Video: Glenn Beck blows the lid off Frog-gate
posted at 7:45 pm on September 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
I can’t believe people flipped out over this. Even PETA was chill and they get paid to go berserk. I don’t blame him for being pissed, either, about the underhanded edit of the clip that omitted the part where he said the frog was fake. That sort of video bowdlerization has been known to occur on lefty blogs from time to time.
As for his penchant for vivid visual metaphors, look: The guy’s a showman. Sometimes it weirds me out too, but goofiness in service to a political point is one thing and animal cruelty is another. If you’re going to have a meltdown, anti-Beckers, at least save it for something important.
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Of course Charles Johnson of LGF was one of those whining.
Disturb the Universe on September 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM
I notice you left out the outrageous outrage of one particular blog listed in your sidebar, one that is in fact mentioned in this clip.
MadisonConservative on September 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM
-No Animals were harmed in the making of this blog post -
HondaV65 on September 24, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Beta male heart-ache.
MadisonConservative on September 24, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Head to your local ACORN office Allah. They can get you into a nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage for 3 years until they repo it.
portlandon on September 24, 2009 at 7:49 PM
I mentioned it this morning, but I wonder if any of the regular readers at HuffPo ever wonder why the administrators leave off key parts of video clips on a semi-regular basis.
You think an intellectually honest person would be re-consider hanging out at a place that can’t make a point without twisting and/or leaving out key pieces of information.
BadgerHawk on September 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM
As soon as I saw the frog segment I predicted the reaction. The left is just plain goofy and dishonest.
alwaysright43 on September 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I thought it was a waste of valuable time. Who cares if a frog got boiled? Of course it is his show but all that explaining over a frog.
fourdeucer on September 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Won’t someone save the (fake) frogs. Or as PETA calls them, pond kittens.
At a particularly suddenly lurching left blog this item was BIG NEWS let me tell you. BIG NEWS indeed. Turned out the blogger was not a truther or a birther, but a frogger. Beck’s a showman first and foremost. Anyone who has been paying attention knows that.
I just think it hilarious he names the guy by name for further public humiliation. GLENN BECK: FROG KILLER
MightyConservative on September 24, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Even the racists at Little Green Footballs called him a frog killer.
What maroons.
Enoxo on September 24, 2009 at 7:52 PM
I LOVE that he pointed out LGF as a hater. But I hate that he’s going to give that asshat CJ traffic. BTW, props for moving them into Left Channels.
jimmy the notable on September 24, 2009 at 7:52 PM
The important question no one is asking is, does a rubber frog taste like rubber chicken?
ThePrez on September 24, 2009 at 7:52 PM
And they won’t repo it if you are running a brothel with half your donations going to democrat candidates.
Trov on September 24, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Froggers!
Monica on September 24, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Leave. New York.
Weight of Glory on September 24, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Why am I hungry for frog’s legs…?
Seven Percent Solution on September 24, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Boiled frog is tasty!
rebuzz on September 24, 2009 at 7:55 PM
i am a home owner but far from rich.
SHARPTOOTH on September 24, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Can you move your bowels, cook an omelet, and take a shower at the same time? If so, where does kitteh sleep?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 24, 2009 at 7:55 PM
AP to Beck: It’s On.
cubachi on September 24, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Work harder Allah and buy your own home, they are cheap now.
Beck’s frogger joke wasn’t real, anyone with a TIVO knew it at the time. However I cannot tell a lie, the wife went for it … Oh gee, Beck’s gonna catch hell for setting that frog on fire — LOL.
tarpon on September 24, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Don’t they dissect frogs in school anymore?
fourdeucer on September 24, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Plastic Turkeys now Plastic Frogs what is next?
CWforFreedom on September 24, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Or shut the pie hole. I love it. This guy has the best show on television.
Wingnut on September 24, 2009 at 7:57 PM
You know the world has gone mad when PETA is the voice of reason.
tru2tx on September 24, 2009 at 7:57 PM
If Beck’s zaniness wasn’t an act, he would have imploded long long ago.
jhffmn on September 24, 2009 at 7:57 PM
No, they get paid to skirt the edges of good taste (no pun intended). I disagree completely with the organization but some of their PR campaigns/stunts, particularly in synch with breaking news, have been brilliant.
highhopes on September 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM
I wonder, How do they cook frogs legs? are they boiled or fried?
Hellrider on September 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Welcome to the Bizarro world! Where during the Bush years it was cool to debase him to the nth degree, but now in the Obamarxist years…as he is actually tearing down the country, you are RACIST (and other various and sundry things) if you dare disagree with THE ONE.
Like Glenn Beck, but I am NOT a Libertarian and DON’T think we all have to come together…one and all. This is a WAR. I’m on the conservative side.
