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Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?
Time ^ | 09/17/2009 | David Von Drehle

Posted on 09/17/2009 7:54:30 AM PDT by GoldStandard

On Sept. 12, a large crowd gathered in Washington to protest ... what? The goals of Congress and the Obama Administration, mainly — the cost, the scale, the perceived leftist intent. The crowd's agenda was wide-ranging, so it's hard to be more specific. "End the Fed," a sign read. A schoolboy's placard denounced "Obama's Nazi Youth Militia." Another poster declared, "We the People for Capitalism Not Socialism." If you get your information from liberal sources, the crowd numbered about 70,000, many of them greedy racists. If you get your information from conservative sources, the crowd was hundreds of thousands strong, perhaps as many as a million, and the tenor was peaceful and patriotic. Either way, you may not be inclined to believe what we say about numbers, according to a recent poll that found record-low levels of public trust of the mainstream media.

At any rate, what we can say with confidence is that Deanna Frankowski was there. A cheery woman of 49 from Leeds, Ala., Frankowski said she had come to Washington as part of a group of 100 or more protesters. They filled two buses. And they were motivated by a concern about runaway government spending — that, plus an outraged feeling that their views as citizens are not being heard. "We are sick and tired of being ignored," she said. "There is too much money being spent."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: barfalert; beck; glennbeck; hitpiece; killthemessenger; msm
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1 posted on 09/17/2009 7:54:31 AM PDT by GoldStandard
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Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?

Only for those that want to destroy her.

God speed Glenn Beck!

2 posted on 09/17/2009 7:56:14 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Wasn’t that the exact same title to a story they ran years ago about Rush?


3 posted on 09/17/2009 7:56:32 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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bad for LIBERAL america, yup. Bad for America? Not on your life!


4 posted on 09/17/2009 7:56:41 AM PDT by wombtotomb (Equal opportunity does not mean equal OUTCOME!!)
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To: GoldStandard

#@%& you, Time.


5 posted on 09/17/2009 7:57:22 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: GoldStandard

Another Time screed.

*yawn*


6 posted on 09/17/2009 7:58:06 AM PDT by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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Yes....Glenn is Mad.....he’s mad as hell at the direction our country is heading and he is the only one in the media that is coming out with facts for us to consider. All he does is lay out the facts as to how our country is being controlled. It’s up to everyone else to figure out what they want to do about it.


7 posted on 09/17/2009 7:59:36 AM PDT by RC2
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Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?

Depends on what your definition of America is.


8 posted on 09/17/2009 7:59:45 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly (Change you can believe in...Revolution you must pay for.)
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Time magazine! LOL! What a joke. They put Obama on the cover every other week. Zero credibility.


9 posted on 09/17/2009 8:00:10 AM PDT by Frantzie (Do we want ACORN running America's healthcare?)
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Beck seems to be pretty effective at getting people to pay attention which leads to results.


10 posted on 09/17/2009 8:00:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?

Have they asked the same question about Obama?

11 posted on 09/17/2009 8:00:31 AM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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I seem to recall Woodward and Bernstein being lionized in my youth for hard-hitting investigating of the President. I guess now that the Messiah is in office, the only legitimate role for journalists is propagandize on behalf of their beloved leader.


12 posted on 09/17/2009 8:01:06 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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Typical Time hit piece - anyone disturbed by this administration is paranoid. Glenn Beck the heavy. Too bad they don’t apply this same wisdom to bammy and his Black Caucus brown shirts. Did Time break the ACORN story - or did I miss something. Nothing worse than a news source scorned. You would think the business types at Time would see an opportunity to gain readership after watching the August townhall dust ups and the 9/12 march. These are people looking for a media vehicle. I guess Time would prefer bankruptcy as a true socialist than success as a capitalist.


13 posted on 09/17/2009 8:01:40 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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Van Jones was and is bad for American...Glenn Beck brought him down.

ACORN is bad for American...Glenn Beck is bringing that down (thank God!).

I expect the list is going to get significantly longer.

...and that is GOOD for America.

And, BTW, the numbers at the 912 event in Washington DC speak for themselves. Anyone looking at the photos knows that there were at least hundreds of thosuands, and probably a million or more...and that too, was good for America.


912: AMERICA AWAKENS IN 2009

INDEPENDENT AMERICAN MOVEMENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION

14 posted on 09/17/2009 8:02:35 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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Is Obama good for America?

We can all play the liberals crazy loon game.

Hey how about is the known anti-Semite Carter good for America?


15 posted on 09/17/2009 8:02:44 AM PDT by Tarpon (The Joker's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid...)
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If I am home at 1700 hrs., Glenn Beck is on the TV. He is the only news commentator that speaks my mind.


16 posted on 09/17/2009 8:03:19 AM PDT by l8pilot
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17 posted on 09/17/2009 8:04:47 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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18 posted on 09/17/2009 8:04:49 AM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: Jeff Head

This morning on the CBS morning show, Maggie Rodriguez just could not discuss any of this without playing the race card. She insisted the poster with Obama looking like the joker was racist...because it was ‘white face’. According to these media pukes we are ALL racists, they can distort anything!


19 posted on 09/17/2009 8:05:13 AM PDT by AuntB (If the TALIBAN grew drugs & burned our land instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)
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The libs hounded Nixon right out of office. Maybe he deserved it but I would bet my last nickel they would have given a Democrat a pass on much of what he was accused of.

I wasn’t really aware of politics in those days but I will never forget how the news day after day was filled with the drumbeat until he finally made the famous “goodbye” speech


20 posted on 09/17/2009 8:06:06 AM PDT by Howie
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