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Fear. Most people are so afraid of the PC police that they have knee jerk reactions to all the issues the media has conditioned them to have. So they attack Beck to make themselves feel better.
csdeven on September 23, 2009 at 6:42 AM
I wonder if Beck would agree with this. After all, he is your guy right?
Terrye on September 23, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Do you really think that Mark Levin is upset with Beck over political correctness?
I think his beef with Beck was that Beck said Obama was a better choice than McCain…and there was also the reference to voting for Hillary or whatever.
Terrye on September 23, 2009 at 6:47 AM
I don’t get Glenn Beck. On the one hand, he has rightly inveighed against the shredding of our Constitution for the past 9 months and even before that. For his efforts in promoting the Tea Party movement and exposing ACORN I say, bravo.
On the other hand, he regularly has the Israel-hating isolationist Ron Paul on his program as some sort of lone voice of reason in Washington and I just scratch my head.
But to say McCain would have been WORSE than Obomber???!!! I think I’ve had enough of Beck for a while.
J.J. Sefton on September 23, 2009 at 6:55 AM
JJ:
I can not tolerate Ron Paul. I know just what you mean. Creeps me out.
Terrye on September 23, 2009 at 6:59 AM
yea i know
its ridiculous
he pissed me off yesterday, whining about how george bush told people to shop after 9/11
f*ck yea you tell people to shop. the last thing a nation needs after a devastating attack is to sit inside and do nothing
get money out there, put it into the system, and keep the economy afloat. whatever
blatantblue on September 23, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Of course they do. They just don’t have much traction in the party anymore. Which is the point in reaching out to them…
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 7:03 AM
White House would love division in the “real” Conservative movement (talk radio is only one part of it).
They all bring a different perspective/angle to the mix and they are all to be appreciated in some way (for me).
Rush and Beck are great at putting news in a entertaining format. They make you think…….and LAUGH at the same time.
Hannity tilts more GOP and has a LOT of GOP people on that we’re not crazy about (career pols that just whine about being in the “minority”).
Laura Ingraham also entertaining but her schtick is more “culture” watch stuff sometimes.
Levin, Thinker less entertaining more pounding the table type guy when making his points.
Let’s just take them as they are…..and NOT give the White House the satisfaction of having us eat our own.
PappyD61 on September 23, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Except that’s not what he said. He said McCain would have been worse for the country than Obama, despite having voted for him. Not that Obama would be a better president, or that McCain would be a worse President, but that his presidency would be worse for the country. Those are not the same thing.
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Heh, “..a history of racial profiling”…in the People’s Republik of Cambridge…
I think the timid news mouse does not have a clue about the social, political or demographic DNA of Cambridge, Mass….
or she does but it just doesn’t fit the picture she wants to paint so she ignores it like a proud libtard.
Alden Pyle on September 23, 2009 at 7:10 AM
Pablo:
I think there are some older traditional Democrats showing up at those Tea Parties, they feel as if their party has been stolen from them..and it has of course. I saw a sign one old guy was holding in DC and on it was a picture of JFK and the words, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country..and the word Remember? I had a feeling that old guy was not just talking about JFK, he was talking about the Democratic Party as it used to be.
Terrye on September 23, 2009 at 7:11 AM
That is a distinction without a difference. McCain would have been a lot better for the country than Barack Hussein Obama, the man is a disgrace to his office. And Beck was an idiot for saying that. And what is more, he had to know the kind of response it would generate and obviously he did not give a rat’s behind.
Tell the guys in Afghanistan who are risking their lives for a cause that Obama will not support, that McCain would have been a worse Commander in Chief.
Please.
Terrye on September 23, 2009 at 7:14 AM
man
true that
true that
i got real sick real fast of all the Cons who said “oh there’s no difference between the two”
uh yea there is.
blatantblue on September 23, 2009 at 7:16 AM
balantblue:
Yes, it is true. It is also true that Beck has been more afraid of our own government than he has most terrorists, at least that is who and what he complains about. Did he support the Patriot Act? I don’t think so. At best he was extremely leery of it, because after all, you can’t trust the US government.
So yeah, when it comes to national security issues, I think there is a big difference. When it comes to who they surround themselves with, there is a big difference and when it comes to the willingness to create debt, there is a difference as well.
