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Glenn Beck and the 'Birthers,' equally unhinged (Barf Alert)
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 29, 2009

Posted on 07/29/2009 6:34:35 AM PDT by Zakeet

Syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck is clearly a nut, who may be better at using the Rush Limbaugh playbook than the master himself. Take a look at this VIDEO during which Beck calls President Obama a racist but uses nothing to back it up.

To say that Obama, a man reared by his white mother and her white family in predominately white or multi-ethnic environs, is a racist, and not give proof of that--- boggles the mind...

But the problem here may not be Beck’s assertion, but the fact that he’s a part of the same angry fringe knot as the "Birthers," who steadfastly deny that Obama was born in this country. They have been causing such a rancid stink lately that the House of Representatives on Tuesday included in a resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood, a statement of the obvious: “The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii.”

There’s nothing Obama can do that would appease any of these people.

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So it's not that the Becks and Birthers of the country don’t have an opportunity to see things fairly or in a more nuanced way. It’s that they choose to keep the blinders on. Or maybe, at least in Beck's case, it's less about the blinders and more about simply making a buck.

So, are discussions about race better served by ignoring folk like Beck and the Birthers or exposing them?

You tell me.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: beck; birthcertificate; birthers; obroma; racism; talkradio
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To: Zakeet

Axelrod still using his former Trib cronies?


41 posted on 07/29/2009 7:11:12 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Genoa

Lets keep it hot for O’Reily. I am furious how he made fun of Glenn last night.
O’r. throws a bone to the consevatives then one to liberals.
That is what we have had for years, they will not go all the way.
GLENN DOES...He hangs in there with us. God protect Glenn and family.
PS would O”Reily show me the proof he is the all time leader of talk cable.


42 posted on 07/29/2009 7:13:39 AM PDT by americanmother (2nd Tim chapter 3)
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To: Always Right

>I am surprise Obama worshipers do not want to know which hospital Obama was born or who was the doctor who delivered him.<

Me too.

That would be a vital part of a pilgrimage tour.


43 posted on 07/29/2009 7:14:09 AM PDT by Califreak (My word calibrator's in the shop)
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To: Zakeet; All
Funny Stuff.

Lou Dobbs Slams "Tea-Bagging Queen Rachel Maddow," Refuses To Back Off Obama Birth Certificate Controversy (AUDIO)

44 posted on 07/29/2009 7:16:48 AM PDT by BGHater (Insanity is voting for Republicans and expecting Conservatism.)
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To: Zakeet
Isn't this convenient. They get to make the world think that Barry the BC smuggler is a world citizen while calling anyone crazy who questions Urkel spending thousands to hide something about the same said BC. What fun it must be to be a deceptive little Dem twit.
45 posted on 07/29/2009 7:17:12 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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To: Don Corleone

Let’s see, Beck mentioned a 20 year association, as does BO in his book, with the racial moderate Rev. Wright and black liberation theology which has as a primary tenet, that racism in this country can not be eliminated until we end capitalism and move towards “democratic socialism”. All whites in the inner circle are either marxists or white guilt liberals who donate money(Penny Pritzker in Chicago), Ayers and Dohrn, some of BO’s Cabine/Czar appointments. He attacks previous American history and can’t even buy into American exceptionalism as a positive force for us and throughout the world. Other than those who fed and clothed him, his grandparents and occassionaly his mother, his entire writings are Afro-centric, as our every hero and mentor, except the aforementioned radical whites,who buy into his belief system, such as it is.


46 posted on 07/29/2009 7:20:16 AM PDT by easttennesseejohn
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To: nikos1121
Thanks for pointing me at the Sowell essay. Reading Sowell is always like putting on the glasses; things come into focus.

A Post-Racial President

47 posted on 07/29/2009 7:22:20 AM PDT by throwback
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To: Zakeet
To say that Obama, a man reared by his white mother and her white family in predominately white or multi-ethnic environs, is a racist, and not give proof of that--- boggles the mind...

