Beck claims there is "evil at play" in Obama admin., but he is "on to them," suggests they're trying to destroy him
August 24, 2009 2:55 pm ET
From the August 24 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
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Guys like Beck and Savage whine about this kind of thing almost daily.
Guess they can't fathom that most people find their shtick objectionable and counter-productive
LOL>>>>>> i really don't think the Administration has to be out to get you as you are doing the destroying yourself.
if only you seek a good mental health person can you be saved.
go around in life being a follower of rushbuttbo and likes isn't a good way to archive wisdom.
I swear this is what I imagined Tom Ridge was going to say about the Bush administration concerning the Iraq war.
I'm sure Beck said the samething back then, right? I guess what he means by "stirring the pot" is making sure all Americans can afford healthcare. Obama is so evil, kind of like Jesus when he fed all those people for free and created the welfare state.
Trying to ruin you or destroy you? Your own words are doing that for you Mr. Beck, keep shooting your mouth off, you'll see a pink slip at some point in time.
...as he hoists Rahm Emanuel up in teh air by his lapels...
"Who are you?!"
"I'm Beck-man!"
It's always about the ratings. You cling to them like my nephew clings to his blankie.
Mr. Beck, a longtime radio host who joined CNN in May 2006, delivers his political and cultural monologues and conducts his interviews in a humorous, populist style. His defection is a serious loss for Headline News, which has seen its ratings soar since it replaced hourly news updates with opinionated hosts in prime time.
In the third quarter of 2008, Mr. Beck’s CNN program averaged 376,000 viewers at 7 p.m. and another 487,000 viewers at 9 p.m., a record high for both hours. His program is Headline News’s second most popular behind Nancy Grace, who attracted 924,000 viewers at 8 p.m. and 559,000 viewers at 10 p.m. in the quarter.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/beck-leaving-cnn-for-fox-news/?ref=media
And the trees along the side of the highway don't get nearly as much attention as the fatal two-car pileup that occurred there last weekend.
Your point?
You should probably do some research before you go running your mouth. Thanks for proving my point. He ran over to faux and has increased his "ratings" by 400%! HA HA You just pwned yourself!
You lose.
I clearly refuted that claim. Becks CNN program averaged 376,000 viewers at 7 p.m. and another 487,000 viewers at 9 pm. A RECORD HIGH FOR BOTH HOURS. AND HIS PROGRAM WAS HEADLINE NEWS SECODND MOST POPULAR SHOW.
Of course his rating went up at FOX he went from a network with crap for viewers to the NO 1 news in cable television.
Clearly you were trying to make the point that Beck had bad ratings at Headline News and had to run to Fox for rating. That is Clearly false he had the second best rating on Headline news.
EPIC FAIL YET AGAIN.
Oh and pwned LOL suspired you had time to stop playing WOW and post.
That's correct. You proved it. He went to Faux and his "ratings" increased by 400% compared to his "ratings" at CNN. 376,000 and 487,000 viewers is indeed squat in the so-called "ratings" world.
You lost.
Yes. I know. I made that point and was correct in doing so. Thanks for proving my point....once again.
2. Yes.
You watch programs you like. What difference to the ratings make?
But in regard to the "issue", somebody else answered it and you apparently ignored them.
peace4all:
Sums it up quite nicely. There are an abundance of stupid people in this world.
As for ratings . . . the number of people who watch Beck are MINUSCULE when looked at in perspective. ALL opinion network programs ratings are MINUSCULE when looked at in perspective.
Even at his highest rating on CNN, Beck was garnering 0.15% of the country's population. He had about 200,000 fewer viewers than the entire population of Fort Worth, Texas.
One more time. Ratings do NOT equal quality.
And he says people need to show up to town halls armed (before catching himself)?