Terrye on September 23, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Sadly, I think Glenn might agree with this. And that is why I’m starting to back away from him. I first heard him say on Friday that America needs to be sorry for things its done by giving a vague example of “forcing democracy on people who don’t want it”, but then in a thread last night a poster said that he first heard him say something along these lines on 9/12 and provided this link where it implies Glenn might be into this imperialism thing. If Glenn really does blame American “imperialism” for *anything*, that’s a “blame America first” belief and I can’t stomach that at all.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on September 23, 2009 at 7:21 AM
i mean
i think he is doing great work, you know?
exposing all the connections between various communo-pinky groups and their subsidiaries, with all of the tentacles reaching the White House
but at times he is too much for me
and Ron Paul thinks Iran is a non-threat. sooooo…
blatantblue on September 23, 2009 at 7:23 AM
No, it isn’t and the supporting argument is entirely reasonable and has been laid out here many, many times. But let me use Beck’s own analogy to do it one more time: Was the Carter presidency good for the country? Ultimately, yes. And he was an awful, incompetent, misguided POTUS. Was it good for the Democrats? Ultimately, no. It took Carter to wake people up to the Dems, and to give Reagan a chance, and to send the Dems into the wilderness.
Meanwhile, Obama in the WH is getting the GOP focused on being conservatives since they can’t occupy themselves with pulling the levers of power. That’s a damned fine thing for them to be thinking about while they’re sitting in the corner. That’s what will make them worthy of voter confidence.
There’s a reason that the Dems won both houses (and a supermajority) and the Oval Office. And the outcome of that is that they overreach and everyone is getting a big fat, loud, rude wake-up call. Yes, it hurts right now, but in the long run it’s a good thing.
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Yes, I’m sure that’s right. Zell Miller was never anything but a Dem.
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 7:28 AM
Uh oh:
She’s (almost) right. And McCain is part of the problem.
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 7:29 AM
A number of people who heard the speech in a packed a hotel ballroom, which was closed to the media, said Mrs. Palin spoke from notes for 90 minutes and that she was articulate, well-prepared and even compelling.
“The speech was wide-ranging, very balanced, and she beat all expectations,” said Doug A. Coulter, head of private equity in the Asia-Pacific region for LGT Capital Partners.
“She didn’t sound at all like a far-right-wing conservative. She seemed to be positioning herself as a libertarian or a small-c conservative,” he said, adding that she mentioned both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. “She brought up both those names.”
Mrs. Palin said she was speaking as “someone from Main Street U.S.A.,” and she touched on her concerns about oversized federal bailouts and the unsustainable American government deficit
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/us/politics/24palin.html?hp
hmmmm Palin sees the pull of Beck. If the above doesn’t say she is going after the Glenn Beck crowd I don’t know how anything
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 7:30 AM
I think Beck serves his purpose, but I also hate it when he says both sides are equally bad. I think he is pushing for a third party, and if he tries to do that come election time, he will hurt the conservative movement. I also didn’t appreciate his coverage of the 9/12 tea party. He barely showed what was happening in D.C. He made it all about him, doing flash backs etc.. and his charts. I changed it to CSPAN so I could actually watch the tea party. He jumped on the bandwagon of the tea party movement, and tried to use it for his own agenda, in my opinion.
spypeach on September 23, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Palin speaks from notes. No teleprompter. The NYT gives a glowing review with only a little snark. Hmmmm. References Reagan and Thatcher. Never mentions Bush. hmmm.
Going after the Tea party crowd? the Reagan democrats. Calls Fed immoral.
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 7:34 AM
I like real people. GB is one of them. Don’t have to agree with any of his opinions but he does his due diligence and holds himself accountable. Works for me.
Randy
williars on September 23, 2009 at 7:39 AM
ok someone is lying here: two stories one from the NYT and one linked by drudge. Tell two different stories. they both can not be right:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/us/politics/24palin.html?hp
Mr. Goodé, an African-American who said he did some campaign polling for President Obama, said Mrs. Palin mentioned President Obama three times on Wednesday.
“And there was nothing derogatory in it, no sleight of hand, and believe me, I was listening for that,” he said, adding that Mrs. Palin referred to Mr. Obama as “our president,” with the emphasis on “our.”
Mr. Goodé, a New Yorker who said he would never vote for Mrs. Palin, said she acquitted herself well.
