GLENN BECK AT CPAC 2010:
‘Hello, my name is the Republican Party, and I’ve got a problem. I’m addicted to spending and big government…I’m addicted to spending and I just don’t want to spend today.’
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"If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “Liberal,” then I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.” ~ John F. Kennedy, 1960
Rep. Eric Massa is claiming that a naked Rahm Emanuel came flying into the House gym’s shower room where Massa was also naked, showering, and minding his own business to yell at Massa while pointing his finger at Massa’s chest….all because (according to Massa) Rahm was pissed at him for not voting for health care reform and against President Obama’s budget.
This story doesn’t seem plausible to me at all, *adjusting my Glenn-Beck-connect-the-dots-cap*, but I got thinking this morning that Massa is being investigated for sexually harassing a male staffer by stating to the staffer that he (Massa) should be fucking him instead of the bridesmaids (they were at a wedding or bachelor party apparently), so maybe Massa’s story about Rahm is the opposite of the story he gave above. How do we know Massa wasn’t sexually harassing Rahm in the House gym’s shower by stroking his winkie in plain view of Rahm and telling Rahm to come get it? Hey, could be! Based on what we know so far, this story could also be ‘true’! Massa could very well have flirted with Rahm while naked in the shower and Massa’s original story is completely made up to negate this fact!
I bet Jane LIEberman of FireDogLake and Glenn Beck wouldn’t touch this one with a ten foot pole, because it puts their buddy Massa in a negative light! IOKIYAR (or act like one)!
Speaking of Glenn Beck…
Rep. Eric Massa is going on Beck’s full hour show tonight on Fox News. Interesting! How come? Has Beck become a worshiper of men who sexually harass other men? Apparently! Leave it to Glenn Beck to bring on this guy! Maybe Beck also sexually harasses other men and this is why he’s going to overlook Massa’s behavior with a male staffer and with Rahm Emanuel? You know, it’s been rumored for decades now that Adolph Hitler also liked….you know….THE MEN. Anyway…
If Massa can make his claims in a public way without a shred of evidence, I can too! If Massa doesn’t refute my claim within the next 30 minutes that he sexually harassed Rahm in the shower and that is what provoked Rahm to point his finger at Massa’s chest, then we know it must be true! See? Massa will be on Beck’s show tonight and I’m sure neither one of them will mention my little facts here. Well, of course they won’t because Massa is sinking so they’re all going to use the moment as a way to lambaste President Obama’s policies that will help the average American, because they both hate the average American (the average American doesn’t sexually assault or harass a person of their own sex in the shower!)! If Massa and Beck hug or shake hands tonight on Beck’s show, that is code for “I’ll see you in the shower mistah!”. Be looking for those clues please!
I suppose it doesn’t matter because John Patrick Bedell decided to terrorize the Pentagon by getting in his car in California and driving across the country with the intention of killing people. He’s a terrorist. Yes, he may have a history of mental illness, but he knew enough to make a plan with the end result being people dead via his own hand!
Bedell’s own online rants show he was pro-marijuana, a gun owner, anti-government, pro-individual-property-rights, he hated George W. Bush, and he was a 9/11 Truther (meaning he questioned the role of our government in the events of that day). Does this make him a lefty in your eyes? It could, but as Little Green Footballs points out…..he appears to be more of a Ron Paul supporter, you know, a Libertarian. Hell, Bedell could also be considered a Glenn Beck supporter for all the same reasons, and as we know, Beck has said he’s a Libertarian on the air many times. He’s proud of this fact. The issues Bedell rallied for and against are the things Paul and Beck also rally for and against.
Does labeling him a 9/11 Truther mean he’s really a left wing extremist? No, because there are many republicans in our nation too who have questioned the events of 9/11. I myself am one who has questioned 9/11 and I believe that the Bush Regime either allowed 9/11 to happen (remember, there wasn’t any interruption of the events that day! It went very smoothly! Key people on that morning were working their first day of their new job. How convenient!) or had some part in it. Just recently in the Texan republican primary for governor, Debra Medina (the Tea Party candidate) was asked by Glenn Beck on his radio show if she was a 9/11 Truther. Medina quickly stated that there are lots of questions surrounding that day and the people of this country have a right to ask them. See? Even a Tea Partier can make sense every once in a while! We can question our government and it doesn’t make you a loony either. Medina’s response caused an uproar and it may have had something to do with her losing in the primary (she’s not giving up by the way), but the point of bringing her up is to show that questioning the events of 9/11 and wondering aloud if our government was involved or allowed it to happen for power, control, greed, and financial gain is an American thing. It can’t be labeled left or right because many Americans do question what the hell it was we witnessed that horrific morning.
