Glenn Beck Marks Anniversary by Marking His Turf (on Sarah and Scott Brown)

sphere ^ | Jan. 22, 2010 | Mara Gay

[sickoflibs]

I was thinking of typing the text from video and found this article.

Beck certainly doesnt follow the crowd. This should be good!

[zerosix]

Yes, Beck and O'R sounded like a couple of teen-age girls dishing the dirt on a "friend!"

Couldn't ever stand O'R and Beck's reaching that level.

[clintonh8r]

At least he isn’t campaigning for McQueeg....

[hinckley buzzard]

I'm glad Beck is out there but he still has serious baggage. His peculiar response to Sarah Palin is symptomatic. If he hadn't interrupted her he would have heard her full answer which focussed on Washington as the preeminent Founding Father. His "Bullcrap" moment set a ceiling to how much respect he can ever deserve in the future.

[sickoflibs]

That Glenn Beck is such a troublemaker. First McCain, now Sarah and Scott. LOL

[LS]

FWIW, I’m on Beck’s show next Friday, Jan. 29.

[DJ Frisat]

As someone who has listened to Beck daily for years, and who has seen nearly 100% of his shows on CNN Headline News and Fox News, I think this writer is way off-base. This is obviously someone who doesn’t regularly watch or listen, and hasn’t the faintest clue if Glenn’s style.

He’s making the ‘bullcrap’ statement sound angry and confrontational. He simply doesn’t get it.

[shadeaud]

I think he’s just holding the Gov.and Senator(elect) to a continuous fire.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Looks like Beck is not a Sarah-bot.

[stephenjohnbanker]

TV or radio?

[Dead Corpse]

From his show the next day, Glen was saying that Sarah's "shields are up" because she's used to taking so much flack. She was googling Statue of Liberty facts just in case Glen tried to ambush her on Statue trivia. He sounded kinda taken aback that she'd think that of him and could explain the "softball" treatment he gave her on air.

Articles like these are just political hacks trying to drive a wedge.

Looks like there are quite a few here on FR willing to fall for the spin.

[library user]

He’s never done a live show on Friday, I don’t think. Friday is usually reserved for documentaries and guest hosts. Either way, good luck, I’ll be sure to watch!

[JudyinCanada]

I think he gave the “bullcrap” remark to try and sound a little tougher on her - challenging her. He was just trying to make it look like he wasn’t going to let her get away with a vague answer.

[montag813]

"She's playing defense right now where she should be playing offense,"

He is right about that. She really let the bad guys get to her. And she can't seem to draw the line between loyalty and principle, in her support of McCain. She should have stayed out of it. Yes McCain choosing her will make her wealthy and well-liked nationally, but he then fed her to the dogs, sitting by silently while his aides tore her apart during and after the campaign. That was dishonorable, and she should have politely demurred when McCain called her for help in his nasty upcoming fight vs. the far superior Hayworth.

However, aside from that, Beck has not exactly distinguished himself this past week. The "bull crap" utternace to Palin was outrageously rude, and his idiotic blabberings against the newly-elected Scott Brown were not worthy of high school. This on the heels of Beck laying a real stinker bu pissing off those who dare to even question Obama's eligibility. I have not been a supporter of the so-called "Birthers" and think Orly Taitz should be put in a psych ward. But there are legitimate questions about the subject, and Beck crudely and dismissively insulted them.

[Fudd Fan]

I had thought 0verbite would be the “Howard Beale” who actually cracks up on camera. Now I’m thinking it’s this jealous fool who will do so.

[Gene Eric]

Pointless article stirring the pot of trouble.

The criticism Beck and O’Reilly put forth on Palin was constructive, not malicious.

Who thinks O’Reilly’s primetime spot would maintain ratings with Palin hosting for a couple of months? What about Beck’s spot? Greta’s?

Beck and O’Reilly are doing Palin a favor.

[giotto]

As someone who has listened to Beck daily for years

How many years? It is my impression that he has spent most of his radio career as a shock jock and only recently started this schtick as a conservative commentator.

I have to confess that I find him increasingly hard to watch. His constant clowning is embarrassing. He just seems phony, as if someone else is feeding him his lines and his ideas. They don't flow from his own passions and thoughts. That's just my read on him.

[truthguy]

I've said it before and I will say it again. Glen Beck is not playing with a full deck. Yes, her has done some very good things. He has generated some interest with the type of people who would not ordinarily read National Review. He was also extremely important in exposing the fraud Van Jones. Great work.

But there's just something comical about the guy. He's the type you really cannot take seriously all the time. He has that buffoon aura about him. He not a first rate thinker when it comes to economics and often at his blackboard he will make ridiculous statements about economics which demonstrate to me he doesn't know what he's talking about.

I look for him to have a breakdown one day. I just got that feeling. I hope for his sake, I'm wrong. But I just got that feeling.

[Gator113]

I have been addicted to Beck’s show from day one. The man is so damn good. He has done a great deal for our county... though silly at times, he gets the message out.

I have lost some respect for him over these comments against Palin and Brown..... I’m starting to become suspicious and pissed off at the same time.

He better knock it off.

[BallyBill]

I heard Beck’s radio show for the first time in awhile this week. He ain’t the same Glenn Beck that used to broadcast from WPHT. He moved to the big city in more ways than one.