“They really prepared her well,” he said. “She was articulate and she held her own. I give her credit. They’ve tried to categorize her as not being bright. She’s bright.”
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5c890613297fae5a68cbf119a882edf8.191&show_article=1
“It was fairly right-wing populist stuff,’ one US delegate said.
Palin blasted Obama’s proposals on healthcare, reiterating a previous statement made to the press that the plan would include a bureaucratic “death panel” that would decide who gets assistance, he said.
Another from the United States said: “She frightens me because she strikes a chord with a certain segment of the population and I don’t like it.”
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 7:42 AM
I don’t think so. He’s pulling for the founding principles and he’s calling out everyone who’s sworn to uphold them and doesn’t. Party has nothing to do with it.
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Surely Katie caught Joe’s political knowledge? Nah….that would be too much work for her.
yoda on September 23, 2009 at 7:47 AM
ok this is nuts three articles and three different completely different takes on the speech:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125368057547633229.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
someone is lying out their teeth.
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Iv’e read a couple reviews, only breitbarts looks like a hit piece , those others 4 seems fair and impressive.
She blames fed for the bubble.
the_nile on September 23, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Pablo, I hope your right, but time will tell.
All I know is that when I watch him, something in my gut tells me to be careful. Rush, Hannity, Levin I think have earned our trust, we all know where they stand. Like I said Beck has his place, and he does good work on a lot of things, but at this point I need to watch and see before I can say I know where he stands.
spypeach on September 23, 2009 at 7:52 AM
the_nile on September 23, 2009 at 7:52 AM
yes the one from the brietbart’s looks like made up fiction. hmmm i wonder why drudge would link the hit piece and not the other ones.
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 7:53 AM
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDptsOIuwheU
“How can we think that setting up the Fed as monitor of systemic risk in the financial sector will result in meaningful reform,” she said. “The words ‘fox’ and ‘henhouse’ come to mind.”
the_nile on September 23, 2009 at 7:56 AM
the_nile on September 23, 2009 at 7:56 AM
how indeed. Palin is correct on this score. the Fed needs to be brought to heel. I am not one that wants to do away with it. Juast one that understands that atm the fed has unlimted power with no checks nor balances. It needs to be limited and smaller IMO.
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Glenn Beck the GOOD: Got the 9-12 project going; investigating ACORN, APOLLO, TIDE, etc. and doing it in an entertaining and informative way.
GLENN Beck the BAD: Pushing Ron Paul. I agreed with Paul on fiscal matters, but that’s it. I do not agree in any form with a third party.
AND…. If McCain had been elected, this revolution wouldn’t be happening and the Republicans would continue to get a bad name. McCain should be thrown out in 2010 along with Graham when he’s up and about um-teen others in the Senate and Congress. That’s what we are doing now is working to that end. Come join us, we need everyone involved.
suzyk on September 23, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Hmm, that pretty much sums up the left’s take on Palin. She appeals to common, everyday Americans and that scares that crap out of them.
Doughboy on September 23, 2009 at 8:09 AM
I’d recommend listening to the radio show for a while. Sometimes the TV show is 10 pounds of crap stuffed into a 5 pound bag. Had I not been listening to the radio show for years, I probably wouldn’t care for the TV show. In fact, I didn’t watch his CNN show much. The radio show will give you a better idea of where he’s coming from, and it’s hilarious at times.
Pablo on September 23, 2009 at 8:10 AM
AND…. If McCain had been elected, this revolution wouldn’t be happening and the Republicans would continue to get a bad name. McCain should be thrown out in 2010 along with Graham when he’s up and about um-teen others in the Senate and Congress. That’s what we are doing now is working to that end. Come join us, we need everyone involved.
suzyk on September 23, 2009 at 8:07 AM
I say vote out all 535 it is the only way to be sure
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 8:10 AM
I really think Beck’s bottom line is not that Obama is a better President than McCain would have been – but that Obama is so bad (and a Democrat – not a Republican) that he will drive the electorate considerably to the right.
Like Carter drove the country to Reagan.
ManUFan on September 23, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Hmm, that pretty much sums up the left’s take on Palin. She appeals to common, everyday Americans and that scares that crap out of them.
Doughboy on September 23, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Yes us “teenagers” like her. go figure. Why we like someone that talks freedom, liberty, lower taxes smaller government in a nation founded on those principles I will never know…….
