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Glenn Beck and 'The Overton Window'
Capitol Confidential ^ | 6/8/2010 | Tom Gantert

Posted on 06/08/2010 9:09:32 AM PDT by MichCapCon

Joe Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center, reached into his file cabinet and pulled out a piece of scribbled-on yellow legal pad paper that was the basis of Fox commentator Glenn Beck's soon-to-be-released novel.

Nearly a decade ago, then-Mackinac Center Vice President Joe Overton had an idea of creating a brochure to market what is now known as "The Overton Window" — the name of Beck's book.

Overton died in 2003 before he had the chance to fully market his idea...

Click the link to learn more about this unique idea.

(Excerpt) Read more at michigancapitolconfidential.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: entertainment; glennbeck; humor; novel

1 posted on 06/08/2010 9:09:33 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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To: MichCapCon

I’ve thought of this general idea before, but I don’t think it’s entirely accurate. In addition to sliding the window you are also struggling to shuffle the list of options...so items don’t stay fixed.


2 posted on 06/08/2010 9:14:41 AM PDT by highlander_UW (Education is too important to leave in the hands of the government.)
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To: highlander_UW

See the video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XEo3F2LadU


3 posted on 06/10/2010 7:19:07 AM PDT by Scythian
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