By the way, Glenn Beck talked about the Pentagon shooter yesterday morning on his radio program. He was quick to label Bedell as a lefty 9/11 Truther. I swear he did that to protect himself. He knows he’s woken the right wing crazies in our nation and is now trying to remove any blame he may have from himself. Beck is truly dangerous, because unlike Van Jones who proclaimed himself a Commie back in the 1990’s after the Rodney King trial, Beck is the one who has two national microphones a day to spew his Mormon-Libertarian-Militia rants to millions of people! Van Jones? He had no power at all. See the difference? I do.
So, what do you think about Bedell? Is he a lefty or a righty or does it not matter?
Grant in Houston sent me THIS ARTICLE from Politico to read about Sarah Palin not being a populist. It’s a great article and I hope you read it. What is so humorous to me is how Glenn Beck has been saying for quite some time now (HERE), that he is truly a populist! So laughable!
From Politico’s article:
But why do political analysts insist on using the word “populism” to describe conservative activism? Why should we care? Because it makes hash of both history and our current political conflicts.
The Populists were all about economic justice. They demanded government regulation of railroads, banks, telecommunications and insurance. And if that failed to curb corporate abuses, they wanted public ownership or at least a “public option.” They demanded a federal stimulus to get the economy out of the terrible depression of 1893-97.
The Populists were the ones who pushed for a progressive income tax to pay for the needs of the people, especially for better and more accessible public schools and universities. The Populist Party of the 1890s failed. But, in failure, its proposals refashioned progressive politics for generations.
Yet the populist reputation has suffered a cruel fate. In the 1950s, historian Richard Hofstadter discovered a “cranky” side of populism. “Progressive populism,” he suggested, had morphed into the conservative intolerance of McCarthyism.
It didn’t matter that this never happened. It didn’t matter how many scholars had showed that there was not a scintilla of evidence for a populism/Joe McCarthy connection. The damage was done.
I’m sorry….does any of that make you think of Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin when you read it? Nope! I’m not making the connection either! What is it with the right wing fringe hijacking what Jesus and the liberals are? Seriously, the republic party is truly the Party of No New Ideas! They’re incapable of thinking individually. Group No-Think is what they do. Scary.
SIDEBAR NOTE: By the way, did I tell you Rush Limbaugh admitted on his show this week that he doesn’t purchase health insurance because it’s cheaper for him to pay out of pocket. Yep! He’s got the millionaires health care plan! The best in the United States. The right wingers are trying to portray Newfoundland Premier as the guy who fled Newfoundland to come to the United States for his heart surgery because America has the best health care system in the nation and Canada does not! Well, here’s the truth: The Premier of Newfoundland is a millionaire who has a condo in Florida and decided (because he can! When you’re a millionaire you can go anywhere you want to get your health care!) to have his heart surgery IN A WARM CLIMATE, BECAUSE CANADA IS COLD! Just like Rush Limbaugh, millionaires have choices. Maybe Rush went to Hawaii to have his “heart attack” for the same reason as the Premier: A WARM CLIMATE TO RECOVER IN!
You may have heard by now that Glenn Beck has scheduled this month an American Revival Tour of the United States starting at the end of this month down in Florida. His purpose for creating yet another right wing whacko event? From his website…
“Glenn Beck’s American Revival is the beginning of that process–a daylong event with the goal of reviving Jefferson’s beliefs and your country. Through the lessons learned from our history and the real stories behind today’s headlines, Glenn and his guests will return your attention to the fundamental ideals of Faith, Hope and Charity to engage your passion and show once and for all that it’s not “they the politicians” but we the people who have the power to restart the heart of America.
This event is unlike any other Glenn has ever undertaken—it’s a full day of Glenn Beck—he’s the explosive opener, the grand finale, and an integral part of every moment in-between. Here’s some of what you can expect…”
Yesterday on Beck’s radio show he got a call from a guy who said he was a little nervous about a Mormon (Beck is one) being the guy to do this revival. Beck immediately got pissed because as Beck said, he will not be knocked from his game with one ridiculous comment or image (ummmm….his reaction told me the opposite! Mentioning the fact he’s a Mormon doing a national revival did knock him off his axis for a second!). Beck, to save face, goes into this long diatribe of how even his Atheist friends (he has Atheist friends? Really?) understand g-d and Moses’ role here in America and that he and the Atheists were BFF! Say wha? He says this to prove a point to the caller that what he’s doing is justified by the g-d-jesus-Moses-monster. Atheists such as myself understand g-d’s role in America? And why Moses did what he did? It was all for America? Is Beck serious?????? Atheists don’t believe in g-d, they don’t give a shit about Moses, and don’t want to understand this biblical garbage! But yet, there was Glenn Beck telling his listeners that even the Atheists are welcome to his revival for they too believe what he says! *cringe* Lying again. Disgusting.
