Beck calls Sen. Landrieu a prostitute -- "We know you're hookin' " -- for snagging post-Katrina Medicaid funds
By David Neiwert Tuesday Nov 24, 2009 11:00am
Glenn Beck repeated on his Fox News show yesterday a line he had tried out earlier in the day on his radio show (and Rush Limbaugh used it too): Sen. Mary Landrieu is a high-priced prostitute because she wrangled in $100 million in aid to Louisiana in exchange for her Saturday vote for cloture in moving the health-care reform package forward in the Senate.
Beck: Look, if this health-care bill was right, would you need a hundred million dollar bribe -- oop, uh -- what are they actually calling it? Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana -- she was on the fence with this health-care bill, but then she ended up voting for it! What changed her mind? Some amazing cost-cutting maneuver, something that she was reading the bill and went, 'Oh my gosh, that's gonna make sure that everybody gets Band-Aids who has boo-boos.' No, it was reported on Friday that her vote was sold for 100 million dollars.
Yeah, hundred million dollars, right there in the health-care bill. A bill about health and care and covering people on health-related issues! Senator Landrieu was assured that her state, Louisiana, in the bill, would get 100 million dollars in aid.
[Video] Sen. Landrieu: I am not going to be defensive about asking for help in this situation. And it is not a 100 million dollar fix, it's a 300 million dollar fix.
Beck: Well, I'm sorry! So we know you're hookin', but you're just not cheap.
It's three hundred million dollars. She went on to point out that there's bipartisan support for this money in Louisiana. Ohhh! Well, how about it there support in Texas? How about Washington, are you for it? Oregon? You cool? Ohio? Are you good with it? Ohhh, that's great.
Nevermind all the details Beck has wrong here (Landrieu was just voting on cloture, not the bill itself; Landrieu in fact remains officially "on the fence" in terms of voting for the bill itself; and moreover, this kind of horse-trading is a standard feature of the American legislative system).
And those other states he mentions were not recently struck by one of the biggest natural disasters in American history nor are they still reeling economically from its effects. Do people in other states mind that Louisiana is getting this help? Well, speaking as someone from another state, hell no. It's what we do as United states, ya know.
But the biggest point is that he pretends this was just generic "aid" for Louisiana completely unrelated to health care -- when in fact the funds will go to the state's Medicaid program, which is near collapse after the economic effects of Katrina. That is to say, it will mostly go to help poor and indigent people, many of them minorities. You have to wonder if that's what Glenn Beck objects to.
At the end of this rant, Beck intones:
I guess shame is dead. Shame died.
It sure as hell did on Glenn Beck's show. Not sure it was ever alive there, though.
Sam Stein reports that the pressure is now on Republican Rep. David Vitter to denounce Beck's remarks.
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HA!
prostituting ones self, it's beck.
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see also...faux noiz
the only thing Beck is ashamed of is his crappy ratings when his Texas show tanked.
They made Grayson apologize for calling someone a K-street Whore. Those same republicans should hold Beck to same standards.
Full agree!
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And Grayson was absolutely right. That's why they squealed so much.
These people are just POX Theatre Players. Hardly the same thing. They don't represent anybody. Their audience are aging shut-ins with shrinking brains and expanding hemorrhoids.
Beck is a big fish in a geriatric pond.
I agree 100% with you, Loki. When Grayson made his statement, he was vilified for being disrespectful. He quickly apologized for it.
Glenn Beck, who likes to resort to name-calling and incendiary rhetoric should be called out for doing the same, and he should apologize promptly. Of course, there are those who would defend such asinine behavior, and would say that Beck is being unfairly targeted.
Clearly, another glaring example of the lack of shame he has. A special version of Hell must be constructed soon for the likes of him, because Satan must be terrified of this shithead.
Good lord, what does it take to sue someone for libel or slander in this day and age?
I guess it takes having more money than Fox News Corp has for attorneys.
Even if she doesn't want to go to court, where's her husband in all this? What kind of pussy do you have to be to stand silently by when some carpet-headed buffoon calls your wife a whore on national TV?
Yeah...he needs to stand up next to his spouse...just like all those GOP wives standing next to the diaper dude senator and the hiking governor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/davi...
What two consenting adults do in their free time is their business.
But perhaps they turned it into some sort of weird role-play sex game.
Ow. Another part of my brain just died.
Mr l just punch the fool
I don't have a problem with what he said. Personally, I think everyone in congress are a bunch of whores. And not the two dollar variety.
It's not just everyone in Congress being called out by Pigboy, despite his veil of alleged independence from any one party. Did I miss when Glenn Beck called Lieberman a trollop for the insurance biz when he first defied the wishes of the people he is supposed to act like he represents in saying no to a public option? Why is it that he's yet to notice the grip that the insurance and health care industries have on Baucus, McConnell, et al, but rather the money asked for by one Democratic woman in the Senate who represents some of the most put-upon people in the past 5 years?
where ya find em
2 things:
1) Amazing how he happened to pick a female Senator when looking for whores to make an example of.
