'Cap and Traitors': Does Glenn Beck even remember what he said the day before?
By David Neiwert Wednesday Jul 01, 2009 12:00pm
Yesterday on his Fox News show, Glenn Beck was conversing with Sen. Jim DeMint, and I guess he decided to get all respectable or something, because he uttered the following:
Beck: I will tell you that I -- we discussed this on the radio program earlier today, that, um, a lot of people are calling this, where was it? In the Washington Examiner today. That they -- that people are saying that "Cap and Trade" is "Cap and Traitor". They're actually -- people are starting to view people -- both Republicans and Democrat -- as traitors to the country. Which I think is over the top. That's a very specific definition.
Funny thing, because just 24 hours before, on the same program, Beck was running a reward poster on his show naming the eight Republicans who voted for the bill "Cap and Traitors." His guest, Kevin Mooney of the (you guessed it!) Washington Examiner, called them "traitors" too. Guess that wasn't "over the top" then.
Because Glenn Beck went through a time warp or was abducted by aliens or something and everything he said the day before was now actually said by a whole other, different Glenn Beck. Something like that.
You can't make this stuff up. It's like watching a bad old science fiction movie, I tell ya.
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just another right-wing media whore strung out on oxycontin.
an intervention.
David, I think you just insulted bad old science fiction movies.
Beck is more like a peron with a mental health problem or your old uncle who just says shit that doesn't connect with the last thing he said. Beck's faces and the different voices he does, does not add credence to anything he says. Bottom line, he's nuts.
we will probably be ignored for a few more millenia if the aliens are in search of intelligent life in the universe.
Q: What do you call an alien using an anal probe on Glenn Beck?
A: A brain surgeon.
An oldy
but a goody.Perhaps it is an oldie, but since I have never heard it, it's a real goodie.
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Nothing that happens in any given episode is going to matter one whit with regard to what happens in any other episode. That way, you can show all the old episodes in syndication in any old order you please, and it doesn't matter at all to those watching.
Nothing is ever learned or remembered from episode to episode, and no demands are made on the viewers to keep up.
Sounds like the Glenn Beck audience to me.
I'll take plan 9 from outer space over anything on cable news any day.
Obviously, SOMEONE makes it up. But whomever it is needs a script person for continuity.
... is nothing but a complex ploy to plead insanity when the indictments for war crimes start to fly left and right (not that will ever happen, but these assholes are very good at covering every possible base....)
all performers use a little creative license in their shows. ;o}
/snark
that gave Joe his plumber's license?
The Reagan/Atwater School of Punditry & Plumbing, as a matter of fact. ;o}
Joe got a plumbers license?
He actually passed the test? When did he find the time with all the media events he where shows up and embarrasses an entire trade/profession?
..calling Senators and Congressional Representatives "traitors" may have finally sunk in. NAH! You wait; there'll be another faux pas soon enough.
Quick: what power is Oceania at war with?
The one we've always been at war with.
Eastasia. I think that's this week.
I know this might sound kinda stupid but maybe when Beck calls representatives in the House, traitors, even the big shots at fox balked at that and yanked his chain.
I know, I know, it did sound stupid.
Beck must have fallen off the wagon for him to be so out of it all the time.
Just because most people think they're from another world does not mean that Beck has his own Plan 9...
Do as I say, not as I do
but dont do what i say
or say what i say
or say what i do
and if you do what i say, then i was kidding and am therefore not responsible
http://twitter.com/glennBeck
This country's finished
I don't think the country is finished, it's just that fox has given us a taste of what the stupid looks like.
still paying cost of living prices that we're artificially blown up with the Bush bubble. . . among other things.
is apparently the goal.
Ed McMahon and Michael Jackson dying bankrupt pretty much tells you all you need to know about the big lie.
... you must be a "hit" at parties.
McMahon and Jackson were purely entertainers and let themselves be used and discarded by a merciless industry. I hardly think they're object lessons for the average working man.
Sorry. I was just trying to lighten your mood. I didn't mean to argue with you.
adding your take.
The problem is to me it looks pretty much hopeless we'll "normalize" this country without extreme convulsions.
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Party on with your bad self or your good self. Just party!