Like Beck, like his humour…but some of this stuff is deadly serious. O’Reilly is constantly watching his back for Beck (while treating him like a joke at the same time…Beck is either being so clever with him or letting O’Reilly be the big man) and just for good measure, being WAAAY too fair to Obama. Can’t see the forest for the Obama trees, but maybe O’Reilly just likes to give sitting Prez’s the benefit of doubt (Obama does NOT deserve it thou’).
Dopey Dems are throwing wild punches whenever and whereever they can. Peeps who pay attention know the truth thou’. And Sean Hannity has been AWESOME lately. An actual heavy hitter.
If you’re NOT listening to Rush Limbaugh, Andrew Wilkow, Quinn and Rose and Mike Church…you’re missing ALOT!
Gob on September 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM
He tucks his shirt tightly into his jeans.
(winces)
That is all.
Diane on September 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Also shows you how far left others have drifted.
MightyConservative on September 24, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Frog thing was great. The end.
Dash on September 24, 2009 at 7:59 PM
AP, that post makes me laugh. Likable, in spite of yerself, as always.
Beck saw it would be an easy setup for the whackos, so he played it to the hilt.
He won.
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM
….And Allah probably pays $3500 per month for that apartment. Kitties sleep on his left and right.
portlandon on September 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM
A certain deranged blogger is whining that he’s being smeared by Beck but just the other day was smearing Rush Limbaugh using Media Matters as a source, all the while deleting every comment proving him wrong.
Nothing like consistency.
JammieWearingFool on September 24, 2009 at 8:02 PM
He ought to boil a lobster tomorrow. I understand they scream!
Dusty on September 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM
So Beck reads blogs.
terryannonline on September 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM
heh, just noticed that about the “left channels” thing…cool!
JetBoy on September 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM
At the daily Animals-In-Broadcast-Media Tsar meeting, this Beck segment was discussed at great length.
The official AIBM rebuttle segment will appear at the begining of the Friday show and will be sponsored by the new animal rights law firm of Smith, Wilson and Jarvis.
R Square on September 24, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Frogs are not “cute”. I could care less if it was a real frog or a fake one or if it died or lived.
Dollayo on September 24, 2009 at 8:04 PM
The same racist who had his idiot employees attack several conservative websites by planting incendiary, disgusting comments and then whining that they weren’t taken care of in the middle of the night?
Enoxo on September 24, 2009 at 8:04 PM
If Frogs aren’t you’re your style, try the Super-Bass-O-Matic 76.
BDU-33 on September 24, 2009 at 8:05 PM
The whole frog show was great yesterday when it happened especially having John Bolton verify it was rubber. Today it seemed a little to much explaining to people who don’t like him anyway.
fourdeucer on September 24, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Even when he’s kidding around Beck manages to biyach-slap a few clueless lefties.
Ogabe on September 24, 2009 at 8:05 PM
I think the posts you see where to borrow a phrase from another blogger “heads exploding” on left leaning sites because of Beck’s antics are the height of win. Beck’s taken trolling to an epic level.
Is it wrong to enjoy watching someone who never professes to be wrong or “back down” get owned, hardcore? And after getting owned, continues to rail against it all the same claiming he’s liar? There’s no lie there at all.
However it is true that you have certain “froggers” out there that take themselves way too seriously as the arbiter of what’s right and wrong. Here’s a tip: when you get owned, stop digging a hole and making it worse, because people like me will point and laugh, and deservedly so.
MightyConservative on September 24, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Like Glenn Beck, but I am NOT a Libertarian and DON’T think we all have to come together…one and all. This is a WAR. I’m on the conservative side.Gob on September 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Like Beck, I AM libertarian conservative. Yes, this is war for our country, no doubt about it, and I’m on the same side as you.
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Frog boiling is RACIST!!!
The Reasonable Man on September 24, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I like Beck and his antics, but that was a stupid statement on McCain. But I’ll let it go. He’s too important for our movement and is effective.
I think he has the best and most informative show on Fox News.
I recall a year or two ago, Jonah Goldberg said on “Red Eye” libertarians are like allies fighting on your side in a war, but you don’t want them leading your country.
That’s Beck. I rather Rush Limbaugh or Mark Levin lead the country, not Beck. But Beck is great to have on your side.
cubachi on September 24, 2009 at 8:07 PM
That could cause some serious dissonance for liberal elites who hate Beck whist delicately sipping their lobster bisque.
Diane on September 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Ugghh, Correction to my last comment, please:
Like Beck, I AM libertarian conservative. Yes, this is war for our country, no doubt about it, and I’m on the same side as you.
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:06 PM
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Yes, Pete..as a conservative, you are on the same side as I am!
