Posted on 09/10/2009 12:24:46 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Well, not exactly: HuffPo says yes but it sounds like he’s merely been reassigned within the NEA. Anyway, it wasn’t Beck who took him down: He spent some airtime on it but all the legwork was done by Big Hollywood and the Washington Times. Progressive media won’t get the same Two Minutes Hate mileage from blaming those two as it will by blaming Beck, though, so expect the narrative to congeal very quickly around this being another coup for GB and Fox. When, oh when, will our president stop caving to pressure from the right-wing mob by firing Truther nuts like Van Jones?
We were remiss in not covering Big Hollywood’s story when it broke but you probably saw it at Ace’s place and elsewhere. In a nutshell, the National Endowment for the Arts decided to hold a conference call with artists to encourage them to “promote a more civically engaged America.” Among the four civic-y topics urged upon them: Health care and “energy and environment,” which coincidentally dovetail perfectly with The One’s agenda. Anything untoward about a supposedly nonpartisan agency pushing Democratic priorities on artists to benefit a guy who already has his own iconic cult of personality? I can’t imagine why, but funny thing: When Big Hollywood followed up and asked the NEA why they had initiated the call, communications director Yosi Sergant denied that they had — even though BH had e-mail proof that that wasn’t true.
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Ping.
THe NEA has to be killed. In DC terms, their budget is small, but the symbolism would be huge.
Glenn’s good at smoking people out.
He’s going to have a very busy 3 1/2 years....
Some in Congress went after these commies after the ‘94 realignment...nothing happened. If the GOP takes congress next year...nothing will happen again.
Too many in public life too connected to big donors who like these people.
Kal Penn?
We’ll just call it an in-park home run for Glenn.
“Glenn’s good at smoking people out.
He’s going to have a very busy 3 1/2 years....”
And he’s lovin’ every minute of it.
Even when Republicans had a majority big enough to kill it their cojones were far, far too small to actually pull the trigger. The NEA guy's reassignment is just a tiny strategic retreat in a totalitarian assault on American freedom.
Glenn Beck is the Eliot Ness of 2009 :)
I’d like to post my “condolences” at HuffPo, but my privileges were revoked.
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