Oh the hypocrisy! The next time you hear Glenn Beck or other teabaggers saying that it’s the liberals who treat you like a child by creating a Nanny State because you don’t know what the hell you’re doing and you need the help, just remember Glenn Beck’s Teabagger 12-Step program he gave at CPAC this year!
(his chalkboard got a standing ovation! Yep, but if Beck used a teleprompter, they would have applauded that too! Stupid hungry birds in the nest!)
According to Glenn Beck, you don’t what the hell you’re doing, okay? You need Beck because he’s the one who will pick you up by your filthy bootstraps! Yes, that’s right. You don’t need welfare when you lose your job and can’t find another one. You must look for the available trash can behind the restaurants to eat, okay pal, because that’s what it means to be a worshiper of the Teabagger 12-Step program! Paying your taxes when you WERE working to the government each week does not mean you are entitled to use that money when you’re down and out! So there *sticking tongue out*….
In a speech peppered with the jargon of Alcoholics Anonymous, Glenn Beck brought thousands of right-wingers attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to their feet by promising them that economic hardship was good for them, and that the progressive movement was “a cancer” that is “designed to eat the Constitution.” Government spending, he said, is creating an “economic holocaust.”
While dazzling the crowd with dizzying dynamic swings and a confessional narrative about his life as a recovering alcoholic, Beck handily played his role as community organizer to one of the greediest men in the world: his uberboss, Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, the parent company of Fox NewsChannel, where Beck nightly plies his trade.
The only truth Beck spewed at CPAC on Saturday night was when he said this: “Hello, my name is the Republican Party, and I’ve got a problem. I’m addicted to spending and big government…I’m addicted to spending and I just don’t want to spend today.”. He’s right about that! The republican party when it’s in the White House or in control of Congress always spends America’s money like a bunch of drunken sailors thinking that the Democrats will at some point take over the White House to fix their ‘drinking’ problem!
Glenn Beck is a dangerous man. He has two national microphones a day to rally the right wing fringe of this country and he uses those microphones to spout lies, deceits, and distortions against our first African American President. Van Jones on the other hand didn’t have two national microphones to rally people to his cause, which was to proclaim himself a Commie after the unjustice of the Rodney King trial years ago! That’s right. Out of these two men, Glenn Beck is the dangerous one. Fascism is rearing it’s ugly head again after 8 years of George Bushitler and knowing that Glenn Beck has The Plan to put forth this year….visions of Hitler are dancing in their heads!
Anyway…
Yesterday on Beck’s show he started it out with the story of Melanie Shouse, who died of breast cancer a few days ago after a few years of battling this disease and who worked tirelessly for President Obama’s historic presidential campaign in St. Louis, Missouri despite her ill health. Glenn Beck couldn’t wait to use this story against our president. It was disgusting to listen to! First he started out with the audio of President Obama talking about Shouse’s death. Here’s part of the transcript of what President Obama said (sorry! don’t have the video at this time!):
“I got a letter — I got a note today from one of my staff — they forwarded it to me — from a woman in St. Louis who had been part of our campaign, very active, who had passed away from breast cancer.
“She didn’t have insurance. She couldn’t afford it, so she had put off having the kind of exams that she needed. And she had fought a tough battle for four years. All through the campaign she was fighting it, but finally she succumbed to it. And she insisted she’s going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt.
“But think about this: She was fighting that whole time not just to get me elected, not even to get herself health insurance, but because she understood that there were others coming behind her who were going to find themselves in the same situation and she didn’t want somebody else going through that same thing.
“How can I say to her, “You know what? We’re giving up”? How can I say to her family, “This is too hard”?
“How can Democrats on the Hill say, “This is politically too risky”? How can Republicans on the Hill say, “We’re better off just blocking anything from happening”?
Beck concentrated on the reaction of the audience to Obama’s statement that Shouse wanted to buried in an Obama t-shirt. A couple people had laughed for a second, but then there was a lot of ‘awwwwwwing’ coming from the audience, because they realized they were hearing the last wishes of a woman who had died. A normal reaction. Beck tried to convince his worshipers yesterday that this reaction is “proof” that our president is a liar and not liked too much.