Because guys like Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly and Limbaugh are 'the names above the title,' so to speak, they can literally say whatever they want to without fear of contradicting themselves or - being utterly wrong.
That is the problem with political 'discourse' today. Do you really think Glen Beck will go on air now and say, 'you know what, I contradicted myself, first accusing people of being traitors, and then turning full circle and saying such accusations are wrong...without even noticing my previous statement.'
And their low attention span audiences don't even remember what they previously say. It's all boiled down into a mush of 'Republicans are perfect, Democrats and liberals are the devil.'
You would think that the companies that broadcast of syndicate their drivel would take some responsibility.
They could care less if it's Beck or Stern that does it.
Beck lies and lies and lies.
Fox lies and lies and lies.
Fox originally labelled Sanford a (D) or democrat on its graphics. They have done this many many times. Every time a Repug gets caught Fox lies and says they are a democrat. Unbelievable.
How do they get away with the straight out lies? Someone should sue them. Say what you want about MSNBC and Olbermann, but they do not lie.
that Glenda is pulling a "Colbert" on his viewers...all those old angry conservatives who believe he's serious are gonna be shocked when he admits that he's not one of them, but a liberal playing a "schtick".
The wingnuts will foam at the mouth and keel over from apoplexy, and we'll all have a great laugh.
Then the Anti-Pasta will appear and there will be 40 days and nights of Ragu....
/snark
Maybe it's performance art. I'm hoping it's really some high-concept commentary on the dumbing down of America.
I can't watch Glen Beck. It's not (just) his politics. It's the way he smiles at the camera like he made some profound or clever comment. And he does it constantly. He likes to hide this behind the label of "entertainer", but it comes off as juvenile.
Bushie had the same look when he leaned against the podium to school a nation of imbeciles. It made my head hurt.
But non of the madness he exhibits will cause his masters to fire him, and long as he keeps his wing-nut audience happy.
Those people who listen to him every day, and don't catch the numerous lies, evasions and outright traitorous utterances of this madman must be brain-dead!
but only in the most basic survival mode.
You could actually make a game out of watching his show if you write down every lie or misleading thing he says. I'm not sure what the prize would be for the person who found the most wrongs...maybe that they would never have to watch the show again.
Someone mentioned Joe the Plumber, seems he would be a great guest for Beck these days. I'm sure Joe would appreciate the exposure. But then after Joe made his remark about feeling horny at that big shot dinner, that might have been the end of him.
a stupid remark will keep you from getting on Beck's show? I thought stupid remarks were the prerequisite for being on his show!
Good point! What was I thinking? Having this long miserable day today must have warped my thinking processes.
even the slightest exposure to Beck can immediately shave points off of anyones IQ.
I better keep my distance then because I can't afford to lose any more points these days.
Like I said back in 2001 beware of becoming obsessed with these types because you might end up being just like them.
A bickering whiny loudmouth.
Oops, I didn't get the memo with your warning. Fortunately I haven't fallen under Beck's spell yet. I think I'm stronger than that. It would take something much stronger than Beck et al, to make me change who I am.
Is it happy hour yet?
I don't get Fox. Does that count?
Happy hour is just over an hour away and the one I have tonight might be the best one this whole year. I have spent the day with the electric off for five hours and to top it off, my dog has been sick all over the house all day long. I have been cleaning poo and sweating all day.
Beck and dog poo - if that combo won't drive you to drinkin, nothing will.
And don't forget this all took place over five hours and in a very hot house. I'm so done with this day.
they would be even more friendly with him just not in public.
he is really a beer truck driver, in drag..
Roger Ailes must pick guys like Beck in later night, back alley gin mills...
advise from Beck.
Schwarzenegger declares Calif. fiscal emergency.
Your doing a great job Arny!
One minute Beck tries to sound authoritative and the next minute he is acting like a total doofus. I imagine it becomes difficult for his audience to follow him at times.
Not really, they are for the most part morons (morans?) and find his shit highly clever.
Duh! Beck is braindead.
I defy you to prove Beck has a brain.
He likes M&Ms so there must be something going on up there.
But he was trying to spell S&M.
With a head that fat he must have a brain, although it clearly is not a functioning one. "Abbeynormal".