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM
That’s why I used the word basically, Jailbones.
Beware of former disgruntled Bush Administration employees.
Lanceman on September 23, 2009 at 8:13 AM
I really think Beck’s bottom line is not that Obama is a better President than McCain would have been – but that Obama is so bad (and a Democrat – not a Republican) that he will drive the electorate considerably to the right.
Like Carter drove the country to Reagan.
ManUFan on September 23, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Yes…but he is also making a comment on how far left the gop has moved in recent years too. I saw it during ther campaign. everytime McCain would attack Obama on his socialist policies Obama and the dems would come right back and said your policies are the same just different in who it benifits and the scale of them.
It was why McCain lost People couldn’t see any difference between the two on domestic issues and the forgien policy difference did not matter to the voters
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 8:15 AM
I agree. Again, the situation is like 1980: Reagan waw too conservative for most Republicans then, too (remember he lost the ’76 nomination to “moderate” Gerald Ford – but Carter managed to repel so many people, that the GOP finally went far enough right to accept Reagan.
ManUFan on September 23, 2009 at 8:20 AM
I don’t think Reagan didn’t get the nomination in ’76 because he was too conservative. Republicans had and still have a seniority mindset when comes to nominees and it bites them in the butt everytime they cave in to it. I am hoping the people have caught on but I wouldn’t put money on it.
Cindy Munford on September 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM
don’t think Reagan didn’t get the nomination in ‘76 because he was too conservative. Republicans had and still have a seniority mindset when comes to nominees and it bites them in the butt everytime they cave in to it. I am hoping the people have caught on but I wouldn’t put money on it.
Cindy Munford on September 23, 2009 at 8:26 AM
it is not just GOP. the dems do it too. Clinton and Kerry wereonly able to get the nod because they were the only ones that wanted to try. in 2008 jhillary was suppose to get it. Obama was running outside of the party at first until the dems saw how his campaign took the voters by storm.
It has to do with elitism i think. bluebloods always crave a social order. the common people look for leadership the elites look for pedigee
unseen on September 23, 2009 at 8:41 AM
I agree that there is an argument to be made that McCain would have been worse. The country would still be gradually transitioning to socialism under McCain. It just wouldn’t have been noticeable. Obama, and the Democrat Congress, are so far left and out of control, their socialist agenda is on the front burner and in full view of the country.
If the American people can continue to hold off implementation of the socialist agendas until next year, there’s an excellent chance that Republicans will re-gain control of at least one house of Congress. I don’t think that would have been possible with McCain in the White House.
Although he does sometimes sound a little wacky, Beck is getting the attention of millions of people and most of his facts are undeniable.
orlandocajun on September 23, 2009 at 8:46 AM
I find you to be SNOTTY, OPINIONATED and NOT FUNNY. Why don’t you go back to making fun of libertarians again?
John the Libertarian on September 23, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Absolutely. From listening to him on the radio for years and years, you get a picture of the man. He is pee-your-pants funny, he loves what he does, and he’s good at it. I think the drawback of TV is that he can’t afford a lot of the comedy because of time constraints, and it all looks so serious and dark because of those constraints.
He’s almost another man on the radio. It’s much more intimate and I think it shows more who and what he is. That said, I do enjoy him on TV, but if I had to pick one, it’d be radio.
hoosiermama on September 23, 2009 at 8:52 AM
As with any national figure, the danger is that they start to believe their own PR and become insufferable. That’s why term limits are essential for politicians. They are weak mere mortals and cannot be trusted with the reins of power for more than a brief while. They all prove as much. As for pundits and entertainers, we have to accept that they will die by their own hand eventually. After all, they are just talking heads who may wield influence over others but not the power to destroy.
SKYFOX on September 23, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Agreed. Both sides seem to do better (relative term) when they move outside of the box. There has to be a decent compromise between candidates too long in Washington and the rank amateur we are dealing with now. My personal preference is governors, but that’s just me.
