Glenn Beck just announced on his TV show....

[Barbbtx]

How about socialist or communist?

You caught that huh?
Ok, I've probably called him a socialist. His policies are socialistic, and I try to stick to that and let people come to their own conclusions.
I've never call him a communist. I have called many of his associations past and present, communist.

 

[Slartibartfast]

You caught that huh?
Ok, I've probably called him a socialist. His policies are socialistic, and I try to stick to that and let people come to their own conclusions.
I've never call him a communist. I have called many of his associations past and present, communist.

His policies would have to be aimed at dismantling capitalism before I would call him a socialist. Our economy (and every modern economy) is a hybrid economy and his policies are a reflection of that.

 

[Ockham]

The media shafts the left all the time. There was a huge dearth of news stories about Iraq and patriot act protests for example. Its not a phenomenon that only affects one group of people.

Scale and breadth I'm talking about --- not rare occurances. The scale of Obama worship by the MSM is and was beyond any minor dearth on Iraq or the Patriot Act.

 

[Ockham]

How about socialist or communist?

Certainly socialist ... ideologue, yep. Communist - no. Wannabe-King. Perhaps in a weak moment of too much pizza and beer.

 

[liblady]

Of course. Historical events should be preserved in our greatest museum.

oh dear god.......a silly man rattled on and on about nothing, really, and you call it a historic event? you have got to be kidding.

 

[liblady]

Has he any leftover hymen sewing kit?

i love that!

 

[Barbbtx]

His policies would have to be aimed at dismantling capitalism before I would call him a socialist. Our economy (and every modern economy) is a hybrid economy and his policies are a reflection of that.

Take a look at his job killing policies. In my opinion he is trying to dismantle the free market.
Maybe he's just stupid, but I don't think so.
After Nov., if he moves over away from the far left progressives like Clinton did, maybe I'll change my mind about his motives.

 

[Barbbtx]

oh dear god.......a silly man rattled on and on about nothing, really, and you call it a historic event? you have got to be kidding.

Take Glenn out of the equation then. The audience and message is something that should be preserved in history.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Take a look at his job killing policies. In my opinion he is trying to dismantle the free market.
Maybe he's just stupid, but I don't think so.
After Nov., if he moves over away from the far left progressives like Clinton did, maybe I'll change my mind about his motives.

Reasonable people can disagree about a lot of things and the truth is not always easy to come by. What you are going by is opinion, of which his is different. I don't think it is wise to assign malice when there is a simpler explanation.

 

[dontworrybehappy]

Maybe he should donate his brain, it's not like he uses it.

Hardy har har har. I've heard more intelligent insults from grade schoolers. And what's worse, not only did some i***t spew forth this, another one thanked it! LOL :lamo

Let me ask you this.....what non-politician liberal can bring forth this kind of support? Please tell me. And if they can, why haven't they?

*crickets*

 

[Slartibartfast]

Scale and breadth I'm talking about --- not rare occurances. The scale of Obama worship by the MSM is and was beyond any minor dearth on Iraq or the Patriot Act.

I would hardly call those the things minor. Those two things are a huge problem and the media was not sympathetic to it. Therefore they are a right-wing organization!!!!

 

[liblady]

It was truely a historical event, no matter how much vitriol and hate the left spews.

glenn beck is crowing about 5ook+ people. he's a liar, and a smarmy, nasty man. now, tell me why this was a historical event?

 

[Naburus]

Idolizing evangelicals is nothing new. You can get any idiot to mobilize an army of followers so long as he/she states what they want to hear, and echoes it over a program that is nationally televised on a regular basis. Howard Stern at one point could have pulled this off probably, if not still. If Keith Olberman or Rachael Maddow were more animated and energetic about their claims they could probably pull this off. If Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Maher, hosted a similar event they could probably get similar turn-out. It's not unlike human beings to idolize energetic people who echo their beliefs and fears, whether true or not. In the case of Glenn Beck I don't think its a good idea to idolize anyone who has a website devoted to their repeated lying to the public.

