http://www.youtube.com/v/FKZ1qbDyKOM
he won't remain a television clown for very long, mark my words
Katie Couric is so mean!
http://www.youtube.com/v/nokTjEdaUGg
So what's with Glen Beck? The question was pretty straight forward. Has no one asked him to clarify his view before now?
Glen Beck has actually made a few valid points. It's a shame that he has no credibilty.
The greater sham is that he is among those leading the new republican party. From hyperbole to outright propaganda. He makes it difficult for anyone to the right of Bill Clinton to be taken seriously. He is the grand poohbah teabagging birther/deather.
http://www.youtube.com/v/awMuNkF3TXU&hl=en&fs=1&
Kieth Olberman=Glen Beck
QuoteGlen Beck has actually made a few valid points. It's a shame that he has no credibilty.
The greater sham is that he is among those leading the new republican party. From hyperbole to outright propaganda. He makes it difficult for anyone to the right of Bill Clinton to be taken seriously. He is the grand poohbah teabagging birther/deather.
I happen to agree. He is in the same mold as limbaugh, hannity etc. I pay them no attention and it pains me that they have as large a following as they do. My biggest problem is these guys are what passes for leadership of the conservatives or republicans. They have been elected to nothing... they are accountable for nothing except ratings. They pander to peoples fears and baser instincts. Their goal is to find and keep an audience so the more controversial, outrageous, and heated their statements the better.
They may have some good points... but for me... they are drowned out by all the bullshit... and I do not listen.
Amen.
Quote from: buckethead on September 26, 2009, 09:51:56 AM
Kieth Olberman=Glen Beck
Perhaps things might come into sharper focus if you took the bucket off of your head.
Perhaps. Olberman appeals to the other side of the debate using the same smug delivery, along with hyperbole and misinformation. These guys are offer OPINION. IMO a horrible way to form your own.
I prefer to get facts wherever possible. You can do as you will.
QuoteWile E. Obama vs Road Runner Beck
By Robert Ringer
Remember how BHO got down in the mud with Sarah Palin almost immediately after she was announced as John McCain's running mate? It took a good week before his handlers got him to settle down and realize that he was running against McCain, not Palin.
Slow learner as he may be, to his credit, BHO finally demonstrated the self-discipline to ignore the dynamic and magnetic governor of Alaska and refocus on his hapless presidential opponent, John McCain.
Nevertheless, his childish bickering with a beautiful, charismatic woman whose political experience dwarfed the darling of community organizers reminded me of Wile E. Coyote and his eternal nemesis, Road Runner. And after eight months in office, it's clear that BHO is still susceptible to falling into the Palin Trap - not necessarily with Sarah Palin, but with anyone who annoys him.
Nary a day goes by when he does not lash out at his enemies in his trademark crybaby style. And when it results in a drop in his poll numbers, you can almost hear the words "Beep! Beep!" in the air. Now, BHO is caught in the Palin Trap once again, fighting a war he cannot win - a war with Fox News, the most influential media outlet on the planet.
My guess is that, sooner or later, BHO's handlers will convince him that he has no choice but to appear on Fox, because he's insulting an election-losing percentage of independents who are Fox viewers. Likely, he'll consent to being interviewed again by the ever-fair Chris Wallace and, perhaps, Bill O'Reilly. Greta is an outside possibility, but she doesn't tolerate B.S., which is BHO's stock in trade.
In any event, all three would give him fair but tough interviews, and one would hope they would hold his feet to the fire with serious questions about meaningful topics such as ACORN, SEIU, communist Van Hall, Mark Lloyd (who refers to Hugo Chavez's dictatorship as the result of "an incredible revolution"), BHO's public statements about favoring single-payer healthcare, etc., etc., etc.
Would BHO survive a Chris Wallace or Bill O'Reilly interview? It depends on how intent they would be on insisting that he answer their questions in a no-spin manner. But, either way, it would not spare BHO from the biggest Palin Trap of all - the progressives' worst nightmare - an ex-alcoholic, ex-drug addict, ex-financial failure, ex-rodeo clown, and current Road Runner Supreme, Glenn Beck.
As Beck continues to disrobe the corruption surrounding Wile E. Obama's presidency, the strategy from the left, as expected, is to try to discredit him. To put it mildly, it's not working. In fact, it's making him more popular by the day.
Beck is on a mission, and he and his excellent research staff are relentless. To his enormous credit, he has made it clear that he isn't afraid of losing everything, if that's what it takes to get to the truth. And, as the left knows more than any other segment of our society, a man who is willing to lose everything can be very dangerous.
So, whether he likes it or not, and whether or not he will even admit it, Wile E. Obama is getting sucked into the Palin Trap with a real, live version of Road Runner - in the body and brain of Glenn Beck ("Road Runner Beck"). And, as with Fox News in general, Wile E. Obama is once again in a battle he can't win.
If he tries to ignore Road Runner Beck, Beck will continue to disrobe Wile E. Obama through his own written and spoken words. Beck has become a one-man poll-wrecking crew for BHO. He continually shows one video clip after another of BHO blatantly contradicting himself (or, in less delicate terms, lying).