Cindy Munford on September 23, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Glenn is right about McCain. And here is my reason. He said McCain is a sort of progressive republican because like Bush, McCain is all behind amnesty for all illegals. He is all behind cap and tax. He too wanted health care reform. And he says one thing then runs in and votes for bullcrap like TARP. Or have all of you forgotten that. He was heavy into no torture, soft on terrorism. When asked if Obama was a communist he insists no, no he is a good man. He is the type of republican that is dangerous for America. And in general a pre-alzheimer goof. In short except for the marxism not that different from Obumbeler. BUT, if he were in there republicans would feel obgligated to vote FOR some of this junk, and dems would of course flock to it. So in short instead of people coming together to oppose like we have, we would have these destructive for America bills actually getting PASSED! As it is, we have a shot at getting them all shut down.
That is what Glenn means when he says this is better. We have banded together like we hav’nt done in many years and will get real change in leadership done next year. This would not have happened if McCain was elected and the same old Bush crap and the marxist dems crap just under the surface would just have kept going.
This is our time like Glenn says to kill this enemy from within and that is just what he is trying to do. You cannot kill the enemy until he comes out into the open which is what the election has forced them to do. They are emboldened now and throwing it in our face. Black radical, saul alinski tactics, ACORN, SEIU, Van Jones, Cass Sustein, Bill Ayers, Chu, Holdren, Holder, Valerie Jarret, Rice, Americorp, NEA, Green bull, Emmanuel, on and on. Lets face it, until Obama none on we average Americans EVER even thought about these types of America haters being in our midst. At least I did’nt. I had no idea that they had infiltrated our schools, and tax money, and government so thoroughly. I had no idea that there were still black people out there like Wright, and his followers who were #1 so radical in their anti-semitism and their hate for white people, and America. Now we know their agenda and we can set about destroying it before they got an even bigger hold on our school children indoctrinating them with their anti-American, homosexual, atheist, progressive, anti-semite structure.
It is time to put an end to all of this and bring back our values and constitution and founding principals and it would not have happened without Obama period. Just my opinion.
patriotparty1 on September 23, 2009 at 9:04 AM
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Unfortunately McCain did support TARP, In the Senate 34 R’s voted yes in the house 108 vote no, but 91 yes;
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Senate Vote: 74-21 (R:34-13) Roll Call Vote 213
House Vote: 263-171 (R:91-108) Roll Call Vote 681
Dasher on September 23, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Beck’s message is really pretty simple, and is based upon data retrieved from extensive research…
Democrats and Republicans have been taking us to the same place for the past few decades; some radical form of Socialism or Marxism… Republicans have been taking us there by way of train, Democrats by way of a rocket ship.
Bottom line, don’t trust our government! We, the people are the only obstacle standing in their way. All of our checks and balances have failed us. All three branches of government have failed us. The supposed “watch dog” media has failed us. If we are to remain a country of the people, for the people, by the people, it’s obviously up to we the people…
Keemo on September 23, 2009 at 9:13 AM
We respectfully no longer use the N word. That is all except the blacks. Its OK for them to use it. They don’t find it offensive and I’m fine with that.
Now being told not to use the word racist is total PC b_llsh*t. It doesn’t bother me. Its not offensive to me but others are not fine with that.
This is just a carry-on of the double standards allowed in this country. It can be traced to a polical group or party.
Furthermore I tend to think that the people obsessed with putting Glen Beck down and trashing him have a different agenda than I do. So be it. I put up with lying crap 7 days a week from the MSM, newspapers and the left. I ignore it because its trash and fodder for the herd of trolls who often are catered to.
bluegrass on September 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM
This clip is a fine example on how to handle the fringe media…Katie looked the part of a naive 10th grade girl venturing out on her first big interview for the school paper. Nicely done, Glenn. The man’s confidence is super-human.
RepubChica on September 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Good post, unfortunately, I did know about Obama’s radical past, and his associates. I could not believe how anyone could vote for him. And yet he won with a majority vote.
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“You can never underestimate the intelligence of the American voter”, H.L. Mencken. :: 2008 proved it.
Dasher on September 23, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Dasher on September 23, 2009 at 9:16 AM
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I wouldn’t get to confident in picking up rattlesnakes if I were you. The day will come that you get bitten. Thats what rattlesnakes do.
bluegrass on September 23, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Was the McCain remark ilconsidered? probobly yes. Was he wrong as a long term projection? I don’t think so.
LCT688 on September 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM
It has been caused by sixty plus years of propaganda.