2) I don't disagree that almost all Congresscritters and Senators are basically whores for one corporate interest or another. But Beck doesn't call any of them whores for that, because all of those whores are being paid off to be on his side in this debate. Instead, he chooses to highlight a Senator getting benefits for her state. Isn't that what our representatives are elected to do?
Also: Sam Stein reports that the pressure is now on Republican Rep. David Vitter to denounce Beck's remarks.
It's Sen. David Vitter. And good luck getting him to speak out on the subject of whores.
Louisiana's own madam-killing diaper dandy senator is expected to ask for a modicum of decency? Sure, tell me how that works out.
By 34,000....:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/24
Oops...sorry. Wrong thread....
..four..three..two..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/kent...
dangit...wrong thread...my bad.
I'd add this:
"... I find it fascinating how we're not supposed to "speculate" regarding the obvious correlation between the lunatic rhetoric against the census by Bachmann, the rants inciting violence against the federal government (now that a black man is president) of Beck et al, and a crime directed specifically against a federal worker for the Census."
same deal keeping the HATERs at a high level so to distract from reality. actually i'm sick and bored with his nonsense and his red meat message.
Didn't Rush say something very similar about her? Must have been in the republican hateful talking points yesterday. Don't hold your breath waiting for Beck to apologize because that bastard hasn't got what it takes to be a man. A real man says I'm sorry, a piece of shit man just denies saying it.
Don't forget the habitual references to rape, too.
So classy, these guys.
this crap is nothing, NOTHING, like what Sweet Sarah Palin has had to put up with.
So true. So true.
Palin is not "hookin'"....that HO is whoring
Let me see. . . .
Glenn Beck said something outrageous? (ZOMG be still my heart)
It would only be news if Beck was kind, thoughtful or polite.
Between "kind," "thoughtful," "polite," and "dead," I know which one will be most likely ever ascribed to Glenn Beck.
dead
Not that I wish that on anybody.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/victim_...
...some fat dumb mormon fuck-face"
I hope Keith takes Beck to the wood shed for this little piece of nastiness. When the Daily show returns I hope Jon visits this too.
..beck and limpbaugh as worst persons.
The pressure for an apology should be directed to murdoch and ayles. They let this happen, in beck's case. Boycotting stations and advertisers by Louisiana citizens and the rest of us would go a long way!!
I think Rush and Beck are calling out the wrong Louisiana senator.
points to you
Good one!!
are the whores.
. . . anyone with a brain can stand to watch this guy.
He presumes - dares - to speak of the death of shame? 'Shameless' is Beck's middle name.
Look whose state is tops in getting per capita federal dollars. When can we expect Beck of the "Fair and Balanced" network to accuse Palin of hooking?
http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action...
He looks at one in the mirror every day.
All of the BS from Beck (and the others) IS NOT WORKING!
Claims of abandonment of Obama by independents (or lib-Dems or con-Dems) are substantially exaggerated over the past three months.
Although we might see some numbers change with an escalation of the occupation in Afghanistan.
Where's her husband in all this? What kind of pussy do you have to be to stand silently by when some carpet-headed buffoon calls your wife a whore on national TV?
And if he doesn't want to call Beck out, she must have a brother or two in that family of nine she grew up in.
I mean, this is the South. Let's see some damn chivalry here.
I don't recommend violence as a solution to anything but from where I stand Beck could use a solid punch in the nose.
..there would be a challenge and a duel.
Beck doesn't have the necessary huevos to take a challenge.
He would start crying . . .
the only fluids that would leak.
Thanks for the great mental image, guys.
While I believe that the name calling is completely out of line from both sides, and detracts from the arguements, on fact is indisputable:
Since Katrina, more money has been spent (well over 100 BILLION) in the area than for ANY natural disaster in America's history, yet there still seems to be "misery". Where has the money gone, and why are there still issues? Why haven't things changed in the last year since the administration changed?
About the no-bid contracts that have all been paid out. That is where the money went.
It was stolen.
.......a real, honest-to-goodness ho only cost 35 cents and you got a bowl of hot chilli on the side. Thses days, ho-ing has sure got expensive.
That was when you could hitch your horse outside and not have to bathe for weeks on end.
Wait a second... I'm sure that still goes on in D.C.
But Beck is pretty misleading regarding the patrons.
and send 'em to john school where they'll learn
something abouterm-uh...nothing!"That is to say, it will mostly go to help poor and indigent people, many of them minorities. You have to wonder if that's what Glenn Beck objects to."
Yes, it has a lot to do with Beck's objections. Everyone seems to forget that Beck referred to healthcare reform as "reparations".
Well, if it's one thing that Christian Republical piles of shit know, it's hookers.
