Glenn Beck and the 'Birthers,' equally unhinged (Barf Alert)

Chicago Tribune ^ | July 29, 2009

[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.

[Snip]

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.

[Vendome]

I have seen this crap post before.

Is there some reason you don’t provide a link to the documents regarding Barry’s college records?

[danamco]

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

This is like standing on your head and try to drink a glass of water!

Sure there is something Barry can do to appease us. It is painless, very simple and without exuberant attorney fees, it will only cost him $12 and a phone call!!

It could not be more simple than just unseal all the sealed records that we would like to see, and we would be satisfied and will go away to our bee-hives, hmmmm!!!

[danamco]

I am sure you screamed, like I did, when I first read it!

I immediately called my wife to read it for her, but then I noticed that it was dated April 1, 2009, and I discovered it was a total April fool hoax!!

It has been around here a few more times and recycled with a few text modification, however, it is still a hoax, maybe from API, sorry!!!