Gob on September 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM
That’s what sealed it for the lefties. Perfect performance maestro.
R Square on September 24, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Allah, I envy anyone that is still renting. You can walk tomorrow and not have lost a thing. Those that sacrificed for years and paid off their homes are in the position of facing the loss of a high percentage of their assets. Those that owe a mortgage with little equity are closest to renters. Enjoy your freedom and ability to relocate on the drop of a dime. Home ownership is quickly becoming a prison of it’s own kind.
Frogs are not my cup of tea for eating, but give me a couple glasses of wine I’d go for it – including a plastic one!
24K lady on September 24, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Unbelievable.
Priscilla on September 24, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Now I think like them too
This was just around midnight yesterday ( CA time)
macncheez on September 24, 2009 at 8:11 PM
But is it as tasty as squirrel cooked in a popcorn machine?
I saw this segment today and it was hi-larious! I don’t always agree with Beck, and sometimes I think he needs to lay off the caffeine, but he is extraordinarily entertaining. I kinda figured the frog was fake — he even said it was on yesterday’s show — cuz I didn’t think there was any way Fox would want to deal with all the angry phone calls and emails and boycotts. I can’t believe it caused an uproar. Do these people who were outraged eat lobster? And do the think it comes straight out of the ocean on a plate with a little dish of melted butter on the side?
NoLeftTurn on September 24, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Beck doesn’t like Little Green Frogballs?
What a pity. Doesn’t seem to stop the green pluses from handily outnumbering the red minuses…I guess banning anyone who doesn’t hang on your every word encourages those upticks.
Frankly, I’m surprised Beck noticed CJ. He’s taken shots from far bigger adversaries and has stomped ‘em pretty effectively.
Power to the froggies!
MrScribbler on September 24, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Its not about the frog. They could care less about frogs. Its about poking beck in the eye. But whats the saying “any publicity is good publicity”. So beck wins.
Greed on September 24, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I thought that frog gig was rather neat, no?
ajacksonian on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Funny! What a great way to put it. Even as libertarian conservative, I love it. (There’s some truth there too. That’s why, while I used to be libertarian, now I’m libertarian-conservative.)
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Crime of the Century.
ronsfi on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Guys, I have a sneaking suspicion that Allah would love to end the pi$$ing match going on between commenters here and unnamed blogger. Just my take, obviously I have no way of knowing. Oh, Allah I have developed a subconscious trick of totally tuning Beck out when he gets emotional. When he is funny, he is very funny.
Cindy Munford on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
A year or so ago Little Green Footballs was a fun site with some good threads but now…wow. Charles has gone off the edge and seems to be against anything even remotely conservative. His site, his choice but I have about given up on it.
Engrpat on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
For faster service, be sure to bring a whore!
SagebrushPuppet on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I like how Beck called the Little Green Racist Froggers a liberal blog.
Enoxo on September 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
This whole this was stupid, obviously, but to even refer to cooking a frog as “animal cruelty” is retarded too. I tried frog legs at a buffet in Montreal a couple of years ago. Would the same folks who went after Beck on this care to protest every restaurant that serves frog legs?
RightWinged on September 24, 2009 at 8:14 PM
He lies , this is a coverup, FROG KILLER!
Boiling water melts plastic!
the_nile on September 24, 2009 at 8:14 PM
I wasn’t a great fan of back, I always thought he came across as slightly deranged but this has, strangely, completely changed my opinion of him. He’s clearly got a sense of humour, and he’s won this argument hands down.
SamTrev on September 24, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Allah, I have just one thing to say to you…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa BREATH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Great post!
And good on Glen Beck for calling the idiots out!
FloridaBill on September 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM
The day Michelle sells Hot Air to Google, I’m outta here. Hopefully she will never need the money as bad as Allah needs a bigger apartment.
Rovin on September 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Well when someone has made it your personal hobby to try to defame and libel you on the internet, a pretty democratic and level playing publishing arena, you can get noticed pretty quickly.
I just think it is funny how owned some of these people got by Glenn Beck. Too funny.
MightyConservative on September 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Wow, that Inside Cable News guy needs a paper bag to breathe into.
Jim Treacher on September 24, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Sheesh. I might not be a big fan or anything, but I was not too worried about the frog.
Terrye on September 24, 2009 at 8:18 PM
It was kind of queasy-making to watch that ‘frog’ go into the boiling water, but you had to know it was fake. Unless something is seriously wrong with you, that is…I mean, come on!
Urban Infidel on September 24, 2009 at 8:19 PM
LGF = Little Green Froggers
BrianA on September 24, 2009 at 8:20 PM
This is really true about Glenn Beck, he is an honest to God, showman. He once said he was part rodeo clown. He knows just what he is doing. No accidents with this guy.
