suffer the consequences….these are dems. The rules do not apply. Some republican should demand an independent counsel. The dems would never let it happen but the hysteria and reaction would be amusing.
JIMV on June 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM
holy sheep sh!t batman, who’s next? gee i wonder who’s gonna replace him…….
SHARPTOOTH on June 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I can’t even get through the Moron test on my kids Ipod. I hope this poor guy has a great lawyer….Mark Levin???
ctmom on June 17, 2009 at 9:16 PM
For all of you who have had no experience working and dealing with Black Democrats, know this…they are untouchable. They can do anything, anytime and anywhere. This guy Walpin will be the victim of backdated memos, scripted stories and vulgar lies. Get used to it for at least four years on the national level. Some of us have been dealing with this for decades.
mr1216 on June 17, 2009 at 9:16 PM
I watched this interview and Glenn Beck took about ten minutes to rail against what obama and machine are doing to Mr. Walpin is sharp as a tack.
Can the democrats say that about Robert Byrd or Teddy Kennedy, even before his ‘tumor’?
obama is the devil and this is his work……
HornetSting on June 17, 2009 at 9:17 PM
proudteadrinker on June 17, 2009 at 9:19 PM
I am telling you, these frigging kids that staff this administration are going to get this nation in deep trouble. Perhaps this kind of crap has been going on for years and now it is impossible to hide anything because our technology has advanced so quickly. This is really, really blatant and evil. Are there no limits?
Vince on June 17, 2009 at 9:19 PM
The guy thinks he’s Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
The problem is that he hasn’t figured out this is the USA.
Sapwolf on June 17, 2009 at 9:21 PM
It is hard to believe that Barack Obama would bother going after this man. Why do it? Kevin Johnson? He has half the country ready to put cyanide in their kid’s Koolaid for him…why do this?
My guess is they are getting sloppy.
Terrye on June 17, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Well played, sir.
Patrick on June 17, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Hm. Wasn’t there a totalitarian state a few decades ago that denounced its’ detractors and dissidents? Yes, I believe it put such people in “asylums.” Or gulags, or whatever. Or is it just me that looks at Saint Barack the Divine and sees a shadow of Uncle Joe?
sondiehl on June 17, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I guess this is how ObamaCare will be treating the elderly: no compassion, no treatment, just fire their asses.
Socratease on June 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I heard the guy on Fox the other morning articulate that it is/ was his staff that did the real work, uncovered the corruption and he merely reports it. His staff, his whole office is under attack for blowing the wistle on corrupt government pols and specifically friends of the Pinnochio Presidente.
We need a lot more like Walpin. Men with the guts and integrity to Fight, Fight, Fight!
Palin/Walpin 2012 To give corruption and career criminal Pols an ass whoopin!
dhunter on June 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
A statement from the Cuda?
Sapwolf on June 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Look for the “senile” Walpin to “commit suicide” soon to avoid any “messy” investigation.Perhaps he will shoot himself in the back 37 times with an assault rifle.
MaiDee on June 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Totally despicable.
Cindy Munford on June 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Since Beck is a Libertarian I’d have to agree with that :-)
Oldnuke on June 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Ignores contractual rights of Chrysler bondholders and demonizes them while giving ownership to union he’s beholden to.
Violates the very statute he sponsored in firing Walpin … with no transparency … and then accuses an honorable civil servant of being senile and disoriented.
It’s not just unethical. It’s criminal.
jdflorida on June 17, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Do a search to see who is covering this story….Crickets…..
d1carter on June 17, 2009 at 9:30 PM
If that`s the case, I hope more of them come forward and blows this thing up as big as it can get. Maybe throw Obamas train off the tracks.
ThePrez on June 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Yes, whether from hubris or fright the reckless spending will turn sour on them, it’s getting sloppy.
petefrt on June 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Poor innocent Barack is persecuting The Constitution and
But But But Obama is GODDDDDDDDDD!!!!
NBC told us so!
DSchoen on June 17, 2009 at 9:33 PM
the elderly don’t work with the agenda…you have to be all iPod, BlackBerry and J.Crew to be In.
I_C on June 17, 2009 at 9:33 PM
This is a big blunder.
We can’t let this stand without a serious squawk.
Sapwolf on June 17, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Has it only been five months? It seems like five years already…which can be a good thing. Three more months and it will seem like eight years and President Sock Monkey will be out of office.
sdd on June 17, 2009 at 9:34 PM
If they come after Beck, there will be a backlash..Beck is different than bill, he actually still means it..oreilly is a ratings guy period the end…and he is a shell. the loofah thing did him in….
