Norman Lear Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and GOP Presidential Candidates

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[Sub-Driver]

Norman Lear Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and GOP Presidential Candidates By Noel Sheppard Created 12/13/2011 - 6:51pm

Television's Norman Lear, in a speech celebrating the 30th anniversary of his far-left organization People for the American Way, called James Dobson, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Karl Rove hate-mongers.

In his December 5 address published at the Huffington Post Tuesday, he also accused the Republican candidates for president of having a "holier-than-thou sanctity" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NORMAN LEAR: I want to suggest we lefties start laying claim to what we see as "sacred" -- and serve it up proudly to the Religious Right -- to the James Dobson, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove hate-mongers, sheathed in sanctity -- and to the Koch Brother types that fund them -- and use them so effectively for their own political power-grabbing purposes!

Over the past several decades, the power-grabbing right has built a powerful infrastructure of radio and TV networks. They've built think tanks, colleges and law schools. And funded political groups that prepped the way for the Supreme Court, in Citizen's United -- to grant Corporations the right to provide any amount of financial backing to a candidate or a cause just like any other average citizen. And all of it carried off with an air of holier-than-thou sanctity -- no less apparent than Pat Robertson's when he told me my arms were too short to box with God.

And now, as frightening as it is, where do we find that holier-than-thou sanctity most apparent in politics today? Among the seven candidates attempting to prove in every debate we have seen that they are the right kind of Christian to be the Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States.

When you hear Lear speak this way, you have to seriously wonder whether he was the model for Rob Reiner's character on the hit series All in the Family - aka "Meathead."

For those that can stand it, the complete address is available at the Huffington Post.

[Sub-Driver]

He's a joke........

[Enchante]

I can’t stand this pompous far left jerk -— and “All in the Family” was always a crappy show -— it was merely a propaganda circle jerk for obnoxious liberals to make fun of “Archie Bunker”

[BatGuano]

I thought the old coot was dead...we know he’s been brain dead for a long time.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Dear Lear: If the righties’ church is full of hypocrites, there’s always room for one more.

If a man will not aspire to something that is beyond him, what will he aspire to at all?

[MeganC]

Norman Lear doesn’t like Republicans? Wow, that’s breaking news. (yawn)

[chooseascreennamepat]

I see senility has finally caught up with that bozo.
I can only say..

Mr. Lear...Bite me!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ironically, audience polls showed more people than expected agreeing with Archie, with his strawman malapropisms and all. One hilarious episode ended up with everyone dumping on Meathead.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****Norman Lear...called James Dobson, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Karl Rove hate-mongers.****

Oh wow. That sound really original.

[blueunicorn6]

He is Maude.

[kosciusko51]

If a man will not aspire to something that is beyond him, what will he aspire to at all?

Bringing everyone else down to his level. See the fall of Lucifer for details.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I thought little Normy Leer punched the clock and left a long time ago. He’s got to be 100 years old, at least.

[reefdiver]

The attempt at making Archie a crazy Republican has so backfired. Every now and then I get e mails - Archie was right!! A short video clip of Archie saying something and quite often it’s spot on.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****and to the Koch Brother types that fund them ****

Not to be confused with George Soros who funds Huffington Post. BTW I thought Richard Mellonschaife ran the conservative movement.

[hosepipe]

I a just world Norman Lear would get water boarded and incarcerated in Gitmo.... with George Soros..

[dforest]

Who is Norman Lear and who cares what he says?

[rottndog]

Didn’t Lear advocate for the release of a murderer from prison, who subsequently murdered again?

[hosepipe]

[ it was merely a propaganda circle jerk for obnoxious liberals to make fun of “Archie Bunker” ]

More people indentified with Archie than Meathead..
Edith was more like Barbra Walters or Diane Sawyer than Opra..

[Jukeman]

Awww! Geeze! Meathead - Stifle - you pinko commie rat!

[DustyMoment]

Over the past several decades, the power-grabbing right has built a powerful infrastructure of radio and TV networks. They've built think tanks, colleges and law schools. And funded political groups that prepped the way for the Supreme Court, in Citizen's United -- to grant Corporations the right to provide any amount of financial backing to a candidate or a cause just like any other average citizen. And all of it carried off with an air of holier-than-thou sanctity -- no less apparent than Pat Robertson's when he told me my arms were too short to box with God.

Alzheimer's or liberalism . . . . . . either one will rot your brain!!

And, Norman Lear just proved it!!

[Huskrrrr]

Joining Ed Asner and the rest of the “Trying desperately to Matter” crowd. Norman, are you willing to occupy the CBS Network building? The network that made you a millionare?