Terrye on September 24, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I guess I dont get the whole outrage. Has no one been to a 5 star restaurant or another country before? If not, if this kind of thing bothers you, then stay home. I spent the first my first 5 yrs of life living in France. I helped mommy boil the snails, frogs, lobster, etc. Then moved to Alabama and was gigging frogs,(if you arent familiar w/ frog gigging, Google), by age 7. I guess I was alone in hoping he was going to dump some huge REAL frogs in the pot. Now that would have been great TV.
di butler on September 24, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I hope so. For those of us who were only casual readers of that site, the pi$$ing match is very boring. It demeans HA.
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I like to think of them as LrGF = Little racist Green Froggers.
Enoxo on September 24, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Chuckles now claims Beck is slandering him, by noticing he posted an edited video on his miserable donation-begging site.
Cash problems, Hawaii boy? Why don’t you get yourself a real job? (Yes, I know you are reading this)
Aristotle on September 24, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Get ready for the LGF documentary
.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 24, 2009 at 8:23 PM
He might know Johnson from back when..there was a time when Johnson was part of Pajamas Media and was not like he is now…Beck might have known him before he went through the change.
Terrye on September 24, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Mike Rowe (the Dirty Jobs guy) has done much worse things than boil a fake frog on TV.
And speaking of Rowe … not sure what his political orientation is but here’s a long entertaining speech he made in the spring about how castrating sheep opened his eyes to the fact that America is engaged in a War on WORK.
20 minutes but worth every bit.
HondaV65 on September 24, 2009 at 8:24 PM
What puzzles me is how do you eat frog legs without cooking frogs first, or chickens without cooking them first. What does one do, engage them in a socialist utopia and anesthetize them first?
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Cut off their Medicare, of course.
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM
In 3rd grade, in 1963, I predictyed there would be cable news.
In 1966 I predicted that 20th Century Fox would be one of the cable news networks.
In 1967 I predicted cars would fly by 1988, but I was wrong.
In 1968, I predicted there’d be a guy, on Fox cable news, named Glenn Beck.
In 1969, I predicted the Beatles would stay together for 30 more years.
In 1971, I predicted Glenn Beck, on Fox News Network, would perform a fake frog boiling, and others would be outraged.
Jeff from WI on September 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Ohoho, now we see where some of the jealousy comes from. That, and the fact that Glenn like, enjoys life and stuff.
I_C on September 24, 2009 at 8:30 PM
This isn’t a joke within the blogging world. The unnamed nutcase blogger has systimatically gone after and targeted certain websites while claiming he was still part of the group. It’s heartwarming to me that those targeted have flourished while the unnamed nutcase blogger has diminished and is now thought to be rather insignificant. Payback is a b$#ch, oh hollier than thou.
24K lady on September 24, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Ah … finally a question up my alley – as I live in the Louisiana swamps and have enjoyed frawg legs many times.
First – you go into the swamp at night and “gig” the frog whist he’s sleeping peacefully on his little lilly pad. Then you chunk ‘em in a burlap bag.
You need LOTS of frawgs – because the only edible part of a frawg is his legs. You can give the rest of the carcass to a New Orleans voo-doo woman but otherwise – you can feed them to the hawgs or to your dawgs (but not all dawgs like frawgs). Oh well – sometimes cats will eat them or you can use them the following night for gator bait once they’re good and stinky.
You don’t cook the whole frawg – only his legs. You need to skin the legs before you trow them in the fryer
HondaV65 on September 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Charles really went off the deep end. He used to make his hay exposing people who told half-truths. Now he’s one of those people telling half-truths.
Red Cloud on September 24, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Menopause?
theTarCzar on September 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Wow. I never realized just how big of a clown Charles Johnson is, until I actually went to his site.
And I lost points of intelligence by that one, rash act.
JohnGalt23 on September 24, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Do you bread them or just fry em’ up plain?
thomasaur on September 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM
You are the hope we’ve been waiting for.
Will frogs survive global warming?
Do SUV’s cause sun spots.
Do you know Miss Cleo?
petefrt on September 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I remember years ago when LGF got popular. I never stayed because the comments were full of racist and exterminationist ranting. Maybe it got better, but I never cared what wnet on there since.
exception on September 24, 2009 at 8:35 PM
He’s the whiner in chief. Kind of sad, really, he used to have a good site, now it’s all about righteous indignation. I’d rather listen to someone rant any day than to listen to them whine.
scalleywag on September 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Yeahhh…he only mentions that fact about ten or eleven times a day between the radio show and the tv show.
I_C on September 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
HondaV65 8:31
Darlin’….Priceless! I’m still laughing.
24K lady on September 24, 2009 at 8:36 PM
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