But if Wile E. Obama chooses to go after Road Runner Beck, he will get sucked even deeper into the Palin Trap - bringing himself "down" to the level of a mere television personality whom the left is trying ever so hard to dismiss as a right-wing kook. Could you imagine how a teleprompterless Wile E. Obama would fare in an interview with Road Runner Beck - being confronted with real questions and an aggressive insistence that he answer them in a serious way?
So, what's a community organizer to do? The more the fringe media asks BHO about his opinions on the BCS college playoffs or the chances of the Chicago White Sox making it to the World Series, the more viewers will continue to flee to Fox News - and, in particular, to Road Runner Beck - to find out what is really going on in the world.
Now, Time magazine has (obviously, inadvertently) made Beck even bigger by featuring him in a cover story in its September 28 edition. Road Runner Beck now poses the single biggest threat to the establishment of a progressive dictatorship in Washington. Which in turn means that, whether or not Wile E. Obama likes it, this is going to increasingly become an Obama vs Beck battle.
The truth of the matter is that the progressive movement no longer needs BHO. Give the man credit, he moved the ball all the way to the five yard line in just a matter of months. But at this point, he may actually be a liability because he is becoming more and more entrapped by his own written and spoken words.
As Wile E. Obama increasingly gets sucked into Road Runner Beck's Palin Trap, it will become ever more clear to White House hacks that a battle with Beck is not winnable. Which is why no one should rule out the possibility of the ever-lecherous, always ready to pounce, two-for-the-price-of-one Clintons challenging BHO in 2012 if his comrades in arms go down in flames in 2010.
I would suspect that the HillBillys think often of how Bobby Kennedy challenged Lyndon Johnson in 1968, causing Johnson to resign before Kennedy himself was assassinated.
Stay tuned ... this is going to be better than Dynasty and Dallas at their best.
www.robertringer.com
QuoteGood to know what the extremists are up to.
Oh, just trying to keep the level of entertainment up to it's usual level.
http://www.youtube.com/v/mqfuZ7hiap0&hl=en&fs=1&
I don't know. Most people I know already formed their opinion way before Beck even had a TV show. Since most people I know absolutely detest changing their opinion no matter what, I don't think any talk-show host or opinion maker can have any major influence on them.
Glenn Beck just seems to be an outlet for one group of these people. They pretty much formed their opinion already and Glenn is just voicing what they say on national television. They have always existed it's just, well, lots of people prefer they didn't even though they are here - now and today. They just were swept under the rug before.
It's the same thing with all the other outlets out there like Keith Olberman as the primer opposing example.
I guess the hard thing for everyone is that television shows like this show people with "other views" which make the opposite side uncomfortable that there's actually people out there who disagrees with them - whether rational or not.
Quote from: buckethead on September 26, 2009, 09:51:56 AM
Kieth Olberman=Glen Beck
Good point. They are very similar in their rabid belief espousal. But, sensational equals dollars and ratings (not so much with MSNBC according to the last ratings). Personal note: I think they are both ego maniacal knobs. :)
Quote from: stephendare on September 28, 2009, 05:49:43 PM
Keith bothers me sometimes as well. I think the key difference is that fewer of the Olberman people are likely to start a murdering spree.
Source?
Quote from: stephendare on September 28, 2009, 05:49:43 PM
Keith bothers me sometimes as well. I think the key difference is that fewer of the Olberman people are likely to start a murdering spree.
Yep.......I'm just clinging on to my guns and God! Moron.
QuoteI think the key difference is that fewer of the Olberman people are likely to start a murdering spree.
Nice... ::) No partisan hackery there...
Quote from: buckethead on September 28, 2009, 06:16:14 PM
Quote from: stephendare on September 28, 2009, 05:49:43 PM
Keith bothers me sometimes as well. I think the key difference is that fewer of the Olberman people are likely to start a murdering spree.
Source?
Well it's kinda obvious. The The Department of Homeland Security didn't warn law enforcement officials about a rise in "angry liberals," rather they warned of "rightwing extremist activity."
Perhaps it is time for a State controlled media. Dissenting opinions on all sides should not be allowed. Perhaps this local message board should be shut down (gotta admit we do have varying opinions on here and God forbid a nut job signs on) Yep, then the world will be a better place.
Whoops forgot. It has been tried many times and never works out very well.
Here is an interesting take on Beck by David Brooks in Friday's NY Times:
"The Wizard of Beck"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/opinion/02brooks.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/opinion/02brooks.html)
Brooks contends that the "talk jocks" may have a lot of listeners, but that it doesn't translate to any power at the ballot box.
Here is a quote:
QuoteThe rise of Beck, Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and the rest has correlated almost perfectly with the decline of the G.O.P. But it’s not because the talk jocks have real power. It’s because they have illusory power, because Republicans hear the media mythology and fall for it every time.
Beck is a moron and bipolar douche that somehow managed to get a show. Well, he is on Fox News afterall.
And so is Rush, Sean, Ann the ?, and Karl Rove. What the GOP has on there side is Crazy! I love the Fact that with Obama in office fox news doesn't have an inside to the White House. For eight years gwb and DICK could pump out all there Hate night after night. Now I get to sit back and relax. 8)