The cool thing about beck he has already told all of his smut, drunk, divorced, lousy father, you name it….I just hope he has a good accountant…It will be hard to Alinsky glenn, because he will “get it” from the get go, and he will tell it and film it and tell it some more….he is not running for office, and he covers his words pretty well, citing the Constitution, etc. and by golly FACTS.
Let’s hope Mr. Walpin has a kick A attorney, and a mossad bodyguard and food tester.
I
nondhimmie on June 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Presidente Pinnochio just got ABC to do their nightly news from the Whitehouse and give him and hour or two of free airtime for an infomercial on healthcare.
The news media, Democrats and a bunch of chickensh.. Republicans are either helping or at least not challenging him.
he has taken over the auto industry, banks, mortgages,is regulating the financial industry and his political payoff stimupaloosa doesn’t even start till 2010.
Are you sure this isn’t Venezuela?
Hugo Chavez must be mighty proud and mighty jealous
Or do I need to take Becks test also. I thought I lived in the US of A. Either 1/2 this country is EF’N nuts or I need the test bad!
dhunter on June 17, 2009 at 9:37 PM
The Republicans in Congress have said nothing. A big part of the problem is how the right lets stuff like this go and the left makes it a nonstop winner take all issue for weeks.
Its time our side gets some guts and really makes this stick. If Obama gets away with this, its just going to embolden his whiny incompetent butt.
alecj on June 17, 2009 at 9:37 PM
One of Beck’s better segments, and an absolute disgrace on the part of the Obama administration.
Calvin Freiburger on June 17, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I hope this guy keeps screaming as loud as he can.
ohiobabe on June 17, 2009 at 9:40 PM
nondhimmie on June 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM
besides, bill o has been all over oboobi’s johnson ever since he did the one on one interview last yr before the elections……..
SHARPTOOTH on June 17, 2009 at 9:40 PM
That was demeaning and painful to watch.
Amazing the new low to which Obama has sunk politics.
amkun on June 17, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Woah, visions of Joe Biden taking that mental status exam are twirling in my head.
msmveritas on June 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Just remember, Paula Jones was $20 trailer trash too.
rbj on June 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Great!
Can we now give that test to
Biden
Peloci
Byrd
DSchoen on June 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Beck was on fire today!! the more I see of Beck, the more I like him!
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
To paraphrase Joseph Welch’s famous outburst to Joe McCarthy. “Until this moment, Mr President, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness Let us not assassinate this public servant, Gerald Walpin, further, Mr President; you’ve done enough Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?“
The_Lid on June 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
If Obama’s diagnostic criteria is any indication of the sort of “medicine” the people will be subjected to under Obamacare, well then I, for one, can’t WAIT! The more suspicious types might even fear we’re about to get a heaping helping of social fascism to go along with our economic fascism.
Rae on June 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM
there are dark forces at work here..the level of deception and adoration among the followers reaches the levels of spiritual darkness….
but its a sign of the times….
right4life on June 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
stlkel on June 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
“If you find me chopped up in the freezer, don’t believe the suicide note” — Raymond Barone
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on June 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Obama just used the most humane stalinist method of getting rid of an ethhical trouble maker…declare him insane and remove him. This guy is lucky he wasn’t forcibly put in the nut house. Maybe later this year.
AUINSC on June 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Change! Hope! Hope! Change!
I hope this is the jumping of the shark for the hopenchange machine.
Go Walpin!
mr.blacksheep on June 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM
I was thinking the same thing. Beck’s no dummy. He knows they’ll be after him and we’ll be some of the first to know.
Oink on June 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM
YOU ROCK!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND MORALITY in a time that lacks the same
400lb Gorilla on June 17, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Woah, visions of Joe Biden taking that mental status exam are twirling in my head.
msmveritas on June 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM
I think he would have trouble with it….However; You might be on to something and that would explain why he seems to release security sensitive material
Bailey14 on June 17, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Revenge. And people whose life choices are centered on revenge are the pettiest creatures imaginable. Also they are guessing that, with the Media in their pocket, they can get away with it.
baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM
#39 in “Current Communist Goals”:
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
(Found at http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/communism/communist-goals-congressional.htm )
justincase on June 17, 2009 at 9:59 PM
In other Beck news….did anyone hear his banter this morning on Barry Manilow?
Speculating on whether or not Manilow might listen/watch his show…“You never know….maybe he thinks I’m hot”
I nearly spit my coffee all over my steering wheel.
The Ugly American on June 17, 2009 at 9:59 PM
This guy better be reinstated and there better be hearings on the real reason why this guy was fired.
Obama needs to grovel over this one.
justincase on June 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM
A few years back the Democrats raised a stink, and a large bill to investigate the firing of political appointees. If I’m correct, that was a normal procedure for incoming administrations going back many years.
