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Beck: "[W]e need to be very, very careful. ... Somebody's going to do something stupid, and it will change the republic overnight"

August 10, 2009 8:30 pm ET

From the August 10 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

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    • Author by wookie (August 10, 2009 8:37 pm ET)
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      Don't worry Glen. We won't do that bit about how the president's power is limitless in a post 9/11 world.
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      • Author by Vincenzo (August 10, 2009 8:40 pm ET)
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        Yeah, ruling without public oversight is only in the Republican playbook. I guess if something really bad happens us Dems should just hand over the gov't to the GOP.
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    • Author by all your eyes (August 10, 2009 8:39 pm ET)
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      Oh no, Beck, we won't miss it.
      I can hardly wait to see Colbert's take on the return of the doom bunker.
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    • Author by TheKidFromKountyMeath (August 10, 2009 8:40 pm ET)
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      That stupid thing already happened, Glenn: you guys thought you could win an election in this century by calling your opponent a communist. And whadaya know, the way this country was run changed.
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    • Author by snoopy (August 10, 2009 8:50 pm ET)
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      Let's see, death threats, assaults, town hall meetings cancelled, I'd say it's too late Beck, y'all already did something stupid and changed the meaning of democracy overnight.
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    • Author by christopher howard (August 10, 2009 8:55 pm ET)
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      So after months of screaming that Obama is a Nazi who is going to march conservatives into FEMA run concentration camps, Beck is now saying that calmer heads should prevail? This is just Beck's boilerplate insurance language for when one of his nut-job fans sprays down a Planned Parenthood clinic or bombs a federal building a la Timothy McVeigh.
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    • Author by rtwmd1230 (August 10, 2009 9:04 pm ET)
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      "You believe in health care, you keep going. You believe it's wrong . .. "????????????

      Thinking that HEALTH CARE is wrong is a valid position?
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      • Author by snoopy (August 10, 2009 9:08 pm ET)
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        You know what's really funny? The icon of the reich, Kenneth Gladney, the guy running around saying he was assaulted by the SEIU? He's got no health insurance and he's asking for donations to pay for his medical "claims".
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        • Author by worrierking (August 10, 2009 9:22 pm ET)
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          And he's also hired an evil trial lawyer and filed a frivolous lawsuit.

          I thought only we lefties did that?
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        • Author by smarshall1432997 (August 10, 2009 9:47 pm ET)
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          Something just is "NOT" right with this story about Kenneth and why he was at this TownHall Meeting to "ONLY" be swept up by the Republicans for their "NO" opposition to HealthCare Reform. This incident was just in time for Republicans to make the airwaves with the 'poor, poor black guy that got beat up 'cause he opposed Obama's HealthCare'.

          Hmmm, if it walks and talks like a duck then it must be a .... LOL
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          • Author by snoopy (August 10, 2009 10:03 pm ET)
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            Watch the videos at crooks and liars, the guy he's wanting to press hate crime charges against is a black guy who was pushed to the ground 1st. Kenny is just another plant reichpublicans tricked into being their poster boy.
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        • Author by fairliberal (August 10, 2009 9:53 pm ET)
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          Yeah, that is really funny, isn't it.

          What is pathetic is the whinny snoopy, who finally found a fool who would hire him is now making fun of someone without health insurance. You know him, the sympathetic progressive who wants health ins for everyone, it's the better way. Now that he has his insurance he can be free to mock those who don't.

          The enlightened ways of the progressive left, what a wonder!







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          • Author by harley (August 10, 2009 10:00 pm ET)
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            I hope I get to sit on the "death panel" you appear in front of.

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          • Author by snoopy (August 10, 2009 10:01 pm ET)
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            Aww, flakeyrightwinger just can't handle the hypocricy of a whiny teabagger with no insurance fighting against health reform while he begs his fellow reichpublicans to pay for his medical bills! And BTW, I have to contract for three months, so I don't have "free health insurance" yet. And even if I was full time, it still wouldn't be "free". But why be surprised, it's quite obvious you don't have a clue who pays what in health insurance. You just repeat like a good little dittobot!
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          • Author by Brabantio (August 11, 2009 12:00 am ET)
               
            I don't think anyone's mocking him simply because he doesn't have insurance. I think he should be covered by a public plan, and I'm pretty sure most people here agree with that. What's funny is that he's bolstering our case by begging for help since he lost his work-provided health care. Nobody should have to do that.