So, now Beck is a journalist AND a supreme judge of character.
Can he keep teeth sparkling clean and make julienne fries too?
Let's take the Republicans down. That is the only way Republicans will respect democrats wishes.
Let's take the Republicans down.
Sheesh...what? They ran out of hookers?!?!
When CNN hired the pervert and gave him Erika Hill's time slot (a typically stupid management decision), the first thing he did on air was to hit on Ms Hill. That she didn't whack him demonstrates her professionalism in the face of his lack of professionalism.
....listen to a walking butt-pucker who wants to address serious issues while talking like a sarcastic 7th grader, saying things like "Uhhh!", "Oops!", and rolling his eyes? KIDS and retarded fratboys do that kind of "I know you are, but what am I? Am I right, guys, or am I right, huh, huh? Har har har! Pwn'd!" shit.
I would pity this fool if I thought it would help.
I'm just sayin' ...
nc
When are pundits...or anyone, besides us, call out these racists bigots? Where's the spine of anyone in DC to tell it like it is? Are they really afraid to do it? This country is "going to hell in a handbasket"....and fast.
Beck is dead on right on this one. I can't believe a site called Crooks and Liars can't distinguish between corruption on the left and corruption on the right. I said before the vote ever happened that the Dems would buy Nelson, Landrieu, and Lincoln w/whatever deals they had to make to move ahead. Same thing will happen on the final bill vote as well. The only problem Beck has is that he can't admit that he's a prostitute as well.
Vote write-in.
well, speaking of prostitutes.
No, Vitter will not denounce the comments. He's been having "town meetings" here in Louisiana for the past several months and his own comments echo Beck's. Hopefully, people here will take great enough exception to the dough boy trashing one of our own, and enough initiative to press Vitter harder. But don't hold your breath waiting for it.
what YOU might have called her yourself on these here threads?
I know what you're saying probably has more than a kernel of truth (though you're gonna have to match the previous Landrieu-haters with those defending her today to make your case), but I think I have a grasp on where you're coming from when you aren't cracking wise, so I think right now you're just tossing out unadulterated flame bait for your own entertainment.
instructions about stone casting. I do know, however, a few with tell tale pebble residue on their little keyboards.
Landrieu. He's a misogynist, through and through.
Beck was actually talking about his hooker wife.
kinda cute. I just wish I could afford those rates.
That was horrible. See, but FUNNY. Comedy takes timing and wit. Now the ol' Beckster, here, is not funny and he isn't an anonymous blogger snarking on an interweb thread. He [sigh] theoretically has a responsibility to not talk like misogynistic, retarded poo-flinger on the teevee, ESPECIALLY when he has a point to make (ricky, I am addressing your...hehe...concerns as well. Landrieu IS, generally, a pretty unsavory character).
When David Schuster on MSNBC accused Hillary Clinton of "pimping out" her daughter Chelsea (accurately), there was much outrage and gnashing of teeth. Schuster got to take some time off, and now he's off the air.
But Limpbaugh & Beck call a sitting Senator a whore and...(crickets chirping in the background).
Another example; Liberals are harder on their own and have a higher standard. Even liberals criticized David Letterman.
so I don't consider myself biased when I say that remark was way over the line and should be a fire-able offense. Journalists should have more decorum in public.
But, of course, Beck will say that he is not a journalist (and therefore under no obligation to tell the truth).
Beck takes a wide stance in the mens room and is a child molester, no proof, it's just what I believe.
"Does Beck take a wide stance in Men's Room and IS he a child molester?"
"DOES Beck sit on the pointier parts of fire hydrants and scream, "Surrender Dorothy!'?"
"Is Beck permanently brain damaged from possibly mixing cocaine and Ajax, then perhaps shooting into a vein on his alleged penis?"
See, the question mark makes it ok! Just ask FuxNews!
Senator Landrieu but this is unacceptable. This tool needs to apologize.
My hope is that Beck and Shame meet up real soon!
"the pressure is now on Republican Rep. David Vitter to denounce Beck's remarks."
I'm not sure Vitter is the guy to go to to denounce someone calling his fellow Senator from LA a prostitute. Not sure he thinks that's a term of abuse. Some of his best friends are prostitutes.
On the one hand - I hate Beck and he should apologize for his reprehensible behavior. On the other hand - I hate Senator Landrieu and she should apologize for her reprehensible behavior. Both are ruining this country an both should just go away.
Well, we know you're still a low life, low esteemed pathetic loser drug addict like your daddy Rush Limbaugh who done spawned you so who the hell are you pointing at doughboy?
Louisiana was struck by 2 major storms that year; Katrina in the East and Rita in the West. Rita wiped out complete coastal towns in the Western part of Louisiana aside from what Katrina did to the New Orleans Area.
Glenn and Rush are RACIST Assholes!!! Why give people like that a platform... They both need to go and jump off of a bridge...
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