Now we have a blatantly illegal firing for no true proven reason. Where is the outrage? Nancy…Harry….Barbara…Teddy…any of you there?
*crickets*
Gunner105 on June 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Wow, Allah, glad to see you finally coming around and realizing that Glenn’s one of our best mouthpieces right now. You’re only about five months late ;) Glad you posted this clip; I watched it live this afternoon.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Thank you Mr. Walpin. You are a patriot. But you are the target, of something truly evil.
Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Naw just stop giving them their meds. After all their senile and won’t miss them.
DSchoen on June 17, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Also they are guessing that, with the Media in their pocket, they can get away with it.
baldilocks on June 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Also they are guessing that, with the Media in their pocket, and the Cockroaches in the Republican Party hiding under their desks, they can get away with it.
Where the hell is Micheal Steele the Republican Senile Old Senator brigade or the Republican Congress Critters.
Where the hell are they? They are not making themselves a more likeable, electable Party by being the pink panty wearing party.
Get some balls gentlemen and fight this Usurper or be GONE.
I’m pissed and ready to vote all the bums out and I e-mailed my senator and congress critter today and told them Stand up for impeachement or be GONE I will not vote for any panzy ass Republican again.
I did it last election and look what it got me!
Barrack Hussein Obama
Disgusting! Send me some more donation letters RNC so I can fold them up and mail them and a donation to SarahPac!
dhunter on June 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Well hey, I read on another thread that ABC and CBS have some big interviews coming up with Obama over the next several days — I just know they’ll pin him down on this and get to the bottom of it…………………
D2Boston on June 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Government controlled health care with access to everyone’s records
What fun they could have with those.
tehd on June 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Obama should be impeached on this issue alone
Conservative Voice on June 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Nothing new here. The left has been smearing conservatives as crazy for years.
JakeRightThought on June 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Nancy Pelosi would fail at folding the paper in half.
Joe Biden couldn’t identify the year.
Obama would be tripped up by multiple data retention of ‘apple’ ‘table’ ‘penny’
John Murtha couldn’t close his eyes without drifting into a semi-coma.
Robert Gibbs reacting to the question ‘spell world backward’:S-P-E-L-L W-O=R-L-D B……….
MaiDee on June 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I’m sure Charlie Gibson is plucking his nose hairs, and Katie Couric is getting that unibrow fixed, in anticipation of seeing Obama and asking him those hard hitting journalistic questions.
Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
God Bless Glenn Beck.
Bodhi on June 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Obama doesn’t want anyone messing around with his ability to fund ACORN and their counterparts. He is not to be questioned, nor any program, person, or action that falls under his “community organizing” purview. Period.
That, in a nutshell, is the real story behind this political bloodletting.
hillbillyjim on June 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Right about now, Letterman and his staff of writers are working feverishly on tonight’s monologue. This evening’s theme: Gerald Walpin as the senile, absent minded old man out to lynch innocent black men.
UltimateBob on June 17, 2009 at 10:50 PM
If Obama has his way with healthcare, he won’t have to deal with those pesky old people. They are too close to the end of their life to bother providing any healthcare to.
constitutionlady on June 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Spend 10 minutes talking to walpin, and 10 minutes with Biden, and you’ll KNOW who the senile old fool is.
Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Was there something in the stimulus bill which made it so the precedent is the only one who can say what the inspectors general can investigate?
Everybody in Washington needs to be run out on a rail. How the heck can they DO this?
justincase on June 17, 2009 at 10:57 PM
No, this is harder for Letterman as it’s not a child to attack, and what with Letterman evidently being a closet pedophile, the old man jokes just don’t give him the lift that going after children does.
Jeff from WI on June 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM
The one way to turn this around real fast is to take a lesson from the Iranians. Put a million or so people on the streets of Washington for a day or two. Time to say enough is enough. Shut down the town until somebody gets a clue.
What would they do; sic the military on the citizens?
Yoop on June 17, 2009 at 10:59 PM
A friend of mine had this to say about that mentality:
I’d like to get that translated into Arabic and made into stickers to be plastered all over the place.
The Monster on June 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Just as Obama is gearing up to have his cronies at GE-NBC take over our medical records and health care.
econavenger on June 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Yoop, we’re having trouble because of the Cloward-Piven type tactic of flooding the system with so many heinous atrocities that we can’t remember which one we’re on for the day, before they go on to something even worse.
I’m definitely looking for someplace to make myself heard on July 4th. To be totally honest, I don’t think I can fly Old Glory this year. Hard to celebrate the birth of someone very dear to you when they’re going through the last throes of death.
justincase on June 17, 2009 at 11:04 PM
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