His descent into madness is really scary.
welcome back from you cave that you must have lived in for the last eight years. let me give you a little update on whats happened. there was another administration called the "bush administration" they were very smug and elitest. they lied us into an unwinnable war. they took away some of our constitiutional rights, they tortured people for political reasons, anyone who disagreed with them were called traitors and worse. they bypassed the normal process of passing laws by using executive orders, and the list goes on and on. this administration is trying to fix the bumbleing of the last 8 years so maybe you came out of your cave just in time to see america become great again.
Nam was an "unwinable" fight too, and we lost 50,000 service men and women there. So, what is your point? We should have stayed out of Iraq. If they happen to find some form of a stable democracy I will be the first in line to congratulate them. As can be seen on the news, just going in and "winning" doesn't make for stability.
And someone who responds as you did is a putz. Go shove your fake outrage somewhere else.
Let's compare records sport. Let us chat about the being in the $h!t. I'm all ears, or eyes in this instance.
War, true war, is a horrifying prospect. It is conflict between two peoples or nations, and it continues until one side of the conflict has been utterly eliminated. There are no innocent civilians in war: Everyone is on one side or the other. This is what makes it so completely horrific.
Viet Nam more nearly resembled our current 'War on Terror' than it did WW II. They are both wars of ideas. The problem is, exterminating everyone who opposes you only serves as a recruitment tool for the other side. This means every battle you win only causes that many more to join the other side and oppose you. Conventional force in such a scenario is actually counterproductive.
You know even less about warfare than you do about politics, highliter.
Sure. Tribal wars in South America & southeast Africa led to plenty of exterminated tribes.
Many city states like Athens were exterminated too.
Abenaki & Bayougoula are two extinct tribes off the top off my head. Two of many exterminated during the Manifest Destiny.
I said nothing about not fighting because it will make people mad at us.
I admit there are other types of warfare besides true war.
The final definition of 'victory' is the extermination of the opposing viewpoint. Were the Germans, by the end of WW II, saying "We surrender, but we want to keep the Nazi party"? No. They gave up being Nazis. The Nazis were completely eliminated. That was victory.
In Japan, the entire populace, in the person of the Emperor, surrendered. They ceased to be a sovereign nation. We took over their government and their armed forces, and for all practical purposes, they ceased to exist.
If you are going to paint me with a liberal brush, allow me to return the favor. I'm guessing you are a conservative?
Well, it was a Republican president who declared 'war' on the American people. War on crime? War on drugs? War on homelessness? War on poverty? I was on the other side in the war on homelessness, and we whooped Reagan, and we were trying to lose! I submit the problem is actually with conservatives, who are unable to frame any conflict at all except in terms of military power. Know what? It doesn't always work. It doesn't even mostly work.
You really are brainwashed by your talk radio masters aren't you? Your right in a sense though. We could have defeated the Northern Government with a military commitment on the level of WWII, a total commitment of all land, air and sea forces in a sustained and bloody campaign. Of course, we would more than likely still be there fighting insurgents and the death toll would be unimaginable, but hey, we could have also lobbed a few ICBM's at Hanoi and other civilian and military targets and brought them to their knees as well. Of course, we still would be there fighting insurgents and the death toll would be something akin to a holocaust, but really, why focus on realities.
Instead, isnt it better to glorify war and armchair general our wars and blame our leaving on simply the war being fought terribly by the administration. The sad reality is that you seem to have no earthly idea of war is.
"There is no war if ran properly we cannot win".
So, could America win a war against all the rest of the world? And how would you propose we "win" an all-out war with Russia? We both have enough nukes to destroy mankind 10 times over. What kind of "victory" could we achieve there. You badly need to read "the utility of force" by former British general Rupert Smith.
Now then:
Replace hate and violence with dancing on the constitution.
Replace Middle East with America.
Replace 1000's of years with with the last 8.
And you might see why you and your ilk are the impatient ones.
Taking down Saddam Hussein. On this topic, I need two things: 1) A legal reason for overthrowing his government unilaterally, and 2) An explanation for leaving Kim Jong-Il in power, who is far worse than Hussein was.