[SunkenCiv]

The sanctimonious, self-righteous, self-aggrandizing jerk shouldn’t be accusing anyone of “holier-than-thou sanctity”. Thanks Sub-Driver.

[isthisnickcool]

Glenn Beck is a better Jew* than Normal Lear is......

* Yea, I know Beck is a Mormon but he still is a better Jew than Lear who kisses up to the likes of Obama.

[mylife]

"Why don't you just stifle it eh Norman?"

[donhunt]

He’ll be 90 in January.

Senile old coot.

[Old Sarge]

Norman Lear, now where did I hear that name before.... oh yeah, wasn’t it a string of sitcoms like back in the 70’s?

Why aren’t you dead yet, Lear?

[red-dawg]

Over the past several decades, the power-grabbing right has built a powerful infrastructure of radio and TV networks. They've built think tanks, colleges and law schools. And funded political groups that prepped the way for the Supreme Court, in Citizen's United -- to grant Corporations the right to provide any amount of financial backing to a candidate or a cause just like any other average citizen. And all of it carried off with an air of holier-than-thou sanctity -- no less apparent than Pat Robertson's when he told me my arms were too short to box with God.

POWER GRABBING??
You wanna talk about power grabbing??!!??

How about ACORN and SEIU and EVERY OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR UNION employee FORCED to contribute to the democrat party through their union dues??

powerful infrastructure of radio and TV networks....

ARE YOU SERIOUS??!!??

REALLY?!??

What about ABCCBSNBC , MSNBC (aka The Re-elect Obama Committee) CNN and almost every newspaper that hasn't bit the dust?

colleges and law schools...

Okay, now the drugs have taken effect.
Try arguing against Man-made global warming in a physics class in ANY college.
And then get anything above a D.
Seriously.

[TigersEye]

Archie was a lot smarter than Norman Lear.

Archie Bunker on Democrats

I wonder who wrote Archie's lines 'cause it sure wasn't Norm.

[Tex-Con-Man]

He sure sucked up to Rush on his radio show when he thought it would help promote one of his sitcoms back in the 90’s.

[skeeter]

Careful you don't lose control of your bowels in the course of your attack, old feller.

You smell of mothballs, Norman.

[nerdwithagun]

A aircraft designer making political pot shots? >.>

/s

[Andy'smom]

I thought he was dead, too.

[twister881]

Penis with a little hat

[Lancey Howard]

Norman Lear? I thought that scumbag hypocrite faded away after his fleet of SUVs was photographed and posted on the internet?

[TigersEye]

Archie Bunker making 0bama look like the fool that he is...

Archie Bunker is not happy with Obama

[struggle]

Norman who?

[Talisker]

Norman Lear Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and GOP Presidential Candidates

Norman Addled Lear? ROFL! Hillary is DEFINITELY running! LOLOLOLOL!

[popdonnelly]

I didn’t know he was still alive.

[Red Badger]

Meathead......

[Calvin Locke]

...advocate for the release of a murderer from prison, who subsequently murdered again?

That, unfortunately, is not a singular accomplishment. IIRC, even WFB, Jr. did one of those, as well as other many celebs. Norman Mailer comes to mind as one of the better known cases.

[Chode]

feh...

[Mike Darancette]

Guy is sundowning.

[mjp]

the power-grabbing right has built a powerful infrastructure of radio and TV networks. They've built think tanks, colleges and law schools. And funded political groups that prepped the way for the Supreme Court, in Citizen's United

He is just upset that the libtard statist, socialist, environmentalist, internationalist, globalist monopoly of media and education is being broken.

[Iron Munro]

You want arrogance, Norman?

"I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that
this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the
moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal"

-- Barack Obama; Victory speech, June 3, 2008, St. Paul, Minnesota

[SuzyQue]

“Norman Lear Attacks Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and GOP Presidential Candidates”

How is this news?

[Huskrrrr]

Yes!!!

[rottndog]

Norman Mailer comes to mind as one of the better known cases.

I'm trying to find the name of the murder victim...it seems google has done a great job of scrubbing this one from the history books.

[goat granny]

Does anyone care what Lear has to say..waste of bandwidth..

[Liberty Valance]

Norman who?

[Mozilla]

[Calvin Locke]

First try...

From Wiki (Norman Mailer):

In 1980, Mailer spearheaded convicted killer [killed another inmate while doing time for forgery -CL] Jack Abbott's successful bid for parole... Once paroled, Abbott committed a murder in New York City six weeks after his release, stabbing to death 22-year-old Richard Adan.