Johan Klaus on September 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM
Can someone please explain to me where our empire is exactly? Do we control countries all over the world? The juxtaposition of “U.S.” and “imperialism” is an oxymoron. Colin Powell said it best when he said,
“And when all those conflicts were over, what did we do? Did we stay and conquer? Did we say, “Okay, we defeated Germany. Now Germany belongs to us? We defeated Japan, so Japan belongs to us”? No. What did we do? We built them up. We gave them democratic systems which they have embraced totally to their soul. And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead. And that is the kind of nation we are.”
So to all you disingenuous “progressives” who think that we are imperialistic…pound sand.
Jarhead68 on September 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Absolutely right. The march was a demonstration of conservative values, not necessarily Republican Party support. Beck knows d@mn well that the PARTIES are both a waste, and ping pong voters between them. (Am I the only one who remembers Rush biatching about carrying water for Republican losers who end up screwing us over) The only thing a third party can do now is show up and take enough votes from one party to weaken them. They aren’t viable on their own. It’s ironic that we are all biatching about “competition” in health care, and have 50 varieties of ice cream to choose at the supermarket, and 700 channels on tv to watch, yet only have two viable political parties. There should be 4-5 viable parties, not two, to keep each other honest.
Right now people see Republicans as a fail safe measure to stop more Democrat overreaching (“the party of ‘no’”). They do not see the Republican Party as one of ideas, because the Republicans are practically out of them. Their voters/supporters are not, and it shows how out of touch the Party is with the base, as evidenced by there STILL not being a Republican political contender of any real conservative weight. The only really “idea men” getting any attention on the right are Beck, Rush, Hannity, Levin, etc.
And do not forget, this dispute between radio personalities (and jealous bloggers) may have some roots in principle, but it is really ego. If someone like Levin or Savage has been saying something since Chr!st was a corporal and getting ignored by the mainstream because of their style/personality, but now Beck says something similar and gets all the attention, that is bound to cause some ego bruising.
I said myself during the last election that Rush just “talks”, he rarely “does”. The “Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies” i.e. “those who CAN, do, those who CAN’T, teach”, and I railed that these know-i-alls need to get active and really use their clout we give them. Beck and BigGovernment.com and Breibart.com are actually “doing” and not just talking, and thus drew attention away from Rush, Levin, etc.
As was stated in a previous post, Beck, Rush, Levin, etc. all have their own way of doing things, and they should stick to it. Quit cannibalizing your own. As the Steelers/Bears game demonstrated last Sunday, let the other team beat you, don’t defeat yourselves.
Saltyron on September 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Okay, GB aside . . . McCain wins and the slow slide toward progressivism / statism / socialism continues and people like Levin are attacking him (btw Levin can get as “rabid” as GB at times) and we are fighting amongst ourselves (not in the “iron sharpens iron” sense but in the acid corrodes sense).
But BarryHO won and tries to fast track his socialist agenda and the right and center-right wakes up and now it’s a “win-or-go-home” situation for both sides; the line in the sand has been drawn and we are either going to stop socialism (marxism) for good or we are “condemning our children to a thousand years of tyranny” (allusion The “Real” Great One — RR).
So would McCain be “worse” probably not — but the point is moot.
One more thing, Hey, you non-conservative republicans . . . wise up! Man up! and CUT the spending — cut the taxes and PROVE to them that free market principles will work — don’t try to save capitalism with socialism! (That was really stupid!)
rebuzz on September 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Recently I have added John McCain, Joe Scarborough, Bill Maher, Arlene Spector, John Edwards to my ” LOSER-HAS BEEN ”
list. They’re finished , they’re gone , they are not relevant. They are all guilty of side-stepping issues for the sake of being liked. That is B _ L L S H * T
bluegrass on September 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Okay, forgive me if this has been previously asked, but why does she look at him like it’s just outrageous that he’s bringing it back to Wright “again.” First of all, it was never really addressed the first time. Second of all, why wouldn’t you bring it back to that flaming piece of evidence. The guy didn’t go rogue one random Sunday after which BO walked out. He sat there for TWENTY years and listened to this gargabe, let this racist maniac baptize his children and marry him and his wife and called him his spritual advisor. Why would you NOT bring this up as an example? It’s TOO good? It’s TOO blatant?
hollygolightly on September 23, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. Why did so many people hold their noses, and publicly admit it, when they voted for John McCain? Things haven’t changed that much. There is something that doesn’t quite sit right about McCain, notwithstanding his willingness to throw US under the bus from time to time or his ultraliberal daughter.
