Beck "stand[s] by" Fox & Friends remarks that "I think the president is a racist"
July 29, 2009 10:42 am ET
From the July 29 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Glenn Beck Program:
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Did the Harvard professor pre-judge St. Crowley? YES Did Obama pre-judge Sgt. Crowley? YES Who is racist? Answer: Harvard professor and Obama, NOT Sgt. Crowley.
Obviously, he has deep issues with white people.
Makes sense, if you're a wingnut douchebag talking head.
I mean, he hardly has any white guys working for him, oh wait, he's got plenty. If he were SOOOO racist, he'd have all minority staff.
Of course, these stupid claims don't hold up when held to the light. He's just spouting off complete and utter nonsense.
Where he talked about being scared to be around black people because he might say the wrong thing. I mean, talk to them as you would anyone else, of course, unless you're a screaming racist who says insulting things to your friends.
No. Beck was talking about why he did not have black friends. He was talking about black people - not people in general. Black people. He said he was afraid of black people. Beck is racist.
Considering the kinds of things he says, he should be afraid to be in coversation with a group of black men... Or intelligent men, or gay men, or wo men, or... you get the idea. How does this guy NOT get his a$s kicked on a nearly daily basis?
I'm guessing chauffeur, gated community, and relatively little contact with the 'outside' world. Just a guess, of course. He spouts his ridiculous nonsense from the top of his ivory tower. He must be praying that the villagers with the pitchforks and torches, who he has been whipping into a frenzy, never realize that he, in fact, is the monster.
HOWEVER... What I wouldn't give to box nine of these guys, 1 round apiece, for chartiy or something like that. That would be FUN. (I'd have to go the full 9 to 'win', but I'm also almost half the age of some of these guys, so it'd only be fair to get a fresh one of THEM every round.)
But these guys talk so tough... They are so convinced that they're "real men"... (and that being a liberal, someone like me couldn't possibly be...) But I bet none of them could last 2 minutes toe to toe against a REAL man. (IOW - someone who's NOT a complete and utter bedwetting coward hiding behind a microphone who can't even win an ARGUMENT without 'cheating' (lying, cutting mic) let alone a FIGHT.) And those that proudly own guns? (Limbaugh, Beck, etc...?) Take the guns away, and you're looking at 2-300 pounds of useless in a scrap. I guarentee it.
</macho rant> LOL!!!
One of my sons is a boxer and a kick boxer. We could challenge them to go around with you or him for charity. Hannity already proved what a lying coward he is, when he volunteered to be water-boarded for charity but chickened out. I noticed none of his big mouth cronies volunteered to take his place to save face.
The teabaggers use "racism" like they use "fascist". Anything they disagree with, don't like, or don't understand must be "racist" and/or "fascist".
Glad to hear he started off as the victim. I'm surprised he didn't bring up ACORN and FEMA trailers as well.
EMAIL THESE GOOFBALLS with incontrovertibly facts; and keep EMAILING them until they stop.
Call them out; demand they prove their allegations. And keep it up. Wear these imbeciles out with the truth.
Eg. Saying his grandmother is a typical white person. What if someone were to say their grandmother was a typical black person that has racial bias bred in? Think about it.
There is NO truth in Beck's statement. He said it simply to play to people like you who actually ARE racist. Beck is an entertainer who is paid a lot of money to say outrageous things. Nothing more.
"Typical" can mean ordinary...i.e. lacking in extremism.
Game, set, match.
Hey Beck, when in the company of Black people, you talk to them as you would like to be talked to.
Nothing to be scared of pamby candy boy.
In the end this is all about being more outrageous than the other guy to get more people to watch or listen. More people equals higher ratings and higher ratings equals a bigger salary.
What's disturbing is that this formula seems to work.
Glen Beck, et.al. are stuck in the first two stages of grief: denial and anger. They're grieving over the perceived loss of power of the rich white male. It's like the loss of a loved one to them.
At this rate, with some luck they just might get to the depression stage by the end of Obama's second term, and then they'll have to start all over when a Latina (or female Black, or Asian, etc.) Democrat becomes our new President in 2016! I doubt that this generation of AWMs (Angry White Males) will ever reach the final acceptance stage of grieving over their loss. We won't see it in our lifetime which is great news for businesses like Media Matters, Huffington Post, etc.
Also I think Beck is doing what is called as 'projection' which saying what he is and projecting that on Obama.
Mr. Obama adored his WHITE mother and grandmother. Glenn Beck's mother and brother committed SUICIDE. Anyone but me think Beck is the one with the 'problem'?
Taxpayers should petition the FCC for Beck to apologize to the President or remove him from our airwaves.
Focus on Health Care, Iraq, Ahghanistan, and Domestic Issues.
All For Ratings.
RW Rule #1 -- Relentlessly accuse the other side of being what you are. If you demand allegiance to a narrow political/religious ideology, accuse the open-minded of facsism. If you believe America is a 'white' nation, accuse pluralists of racism. If you believe government should only serve the interests of the business and corporate sectors, accuse those holding democratic, egalitarian principles of socialism.
RW Rule #2 -- Code your rhetoric for easy main-streaming.
Liberal = anyone who disagrees with us (ie, "the enemy")
"Birther" = Americans unable to accept a black President
Socialism, facism, etc. = Un-American (ie, really bad stuff that we're against even though we've no clue what the words actually represent. That's why it's so easy to associate "liberal" with these -isms.)
RW Rule #3 -- After you screw the country up royally, use every means available to make your political opposition look even worse.
Simply apologizing, reflecting on failures, and revamping your party and its policies to offer the American voter a legitimate alternative at the ballot box appears to be too complicated for the right.
RW Rule #4 -- Media that makes you look good is "fair and balanced." Media even marginally critical of you is "liberal."
Maybe Beck stepped over a fatal line on this one; he's getting the Lou Dobbs treatment nationally, and doesn't have Rush Limbaugh's teflon-credentials ("Oh, that's just Rush.") and hard-core legion of ditto-heads willing to sink or swim with him. Since Beck claims to be "an entertainer," maybe this is his Michael Ritchie moment. We can only hope.