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 13:54 — Blue Lensman
I defy you to prove Beck has a brain.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOe_4mgmyyA
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 14:24 — marcellajoy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI
stops covering this maniac. I understand that it's important to point out the inconsistencies of people like Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, and Beck. There are so many of them, that sometimes this site looks like a video blog for the insane right wingers. Media Matters has it covered, please let's stop giving these idiots coverage. The reason Fox sticks with their programming is because people still tune in. In an offhand way we're making them relevant by taking their idiocy seriously. I know, I know, SOMEONE has to point it out, but as I said - Media Matters has it covered.
Here I am commenting on the idiots, giving them even more coverage......
It just gets better. Tonight Beck said people on the left are calling people to arms. Then he warns his audience to prepare themselves, it's coming.
Beck was bragging about the huge sales of his latest screed "Common Sense" on the radio this morning. I was surfing around and I think I went to Townhall, and if you join their stupid newsletter or whatever, you get a FREE COPY of the book. What does that tell you? Probably a large portion of his HUGE books sale are due to right wing websites buying them up in droves.
Does he make all those insane voices on radio? I suppose the benefit of radio is you don't have to see all the strange faces he makes.
Yep, you can't see it on the radio, obviously, but if you have seen him even one time on TV you can imagine the facial expressions. And trust me, when you have seen that face it's in your brain and extremely hard to remove.
Fortunately I never listen to the radio so I won't bump into him on the dial.
because it is an 'Obama bill'.....And he is paid to be anti-Obama at all times.......BUT, after the show Beck's corporate handlers tapped him on the shoulder and explained to him that Obama has been bought off/sold out; and cap-trade will make them richer while being able to pollute the same as usual.....
...Beck: "Now that I have been told this bill is a scam, I'm all for it!"
Guess who beck is blaming for Al Franken's win.
Give up?
The answer is: ACORN
I knew it. Fucking ACORN.
Seriously, my heart is bleeding for Norm Coleman, having that election stolen from him by all those damn voters.
Yep, Beck even had some republican on the show confirming what Beck said. The guy said we know their plan, first they go out and register voters and then they hold big, Get out the Vote, efforts.
Wow! That is one hell of a nefarious plan, isn't it?
Oh, no.....they are on to us. People register to vote and then vote. Nefarious indeed.
Who the Hell watches Glenn Beck?
Do Rush's flock of idiots turn off their radios and go turn on Beck?
No. They are in differnt time slots. Once you are done overdosing on Beck you can move straight on to Limbaugh then Hannity. It's a brain melt. Like nine hours a day of that shit. It's no wonder the people that listen are certifiable.
Hi Bob,
I sometimes watch him just to keep up with what sort of insanity he's up to. Some of the stuff he says is funny because it's so out there. I wonder how he himself keeps a straight face.
To watch the crazy people.
No, more like locking the doors to prevent a robbery. We need to know what he's up to so that we aren't surprized by what his fans may do.
Beck is holding another tea bagging party tonight in NYC. Funny, Fox didn't do much promoting of this one. Wonder why?
Bech just showed a live shot of where it is supposed to be going on and there were a few people wandering around. He said at this time that street is usually totally empty. At 6:00pm a main street in NYC is totally empty??
Empty just like his head.
Republicans need to change their logo from elephant to sheep. Can the dems draft legistlation to make that change? GOP Sheep - has kind of a ring to it...
what he said yesterday. It's that he knows his audience won't.
Beck is coke head.
I'm sure his attempted pick-ups have poured any number of drinks on his head.
Global Warming is happening much faster than it has been reported to us ! Mankind only has another 50 years to live unless drastic action is taken NOW. RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ! And Cap and Trade is not enough. The human population must be reduced by 50% before the year 2020. People in 3rd world countries have no value. They are not productive. They are not happy and they are endangering the survival of the whole human race. We, the United States of America have the military power. We have the chemicals. Go to www.humancullingmuststartnow.org or watch this video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=28895...
http://video.google.com/videoplaydocid=288952...
Listened to his neighbor's dog...
Well ol' Glenn (not my real name) Beck listens to his magic underwear...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emsAHm3RTHE
Beck referred to Repubs that voted for cap & trade as traitors to their party. He is saying that calling them traitors to their country is over the top. Where
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