What an ass Beck is!
BECK’S LIES ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MELANIE SHOUSE:
Melanie did not ask to be buried (she was cremated) in an Obama t-shirt. Beck insisted this was a lie and a way for Obama to prop himself up to talk about the desire to reform our health care system. (HER FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS CREMATED WEARING AN OBAMA T-SHIRT AND THEY HONORED HER LAST WISH)
Beck made the claim that President Obama knew Melanie personally and he was at fault for not getting this woman insurance when she worked on his campaign. (COMPLETELY UNTRUE BECAUSE THERE WERE MILLIONS WORKING ON HIS CAMPAIGN AND MOST WERE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS WHO DIDN’T QUALIFY FOR INSURANCE! HE DID NOT KNOW MELANIE PERSONALLY AND ONLY FIRST HEARD ABOUT HER WHEN SOMEONE ON HIS STAFF FORWARDED HER STORY TO HIM)
Even Gather doesn’t believe the Melanie Shouse story! What is wrong with these people? Are they jealous because no one wants to be buried with their name or mug on a t-shirt or something? Seriously, the fact that a 16 year old girl called Beck the other day to say that she worships him and gets all of her history lessons from him and refuses to listen to her public school history teachers is a sign that this young woman would most likely want Beck’s picture on her shirt! I’m sure many Nazis felt the same way about Hitler. Anyway…
Glenn Beck has a child with disabilities. Should we not believe him? Maybe he is just making that up to gain sympathy for his cause? Hey, could be. If Beck doesn’t give us the truth and the proof about his daughter in the next 10 minutes after this post hits the front page, then we can automatically assume he’s lying about her to benefit his career financially! See?
By the way, Melanie did have insurance when she died, but as explained by her Mother and family, the insurance company would not pay for an expensive treatment that has been known to be “experimental” but has a very good track record. Her mother also pointed out that the insurance company had paid for another “experimental” treatment early on, but that treatment didn’t have a very good track record. At the end of Melanie’s life, she didn’t have the money. She died with insurance of a disease that many women live through today. See? President Obama said she didnt’ have insurance and Beck questioned his “truthiness”. Well, she had insurance but it sure didn’t feel like it to her!
Rest in peace, Melanie. Those of us with compassion in our hearts know that our health insurance system sucks ass and we will work hard to make sure your story is not forgotten! You represent tens of thousands of people in this country who are spending a lot of money a month for insurance with high deductibles only to find out you’re under-insured or your insurance company refuses to pay for lifesaving treatments just to save themselves some money! Now that is a cancer we will rid our nation of!
Hey, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least. This person seems to think there’s some kind of connection between Glenn Beck and James O’Keefe whether it’s through emails, phone calls, or something else, but we all do know one thing: just like Andrew Breitbart did, Glenn Beck came out after the story broke about O’Keefe’s plot that he had nothing to do with it and tried to disassociate himself! Denial right off the bat could mean guilt, but you know there’s gotta be some kind of truth to a connection when guys like Breitbart start yelling about ACORN when talking about O’Keefe, you know, to deflect any more questions about what he knew and what he was doing behind the scenes!
A REMINDER: there is no such thing as grassroots when it comes to the republic party! It’s all AstroTurf and funded by right wing powerful idealogues who hope they can fool ya into thinking that the lowly neocons at the base are the ones who are controlling everything! Wrong. You were duped for 8 years under George Bush so why are you letting these same people dupe ya again? Don’t.
The Plot thickens and the reason why many are comparing this to the Watergate break-in is because as usual…..it’s right wingers behind the scenes breaking the laws to make Democrats look bad, when in reality, it’s the right wingers who are the bad ones! Time changes some people. Republicans and the republic party will never change. They are the same gawddamn people they’ve always been: NOT TRUSTWORTHY!
Of course, when Glenn Bleck asked who her favorite Founding Father was she first said, “all of them” and then when Bleck wanted to help her a little with an answer, she talked over him (thinking back about what Karl Rove & Dick Cheney told her to say!) until she finally said, “George Washington!”.
If Bleck truly was a religious man, don’t you think he would be the one to take some of his $23,000,000 annual salary to buy a car for one of worshipers? Or maybe give them a years worth of food or something? Or maybe buy them a house? Nope! Bleck is a conservative which means…if he was standing in a circle of five people and he had the only sandwich among the starving, he would eat the whole sandwich himself while giving the finger to the others! See?
I hope Bleck’s karma comes on full force next year. Just saying….
Spits of rage…