No, you unnamed coward, you refuse to the see plain evidence put right in front of your dumbass face.

48 posted on 07/29/2009 7:22:33 AM PDT by thecabal (Hey Obama, when you gonna start sharin' the sacrifice?)
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To: Zakeet
But the problem here may not be Beck’s assertion, but the fact that he’s a part of the same angry fringe knot as the "Birthers," who steadfastly deny that Obama was born in this country.

More spin.

There are a group of people who can differentiate between hard evidence and hot air.

While the birth certificate is hard evidence, all the announcements, resolutions and political opinions are hot air.

There is another group of people who realize the distinction between a native born citizen and a natural born one. Sadly, this group is smaller because it takes an appreciation and study of the Constitution and it's supporting Law.

-----

Personally, I don't care what all the talking heads think OR say.

Zero himself admitted he had no natural born status due to his OWN public statements and publications.

End of story.

49 posted on 07/29/2009 7:25:31 AM PDT by MamaTexan (If you think calling me a 'birther' will make me stop defending the Constitution........think again!)
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To: bmwcyle

Yeah, a lot of people around FR are spreading the “nothing will satisfy the conspiracy freaks” meme.


50 posted on 07/29/2009 7:25:47 AM PDT by thecabal (Hey Obama, when you gonna start sharin' the sacrifice?)
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To: Zakeet

Wish I had a clue what to do about the lying sax o’crap that call themselves journalists. Writing their advertisers and sponsors is like spitting in the ocean.


51 posted on 07/29/2009 7:27:28 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ("Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.")
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To: Vigilanteman

He was a bad alcoholic, but the effect is pretty similar. He said his life hit rock bottom and was to the point of contemplating suicide.


52 posted on 07/29/2009 7:27:47 AM PDT by thecabal (Hey Obama, when you gonna start sharin' the sacrifice?)
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

This ‘AP Story” is a fake... please don’t send it, and stop posting it.

You’ve been HAD!


53 posted on 07/29/2009 7:28:50 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: Le Chien Rouge
Yeah, but you can't use THAT(kind of factual) information when you're trying to put together a piece like THAT for a rag...ah, I mean publication like the Chicago Tribune.
54 posted on 07/29/2009 7:29:25 AM PDT by NordP ("....He pulls a knife, U pull a gun. He sends 1 of urs 2 hosp U send his 2 morgue = Chicago Way")
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To: thecabal
Truth is...this admin wants and uses "conspiracy freaks"...they want the word to get spread around . They want Barry's citizenship to be in question.

World agenda...always think world agenda.

I think his real name is Barry Urkel Obama.

55 posted on 07/29/2009 7:29:48 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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To: nikos1121

“There’s nothing Obama can do that would appease any of these people. “

* *

He could resign...


56 posted on 07/29/2009 7:31:44 AM PDT by Canedawg ( "Government cant make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise." - S. Palin)
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To: Zakeet

Neal Boortz is bashing Beck this morning, due to Beck’s calling the Big Ø a racist.

(Boortz isn’t actually mentioning Beck’s name. But it’s clear who he’s talking about.)


57 posted on 07/29/2009 7:32:56 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Earthdweller
I agree. It allows them to play the victim card and advances other agendas, as you said. Did you see that article that said "birthers are crazy, but just in case they're right it's not fair that foreign nationals can't be President!"
58 posted on 07/29/2009 7:34:58 AM PDT by thecabal (Hey Obama, when you gonna start sharin' the sacrifice?)
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To: Hawthorn

A racist can dish it out but they can’t take it.


59 posted on 07/29/2009 7:35:55 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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To: Hawthorn

Soooooooooooooo,,,I ask this, why are so many of our “good guys” suddenly supporting the Zero?


60 posted on 07/29/2009 7:38:55 AM PDT by Concho ( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
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