Glenn Beck Lies | The Glenn Beck Report

I will say I haven't read that website, but, I have watched his show, and I feel like he is excellent at misleading people.

According to politifact, most of the statements assessed on their website from Glenn Beck are less than truthful. 12 less than half true compared to 6 half to fully true.

PolitiFact | All statements involving Glenn Beck

Doesn't make much sense to say people, liberal or any other fear him. We just get annoyed that he has a television show which is watched by a lot of people, which he abuses by lying to people who look to him for accurate information. It's pretty much offensive. I will say that about any pundit whether democrat or republican, it is offensive how people lie to the public to mislead them into believing a certain thing, knowing (for the most part) they will not put in the effort to find out the actual truth of a topic.

 

[Barbbtx]

Reasonable people can disagree about a lot of things and the truth is not always easy to come by. What you are going by is opinion, of which his is different. I don't think it is wise to assign malice when there is a simpler explanation.

Malice? Whatever...I guess it depends on where you're coming from. The fact is, Obama is killing jobs and he doesn't seem to be able to stop himself.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Malice? Whatever...I guess it depends on where you're coming from. The fact is, Obama is killing jobs and he doesn't seem to be able to stop himself.

Yes malice. The assumption that he does not have the best interests of the country at heart as opposed to believing that he does and that he disagrees with you on priorities.

 

[Ockham]

I would hardly call those the things minor. Those two things are a huge problem and the media was not sympathetic to it. Therefore they are a right-wing organization!!!!

Pardon? Not sure what timeframe you're referring to. Perhaps the first 8 months or so of the Iraq war? And regarding the Patriot Act, it was minor in any sense of the word. It faded quickly and the only thing that stuck around was the Bush hate - which inevitably included "blood for oil" and "illegal" as it applied to the patriot act. You're misunderstanding --- the media wasn't against these things on their own - they were against BUSH and therefore they used these two issues as wedges.

On the other hand, the Obama love is unconditional from the media. Criticism of Obama has media frothy. Talking heads who claimed their impartiality before are now openly coming out of the closet and expounding the Obama love. Obama's got the full pass now going 19 months with no stop in sight. He's the progressive left (and media's) best and shiny hope of a European America in the future. Otherwise, Iraq and Patriot Act were simply a means to an end... and the media is flakey. They were for it, then against it. Obama love by the MSM is forever.

 

[Barbbtx]

Yes malice. The assumption that he does not have the best interests of the country at heart as opposed to believing that he does and that he disagrees with you on priorities.

He just has a different idea about what is in the best interest of the country and the world, than I do.
I didn't call it malice, you did.

 

[Slartibartfast]

He just has a different idea about what is in the best interest of the country and the world, than I do.
I didn't call it malice, you did.

Thank you.

 

[Josie]

oh dear god.......a silly man rattled on and on about nothing, really, and you call it a historic event? you have got to be kidding.

You watched it?

 

[Caine]

glenn beck is crowing about 5ook+ people. he's a liar, and a smarmy, nasty man. now, tell me why this was a historical event?

*wimper* HES A BAD MAN! *wimper*

 

[Ockham]

*wimper* HES A BAD MAN! *wimper*

How DARE the man say we should look towards God and be moral. What a ****er, eh? :roll:

 

[Naburus]

How DARE the man say we should look towards God and be moral. What a ****er, eh? :roll:

I hate to bring religion into politics, but, how can you look towards god when he has no physical manifestation (at least in the Christian opinion)?

I think the same message could have been equally served without referencing god and just suggesting that people try to be more moral in general. I didn't watch the rally, or read the transcript. What was he suggesting we accomplish by looking toward God? Speaking of which, should this be the Christian God, the Mormon God, the Islamic God, or some other variation? Since Glen is a Mormon I can only assume it's the Mormon version, as we're all aware all of these similar gods have very different personalities, and manifestations. That's an important factor he should probably have noted directly.