Obama-Linked Activists Targeting Glenn Beck in Boycott Campaign

Newsmax ^ | Aug 13 2009 | David A. Patten

[adanaC]

Is a left-wing attempt to scare off advertisers from Fox News host Glenn Beck’s highly rated cable news show being orchestrated with some high level help from the Obama White House?

Perhaps.

Newsmax has learned that the co-founder of the African-American political organization Color of Change, which is calling for Beck's ouster, is civil rights attorney Van Jones.

In March, President Obama appointed Jones to serve as his so-called "green-jobs czar," responsible for stimulating job growth in the environmental sector.

Jones and Beck have had their run-ins before. Beck has described Jones as "a black nationalist who is also an avowed communist."

[adanaC]

This is a must read. Keep up the good work freepers.

[adanaC]

Newsmax made several attempts to reach some of the companies that reportedly dropped their support for the Beck program. As of Tuesday evening, those calls had not been returned. One thing that’s clear is the controversial hasn’t dented the popularity of Beck’s program. On Tuesday, for example, overnight Nielsen’s showed The Glenn Beck Program attracted over 2.3 million viewers — more than CNN, MSNBC, and Headline News combined.

Beck supporters are distributing the contact information for officials at two companies that have stopped their advertising. They are:

Progressive Insurance

Mr. Glenn Renwick, President & CEO

440-461-5000

Ms. Linda Harris, Advertising & Sponsorships

E-mail: linda_j._harris@progressive.com

GEICO

Mr. Tony Nicely

Chairman, President & CEO, Insurance Operations

E-mail: tnicely@geico.com

301-986-2462

Chris Tasher, GEICO Media Relations

301-986-3271

E-mail: ctasher@geico.com

Some Beck supporters say they’re also calling his current advertisers, encouraging them to continue supporting the program.

[freespirited]

I came across this discussion group/activism site for ladies supporting Glenn.

http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/group/supportglennbeck

[JerseyJohn61]

Thanks for the posting.

Progressive is getting an Email from me.
My policy expires in October and may not be renewed
pending changes.

JJ61

[o_zarkman44]

Progressive Insurance CEO is a big Odooma supporter and a big Rat contributor. Surprised they were even sponsoring his show.

Next move is people who own Progressive policies is to start canceling them. Call the agent and tell them you are not interested in supporting companies that support left wing fascism.

drop Geico too. There are plenty of other insurance companies.

[SkyPilot]

[adanaC]

Thanx Spirit
I just joined and it says men are also welcome to join.

[adanaC]

Good for you. They need to know there’s a lot of viewers that support and watch Beck and we are aware of advertisers who support him too.

Remind them that ACORN and SEIU members don’t watch FOX.

[Razz Barry]

I agree with Walter Williams. I don't think we can live together. It might be a good idea if we start telling the other side that we'd like to be left alone.

"If one group of people prefers government control and management of people's lives, and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences, or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?" It's time to part company

[adanaC]

CORRECTION!:

ACORN and SEIU members apparently DO watch FOX and the advertizing because they love to hate Beck. LOL

[JerseyJohn61]

Email sent to Ms Harris warning of a possible policy lapse
if Glenn is not reinstated.

Ceo may get a phone call as well.

Thanks again aC.

JJ61

[Eagles6]

save

[mojitojoe]

A few short years ago Anthony (Van) Jones (left) was a San Francisco Bay Area radical agitator–a committed Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, waging war on the police and capitalist system.

Today Van Jones holds a key position in the US government and has the ear of President Barack Obama.

http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/loudon-obama-appoints-former-communist-to-white-house-green-job/

[mojitojoe]

But who is Van Jones? Has he really abandoned his communist beliefs?

Van Jones first moved to San Francisco in the spring of 1992, while studying law at Yale, when the leftist Lawyers Committee for Human Rights hired several law students to act as legal observers during the trial of policemen charged with assaulting Rodney King.

Not guilty verdicts in the King case led to mass rioting–which Jones joined in.

Arrested and jailed, Van Jones met a whole new circle of friends.

The East Bay Express for November 2, 2005, reported:

“I met all these young radical people of color – I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, ‘This is what I need to be a part of… I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary…I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th..By August, I was a communist.”

jones-van-storm-logoThe communist organisation Van jones went on to lead was called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM).

http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/loudon-obama-appoints-former-communist-to-white-house-green-job/

[Cold Heat]

I wrote the cheese outfit. They wrote back saying they can't support hate speech.

I tried, but you can't argue with these holes. They have been punked but they can't change it.

I told them I won't be eating Sargento cheese and I going back to store branded stuff until they get their facts right.

They are using Beck's sarcasm against him.

Gee Wiz........A frickin Lib with no ability to discern sarcasm. How surprising.........LOL...

[Waco]

DemocRATS are the nearest thing we have to out and out communists, we oughta keep just one.

[A Navy Vet]

I wish Beck would tone down his silliness. He is on the money on almost every issue, but his goofiness is distracting. It's getting hard to watch him. Just bring the act down a couple degrees is all I ask.

Beck's, "The One Thing" is the best part of his program. After that serious impassioned topic of the day, he slips into some Bozo-clown rolling-eyes face-contortions stupidness. Get a grip, Mr. Beck. You're losing me, and I am a strict Constitutionalist, as you claim to be.

[ChiMark]

The issue here is the freedom of speech. If you are offended by Beck turn him off.

Let’s talk about truth not personality.

[mazda77]

Anyone who has Progressive should change it as soon as they can. The owner of the company is a BIG TIME money supporter of the Progressives, Obama, and anyone on the left. If you watch Beck at all, you know about his exposing the true intentions the Progressives have for the average people of this country.

Geico has sent responses to those already contacting them on this issue and the answer was just more double speak of how they don’t endorse controversial issues. Never mind the fact that they themselves have created one.

[JamesA]

I have written to all those listed company’s that have cut their support. I have to tell you it’s like talking to our elected politicians, “They don’t listen.” I truly believe this is just part of the over all plan. Talk radio is also in their sights, then it will be anyone who speaks out against the government. There is a storm coming to the United States and we must be ready.