            What I want to know is what happened to the social Darwinist/personal responsibility message on the right. It's always been the case that when talking about people in need, like people who are paid too little or whose jobs are outsourced, that it's their fault. They should have worked harder, worked weekends, skipped lunches, gone to night school, learned to juggle, something. It's their problem, because corporations have the holy right to maximize profits no matter who gets hurt in the process. But here we have a man who was laid off and lost his insurance, and he's a victim who deserves our help. Seriously, what inspired this sudden compassion for the unemployed?
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    • Author by HistoricallyCorrect (August 10, 2009 9:08 pm ET)
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      You mean like.........um you Mr. Beck?
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (August 10, 2009 9:09 pm ET)
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      Glen, lemme ask you a question... Do you think health care reform will bring down America? Do you think opposing health care reform is critical to the continuing existence of the USA? If not, then why are you and your little loonie-tunes acting that it is and, in the process, destroying any unity this country could have hoped to have under a new president?
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    • Author by epkklk851 (August 10, 2009 9:21 pm ET)
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      Somebody already did do something stupid, and we will have to continue waiting to see how much it can change the Republic. What was the stupid thing? They gave you a show, and let you preach your survivalist, crypto-racist, fear mongering lies to a national audience! Sooner or later, your audience will see behind that jolly mask to the malicious nutjob behind it, or the network will tire of your ego or paying for the damages from your incitement and fire you, but sooner or later, you will fall from grace. And I will sing out in celebration.
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      • Author by Bronwyn (August 10, 2009 11:34 pm ET)
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        That phony crap about "we must be careful...." and the rest of his warnings started after several sponsors have pulled there spots on his show. It is only to cover his butt after one of his followers does something horrible. He makes me sick. He sure has toned it down this week. I imagine being stifled is killing him.
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        • Author by epkklk851 (August 11, 2009 7:53 am ET)
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          Quite true. He does seem to chaff and the truth slips out. When he says he hates both the Democrats and the Republicans equally, I am pretty sure he is telling the truth. He hates the government and wants it replaced by a paradise of anarchy. Since that word "anarchy" scares most people, he doesn't come out and say it, he says "freedom", but the simple fact is that people need rules and they need laws and with such large cities and close quarters, we need more rules than we used to. Since many Americans will move around the country, we need those rules to be the same all over, so we know what to expect, but he doesn't like that, he wants to do away with the rules. He seems to think that everything will be great if we just get to be free, but what we will get is something worse and more dangerous than the old Wild West.
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    • Author by nkurland (August 10, 2009 9:26 pm ET)
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      Doing something stupid would merely complete the circle. We've already got Beck saying stupid thins on a daily basis. But still, its impressive that he's constantly spewing, yet never choking on his own bile.
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    • Author by captfoster2 (August 10, 2009 10:19 pm ET)
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      "[W]e need to be very, very careful. ... Somebody's going to do something stupid, and it will change the republic overnight"

      Well Glenn... for your part in creating this mess...

      It's a bit late to act all self-righteous now!

      Jerk!
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    • Author by manofmystique (August 11, 2009 8:33 am ET)
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      That "somebody" is you; Mr. Beck and you are about as psycho and "stupid" as they come. Fox News is giving you a platform and all you do is make a fool of yourself. You only get away with your ignorance because a black man is your focus. But rest assured you need psychological therapy and it's a shame your boss don't recognize the signs of a disturbed man. All the stupid and hateful things you say will be your legacy and you are too blind to know that. Are you heading for a nervous breakdown? No, I think you are already there, just like so many of your conservative, confederate, Republicans friends. Just like them you can't accept a black man in the Oval Office and you are out of control because of it. You think we don't know what your problem is? You think we don't know your intent? You think we don't know why Republicans are acting so retarded? Oh we know. You and your friends wish to bring harm to the President and laugh in the face of their supporters. This is pure evil, but you know, you live by evil and you die by those seeds you sow.
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    • Author by bintx (August 11, 2009 8:39 am ET)
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      Glen, you do something stupid EVERY DAY . . . what's the matter, do you have people e-mailing telling you they are going to do something violent because of the LIES you keep telling? Is that it? Are you afraid that there's going to be another Dr. Tiller? If so, then why don't you stop inciting people to hate based on YOUR lies?
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