Building Schools. On this topic, I need to know why it was more important to build schools in Iraq, rather than schools in America. I believe charity begins at home, and the schools my kids are getting ready to attend are a minimum of fifty years old, and badly need to be updated, or at least maintained. I'm willing to bet there are many like me all over America: parents who want their kids to go to school in newer, cleaner, and safer facilities.
There has been hate and violence in the Middle East for 1000s of years and it is going to take a long time to fix. On this topic, I would like a simple explanation of how it is our problem to solve their conflicts? We are not the policeman of the world. We just can't afford it. Was there some pressing need to suddenly, after thousands of years of conflict, send in American troops, knowing as we did so it would likely take hundreds of years before there were any lasting changes?
I know as an American you want it done now but that's just not how it works. On this topic, I'd first like to make a correction. I don't want it done now. I want an explanation of why it was 'necessary' to attempt at all, in the face of so many domestic problems that should have taken precedence. Also, I'd like to know where the billions of dollars are that went missing in Iraq. I would like the explanation now, though.
Congratulations, not many people awaken after eight years in a coma.
He just want a scape goat when it all comes crashing down. Hey it not my fault the republicans voted for it to. You dems could do what every you want we do not have the power to stop you. There just isn’t a pair of balls in the lot of ya. That’s your real problem.
Being willing to yell, or stoop to physical violence, is not an indication of masculinity, but rather of a lack of intelligence. You have succeeded, at least as far as this particular post is concerned, in identifying yourself as a unintelligent and unimaginative person.
Could the Democrats pass health reform legislation over the top of the Republicans? Sure, they have the votes to do so. Wouldn't it be better if government worked together to create the best possible law for the American people, though? We are all still Americans, I think, and deserve to have both parties working for our common good.
Two of my brothers (38 & 42) have never voted in their lives. Never even turned on the news until nine months ago.
Now, they're experts in how Obama in going to destroy America, and Fox News is their "credible source".
Ah well, still love 'em to death.
Just the way Beck wants it...coward.
...I'm going to be just as plain as I know how to tell you. I've never lied to you. I never have lied to you. I know that's what's gonna happen. That's what he intends to do, and he will do it. He'll do it..."
That's from Jim Jones.
Fox News Conservatism is a cult. It's followers are brainwashed to believe that only Fox is telling the truth and that they should ignore and avoid all other sources of information because MMFA, Daily KOS, Jon Stewart, Huffington Post are not just wrong, they are all lying, they are all evil, funded by the Prince of Darkness and the Father of all Lies, George Soros. The audience must act against its own best interest if Fox tells them to, only then can they be great Americans, only then can the second coming of Reagan come to pass.
My text prose is a bit forced, I admit, but I believe strongly that the mentality exhibited by the Right since Election Day is nothing short of textbook cult behavior.
Rush is too powerful to punish? Au contraire. If President Obama wished, he could simply declare Mr. Limbaugh to be an 'enemy combatant' and have him 'renditioned'. Surely these terms are familiar to you? You didn't think those laws evaporated from the books on January 20th, did you? No, no. They still exist. One difference between George W. Bush and Barrack Obama is that only one of them has stooped to using these laws.
Evidence?
Oh, That's right, I'm sorry. There is no evidence. There's just no doubt in your mind. Well, no changing that, I suppose.
Quick tip; you may want to join some of the folks that live in the real world. A world filled with things like: facts, truth, and evidence, as opposed to the world of your mind, which is apparently filled with unsubstantiated claims and conspiracy theories that, no doubt, keep you and Glen all warm an fuzzy at night, but make you sound all looney to everyone else.
And, of course, you don't want any harm to come to Barack Obama just because he is an "evil" socilaist and the country is in dire trouble because of him. Right...?
BECK: Unless you come to these town hall meetings armed with something...?
Armed with facts? In order to "save the Republic"? With facts...? Hmmmm....
Yea, Glenn there's evil alright.. and it's sitting at your microphone.
That rant is a cry for help.
Nobody is trying to destroy you, Glenn. You are self-destructing before our very eyes.