Beck is uniting the country. We’d better help him.
eaglesdontflock on September 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM
The more you stir a bucket of it, the more it stinks.
Allah, Nothing will change about John McCain.
bluegrass on September 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Hawaii. Seriously, that is the only instance in which the imperial argument can even reasonably be applied. Fortunately, we do not and have not experienced much “blowback” (a silly and morally ambivalent notion anyway) from Hawaiians.
anuts on September 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I also find that McCain is far more in sync with George W Bush than Obama. If it seems strange to even state that which seems obvious, maybe one should ask, “was Bush worse than Obama?” The answer to this question would help the legitimacy of the (hypothetical) question of, “would McCain have been worse?” It would be difficult to argue on merit that the answer to both questions would be different. If so, I would like to understand the reasoning. I cannot deduce any at this point…either way.
anuts on September 23, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Oh that’s very good.
Blacksmith8 on September 23, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Why is Ms.Perky making excuses for the president? Does she think he isn’t man enough to speak for himself? Why does she seem personally offended by Beck’s statements? Is she half black as well? So many questions, so little patience.
inevitable on September 23, 2009 at 11:41 AM
No one can because we’re not imperialistic. Progressives, however, would transform the U.S. into the anarchist, Chavez-modeled socialist state. Given the choice between the two, I’d go with imperialistic.
orlandocajun on September 23, 2009 at 11:47 AM
To my way of thinking, having McCain would have just keep us at status quo–kept us from what appears to be currently exploding around the nation. McCain would have been just enough to keep most people from getting too angry, and definitely not enough to get us actively involved in Tea Parties and other related events. McCain would have been worse than Obama. It took an Obama to start the (peaceful) revolution and his actual policies to keep it rolling. We should thank Obama for starting the Fire. It’s time to (peacefully) clean House (Senate, Congress, White House). Even some elected Repubs haven’t figured out what the People are saying!
scottjenn on September 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM
My mouth dropped when she said that. Like it was no big deal.
WHY OH WHY are they not concerned by the fact that Obama attended that HATE-filled church for 20 YEARS!??
Toutoune on September 23, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Glenn Beck speaks the truth. He gets his insights from reading what the founders of this country have said. He recent statements about imperialism come from what our founders said about it.
As for Ron Paul, he doesn’t support him except on fiscal matter, which Paul is right about. When he had Paul’s son on the show, he made the comment that “I hope I can agree with you more than your father”.
The fact is that Repubs and Dems have taken us to the same place. If you are still carrying their water, then you are part of the problem.
TechieNotTrekkie on September 23, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Katie just got pwnd!
liquidflorian on September 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM
The US would not be considered weak on the national stage. We would be standing with the Iranians as they demonstrate against the sham of an election and we would not be trying to put a dictator in power in Honduras. the european missile defense would be on track and russia would be crying uncle
lwssdd on September 23, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Katie is an empty suit. Got her questions from the Obama truth squad stationed at CBS.
saiga on September 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Beck’s message is really pretty simple, and is based upon data retrieved from extensive research…
Democrats and Republicans have been taking us to the same place for the past few decades; some radical form of Socialism or Marxism… Republicans have been taking us there by way of train, Democrats by way of a rocket ship.
Bottom line, don’t trust our government! We, the people are the only obstacle standing in their way. All of our checks and balances have failed us. All three branches of government have failed us. The supposed “watch dog” media has failed us. If we are to remain a country of the people, for the people, by the people, it’s obviously up to we the people…
Keemo on September 23, 2009 at 9:13 AM
This really needed to be repeated.
All 3 branches have colluded to render the Constitution meaningless. They can do anything they want, as long as everyone goes along. Everyone’s been going along for decades. We the people are powerless to stop it unless we choose to throw the bums out. We do not have the will to do so, therefore my recommendation would be to keep your heads down and goose-step however obama tells you to.
Me, I’ll be preparing.
runawayyyy on September 23, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Do you folks STILL not get this/ Obama has united Conservative Americans like no one else since Reagan and maybe even MORE than Reagan.
nelsonknows on September 23, 2009 at 6:38 PM
man i hate commercials…
equanimous on September 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
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