Common Ground

I’m with Mika, slowing down to watch the car accident.

“What is he going to do for his next act.”Tomorrow on Glenn Beck.Glenn Beck blows himself to smithereens .Glenn Beck: The modern day Daffy Duck.Act 3: The OswaldsBugs introduces us to the Oswald Awards, an award ceremony created by Friz for cartoon characters. He then hosts the ceremony himself, announcing the nominees – the Wolf from Three Little Bops, Sylvester & Tweety, and himself. During all this, Daffy Duck continually gripes about the fact that he’s not being nominated. When Bugs wins the award, Daffy becomes furious and challenges Bugs to a talent showdown (aka Show Biz Bugs). Bugs seems to have the audience’s favor, but Daffy eventually wins their applause by blowing himself up. Bugs gives the now-ghostly Daffy the award, with the duck responding “It just goes to show you, you gotta kill yourself to win an Oswald in this town!”

I haven’t laughed this hard since Glenn Beck urged me to do so while pointing at the families of victims of The 9/11™. And man those families are hysterical!

ok, can’t believe i’m taking up for beck but….it’s one thing for us to laugh and make fun of beck for all the crazy (because it is crazy!) but for the republicans sitting at that table and across america to turn on one of their own is shitty in my mind! not because of blind loyalty for people within the party right or wrong but because everything beck says through his tears is EXACTLY what these assholes believe and say! for them to pick on this mentally unstable, really vulnerable guy, who is putting himself out there to further “their” agenda is wrong. it just shows how crappy these people really are. it doesn’t matter that they word for word have the same beliefs, they see a little sissy boy that they can beat up on and make fun of and they will. they are morally disgusting people and i bet they kick puppies!

You know, I’ve not watched ANY of the Beck clips – relying on Bob’s reporting to have a vague understanding of the insanity. NOW that I’ve seen it, I’m more angry than anyone can imagine. Glenn Beck is getting phenomenal ratings because he’s using Jimmy Swaggert’s techniques. Seriously – go back and get some clips of Jimmy Swaggert, and then compare to Glenn Beck. Only difference is Swaggert is talking about God from the Assemblies of God pov, and Beck is talking about patriotism from the hypocritical lying piece of sh!t pov.What’s got me angry is the deliberate manipulation of people. But it would be done. Obama makes his claim to fame using the rhetorical styles of black preachers – so Beck counters using the rhetorical styles of white ones.QT

Glen Beck is a nightmare. He reminds me just a bitof the character of Leland Palmer on Twin Peaks whowhen oft possessed by the evil maniac BOB (not Cesca),would spontaneously start sobbing and singing old standards.What does this guy see in the mirror ? RUN.

PPP – he certainly wasnt getting the attention and ratings he’s getting now.

My husband goes to work a sane man and comes home quoting this crap after having lunch with his buddies. They enjoy this craziness like they enjoy Big Foot, Nessie, NASA faked the moon landing, Elvis is still alive, and Oswald didn’t shoot Kennedy! And, just like chicken wings…it all goes down better with a couple of beers.

QT thats EXACTLY what i was thinking. Whats old punchy face gonna do when he gets caught with a hooker … cry?cuz come on now you know its gonna happen….

It’s like FOX decided that since the Simpsons has been so successful they would just make a cable news network as a spin off.

Gypsy,Sorry.Cminri,I know what you are saying. I recall him on CNN saying some of the same garbage, and all of a sudden he’s on Fox, and NOW he’s crazy.I’ve wondering about that for a while.jenny,No, he will be caught with a young boy.

Funny, I never did see any real TEARS. Did you?

Now you see? That is the reason I think most people watch Glenn Beck. We all need a good belly laugh now and then.

PPP, Glenn Beck has always been crazy but the (nonexistent) tears are new. And now that him crying is getting him attention, they’re here to stay. It’s like how Jerry Springer used to be just the average daytime talk show but after a couple people got in fights, soon it was happening every day and everyone knew it was for the ratings.

Re: Beck’s ratings.While it pains me to compare Glenn to anything other than a lump of puke from a viciously ill chihuahua, for the purposes of this analogy I’m required to employ some product that someone might buy. Let’s say a box of Blue Nun wine (fav of Johnny Winter, btw…but not what you would call a good vintage.)When you try to sell boxes of Blue Nun at an upscale import specialty shop, they tend to just sit there.If you move your inventory to Bubba’s Bait Shop, Taxidermy and Beer Joint, whaddya know…can barely keep the plonk on the shelves.The fact that Glenn Beck draws ratings among the demographic that tunes in for Judge Judy, America’s Funniest Home Videos, and constructs their schedule around the latest episode of “Ow! My Balls!” is no indication that the quality of the plonk has improved. It’s still rehydrated blended grape juice with a squirt of anti-freeze in it…and if you’re gonna drink that shit, you’d better be out in the middle of the woods in some isolated fishing shack because nothing good can possibly come of it.

I don’t buy it for a second. His tears are about as sincere as Jimmay Swaggart’s were when he got busted for nailing hookers.

More and more I as I listen to these right wing nut cases it becomes apparent that someone has left the door to asylum open and now the crazy of the crazies are amoung us and it is scary.

Cousinavi,That comparison was priceless!