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Glenn Beck very angry about Glenn Beck's characterization of Glenn Beck's event

August 25, 2010 5:34 pm ET by Christine Schwen

As Media Matters has noted, after a long year of claiming he would "reclaim the civil rights movement" with his 8-28 rally at the Lincoln Memorial which was touched by "divine providence," Beck has started scaling back those grandiose claims, hoping against hope that no one would remember anything he's said in the past year. 

In one such instance today, Beck ignored a cardinal rule for those interested in lying about their record: Destroy the evidence.

See, today, Beck complained that "the media" have renamed "Divine Destiny" -- his 8-27 Kennedy Center event -- "Glenn Beck's Divine Destiny." "The media" did this, Beck explained, to suggest that Beck is appointing himself to a Divine Destiny. "Yes, I'm going to announce that I'm Jesus on Friday, and only Martin Luther King on Saturday, but that's it!" Beck sarcastically added:

Wow that does sound unfair. Who would call the event "Glenn Beck's Divine Destiny," cruelly suggesting that Beck is making grandiose and religious claims about the event?

It turns out that "the media" Beck was referring could have easily been media personality Glenn Beck, who posted this on his website on August 11:

Glenn Beck's Divine Destiny: Frequently Asked Questions

August 11, 2010 - 2:57 ET

What is the event?
Glenn Beck's Divine Destiny is an eye-opening evening at the historic Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C that will help heal your soul. Guided by uplifting music, nationally-known religious figures from all faiths will unite to deliver messages reminiscent to those given during the struggles of America's earliest days. The event will leave you with a renewed determination to look past the partisan differences and petty problems that fill our airwaves and instead focus our shared values, principles and strong belief that faith can play an essential role in reuniting the country.

How dare those callous media figures like Glenn Beck treat Glenn Beck so terribly!

Tags: Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Program, Premiere Radio Networks, 8/28

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    • Author by txthinker (August 25, 2010 5:38 pm ET)
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      At "Glenn Beck's Divine Destiny", he's gonna channel the spirit of a deceased 300-pound drag queen:

      [http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-2/divine-pink-flamingos.jpg]
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      • Author by shaggles (August 25, 2010 6:15 pm ET)
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        He doesn't have the figure for it.
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      • Author by neon desert (August 25, 2010 6:57 pm ET)
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        It always seems to regress to 'Glenn or Glennda', doesn't it?
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      • Author by Unreality (August 26, 2010 3:52 am ET)
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        Oh, don't dis Divine by comparison to Glenda. Divine had a sense of humor as well as a great spirit.
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    • Author by nerzog (August 25, 2010 5:39 pm ET)
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      Well, when you tell as many whoppers as Nostradumbass, you can't be expected to remember them all. Sooner or later, one is gonna fly back around and take a dump on your head.
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    • Author by nerzog (August 25, 2010 5:41 pm ET)
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      Well, when you tell as many whoppers as Nostradumbass, you can't be expected to remember them all. Sooner or later, one is gonna fly back around and take a dump on your head.
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    • Author by soze169880 (August 25, 2010 5:56 pm ET)
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      This just further proves that these people don't understand the concept of being recorded. That's why they hate MMfA so much; they think it's dark magic.
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      • Author by timesthree (August 25, 2010 6:17 pm ET)
           
        They know that the hot air that Glenn blows deserves to go in one ear and out the other. Unfortunately, it sometimes bounces around in the empty space between his listeners ears, causing them to act in an irrational manner.
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    • Author by Major Tom (August 25, 2010 6:08 pm ET)
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      So he's going to give 'the five sermons that were given, pryor to the American Revolution.' Is he going to end with 'gather your armies?' Is he going to give 5 speeches on the need to go to war?
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (August 25, 2010 6:36 pm ET)
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        Maybe not specifically about the revolution but-

        ...nationally-known religious figures from all faiths will unite to deliver messages reminiscent to those given during the struggles of America's earliest days.


        I'm not sure about the grammar of "reminiscent to", but I'll bet some of these messages do evoke plantation times, and will probably sound pretty outdated in general.
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    • Author by eweston8542983 (August 25, 2010 9:07 pm ET)
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      A man, who if he was to put his nose to the grindstone would produce showers of sparks from his ears.
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      • Author by opopop (August 26, 2010 6:20 am ET)
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        "Glenn Beck very angry about Glenn Beck's characterization of Glenn Beck's event"

        Best, most insightful into a character, headline ever.
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    • Author by little poncho (August 26, 2010 9:03 am ET)
         
      a walking, talking PHONEY!!!!!!!!!
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