Posted on 01/02/2010 8:11:26 AM PST by Saije
It's official: Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope.
This news, at once unsettling and unsurprising, came from the Gallup polling organization on Wednesday. Beck, the new Fox News host who has said President Obama has a "deep-seated hatred for white people" and alternately likens administration officials to Nazis and Marxists, was also more admired by Americans than Billy Graham and Bill Gates, not to mention Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. In Americans' esteem, Beck only narrowly trailed South Africa's Nelson Mandela, the man who defeated apartheid.
The 45-year-old recovering alcoholic and Mormon convert has become the first true demagogue of the information age. His nightly diet of falsehoods and conspiracies on Fox, and his daily outrages on the radio, have propelled his popularity past even Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. His method is simple: He goes places where others are forbidden by conscience.
Death panels? Government health insurance for dogs? FEMA concentration camps? An Obama "civilian national security force" like Hitler's SS or Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard? An administration official advocating forced abortions and sterilization agents in drinking water? Beck trafficked in them all in 2009.
He also proposed on his radio show that people should read Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to prepare for Obama's health-care plan -- and that's in addition to the 28 times the Fuhrer made an appearance on Beck's Fox show in 2009. The Anti-Defamation League identified the secret to Beck's success when it noted that he, unlike other prominent right-wing talkers, was willing "to give a platform to the conspiracy theorists and anti-government extremists."
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I didn’t trust beck the first time I saw him. I could not put my finger on it for the longest time.
Hubby loved him but is starting to question his trustworthiness.
You just nailed exactly how I feel about Glenn Beck. Thanks for saving me the need to type this myself, FRiend. :0)
Glenn Beck hasn't promoted the global warming scam, the pope has, even if out of ignorance.
That doesn't even read like American English! Sounds like a Babelfish translation from the original Soviet lingo.
Yeah, I love how they refer to Beck as The 45-year-old recovering alcoholic, but not Obama as the former drug user
Yeah, Beck goes over the top more than the British Army did in WWI, but he also does the best job of vetting the information that he presents on a daily basis.
Imho he is the savviest of the Radio Talk Show host/Media Types, Dana references “FEMA camps” but he fails to mention that Beck also debunked them on his TV and Radio show.
Milbank referneces Mein Kampf, but does not add the context that the Nazi’s used to exterminate the physically handicapped under their healthcare/political plans.
Milbunk is simply making the case as to why DinoMedia is dying, they simply do not do their homework.
Dana has a girlie name.
The writing of this Dana Milbank person is proof positive of why Glenn scares leftists bleepless. He talks about ‘falsehoods’ and then a sentence later recites a list of topics Glenn brought up, implying that those are the ‘falsehoods’ without having to explain his suggestion. The problem for this Milbank person and his ilk is that Beck is very careful to provide his listeners/viewers/readers with sources, much like Ann Coulter does in her books.
The result? They attack the man, mentioning his alcoholism and his religion, but can’t disprove the facts he raises. They end up sounding like angry schoolchildren upset at truths spoken to them. In other words, THEY LOSE. BADLY.
Right up their with Obama’s “Some people say...” or “They say...”
More about Milbank here:
It's Obama that called for a civilian national security force "just as well funded" as the military, and it's one of Obama's czars who wrote a book advocating sterilization agents in the drinking water. Calling these lies is itself a lie.
just another run-of-the-mill opportunist faux-stooge....
One of Glenn Beck's strengths is that he admits he's speculating on a lot of what he says so he can get away with a lot of stuff others can't.
One of his weaknesses is that if his speculations turn out to be wrong more often than right he will lose credibility and viewership.
He's walking a fine line here and so far it's paying off. I watch. I like him. But I trust but verify when it comes to just about anybody, and Glenn Beck is definitely in that category.
Mandela is an Affirmative Action victim guilty of sedition and espionage.. to South Africa.. He brought forth much worse crimes against black people than apartheid ever did.. and still do..
97% of black american voters voted for Obama.. and are ignorant of Mandelas crimes..
3% are smart..
I believe you're correct. I believe Beck was quoting from Obama's own book about that part.
Yes, I most certainly believe he did. But that's different, lol. His black half gets a pass on that.
He goes to the Truth.
Every time these stupid liberals write stuff like this, Becks viewers and listeners increase by the thousands, keep writing your lies, the truth grows brighter with each lie you tell.
Have to go with Billy Graham over Beck though.
I “like” Beck, cannot say I admire him, he is far to unstable/emotional for admiration imho.
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