In Case You Missed It: NewsReal’s David Forsmark Reviews Glenn Beck’s “Arguing With Idiots”

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | October 13, 2009 | David Forsmark

[HorowitzianConservative]

NewsReal readers might appreciate David Forsmark's review of Glenn Beck's new book Arguing With Idiots that we published at FrontPage yesterday.

Here's an excerpt:

Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government By Glenn Beck Threshold, $29.99, 325pp.

When I received a review copy of the new book by over-emoting radio-TV talker Glenn Beck, I sighed and put it to the side. What put me off were the book’s title, Arguing with Idiots, and the cover photo showing Beck dressed as a commissar, making a funny face.

Since it’s axiomatic that arguing with idiots is a waste of time, I thought one might as well have published a book called Exercise in Futility for Dummies or The Idiot’s Guide to Banging Your Head Against the Wall– neither prospect appeals to me all that much. Besides, in the decade and a half since Rush Limbaugh sold millions of copies of his commentaries on issues of the day, enough talk show hosts have published books that reading them all would consume about 90% of my book reviewing time, and very few have proven to be worth the effort.

[HorowitzianConservative]

This is a great review.

[xtinct]

It’s a terrific take on today’s problems.